Chapter 316: Fellow Enemies
At the same time, Zhao Rui thought about it and understood the reason why there were no new fabrics in these stores.
It is precisely because of the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty that when the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty restricted the sale of cloth, Zhao Rui carried out a wave of pre-sales, collected the silver in advance, and then shipped the goods by the auctioneer.
At that time, the merchants were purchasing in large quantities, and it is estimated that the three of them are the same, and the goods piled up at home must take a long time to digest.
"Steward Zheng, in fact, the old and new fabrics are almost the same, they are all purchased in Fancheng, so where can they be worse?"
"Yes, Steward Zheng, you can go to our place to give you more discounts, dozens of styles are up to you to choose!"
But after Steward Zheng heard this, he turned the face that was choosing the fabric, and there was no smile on his originally happy face.
"I said, this is the fabric my family needs."
What's that?
I was polite to them, and I really treated myself as a dish? He is the chief steward of the Earl's Court, and they are just some small shopkeepers who open cloth shops, and they dare to chatter in front of them?
Steward Zheng said coldly, and the four shopkeepers also realized the identity gap between each other in an instant, but they were too enthusiastic just now, and now they were suddenly doused with cold water, which made people lose face.
But the fire in his heart would never dare to send it to Steward Zheng, so they all went to Zhao Rui one by one.
It's like shooting yourself in the foot.
Didn't this just force this shopkeeper Zhao to raise the price, and he came to a big deal.
There are hundreds of people in the Earl's Court, and the whole family, including the house slaves, have to make clothes, which is a big deal. Now it is equivalent to them helping Zhao Rui make a lot of money on the original basis.
And they, not a single one!
The black-faced shopkeeper was immediately unhappy, and said in a weird manner: "Hey, Shopkeeper Zhao, this is Steward Zheng of the Earl's Mansion, you have to give him cheaper!" With the care of Earl's Court, you can make this business a long-term success! ”
This sentence made Zhao Rui cry and laugh.
If it weren't for the fear of revealing the stuffing, all these truckloads of fabrics would have been given to this shopkeeper Zheng.
But this black-faced shopkeeper's attitude really made Zhao Rui unhappy.
Unexpectedly, in the territory of the original Northern Song Dynasty, they were not only oppressed by the Yuan Dynasty, but they also fell if they did not actively resist, and they were still fighting in the nest!
When will this bad habit of the Chinese people be broken?
Thinking so, Zhao Rui sneered and said: "This is interesting, saying that you can't sell it, it was you who asked me to raise the price, and now that I have come to business, you want me to reduce the price, you are really a bit of a bully!" ”
Steward Zheng was already a little tired of these four people, and after listening to Zhao Rui's words, he took advantage of this excuse and said to the four of them: "The financial resources of our Earl's Mansion still care about this little money? You'd better go back quickly! ”
After all, I want to see it in the future, and Steward Zheng is also measured.
But the more this is the case, the more the four of them can't wipe their faces, but Steward Zheng has spoken, and it is not good for them to stay here, so they go out one by one, of course, no one can forget glaring at Zhao Rui fiercely when he left.
Zhao Rui shook his head and smiled faintly, these small traders themselves don't take it seriously at all.
"What to do? This fabric shop has a new style, and it must be better to buy and sell, and it may not be useful to add that money! ”
"Yes! We all bought a lot of cloth last time, and we can't get rid of it for a while! ”
Everyone looked at the black-faced shopkeeper, as if complaining that he had added too little money.
Why didn't the black-faced shopkeeper complain about himself, so he said hatefully: "Let him be happy for a while, and wait for me to find the Mongol leader to cure him!" ”
"Good! Good! When the time comes, he will also call us, and we will also take a look at how the shopkeeper Zhao was unlucky! ”
It seemed that everyone was waiting for him to say this, and they were all emotionally responsive for a while.
However, it costs money to find Mongolian officers and soldiers to come forward, but the black-faced shopkeeper relies on his family business to be bigger, and he doesn't say it clearly, just let these peers feel that they are capable people!
"Shopkeeper Zhao, right, your fabric is good! Wear it well, I'll buy yours next time! ”
At this time, Steward Zheng had already finished purchasing and paying the silver, and the servants beside him were carrying the burden extremely heavy.
"Hehe, thank you Steward Zheng for taking care of me, by the way, I have a ready-to-wear that seems to be very suitable for your figure!"
Zhao Rui's car was also filled with some ready-to-wear clothes, which were all left over from the original sale and stopping, and this time it happened to be disposed of, even if it was a good relationship between the Song people.
Steward Zheng's status is different now, he purchases for the Earl's Palace, as long as the quality is okay, he is relieved, as for the kickback or something, he has long been disdainful.
Since becoming the manager, there are not a few domestic servants below who give gifts and the like.
But for clothes, Steward Zheng is still happy to give it a try.
Someone brought clothes from behind, Steward Zheng put them on his body, looked at them in front of the bronze mirror, and was really satisfied, every place on his body was suitable, there was no sense of restraint in every place, but the style was extremely good-looking.
Exam, do you think you are a model?
