Several major families in Ningbo support the opening of the sea on the surface and perfunctorily deal with it in secret.

They asked them to contact Fujian maritime merchants, but they did contact them, but they delayed the negotiations and did not allow Zhang Cong to contact the maritime merchants directly. In anger, Zhang Cong ignored these big clans and went directly to Fuqing to discuss with the maritime merchant Xue.

Wang Yuan also sent a letter to invite the wealthy families in Ningbo to come to Hangzhou to create a fangshang together.

These guys think that Wang Yuan gave too little shares and are reluctant to express his attitude - Wang Yuan plans to set up the top ten teeth stores in Hangzhou, each of which can only invest in one tooth store, and the shares must not exceed 20%. This is to prevent one from dominating the market.

Other businesses also have difficulty making up their minds to join the company. On the one hand, they are worried that Wang Yuan will not be able to contact the maritime businessman, and on the other hand, they are worried that there will be repeated incidents in opening the sea.

July 28th.

More than 30 sea ships suddenly appeared on the sea surface of Hangzhou Bay, which immediately made the Qiantang Navy feel like it was facing a great enemy.

Fortunately, according to Wang Yuan's request, a huge flag was hung on the mast of each sea ship. The flag was decorated with a blue bottom and a black edge, with a word "Ming" embroidered in the middle. Qiantang Navy immediately released the words.

The pirates did not dare to all sail into Hangzhou Bay, and only sent one-third in, while the remaining two-thirds were on guard outside.

"Everyone, the ship is here." Wang Yuan said to the merchants with a smile.

At this time, the harbor had not been fully built, and there were only a few berths. The merchants followed Wang Yuan to the dock and were immediately overjoyed when they saw the ship. Finally, they did not wait in vain!

The goods of Suzhou and Hangzhou merchants were piled on the warehouse, and the earliest ones had been waiting for nearly a month.

Wang Yuan could not give away the money and could not get the official harvest. Hangzhou Tooth Store did not dare to accept it, for fear that it would be difficult to get rid of it. Anyway, he was waiting stupidly, so Wang Yuan was exempted from the warehouse storage fee.

All the goods were counted, and the inventory certificates of each company were stamped with the Governor's seal.

There are so many businesses involved and they have used large seals. No one dares to embezzle them, otherwise the lawsuit can be fought to the capital.

"Is this... a pirate?" Someone recognized it.

"Governor Wang is such a strange man. He actually recruited so many pirates!"

"No matter whether it is a maritime merchant or a pirate, it is enough to sell goods and go out to sea. If the sea ship does not come again, I will take the freight to Ningbo."

“…”

These merchants on the land stood at the dock and were talking.

Chen Shuangxi was scruples and did not dare to enter Hong Kong in person, so he only sent his own financial deputy.

Cai’s deputy name is Zheng Shen. After getting off the ship, he bowed and said, “Master Wang, the two ships you want have been brought with him with the sailors.”

"It's easy to say," Wang Yuan asked with a smile, "Are other pirates willing to offer sea boats?"

Zheng Shen said: "It's all small families, so how can there be ships to offer? Everyone plans to spend money to buy sea inlets. There are one or two companies that have a little turnover. Can you give them after returning to the flight?"

Wang Yuan was very generous: "As long as the ship comes, you can owe money to the sea first."

He built three ships from Lu Qianhu, and Chen Shuangxi "dedicated" two more ships. Wang Yuan now has five sea ships, which can be regarded as a powerful sea merchant.

Wang Yuan suddenly shouted: "Hang the dragon flag!"

The disciple Baochao led the crowd to board the ship, took out five dough dragon flags, and hung them all on his own sea boat.

Everyone was shocked.

A merchant asked: "Zhengzhengzheng, is this the emperor's sea ship?"

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Who else dares to hang the Dragon Banner besides being the one who is today?"

The Ming Dynasty prohibited officials from doing business, but since the Hongzhi Dynasty, officials have sent home slaves to do business, and Emperor Zhengde even took the lead in sending eunuchs to do business. The imperial Ming Dynasty system has long been destroyed!

Wang Yuan opened the sea this time, not only to increase tariffs for the court, but also to do business with the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao divided the profits from going to sea with 50% of these five sea boats and Wang Yuan divided the profits of the five sea boats. The remaining 30% were shared by the disciples of the physics school. Some were donated to the School of Physics, some were funded by poor students, and the rest were distributed to the disciples who followed Wang Yuan to open the sea this time.

