The businessman surnamed Wang paused for a while, and then said: "My offer is already very low, he said that this offer is very sincere, but whether it will be purchased is not his own can have the final say, this is a big deal made by the imperial court, there are many people staring at it, if you want to make money, you have to do a good job up and down, like this kind of business of more than 100,000 yuan, postpone payment for two years, you can earn more than 100,000 yuan, you have to take out a profit to make a little bit up and down, there are many big businessmen who want to do business with the imperial court, and you have a relationship with the imperial court, and you will have more opportunities to make money in the future. It's totally worth it to come up with a 10% profit to dredge up the relationship.

He also said that it was the first time for the imperial court to organize Huiyi, and it was a lot of profits, and if he couldn't seize this opportunity, it would be difficult to get in touch with the imperial court later. Let me think about it, if I think about it, give him the money to dredge the relationship, and he will be able to sign a contract if he has a good relationship, and I want to hurry up, the amount of tea purchase is limited, and if it is late, it will be robbed of the share by other businessmen, and it will be too late to regret it.

The quality of my tea is very good, the quotation is already very low, and then pay to dredge the relationship, basically I can't make money, so I told him that the cost of planting tea, picking tea, making tea, storage, and transportation is very high, and the cost is too big to lose money, and the business can't be done. He said that whether the business can be done or not, whether it makes money or not, still depends on whether the dots are in place, if the dots can be in place, it is not a problem to buy my tea for 90 wen or even 100 wen a catty, the key is to take out the money to dredge the relationship first.

I'm far away in Zhangzhou, and I didn't bring much money with Lin'an, he asked me to pay 10,000 yuan first, and I don't know if I will ask for money after I pay the money, and I don't know if I can sign a contract. Later, I thought that this business might not be reliable, so I left Lin'an and prepared to go back to Zhangzhou, but I met Lord Yang at the inn and brought me back to Lin'an. ”

Halfway through the talk of the businessman surnamed Wang, Tang Xun's brows furrowed slightly, and at the end of the conversation, he said that the old shopkeeper was going to buy tea at a higher price, he suddenly stared at him, became a little angry, and even complained in his heart about his father, how could he find such an unreliable person for him.

"Brother Tang is angry, everyone has greed, this is also normal, and he doesn't want to participate in the procurement of goods and materials in the future."

Yang Congyi watched Tang Xun's face change, knowing that he was very angry now, and he would do irrational things when he was angry. There are still a lot of businessmen waiting for the Hui Yi Supervision Office, and the yard is so big, it will make a fuss, and it will not be able to be contained, and there will be a big problem when it is passed out, and it will eventually affect the entire Hui Yi Supervision errand.

"Wang Yuanwai, I'm really sorry, I didn't notice it for a while, and I almost delayed your business. Now that you're back, if you're still interested, let's talk about the purchase of tea. Tang Xun took a sip of tea, dispelled the sullenness in his heart, and dealt with the businessman in front of him first, and then found the old shopkeeper.

The merchant surnamed Wang immediately looked happy and said, "Thank you, sir." My tea garden can produce 3 million catties of steamed tea a year, 80 wen a catty, and can all be sold to the imperial court, the tea gardens are near Zhangzhou, and they can be transported to Quanzhou by sea for half a month. There is no problem at all with the deferred payment of the payment. ”

"It's almost June now, and your spring tea is still there?" Tang Xun asked.

"Don't hide it from my lord, I received the procurement documents from the Huiyi Office at the beginning of the year, and the spring tea has not been sold much, and it has been stored in the warehouse. In the past, there were many merchants who bought tea, but the amount they asked for was not large, and the most was only 10,000 catties, and they had to negotiate the price every time, which was very troublesome. I just want to sell it to the imperial court at one time to save some effort. ”

"Well, although three million catties a year is a lot, we can also buy all of them, but I still suggest that you have better leave some tea for other merchants, all the tea is sold to us, and no tea is sold to other merchants, it is easy to cause the price of tea to fluctuate, the price fluctuation is too strong, whether it is to tea farmers, tea merchants, or the people, the impact is great. You leave some tea leaves for other merchants, and we can buy 1.5 million catties or 2 million catties. ”

"Your Excellency is clever and thinks far-reaching. I will sell two million catties to the imperial court, and leave one million catties for the old merchants from all over the world. When will my tea be delivered to Quanzhou? ”

"Delivered in September, by October. If the agreed goods and materials cannot be delivered in full ten days before the departure of the Huiyi fleet, the deferred payment is not double the unpaid payment, but only 50% more than the unpaid payment, and you must be clear about this problem. ”

"I know it's going to be all over when the time comes."

"Then I'll talk about the contract." Tang Xun opened the box and took out a contract.

........

There are a lot of terms in the contract, and it takes a lot of time to explain them one by one.

Two quarters of an hour later, the purchase contract worth 160,000 yuan was signed, and it was stamped with the seal of the Hui Yi Supervision Office.

The tea merchant's matter was solved, Yang Congyi took the tea merchant and left, what should I do with the old shopkeeper, the rest is Tang Xun's matter, he is not good to be present or participate.

The tea merchant surnamed Wang sold two million catties of tea at one time, and was very happy, and as soon as he came out of Tang Xun's room, he wanted to invite Yang Congyi out to drink tea.

