"Get in!" Wei Bao didn't think much about it, it was all at this point, afraid to enter, not afraid to enter, one thing.

At this time, Wei Bao was like a gambler, and he felt a little desperate.

Yang Siqing, the eldest of the Yang family, was receiving a small official in brocade clothes with his son Yang Mingchen at this time.

Wei Bao knew that it was a petty official of Jinyiwei through that person's clothing, and Wei Bao especially liked to look at Jinyiwei's clothes and felt very stylish.

Why did the guests let him in before they left, Wei Bao was a little confused.

"Master Li, there is no need to grind this matter anymore, I haven't seen my brother for a while, I can't remember it clearly, wait for the next chance, help you speak." Yang Siqing has a fat head and big ears and looks like an upstart, the average nouveau riche eats for nothing and is fat, and a new nouveau riche like Yang Siqing has a characteristic, his skin is darker and rougher, and he knows that it broke out recently.

"Master Yang, just sell a mouth, this matter is really urgent, otherwise I can find your door? I beg Master Li to help me pass a word to Gonggong Yang today, I will thank you very much. The man in the costume of the Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi officer, in his forties, was thin, with a goatee on his chin: "I'm with you on this street, and Brother Mingchen, we haven't known each other for a day or two, so you can help me this time." ”

"Lord Li, your sister is today's concubine, she said something, isn't it more effective than my brother?" Yang Siqing said impatiently: "Look, I still have guests here, I have something to do." ”

"Yes, Master Li, otherwise you should go back first, my father promised to tell my uncle, and he will tell me, don't worry." Yang Siqing's son, Yang Mingchen, also helped drive people away.

"Then you guys get busy first, I'll wait outside." The little flag official surnamed Li looked like he refused to leave and wanted to stay here.

Wei Bao was curious when he heard this, listening to this meaning, the sister of this little flag official is the concubine today? Isn't that the emperor's dead father's wife? It's a big deal, right? Why do you have to ask for a businessman? Although I know that someone in the Yang family has become a great eunuch in the Twenty-four Yamen, it is not a eunuch at the level of Wei Zhongxian after all, right? Can you afford the right to speak as a concubine? I don't know what this little flag official asked the Yang family to help him deliver, and who he wanted to hand it to?

The three of them said a few more words, and the little flag officer surnamed Li came out of the living room and waited outside, before Wei Bao stepped forward to greet him.

"Master Yang is good, Young Master Yang is good." Wei Bao saluted decently and said: "Down is Wei Bao, a native of Liaoxi." ”

Yang Siqing and his son Yang Mingchen glanced at each other, secretly thinking that they hadn't heard of it, just a little-known person.

"That fine fur you just showed you was yours?" Yang Mingchen asked.

"It's down." Wei Bao replied.

"Where did you get this from? How many? Yang Mingchen then asked.

What I brought in just now to show the Yang family's father and son was a white mink skin, which was very precious, but in Wei Bao's batch of goods, it was only the middle and upper class, Wei Bao smiled: "There are more than a thousand pieces, and I still have tiger skins and bear skins." ”

When the father and son of the Yang family heard this, they looked at each other again, people can't be good-looking? This boy looks like he is fourteen or fifteen years old at most, so powerful?

"How old is the little official? Just doing such a big business? Is there anyone else in your family with you? Yang Siqing couldn't help but ask.

Wei Bao said: "When I just turned 14 years old, isn't this business all made by people? I'm the only one in charge. ”

Yang Siqing nodded in surprise, Yang Mingchen felt a little surprised, secretly thinking that this young man was only 14 years old and was in charge of such a big business, he was in his thirties, and his father was in charge of everything, and he felt that Wei Bao must be a good father.

"Oh, heroes are young, it's rare. Where did such a large number of good goods come from? Can you ask? Yang Siqing asked uneasily, such a big business, he must inquire about the way.

"It's a regular way, I was trafficked from Shanhaiguan, there is a road guide issued by the Wei Command Embassy, the goods are purchased outside the customs, get such a large batch of good goods, and also open the road guide, and then go all the way to Beijing, but it is not easy." Wei Bao said sharply.

"Well, if you have the ability, you can actually import goods from outside the customs and then transfer them to Jingshi, which is really not easy." Yang Siqing said with a smile: "It seems that Wei Gongzi's family is not simple, and it has something to do with the local area. ”

Wei Bao smiled indifferently, he has a Mao relationship, lack is not broken, people who do business are most afraid that people think it doesn't matter, people think he has a relationship, this is a good thing.

