144 Attract visitors from afar
"Good!" Maybe she had expected such a result, or maybe she was comforted by Mu Qianlan's promise, in short, Xiaoxiao quickly smiled, and the disappointment on her face was swept away. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing the smile and laughing again, Mu Qianlan was also a lot more relieved.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the empress's condition was much better than before, and Mu Qianlan was gradually able to feel at ease.
She also began to think about how she could make more money.
The Lantern Festival is a good excuse, she used the excuse to go outside to see the lanterns, so she asked the empress for instructions.
The Empress was not annoyed when she heard this, but laughed.
She originally pitied Mu Qianlan for being casual outside, but at this time, she was suddenly confined to the palace, she was very unaccustomed to it, and it was normal for her to often think about going out.
What's more, the empress also remembered that she was the same when she was a princess, and often found some reason to secretly go out of the palace to play outside. Qianlan is about the same age as herself, and she is the age when she likes to be lively. is confined to the palace, and it is really difficult for her.
However, the empress still felt in her heart that it was a pity that Yang Lan was not there. If Yang Lan is here, she can accompany her more, she is always a little worried when she goes out alone, after all, she is not a child who grew up in the capital.
"Go ahead, be careful. When you come back, tell me about the excitement outside. I haven't been outside during the Lantern Festival for a few years. In the past, I would sneak out, and I remembered that the lanterns at that time were really lively. It's just that the body has not been able to do it in the past few years! The Empress said with some regret.
Mu Qianlan also knows very well. The empress's body can't go to crowded places, and she can't bear the slightest collision, so she didn't dare to say that the empress would also go out to have a look, but smiled and said with relief: "Your Majesty is prosperous in the spring and autumn, but it is just a slight illness, it will be fine in a few days, and there will be time to enjoy with the people in the future, why rush for a while?" ”
The empress obviously knew that Mu Qianlan was coaxing herself, but she didn't poke it, but said with a smile: "That's it." It's not too early. There is a temple fair on the day of the Lantern Festival in the capital, and there is a lantern festival at night, which is very lively, since you have gone out. It's fun. It's just that. Wait until the end of the lantern show. The palace gate will be closed, and it will be impossible to return to the palace at that time. Go out, or stay in an inn outside. Otherwise, you can go to Lord Yang's house. ”
The empress is obviously experienced in this point, Mu Qianlan thought deeply when she heard it, smiled and responded, and then said goodbye and left.
Temple fair or something, Mu Qianlan doesn't have any big interest, she goes outside, naturally to make money, to make money, first to spend money, Mu Qianlan is very clear about this.
When she arrived outside the palace, she inquired a little and found a good Chinese person and rented a small courtyard for half a year.
Because the price she offered was very reasonable, and she paid off half a year's rent at one time, the contract was signed quickly, and she also got the keys to the house.
This small courtyard covers an area of only two or three points, with only five houses and a big warehouse, but for Mu Qianlan, this is enough.
Mu Qianlan's plan was that during her time in the capital, she would treat this place as her own warehouse, and then disguise herself as a merchant from afar to provide fresh vegetables and fruits to each shop.
Although it is already the Lantern Festival, the price of vegetables and fruits may be lower than before the Chinese New Year. However, there are more rich people in the capital than in Changhe County, and I don't know how much, as long as they can be sold smoothly, they can still make money. Not necessarily, the money earned here is much more than in Changhe County.
Mu Qianlan moved out about forty baskets of fruits and fifty baskets of various vegetables from the space and placed them in the warehouse, the big warehouse only occupied about half of the position, and it still looked a little empty, Mu Qianlan thought for a while, and simply took out fifty baskets each, and the big warehouse was full.
Of course, these baskets were still prepared by Mu Qianlan in the space warehouse before, otherwise it would not be realistic to buy these baskets now.
After making these preparations, Mu Qianlan thought about it for a while, and then took care of herself simply, and soon, a beautiful little girl turned into a thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenager who obviously hadn't grown up, and then changed into the old clothes she had prepared before, looking like a black and thin boy in a farmer's house.
