An Ning watched the group walk away before going to the Yahang. He first found Zhang Ya Ren and rented a remote small courtyard. Then, after Zhang Ya Ren left, he waved his hand and transferred all the food in the space out.
After An Ning transferred the grain out, she locked the door and went to the largest grain store in Juyongguan. The clerk in the grain store thought An Ning was here to buy grain, so he greeted her enthusiastically, "Miss, what kind of grain do you want to buy?"
An Ning shook her head and said, "I'm not here to buy food. I'm here to discuss business with your boss."
The clerk did not dare to make a decision on his own, and said, "Please wait a moment, I will go and call our shopkeeper."
An Ning nodded, and the waiter went to the back hall and soon called in a man with gray beard.
The man looked at An Ning and said, "Is it the girl who wants to discuss business with me?"
An Ning nodded, took out a small bag of wheat, and said, "Boss, I have a lot of wheat of this quality to sell. Do you think you can take it?"
The shopkeeper took the wheat from An Ning's hand and didn't take it seriously at first. But after seeing the quality of the wheat, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "Miss, are you saying that all the wheat in your house is of this quality?"
An Ning nodded, and the shopkeeper was even more surprised. You know, ordinary wheat seeds are not this big, so he said, "Miss, can you take me to see it?"
An Ning shook her head and said, "I need to negotiate the price before I can take you there, but don't worry, all the wheat in my house is like this."
The shopkeeper asked again, "How much food does the girl have in total?"
An Ning stretched out her hand and said, "About 50,000 jin!"
"What?" The shopkeeper screamed, then realized that he had lost his composure and quickly said, "Miss, are you serious?"
An Ning nodded and said, "It's true."
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "Normally, wheat is sold at 18 wen per jin. Your wheat is better than the normal one, so how about 19 wen per jin?"
An Ning shook his head and said, "The shopkeeper has seen that my wheat is fuller than ordinary wheat seeds. If I sell it as wheat seeds, it won't be sold at this price. How about this, we both make a concession and sell this wheat at 23 cents per pound?"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "Miss, I have no say over the price. Please take a rest here. I will go and report to our boss."
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, then go quickly and come back soon, I'm in a hurry."
The shopkeeper agreed and left through the back door taking An Ning's small bag of wheat.
The shopkeeper rode at full speed to a very solemn mansion, on which was clearly written "Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion".
The shopkeeper handed the badge to the soldier guarding the gate. The soldier looked at it carefully, returned the badge to the shopkeeper, and went in to report.
After a while, the soldier guarding the gate came out and said, "My Lord, please come in."
The shopkeeper did not dare to delay any longer and came to the study of Zhenyuan Hou with ease. Zhenyuan Hou looked at the shopkeeper and said, "What can I do for you?"
The shopkeeper took two steps forward, put the bag of wheat on the desk of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and said, "My Lord, do you see any difference in this wheat?"
Zhenyuan Hou grabbed a handful, looked at it carefully, and said, "This wheat is fuller than ordinary wheat, and has more weight. It should be good as wheat seed."
The shopkeeper saw that the wheat had won the approval of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and said, "My Lord, today a little girl came to the grain shop and wanted to sell this kind of wheat, but her price was a bit high, twenty-three coins per pound. I didn't dare to agree, so I came to ask for your advice."
Zhenyuan Hou frowned and said, "Twenty-three coins can't even buy ordinary wheat seeds, how can the price be so high?"
The shopkeeper said quickly: "But the girl said she has 50,000 catties of this kind of wheat."
Zhenyuan Hou was slightly surprised and said, "Since she can grow wheat of this quality, she must not be an ordinary person. We need to make friends with her. Go and buy all the wheat seeds at the price. Ask her to sell this quality wheat to us next time."
The shopkeeper agreed, then left and hurried back to the grain store. He didn't even have time to drink a sip of water when he got back to the grain store, and went straight to the reception room where An Ning was waiting. When An Ning saw the shopkeeper coming back, she said, "Shopkeeper, what did your boss say?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Our boss is very satisfied with this wheat and wants to make friends with you. He will buy it according to the market price of wheat seeds. But when you sell this kind of wheat in the future, you must give priority to me."
An Ning nodded and said, "No problem, let's go deliver the goods, I'm in a hurry."
The shopkeeper left a young waiter to look after the store without saying a word, and then took a few other waiters and An Ning to the place where the grain was stored.
An Ning packed all the grain into sacks and placed them neatly in the house. The young men weighed the wheat and found that it was 53,000 kilograms in total. This amount of grain exhausted the men.
The shopkeeper saw that these people were very tired, so he comforted them, "You will be paid double the wages today." After hearing this, these guys were excited again.
After weighing the wheat, An Ning said, "Boss, there is still some corn here. Do you think your shop will accept it?"
The shopkeeper followed An Ning to the room where the corn was stored. He grabbed a handful of corn and looked at it carefully. He found that the corn was also of the best quality, so he said, "We'll take this, too. But since it's not as valuable as wheat seeds, how about selling it at ten cents per pound?"
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, no problem."
The men weighed the millet again, and found it weighed six thousand catties. The shopkeeper calculated it and said, "Miss, this is a total of one thousand three hundred and eighty-five taels of silver. Can you calculate it and see if there is anything wrong?"
An Ning had already calculated it in her mind and found nothing wrong, so she said, "The shopkeeper's calculation is correct."
The shopkeeper thought An Ning couldn't count, so he answered so quickly, but he didn't say anything. He took out the silver bills he had prepared in advance from his sleeve, counted out two bills of five hundred taels, three bills of one hundred taels, and then took out eighty-five taels of silver and handed them all to An Ning.
An Ning checked its authenticity and found that there was no problem. He stuffed it into his sleeve directly, but actually put it into the space.
After paying, the shopkeeper told the guys to bring all the grain to the store. An Ning looked at the large amount of grain and estimated that it would take more than a day to move all the grain. Besides the grain, there was not even a decent piece of furniture in the yard. So, he said, "Shopkeeper, I have something else to do. I won't wait here. After you take the grain away, just help me lock the yard."
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Okay, nothing in this yard will be lost, please rest assured, young lady."
An Ning nodded, said goodbye to the shopkeeper, and went home.
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