"What price do you plan to sell this batch of goods for the little official? The first time to do business, not familiar with each other, or to make it clear, do not say a good price to see the goods, afraid of wasting effort, our family did not make such a high-end fur, a few pieces of nothing, the number of large, can only be said according to the price of the second grade of fur. Yang Siqing got straight to the point.

As soon as Wei Bao heard this, the other party came up and gave the second-grade price, and couldn't help but be secretly happy, secretly wondering if this was a new nouveau riche, much more magnificent than the Jin merchant Qiao's family, "I want the price of the first grade." This batch of goods is eaten in, and the old man is guaranteed to make a lot of money! There is no defective product, and someone can be sent to inspect the goods in detail. ”

"The price of first-class quality is absolutely impossible." Yang Mingchen heard his father come up and said that he would buy it at the price of second-class goods, and he couldn't help but be angry, and secretly scolded his father for not being able to do business, so he immediately pouted: "This is already the highest price, we can't catch up with those big merchants of Jin in Beijing, since Wei Gongzi can find my Yang family, Bacheng has already gone to a lot of places to inquire, right?" I don't believe anyone else can pay more than that. ”

"Well, that's what I mean, considering that I did business with Wei Gongzi for the first time, and it is a good product, I won't beat around the bush, just the income price of the second-class condition, if it is okay, it will be traded, and if it doesn't work, there is no way." Yang Siqing said with a smile.

Wei Bao gritted his teeth, he was not afraid of bargaining with people who were chronic, in fact, it was even more troublesome to encounter this kind of acute child who came up and said to die! What do you mean that if you can't do it, you can't do it?

"Let me think about it, such a good product, to be honest, I was going to sell it for a first-class price! This will ensure that neither of us loses! For the price of selling second-class quality, I have to accompany at least three or four thousand taels of silver to go out, and I have no profit at all. Wei Bao discussed: "How about making a step for each, the price acquisition between the first-class and the second-class quality?" All I have to do is save my capital. ”

Yang Siqing looked at Wei Bao and felt that Wei Bao didn't seem to be lying, and he also knew the price, even if it was purchased at a first-class price, if it was really like Wei Bao said that there were thousands of goods, it would still be very profitable, 10,000 taels of silver would be accepted, and now there is such a shortage of high-end furs on the market, it will not be too difficult to sell 20,000 taels of silver, or even 30,000 taels of silver!

Yang Mingchen didn't dare to haggle casually, he also knew the attraction of this batch of goods, this is the most attractive thing in the capital this winter, in addition to food. Especially for rich households, rich households are not bad for food, they need high-grade fur for the festival, Yang Mingchen knows that the Qiao family is out of stock, the Chinese New Year's Eve has not caught up, this is about to pass the Lantern Festival, it is the last wave of opportunities!

Just when the two sides were deadlocked, Wei Bao felt that the other party was tempted, and the hope of closing the deal at the price between the first-class and second-class grades was getting bigger and bigger, so he was not in a hurry to settle down.

"Sir." The head of the Yang family came and said in a low voice: "Someone is looking for the eldest young master." ”

"Who's looking for me?" Yang Mingchen said impatiently: "Didn't you see me seeing the merchants here?" ”

"It's Mr. Wu, who often drinks with you." The head of the hall replied.

Yang Mingchen knew that it was Wu Qiufa as soon as he heard it, although Wu Qiufa represented the Wu family to do business in Beijing and Tianjin, mainly doing business with several large Jin merchants, but he also often had dealings with several directly affiliated large merchants on Shiwangfu Street, and often drank with him. At this time, Wu Qiufa came to him, and Yang Mingchen guessed that it might have something to do with this young merchant surnamed Wei who suddenly appeared.

"Well, tell him to drink tea in the side hall, and I'll go over now." After Yang Mingchen finished speaking to the head of the hall, he smiled at Wei Bao: "Master Wei, you do it for a while, a friend of mine is visiting, I'll go and say it." ”

"Young Master Yang is busy with you." Wei Bao hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, when he heard that it was surnamed Wu, he immediately felt nervous, worried that the good situation would be in vain, he really couldn't see that the influence of the Wu family's power was quite wide, just now the Jin businessman was so dragged because of the relationship between the Wu family, and the Wu family of the county government came to the ghost again, how many did they do business with?

Before Yang Mingchen went down, he whispered in Yang Siqing's ear that Wu Qiu had sent it, so that Yang Siqing would not be busy settling down with Wei Bao. Wu Qiufa is the steward of the Wu family outside the Guanxi in Beijing, and the Wu family is the largest supplier of leather goods and medicinal materials outside the Guanwai, and Yang Siqing knows all these things.

Yang Siqing nodded and didn't say anything, and Yang Mingchen walked away with confidence.

