Section 391 The business of selling tea
Fang Jinshi took Liang Cuirong's hand and walked through the bustling street, although they have been husband and wife for a long time, Liang Cuirong felt so high-profile, as if the people around him were looking at them, and he felt uncomfortable all the way.
Finally passed the most lively place, walked into a secluded alley not far in front of the Sihai Money Village, Fang Jinshi walked and said: "Xiao Bu said that they came here to lobby me, he knew that there was not much hope, and he was a very busy person, he said that he came thousands of miles to invite me, do you believe it?"
Liang Cuirong said: "Of course I don't believe it."
Fang Jinshi said: "Find a way to find out why Xiao Bu and they came."
Liang Cuirong said: "Who will check?" Let me? ”
Fang Jinshi said with a hippie smile: "I know that you are the best at collecting information, this is not difficult for you at all, right?"
Liang Cuirong said: "When I was a girl's family in the past, there was no way to follow King Jing, but now that we are married, you can't let me save my worries?"
Fang Jinshi said with a shy face: "Who are you marrying?"
Liang Cui glanced at him, shook off his hand and said, "Who am I married, does it have anything to do with you?"
She turned around and wanted to walk past Fang Jinshi, Fang Jinshi raised his leg and stepped on the wall, blocking in front of her, stretched out his finger to hook her chin and grinned: "Okay, okay, it has nothing to do with me who you marry, but I want to flirt with a woman from a good family."
Liang Cuirong stared at him for a moment, and finally couldn't help but smile and scolded: "Damn it, how old are you, you are still like a child, and you are still so shameless."
Fang Jinshi said: "Am I old?" flirting with his own Hun family lady and scolding him, what kind of face do you want. ”
Liang Cuirong said with a smile: "Get out of the way, flirt and go back to the house to make trouble."
Fang Jinshi said: "I can't wait, I just want to tease the woman of the good family here, don't you give me teasing." As he spoke, he arched forward to kiss her, but Liang Cuirong hurriedly raised his arm and said, "Don't let passers-by see it."
Fang Jinshi said: "Where will there be someone here......" Before his words fell, there was a person behind him: "The relationship between the two is really good, and they will be intimate anytime and anywhere as soon as they find an opportunity."
Fang Jinshi looked back, and there were three or four heads around the mouth of the alley, led by Zhao Ziyan, the king of Xiu, and the rest of the people were his subordinates.
Fang Jinshi put down his right leg that was stepping on the wall, scratched his neck and walked over and said, "This Pingjiang Mansion is so small, you can meet Prince Xiu here."
Zhao Ziyan smiled and said: "It's not that Pingjiang Mansion is small, I came here to look for you, I just saw you enter the alley from afar, so I went around to the end of the alley to block you, alas, shouldn't I just be silent and just watch the excitement?"
Fang Jinshi laughed and said, "Why don't I move a table, chair and bench, serve refreshments, and the two of us will improvise for the prince again?"
Zhao Ziyan stroked his palm and said, "That's the best." After finishing speaking, they laughed together, Xiuwang Zhao Ziyan was open-minded, he always wanted to recruit Fang Jinshi to his command, Fang Jinshi refused to listen to him, and gradually became a business partner, Zhao Ziyan didn't care about the past, and sometimes he would tease a few words like an old friend.
Fang Jinshi walked over and said, "King Xiu suddenly looked for me, is there something?"
Zhao Ziyan said: "Didn't you send someone over to inform me that you want to charter my merchant ship to go to sea?" I happened to be free today, and I came to Pingjiang Mansion to do some small things, so I stopped by to have a look. ”
Fang Jinshi said: "I originally wanted to talk to King Xiu in advance, now if you have free merchant ships, it would be the best, the tea leaves in my Sihai Tea House are a little trendy."
The two walked to Sihai Qianzhuang together, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw Ji Changan leading an officer to greet him, and Ji Changan said: "This military master said that he was going back to the barracks, and I couldn't keep it." ”
The officer said: "It's been a few days since I came out, there are many things in the army, and besides, it's calm here, I'm afraid that I'm a rude person, I'm afraid it's not easy to restrain after a long time, I'm afraid that it's a counter." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "Li Juntou is too outward, huh...... That's fine, you go back and tell Chen Yuanjun that I'll go to him for tea later. ”
The head of the army surnamed Li saluted and said goodbye, and Fang Jinshi asked people to send some tea to the sergeants who came to take it back, and gave some wine money, and the sergeants who came saw him generous, and they were all happy to return.
