"Remember the last time I went to the town's pharmacy to ask about Cordyceps?"

"What's that?"

"A taste of Chinese herbal medicines, I plan to go in to buy some, this is a local specialty of that place, the last time we went to ask, the market price is about 300 yuan a catty, but I estimate that in the purchase of it, the price is not more than 50 a catty, take it back for wholesale, sell it for 200 yuan a catty, are you interested?"

"You mean, the purchase price is 50, the sale is 200, why don't you go, there is really such a good thing?"

"Of course. ”

There is a lack of a door, just a brief explanation, let him stop so much nonsense, just follow him for a trip.

He didn't understand it if he talked too much.

But the lack of a door is really fast, I thought about it for a while, and said: "This, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, right?"

"That's enough, I've prepared 2,000 yuan, and I'll go in first. ”

Fan Yang has more than 1,000 yuan on him, let's see if he can find a way to set up another 1,000 yuan at Fan Wei's place.

Seeing that in April, it has come to the season of Cordyceps harvesting, and it is necessary to purchase on a large scale sooner or later, and strive to hoard dozens of kilograms first next year at the latest.

"Well, that's okay, Fan Yang, as long as you want to do it, even if you don't give money, I'll follow you, so what should I do next? Shall we leave now? Or will I go buy a ticket?"

"What's the hurry, it's still early, let's explore the way today. ”

"Well, what's next?"

"In the afternoon, take me to the lotus pond to see if you can bring something in. ”

At one o'clock in the afternoon, standing in the lotus pond wholesale market, looking at the streets in front of me, a dazzling array of goods, and the crowded crowd, I was a little emotional, but also a little undecided.

"What the hell should I bring with me?"

Due to the reasons of business experience, doing trade, and what is the same, pay attention to a thief does not go empty, the so-called bilateral trade, naturally there are profits back and forth, which is in line with the habit of a businessman.

The Sichuan-Tibet Line, which is a very old trade route, originated very early, is the famous Ancient Tea Horse Road.

The Sichuan-Tibet line, also known as the ancient road, the ancient tea horse road is divided into two lines, a Sichuan-Tibet line, a Yunnan-Tibet line, and the Yunnan-Tibet line is called Yelang Road.

And how did this Ancient Tea Horse Road come about?

This originated from the border trade between the Central Plains and the Xizang region in ancient times.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the nomads of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had very frequent trade contacts with the Central Plains.

Successive imperial courts attached great importance to bilateral trade on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and there was a very hard exchange demand between them.

First of all, the herdsmen of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are very dependent on tea, due to the high altitude, harsh climate, perennial cold and lack of oxygen, the herdsmen take beef and mutton as the staple food all year round, and the crops are only a little barley, and there are no vegetables.

The daily diet relies on tea to break down the fat in the body.

Tea, which is indispensable for the herdsmen on the plateau, is very dependent, and if they don't drink tea for a few days, they are sick all over their bodies, and they can't even pull out feces.

However, Tibet does not produce tea, and the supply of tea for Tibetans can only be supplied by the tea areas around Ya'an in Sichuan, and the tea areas around Pu'er and Dali in Yunnan.

During the Song Dynasty, bilateral trade was very prosperous, and the main trading market was in Kangding.

However, the copper coins and iron coins traded in the past in the Song Dynasty were often used by the princes and toasts of the vassal kingdoms to privately forge weapons, fearing that they would rebel, so as early as the Song Dynasty, tea was classified as strategic materials, especially tea supplied to the plateau area.

The establishment of the Salt Tea Division was uniformly dispatched by the imperial court, and private trading was not allowed.

Since then, bilateral trade between the plateau and the Central Plains has become bartering.

It can be said that the Central Plains has always taken a great advantage, relying on the control of the supply of salt tea in the plateau area, with low prices, in exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, as well as furs.

This is the famous Tea and Horse Market.

The leather raw materials of the plateau region, also within Fan Yang's plan, run a trip to Kangding, kill two birds with one stone, in fact, trade is like this, aside from the ingredients of science and technology and modern finishing, there are many local products in various places, can be used as the object of trade, the simplest apple in the north, transported to the south, you can make money.

In fact, trade is such a very simple truth.

Trade is inseparable from transportation, even if you go to the wholesale vegetable market, transport to the vegetable market, there will be enough profits.

In the fruit market, it will be enough to transport it to your own store, or to various neighborhoods and streets.

The division of labor in society is different, even if everyone knows that you want to make money, but this is what you should earn.

This is the traditional businessman, and the market economy also has a convention, but modern trade is definitely much better than ancient trade, because now the transportation is convenient.

It stands to reason that according to the customs and customs of Tibet and Ganzi Aba, tea will definitely sell well.

But as everyone knows, the profit must be very low.

Just like in ancient times, salt and tea were monopolized by the imperial court, and any civil trade, smuggling salt and iron, was a big crime of beheading.

And in modern times, it is not the same, these must be sold by the supply and marketing cooperatives.

There are no brand habits in Tibetan areas.

Therefore, tea is just a policy, long-term retail is okay, and it is definitely difficult to get rid of it in the short term.

If you want to establish your own trade channels, then in Fan Yang's plan, in order to maximize profits, and there will be huge competitive pressure in the future, it is definitely necessary to skip the government, establish your own purchase points, and buy directly from herdsmen.

Then there are two modes of operation, one is to support some buyers locally.

The other is to send people yourself and set up an office in it.

So earning more or less is another issue, and if you find a commodity that is popular with herders, or even sought after, then it is much easier to operate.

To achieve bilateral trade, there is also a demand for exchange, which is long-term and conducive to sustainable development.

But what exactly should I bring with me?

Chengdu is an important town in the west, and it is also the most important commodity distribution center in the western region.

The lotus pond wholesale market, without a doubt, is definitely the largest in the entire southwest region in the 90s, the largest in scale, the most complete products, the largest throughput of a small commodity wholesale market.

Several streets around are also full of shops, textiles, food, clothing, department stores, etc., the market opens at 3 o'clock in the morning, to 8 o'clock in the morning is the peak time, you can see dense human heads everywhere, three wheels of pulling goods, large bags of goods, trucks coming and going, although Fan Yang and lack of a door to the lotus pond, it is already noon, but it is still crowded.

The most common businesses are for food and clothing.

Almost all clothing stores in counties, towns, and prefecture-level cities in Sichuan will buy goods here.

The major clothing brands in the country also have branches and offices in the lotus pond.

And the north gate of Chengdu, due to convenient transportation, fast logistics, in the planning of the city, is also the most important commodity distribution port, radiation is very strong, Xinyan, Qinghai-Tibet, Yunnan-Guizhou two provinces have trade exchanges, there are large building materials market, electronic and electrical market, food market, etc., you can see a busy scene everywhere.