C783 looking for food (1/2)
”The Westerners want to sell a boat of goods to the Great Qing for raw silk, porcelain and other goods, but the throughput of the ship is too great. All the goods are calculated according to the quantity of tens or even hundreds of tons, so it won't be that easy for him to sell them. Few merchants can swallow all the goods in one gulp …”
”At that time, they will need two kinds of help. One is distribution, which requires a lot of connections, and the other is short-term loan services. After all, merchants always have limited cash on hand, so they need to borrow money if they want to do big business!”
No matter how much goods you have, even if you have a fleet, as long as the goods are good and profitable, you can still receive the services of a foreign bank and a bank. That's why the Ryukyu is so prosperous, so those sea merchants would rather earn less than work with the Ryukyu …
His words caused everyone to be enlightened. Someone asked, ”Does Your Majesty know how much Ryukyu has traded for this entire day? How much can the Letian Firm borrow? ”
Zai Chun shook his head: ”That is my business secrets, even if I am from the emperor, they would not tell me … But we can calculate from the side, that there is a merchant ship from the Western Ocean or the North America that is worth about 600 thousand silver, and I have already counted the number of merchant ships that the Ryukyu Pier can take in and take out every day, about 50. The other ships have to line up and wait … ”
”If that's the case, then the value of the Ryukyu's daily consumption of goods would be around 3 million silver coins, and almost half of the funds here need to be borrowed. That is to say, the Letian Bank and his bank must prepare 1500-2 million silver coins as a reserve every day …”
”Impossible!” Feng Fu screamed in shock, causing the oranges in the baskets of the two old ladies who were buying oranges to tumble to the ground.
”You wicked brat, you are too disrespectful. You almost scared me to the point that I had a heart attack …” ”Aiya, they're still dragging their tails. No wonder the kids from the Barbarian Sect didn't have any manners at all …”
Feng Fu was so angry that his nose was crooked. He was a dignified scholar who had walked out on the right path, Han Lin. He wanted to retort, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter how hard he tried.
The other officials knew that this was the Ryukyu, not a place they could play with. They quickly ran over to pick Cheng Zi up from the table and tried to make amends.
The group of people hurriedly walked a few steps and turned into a slightly more secluded district. Here, each room was filled with teahouses and taverns.
Zai Chun took out his pocket watch and saw that it was just past 11 o'clock. He smiled and said to Master Weng, ”Today, I will treat everyone. Before it is time to eat, hurry and grab the seats in the Treasure Chest …”
”There's no rush, there's plenty of room on this street!” Weng Tonghe said.
”Aiya, my good master, you don't know how rich the Ryukyu is, don't look at how many restaurants and tea houses there are on this street, and all of them are small buildings of the second or third floor, just look and see. At this point, I think you have already booked out all the private rooms …”
”Let's talk about something. We can't go to the hall right? Hurry up …” Zai Chun had finally met his family today, so he did not need to wait upon them to become his master's errand boy.
The young emperors rushed in happily one after another and walked out in disappointment. They shook their heads, indicating that there was no room left, then looked for the next restaurant and shook their heads.
Time passed minute after minute. After asking around ten people, they found that the flow of customers on the streets had increased significantly. Many of the restaurants' halls were already filled, and it was only 11: 30 PM when the restaurant was already opened.
The air was filled with the fresh smell of seafood, the fragrance of fruits, and the sound of oil being fried and fried. When combined together, it directly aroused the gluttony in everyone's stomachs.