Zhao Hao didn't expect that collecting the silk didn't annoy him, but after collecting the silk, he became very annoyed.

Since Xuelang took out the 20,000 taels of silver, he came to his house almost every day. Not only did he eat for free, but he also followed him around all day, nagging him and asking when the price would increase or fall, when the fishing would open or not, which made Zhao Hao very confused.

Later, Tang Youde came back from collecting silk and joined the group of freeloaders. He had staked almost all his funds and couldn't sleep or eat well at home, so he decided to harass Zhao Hao with Xuelang.

Zhao Hao was annoyed by the two of them. He couldn't chase them away, and he had nowhere to hide. So he was looking forward to good news as soon as possible so that he could be free.

Fortunately, within a few days, the carrier pigeon of the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce brought news from the capital.

His Majesty the Emperor formally approved the memorial of Fujian Governor and Chief Censor Tu Zemin, "requesting the opening of the maritime market and changing private trade into public trade," and ordered the Cabinet to work with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War to jointly formulate detailed rules for opening the sea.

As the news spread, the price of silk, which had already risen to more than one tael of silk, immediately doubled to two taels and three cents of silver per catty!

The market suddenly became hot. In Nanjing alone, the daily transaction volume of raw silk reached more than 100,000 kilograms. If you add Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhejiang and other places, the amount of raw silk sold was even more countless.

Tang Youde had been doing business for half his life, but he had never experienced such an exciting situation. He made more than 30,000 taels in just one day!

He was completely in a frenzy, and no matter how many cold drinks he drank, he couldn't suppress his restless anger.

Even Xuelang couldn't eat or sleep. He came over with dark circles under his eyes and asked Zhao Hao in a hoarse voice, "Donor Zhao, let's go sell it!"

"No hurry." Only Zhao Hao remained calm, leaning lazily on the recliner, and smiled at the two people who were sitting on pins and needles, "Wait and see."

"Sir, we can't wait any longer..." Tang Youde was already in a state of panic. How could he remember that he had said that he would listen to Zhao Hao in everything? Hearing this, he said in a hurry: "New silk will be on the market in the next few days. By then, the price of silk will probably go down!"

"Spring came too late this year, and there was very little rain." Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "Spring silk was available in mid-May in previous years, but now it's a full month late and the new silk hasn't come in yet. Can't you tell what's wrong?"

He had read relevant information and knew the changes in silk prices before and after the opening of the Longqing era. Another factor that pushed silk prices to a higher level was that a large area of ​​spring silkworms in the first year of the Longqing era did not produce cocoons.

"Ah, Master, you mean..." Tang Youde was stunned, and then he remembered that when he went to Dangtu to collect silk, the heads of the communities complained that the spring cold was too severe and the rain was too little, causing the mulberry trees to sprout late. Therefore, the spring silkworms cocooned later than in normal years, and it was for this reason that they were anxious to sell the silk to survive the spring famine.

He finally calmed down and asked, "Is it possible that the spring silkworms did not produce cocoons this year?"

"Yes, those who are selling now are all amateurs who are taking the opportunity to make a fortune." Zhao Hao nodded slowly and said, "The real experts in this business will not only not sell a pound of silk at this time, but will continue to buy."

"Is that so..." Tang Youde touched his receding hairline, slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, the warehouse keeper reported that the silk sellers these days are all amateur merchants! And the buyers are the big silk merchants and big machine operators, just as you said!"

Tang Youde was very smart. In order to grasp the raw silk market in time, he arranged his chief shopkeeper to keep an eye on the Xu family warehouse in Bailuzhou. Whenever someone came to the warehouse to inspect the goods and make a delivery, the shopkeeper would secretly write down the identities of the buyer and seller, the unit price and the amount of the transaction, so that he and Zhao Hao could make decisions.

"Be patient and wait for two more days. The news can't be covered up anymore." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile and suggested a bad idea: "If you really can't sit still, have someone spread the word and see what happens."

"Good idea!" Tang Youde's eyes lit up and he immediately ran home to find someone to keep watch.

~~

Two days later, Tang Youde rushed to Zhao Hao's house, raised his thumbs with both hands, and praised him endlessly: "Young Master is really a god! As soon as the rumor that spring silkworms don't make cocoons was released, the price of silk immediately stood at three taels per catty, and there was not a single delivery in the Xu family warehouse all day yesterday!"

"It's natural. Now everyone knows that spring silkworms don't make cocoons anymore, and the price of raw silk continues to rise," Zhao Hao smiled and stood up and said, "Who would make a move at this time?"

"Yeah, only a fool would do that." Tang Youde quickly said in a humorous manner.

Zhao Hao's mouth curled up slightly, and he resisted the urge to kick him and said, "I will."

"Ah..." Tang Youde saw that his flattery hit the horse's hoof, and he immediately scratched his head in embarrassment, laughing: "Young Master is really unexpected..."

"Others are afraid of my greed, and I am afraid of others' greed." Zhao Hao smiled and didn't argue with him. He gave an order decisively: "Ship the goods tomorrow, and don't leave any pound of silk!"

"Ah, the goods will be shipped tomorrow?" Tang Youde said with some distress: "Looking at this situation, the price of silk will continue to rise."

"You can't make enough money. Floating profits are not profits. You can only feel safe when you have money in your pocket." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "The silk price can indeed rise, but the higher it goes, the weaker the transaction will be. Our 40,000 catties of silk is not too much, but not too little either. It's the most appropriate time to sell it now."

"Yes, sir!" Tang Youde finally understood that even in doing business, Young Master Zhao was ten times better than him.

~~

Nowadays, silk merchants have gathered in Bailuzhou, which has brought great convenience to Zhao Hao and his colleagues in shipping their goods.

Tang Youde spent two days contacting various businesses. Finally, Shengji Silk Shop, one of the top three silk shops in Jinling, and Tianshenghe Weaving Industry, the largest silk shop in Huzhou, jointly bought all 41,000 kilograms of raw silk at a price of three taels per kilogram.

Today is the delivery day.

The matter was of great importance, so Zhao Hao specially brought thirty strong men to support Tang Youde.

He sat in the carriage and watched Tang Youde being escorted into Bailuzhou Wanyuanhao by the two business owners. He couldn't help but secretly sigh that Bailuzhou, which integrates warehousing, transportation, and finance, has already begun to take shape as a future commodity trading center.

Alas, Bailuzhou is a lost treasure in the hands of the Xu family. If it were handed over to me, I would be able to develop it in a few years and make all kinds of futures and securities...

Of course, for now, he could only think about it. A trading center of this scale was not something that an ordinary person like him could get involved in.

It is more practical to make more money.

Zhao Haoyang was lying in the carriage, and said to Xuelang who was sitting next to him: "Why don't you just stop making a golden statue for me and give me cash instead."

"Why is Mr. Zhao so vulgar?" Xuelang said with wide eyes, "If it were usual, no matter how much money you made, you would never be able to build a golden statue in the Great Baoen Temple."

"They say pick up the bowl to eat, put down the chopsticks to curse." Zhao Hao rolled his eyes and said, "You haven't even received the money yet, and here you go again..."

"I won't say anything." Xuelang didn't feel like arguing today. He just hoped that Tang Youde would come back quickly so that he could put the money in his pocket.

The two waited there for most of the day, and Tang Youde finally returned to the carriage under the protection of a group of strong men.

As soon as he got on the car, he took out a thick stack of tickets from his pocket and slammed them in front of the two people!

"Let's go and divide the money!"

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