Chapter 298 Return of Black Harbor City
Kong Ming planned for a long time, and asked Su Yan and Sunan to take Qu Mao to Nanli Village. After discussing the construction plan of Yi Village, the center of the outlying island, Qu Mao finally reluctantly agreed to Kong Ming's plan.
After Qu Mao agreed, Kong Ming immediately organized the leaders to prepare for the new Yi Village. During the discussion, Kong Ming and Su Yan mentioned that Maffei Trani was about to return to the territory of Yi Village. Mao took a shot in the arm.
Not two days after returning from the outlying island, Su Yan called Qu Mao to go to Yidao civilian dock to welcome Maffei Trani and his fleet back home.
Apparently on the way back, Fuer Swamp had already briefed Sylvia Oshin on the current development of the navy in the territory of Yi Village through remote communication.
So after getting off the ship, Sylvia Ocean hurriedly said hello to Qu Mao, and after agreeing with Su Yan on the time and place to empty the backpack, she rushed towards the naval barracks, not even willing to rest for a moment.
Maffei Trani met Qu Mao and traded 50 gold coins to Qu Mao before he began to report.
"My lord, this time our fleet continued to sail northeast after White Harbor for about 1,000 kilometers, entered the territory of the Mughal Empire, and finally stopped at Black Harbor, the closest Mughal Empire to our territory of Yi Village, and sailed in the name of Liu Wang. The forged identity of the principality caravan signed a trade agreement with the Mughal Empire.
Black Port can also be traded every four months. In fact, the distance from the Mughal Empire Black Port to our Isle of Easy is about 1,800 kilometers. "
Qu Mao was stunned and said, "Can we reach the Mughal Empire so soon? Then Sunan and I told Jack Twain that we were a noble caravan of the Mughal Empire, and it would take four months for a voyage. too much.
If the black port of the Mughal Empire is only 1,500 kilometers away from Yancheng Port, it is estimated that it will take about five or six days to get there?
If we didn’t procrastinate so long, we could enter and leave Yancheng Port more frequently. "
Maffei Trani said with a smile: "My lord, doing business on the sea is not as simple as you imagined. This time we are going because Sir Sylvia leads the navy to drive the merchant ship, and we are going to open up a new sea route. Day and night along the way, do not stop at other ports for rest.
If the normal commercial route is 1,500 kilometers, it is not counted as import and export. The standard time for sailing is more than two weeks. Counting the trade at each port, four months is just right.
Reported to the Yancheng Port official for four months, Mr. Sunan did not talk nonsense, which is more in line with the real situation of maritime trade. This is also the reason why the Yancheng Port military has never suspected our caravan until now.
My lord, Yancheng Port can go so smoothly not only because of the gold coins we bribed, but also because of the deceptiveness of the information compiled by Mr. Sunan before.
Officials in any port accept bribes. This is a general rule of maritime business, and not only Yancheng Port will accept bribes. "
Qu Mao said: "Okay, let's not talk about this.
Black Harbor, White Harbor, and Yancheng Harbor, now we have three ports open to navigation. Even if each port can only be visited once every four months, we can basically do foreign trade once every one and a half months. I think this is A big improvement.
Maffei, you have worked hard, and this has contributed greatly to the development of Yi Village's territory. "
But this time I just brought some ordinary products to open up business routes, and the profit is not high.
I gave the adult 50 gold coins, and after reconciliation, I am afraid that I can only give about 10 gold coins to the territory account. "
Su Yan nodded, and said: "You have harvested 60 gold coins, and you can also harvest an additional 500 leaders, which already shows that you have done a very good job, Maffei.
Master, you and Master Maffei chat first, and your subordinates will go over and resettle the people brought back. These people brought back from the Mughal Empire cannot be treated like the people brought back from Yancheng.
It may take some time for them to return to their hearts, and it is estimated that the difficulty is the same as that of the leaders brought back by Baicheng Port. "
Qu Mao nodded, and said: "You go, Su Yan, be patient, there shouldn't be too many problems, if not, arrange for Xuande or Zhenfu, they have more methods."
Maffei Trani continued to report to Qu Mao: "My lord, the 50 gold coins I just traded to you this time are the net profit of our trip. After reconciling other miscellaneous accounts with Master Su Yan, they can probably be settled. 10 gold coins to Yi Village territory account.
The main reason is that the added value of the products we bring is a little lower. It is nothing more than animal skins, cured meat and grains. These are not high-value commodities.
The subordinates purchased a lot of spirits from the Mughal Empire. Because of the cold weather in the Mughal Empire, their citizens liked to drink spirits, especially high-grade spirits. The subordinates purchased some and brought them back to Yicun Tavern.
Based on my humble opinion, bacon, sea salt, animal skins, and grains should all be relatively popular commodities in the Mughal Empire. You can consider bringing more next time.
It is only sea trade, which has always been a bulk commodity transaction of a wholesale nature. In the future, we still have to consider opening up land trade caravans, and develop in depth through various seaport cities to inland cities in other countries, so as to obtain higher profits. "
Qu Mao nodded and said: "Well, next time you go to Black Harbor Trade, you can bring whatever you want.
But right now, I think it is better to consider the goods and supplies to White Harbor City first. The gold coins in the territorial account are too short, so I still have to bring some blank rune stones to White Harbor City for trading. "
Maffei Trani laughed and said: "My lord, when you go to Yancheng Port, your subordinates must bring blank rune stones. Your lord, you are still arguing with your subordinates.
You think that the blank rune stone is a strategic material, and now you go to Baigang City, and your subordinates didn't mention it, but you took the initiative to mention it.
In fact, there is a lack of gold coins in Yi Village’s territorial account, and the subordinates have also discovered this problem. If you don’t mention it, the subordinates will take the initiative to mention the blank rune stone to you before leaving.
Actually, my subordinate’s views are consistent with yours, my lord. When you go to Baigang City, you must bring some blank rune stones to sell, otherwise our development will lack gold coins, and all plans will be in vain.
In the future, my subordinates will serve as trade officers. I definitely hope that my efforts can maintain the gold coins needed for the development of Yi Village’s territory, but there is definitely no way to achieve it in the short term. Let’s take it step by step.
Master Xinping has already taken root in Sioux City of Liuwang Principality, and slowly Liuwang Principality's land trade routes will be established. "
Qu Mao nodded and said, "Maffei, you are the trade officer of the Yi Village Territory. You can arrange these things yourself, and the whole territory must cooperate with your plan."
(end of this chapter)