Then Yang Siqing and Wei Bao began to gossip, and exchanged two cups of tea before Yang Mingchen came back.

Wu Qiufa has naturally told Yang Mingchen the cause and effect of the matter, and now the initiative is in the hands of Yang Mingchen, Wu Qiufa means that it is also possible to receive this batch of goods with second-class quality, and then give half of the goods to the Qiao family when he goes back, so that the two families will make a lot of money, and the Qiao family will no longer have to chase the Wu family to compensate, which is really a win-win situation.

Yang Mingchen did not give a clear answer to Wu Qiufa, he had his own calculations.

Wei Bao saw that among the father and son of the Yang family, it was the son who played the role of the decision, and couldn't help but be angry, the guest came, you ran away for half an hour, and then came back, what do you mean? If you really don't have time, come and say hello to someone and let you come back next time? This is the most rude, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, it's like you've decided to eat someone.

However, Wei Bao now also feels that the Yang family seems to have settled on himself, because by this time, Liu Chunshi and Fan Datou still haven't come to report it, and it is estimated that the people who went to contact several other directly affiliated big businesses have been wiped out, otherwise, they should come to inform themselves.

The second-class condition is the second-class quality, although it only sold 5,000 taels of silver, and the loss of half of it, it is still acceptable, Wei Bao thought helplessly.

"Wei Gongzi, I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting." Yang Mingchen smiled slightly: "This batch of goods, we are in trouble now, if Wei Gongzi wants to sell it, at most the price between the second-class and the third-class quality!" We can have a few thousand taels more silver than the Qiao family! That's the best price, right? ”

What the? Even the price of the second-class quality that I just said was reversed?

When Wei Bao heard Yang Mingchen say this, he immediately knew that this guy had fully known about the situation of going to Qiao's house to negotiate with Qiao Dongsheng, the eldest young master of the Qiao family, just now, and he didn't feel angry, this is not that the other party eats himself, but bullies people and takes the opportunity to beat the water dogs! He knew that the Qiao family was only willing to pay a price between the second-class and the third-class quality, and he had collapsed with the Qiao family, and now he could only cooperate with him. What's that? Is there a business that does this? Not valuing credit, this is the most hated thing for Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Then don't talk about it, Master Yang, let's drink tea another day, if the business is not benevolent, there will be a period later." ”

Yang Siqing didn't expect Wei Bao to leave so simply, and couldn't help but stand up anxiously, I don't know why Yang Mingchen suddenly pushed the price so low, isn't it clear that he doesn't plan to do such a good business? "Master Wei, don't worry, let's talk about it again."

"Dad, since Gongzi Wei doesn't plan to do business with our Yang family, then there will be a period later. However, Wei Gongzi, I advise you, this Zhili business community is so big, there are less than 30 powerful firms, everyone knows the roots, I dare to say, no one will be higher than the price I offer now! Yang Mingchen said without impatience: "Our family shouldn't have pressed Wei Gongzi's price so much, but it's really because if it's too high, I'm afraid that people will talk about it, if this price comes in, we can also give an explanation to our peers." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "Since I can do such a big business, will I care about just one or two thousand taels of silver?" I burned it, so what? ”

Yang Siqing and Yang Mingchen, hearing Wei Bao say this, their faces suddenly changed greatly! Although Yang Siqing is not very clear about what is going on, he can probably guess a little, originally the high-end fur was controlled by the Jin merchant Qiao family, such a good goods, can fall to his family, it must be this young man offended the Jin businessman, I didn't expect this young man to be so 'reckless', he would actually give birth to such a large number of goods, the idea of burning it?

In fact, this idea, Wei Bao has long had, if it really goes to the end, sell one or two thousand taels of silver, he is really not as happy as burning, otherwise he may be disappointed by this big disappointment for a long time, he knows that he is not an atmospheric person, and he has the character to do big things that he can afford to put down, although this batch of goods did not cost money, but during this time, he spent so much energy to get Beijing from outside the customs, and then let the goods of tens of thousands of taels of silver become one or two thousand taels of silver? Isn't this incompetence?

"Master Wei, why are you bothering? Is it better to have silver than not to have it? Doing business is not a matter of one or two days, this time you take care of our Yang family, and when we meet again on the next trip, we will be familiar friends, right? Take care of your business first when the time comes. Yang Siqing said slowly.

"Master Yang, thank you." Wei Bao saw that Yang Mingchen had an indifferent face, and he clearly refused to let go, smiled slightly, turned around and walked out.

