The guy was really frightened by Yu Xiaotian's mistake just now, and seeing that Yu Xiaotian was too expensive, he hurriedly went to Yu Xiaotian's hand to take the small mirror back and put it back in the box.

"This lord, if you are too expensive, then forget it, this thing was transported by Francois from all the way from Taixi, and it takes thousands of miles to get to us, and this price is not too expensive! If you are still too expensive, you might as well go to other places to see, our Fuzhou City, but we have it for sale! ”

Yu Xiaotian stretched out his hand and pulled this guy away, looked at the small mirror, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and nodded: "How do you know that I don't want it?" Give me the bag, I want it! ”

As soon as the guy heard this, he was happy again, and quickly nodded his head and agreed, carefully took the small mirror from Yu Xiaotian's hand, put it back into the exquisite wooden box made of Huanghuali, and hurriedly beckoned someone to wrap up the things Yu Xiaotian wanted and send them to Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian didn't need to speak, Steward Li hurriedly stepped forward to settle the account, and at this time, the shopkeeper found that he actually knew Steward Li, and asked with a smile: "Isn't this Steward Li of the Li family?" Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! Why did you remember to come to the shop today? ”

Steward Li shook his head and smiled: "Now our business name is Maoshengyuan!" Today, one of our shopkeepers came to take a look and buy something for his family! ”

The shopkeeper nodded again and again and thanked him: "Thank you for taking care of the business of the shop, since you are a friend of the shopkeeper Li, you can't follow the price just said, the shop is a small profit, so I will give Steward Li another twenty taels of silver cheaper, this is no longer profitable, and I hope that Steward Li will not laugh!" ”

After Steward Li thanked him, he settled the account, and after a few words of greeting, he left the shop with Yu Xiaotian and walked towards Mao Shengyuan.

Maoshengyuan used to be the shop of the Li family, which was a shop with five rooms on the street, and a courtyard behind it, which was a slightly larger shop in Fuzhou City.

The shop mainly deals in some things from Guangdong, but also mixed with some specialties from Da Ni, Manila and other places, as well as some silk from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is equivalent to wholesale and retail, and the business is quite good, and there are many customers who come and go to talk about business in the store.

Li Yi used to arrange a steward to take care of the business here, and now Li Yi has come here in person, but he does not come forward, sitting in the backyard and waiting for Yu Xiaotian's arrival.

There are seven or eight guys in the shop, greeting business in the shop, and there are now two people selected from Nanri Island, these two descendants are very clever guys, not very old, and more down-to-earth and steady, so they were specially selected and placed in Fuzhou City to do things.

In fact, the main job of the two of them is to wait and see the limelight for Yu Xiaotian in Fuzhou City, inquire about the news from all sides, and then regularly send the news back to Nanri Island, to put it bluntly, they are not buddies, but intelligence officers of Sea Wolf.

Seeing Yu Xiaotian enter the store, the two guys from Nanri Island were all bright-eyed, and they habitually wanted to give Yu Xiaotian a gift, but after being stunned for a while, they quickly turned their heads again, pretending not to know Yu Xiaotian, what should they be busy with again.

Yu Xiaotian nodded secretly, expressing satisfaction with the performance of these two subordinates, if he was a fool, he would have revealed his identity with a touch.

Under the leadership of Steward Li, Yu Xiaotian only took a brief look at the situation of the store, and found that many of the goods were actually supplied by him here, and this lush source was actually a place to sell stolen goods, and there were actually a few barrels of whale oil in it, which were grandly named Jiao Oil and sold in the store.

And the price of whale oil is still after being renamed Jiao Oil, the price is quite not low, some people deliberately dialect, saying that this kind of Jiao oil can cure diseases, only the rich can afford it.

After Yu Xiaotian looked at it, he shook his head, speaking of which, there are a lot of goods here, but in addition to whale oil, they basically robbed it, and now they are doing business, and it is not a long-term solution to rely on grabbing in the future, the most important thing for him at the moment is that he must have his own fist products, and it is best to monopolize the market products, so that Mao Shengyuan's business will be easier to do.

Relying solely on the north and south to pour goods and make some price differences, after all, there are more competitors in such a business, and the profit margin is relatively small, if all of them rely on grabbing, the supply of goods cannot be guaranteed, so he came this time to discuss with Li Yi about the next business matter.

Li Yi heard that Yu Xiaotian had arrived, so he walked out of the inner courtyard in three steps and two steps, still commensurate with Yu as the shopkeeper, and welcomed Yu Xiaotian into the backyard.

The backyard of this shop is relatively large, it is divided into three entrances, by the shop is the place where the guys rest and live and eat, the scattered goods are also stored here, the second entry is the place where the accounts and the steward live and work, and entertain the guests, the cleaning is very clean, the decoration is also more elegant, there are some flowers and plants planted in the small courtyard, and the most rearly one belongs to the warehouse, which is the place where the goods are stored, and is specially arranged to be guarded.

