jdhmnovel Chapter 572 Making Money at the Border Market, Spending Money at the Border Market, Don't Even
Chapter 572 Making Money at the Border Market, Spending Money at the Border Market, Don't Even
Just as Yang Shaofeng was confidently preparing to head south, a light snow began to fall in Ningyang County.
Leaving is definitely not an option now.
Rather than braving the wind and snow to travel, it's better to stay in Ningyang County and have hot pot.
A copper pot must be provided.
Lamb should also be included.
The hand-cut fresh mutton is so tender that it can stand upright on the plate without falling off, and it cooks in just a few seconds when it's put into the hot pot, resulting in an incredibly tender and delicious texture.
Pork belly is essential.
Tofu and various kinds of meatballs are also indispensable.
Especially the "pissing beef balls," made from pure handmade beef paste, with a small piece of mantis shrimp meat jelly inside. When you bite into them after cooking, they really burst with juice.
Snowflakes fell outside the house, while heat steamed inside.
It is indeed a pleasure to have a family gathered around a hot pot.
It would be even more perfect if the emperor with a dark expression didn't open his mouth to speak.
"Is there so much beef now that you can make meatballs with it whenever you want?"
"You're planning to make this into a tribute?"
At this moment, Emperor Zhu couldn't stand Yang Shaofeng no matter what he did.
That bastard is getting bolder and bolder.
They used to know to be a little more discreet, but now they're brazenly bringing beef right to our doorstep.
Doesn't this scoundrel know that killing cattle is forbidden in the Ming Dynasty?
Just as Emperor Zhu was trying his best to exonerate Yang Shaofeng, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry, this beef is not from our Ming Dynasty, but was brought over from Korea."
Upon hearing Yang Shaofeng's words, Emperor Zhu's face darkened even further.
This bastard is somewhat disrespectful to his father-in-law.
Emperor Zhu, his face dark, said, "Then tell me, how many cattle can the Koreans raise? And how do they transport their beef to our Great Ming?"
After all, the Koreans are as poor as dogs, how much beef could they possibly sell to the Ming Dynasty?
Besides, this is fucking beef!
If the meat was killed and sold in Korea, how could it be transported to the Ming Dynasty without rotting?
If they weren't slaughtered in Korea, why weren't they stopped and used as draft animals after they were transported to the Ming Dynasty?
It's all that bastard's fault anyway!
Seeing Emperor Zhu's face grow increasingly dark, Yang Shaofeng felt extremely displeased.
I kindly invited you, old man, to eat beef, and you actually told me you didn't want to eat beef?
Yang Shaofeng snorted and said, "That crappy place in the Koreans can't raise many cattle."
"But Hu Yuan has a lot of cattle."
"Hu Yuanxian will transport the cattle to the Koreans, and then use the Koreans to sell the cattle to the Ming Dynasty. Both sides can make money, and we in the Ming Dynasty can also eat beef. Isn't that a win-win situation?"
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng added, "Of course, the main reason why I bought Hu Yuan's beef through the Koreans is to enable Hu Yuan to raise cattle."
"Anyway, Hu Yuan's pasture is only so big. If the cattle eat more grass, the horses will eat less. If more cattle are raised, fewer horses will naturally be raised."
"With fewer horses, what good is it if Hu Yuan has a million archers?"
"At that time, the Ming Dynasty will have the advantage in cavalry, and Hu Yuan will be chased by the Ming cavalry."
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Such a simple plan, doesn't Hu Yuan understand it?"
Yang Shaofeng sneered and said, "I certainly understand, but given the choice between dying immediately and dying slowly, anyone would choose to die slowly."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "Die slowly? Die immediately?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "The further north you go, the colder it gets—Ningyang County doesn't get snow until November, but Liaodong might have already started snowing in October? Huyuan is even further north than Liaodong, so it might snow there as early as September."
"And the snow here in Ningyang County is barely even there?"
"The snow on the grassland is known as the 'white disaster,' and a large number of livestock can freeze to death if you are not careful."
"They don't know how to farm, and the environment in the northern desert isn't very suitable for farming. In addition, they are always being chased and beaten by the Duke of Wei and the Duke of E. If a large number of livestock freeze to death, the herders on the grassland will naturally not be able to survive this winter."
With this premise in place, the rest becomes a matter of course.
Faced with the choice between survival and death, no one would be foolish enough to choose to wait for death.
To avoid the white disaster, the herders did not mind selling their cattle and sheep to the barbarians and using the barbarians to buy grain.
And the Koreans don't mind being a middleman either.
They could make a profit by selling the cattle and sheep of the Hu Yuan herders to Dengzhou Prefecture, and then make another profit by buying grain from Annam and selling it to Hu Yuan.
Who would be foolish enough to turn down an opportunity to make money twice?
Emperor Zhu snorted, picked up a beef ball with his chopsticks and put it in his bowl, then picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks. He then snorted coldly and said, "The Koreans made money twice, Annam made money selling grain, but what about the Ming Dynasty? They only made money selling beef to the people."
Yang Shaofeng really wanted to look at Lao Deng with the same care and concern that people with intellectual disabilities have.
However, considering that it might easily anger Old Deng, they ultimately had to abandon this tempting idea.
Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "The reason why the Koreans can make money twice is because the Ming Dynasty needs them to make money twice now."
"However, the saying 'you earn money at the border market and spend it at the border market, but don't expect to bring a single penny home' is not just a joke."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "What do you mean?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "This all started with the monkeys... and Annam."
Bangzi sells beef for Hu Yuan, and also needs to buy grain for Hu Yuan.
But would Annan dare to sell grain directly to the Koreans?
Similarly, would the Koreans dare to directly buy grain from Annam?
The answer is that both companies considered it, but neither dared to do it.
First, the Ming Dynasty's navy blocked the sea route between South Korea and Annam.
In particular, the country has a lot of cattle to sell and a lot of grain to buy.
Unless they detour through the east of Japan and then through the east of the Ryukyu Islands, a large number of cargo ships would easily be caught by the Ming Dynasty navy.
If caught, selling cattle and grain to Hu Yuan while the Ming Dynasty was fighting against Hu Yuan would be a serious crime.
Secondly, both parties knew that this transaction was illicit, so there was no question of trust between them.
What if someone tries to double-cross us?
Therefore, neither the Korean envoys Park Sung-hwa and Park Deok-hwan, nor the monkey envoy Du Shunqin, dared to bypass the Ming Dynasty to do this business.
It was precisely for this reason that Park Sung-heon, Park Deok-hwan, and Du Shunqin had no choice but to go to Yang Shaofeng, trying to drag Da Ming into the mess as well.
To be honest, if someone else had been in charge of the Dengzhou market, they probably wouldn't have had the guts to respond to Park Sung-sung and his men.
Unfortunately, the person in charge of the market was Yang Shaofeng, who had long wanted to buy large quantities of cattle and sheep from Hu Yuan.
Now that the Koreans and Annam have gotten involved, Yang Shaofeng is even less likely to let go of this opportunity to make money.
The sticks brought the cattle to the market.
The monkeys brought the grain to the market.
This process requires collecting a batch of tariffs first.
Once the two companies conduct their transaction at the market, another wave of commercial taxes can be collected.
Then?
Then the Koreans and the monkeys have to spend money to buy things at the market.