"Wei Gongzi...... Wei Gongzi ...... Alas. Yang Siqing wanted to chase it out.

was dragged by Yang Mingchen, "Dad, let him burn!" In this case, if we receive the goods in second-class condition, we will be laughed at to death, other families don't care about such a little silver, our Yang family will lack such a little silver? ”

Yang Mingchen's meaning is very clear, there is no need to fall out with Jin merchants for a single business, originally this worldly businessman made money, mainly by 'working together' to hoard Juqi, when selling, when buying, you also need to work together to reduce the price. A truth.

Wei Bao didn't laugh angrily, turned to Yang Mingchen and said, "I don't know if I sell it or not, why do I want to burn it?" I can keep it for myself, and I can give it to someone who likes it! It's also good to make a few more friends, but you don't have a place anyway. ”

"You!" Yang Mingchen didn't expect Wei Bao to be like a child, but this trick really worked, and he immediately crushed his psychological advantage, "You send someone away!" Foolish thing, you don't know how to earn money if you have silver! ”

"Who is the fool scolding?" Wei Bao smiled.

"Fools scold you!" Yang Mingchen was picked by Wei Bao like this, where could he still maintain the calm and relaxed demeanor just now, but as soon as the words came out, he felt that he was in Wei Bao's way, as if he was scolding himself, "Bastard!" Looking for a fight, right!? ”

Wei Bao had no intention of arguing with people, and glared at Yang Mingchen angrily, feeling that the nouveau riche just couldn't do it, and said that it was more atmospheric than Qiao's family, and even Qiao Dongsheng was not as good, it turned out that it was all pretended just now.

Wei Bao walked out of the main hall of the Yang family, and the little flag officer of the Jinyi Wei who was still waiting outside saw that there was a quarrel inside, and looked over.

Wei Bao grabbed the man: "This kind of dog-like person, what are you asking them to do?" The brother of the concubine's family, I am not afraid of falling into my identity, go, I will invite you to drink. ”

"Well, you don't know what's going on." The man said hurriedly.

"Let's go, no matter what, don't wait today, didn't you see that the father and son clearly don't want to pay attention to you? And now it's still angry, let's go have a glass of wine to relieve our anger. Wei Bao laughed. It's not that Wei Bao is really idle, he really doesn't have any connections in the capital, just now I heard that this Jinyi Wei Xiaoqiguan is the younger brother of the concubine, so he is a relative of the emperor and the country, and it will be a waste if he doesn't make friends.

Although Wei Bao knew that the imperial relatives in this era were not worth much, because the Ming Dynasty was different from other dynasties, the royal wives were all looking for women from commoner families, and even the princess was married, at most she was married to a third-grade official, a fourth-grade official's family, and it was also the kind of family with several brothers, and even married to a family with a lower door, and after becoming a concubine, he just got an empty title and received points every month. Dead salary', can't be an official, can't do business, so the imperial relatives of the Ming Dynasty, unless they are the princes and county kings who have fiefs, or the relatives of the immediate family members of the powerful queen mother and queen of the dynasty, otherwise the relatives generally have no chance to come out.

Looking at the person in front of him, as the younger brother of the concubine, he is just a small official from the seventh grade, and he can't even be called an official, so he knows that the seventh grade is just a sesame official.

The little flag officer couldn't stand Wei Bao's persuasion, so he followed Wei Bao and left.

Wei Bao is a self-familiar personality, and enthusiastically informed the man of his name, and the man also said his name: "My name is Li Chengne, and my sister is Concubine Zhuang." ”

Wei Bao sighed, and he couldn't figure out what Concubine Zhuang was doing? The little content he knows about history is basically a relatively important part, originally Zhu Changluo, the Taichang Emperor of Mingguangzong, was just a short-lived emperor who was hung up in less than a month after ascending the throne, and his concubine, Wei Bao, knew a more famous Xi Li, and the rest was really unclear. secretly thinking that this person's surname is Li, Emperor Taichang shouldn't have a few concubines who can be concubines, right? If it's not the younger brother of the West Li family, it should be the East Li family.

"Does your sister have any children?" Wei Bao asked, the reason why he asked like this, although it was a little rude, but there was no way, out of helplessness, because Wei Bao knew that Dong Li didn't seem to have children, so he raised Zhu Youzhen for a while. Originally, the two brothers Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao were handed over to Xi Li to raise, but after Xi Li gave birth to a daughter and had no time to take care of the two, Zhu Youzhen was handed over to Dong Li to raise.

"Nope." Li Chengnei was a little unhappy when he heard Wei Bao ask.

Wei Bao seemed to be happy all of a sudden, and laughed: "My lord, you have something good to do, you know?" ”

Li Chengnei looked at the young man in front of him as if he was looking at a neurosis, and he really couldn't figure out where there was anything good about him?