Chapter II. 254. Buy and leave
Shen Gui put the coarse porcelain wine bowl in his hand on the table heavily, shook his head and laughed at himself:
"Brother Sanlin, I won't tell you anything, brother, I have found nothing on this trip to the Great Wilderness City, and I will have to give away my life when I go back. I Qi Yan doesn't care, it's normal to do business, it's normal to lose money and make money! If I lose, I will lose my money, and if I can't afford it, I will pay for my life, there is nothing to say...... I just think...... I feel sorry for my dead father...... Woo......"
Li Sanlin looked at Shen Gui's appearance, and naturally thought that his alcohol consumption was not very good, and now he was rushed to his head by the smell of alcohol, which aroused sadness. However, the more the other party is in such a state, the easier it will be for him to find out the news. After all, there is an old saying called spitting the truth after drinking.
"Oh? How dangerous could it be? I think it's also from the family of merchants, and although it is very risky to start a business, it is a new thing that has never been heard of to say that it will cost you your life because of it......
Shen Gui opened his confused drunken eyes, took out a thick stack of silver tickets from his arms, and slapped them on the table with a 'snap':
"Look! How much silver is this? How about a million taels? Looking at the heart of the heart? Do you like it or not? But if I tell you that the thing that can take my brother's life is this million taels of silver tickets, brother, how do you feel? ”
"No silver is a matter of human life, of course this brother knows; But now, brother, you have a lot of money in your hands, but how can you die? My brother really can't figure this out......"
Li Sanlin looked at the thick pile of Huinan silver tickets that passed through the world, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva vigorously: Don't look at this Qi Yan dressed very ordinarily, but as soon as people make this casual move, it turns out to be a million taels of silver tickets! If you can have such a skill, do you still need to worry about the origin of the 500,000 taels of silver?
"Haha, brother, do you really think that all this silver is my brother? Although I don't know what the situation is in your Great Wilderness City, in Beiyan and Nankang, merchants like us who place orders in big businesses first lend a sum of capital in the silver number, and then use the silver to traffic large quantities of goods in the two places to make a profit; When you earn the silver, you can put some interest on it and return it to the silver number. ”
"With a large amount of capital as a backing, you can buy more and sell more, and make more money! Isn't that a good thing? How could he harm one of the lives of the virtuous brother? ”
Li Sanlin, like his grandfather Li Gao, has never stepped out of the East Customs since he was a child; Growing up so big, the farthest 'trip' was the trip to Fengjing that reported Li Deng's funeral before. As the so-called 'one place is not a mystery', this businessman of Nankang and Beiyan, the doorway for them to do business, Li Sanlin is really the first time to hear of it. So in the face of 'Qi Yan's complaint, Li Sanlin naturally expressed his doubts.
Shen Gui closed his eyes and shook his head and explained:
"Yes, the cost is a lot more, but the interest is also heavy! Let's take this million taels as an example, borrow one million silver for a period of one year, the interest is one percent, and the interest is doubled after the deadline. In other words, even if I leave this million taels of silver intact, by the end of the year, I will have to pay back 1.1 million taels of silver to Huinan Qianzhuang. You said, where can I find the extra 100,000 interest money? ”
"What? Brother, in my Great Wilderness City, didn't you find any way to make money? ”
When Shen Gui heard this, he slapped his thigh vigorously, and said with annoyance on his face:
"Before the war between the two norths, many people earned a lot of money in the Great Wilderness City. I also listened to their nonsense, which is why I borrowed such a huge amount of money on credit, and wanted to make a lot of money at one time; Unexpectedly, as soon as the silver was borrowed, the Beiyan and Youbei began to fight each other. No matter how important this silver is, it is not as important as life? So I waited and waited and waited and waited until the war subsided, and I immediately set out for this great desolate city...... Unexpectedly, in this great desert city now, no one has good goods in their hands; In addition, it is summer again, and I just want to sell some furs and food, which is like a dream! Brother Sanlin, you say, did I come in vain this trip? This million taels of silver, did it cost me this little life? ”
After finishing speaking, Shen Gui took back the thick stack of silver tickets under Li Sanlin's greedy gaze, drank it to himself, and nagged in his mouth: What 'there is no place to spend money', what 'there is no way to live', what 'Qian Zhuang eats people and does not spit out bones'...... What 'I wanted to make a little more, but I supported myself to death'......
Li Sanlin looked at this frustrated, failed, and down-and-out 'little businessman', and thought about it in his heart: although his story is quite reasonable, the real situation may not be as pitiful as he said. First of all, the shopkeeper of this Huinan money village is all shrewd among shrewd, and it is impossible to lend such a large sum of silver to a small merchant who has no pledge; And is his gold medal of the Huayan Merchant Gang really just a relic of his father as he said? What is the relationship between him and the Huayan Business Gang?
