Chapter 33: Profitable Business
"Reselling medicinal herbs"
Captain Sun became interested. You know, the medicinal materials business has huge profits, but people without some background cannot get involved at all.
"Tell me in detail!"
Qian Yayi copied Chen Xue's words word for word without mentioning Chen Xue at all.
After saying this, Qian Yayi was looking forward to the captain's praise, but when he saw the captain frown, his heart skipped a beat.
"Captain, isn't this business profitable?"
"It's profitable, but..."
He didn't say anything else, but Qian, the yamen runner, was curious in his heart, just like a lame cat seeing a mouse, anxious in his heart but unable to catch it.
"The business of reselling medicinal herbs is monopolized by the big chambers of commerce, and even the capital involved is beyond our means."
Captain Sun sighed and explained that they were all running a small business and were reselling small items.
Because they don't have enough capital.
Reselling medicinal herbs is indeed very profitable.
But you need enough capital and background.
If they had enough background, they could get the medicinal materials at a low price, but they didn't have such a big background. Even if he had someone supporting him as the captain of the yamen runners, he was just a small ant to such a big shot. Even if they knew he wanted to do this business, they would not support him.
On the contrary, the big guys would control the business themselves, so they would never support a small guy like him.
Therefore, if you don’t have any connections, you can only get the medicinal materials at the original price, and the medicinal materials in Beijing are even more expensive than those in other places.
Even if the cheapest medicinal herbs are sold at five taels of silver per plant, ten plants would cost fifty taels, and one hundred plants would cost five hundred taels.
Five hundred taels, how could they come up with that much?
Besides, even if it can be taken out, not every medicinal herb is so cheap.
Even if they bought the cheapest medicinal herbs, say 100 plants, it would take seven or eight months to get from the capital to Nanman if the journey was fast, and a year if the journey was slow.
In a year, the medicinal properties of fresh medicinal materials will have been lost a lot, and the price of the medicinal materials will definitely depreciate.
Moreover, because they were walking and stopping frequently, they might encounter bandits, wild beasts and other crises, and they might also lose a lot of medicinal materials.
Therefore, after arriving in Nanman, out of a hundred medicinal herbs, there might only be eighty or ninety. This is still based on the best expectation. Moreover, after the medicinal properties are lost, it will be difficult to sell them at a high price.
The most important thing is that not only they sell medicinal herbs, but those big chambers of commerce also sell medicinal herbs. They transport them directly by carriages, boats, etc. Naturally, they are fresher than Captain Sun’s, so they are definitely more popular.
Captain Sun and his colleagues' medicinal materials are not only not fresh and have lost their medicinal properties, but are also of limited variety and small quantity. They cannot be sold at a good price and may not even be sold at all.
In addition, there are forests everywhere in the South Barbarians, and herbs are everywhere. The herbs you have transported with great effort are not as good as those picked from the mountains.
Therefore, this business of reselling medicinal materials is profitable for large chambers of commerce, but for them, it is already good enough if they can avoid losses.
"How could this happen!" After hearing the captain's analysis, Qian Yayi's face suddenly changed. He thought it was a very profitable business.
"So, although this business is good, we don't have enough capital, nor do we have enough channels to obtain medicinal materials at low prices. Therefore, it is not as profitable as our small business."
After hearing this, Yayi Qian was immediately furious. "Damn it! I was actually tricked by them."
"Cheated." Captain Sun frowned, "What do you mean?"
When Qian Yayi realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, his face suddenly turned ugly, but then he thought that the reason he concealed it was because he thought this was a good business that could make money.
Now that the captain is not optimistic, there is no need for me to take the blame for them.
So, Yayi Qian sold Chen Xue out. "They said they wanted to cooperate with the captain to do this business..."
As he spoke, Yamen Runner Qian added, "The Chen family is so poor, how could they possibly have the capital to buy medicinal herbs? They must be playing a trick on us."
"Captain, I'll teach them a lesson and let them know they've tricked us..."
"No!" Captain Sun interrupted him, his eyes flickering. He did not agree with what Qian said.
After all, Chen Yuan was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of fiscal revenue and national supplies.
Maybe Chen Yuan has channels to obtain medicinal materials and can get them at a low price.
Moreover, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Chen Yuan was definitely not a fool. He could see that the business of reselling medicinal materials was not something that ordinary people could do. Now that he was in exile, he still dared to do this business. Obviously, he was confident.
"Come on, take me to find them!"
"ah?"
Yayi Qian hadn't reacted yet. "Captain, didn't you say this business is tough and we can't do it? Then why are we looking for them? Are we looking for them to settle accounts?"
"You're a big shot."
Captain Sun glared at him and said, "Read more when you have time. Don't be so uneducated as a fool."
Qian Yayi curled his lips speechlessly, "Captain, you don't have much education, and I don't see you have read many books!"
"roll!"
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"Master, Miss, Captain Sun is here!"
The servant's voice came into the carriage. Chen Xue quickly put away the preserved fruits and Go pieces on the table and got out of the carriage.
When Captain Sun came over, he said straight to the point, "I heard that you want to do business with me."
Chen Xue and Lord Chen looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes. They had tried various methods before but failed to win over Captain Sun. Not only that, he had been avoiding them.
Now that it has finally appeared, Chen Xue naturally will not miss such a good opportunity.
"Captain Sun should understand what kind of business we want to do!"
"Of course." Captain Sun was surprised to see that Chen Xue spoke instead of Master Chen. But he nodded. "However, you should also know that reselling medicinal herbs is not something that ordinary people can do."
"I'm afraid you don't have the capital, but you must have the channels!" Captain Sun speculated, "Your so-called cooperation means I'm going to provide the capital, and you provide the channels?"
"Of course not." Chen Xue laughed, "We're doing a zero-cost business."
"Oh" Captain Sun became more interested. A business with no capital investment, everyone likes this, but is there really such a thing as a business with no capital investment in this world?
"Tell me, if this is really a no-cost business, why do you still want to cooperate with me?"
"Captain Sun should also know that our movements are restricted right now. Let alone doing business, even purchasing supplies is very difficult."
After listening to Chen Xue's words, Captain Sun nodded. It was true. The Chen family was now a prisoner and it was impossible for them to leave the exiled captain. Once they left, it would be equivalent to escaping, and they had the right to kill them.
If this is the case, then it is only natural for the Chen family to want to cooperate with him.
"Tell me more about your so-called 'no-cost' business."
However, Chen Xue shook her head. "Captain Sun, as the saying goes, cooperation is a win-win situation. Let's negotiate the terms first, and then we can discuss the specific cooperation."
Captain Sun scoffed at this. "If you don't explain clearly, how can I be sure whether this business is worth cooperating with? Besides, do you have any other choice besides cooperating with me?"
"That's right. Although we have no other options for cooperation, we can choose not to do this business."
"you……"
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