Chapter 29: The Nature of a Merchant
Li Zhi really didn't bother to pay attention to this goods at this time, because he heard a news from his master Xue Li at breakfast: Today's saint Li Zhi is going to Ganye Temple to worship incense!
And Xue Li was assigned as the vanguard of the emperor's trip in the early stage, responsible for the vigilance and security of the periphery, why was he only responsible for the periphery?
Because the emperor's close guards have always been guarded by the Xuanjia Army himself, there has never been a situation of pretending to others.
Last night, Xue Li returned with Jia, because he went home directly from Ganye Temple, and the emperor had not yet arrived, so there was no need for he, a temporary guard, to stay there for the night.
The reason for Li Zhi's confusion is that the empress Wu Zetian, who is still dormant in Ganye Temple!
Since coming to this era, Li Zhi has been paying attention to all the information about that woman all the time.
Helplessly, the forces are thin, and the only acquaintances who can speak can speak are Xue Li and Xu Jingzong, two people with official status, asking Xue Li is tantamount to asking about blindness, Xu Jingzong may know the details, but he hasn't had time to talk to Lao Xu about this, besides, after all, the two have just been in contact for a short time, and he originally planned to wait for Lao Xu Guan to ask after he was reinstated, so that it would be considered humane.
The three horses entered Chang'an City in turn, Li Zhi and Zhuang Buyu rode on, all of which were war horses drawn out by the stables of the Xue Li family, which were more majestic than the groove horses and the horses, and of course the temper was more bursting, and the little fat man rode the little yellow horse and walked at the end.
They need to go to the counter of the West Market to withdraw money first, and then go to Dugu's house, hundreds of times for him now, there is no need to say much, what he thinks, the first is how to be able to repay the favor on the premise of not offending Dugu's family; The second is the matter of Ganye Temple, does he need to get involved in this?
As an opportunity to get close to Wu Cong, after all, with Wu Zetian's means, he will seize this opportunity no matter what, and when the time comes, the icing on the cake will be more sincere!
Unconsciously, the three of them got off the horse in front of Baibao Zhai, Li Zhi also came here for the first time, the guy didn't know the three of them, thought they were ordinary guests, and greeted him with a smile: "Hey, three Xiaolangjun, if you want something, please look in the store, we have a hundred bone incense toothbrush here, as well as Zirong Zhai's fat powder, especially the hundred bone fragrance toothbrush, the only one in Chang'an, no other semicolon!" Inside please! ”
As he spoke, he took the reins in the hands of Li Zhi and the three of them and hung them on the bolting stone in front of the door.
After entering the door, Li Zhi didn't have much heart to look at the decoration that could be called luxurious, luxury and high-end is his basic requirement for decoration, since he wants to earn rich people's money, then there must be style and grade.
"What about your shopkeeper?" The little fat man asked, during this time, he would ask Li Zhi some business questions if he was free or not, and Li Zhi also had the intention of cultivating him in this area, and naturally knew everything, including the operation details of the entire toothbrush business and the follow-up brand development plan.
Yes, the little fat man is more concerned about the operation of today's Baibao Zhai than Li Zhi, because of love, so he added his heart, and he found a lot of inappropriate places from the beginning of entering the door, such as why set a threshold? Why didn't the guests even serve tea and pour water after they entered? Why is it that a thing that sells luxury goods, especially something that is mostly used by women such as daily chemicals (a vocabulary learned from Li Zhixue), is actually introduced by men?
The guy seemed to think of the previous explanation of the shopkeeper Huang for a moment, and hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The three sons will wait a while, and the villain will go to inform the shopkeeper." ”
Soon, Huang Licai led a young man to greet him with a red face: "Finally I have come to look forward to the son, the little old man is trembling these days, and he is always afraid that he will make a mistake and miss the son's messenger, then it will really be impossible to redeem it!" ”
Li Zhi smiled, this old boy has been swept away recently, and there is a tendency to live younger and younger, and then look at the young man behind him, and Huang Licai's appearance is seven points similar.