If you want to fish, you have to bait first; If you want to do business, you have to pay the capital first. Since he wants to rely on this kid and take the line of Nankang and Beiyan, he must be the first to show sincerity.
"Although you and my brother have only met for the first time, they are like-minded with each other, and they can be regarded as acquaintances at first sight. I think brother, you have also heard a little, I, Li Sanlin, in this great wilderness city, although it is quite a bit famous, but at this time there is no real profit in my hands, and I have no money, and I have the heart to help my brother take down this thunder, but I also have more than enough heart and not enough strength...... However, my Li family's reputation in this great wilderness city is not in vain. Silver, though not so much for my brother; But when it comes to doing business, my brother can still give you some pointers! ”
Shen Gui was still pretending to be frustrated and drunk, but when he heard Li Sanlin's 'hook', he immediately widened his eyes, turned his head suddenly, held Li Sanlin's hands tightly, and said with trembling lips:
"Brother Sanlin, don't lie to me! Don't lie to me...... You have pointed out a way out for Qi Yan! Let's talk about it, where is the way to keep me alive! ”
"Brother, don't worry... You let go of your hand first, and listen to your brother give you a detailed analysis. Now you still have this million taels of silver as the principal, and the time you just said that the time to pay off the principal and interest should be half a year away. With such plenty of time, what are you anxious about! Yes, of course, my brother knows that you can't wait for the good season of autumn and winter, and he also knows that the overdue interest of Huinan Bank is very heavy...... But what if my brother told you that there is a good product right now, with high profits, easy to get rid of, and easy to carry and ship? You say, can this kind of good goods save your life? ”
The three points of high profits, easy to get rid of, and easy to get off are simply inherently attractive for foot merchants. Now that Shen Gui heard such beautiful things, of course, his eyes lit up:
"Is there such a good thing? Brother, tell me quickly, whose goods is this? Can you introduce me to one or two? ”
Li Sanlin looked at Qi Yan with an impatient look, knowing that 'the fish had been hooked', so he leaned into Shen Gui's ear and said softly:
"This owner is not someone else, but my brother himself. As for the goods, they are still planted in our Li family's land and can be delivered in early autumn. But there is one thing I have to make clear to you first, this transaction is a bit of a taboo, and you have to pay half of the silver ticket as a guarantee......"
When Shen Gui heard this, he pretended to be surprised and first clenched his chest, and then leaned sideways and said with a slight suspicion:
"What is worth a fixed amount of 500,000 taels? I think you are a brother, don't you want to ......"
"Brother, don't worry, listen to my brother's words...... I have a name for this good business, called Hibiscus Cream! ”
Shen Gui immediately reacted with ecstasy when he heard this, his lips trembled constantly, and the muscles on his face began to distort because of the excitement in his heart. This look of his fell in Li Sanlin's eyes, and he naturally took it for granted! Moreover, he even silently despised the 'moral standards' of this 'Qi Yan'.
"Brother...... Don't coax me with nice words, do you? I've heard for a long time that the reason why that thing is now at a price a day, rolling up every day, is because the supply has been completely cut off......"
"Don't ask about it, I can't say it. If you are willing, leave me 500,000 taels of silver, and wait for the harvest season of the Elephant Valley in early autumn, and then come to me to pick up the goods; If you don't want to, then I didn't say anything, brother, and you can find some other way to make money. We can't buy and sell without benevolence, don't ruin the friendship between you and my brother because of those little things in the silver. ”
This 'deposit' of 500,000 taels is, of course, a drop in the bucket for Shen Gui, but for Li Sanlin, it is a 'basic guarantee' for himself. As long as there are 500,000 taels of silver, then whether it is public or private, the road to succeed to the position of the head of the family will definitely be a smooth road. Moreover, from the perspective of doing business alone, he has no intention of hacking the silver of the 'Northern Yan people'.
Because of the 'big business' between the grandfather and the prince, he also took out the capital of 50,000 taels of silver and shared his own piece of the pie. According to the family rules of the Li family, as long as the day when the Elephant Valley falls, there will definitely be a harvest of its own. Although the buyer of the goods of the grandfather and the prince has been negotiated, the hibiscus paste of his own is still ownerless! And if his first batch of cigarette paste is given to Qi Yan, he can not only solve his urgent needs, but also get to know a unique personal relationship.
After all, in his opinion, although this Qi Yan is young, he has an inexplicable relationship with the two giants of Huayan Merchant Gang and Huinan Qianzhuang.
Since whoever sells is selling, it is better to have a good fate for your future. After all, he, the future head of the Li family, can't be controlled by others everywhere like Yan Hunt and Yan Day's father and son.