Chapter 122: Finding the Flaw
After living in the country of Bayin for several days, Ling Yi had not been able to notice anything unusual until a few strangers came on this day.
What attracted Ling Yi was not the appearance of this group of people that was different from that of the Northern Qin people, but the batch of goods ordered by the latter, which was amazingly large, and it was much better than the sum of these days.
As soon as the group of five people entered the country of eight sounds, Zou Quan stepped forward with a smile and saluted: "Boss Yun, I can look forward to you this year." β
"Steward Zou is polite, you and I have our own needs, I have to come to Beiqin once a year, and I'm afraid that I won't come."
Zou Quan said again and again, while asking people to prepare refreshments, and welcoming the five people to the guest hall.
"Where did these people come from?" Ling Yi asked.
Gong Xiru, who was standing next to her, explained: "It's a native of Liang and a regular customer of Bayin Kingdom, and he will come to order a large number of goods at this time of year. β
"Liang Guorenβ" Ling Yi watched the group of people walk upstairs and followed upstairs.
She is an elder of the Eight Sound Kingdom, and naturally no one stops her where she wants to go, but just when she was about to enter the guest hall with her, she was stopped by the guy at the door.
The man said apologetically: "Elder Tsuji, the steward is discussing important matters with the guests, and he has instructed everyone not to disturb him, so don't be embarrassed." β
Ling Yi stared at the door, not intending to leave.
The guy became more and more embarrassed: "Elder Tsuji, the little one really can't let you in, please-"
Ling Yi didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and left directly.
The guy looked at her back in the distance in a daze, and didn't understand it for a while, this was angry. Still not angry? But anyway, I also offended this new elder, and it seems that I will have to bypass it in the future.
said that Ling Yi had left. But she didn't plan to give up just like that, but Lu Xiaotian was doing things in Xiaorentang during the day, she thought about it and felt that there was only one person who could help her at this time.
Gong Xiru was thinking about what Ling Yi was going to do, and the latter appeared in front of him.
"Something?" He could see that Ling Yi looked like he had something on his mind.
Ling Yi smiled slightly, she remembered that Lu Xiaotian said that there were masters around Gong Xiru.
She looked inside. "Don't mind if I go in and sit?"
Gong Xiru became more and more confused, and turned sideways to make a please.
"Actually, I have a reluctant request for you to do me a favor." Ling Yi said with a smile when she entered the room.
Gong Xiru was slightly surprised. Ling Yike had never taken the initiative to ask him for help, but since he spoke in person, it could be seen that the matter was very important, so he immediately nodded and said, "Say it." Is there anything I can help with. β
Ling Yi laughed dryly. After thinking about it again, he said slowly: "I want your people to help me - ask about something." β
Gong Xiru was so smart, thinking of her performance just now, she asked, "You want my people to steal-"
"Inquire - inquire." Ling Yi coughed lightly twice and interrupted him with a smile.
Gong Xiru couldn't help but smile, this is not a difficult matter, just let Wuying inquire, but-
"You're not going to ask me why, are you?" Ling Yi blinked and looked at him tightly.
Gong Xiru paused. "Since you don't want to say, I won't ask more."
Ling Yi smiled brightly. He clapped his hands and said, "Then I'll go first, and I'll tell you when you know the result." β
In fact, she didn't expect Gong Xiru's people to find out anything important, and maybe even those Liang people were just ordinary merchants at all.
But this is the only thing worth paying attention to in the past few days that she has caught in the country of Bayin, no matter what the result is, she has to find out to the end.
After Gong Xiru waited for her to leave, she summoned Wuying and told the latter to inquire about the news.
Wuying seemed to feel a little disdainful of this kind of eavesdropping on the corner of the wall, but he would not go against Gong Xiru's intentions, so he immediately went to the back of the Bayin Kingdom, jumped up and jumped to the window sill of the guest hall, and hid outside to eavesdrop.
The conversation inside had apparently been going on for some time, and by this time the people in the room were already shaking hands and talking happily.
Wuying memorized all the words that a few people said, and then reported them to Gong Xiru.
It's all irrelevant, Ling Yi wasn't much disappointed after hearing it, she also knew that this couldn't find anything useful, Zou Quan had been doing it for so many years, it was impossible for the tail to be caught so easily.
Even though Gong Xiru didn't know the truth, she could see that Ling Yi had some kind of purpose, but what did she do?
He wanted to ask, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that this was not something he should be concerned about, so he swallowed the words again.
Ling Yi didn't know about his series of psychological changes, her whole mind was on Zou's body, if Zou Quan didn't do anything in the account book, she wouldn't believe it anyway.
Back in his room, Ling Yi looked at the account book from the beginning again, and finally handed the account book to Liang Yi to read, asking him what he thought.
Liang Kai stared at it carefully, but his literacy level was a little bit, and it was okay to barely read a letter from home, and when he looked at the account book, it was the first two big, and in the end he could only put down the account book silently.
"Miss, what do you want the little one to see? The small ones really can't be seen, and the big ones are the big ones. β
Ling Yi knew that he couldn't see anything famous, so he leaned back in his chair and put the ledger over his face, thinking about what to do next.
