After Ma Shun and Manager Xing counted the goods together, the guys moved the goods onto the truck used by the cart company.
After seeing off the people from the cart company, Kang Yueran told Ma Shun to wait on the boat for the cart company to deliver more timber and silver.
She went to Heilongshan alone to see Hua Rongyue.
As if guessing Kang Yueran's arrival today, Hua Rongyue was waiting in the main hall of the village. "Has your shipment left?"
"Yes! I wonder which brother from the village released the snake on my boat last night?"
"Don't be angry, I just wanted to test you! Those snakes are not poisonous."
Kang Yueran's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "Probing? If I wanted to test you, could I set fire to Black Dragon Mountain?"
"You! I have to know how many people are on your ship. What if you are sent by Duke Lu?"
"The southwest garrison is in Huaizhou. If they really want to destroy you, they can just send troops to encircle and suppress you. Is there any need to disguise themselves as merchants?"
Hua Rongyue said somewhat proudly, "Why not? Duke Lu sent troops up the mountain to encircle and suppress us several times, but they all returned in defeat. Kang Yueran, I have to confirm that you are a friend before we can cooperate."
"But there's no point in releasing the snake. If I really wanted to deceive you, I wouldn't have let you get suspicious. If you're really worried, you can send someone with me to Anzhou. In Anzhou, many merchants know that I have a close relationship with Prince Ping."
Kang Yueran couldn't figure out if Hua Rongyue was truly stupid or just pretending. He threatened, "I hope this is the last time you release the snake, and the last time you test me. If you don't want to cooperate, just tell me. If it happens again, I'll treat you to roasted snake."
Hua Rongyue knew she was in the wrong, so she softened her tone, "I get it, I won't test you again. As for your trip to Anzhou, I think it's okay!"
"I'm going to Ningzhou City to buy some goods and will leave for Anzhou the day after tomorrow. You can prepare some medicinal herbs and send four or five people to go back to Anzhou with me. When I come back from Anzhou, your people will come back with my ship."
Hua Rongyue nodded immediately, "There are still some in Yaocun. I will count them today and send them to you on the boat tomorrow."
After leaving the village, Kang Yueran asked Baihu, "Are you afraid of snakes?"
Baihu understood Kang Yueran's meaning and said, "I'm not afraid of snakes. I'll go ask the snake about this village."
After saying that, it jumped out of the space and said, "Master, when you come back from Ningzhou City, come to the foot of the mountain to pick me up!"
The space is on Kang Yueran. If they are too far apart, Baihu will not be able to enter the space. "Okay!"
There was only Zuo Bai's timber on the return boat. Kang Yueran strolled around Ningzhou City for a while. She planned to buy some brown sugar to take back.
The most famous thing in Ningzhou City is Nie's sugar. Kang Yueran entered Nie's shop, which mainly sells brown sugar.
The waiter came over and asked, "What kind of candy do you want, young lady?"
"I want to buy brown sugar, 20,000 kilograms!"
The waiter was stunned. "Twenty thousand pounds?" He gestured for invitation. "Wait a moment, young lady. I'll go get our boss."
The shopkeeper quickly came to Kang Yueran and said, "My name is Qin. Miss, do you want 20,000 kilograms of brown sugar?"
Kang Yueran bowed and said with a smile, "Hello, Shopkeeper Qin! My last name is Kang, and I'm in the grain transport business. I'd like to have 20,000 kilograms of brown sugar shipped back to Anzhou to sell."
Nie's candy was famous, and it was common for merchants to import goods from the shop and ship them to other places. "No problem, Miss Kang, when would you like the goods?" Kang Yueran's well-behaved appearance made Shopkeeper Qin feel good about her, and he spoke gently.
"I want it today. I want to leave the day after tomorrow!"
"Sure!" Shopkeeper Qin looked behind Kang Yueran and said, "Miss Kang didn't bring any servants with you? Haha, that's okay! Miss, leave me your address and I'll have someone send it to the dock later."
"It will be sent to the dock, but not the Kangjia dock, but the Heilongshan dock."
Shopkeeper Qin looked horrified. "Why is your boat docked at the Black Dragon Mountain Pier? Is this your first time in Ningzhou? No wonder you didn't know there are bandits on the Black Dragon Mountain! You should dock your boat at the Hou Family Pier."
"Thank you for your concern, boss. I have already informed the people at the Black Dragon Mountain Stronghold, and they have allowed my ship to dock."
Shopkeeper Qin groaned, looked around, and whispered, "Miss, Black Dragon Mountain has offended someone, and merchants are not allowed to do business with Black Dragon Mountain. It would be bad if your ship was docked at Black Dragon Mountain Wharf and others knew about it."
Kang Yueran pretended not to know and asked, "Who did they offend? Why are merchants not allowed to do business with Black Dragon Mountain? Who gave the order? Could it be the governor?"
"The prefect doesn't have that much power. He's a powerful official in the capital. Miss, don't ask too many questions. Hurry and pull the boat to the Hou family dock."
"Boss, tell me, the most powerful person in the southwest is Duke Lu!"
It's no secret that Black Dragon Mountain offended Duke Lu. "Young lady, you're smart. Since you guessed it was Duke Lu, don't go looking for trouble."
"How did Black Dragon Mountain offend Duke Lu?"
"You are quite a good girl! You'd better not ask around, or you'll get yourself into trouble."
Kang Yueran didn't ask any more questions. "Can you deliver the brown sugar to the Heilongshan wharf? Boss, I'm not from Heilongshan. This doesn't count as doing business with Heilongshan."
That's true! "Okay, I'll go to the warehouse and check the goods and send someone to deliver them to you. If you want a lot, I'll charge you 35 coins per pound."
In Anzhou, a pound of brown sugar costs 85 wen. Kang Yueran can accept the price of 35 wen per pound, but business always requires a price. "Boss, since I have a fleet, I will definitely come to Ningzhou often in the future. Can this price be lowered a little?"
Shopkeeper Qin was also very straightforward. "Then consider it as an additional long-term customer for me. I'll charge you 32 coins per pound, which is the lowest price."
"Okay! Thank you, shopkeeper!" Kang Yueran opened the bundle he had taken out from the space in advance, counted out thirty taels of gold and pushed it in front of shopkeeper Qin.
"Twenty thousand catties, a total of six hundred and forty taels of silver. This is the deposit. After the goods are delivered, go to the ship and find the steward Ma Shunma and ask him to give you the remaining silver."
After checking each of the golden cakes one by one, Shopkeeper Qin said, "Okay, I'll definitely deliver it after noon."
Kang Yueran nodded and asked, "Boss, which porcelain shop in Ningzhou has the best business?"
"Ningzhou doesn't produce porcelain. If you want to buy some to take back, you can go to Houji. The Hou family is a wealthy family in Ningzhou. They own a porcelain mountain and kilns in neighboring Yongzhou. The prices are fair, and their celadon and white porcelain are very famous."
The Hou family? "Which branch of the Hou family owns the Houji Porcelain Shop?"
Shopkeeper Qin said with a smile, "Oh, it seems that young lady has heard of the Hou family. Porcelain is the property of the third branch of the Hou family. The head of the family is Hou Zhenbing. The third master Hou is very honest in his business."
"Thank you, boss. I'll go to Houji and take a look."
Shopkeeper Qin was very enthusiastic. He sent Kang Yueran to the door and showed her the way to Hou Ji.
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