Early morning.

Shen Wuyan got up early in the morning, went out and turned left to eat in a small restaurant, spending all the money he had left.

After dinner, it was still early, so Shen Wuyan wandered around the north of the city for a while, probably understanding the roads in the north of the city, and finding a place for himself to exercise in the morning.

When it was getting close to noon, he headed for the west of the city.

There is a division of labor on all sides of Liaoyang City, the east of the city is mainly where the yamen are located, and the north of the city is mostly the place where ordinary soldiers and ordinary people live, the south of the city is full of shops, and the west of the city is the place where the merchants from the north and the south gather.

However, this is not absolute, as there are many restaurants and shops in the north of the city.

However, the west of the city is certain, and if the tribes outside the gate want to enter the city to buy some goods, they have to be within the west of the city, and the ban is very strict, and they can not go elsewhere if they are given some silver.

After thinking about it for a long time yesterday, Shen Wuyan thought of one person, and that was Zhang Quan.

chatting all the way, Shen Wuyan roughly got to know Zhang Quan. Although this person is not a very talented rich businessman, he is also quite talented, and the most important thing is that the other party knows Liaodong very well.

Now that he is idle in Liaodong, Shen Wuyan also has the heart to do some things, such as doing some small business and exchanging some silver to subsidize his family.

Therefore, Shen Wuyan can be sure that Zhang Quan will definitely be in the west of the city, so he can find some small businesses from him that can be done, at least to subsidize some families, and it is not impossible.

Now Shen Wuyan stepped on the warm wind of early spring and walked towards the west of the city, but he was still a little worried in his heart.

Zhang Quan is too shrewd, but he is not a big shrewd, he is really a small businessman and a hawker's cleverness, so that he is too cautious in doing things, and he really makes the business bigger, but he doesn't have that courage.

However, Shen Wuyan doesn't need Zhang Quanneng to have much courage now, as long as he can start the business first, at least he will have no worries about food and clothing every month, and he will have a place to stand in Liaoyang City, it will be good.

Liaoyang City was already the largest city in eastern Liaodong, so from the north of the city to the west of the city, it still took Shen Wuyan to walk for a long time before arriving.

After a brief leisure, I saw all kinds of traders, including Mongolians with fur mink, and even some rare mountain ginseng medicinal materials, which were probably exchanged for some silk and tea porcelain shipped from the capital.

The exchange is quite free, and there is no interference from officers and soldiers, except that the two exits will be heavily guarded, probably to guard against accidents, as well as various emergencies, and there is no involvement in the exchange.

Looking at these problems caused by language barriers, or different customs, Shen Wuyan felt a headache, but fortunately, they were all businessmen, but they were also tolerant of each other, and the business could still be successfully completed.

It's just that this business has been done, but the Ming merchants are extremely profitable.

The tea and silk transported from the customs are all extremely inferior varieties, but they are always exchanged for double the amount of silver when they are transported here, and they can bring back all kinds of fine furs and treasures cheaply, and when they are sold, they are very expensive.

However, this may seem to be prosperous, but in fact there are many drawbacks, such as conflicts and difficult problems in business dealings.

While wandering around, Shen Wuyan finally found Zhang Quan at the foot of the city wall.

It was Shen Wuyan that Zhang Quan saw first, since Shen Wuyan was so respected by the official in front of the city gate, Zhang Quan regretted all the disrespectful words along the way.

After repeated self-examination, he found some disrespect, and blamed himself many times, so he planned to find Mr. Shen after this batch of goods, and he must make amends.

Of course, the reason why Zhang Quan is like this is not because he has reverence for Shen Wuyan in his heart, but because the other party seems to be involved with the official errand, and he is also a thousand presidents.

Although the officials who do business in the west of the city will not interfere much, all the merchants understand that once they have the support of an official behind them, they will be a lot harder to speak.

In fact, the disputes between the Han people and the Mongols in the west of the city are still secondary, and most of them are to promote the voice, so they will be very polite to each other, and they can basically turn big things into small things and small things.

All disputes arise between Han Chinese and Han Chinese, Mongols and Mongols.

The things that these merchants brought with them were also monotonous, after all, there were not many things allowed to be sold by the imperial court, and it was really inconvenient to travel all the way, and only silk tea and porcelain were still cost-effective.

There is an extreme shortage of goods outside the customs, except for furs, which are mountain ginseng and medicinal herbs.

Because the goods brought by everyone are almost the same, it is difficult to unify the price, so there will often be a price reduction to attract customers, which will cause a lot of trouble, and from time to time there will be disputes, so that there will be fights.

Merchants often come from afar, often not alone, or with their families, or hired by strong families and guards, in short, once a dispute arises, it is not a small fight.

For these fights, the officers and soldiers of the guards are often very lax, after all, both families have given silver, no matter which one they help, it is not good-looking, so they have to disperse, and after all, they can't cure the root.

However, there will be exceptions to everything, if a merchant has a relationship with a certain official, then his stature will immediately improve a lot. The officers and soldiers of the escort will also face this side, which naturally has a lot of benefits.

