Chapter 3 The First Experience of Trade
Zhang Hongbin has thirty-two taels of silver on his body at the moment, which is what he left before he died, and he doesn't know when the next moon will be.
He had already learned a little about the price situation in Daming from the maidservant, and thirty-two taels of silver was almost equivalent to the annual salary of a seven-grade county order. For the third young master, it can only be regarded as the expense of drinking flower wine once. It is said that the third young master's monthly allowance for a month is fifty taels of silver.
This can be regarded as a kind of expression of Master Zhang's love for him, the boss Zhang Hongwen is doing business in Baishui County, and he rarely comes back often, and he belongs to the state of half of the family. However, the Zhang family or this area has a tradition of 'parents are not separated', so even if Zhang Hongwen and Zhang Hongwu want to separate, they have to wait for Master Zhang to hang up.
Zhang Hongwen is considered to be independent, and it is naturally impossible to have a monthly case. On the other hand, the Zhang family has a large proportion of shares in his chamber of commerce, so they can get a lot of silver from him every year. And Zhang Hongwen can't do without the protection of the Zhang family, because he is exempt from taxes, and he is just an ordinary businessman when he leaves the Zhang family, and he is just a lamb to be slaughtered in the eyes of the government.
As for Zhang Hongwu, he is really a martial arts idiot, he is twenty-four years old this year, and he can't get close to three or four people alone, if he uses weapons among more than a dozen people, he can kill seven in and seven out. But apart from practicing martial arts, this guy doesn't like anything, a twenty-four-year-old man, and he hasn't married a wife yet. Seriously, because of this, Master Zhang began to regret giving this son this name.
The matter of the two elder brothers, let's not mention it for now.
There is only one thing Zhang Hongbin cares about at the moment, that is, these thirty-two taels can also buy a lot of things here in Daming. And how many things can be bought in the copycat supermarket, Zhang Hongbin has no bottom. Besides, since it is a monopoly on counterfeit goods, he has to care about the quality problem.
"Can I just take a look at it first?" Zhang Hongbin turned his head to the shopping guide and asked.
"You have the right to come and go as you please, and you can look at it as you please. However, your current level is only level 1, so you can only act on the first floor, and the goods above the second floor are temporarily closed to you. The shopping guide explained with a smile.
Well, it's another setting where as the level increases, new functional items are constantly turned on. According to the regular requirements set by this setting, the way to improve the level should be to keep spending in this supermarket......
In fact, he already had a bottom in his heart, but Zhang Hongbin still asked the shopping guide.
"Yes, you can move up to a higher tier if you spend a certain amount here. The current user is a level 1, and upgrading to level 2 requires a consumption of 5,000 taels of silver, as well as the equivalent of copper coins or gold. The shopping guide solemnly reminded.
I have to say that when he heard that the second level upgrade was actually five thousand taels of silver, Zhang Hongbin had to wonder when he would be able to advance to the second level.
No matter what kind of mood he was in at the moment, Zhang Hongbin still walked around the supermarket.
Most of the goods here are primary products, that is, items that can be sold after a simple processing. In layman's terms, such as paper towels, flour, rice, knives, etc., products that have not undergone further processing and appear as raw materials or in the form of preliminary processing.
At this stage, at least on the first floor, Zhang Hongbin has seen nail clippers, fruit knives, and kitchen knives, which are common, and almost easy to process. Interestingly, there are also three things that can be called weapons: watermelon knives, iron spear heads, and large hammers. In terms of quality, Zhang Hongbin also checked it a little, it is completely a small workshop system, and the appearance looks like there are a lot of flaws, but the quality is still very good.
Yes, as far as the Ming Dynasty in the seventeenth century is concerned, it is normal for the products produced by small workshops in the twenty-first century to be of higher grade.
There are basically copycat items here, such as some flavors added to rice, some flavors added to tea, and some flavors added to tobacco leaves; Potatoes are not soft and fragrant, but they are also relatively popular, at least not genetically modified; Sweet potatoes may not be purple potatoes, but they are ordinary sweet potatoes grown in the vast countryside, and the yield and taste are naturally much better than those of sweet potatoes in this era.
It can be said that knockoffs may be a nightmare for a modern person, but for the Ming Dynasty in the seventeenth century, they are a first-class good thing.
In this way, at least there is no need to worry about sales, and the price is also kind, completely in accordance with the normal consumption level of the Ming Dynasty, and the price is priced with reference to the future commodity price. According to Zhang Hongbin's understanding, if nothing else, just sell the bags of fragrant rice, at least 50% of the basic profit can be returned. If you sell it as a luxury item, you will even make a 150% profit!
Why can it be a luxury? That's because it's fragrant rice! Even if this fragrance may be due to the storage of essence, the feeling of fragrant taste is something that cannot be expressed in rice in this era. Therefore, even if it is sold as a luxury item, it may not be impossible.
Seriously, when Zhang Hongbin kept calculating the profits of trade, he couldn't be calm.
It is no wonder that it takes five thousand taels to upgrade to the second level, according to the consumption level of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the quality of the goods, five thousand taels can even complete the transaction in three or four days.
Thinking of this, Zhang Hongbin finally allowed the system to absorb his thirty-two taels of silver.
Not long after, in the lower right corner of his line of sight, a balance dialog box appeared, which now displayed the sign of thirty-two taels of silver.
If the dialog box is troublesome to the user, they can silently say it in their minds to make it disappear, and it will be automatically hidden. When the user needs to know their balance, the silent display will appear again. The shopping guide is completely a novice mentor, conscientiously explaining the basic common sense of the supermarket to Zhang Hongbin.
Zhang Hongbin naturally tried it for the first time, and watched the dialog box disappear and reappear, and suddenly felt interesting, but also began to focus on shopping.
In business or something, it is obviously impossible to come forward by yourself, so it is best to use the eldest brother Zhang Hongwen to complete the steps of selling the goods. This also means that he is completely a second-class dealer, and the profits will be thin. But this is not bad, if you are directly involved, let alone yourself, Zhang Hongwen is afraid that he will have to be beaten by Master Zhang for a few streets.
Even now, Zhang Hongwen is only coordinating the Chamber of Commerce behind the scenes, and there is someone else in front of the Chamber of Commerce. The Ming Dynasty or the dynasties of the feudal era all looked down on the merchant industry, and no one would be stupid enough to depreciate their own identity to do business. The only thing that cannot be denied is that anyone with a head and a face will inevitably have a caravan or a few shops at home...... Contradictory society.
Zhang Hongbin had a plan, so he simply bought some small gifts, spent the thirty-two taels, and left the supermarket.
Up to this moment, he knew two things:
One is the goods that have been purchased, which will be placed in the supermarket or temporary warehouse first, and then appear in reality with one of their own ideas. It's a good setting, at least it doesn't have a whole bunch of merchandise around you. If that's the case, I can't tell when I'll be crushed to death by the goods I bought.
Another problem that has always made him feel very entangled, that is, the shopping guide is obviously sexy and gentle, but he can't be interested. In other words, I always feel that there is something discordant in the shopping guide. It wasn't until he left that he realized that the shopping guide was not an actual individual at all, but just a holographic projection. I don't know if it's a real person simulated by the fixed program that comes with the supermarket? Or is it in some other plane, projected over the real being?
Forget it, this is not something you need to worry about, the top priority is to take advantage of the fact that Zhang Hongwen is still in the Zhang family at the moment, and finalize the transaction first!