Liang Yi waited quietly, and suddenly heard Ling Yi ask, "What is the surname of the leader of the few Liang people who came today?" β
He thought about it for a moment, "The little one listens, it seems to be surnamed Yun." β
Ling Yi sat up straight, flipped the ledger through the crackling sound, and finally stopped at a certain page, studied it for a while, and the more he looked, the more the smile on his face grew.
Whenever she laughed so inexplicably, Liang Yi knew that the latter must have noticed something, so she smiled and said, "Is there really something wrong with those Liang people?" β
"No problem, they're normal." Ling Yi said with a smile, raised the account book in his hand, and instructed Liang Yi: "You go and inquire, how to calculate the price of the musical instruments sold to Liang Guo by Bayin Country at this time in the past few years." β
Liang Qi hurriedly inquired, he has not been idle these days, he has been helping people around to set up friendships, the little guys in the country of Bayin, many of them are familiar with him, it is not difficult to inquire about these questions, but after a while, he got the answer and hurriedly returned to Ling Yi.
"Because it is a regular customer, plus the quantity is also large, so the price is calculated according to the lowest every year, although the profit of each musical instrument is not much, but the large number of quantities, it will add up to more than 10,000 taels."
Ling Yiran nodded, "More than 10,000, just a little more than last year, they must not have calculated, if it is sold in small batches, the profit is far more than this 10,000 taels." β
Liang Kai didn't understand for a while, "I received more than 10,000 taels in two months, and I haven't seen a silver ticket of 100 taels in my life." β
Ling Yi smiled: "It seems like a lot of 10,000 taels, but have you ever thought about how many goods we send out?" There are more than 3,000 musical instruments, and the profit of each one is less than one or two, do you know how much the musical instruments of the Eight Musical Instruments will be sold outside? β
Liang Yi smiled and scratched his head: "I don't know the little one." β
"At least ten taels of silver, as long as it is marked with the mark of the Eight Tone Country, it is impossible to buy it without ten taels."
Originally, it was going to be ten taels and one, but because Liang Guoren was given the lowest price, the profit instantly shrunk by seventy, which is why there are more sales, but less profit.
"In addition to the goods ordered by the Liang people, how many of the Bayin Kingdom are left?"
Liang Yi smiled awkwardly, "The little one will inquire again immediately." After saying that, he ran out of the smoke.
Not long after, he returned: "There are more than a thousand left, all of which are sold in small batches." β
Ling Yi couldn't help laughing: "The profit from the sale of more than 3,000 handfuls is about the same as the profit from the sale of more than 1,000 handfuls, do you think, what is the problem?" β
Liang Kai was stunned, this time, he thought hard about it, and then tentatively said: "Because the price is too low?" β
"Yes, because we are too friendly to the people of Liang." Ling Yi put down the ledger and got up, "Let's go, I finally have something to do." β
Liang Kai also became happy in his heart, and it seemed that the next step would be very interesting.
After the business was negotiated, the people of Liang were not in a hurry to leave, firstly, there were too many goods and they had to be transported by water, but the weather was rainy these days, and secondly, they would stay in Beiqin for half a month every year, and it had a good time in the capital, which almost became a law.
As the host, Zou Quan naturally wanted to be well received, and booked the best seat to eat at Langting Xuan, and drank in Zuihualou in the evening.
Liang Kai returned to the country of eight sounds, and his tired legs couldn't stop trembling.
"These people can really toss, they ran almost half the city in a whole day, they took a carriage, and the small ones could only chase after them, but fortunately they didn't lose them."
He told Ling Yi all the whereabouts of Zou Quan and the others for a day.
After Ling Yi listened, he fell into deep thought, "Except for these places, you haven't gone anywhere else?" β
Liang Kai recalled carefully, "Restaurants, restaurants, casinos, and green buildings, I really only went to these places, did the eldest lady find anything?" However, these small places have also been noted, they are all ordinary, and there is nothing peculiar about them. β
"It's because these places are so ordinary, so I have to think more, since I want to play, why don't I go to a famous place, but go to these remote, big and far away to a not so good green house, isn't it strange?
There are many large and small places in the capital, and I don't know about it, you can find some little beggars around here tomorrow, give them some money, and inquire about the places where the people of Liang have been, and there are other shops around. β
Liang Yi was slightly shocked, he just thought that these people were just playing simply, but when he heard the eldest lady say this, he felt that it made sense, where could ordinary people notice this, but sometimes, the more inconspicuous they were, the more weird they were.
"The little one knows, the little one will go early tomorrow morning - but tomorrow I'm afraid I won't be able to follow those Liang people anymore, do you want the little one to call some brothers from Luoxia Garden."
Ling Yi smiled slightly: "If you find a few beggars to follow, it won't be noticeable." β
Liang thought about it for a while, and felt that this was a good way, "The little one will go to the right person now, and the little one will retire." β
Soon after he left, Lu Xiaotian swaggered and knocked on the door and entered the house.
"I'm willing to go to the front door today." Ling Yi teased him.
Lu Xiaotian was triumphant, "Miss, don't be busy making fun of me, listen to what news I brought back to you first." (To be continued......)