Yu Xiaotian followed Li Yi into the courtyard of Erjin, Li Yi waved his hand, and the idle people in the courtyard immediately left the courtyard, leaving only Steward Li and Liu Wang and a few other guards to stay in the courtyard of Erjin.

After Li Yi asked Yu Xiaotian to sit down, he instructed Steward Li to arrange some wine and food, at this time Yu Xiaotian saw a beautiful figure flash at the door, Tingting walked in front of him, bent her knees and saluted him: "Xiu'er has seen the master!" ”

It turned out that since Yu Xiaotian opened a port on Nanri Island, the shops on Dalian Island gradually began to move to Nanri Island, which made the originally lively Dalian Island gradually begin to become cold.

After Li Yi and Yu Xiaotian cooperated, they simply closed the merchant inn on Dalian Island, moved all the people in the warehouse to the land, or sent them to Maoshengyuan on Nanri Island to do things.

Because Xiu'er's identity is relatively special, Yu Xiaotian didn't speak, and Li Yi didn't want to send Xiu'er to Nanri Island, so he took her to land, this time I heard that Yu Xiaotian was coming to Fuzhou, so he brought Xiu'er here to serve Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian has been busy for most of the year, and has never been to Dalian Island at all, so he has never seen Xiu'er again, and after seeing her today, he was also very happy, and waved her hand to excuse her, so that she could serve on the side.

"Yu Dangjia, are you quite satisfied with this place?" Li Yi asked with a smile on Xiaotian.

"It's not bad, but it's not as big as I thought, and it's a little smaller than the warehouses on Dalian Island and Nanri Island, so it's a little cramped!" Yu Xiaotian said bluntly.

Li Yi shook his head and smiled: "Yu Dangjia is a person who has seen a big scene, and it is really difficult to get into the eyes of Yu Dangjia here!" However, the ground in Fuzhou is limited, I dare not say that every inch of land is expensive, but the land price and housing prices here are very high, and it is good to be able to find such a shop, but we also have a courtyard outside the city, which is relatively large, and the general goods are stored outside the city, and if necessary, they can be sent in soon, but it is not delayed! ”

Yu Xiaotian nodded, the problem of housing prices will be the same in future generations, housing prices in prosperous places must be high, in the city, it is already quite good to have such a yard, and he can't ask too much.

After the two chatted for a while, Yu Xiaotian sighed at the prosperity of Fuzhou and said with a smile: "I don't know when, our Nanri Island can be as lively as this Fuzhou!" It's a pity, the tree is too big, the pattern of Nanri Island is too small after all, and it is under the nose of the government, don't look at the government now, the government turns a blind eye to me, but one day, presumably the government doesn't want to see us too strong, so sometimes it is safer to stop in moderation and keep a low profile! ”

Li Yi nodded and said: "What Yu Dangjia said is extremely true, no matter what Nanri Island says, in the end, it is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, although there is a place outside the country, but sooner or later, if the government frees up its hands, it will still not sit back and watch this Nanri Island become an enclave!" It's really commendable that Yu Dangjia can see this! In this way, Li doesn't have to worry, Yu Dangjia must have other plans! ”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "To be a man, you must have at least self-knowledge, know yourself and know that you will win all battles, although Yu temporarily controls the sea along the coast of Fuzhou, but the imperial court will not easily sit back and watch me sit down, as for the way out, Shopkeeper Li can rest assured, Yu has other plans!"

I just want to discuss with you this time, I don't think the future is big just to do this kind of business, although it is not false to make money, but we don't have our own things, in the long run, relying on this alone is not a way, in addition to our business, it is best to steal and trade, simply do no business, it will not be successful!

So I think we can find a way to set up some factories on Nanri Island first, and produce some things ourselves, only to buy our own things, so that people can't compete with us! I don't know what the shopkeeper thinks? ”

After hearing this, Li Yi nodded again and again and said yes, but his expression was a little disapproving, and he said: "What Yu Dangjia said is very true, if we can produce things ourselves, it is a good thing, but it is not that Li is discouraged, Li Mou's ancestor was born in small business, and the family's business was some grocery business before, and he has never run any workshop, and now he wants to run a workshop, what to do?"

In addition, if you want to run a workshop, you need craftsmen, ordinary craftsmen can't do it, you have to invite masters, and smart craftsmen can be said to be hard to find at the moment.

Besides, although Nanri Island is not small, the situation is limited, and it may be difficult to set up a workshop!

Now we have your support behind us, no one dares to provoke us on the sea in this area, our boat and goods are already more convenient than others, there is no north-south traffic, at least in Fuzhou, no one has taken advantage of us! ”

When Yu Xiaotian heard the meaning of Li Yi's words, he obviously felt a little contented, and didn't seem to support his idea, so he shook his head and said: "That's true, but who makes a lot of money?" Just now I bought a small thing on the way here, you can take a look! ”

(Today's special thanks to the GZG1972 brothers for their tips!) Thank you for your support! ）