At this time, it was already noon, the scorching sun was high, it was too hot to go out, Yang Congyi came back to Lin'an and had nothing else to do, just waiting for Lord Huang, one was to report the matter of the Xuanwei Army, and the other was to take money to pay for the shipbuilding, Lord Huang didn't know when he would come, so it was not easy for him to leave casually, after all, it was not easy for Lord Huang to leave the palace.

If you go out to drink tea, you will be exempted, and you will not be truthful. As a result, Yang Congyi invited a businessman surnamed Wang to drink a pot of tea at home.

The businessman surnamed Wang rarely came to Lin'an, negotiated the business, was in a good mood, was very talkative, and chatted happily with Yang Congyi, who was waiting at home.

Chatting and chatting, an idea suddenly popped up in Yang Congyi's mind, he himself now has an official position, and it doesn't seem appropriate to go to see the envoy of the Jin State, since this king has nothing to do, why not ask him to explore the situation, if Yan Liang is a trustworthy person, he can get a foreign fortune to subsidize the military, if there is no trust, then forget it, anyway, go and see, there will be nothing less.

Yang Congyi immediately made up a story, saying that he had a friend since he was a child, and the relationship was very good, Song and Jin negotiated peace, after the Huai River was assigned to the Jin State in the north, they basically did not meet, two years ago I heard that he was an official in the north, and it was even more difficult to meet. And he had to wait for a very important person at the place where he returned to Yi Governor, and it was inconvenient to leave, and he didn't know when the envoy of the Jin State would go back, so he asked Wang Yuanwai to help him take the token to the envoy of the Jin State and hand it over to the people of the Jin State, so that they could bring it back to their friends.

The businessman surnamed Wang was in a good mood, Yang Congyi helped him a lot, anyway, he had nothing to do, he went to the Jin Guoxing Pavilion, naturally there was no problem, he hadn't seen the Jin people, he could go and see, and he had a long experience, so he immediately agreed and promised to send the things.

Yang Congyi took out the gold-inlaid scimitar wrapped in cloth, and handed it to the merchant surnamed Wang with the knife and sheath, this is his heart, please be sure to deliver it.

The merchant surnamed Wang wrapped the knife, sat for a while, and then left, going to the envoy's pavilion to return the token.

In Tang Xun's room, the atmosphere was depressing at this time.

The four shopkeepers sat on the left and right, looking down at the ground, or raising their eyes to the sky, without saying a word.

Tang Xun looked at these elders left and right, and the five of them were silent for a long time.

"Behind closed doors, not talking about the government and the people, you are all my elders, my father asked you to help me, I am very grateful, and I trust you very much, what you are doing, I almost never ask. But now that this is happening, I can't act like I don't know anything. No matter which of you collects the money and keeps the money, I will not pursue it, nor will I tell my father, but I will leave for you in front of my father, and I will leave early tomorrow morning to go back to the Yi Dou and go back to my hometown. Tang Xun's tone was as gentle as possible, but the atmosphere in the room still felt very cold.

The four shopkeepers were speechless, not knowing how many of them had problems.

Tang Xun said again: "We are doing the business of the imperial court, and doing things for the imperial court is a blessing in itself, don't have any more selfishness and luck, otherwise someone will look for you, and then it won't be as easy as me to talk to, just return the money." ”

The four of them still didn't speak, and they didn't make a sound.

"Take a half-day off this afternoon, give you time to think about it, and think about whether you are worthy of my trust in you. Okay, let's go back. Tang Xun finished what he had to say, after all, he was invited by his father, and he had been in the medicinal herb business in his family for most of his life, and he couldn't say it too badly when he was angry.

The four of them got up one after another, opened the door and went out, and each went back to his room without any communication.

Tang Xun sat there, in a terrible mood.

Looking at the appearance and attitude of the four of them just now, what will happen tomorrow, he has no bottom in his heart. If the worst happens, he'll be left alone tomorrow. If this is the case, then the future procurement of goods and materials will all be on him, and he feels desperate when he thinks about it.

"Is Brother Yang here?"

Yang Congyi heard Tang Xun's voice outside the room, turned over and sat up from the bed, and opened the door to welcome him in.

"Brother Tang, your face is very bad." Seeing Tang Xun listless, Yang Congyi was suddenly a little worried.

Tang Xun entered the room and sat down straight, leaned back on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Yang Congyi poured two cups of tea, one was pushed to Tang Xun, and one was picked up by himself: "The situation is very bad?" ”

Tang Xun closed his eyes and replied: "It's not good, I didn't make it clear, if you are selfish, you will leave by yourself tomorrow." Then they are probably not clean like that. The procurement of materials has not been completed, and the delivery of materials in Quanzhou is also a problem. ”

"There are problems with all of them, that's not true, one or two are normal." Yang Congyi took a sip of tea and comforted him with kind words.

"Who knows, I'm afraid that there won't be one left tomorrow."

"Do you have statistics on how many materials have been purchased since the beginning of the year, if there are fifty ships, it doesn't matter if there are no one. As for the delivery in Quanzhou, you can find a group of nimble guys, train well for a few months, and you should be able to do the delivery of materials. ”