In the end, she picked up two large baskets with a flat pole, put some fruits and vegetables in them, and went to the most prosperous place in the capital to start setting up a stall.
It is not uncommon for such merchants to walk the streets and alleys in the capital, but most of them sell groceries, and there are more people like her who buy vegetables and fruits in summer and autumn. In summer and autumn, there are many vegetables grown in the nearby farmers' homes, and they can't eat them all at home, so they pick them up and bring them to the city to exchange some oil and salt.
But this has just arrived at the Lantern Festival, and the land of the farmers' families has not yet been cultivated, let alone grown into vegetables.
However, there are a few fruits, but because of poor storage, it doesn't look very fresh, as soon as something like Mu Qianlan appeared, although she didn't know how to shout, she couldn't help but really have good things, and it quickly aroused the ideas of many people.
Isn't it, at this time, such fresh fruits and vegetables are rare, but this young man is carrying such two baskets to set up a stall, isn't it fresh?
Soon, Mu Qianlan was surrounded by a lot of people, but when asked, they all retreated, this thing is really good, but the price is really good, compared to the autumn, it is more than ten or twenty times more expensive, but it is not something that ordinary people can buy.
Mu Qianlan set the price of the fruit at 30 yuan per catty, which was indeed nearly 20 times more expensive than the price of one or two yuan a pound in the autumn. The price of the dishes is not cheap, there are 30 wen, 40 wen and 50 wen, and the price of several dishes is different.
This price is much more expensive than when Mu Qianlan was in Changhe County. Originally, Mu Qianlan didn't plan to ask for such a high price, but when he thought about it, the people in the capital were not much poor, and if it was cheap, there would really be no market. She understands the truth of strange goods too well.
"Little brother, you have a good fruit. But it's too expensive! At the moment, someone asked, "Can it be cheaper?" Your fruit is big, and it will be almost a pound if you buy two, and ten cents is not enough to buy one fruit for you. ”
"Yes, little brother, although your fruit is good, it is not more expensive than meat, for the New Year, the meat is only fifteen yuan per catty, and your fruit costs thirty yuan."
"Little brother, how did you grow this dish? Celebrate the New Year. How can there be such fresh dishes? Look, it's so green, it looks like it just came out of the ground. ”
"Oh, not really. This little brother is still a capable person. ”
"How much does this dish cost? If it's cheap, buy some back. Ate cabbage radish for a winter. I've had enough of it a long time ago. ”
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Everyone, you and I are talking a word, and what you say is very lively.
When everyone was talking about it, Mu Qianlan deliberately lowered his voice and said, "I didn't grow this dish." I don't have that much power. Yesterday, when I went out of the city, I happened to meet a convoy and did someone a favor, and they gave me a thank you gift, saying that I wanted to eat, but I was alone, and there was no old or young in the family, so I thought about simply exchanging money and saving it, so I picked it up to the market. The price of this thing is not low, but you also say, this thing is good. Think about it, in this winter, who has eaten such a watery fruit, and who has eaten such a fresh dish? ”
Mu Qianlan said, while picking up a spinach with a deliberately blackened hand and shaking it, the green eyes were even more eye-catching.
"You said the man just gave you two baskets of fruits and vegetables?" Someone next to him suddenly spoke, everyone looked up, someone who knew him, whispered, this is the shopkeeper of the largest restaurant in the capital, surnamed Liu, is a capable and backstage, in recent years, Zui Xiangju has opened three stores, and no one can overpower his limelight.
"Yes, the man was driving several cars, and although I couldn't see what they were, I thought it should be all fruits and vegetables. The man also told me that it was not easy for this dish to grow now, and it took a lot of effort for me to dare to offer such a price. Mu Qianlan lowered her voice and continued to say with an ignorant look.
The shopkeeper Liu of the drunken Xiangju was wearing silk and satin clothes, and he was also wearing a silver rat skin, if he didn't know, he would think that the master of the family was coming. Even Mu Qianlan felt that this person was definitely not ordinary.
In fact, Mu Qianlan has lived in the later generations for many years and knows that the skills of these big businessmen should not be underestimated, so she tried her best to show a sincere and fearful appearance when talking to nobles, but she has not forgotten at all what the purpose of her coming today is, isn't it just to attract people's ideas? This shopkeeper Liu is not bad.