A gentleman should also use his interests to tie many disciples together.

Wang Yuan turned around and said to the merchants: "There are too many goods in the warehouse, there are many mainland merchants selling goods, and there are also many maritime merchants who have gained. You are unwilling to join the shares to start a dental business, so this time the overseas transaction will be presided over the auction."

No matter whether the merchant or pirate is confused, he does not know how to buy and sell.

Wang Yuan brought the pirates in charge of harvesting, and each company gave a license plate, and then gathered outside the warehouse for auction.

Jiang Xin presided over the auction conference and did not make any explanation. He started directly: "The goods sold today will be in order of storage. Five hundred kilograms of raw silk shipped in Fulongsheng, Huzhou, with a starting price of 1,500 taels. The maritime merchants who are willing to bid should raise their bids. Each time the price is increased, no less than fifty taels!"

The disciple Bao Chaoxiang was responsible for going out to sea for Wang Yuan. He raised the sign and said, "One thousand five hundred taels!"

No one dared to bid, for fear of losing Wang Yuan's face.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "If you want to increase the price, add it, don't hold back."

The pirate's deputy felt that the price was very low, so he couldn't help but raise the sign and said, "I'll increase the price by fifty taels."

Jiang Xin immediately said: "The fourth number of A characters is worth 50 taels, is there any price increase?"

Seeing that this person was not satisfied, someone immediately raised the price, and finally stopped after increasing it to 1,700 taels.

This 1,700 taels of raw silk is worth at least 5,000 taels of customs duties and other costs.

It's not gross profit, it's net profit!

The Zhengde period was quite good, and the Sino-Japanese trade profit was about three to five times.

By the time of the Jiajing period, the profits once increased to more than ten times. Such huge profits led to maritime smuggling becoming more and more crazy.

Wang Yuan opened the sea, which was beneficial to the little pirates and small sea merchants. Otherwise, the net profit of 5,000 taels would have to be divided into many to manage the government, and the filial piety money was much higher than the customs duties.

Jiang Xin was relieved and took photos of the pirate who had raw silk, and was immediately taken to inspect the goods, pick them up, and then hired someone to move them to the ship on the spot.

Jiang Xin continued: "The goods sold today were all estimated by the old shopkeeper of Yazhang. So the inspection and valuation were exempted. A few Suzhou lacquerware auctions were auctioned below, with the lowest price of 1,200 taels!"

No pirate dares to raise a sign.

It’s okay to say that the raw silk was transported from Huzhou, but no matter how bad the silk was, it was not much worse. Now I just talk about a few lacquerware, and I don’t know how many pieces there are, and I don’t know how good the quality is. I’m just guessing Hu Meng.

"One thousand two hundred taels." Baochao continued to raise his sign.

Those pirates were not sure. As Wang Yuan’s disciple, Bao Chaoxiang knew that the lowest price of today’s auction was slightly lower than the market price.

Waiting for a while, Jiang Xin saw that no one bid, he immediately took a photo of Xingmu: "Several lacquerware in Suzhou, 1,200 taels of transaction, and was sold by No. 1 of A!"

The pirates immediately understood that the reserve price would never suffer any loss.

From half of the morning, the bidding was carried out until evening, and the ships arrived in Hong Kong were finally filled, and more than 60% of the pirates in Zhejiang's waters came.

On the second day, thirty-four sea ships went out to sea collectively with the Ming Dynasty flag.

In addition to doing business, they also have a task. If they encounter a single ship in the middle of the journey, they can directly attack it. Everyone can share the stolen goods. Wang Yuan stipulates that Chinese merchant ships with sea induced must gather more than ten ships to go to sea together. Chinese fleets with less than ten ships will definitely be illegally smuggled!

The pirates went to Japan happily, and the mainland merchants were so happy that they couldn't stop. Because there were no middlemen who had a difference in price, they made more money this time than before, which was the first time they had tasted the sweetness of opening the sea.

There is still a lot of cargo left on the shore, just waiting for the next batch of sea boats to arrive.

Wang Yuan summoned merchants again to discuss the establishment of a yaku shop in Hangzhou. This matter must be led by the government, otherwise the yaku shop will be formed spontaneously, and then a few large merchants will control the right to receive and receive goods.
Chapter completed!