"What?" Luo Feng opened his mouth in shock. He was about to step forward excitedly to hold the young master's hand, but was stopped by the maid next to him.
With a wry smile, he rubbed his hands and asked earnestly, "Young Master, do you really have a way to deal with these 1,000 pieces of silk?"
"Yes." Wei Yunlan said confidently, "But I have to ask Mr. Luo to take me to see the condition of this batch of silk first."
"That's easy." There was nothing else to do right now, so Luo Feng, with the mentality of trying his best, made a gesture of invitation, "Young Master, please follow me. The warehouse where the silk is stored is at the back."
It is called a warehouse, but in fact it is a separate courtyard facing the back street.
It is of similar size to the previous courtyard and belongs to the same Suijiang merchant. Luo Feng rents it for a quarter every year when he comes to Suijiang for business.
Leading Wei Yunlan into the yard, he caught a glimpse of the collapsed corner of the main house's roof. He sighed deeply and said, "If I had known that his roof was so weak, I would not have rented this place to him."
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world. If he could really take the regret medicine and go back to a month ago, let alone renting this yard, he would not even come to Suizhou!
"Young Master, please look. All the silks are here. The ones on the left are a little squeezed and bumped, while the ones on the right are intact. If you are worried, you can check them at will."
The door was open and light came in from outside. Wei Yunlan then noticed that the door and windows were covered with cotton cloth to block the sunlight.
Seeing her looking over there, Luo Feng explained, "Some silks are precious and afraid of exposure to sunlight, so it's better to store them away from light."
Wei Yunlan nodded, walked closer to the silks neatly stacked in the room, and looked at those on the left first.
In fact, the wear and tear is just a part of it being squeezed and deformed, or stained, or a few threads being torn. It can't stand close scrutiny, but if you look at it from a distance of three or five feet, it's not easy to notice.
If these minor flaws were on ordinary cloth, it would not have caused problems in selling. However, the problem is that this is not ordinary cloth, but silk.
Rich people are always particular about things and would rather not use such defective and inferior goods.
This batch of problematic silk, no matter where it is shipped, will be a loss to us. Luo Feng looked at Wei Yunlan anxiously, "Young Master, can you really come up with a solution?"
"Yes." Wei Yunlan has already thought of how to deal with this batch of defective products, but what she wants is not just the defects.
She walked towards the intact silks on the right. There were dozens of different colors and patterns. The most eye-catching ones were the silks with peony branches. They would not be out of place even in a silk shop in the capital.
Wei Yunlan remembered that there were several pieces of such Danzhou silk in her dowry warehouse, and now they were all stored in the space.
"Young master has good eyes. These horses are the most valuable in this batch of goods. If they were brought to the capital, they would be sold for seventy or eighty taels of silver each." There was a hint of expectation in Luo Feng's eyes. This young master didn't seem to be ignorant of the matter. Maybe he could really come up with some solution?
Wei Yunlan didn't say anything else. After carefully checking the goods in the room, he said to Luo Feng, "Master Luo, let's be frank. I have a buyer for your goods."
"Everything in this room?" Luo Feng's eyes lit up, and he pointed to the defective items on the left, "Including those?"
"Of course." Wei Yunlan nodded slightly, "However, the price cannot be the same as before."
"That's right, that's right." Luo Fenghan smiled and nodded vigorously. It was already a pleasant surprise that someone wanted it. How could he dare to expect that it could be sold at the high price that it would be sold at before the natural disaster?
"Young master, since you are willing to help me with this big favor, I will not lie to you. The price I offered to Ruixiangzhai before was 20% cheaper than usual." This was the price of the intact silks. Ruixiangzhai did not even consider the defective ones.
Luo Fengyuan's face was full of smiles, and he said eagerly: "If the people introduced by the young master can eat all the goods, I can give you a discount of half a cent on the intact ones, and half the price on the damaged ones. In addition, I will give you a red envelope of 300 taels as a token of my appreciation!"
This price is lower than Wei Yunlan expected, mainly because the original prices in Suijiang are much lower than those in Beijing.
After a brief thought, Wei Yunlan asked, "I wonder if Mr. Luo will continue to stay in Suijiang after this batch of silk is sold?"
"Of course not." Luo Feng answered without hesitation, "After selling this batch of goods, I will go back to Danzhou. I haven't eaten well and slept well in Suijiang these few days. I have become thinner due to hunger."
Wei Yunlan looked at his round belly and was speechless for a moment, then said: "Then there is no need for the red envelope. I will help Mr. Luo to facilitate this deal. How about Mr. Luo give me the remaining days of the two courtyards that have not yet expired?"
"Of course not a problem!" Luo Feng agreed without hesitation. Anyway, no one would refund the rent to him if he didn't use it.
The Suizhou merchant who rented the two courtyards to him had already fled to Pingzhou with his family on the night the dragon turned over.
"I will go back and discuss this with my elders. Please wait for a moment, Master Luo. I will be back in an hour at most." Having said this, Wei Yunlan lowered his voice and said seriously, "I hope Master Luo can keep this a secret from the local merchants."
"Of course." Luo Feng showed an "I understand" look, and said with a smile: "Young Master, please don't be so polite. The term "Master" is only used by outsiders. Just call me Lao Luo or Uncle Luo!"
"Uncle Luo." Wei Yunlan called out obediently, and then under Luo Feng's earnest gaze, he made up a new identity for himself, "My surname is Yue."
"It turned out to be Master Yue." Luo Feng escorted Wei Yunlan all the way to the gate of the courtyard. "Then I will stay here and wait for Master Yue to come back."
After saying goodbye to Luo Feng, Wei Yunlan led Suihe through many twists and turns in the city and came to a remote carriage shop, where they bought a two-horse carriage.
Then he went to a butcher's shop and ordered two sheep, four pigs, and a lot of cured meat. He asked them to slaughter and pack them and send them to the corresponding locations the next day.
When passing by a shop with a plaque that read "Feng's Porcelain Shop", Wei Yunlan's eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly asked Suihe to pull over.
How could she forget!
The most famous thing about Suizhou is not anything else but porcelain!
The porcelain produced in Suizhou earthen kilns is among the best in the entire Dayong.
If she hadn't passed by "Feng Ji Porcelain Shop", she would have almost missed this treasure.
The difficulty of transporting porcelain lies in its transportation, but this is not a problem for Wei Yunlan.
As long as you put it in the space again and again, it won't be damaged at all.
Silk, porcelain...
With these two magic weapons in hand, why would she worry about not making money when she reaches Beiguan?
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