"This is the dog Huang Shutong, who has been with me these days, just waiting for the son to come over so that the son can see if he can get into the eyes of the son!"
Li Zhi smiled dumbly, this old boy really has empty eyelashes, I'm afraid that he will already calculate the current expansion plan, there is a shortage of manpower, he has a total of two sons, after the last incident, he can be regarded as seeing clearly, with the pampered virtue of the younger son, he may not have a long memory, rather than staying in Chang'an City, he will cause trouble for him sooner or later, it is better to poke a rod to their hometown to give their old Huang family a good branch and be a rich man.
Fortunately, he also has an eldest son, although his personality is not very pleasing, he is loyal and reliable, he has read books, knows some basic bookkeeping and accounting, and he just arranged for Li Zhi to meet him.
"You look at it, I will also recommend someone to you here, just him, you probably know each other, called Zhuang Daya, you help bring a belt, and I will come over to get someone after a while!" Baibaozhai's affairs, Li Zhi doesn't plan to take care of everything, the annual account settlement can be doubled, he asked the little fat man to come over to study, of course, there is another use.
When Huang Licai heard that he didn't want to share his own power, he immediately patted his chest and promised to do his best not to disappoint his son.
When it came time to report the account income of the past month, Li Zhi finally understood why this old yellow was full of red face, only three high-quality toothbrushes, and the net profit was more than 1,000.
The strange thing is that among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, such luxury items that are priced as high as more than ten taels of silver have not attracted much popularity, and there are only a few dozens of businesses, and the real big money owners are all those exotic wealthy businessmen who have come from afar.
Li Zhi looked through the accounts, the Western Regions, Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo, and even Jiaozhi and other places, his heart moved, he looked down along the record of Jiaozhi, and sure enough, the transaction was not a traditional currency, but a specialty of the Cochin country: agarwood, natural gold and silver, etc.
"Jade hundred bone incense, twenty handfuls, twenty taels of pure gold, thirty handfuls of ivory hundred bone incense, thirty catties of high-grade agarwood and fifty catties of medium agarwood!"
Li Zhi thought about the most expensive ivory toothbrush, all the costs added up to less than the usual money, converted into less than one tael of cash, and the store collected most of the original gold sands mined by Jiaozhi, limited by their own smelting technology, and needed the store to fold fifty percent of the fire consumption! Don't be surprised, this is already a conscience price, put it in Li Tang's official mansion, you can discount it twice believe it or not!
This comes and goes, and it is at least twenty times the profit!
Raising his head, the old boy already had a draft: "Childe, I wonder why these barbarians like our things?" ”
Li Zhi shook his head and said expressionlessly: "The essence and blood of the people of a poor country, raising a bunch of cysts, what else can you do besides being poor and extravagant!" I think this big head should be in the fire consumption of the golden sands! ”
Huang Licai's heart trembled, inadvertently, Li Zhi had already mastered all the tricks, and listening to his words, he was a little unsure of the meaning of the son for a while, and seemed to have sympathy for those barbarian people, which was not easy to do.
"Don't think about it, this kind of thing, you still have to pay attention to some ways and methods, you see, Goguryeo bought six branches, and the total transaction was less than sixty taels of silver, which is very unkind, has the reason been found? Capturing the needs of customers is what businessmen need to do the most, understand? ”
Li Zhi slapped the account book in his hand into Huang Licai's hand, and the old boy seemed to be suddenly a little confused by Li Zhi's words.
At this time, Huang Shutong on the side bowed down and said: "Father, rest easy, Shutong takes the liberty of guessing that what Gongzi means is that this kind of business should not only be done with the merchants of the Jiaozhi Kingdom, but also expand to other countries in a planned way, so that Baiguxiang will completely become a must for those barbarians!" This matter can even be carried out by unscrupulous means, because we are businessmen, and our nature is to pursue profits! ”