Zhao Rui was tired of him not leaving quickly, but he had to praise him.
"Yikes! Steward Zheng is a talent, personable, and magnificent, looking at your temperament, maybe you can be a big official in the future! ”
Zhao Rui just said nonsense casually, but Steward Zheng heard it in his heart.
Because he has always been conscientious, the Mongols took him as a confidant, saying that they would make arrangements for him in the future, so Zhao Rui said this, which just made him very happy.
"Okay, good, thank you Shopkeeper Zhao Jiyan, I'll give you how much this dress is!"
"Hey~ What money is not money, the choice of clothes also pays attention to fate, look at this as if it is tailor-made for Steward Zheng, or give it to Steward Zheng, just take care of my family's business in the future!"
Zhao Rui can be regarded as not revealing flaws, if a person with such an identity comes, if he doesn't give some benefits, he won't be like a businessman.
"Haha, okay, whatever to buy at home in the future, I'll just let them come to you!" Steward Zheng gladly accepted, and then said goodbye and went out.
At this time, Ma Yue came out from behind and looked at Steward Zheng's figure thoughtfully.
"What, you know?"
Zhao Rui said a lot, his mouth was a little dry, and the tea on the table was also cold, and he poured it vigorously.
"Yes, steward of the Earl's Court, I know. I was wondering if I could use the Earl's Court to find out the whereabouts of some of the White Lotus Society's brothers who had been encircled and suppressed? You know, Kaifeng is the Earl's Palace, and the officers and soldiers here are also the commanders of the Earl's Palace, so it is estimated that they should have some news. Ma Yue frowned and said, as if he felt that this method was a little difficult to implement.
"Difficulty...... With his relationship with me to buy something, I can't ask anything. Let's see if we can find a chance to get in. ”
Now that he has just arrived in Kaifeng, he does not have a certain grasp of the situation information, so Zhao Rui still decided to take a look first.
After another day, the business in the store was still quite good, although Zhao Rui's price here was high, but it attracted many official family members to buy.
You must know that the Yuan Dynasty used a large number of officials who surrendered in the Northern Song Dynasty to manage, so the purchasing power of Kaifeng Prefecture was actually not weak.
But Zhao Rui is not so optimistic, because the fabric is selling too quickly, and at the current rate, it will be sold out in about a week!
At that time, the fabric store will no longer be able to open.
What to do?
Or learn from Wu Dalang to sell baked cakes?
Thinking interestingly, when Zhao Rui was enjoying himself, a team of men rushed in outside the door.
The man at the head was burly and had sparse hair on his head, but even so, he still had a small pigtail hairstyle characteristic of the Mongols.
This man appeared to be a military attache of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was followed by a group of more than a dozen Tartar soldiers.
Zhao Rui suddenly saw four familiar figures not far from the Tartar soldiers, among those who watched the excitement.
Isn't this the same shopkeeper who came to raise his price that day?
They are scattered all over the city, can they still be able to watch the excitement at the same time?
Zhao Rui's heart was clear, and he already knew that this Mongolian military attache had something to do with them.
"Hey, when did you open your store here, why don't I know? I ask you, have you paid your taxes? "The current Tartar military attache is not good-looking, and he should have come to find fault.
Regarding the matter of paying taxes, Zhao Rui really didn't make arrangements, on the one hand, the cloth store didn't know how many days it would open, and on the other hand, he didn't know what kind of tax collection method was in the Yuan Dynasty.
So Zhao Rui pretended to be stupid and said, "Huh? Didn't someone come to collect taxes? I've been waiting for a few days and no one has come! If you collect taxes, I'll take them out now. ”
As Zhao Rui spoke, he went to the counter to get the silver, thinking that those shopkeepers also had some skills, and it was not easy for the Song people to find Tartar to help.
The Tartars themselves felt that they were first-class people, and their eyes were above the top, so how could they be willing to ask the Song people to send them?
Just wondering, Zhao Rui moved the cash box to the counter, and after opening it, the silver and copper coins inside were full, which made the eyes of the Tartar military attache instantly light up!
Oh! That's right, it's because of the money!
"Humph! You don't have to look for it, you didn't go to the tax office to report in advance, you are disobeying the law, and now you need to pay a penalty of 200 taels of silver! ”
This price was what he asked for indiscriminately, and there was no relevant law in the first place, but he took money from others and deliberately came to rectify this newly opened fabric store.
This Tartar military attache made a good calculation, collected the money from others, and then harvested it here, which was enough for himself to squander to his heart's content. Although his unwarranted punishment is not in accordance with the law, but the Song people are weak, how can they go to the yamen to complain, aren't they afraid of being beaten to death?
At this time, the four shopkeepers also squeezed out of the crowd, they wanted to see Zhao Rui's embarrassment up close, and at the same time they were saying something cool.
Hehe, 200 taels of silver, he will probably be able to earn these these days!
Look at how he, an outsider, fights with his own gang!
"Oh, don't hurry up and pay the fine, don't let the military master of the family wait!"
"It's useless to feel distressed, and there is no formalities for doing business, it's really careless!"
"It's pitiful, this time the fine is even more than the earnings!"