Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao'er walked around this town casually, and he took Xiao'er to eat the most famous flower cake in the town, which tasted good, and his mouth was full of flowers.

There are many spice shops in the town, and Xiao'er decides to take a good look.

After reading all the way, Xiao'er got a general understanding.

Most of the shops here sell flowers, as well as mint and fennel,...... , thyme, etc., to put it bluntly, these shops sell raw materials for making spices.

Of course, there are also some shops that sell synthetic spices, but the quality is not good, and it is far worse than Nangong's and overseas's.

"There are too few types of raw materials, and the quality of the spices is not good. In this way, it can only be sold to some people who have little spending power, and the profit margin is not large and the source of customers is not large. "The quality is not good, Xiao'er said it politely, but it's not good, it's too bad!

Xiao'er knew that spices were valuable items in history, which can be said to be a luxury hobby of the aristocratic class, and the aristocracy even did not hesitate to seek spices and spices from all over the world for this hobby, thus promoting the development of ocean-going navigation technology, promoting the discovery of the New World, and also making a certain contribution to the history of human transportation.

To put it bluntly, spices are not necessary, it is considered a luxury, since it is a luxury, then its real market is in the aristocratic circle, poor quality spices, the aristocracy can not look down on it, let alone use it, it will reduce their status.

And the poor quality of the spices in the town is counted. There are not many types of raw materials, and they are not complete! How can we make our own characteristics? Something that does not have characteristics cannot last long after all.

There are many plants in the world that are suitable for spices, not only flowers, such as mint, cinnamon, cinnamon leaves, star anise、...... Litsea cubeba seeds, lemongrass, etc., as long as that thing has an aromatic flavor, whether it is a root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, can be used as a spice.

There are so many things that can be made into spices, and it is not practical to find them all in one town! Since you can't do them all, then you can do them well! Be good at the same, and strive for perfection in the same commodity! So why worry about no business?

"So it can't develop, and it's good to barely maintain food and clothing. Shangguan Xuanyi nodded.

The two of them came to the largest shop selling spices.

At this time, a merchant came out of it, followed by the shopkeeper who chased him out:

"Boss Du, the price you gave is really too low, there is a lot of rain this year, and the flowers are indeed not as good as in previous years, but it is not too bad, you will reduce the price by half all at once, isn't it my loss?"

"The fragrance of these flowers of yours is almost gone, and the price I gave is already very high! I'm worried that I will lose all my money if I buy it back! It's this price, it can't be higher, you have to sell it or not!"

"But the price I originally sold to you was already very low, and if you lower the price like this, I really only lose money, and I can't explain it to the flower farmers!"

"That's your business, if you don't sell it, I can find a second one, and our future cooperation will end here!" The man known as Boss Du shook off the spice boss who was holding his hand and made a gesture to leave.

But his pace was not fast, obviously waiting for someone to change his mind.

The spice boss looked at Boss Du who walked away, his eyes were full of struggle, did he really want to sell him this season's roses at a loss? The biggest business in his store was with Boss Du, if he lost Boss Du, a big customer, it didn't matter if he lost, but so many flower farmers planted nearly 100 acres of flower fields, what should those flowers do?

All year round, they count on the flowers to sell for some silver and buy some food to live.

The climate and environment of Xiangzhen are very suitable for growing flowers, and many people here have grown flowers for generations, and many people don't even know how food is grown!

So if you lose such a big customer, it means that many people will lose their jobs.

The spice boss's surname is Feng, and Boss Feng's brows furrowed into Dachuan, this Du Guicheng must have done it on purpose, there have been more flower farmers in Nangong Country in recent years, and the supply of flowers is sufficient, causing them to come to Xiangzhen to collect flowers, and the price has been pressed again and again! In the past two years, the price of flowers has dropped again and again, and now they still want to buy the flowers at half price! It's too deceitful!

Sell it, he can't swallow this breath in his heart!

But if you don't sell it, the flowers have already been picked, and if you don't sell them quickly, and rot in your own hands, won't you lose all your money!

Boss Du just expected that Boss Feng would not dare not sell, so he pushed the price so low, hum! If he doesn't sell it to himself, where will he find a merchant as big as himself who can swallow so many flowers from him!

He walked slower and slower, waiting for Boss Feng to stop him.

Xiao'er could see that this little fat man with a short body was deliberately bullying his own countrymen.

There is a difference between the costumes of the people of Nangong Kingdom and the costumes of the people of Min Zeguo, so Xiao'er recognized that he was not from Min Zeguo.

Boss Feng hesitated, gritted his teeth, and decided to sell the flowers, it's better to get back some silver than nothing, isn't it?

Xiao'er took the lead in saying before Boss Feng spoke: "Boss, do you have flowers to sell here?" How many, it just so happens that I am buying a large number of flowers, if the price is reasonable, I will ask for as many as you have!"

Boss Feng was dumbfounded when he heard this: "This young lady, are you telling the truth?"

"Otherwise, I'm not a child, would I joke about this kind of thing?" Xiao'er said, taking out an ingot of ten taels of gold: "If the boss doesn't believe it, I can pay a part of the gold first." ”

Boss Feng almost didn't cry when he heard this, it is really an endless road!

"There are flowers, there are flowers, how much does the young lady want? But this season's Nine Roses, because the rain is relatively heavy during the flowering period, the flowers are a little damaged, I can give it to you cheaper! In previous years, it was five dollars a catty, but now how about three and a half pounds?"

One and a half pennies less, in fact, this is already much lower, but it is better than two pennies and one catty.

At this time, the yield of roses is not high, and there are only more than 300 catties per acre of land at most.

It's just that the land and water in this town are not too sufficient, and the soil and climate are more suitable for growing roses, so many people have planted roses, and of course there are other flowers, but they are not as large as roses.

In the past, when the yield per mu of grain was low, it was better to plant roses than to grow grain, but now the grain yield per mu is nearly 1,000 catties, and the family has two or three acres of land, and the grain harvested in a year is enough for a family of four or five people to have a year's ration, or the kind that is full to vomit!

"Okay, how many flowers does the boss have?" Xiao'er walked in and took a look at the sample, smelled the fragrance of the flowers, in fact, it was just a little damaged, the fragrance was still tangy, the loss was not big, it was cheaper for a penny and a half at once, and this boss was too easy to talk to.

"Boss, this flower is not very damaged, and it is cheaper for one and a half cents all of a sudden, it is really too cost-effective, such a flower, even if it is four cents and a pound, there are many people to grab! The boss is really doing business, how many flowers do you have? I want them all! Just count them as four cents and one pound! And I hope that in the future, the boss will give me good flowers first. ”