In the face of this great change, the restaurant shopkeeper was extremely happy.

He knows why business has improved, all because the food in their restaurant tastes different from before, it is very special, and it is unique in the city!

But the number of spices given to him by the businessman surnamed Yang is limited, and it can't last for a few days, and when the spices are used up, the taste of the dishes will be the same as before, and I don't know how much worse the restaurant business will be compared to now.

In this worry, the shopkeeper found him in an inn according to the address left by Yang Congyi, and immediately expressed his intention to buy some spices.

Yang Congyi also knew very well what the business of the restaurant was these days, and after congratulating him, he immediately put the selling prices of various spices in front of him.

"Shopkeeper Yang, this price is too high! It's cheaper than gold! ”

"Shopkeeper Zhou, you're right, this thing is indeed worth more than gold. Do you know where these things come from? ”

"Please also ask Shopkeeper Yang to teach!"

"This thing originated in Tianzhu, the Western Ocean, away from the Great Song Dynasty, Jin Kingdom thousands of miles away, it took a few years, through the wind and rain vegetables from the sea to the East, these things are very rare in the local area, let alone transported to the East. You might as well tell the shopkeeper Zhou the truth, the batch of goods in his hands also has a lot of relationships, and it took a lot of money to get it from the south. You don't know, these things are very rare, originally the Song Dynasty royal family exclusive things, occasionally will reward the ministers one or two, in recent years, the south has been plagued by disasters, the treasury is empty, only willing to take out some, sell to the outside world, in exchange for money, fill the treasury. Most of the goods released were snatched away by wealthy nobles, and the rest fell into the hands of merchants. These are also hard to come by, do you think the price can be cheap? ”

"I understand what Shopkeeper Yang said, but no matter how rare it is, it can't be more expensive than gold, can it be cheaper?"

"I'm really sorry, I really can't, the price of these things in the south is still high, and merchants from all over the world are flocking to it, and now I'm afraid no one sells them. In the near future, the value of these spices will double, and now one or two spices are worth one or two gold, and in the future they will be worth two, three, or even four taels, who will make them rare! Shopkeeper Zhou is a businessman, he should know the value of these spices, and after diners have entered your restaurant, will they go to other restaurants? Of course, if the price of the restaurant food rises sharply, people with average family backgrounds will definitely consider it, but people with good family backgrounds will not care about the cost of a meal, if they are satisfied, they will even bring more rich people who can consume, isn't it easier to make money on them? If you want, the price of your restaurant can increase tenfold, and it will soon become the most luxurious restaurant in Yidu Province, and then people who can enter the restaurant will want face, and they will not care about how much the wine and food are. ”

"The relationship between the shopkeeper Yang is hard, and the spirit is big, I can't compare, the restaurant was not good before, there is not much money, these spices are so expensive, I just can't afford to buy them. Can you get a discount? ”

"It's impossible to get a discount, and these spices can't be sold at a cheap price anywhere. If the funds are insufficient, there are also workarounds, I wonder if the shopkeeper Zhou wants to hear it? ”

"Shopkeeper Yang might as well talk about it, how to be flexible?"

"I can give you a batch of spices, you don't have to pay cash, just share 30% of my profits every month, and all the spices used in the restaurant will be supplied by me in the future, what do you think?"

"Sanchengli?"

"If Shopkeeper Zhou is too high, you might as well think about how much more money you make every month after using spices than before, and how much can your cost increase? If the shopkeeper Zhou is not willing to make a lot of money, Yang will find other more powerful restaurants to cooperate, and then the business of the shopkeeper Zhou will plummet, and then want to find me, but it is not so easy. ”

"Shopkeeper Yang, let me go back and think about it, after all, this is a big deal, and I can't make decisions easily."

"Okay, then give Shopkeeper Zhou two days to think about it, if you can't see Shopkeeper Zhou at that time, you won't count what you said!"

"Okay, whether you cooperate or not, I will come to see Shopkeeper Yang."

Shopkeeper Zhou left Yang Congyi's room with a heavy heart, whether the restaurant that has been running for more than ten years wants to make a lot of money, or whether it will continue like before, he must think about it.

Yang Congyi was not idle, he had to make other preparations.

Yidu Mansion is very large, there is more than one restaurant in the city, and there are still many places that can sell goods, as long as you walk around, you will always find buyers.

In two days, I went to four or five larger restaurants one after another, directly found the shopkeeper, explained to them the intention, left them a copy of the spices and usage, and at the same time told them the secret of the restaurant that caused a sensation among diners, so that they knew that in order to attract diners, the taste of the dishes is crucial, and without new things, it is impossible to compete with others.

It is not ordinary people who can make the business bigger, and their vision is naturally different from others, and they quickly show the effect of spices on dishes through the dishes made in the kitchen.

