This single business will make money, this steward Chen has long expected. Or would he be able to pay for a meal? Later, it can be seen from the faces of his subordinates that he must have made a lot of money. However, he never thought that there would be so many. You must know that the Qin people firm in Shaocheng only earns about 50,000 taels a year. Is this single business worth one-tenth of the whole year?

The steward said, "Because we are both trading the most valuable goods." These goods are the most profitable. Hey, we can actually make more. Because we didn't eat all of Zhao Erye's goods, he had too many goods. I estimated that we would only eat a quarter. If we had more money and ate it all, the profits would be even greater. ”

At this moment, Steward Chen was not calm, he knew that a rich master was coming, but he didn't expect it to be such a rich master. Steward Chen hurriedly said, "Quickly bring me the account book of today's transaction with Second Master Zhao." ”

The steward was very smart, and he probably expected that Steward Chen would read the account book, so he hurriedly took out two pages of the account book from his side and padded them for Steward Chen.

Steward Chen looked at it and said in surprise: "How many years have we stored the herbs sold?" Or the ones with the longest years and the highest value? And the furs of the beasts, the most valuable ones were sold? Even ivory carvings collected from the western side of southern Xinjiang have been sold? That's a lot of money just to make. Well, the price of selling is really not low, which shows that this is a generous customer. ”

The steward hurriedly said, "Yes, our stock is all high-value things. No merchant bought it for several years. The big businessmen have gone to Guangzhou City to trade, who will come to us to trade? The price of these things here is still higher than that of Guangzhou City. Those shrewd businessmen were thinking of going to Guangzhou City to find a better source of goods. Our stuff has been saved year after year. It's good now. These things were all sold at once, and the people who took care of the warehouse were also relieved. For example, those precious Ganoderma lucidum in our warehouse, and even a precious five-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, which is a treasure. Because of the high value, it has been sold. The price we bought was very low, that is, more than a hundred taels of silver. However, in the market, the five-leaf Ganoderma lucidum has to be sold for more than 1,000 taels of silver. Stuff is good though. But I didn't meet any big merchants. It's always there. The preservation of this lingzhi is particularly troublesome, and it is now sold for 1,200 taels of silver. This one earned more than a thousand taels of silver. ”

Steward Chen nodded. The preservation of elixirs is a big problem. It's a good thing that I can sell it for living money now. Also, this herb earned more than a thousand taels of silver. Isn't that gratifying enough?

Steward Chen then looked down and said, "Now we have sold so many things. Revitalized funds. There should be a lot of silver in stock, why didn't I see you go to the bank to save money? ”

The steward said, "Steward, not only do we not increase the amount of silver in our stockpile. Instead, there are fewer of them. I went to the bank, but not to deposit money, but to take out some of the money we had deposited. Hey, it's a pity that we just sent some silver to the headquarters in Guangzhou City last month, or we can buy more good things. ”

Steward Chen asked strangely, "How come?" We don't have enough money? So you bought the goods brought by Zhao Erye? His caravan is large and has a lot of goods, I know that. But not so much? Didn't he still leave a batch of goods waiting to be traded in Guangzhou City? ”

The steward took out two more pages and said, "See, chief steward, this is the goods we have bought." Their goods are the best goods, and we have never seen them before. Naturally, the price is a little higher than the premium goods that we trade on a daily basis. However, as you know, Chief Steward, these top-notch Dachu goods are the most profitable, the most popular in our place, and they can be snapped up almost as soon as they are listed. Therefore, this time we made more than 2,000 taels of silver by selling the goods in stock, but if we sold the Dachu goods we bought, we would earn 3,000 taels. ”

Steward Chen asked strangely: "What kind of superb goods?" Take me to the storeroom. ”

Although there are many merchants in Shaocheng. However, these Dachu merchants are not top merchants in Dachu, so they can only buy some big road goods, those superb silks, porcelain and other things, are in short supply in Dachu, where will anyone sell them to this remote place in southern Xinjiang?

In fact, it is the goods of Dachu that are very good to sell in southern Xinjiang, because those gorgeous silk and exquisite porcelain are the objects of love of nobles of all ethnic groups.

The steward hurriedly took Steward Chen to the warehouse, and Steward Chen was pleasantly surprised, touched the gorgeous silk and said, "It's really the best goods." This is what I saw when I went to Dachu before, the real Jiangnan satin, or the best satin. Much better than what we buy on the market. There are also these yarns, as thin as cicada wings, breathable and soft, really like a light mist, how did the people who are embarrassed to make it? There are also these fine tea leaves, which are very pleasant to smell. Well, and these porcelain, smooth, how elegant the ice cracks, and the celadon is like the color of the sky. What a treasure. ”

The steward nodded again and again, it was the first time he had seen such good goods.

