Banniang smiled and nodded.

In the future, come to inspect the goods and pay the payment every year, not every time by Banniang, Liu Erlang will also have to deal with the people of Yongxing in the future, seeing that Banniang only nodded and stopped talking, Liu Erlang stepped forward and smiled: "Steward Du is too polite, there will be more troublesome places in the future, and please take care of Steward Du." ”

Steward Du knew that this young man who didn't talk much, looked straightforward, but was very capable, was the steward in Zeng Gongzi's woodware workshop, and his own master was very polite to this Zeng Bagongzi, and knew that he was the righteous son of Lord Cai, so although Liu Erlang was just a small steward, it was for the sake of Ba Niang's face, Du Steward was not slow to take the big one, and hurriedly responded: "If Steward Liu needs it in the future, just talk to me." ”

Banniang smiled and said: "Things are over, we still want to go around this dock, Steward Du just go back and resume his life." ”

The man in charge of Du made a statement and left.

Several people walked around the dock, and Liu Erlang sighed: "When I came back, I missed the arrival of the fleet in Hong Kong, and this time I had the opportunity to see the grand scene of the return of the Yongxing fleet, and I didn't expect Quanzhou to be so prosperous." ”

Banniang said with a smile: "Second Brother Liu will go back to Quanzhou at least once a year in the future, and now this is nothing, and in a few years, Second Brother Liu will feel that today's wharf scene is really nothing." ”

"Childe thinks that in the future, this Quanzhou wharf will be more prosperous than now?"

Banniang said with a smile: "If I expect it to be true, in a few decades, this Quanzhou wharf will probably be the largest port in the Great Song Dynasty, not only our Great Song Kingdom, but also the ports of all countries in the world, and there is no comparable to Quanzhou Port." ”

"Childe, if that's the case, why don't we set up a shop in Quanzhou? In this way, we don't have to take the goods we need in the woodware shop in the future, so we can't make more profits. ”

If the Sheraton woodware is spread all over the Song Dynasty in the future, Liu Erlang's suggestion is feasible, but it is completely unnecessary now, and it also costs to open a shop. What's more, Banniang is not here. There are more ways to make money in this world, and no one can do everything. Money is endless, but money is not something that any one company can dislike completely.

As they spoke, they slowly returned to the city.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard of the Lin family, the Lin steward came over to invite, saying that Lin Zhaoqing wanted to invite the eighth prince to talk in the study.

Banniang changed her clothes, washed her face, and then went to Lin Zhaoqing's study with Lin Guan.

But when he saw Lin Zhaoqing writing something with a pen, he heard the movement, put the pen on the pen stand, stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Have you gone to see the goods?" Nothing is wrong, right? ”

"No problem, it's all the wood I named in the original contract, and it's all in good condition. Just wait for the price to be paid after entering the warehouse. Banniang smiled, "Why did Brother Lin come back so early today?" ”

"I'm almost busy with things," Lin Zhaoqing said with a smile while giving Banniang a seat, "Please come over because Ming'er is the day when Yongxing Commercial Bank holds a trade fair, and Yongxing uses the bidding method this time, and the same batch of products will be won by the one with the highest price." It is estimated that there will be a lot of businesses going by then, and it will be very lively, I wonder if the eighth brother is interested in going to see it? ”

"Of course you have to see this excitement," Banniang smiled and took the tea made by Lin Zhao herself, "It's just that I didn't receive a post from Yongxing." ”

"It's normal that you haven't received it, and those who can receive the posts are all merchants who have business dealings with Yongxing over the years and are not weak, and they have to pay a deposit of 20,000 yuan just to prevent those troublemakers who regret after bidding and do not pick up the goods to pay. We Qingrui got three posts, and when the time comes, you can go with me. ”

I see. Banniang also participated in many auctions in her previous life, and she has seen a lot of failed bids. However, she really didn't expect that the merchants of the Great Song Kingdom would also play this game, so she asked Lin Zhaoqing with great interest to introduce the situation of this trade fair.

After Lin Zhaoqing's detailed explanation, Banniang also had to admire the wisdom of the ancients.

This method of bidding is not only popular among merchants, but also often used by the court. For example, every year when new wine is on the market, for example, in places where it is inconvenient to set up tax officials, the yamen will contract the tax to local large households or merchants, and for example, the royal items in the palace are not all made in-house, and some of them are purchased from outside, and most of the court adopts the method of bidding.

As for the specific form, it is basically the same as the form of the auction that Banniang knew in her previous life.

It wasn't until the next day that Banniang came to the scene and found that the auctions of the Great Song Kingdom were far more exciting than the auctions she participated in in her previous life.

Not only did the venue have food and wine, but more importantly, there were beautiful women to enjoy. The organizer Yongxing invited the courtesans from the best Goolan in Quanzhou City to come to help, and each table was accompanied by courtesans to enjoy the most meticulous and thoughtful service of these soft and fragrant warm jade.

The auction begins with a performance, followed by a merchandise bid, and at the end of each merchandise, there is a performance in which the courtesans will give a detailed introduction to the next show of the goods and other details of the goods, such as the condition of the goods.

At the beginning, Lin Zhaoqing was afraid that Banniang, as a woman, would not like the light gauze and bewitching courtesans sitting next to her, or be embarrassed and uncomfortable, but he didn't expect Banniang to be very calm from beginning to end. Even when the courtesans took excessive physical measures against her, Banniang only avoided the past without a trace.