Some restaurant shopkeepers found inns at the address left by Yang Congyi on the same day to discuss the purchase of spices.

Looking at the quotation that Yang Congyi took out, and listening to him tell him about the origin of the spices, they quickly understood that the preciousness of these spices lies in their deliciousness and rarity.

In the restaurant business, how important it is to have good raw materials and good ingredients, they know very well that if they have it, they will have a business, and if they don't, they can only lose money, and watch others snatch the diners away.

Before this, everyone had no spices, spices were dispensable for them to make money, but now the situation is very different, since there have been restaurants that have used spices, diners have begun to seek after, so restaurants without spices will inevitably not be favored by diners, and restaurants have lost the basis for competition at the same level, which makes them not anxious?

The shopkeeper of the first restaurant who came to talk about purchasing spices was very angry, and he wanted to buy all the spices brought by Yang Congyi, no matter how much.

When Yang Congyi asked him how much money he could come up with, the other party's arrogance replied that it was 100,000 yuan.

100,000 guan does have a lot of money, but in front of the goods brought by Yang Congyi, it is still too little, so he bluntly said that 100,000 guan can only buy two or three thousand catties of goods, for a big restaurant, it doesn't take long, he still has a lot of goods, if you want to buy more, and the cash is not enough, you might as well consider his next proposal.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Congyi explained the proposal of spice shares to the restaurant shopkeeper, solicited their opinions, and gave them enough time to think.

Among the shopkeepers he has contacted, Shopkeeper Zhou first compromised, in a few days of owning spices, the restaurant made a lot of money, and the profits in a few days were as good as those in the past few months, and there was money with spices, so easy to make money, he couldn't refuse at all.

According to the agreement, if the profits cannot be distributed on time, the spice supply will be interrupted, and the profit distribution time is set at the tenth day of each month, which is also the monthly spice supply time, and the supply location is in Penglai County, Dengzhou.

In the next two days, three more restaurants signed spice supply contracts with Yang Congyi, and four restaurants signed spice purchase contracts, with a total purchase quantity of 450,000 yuan, and the pick-up locations were all in Penglai County.

After Yang Congyi confirmed the specific place and time of the delivery of spices with them one by one, he quickly left Yidu Mansion and returned to Penglai County, Dengzhou.

After returning to the desert island where the fleet was anchored, and after discussing with Shen Jin, he immediately selected a team of ten people to be responsible for the supply of spices to several restaurants in Yidu Mansion, and Yang Congyi no longer asked.

They are the Great Song Dynasty people, they dare not do business blatantly on the Qilu Peninsula, they can only sneak around, they can have such a result, Yang Congyi is satisfied, after all, everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as the situation is opened in Yidu Mansion, there will always be a time to make a lot of money in the future.

Within half a month of leaving, the elite army explored the islands within a hundred miles of the desert island where the fleet was stationed.

There are five relatively large islands in the west, three of which are inhabited by people, and there are many people on them, which are very close to Penglai County.

There is also a large island to the northwest, on which are inhabited by pirates, and it is not clear how many there were, but it is estimated that there were thirty or fifty people.

To the north were four large islands, of various sizes, with no ordinary people living on them, only pirates, and there were dozens of people on each island, the largest estimated to be hundreds.

After Yang Congyi learned about these situations, he suddenly hesitated in his heart.

According to his previous plan, if the fleet did not trade well in the area of Dengzhou and Yidufu, the fleet would go north, go straight to Liaodong Bay, and directly sell spices to the Jin people in the Liaoyang area in exchange for gold, silver, cattle, sheep and horses, and several islands in the north were the base and stronghold of the fleet in the north, and in the event of an accident, they had a way to retreat.

Now there are pirates entrenched in several islands in the northern seas, which is indeed difficult to deal with, and it is impossible to coexist peacefully with them, even if the fleet is willing, the other party will not be willing.

But if you want to use force to eradicate the opponent, it is not easy, because the fleet had no preparations for this before this, and when they went north, they didn't bring a single warship, and only the elite soldiers carried some weapons on the sea ships and Shenzhou, which were okay for self-protection, but lacking in war.

But I don't know if there will be danger on the way north, but in the country of Jin, if you make a slight mistake, you may never be able to go back, so the fleet must have a way out, no matter what, you must occupy an island with fresh water, and use it as the base of the fleet, so that you can rest assured when you advance and retreat.

There are more than 100 Jingwu troops on the ship, more than 200 escort troops, and the more than 100 veterans of the Jingwu Army who really have combat power and have fought are the ones who have fought in the war, and they can't all go north to seize the island, they have to leave half of them to guard the desert island where the fleet is now stationed.