It's just that Mu Qianlan thinks that it would be good if she could attract a few more people, after all, she didn't have too much money, how could it be enough to live in a restaurant just by relying on drunken incense? It's better to have someone who specializes in fruit and vegetable business.
"Little brother, I bought your fruits, and I will pay the price you said, but you have to tell me where the merchants who brought these fruits to the capital settled down."
Mu Qianlan lowered his head, thinking about how to attract a few more people, and suddenly there was a slightly magnetic voice, Mu Qianlan looked up in accordance with the sound, but saw that at some point, there was a middle-aged man standing in front of his stall, dressed like the shopkeeper Liu.
But I don't know who this person is in front of me, and he doesn't look like an ordinary person.
Mu Qianlan thought about it, and heard someone next to him speak: "Isn't this the big shopkeeper of Qian Ji, why did you attract him too." ”
"This little brother is really capable, this big shopkeeper is here one by two, so many fruits, a pound of thirty wen, this little brother is rich."
"It's not strange that the big shopkeeper of Qian Ji came over, but it would be strange if he didn't come, and you don't want to think about what kind of business their family has."
"I really forgot, isn't the best thing they do in the money book is the fruit and vegetable business?"
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Listen carefully, Mu Qianlan will know the identity of this person, it seems, this is his potential customer. It's just that I don't know, will this Qian Ji, as a figure on the dominant side, choose to cooperate with him, or directly force himself out of the capital?
If they really plan to do business well, they are really lucky, and they can come whatever they want.
Mu Qianlan didn't expect that she just set up a stall casually, and just chose a prosperous location, and it turned out to be in the middle of Qian Ji and Zuixiangju, so the shopkeepers of these two shops quickly got the news and rushed over, lest they be too late to be taken first.
"Sir, do you really want to buy all of this for me? Still not a bargain? After doing enough play, Mu Qianlan immediately asked, and the joy in his tone was overflowing. It seems that he is still calculating how much money he can earn.
And the people around him are also helping him calculate, just these two baskets of fruits and vegetables, that is, two taels of silver, but it is really a good business, and even some people are regretting, why did they not encounter such a good thing, two taels of silver, and is it counted from the sky?
"This is nature, do I need to coax you into a little doll?" The big shopkeeper of this money record said with full aura.
For the black and thin boy in front of him, who was obviously from the countryside, the money shopkeeper really didn't pay attention to it, and was willing to talk to him in order to get benefits, that's all. He didn't even think that the young man in front of him was a person who didn't exist at all.
"Brother Qian, there is always a first to come to everything, no matter how I say this thing, I saw it first, you can't take away people's favor." Looking at the big shopkeeper of Qian Ji, it seemed that he had made up his mind, and the shopkeeper Liu of Zuixiangju was also a little anxious, and immediately spoke.
"Oh, man, you didn't listen to this little brother, this guest has a lot of vegetables and fruits, why do you want to fight with me? When we find out the whereabouts of this merchant, we have enough. "The words of the money keeper are high-sounding.
But the shopkeeper of Zui Xiangju is not stupid, if he finds someone for Qian Ji first, no matter how much he is afraid of being eaten by him, how big the taste of this money shopkeeper is, others don't know, he is very clear, when the time comes, his Zui Xiangju wants to add some new dishes, and he doesn't know how much it will cost to change from Qian Ji. He won't do such a loss-making deal.
"Since Brother Qian said so, why don't you buy these things with the little brother's money, and the little brother will be the amount of the restaurant, and how about giving the rest to Brother Qian?" The shopkeeper Liu of Drunken Xiangju spoke, and a piece of silver was already in his hand, and before the big shopkeeper of Qian Ji could react, it was stuffed into Mu Qianlan's hand.
Mu Qianlan was ignorant, and a white silver ingot appeared in his hand, and he couldn't even say anything at the moment, just looked at Shopkeeper Liu in a daze, even if the price of his dishes was high, he didn't need so much silver, right? (To be continued.) )