Chapter 500: Both sides feel they have made a profit!
The people of the Northern Qi Dynasty used Ming paper to paste windows, but it was mostly used by wealthy families. The paper used by ordinary people with average or low incomes was of lower quality, but the effect was the same.
Ordinary people naturally would not spend a lot of money to buy precious things like glass.
But even if they are wealthy and powerful, they would buy an existing house and rebuild it. They would not go looking for one specifically, and they would not be able to find anyone selling glass.
It's a rare opportunity for her to meet him today, so she has to win no matter what.
But she was just doing it in an open manner. After all, the glass that Aiksa got from Northern Qi was not as transparent as the one she bought from the mall.
But there are so many people around, so I have to buy some to make it look good.
When Aixa learned that Ran Qingxuan wanted to buy the glass he brought to Northern Qi, he gave it all to her with a wave of his hand...
All the glass cups he brought on his first visit were sold out. He thought the glass used to make windows in their country would be snapped up, but he didn't sell a single one in two months.
The amount of glass was not large, after all, it would be somewhat damaged after crossing the ocean, but the total amount was enough for them to use to build houses.
"I wonder if you have anything else here besides glass?"
Aixa thought for a moment and asked, "Ran, what do you need?"
Ran Qingxuan asked tentatively: "My family and friends need to build houses for the winter, but all the houses in the city are sold out."
She couldn't explain the dispute between officials and civilians in Northern Qi to a Russian, so she just said that everything had been sold.
After hearing this, Aixa showed a regretful expression.
"I'm here to sell cloth, glass, and spices. The materials used to build houses are heavy and bulky, and the hull can't bear it..."
"Cloth?"
"Yes, I have sold some of them. The rest are all more expensive silk materials."
As he spoke, Aixa couldn't help but shook his head.
"People here are too conservative, and they don't understand what I say..."
Thinking of the needlework skills of the women in several families, Ran Qingxuan suddenly became interested.
"Can you show me the silk you brought?"
Aiksa took them to a locked cabin without hesitation. After opening it, Ran Qingxuan was immediately attracted by the various silk materials.
Even Chang Fang couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look.
The whole cabin was filled with cloth that looked extremely precious, but as he said, half of the silk was very transparent and thin, and the women of Northern Qi would never make clothes out of it.
The remaining fabrics were more exquisitely made than those from Northern Qi, and Aiksa took out a few pieces to show them.
"I don't know why, these are obviously very exquisite, but people here don't buy them."
Ran Qingxuan shook his head and explained to him: "It's not that I don't want to buy it, but you didn't find the right place or the right person."
The fabrics he brought were smoother and more delicate than silk. If they were made into women's clothes and paired with silk skirts or light silk outer shirts, they would definitely attract a frenzy of buying.
While looking at the fabrics, Ran Qingxuan used his mind to open the shopping mall on his tablet. After a quick search, he found clothes made of the same fabric.
Just one look at the price made her almost gasp in amazement.
An inner shirt made of the same fabric costs about 20,000 yuan, and a silk outer shirt costs 10,000 yuan each, which means a set costs 40,000 yuan in total.
Converted into ancient silver, this set would cost at least more than fifty taels of silver. If the workmanship was exquisite, it could probably be sold for even higher.
But as far as we can see, Northern Qi doesn't have clothes made of this kind of fabric at all. If she is the first one, then...
Ran Qingxuan seemed to see Yin Zi waving at her, and said to Aiksa without hesitation.
"I want all the fabrics in this room."
"Ah? Ran, you want them all?"
Looking at his expression, Gu Yanchen knew that he had misunderstood.
"Don't worry, I'll give you the money."
Ran Qingxuan, Qu Feng and others were stunned and immediately laughed so hard that they fell forward and backward.
"This man thought you saved his wife, but the lion asked for all his belongings!"
“Am I that kind of person?”
Then, Ran Qingxuan said to him in Maozi language: "The glass is the medical expenses for saving your wife. Just sell these fabrics to me at the normal price."
Aixa realized that he had made a big mistake and started laughing too.
"Ran, you are really my good friend."
As he said that, he opened his arms again. Before Gu Yanchen moved, Qu Feng quickly stepped forward and hugged him.
Several people laughed and the deal was done.
And because of her rescue, Aiksa promised to provide her with the same fabric every six months and only sell it to her.
This made Ran Qingxuan very happy. If the clothes made of these fabrics became popular, she would be the only supplier in Northern Qi.
The more he thought about it, the less he dared to think about the future. That was the money earned by most of the women in Northern Qi...
"Then it's a deal. From now on, I will be the only one supplying it. No matter how much you bring, I will take it all."
Aiksa knew that this was a win-win cooperation, so he signed a contract very formally and asked Ran Qingxuan to sign it.
Gu Yanchen just left to find the person in charge of the dock to rent a warehouse so that Ran Qingxuan could place the building materials in it and then deliver the goods from the dock to the village. Qian Lizheng would probably have no way to deal with it.
Now it is easier to explain why the fabrics and glass were delivered and the building materials were pulled out.
After being stuck in Northern Qi for more than two months, Aiksa was finally able to go back.
And Ran Qingxuan also paid him nearly one thousand taels of gold.
After all, gold is hard currency everywhere, and one thousand taels of gold is almost equivalent to twenty thousand taels of silver.
One piece of cloth can make two pieces of clothing for women, and one piece of silk can make three to four skirts and outer shirts.
She bought almost a thousand pieces of cloth. After deducting the cost, as long as they can sell all the clothes made, the income will be a huge sum of money.
Both sides felt that they had made a profit. Isaac kept thanking Ran Qingxuan, and the tea and porcelain he bought in Northern Qi had been loaded on the ship. After confirming that everything was correct, Isaac said goodbye to them one by one.
"I look forward to seeing you again in half a year, when my wife will personally thank you."
"We are looking forward to it too, and wish you a safe journey!"
Ran Qingxuan, Qu Feng and others waved goodbye to him. Gu Yanchen stood aside, looking at the bright smile on her face, and couldn't help but curling the corners of his lips.
His little wife had other surprises that he didn't know about.
Qu Feng turned around and saw the worthless smile on his face, and immediately nudged Ran Qingxuan with his elbow.
"Your family is stupid."
Gu Yanchen was too lazy to talk to him, but the smile on his face got even bigger when he turned around.
Now that he could do it openly, Ran Qingxuan directly filled the warehouse rented by Gu Yanchen with construction materials.
However, in order to conceal their tracks, the building materials were purchased in the style commonly seen in ancient times.
At Gu Yanchen's suggestion, Ran Qingxuan also bought a lot of mud and sand for building the wall, but they were the kind commonly used in ancient times.
If she wasn't afraid of being discovered, she would definitely buy the reinforced concrete used in modern times.
However, the mud and sand used in ancient times were no worse than reinforced concrete. After all, the imperial palace was made of the same material. It didn't make sense that the houses built there would collapse before the imperial palace.
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