The contract between Nan Yuan and Gu Shuo expired on June 25th. The matter of Xianhai Tower had been delayed for a few days and seemed to have come to a conclusion.
After the Four-Nation Chamber of Commerce ended, many merchants did not leave because the Nanyuan Aquatic Products deal had not been finalized.
After waiting for a few days, we were actually a little anxious, so we all rushed over after receiving the invitation early this morning.
Beili, Dongyi, and Nanyuan also arrived early, only Xiyan and Gu Shuo and his group arrived late.
"Now that everyone is here, I will talk about the Nanyuan aquatic product contracting." Old Prince Feng spoke after everyone was seated.
The vendors present looked over and saw that the people who had been waiting at the door for several days were also very anxious.
"The contract set by Nanyuan is thirty copper coins per pound. Dongyi and Beili each contract half, and the term is ten years. Here is the contract. Lord Wang, Lord Li, please take a look. If you have no questions, we can sign the contract on the spot." After the old prince Feng finished speaking.
The butler took the contract and placed it in front of Li Mu and Wang Li.
Wang Li and Li Mu picked it up and looked at it carefully. The vendors behind them were shocked. Was the contract really signed for thirty copper coins?
If you do the math, there's not much profit.
"Master Li, isn't thirty copper coins too high a price?"
"The distance between us Beili and Nanyuan is very long. There is only a small part of the waterway, and most of it is land. The transportation cost is not small."
"Currently, our Beili seafood market only sells for 35 copper coins per pound, which means we're still losing money."
Some representatives of the Beili City Chamber of Commerce were discussing the matter, and many of them came up behind Li Mu and whispered that they could not sign a contract for thirty copper coins.
"Everyone, please be patient. I will figure it out myself." Li Mu interrupted everyone.
"Master Li, think again. Isn't a ten-year contract a bit too long?"
"I am in charge of the Imperial Merchants, and I will naturally consider the interests of all merchants. Please believe in my ability. I will never let you do business that loses money." Li Mu said in a loud voice.
The Beili merchants were worried. Having said that, no matter how you looked at this contract, there was no profit to be made.
Compared to Beili's discussions, Dongli was much quieter.
Although Dongwei is far away from Nanyuan, there are many water routes. It is several times cheaper to transport aquatic products by water than by the mainland. Thirty copper coins is acceptable.
The Dongyi merchants were also worried when looking at the contract. After all, who wouldn't want to work hard for nothing and not make any money?
"Sir Wang, didn't you say you wanted to wait for the Emperor's reply?"
"Should we wait?"
Wang Li ignored the vendor behind him and looked at the contract carefully.
When the vendor saw no response, he became worried for a moment.
They looked in the direction of the Beili envoy. It was more difficult to transport aquatic products to Beili than to Dongli. If Beili signed the contract, there might be profit to be made.
"Your Highness, we can accept the price of seafood, but isn't it a bit too much to double the price of fruit?" Wang Li looked up after reading the contract.
"The contract price of seventy copper coins for the winter is not too much. I remember that the selling price at the end of the winter was a few taels of silver per catty." Prince Feng raised the price to the highest.
"Although that's the case, it's an individual case. Dongyi can't sign the contract at this price." Wang Li put down the contract in his hand.
"Your Highness, the price is indeed too high." Li Mu was not very satisfied with the price of the fruit.
"The price is high for a reason. Winter fruit is only produced in abundance in Nanyuan, and the production is so scarce that even one country cannot supply it, let alone several countries. Those who can afford to eat fruit in winter are either rich or noble. They wouldn't care about a few taels of silver, let alone a hundred taels."
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