Steward Chen said: "This Second Master Zhao is really not simple. Such good goods are not easy to find in Dachu, let alone sold to our remote southern Xinjiang. We must maintain a good relationship. Well, in addition to maintaining a good relationship, we also have to say hello to the headquarters of Guangzhou City. In this way, the stewards of Guangzhou City have the bottom of their hearts, entertain Zhao Erye more, and strive to digest Zhao Erye's goods in Guangzhou City, so that the biggest winner of this transaction is our Qinren Commercial Bank. ”

The steward asked: "Second Master Zhao is a merchant of Da Chu, basically, the merchants of Da Chu are all traded in our Qin firm. ”

Steward Chen said, "You don't know this. Steward Xiang came with Second Master Zhao. He told me that on the way, in addition to him being friendly with Zhao Erye, the Accardo steward of the Miao Commercial Bank was also friendly with Zhao Erye. If nothing else, tomorrow, Zhao Erye and his wife may go to the Miao Commercial Bank. ”

The steward immediately said, "Ah, the Miao people firm is our competitor." ”

Steward Chen continued: "That's not all, when they were about to leave the Lingnan Mountains this time, they suddenly met Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness the Princess was attacked by a group of powerful men in black, and it was also Second Master Zhao's subordinates who came to the rescue. Therefore, Her Royal Highness the princess will definitely take Zhao Erye to Guangzhou City, where the Teng family's trading houses may also buy Zhao Erye's goods. Do you say that we can still compete with the Miao firm, and with the Teng firm? ”

The steward took a breath and said, "This is a difficult one. Where can we compete with the Fuji Firm? In Shaocheng, because the power of the Teng clan is not here, we have room to survive. In the city of Guangzhou, where the queen ruled most strictly, the vine clan was above all the clans. We Qin people are originally powerless people, where can we fight? I don't think you have to be busy delivering letters to headquarters. Even if the headquarters knows about it, it can't rob the Fuji family's trading house? ”

Steward Chen smiled and said, "This is your lack of experience, right?" Although our Qin people trading house is not as good as the Teng people's trading house, whose goods do they belong to? It's Second Master Zhao, he can sell it to whoever he wants, if he wants to sell it to our Qinren Commercial Bank, can the Teng Clan Commercial Bank still rob it? ”

The steward's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, it's still the chief steward's thoughtfulness." So in this way, do we have to have a good relationship with Zhao Erye more in the past few days and strive for his favor? ”

Steward Chen stroked his beard and nodded, "This is natural. ”

The steward said, "There's another list here." After seeing our goods, Zhao Erye's steward was very satisfied with some things, in addition to buying these things, he also asked us to collect some more, and they wanted to buy some more on the way back. I didn't care about it at the time. Basically, after the caravan is finished, most of them will bring a lot of goods, and where is there a place to put the things they bought on the return trip. Therefore, our Dachu merchants in Shaocheng all bought some items as soon as they came out of the mountain, and when they arrived in Guangzhou City, they would buy all the money and goods, and the carriages were full, where would they buy them again when they came back? So I didn't care. ”

After saying that, he took out a list from his sleeve. There are many things listed on that list, especially some local herbs, such as Ganoderma lucidum, five-fingered peach, ginkgo seed, bamboo sunflower, wild dendrobium and so on.

Manager Chen was angry: "Why didn't you say it earlier? How do you transport it? This Second Master Zhao is a wealthy man with a lot of manpower, maybe, he will divide some manpower first and transport some of the goods in his hand now? People don't care about this freight, what do you care about? This list is the link between us and Second Master Zhao. You don't care about anything in the past few days, follow this list, and pick up the best purchases of the things that Second Master Zhao wants to purchase. I can see this Second Master Zhao, as long as the goods are good, I don't care about the price. ”

The steward hurriedly bowed and agreed.

Steward Chen came out of the warehouse satisfied, and went back to the account room to write a letter to the Guangzhou headquarters. The steward didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took people to the villages and towns to collect the goods, ready to sell them to Zhao Chongyi.

As Chen Guan expected, Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi really went to the Miao people's firm. They were warmly received by the archsteward of Accardo and the Miao Merchant House. (To be continued......)