When these words were spoken, not only Madam Lu, but even the store owner and other customers were stunned.
"This little girl is incredible. She's so knowledgeable about business at such a young age."
"She looks only four or five years old, right? My kid is about the same age, and he still plays in the mud at home every day!"
"Is it because your family is originally in business, so you have been exposed to it since childhood and know a lot?"
"My family has been in business for generations, and my children wouldn't be able to say such things when they were so young."
Qingtian felt a little embarrassed by everyone's praise, so he reached out and grabbed the hem of Lady Lu's skirt.
These words were not all her own thoughts. Qin Hexuan had told her about going to the West to do business, and she just remembered them.
Even the shop owner couldn't help but walk out from behind the counter, take out a small porcelain doll, and insist on giving it to Qingtian.
Qingtian couldn't refuse, so he had to look up at Madam Lu.
Madam Lu asked Martina to confirm that she had decided to buy porcelain here, and then she nodded and agreed to let Qingtian accept the porcelain doll.
Qingtian then thanked the shopkeeper and accepted the porcelain doll.
Martina was as happy as a little mouse that had fallen into a rice jar. She would shout and scream at every porcelain she saw, and after admiring it, she would ask about the price.
Madam Lu could only follow her and keep translating for her.
To Martina, the price of local porcelain in Da Qi was so cheap that it was almost free.
She held a porcelain jar in her arms, walked to the door of the store, and looked at the sun again and again, her eyes full of obsession.
“Lu, such beautiful porcelain.
“Oh my god, it’s just a work of art.
"Can you please help me ask, how much does this cost?
“I must bring it back.
"Everyone in the palace will be jealous of me."
Madam Lu asked the shopkeeper about the price and said, "This porcelain jar is six hundred coins. The shopkeeper said that if you buy more, he can give you a discount."
The shopkeeper had no idea why an ordinary porcelain jar could make this young Western woman so excited.
"Six hundred coins?" Martina didn't know much about the prices in Da Qi, and she looked disappointed and frustrated. "How much is that? Six hundred silver coins?
"Sure enough, such a beautiful treasure is priceless, whether in our country or in Da Qi."
Madam Lu had no choice but to explain to her, "Six hundred coins refers to copper coins. About a thousand copper coins can be exchanged for one ounce of silver."
It took Martina a while to understand the conversion ratio.
She hugged the porcelain jar and shouted, "This treasure is not even worth one or two ounces of silver?
"Oh my god, Lord God, am I in heaven?"
After finally understanding the price of porcelain, Martina started buying things in the store like crazy.
Everything that caught my eye was packed up.
Even with three or four guys helping to pack the items, they couldn't keep up with her shopping speed.
Seeing that he had made another big deal today, the shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
He also said that if the goods were to be shipped back to the West, the store could pack them all in wooden boxes according to the standards for overseas shipments and fill all the gaps with straw to save money.
In this way, as long as there are no major storms on the return journey, we can basically bring it back to Martina's country safely.
After hearing this, Martina nodded repeatedly, indicating that she really needed it.
Except for some extra porcelain that she wanted to use directly when she returned, she put the rest away with her wallet.
Martina was happy, and the shopkeeper was even happier.
You know, although Western cargo transportation has always been very popular, people who generally want to buy porcelain in large quantities to ship overseas will basically go directly to Jingdezhen to get the goods.
There are more porcelains to choose from there, and the prices are cheaper than here in the capital.
After all, they had to take labor and travel expenses into account when transporting goods from Jingdezhen to Beijing.
Today, a Westerner suddenly came and bought so many porcelains in one go, and wanted to pack them up and ship them back. The shopkeeper was so happy that his beard was about to stand up to the sky.
After the final calculation, Martina actually spent more than 440 taels of silver.
Madam Lu thought for a moment and said directly, "Boss, since this is such a large transaction, I won't bargain with you.
"How about this, you help us pack all the porcelain we bought today.
"Then all the packaged porcelain will be sent to the ship at Tianjin Port.
"So we'll give you a total of four hundred and fifty taels of silver. What do you think?"
The shopkeeper just sucked his teeth when he heard this.
It sounds like not only did he not bargain, but he even gave several taels of silver more.
However, with so many porcelain pieces, a lot of materials would be consumed just for packaging, not to mention transporting them to the ship at Tianjin Port.
"Mrs. Lu, look, with all this packaging and shipping, a few taels of silver wouldn't even be enough for me to hire a car and people!"
"Okay, boss, we bought so many porcelains at once and we didn't even bargain with you!
"You can earn at least this much from this business."
Madam Lu raised her hand and gestured, then continued, "It's really unkind of you to quibble over such a small matter."
The shopkeeper saw Madam Lu's gestures and knew that she was no layman. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Madam Lu is an expert, but I am the one showing off my skills in front of an expert.
"Don't worry, I guarantee everything will be done for you properly."
Madam Lu asked Martina to sign the bill, and the shopkeeper only needed to send someone to the Honglu Temple to settle the bill.
When she heard that it would only cost 450 taels of silver to complete the whole thing, Martina felt that she had gotten a great bargain and hugged Madam Lu.
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