Upon opening her eyes, Shen Qing found herself in a mud-and-thatch hut, wearing clothes covered in patches, eating corn paste, and seeing no trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is too miserable! ...
Chapter 402 I have a few shops. Do you want to go and have a look?
Shen Qing came over quickly.
At the same time, a large group of men came over.
They held torches and even brought a chair.
The chair was naturally for Shen Qing to sit on. The others stood around Shen Qing, staring at them with sparkling eyes.
The look in his eyes was as if he had seen a mountain of gold and silver.
And Shen Qing, who was sitting on the chair, now had a softer smile than before!
Ying Yi and the other six people felt uneasy and swallowed their saliva. Aren’t these people too active in doing business?
They said before that they had been busy all day and needed to eat well and go to bed early to get some rest. Now that they heard there was some raw news, they don’t need to go to bed early to get some rest?
"It's only 7 o'clock, it's very early. We will be quick and won't miss much rest." Shen Qing said with a smile.
Shadow 1: ...It turns out that words can be said in two ways.
Shen Qing continued, "I heard from Lao Si that you are dealing in wool materials? And rare leather materials?
I just told you that we're in the brush business, right? We have enough regular rabbit wool for now, but we're desperately short on less common furs, so I'd like to know your prices.
How much stock do you have? Can you sell us some?
What the capital lacks most is unique and precious brushes made of fine materials.
She didn't know whether it was better at absorbing ink than rabbit hair or wool, but it was extremely expensive and produced in very small quantities. For the young men of wealthy families, it was enough. They could do without it, but they couldn't live without it.
Ling Yi answered them one by one according to the market conditions, and added: "I came back in a hurry this time, so I didn't ship any goods. When I get back to the border, you can come and pick up the goods, or I can bring them to you when I return to the capital."
Fox and mink fur, especially those with rare colors, were not available at the border, so no one was willing to use them or could afford them, and they could only be sold to the capital.
But the prices are not cheap.
Shen Qing and Jiang Xiangbei looked at each other. They acted so eagerly, but the other party did not take the opportunity to raise the price. It seemed that they were also decent businessmen.
Jiang Xiangbei nodded happily: "You may not know, our brushes are not made here, but in Jincheng, hundreds of miles away. We should go to your place and ship them back."
The main reason is that we can’t wait any longer. The sooner we ship it back, the sooner we can produce and sell it.
I'm waiting for them to deliver the goods, but I don't know when they will arrive, the date is uncontrollable.
When Ying Liu heard that it was Jincheng, he was delighted and said, "That's perfect, we are in Heishui City, and Jincheng is much closer than the capital!
After you pass Chenzhou, continue driving for about seventy to eighty days and you will arrive."
Feng Meng and others opened their mouths, feeling strange. It would take another seventy or eighty days to get there after driving past Chenzhou!
They sympathized with him and said, "It's really not easy for you."
"I thought we were far away, but I didn't expect you were even further away! Compared to you, we couldn't be closer."
Hearing that the road was long, Ying Yi and the others looked slightly sad.
There was no way, who asked the master's father... His father had many children and could not take care of him. His mother had a relative in law to rely on, but she committed a crime and abandoned the young master to die in depression;
His adoptive mother only wanted to use him as a knife, only useful for him, and would abandon him without hesitation once he was no longer valuable.
Therefore, the master's fiefdom was only the Black Water City, which was extremely cold and frozen for half a year and no one wanted it. The resources there were not rich, and there were frequent invasions by foreign enemies. It was really miserable.
Only the master can tolerate it, but what if he can't? There is no room for bargaining.
"Jincheng is cold, Chenzhou is even colder, how cold must Blackwater City be?"
"It's okay. The kang will be warm once it's heated. The roasted sweet potatoes my aunt gave me last time were so delicious that we almost had a fight at home. After the harvest in autumn, we can roast or steam them in the stove and fill our stomachs."
If you are well fed and warm, life won’t be so hard.
"Sweet potato?" Ling Yi asked sharply.
Although Jincheng is not as cold as Heishui City, the crops in the two places are the same and can only be grown for one season.
Whatever can be grown in Jincheng, should also be grown in Heishui City. I haven’t heard of it before, but you can try growing delicious food in Heishui City. After all, Heishui City can only harvest one season a year. Only by growing something with a high yield or something delicious and valuable can the people become rich!
He had looked for it carefully over the years, but found nothing.
"Yes, sweet potatoes. They are so delicious! My aunt found them in the mountains where we live."
"This is our first year of planting, so we don't have any stock at home. However, we'll be able to harvest in three or four months. When we go to Blackwater City to buy more, I'll bring some for you so you can try some."
"I'm not exaggerating! It's no worse than roasted young corn. It's young corn, not old corn. And corn has a whole cob that takes up space, while sweet potatoes are like radishes, and you can even eat the skin."
"It's planted just like a radish, growing in the soil. You don't have to worry about the stems breaking in a storm."
......
Ling Yi kept it in mind silently.
He suddenly had a feeling: something would be different.
I immediately dismissed the idea, but I had to admit that these people were noble people. They could not only buy leather materials, but also sweet potatoes which were said to be delicious.
Although I don’t know the yield, I will be satisfied as long as it is similar to radish or corn. After all, it is a novel food and can be sold at a good price in the future.
After a heated discussion, after leaving the specific addresses of both parties, Shen Qingyi was satisfied and prepared to leave.
Ling Yi suddenly asked, "Your family is in Jincheng. When will you return? Will anyone be here?"
I just left the address, but never mentioned that I could find them there. Does that mean there may not be anyone here?
He returned to the capital this time because he heard an important matter and had to come to defend his mentor. This might displease his father, the emperor, so he asked him to return to Blackwater City as soon as possible. However, before returning, he could come to see them.
He...kind of likes being with them.
Jiang Xiangbei mentioned the business of finding a shop and said, "We should be able to open in September or October. When you go to Beijing, just come to our shop and find us!"
Ying Yi murmured, "Haven't you found a shop yet?"
"It's so hard to find a suitable shop! Either the location is too remote or the rent is too high. Others who are good and cheap have already rented it and won't give it up easily.
You all know how important it is to run a business, so you have to take your time choosing. "Jiang Xiangbei almost sighed as he spoke.
He finally finished delivering the goods and originally wanted to go to the shop with his mother and the others, but it started to rain heavily, so he thought he would wait until the rain stopped or got lighter before going.
The heavy rain affects travel. There are few or no people on the roads, and the passenger flow cannot be seen.
Yingyi quietly looked at his master and reminded him, "Master, we have several shops..."
However, they were far away from the border and were not well taken care of by the maids assigned to their masters in the palace.
Ling Yi thought of the several shops he had been allocated when he established his own mansion.
Not much, but the location is good - at least not bad.
"I have a few shops. Do you want to go and have a look?"