This made Lin Zhaoqing a little surprised, watching those dressed and bewitching women eating Banniang tofu, and there was still some discomfort and faint anger in his heart.

Before the auction, Lin Zhaoqing had already obtained a lot of high-quality goods with Li Yongxing's permission, so participating in this trade fair was just going through the motions, making a show, and auctioning a few orders of goods, which was purely for Yongxing.

As for Banniang, she just came over to have a good time, see and know, and by the way, she also met some people.

Lin Zhaotai also did his duty and introduced many people to Ba Niang. After everyone heard that she was in the timber business with Yongxing, and was Lin Zhaoqing's partner, and was also the righteous son of Lord Cai, those who had seen her in Li Yongxing's mansion showed a look of sudden realization, no wonder everyone was waiting for Li Yongxing to see him that day, but as soon as she entered the mansion, she was personally led by the Li family's chief steward, and directly left everyone behind, and invited her to Li Yongxing's study with a very respectful attitude.

Although Banniang is dressed very ordinarily among the pot-bellied and wealthy businessmen, and her age looks much younger than Lin Zhaoqing, no one looks down on her anymore, and there is one who holds her own identity, and she will boast: "Sure enough, it is the back waves of the Yangtze River that push the front waves, Lin Ye is a young man, so I admire it very much, I don't want Zeng Gongzi to be younger than Lin Ye, and there is such an achievement, which really makes me feel pressure." Young talents, young talents. ”

Banniang also turned her humility.

By the end of the auction, Banniang had also met a lot of big businessmen, received a lot of famous stickers, and released a lot of famous stickers. Although it is not even a general friendship, business is a very important network in any era. Banniang knows that among these people, maybe one day, someone will be able to help her career or become her customer.

After the auction, it's time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Li Yongxing sent someone to come, saying that because many businessmen were delayed and could not return to their hometown for the holiday, Yongxing Commercial Bank simply invited all the stranded customers to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together, and invited Zeng Gongzi to make an appointment.

Banniang had previously agreed to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the Lin family, but she also knew that Lin Zhaoqing would probably also participate in Yongxing's invitation. Then he smiled and said: "I accepted the post first, I bother you to talk to your housekeeper after you go back, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the dinner, the party after the dinner, if you can catch up with the time, you must go to the appointment, and then go to visit Master Li." ”

So he sent the people of the Li Mansion.

Only then did I go to find Lin Zhaoqing.

She lived in the Lin family for so much, and Lin Zhaoqing's mother specially sent a maid over, saying that the Mid-Autumn Festival should invite her to spend it with the Lin family no matter what, saying that she was alone outside, and she was still young, afraid that she would miss home. Banniang was grateful to Mrs. Lin for her motherly heart, so she responded.

Looking for Lin Zhaoqing to talk about the invitation of the Li Mansion, Lin Zhaoqing smiled and said, "I also refused." "I asked Banniang about the nuclear price of timber again.

Banniang said with a smile: "It is estimated that all the warehouses will be in the warehouse the day after tomorrow, and the calculation will be much faster, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days." The things I bought this time, as well as the part of the wood I wanted, had to be entrusted to Qingrui's fleet to help me transport them back to Nanfeng City. ”

"It's natural, I've lined up the boats. Just wait for the acceptance of the goods, and you will check the price. ”

In the few days of waiting for the goods, several fleets from Quanzhou that went to the sea returned, some of them were seriously damaged, and some of them were lucky enough to escape the storm and pirate attacks and came back intact. In any case, it is a good thing to have a fleet returning one after another, and Quanzhou City, which has been hazy for several days, can be regarded as seeing some joy.

When the goods were put into the warehouse, Yongxing sent two stewards to go to Qingrui's warehouse with Banniang, the timber was stacked separately, and it was convenient to calculate, until the nineteenth day, the two sides finally agreed on the price, a total of 89,000 yuan.

Banniang took a few people to Yongxing Commercial Bank to pay the full amount, and the matter in Quanzhou came to an end.

went to resign with Li Yongxing again, Li Yongxing smiled and kept her for a day, saying that he wanted to give her a good trip, Banniang resigned, Yongxing was not having a good time this time, although through bidding, it was considered to make up for part of the loss, but compared with the six sea ships plus the goods on the six sea ships, as well as the property lost due to negotiations with pirates, this is only a drop in the bucket compared with the usual profits.

Li Yongxing saw that she insisted, so he didn't stay any longer, and someone sent her out of the house.

Of the 89,000 pieces of wood, she and Lin Zhaoqing each contributed 44,500 yuan, and because Lin Zhaoqing wanted to order 20,000 yuan of household goods, she originally said that the wood retained in her wood shop increased to 30,000 yuan. The rest will be taken care of by Lin Zhaoqing.

It's all over, and it's finally time to return.

Lin Zhaoqing personally sent Banniang and his party out of the city.

When Cang'er and several people got into the carriage, Banniang said goodbye to Lin Zhaoqing, Lin Zhaoqing was silent for a long time, and said: "Eighth brother, the cooperation between you and me in the wholesale of wood raw materials, even if it is at the end of next year, will not change." ”

The meaning of this sentence is that Lin Zhaoqing will not take advantage of Qingrui's current advantages, and leave her alone to monopolize the timber market?

Banniang felt a burst of ecstasy in her heart.

But after the ecstasy, she wondered: "Brother Lin, why is this?" ”