Zhao Ziyan waited for him to finish the matter, and then said: "I have seen a lot of partner Jia Nei's struggle for power and profit, but it is the first time I have seen you like you borrowed the army to come to help and shout." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "I don't know if it is right or wrong for me to do this in the eyes of King Yixiu?" ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "In business, the interests are the greatest, so naturally there is nothing to say. ”
Fang Jinshi said: "I thought that King Xiu would reprimand me for using the sergeant indiscriminately and unruly." ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "If you follow the rules, you are indeed excessive, so Mr. Meng Da was caught off guard for a moment and let you take the lead." ”
Fang Jinshi said proudly: "Then since this is the case, I don't know if King Xiu has the courage to cooperate with me once and make a deal." ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "Do you want my merchant ship to transport tea for you, or do you plan to sell the tea to me?" ”
Fang Jinshi said: "No, I want to buy Xiuwang's tea business in Japan, or cooperate with Xiuwang." ”
Zhao Ziyan pondered for a moment before saying: "I won't tell you, the Japanese tea market is small, the local farmers are poor, and they are not like the people of Middle Earth. ”
Fang Jinshi said: "I don't know how the price of King Xiu's C-grade loose tea is in Japan?" ”
Zhao Ziyan replied honestly: "Sixty or seventy words." ”
Fang Jinshi nodded and said: "In previous years, the price of tea was low, except for the cost of exchanges, the operation was acceptable, and this year, let the Japanese Miyamoto Sizang push up the price of tea, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make money." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "That's it, lord, I will buy all the tea you have stored in Japan at the local price at that time, and give you 5,000 yuan every year, you help me Sihai Tea House transport tea to Japan, and the freight will be calculated separately, if you wait for the next year after the next year Sihai Tea House earns money, and then negotiate to pay more, how about it?" ”
This condition is not bad for Zhao Ziyan, after all, the tea business in Japan is not profitable, Zhao Ziyan smiled and said: "Good is good, but how much tea are you going to ship to Japan?" ”
Fang Jinshi asked the tea house guy to send the warehouse account book, showed it to Zhao Ziyan and said: "Eighty percent of this warehouse, please ask the prince's fleet to be transported to Japan." ”
Zhao Ziwei let his subordinates see it, and said: "Japan's tea consumption is small, there is never a shortage of tea, you have too many quantities, and Japan can't sell it in two years, plus the price of tea this year is higher, and Japanese merchants have also joined a few, but I am afraid that it will be shipped to Japan, and it will be difficult to sell it at a good price." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "What is this bit of tea, there are so many Japanese people, and I am afraid that I won't be able to sell it?" ”
Zhao Ziwei said: "Although there are many Japanese people, except for some silver in their hands, they don't drink much tea from the original country, and Japan also produces local tea, which can be bought for only a few pennies." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "The Japanese people's roasted tea cultivation skills, how can the tea grade be compared to my Central Plains, I have also eaten Japanese tea twice, it is really unpalatable, who wants to be bald if you have hair?" I'm afraid that there are not many Japanese people who have eaten Central Plains tea, so let the Japanese Japanese get used to eating my Central Plains fragrant tea, and when they get used to eating, they will be willing to spend more money in the future. ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "There are many Japanese people who are extremely poor, it's not that they don't know that the Central Plains tea is good, it's too expensive, and they can't afford it." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "Then I'll keep the price to the lowest, let them try it, and make a reputation." ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "The price is low, how to make money?" ”
Fang Jinshi said: "In the first year or two, I won't make money first, and it doesn't hurt to lose some money, let those Japanese people talk up first, and by the way, let those tea merchants lose their lives and lose their lives, and in the coming year, I will raise the price of tea and monopolize the Japanese tea market, no one will dare to fight with me, and the money lost will come back immediately?" ”
The two of them spoke quickly, and they didn't stop in the middle of every word, after Fang Jinshi finished saying this, Zhao Ziyan didn't answer for a long time, and said after a long time: "I have worked tirelessly to transport tea to Japan, but I don't make money and lose money, how can there be such a business in the world." ”
Fang Jinshi laughed and said: "Sihai Qianzhuang has money, and it can also be lost, how can those Japanese tea merchants have the capital compared to our Qianzhuang, not to mention that the price of Miyamoto Sizang's tea is much higher than mine, think about it, he worked hard to transport tea back from Jiangnan, got off the boat, and inquired about the tea price falling to such a low price, maybe he vomited blood and died on the spot." ”
Zhao Ziyan was silent for a long time, and Fang Jinshi said proudly: "Collecting tea in Jiangnan, I compared with Miyamoto Sizang to raise the price, and when I went to Japan, I wanted to bargain with him, and if I didn't hang this turtle black-hearted tea merchant, I couldn't live with the people of Jiangnan who were hurt by him." ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "It sounds like there is some truth, but the risk is too high." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "Doing business only seeks a stable word, how to make a lot of money, wealth and danger, this business is called dumping monopoly, the comparison is more money, whoever has more money will eat less money." ”
Zhao Ziyan said: "Okay, I'll watch the excitement on the periphery this time, no matter what, I only make money and don't lose money, see how you can call the wind and rain in Japan and turn the river and the sea." ”
Fang Jinshi said: "Then it's decided, Lord Xiu, you will arrange a boat for me as soon as possible, my tea is about to rot, to be honest, this dumping is just a low-level business, when to cooperate with the prince once, let the prince take a look at the high-level, see how I have been losing money, and I have been making money." ”
Zhao Ziyan's eyes widened and said, "Can you still make money by losing money?" ”
Fang Jinshi grinned, took a few copper coins and tossed them to play, and said: "This is dead money, bring the money to life, it is capital, and when I find an opportunity in the future, the name is loud enough, I will play capital operation for the prince again, how to make money with small and big, how to lose money and make money." ”
Zhao Ziyan will be suspicious, a few of his subordinates already feel that they can't listen to it anymore, this Fang Jinshi bragging is really terrifying, Zhao Ziyan's identity is not to say, he has been running a business since he was a child, it can be said that the shops in the land of Lianghuai are like clouds, and the business is all over the world, but now he has a hairy boy teaching how to do business, which is really unusual.
After discussing some other details, the matter was roughly settled, Zhao Ziyan got up and resigned, and when he went out, Fang Jinshi said in a low voice: "Please keep this matter confidential for me for the time being, and when outsiders ask, they say that they are transporting tea to Goryeo." ”
Zhao Ziyan agreed, and then he said goodbye and left.