Now Zhang Quan has the intention of wooing Shen Wuyan, after all, along the way, the two of them are quite familiar, and the other party is from the capital, no matter where they come from, they have an advantage.

It just so happened that there was something wrong here today, and a merchant surnamed Zheng, probably from the sea, even brought a batch of fine tea, so he docked opposite Zhang Quan.

The tea brought by the merchant surnamed Zheng is generally good with Zhang Quan, so in terms of quality, there is not much difference between the two families, but the other party will always put the price of tea slightly lower than Zhang Quan.

So far, Zhang Quan's carload of tea has not even invited a guest since he came here yesterday, so when he was annoyed, he had the tendency to reason with the other party.

Just glanced at it, and the guards around that person were not good, so Zhang Quan had to endure this anger first.

Just at this moment, Zhang Quan saw Shen Wuyan who was idle, so he was overjoyed, and then glanced coldly at the merchant surnamed Zheng.

Being greeted by Zhang Quan, Shen Wuyan was still a little surprised, but he just groaned for a while, hugged his fists and said, "It turned out to be Brother Zhang...... I'm looking for you......"

Hearing Shen Wuyan say this, Zhang Quan was surprised, and hurriedly said curiously: "Mr. Shen is looking for me...... But I don't know what to do......"

Shen Wuyan waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "It's not a big deal...... It's just this...... It's just that...... I'm going to do some business with you. ”

Looking at Shen Wuyan's stumbling appearance, Zhang Quan muttered to himself in his heart, secretly thinking about what kind of business such a character would do, but he still remained humble on his face: "Then I don't know what business Mr. Shen wants to find to do next." ”

"You're in the tea business...... Then how about I ask you to do the tea business? Shen Wuyan glanced at Zhang Quan's deserted stall, and then looked at the stall opposite where people were coming and going, and immediately smiled.

Looking at Shen Wuyan's expression, Zhang Quan suddenly showed a bitter expression: "Mr. Shen, don't make such a joke with me again...... The guy surnamed Zheng was so bullying that I didn't sell a single or two teas. ”

Shen Wuyan nodded slightly, and said lightly: "It's nothing more than a matter of price...... In this way, Brother Zhang, I will sell this batch of tea for you...... Just ......"

"Just what?" Zhang Quan had already had this intention, but he was secretly thinking about the other party's literati identity, and he had a connection with the court officials, I was afraid that the other party would not want to, if it was to spend money, but he was also a little distressed, at this time, the other party actually proposed, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"As long as Mr. Shen, the conditions you put forward ...... I'm going to give it my all......"

Shen Wuyan shook his head again and again, and said, "But it's not excessive...... It is estimated that you can earn 2,000 taels of silver for this batch of tea, and I will help you sell all of them, and the capital can be repaid...... It's just that I'm going to take a 10% dividend. ”

"One percent, that is, two hundred taels of silver." Zhang Quan secretly calculated the profits in his heart.

If this batch of tea is sold by himself, he will definitely reduce the price of the person surnamed Zheng in this way, then in the end, he will not only make less than the two hundred taels of silver, but also I don't know how long it will be delayed.

In this way, it is not a loss, so he nodded and said, "That's it...... Thank you, Mr. Shen. ”

Shen Wuyan smiled and said busily: "It's okay...... However, I have to make a note in advance, otherwise I will repay the account when the time comes, and Brother Zhang has no reason to ......"

Zhang Quan could naturally hear what the other party was alluding to, but he didn't explain, so he hurriedly asked someone to bring pen and ink, Shen Wuyan wrote a note, handed it over to Zhang Quan's account room for inspection, and then the two sides pressed their fingerprints, and the business was like this.

I probably counted some tea, but there were nearly 1,000 catties or so, and the amount was quite large, at least in the west of the city, it was already a big existence.

However, for Shen Wuyan, the tens of thousands of catties of tea back then were also experienced, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver tea were held in his hands, and he was not worried.

But now it is different from the past, and now this thousand catties of tea is the capital of his own food in the next few months, if he can't sell it, then he can only starve and freeze.

Glancing at the other party's merchant surnamed Zheng who was constantly reducing prices, Shen Wuyan was a little helpless, if the price of tea of the same quality was low, it would be really difficult to compete.

Zhang Quan, who was secretly observing on the side, was also full of anticipation from the beginning, thinking that Shen Wuyan would have some miracles, or that he could call an official errand to set up the tea stall of the merchant surnamed Zheng.

It's just that it's been a long time, and the tea has still not been sold, and Shen Wuyan didn't call the official to smash the stall to drive people away, and he had all kinds of questions in his heart, but he didn't know how to ask.

Just as he was muttering to himself in this heart, he watched Shen Wuyan go towards the merchant surnamed Zheng, and his heart suddenly hung in his heart, secretly thinking about why he didn't bring people with him in the past, and when he wanted to call Shen Wuyan, people had already walked over.

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