"Excellent, old man. We've been waiting for you to say that." One of the stewards beamed and said directly, "Our master has instructed us to bring back at least one hundred sets of Lotus Cashmere cushions. Cashmere clothing would be even better! We want seventy sets for men, twenty for women, and ten for children. As for the price, we can calculate it according to the previous transaction!"
It had been a long time, and Mr. Tai had forgotten how much the cashmere clothes cost. After all, Tai Jiye was the one who made the decisions on matters related to saving business, so he just listened to it at the time.
Then, he laughed and said, "At that time, my third son only took a set of cashmere clothes and trousers to the south and sold them to the Qian family in Chengdu. But the cashmere cushions were sold most to your boss. It's amazing that you would come all the way here to find them.
"Well, you guys sit down for a while. I'll go to the workshop in the back to see how much stock we have. The Qian family came over a while ago and bought a batch, so there shouldn't be much left."
The two managers thought that they were the Tai family's first business, but they didn't expect that someone had already got there first.
If the old man saw cashmere clothes from others, and they went back empty-handed or brought back only a few pieces, they would probably be in trouble.
The two men exchanged a glance, and one of them quickly said, "Old man, we can wait a few days. Please try to get us as many as you can. As for the price... we can add another 10%!"
The old man nodded and went to the backyard without saying anything more.
Yang Lihua then followed with Zhuzhu in her arms. As soon as they entered the yard, the three of them, young and old, breathed a sigh of relief.
The old man asked in a low voice, "Eldest son's wife, what was the price of the cashmere suit that the third son sold for?"
Yang Lihua's face looked a little strange as she replied, "Dad, since the third child only brought one set, it was a rare commodity. We didn't charge silver for that set of clothes, but tea and cloth. The third child and I did a simple calculation and the cashmere clothes were worth about three taels of silver.
"And a set of clothes and trousers uses at most four kilograms of cashmere yarn. Buying the cashmere from the grassland, cleaning, spinning, dyeing, and the labor of weaving it, it costs seven or eight hundred coins..."
All in all, if the selling price is a little over three taels per set, the profit is... three taels of silver!
There are more than 40 women in the village, and each of them has two sets of sex per month, which means about 100 sets.
In other words, if they were to sell at this price, the family would earn over three hundred taels of silver per month! This didn't even include the cashmere cushions...
A year is...more than three thousand taels!
The old man couldn't help but gasp, this was really shocking.
No wonder merchants have a low status and are exploited by government offices everywhere, yet so many people are willing to continue to work for them.
No wonder his son would rather be a second-rate person in the city, idling around looking for business to do, than go home to farm. It’s because business is too profitable.
It’s just taking cashmere from the grassland and weaving it into clothes. The profit in one year is equivalent to what the family can earn from farming for a hundred years!
In fact, the old man still thought too simply.
Going to the grassland to get cashmere is very dangerous, and the weaving method of cashmere clothes is unique to the Tai family, which is why cashmere clothes have high profits.
But it’s no use saying anything now, because unexpected wealth has already fallen from the sky to the Tai family!
Yang Lihua said hello and ran to count the inventory. Fortunately, since the cashmere was replaced, all the workers were working on weaving clothes, and only part of the lotus mats were made.
A few days ago, Manager Qian exchanged some clothes, and now there are about fifty sets left. In another seven or eight days, the remaining fifty sets can be handed over.
Especially children's clothes, which are only half the size of adults', saving materials and time. We work hard to ship them out quickly.
There are still a hundred cashmere cushions left, so there is no need to buy more.
Zhuzhu was naughty and followed her mother in and out. Finally, she felt sleepy and fell asleep in a pile of cashmere yarn.
After Yang Lihua finished her work and knew what was going on, she turned around and saw her chubby daughter sleeping soundly, her milky little face looking even rounder. She felt so soft and painful in her heart that she quickly went forward to carry her daughter to the small suite next door and settled her down, and asked Chunhong to watch over her while dividing the line.
If you think about it carefully, it was the fat girl who discovered the new knitting method when she was playing with the cashmere yarn. Then she had the good business today and made this huge fortune!
She bent down and kissed her daughter's little face, rubbing her daughter's soft hair, "My daughter, you are such a lucky little star!"
Chunhong watched from the side, her eyes full of envy and joy...
The two stewards of the Huang family were drinking tea in the front yard. After waiting for a long time, they still didn't see the Tai family return. They couldn't help but think about it and were worried.
"Do you think the price we offered was too low?"
"That shouldn't be the case. No one in the city has heard of these cashmere clothes and cushions. Obviously, they haven't become popular here yet. The price shouldn't be too high, right?"
"Our master said that if cashmere clothes and trousers are shipped back to us for ten taels of silver a set, they will be snapped up like crazy. If we can get them back for three taels a set, we can double the profit by reselling them."
"The master probably won't sell it, he'll just give it away. But the families definitely won't take it for free, they'll give generous gifts in return. This is more profitable than reselling it, and you'll also be in a favor."
"The master is indeed amazing, we can't even come close to him..."
The two were worried at first, but as they talked, they actually began to express their admiration for the host family, which made Mr. Tai and Yang Lihua outside the door laugh.
The old man coughed twice and walked into the house, followed by Yang Lihua.
The two stewards quickly stood up, and Mr. Tai asked them to sit down and poured more tea.
Grandpa Tai then pointed at Yang Lihua and said, "This is my eldest daughter-in-law. She and the other women in the family are busy in the cashmere workshop. She is the one who negotiated this business with you today."
The two managers did not look surprised. The commerce in the southern provinces was more developed than that in the north, especially the weaving industry, which also had many female shopkeepers.
The two men stood up and formally greeted Yang Lihua, who returned the greeting. Then, they said, "Second steward, my third brother has often mentioned your boss, Mr. Huang, since returning from the south. They once lived together in the clinic, struggling with the local climate, and even struck a deal. Their bond is truly profound."
Now that you have come here from afar, our family cannot let you go back empty-handed and cannot disappoint Mr. Huang who is waiting in Fuzhou.
"But your request for 100 sets of cashmere clothes is a bit difficult for the time being, because the Qian family of Chengdu Prefecture took most of them. If it weren't for the unexpected, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any left at home."
Both managers had miserable expressions on their faces. They were not afraid of the high price, but they were afraid that there would not be enough goods.
Unexpectedly, I guessed it right.
Fortunately, Yang Lihua changed the subject and said, "However, I have already instructed the workshop to work overnight. If you can wait for about ten days, we should be able to produce 100 sets by then."
"As for the price, cashmere clothes and trousers for adult men are priced at 4 liang, clothes and trousers for adult women are priced at 3.5 liang, and clothes and trousers for children are priced at 3 liang.
"So, the total price of the clothes is three hundred and eighty taels of silver. I'd like to ask you two if you think the cashmere cushions are worth it. Is that acceptable?"
"Yes!" The two managers responded almost in unison!
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