At present, the market is very good, the trading volume is relatively small, the price is high, if at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the government begins to settle with the outside world, then there will be a large amount of cross-introduction throw-out, the price of cross-introduction will be very low, and in April and May, the beginning of the year of the cross-introduction is almost consumed, the amount is less, the price will naturally go up.

Zhu Yuanfeng chose to trade at this time because the current price is at a high point.

Fanning's amount is not large, only a thousand quintals of tea cakes, and the next house is easy to find, and in a moment, a guy leads a middle-aged man into the lobby.

"This is Fan Guanren, and he has a thousand loads of tea in his hand, we have checked it, and it is true."

The guy introduced Fan Ning again: "This is Luo Yuanwai, who is willing to trade in silver, please sit down!" ”

The guy is very professional, simple and accurate introduction of the characteristics of the two, and does not disclose the privacy of both parties, this is still willing to come forward, if the other party has a special identity, unwilling to come forward, you can also give carte blanche to transfer the shop transaction.

Because the tea quotation does not recognize the person, there is a risk of forgery, so the purchase and sale are generally traded through the exchange shop, and the exchange shop will be responsible for checking the authenticity of the exchange.

In addition, the cross-reference shop will also be responsible for checking the authenticity of the buyer's money shop deposit ticket, if the picture is cheap, it is easy to buy a forged cross-reference by looking for a private vendor to buy and sell the cross-reference outside.

Because of the large transaction volume, the income of the tooth gold is also very rich, like Fanning's transaction, if the negotiation fails, he will also give a cent of the value of the goods to the exchange as tooth gold, that is, 300 yuan, and the negotiation is 900 yuan of tooth gold, and the buyer also has to pay a cent of tooth gold.

Of course, the Zhu family's transaction gave the old man face, and this transaction was free of money.

The two didn't say much to each other, they sat down directly at the table, Zhu Pei also wanted to go over, but was grabbed by Zhu Yuanfeng and said with a smile: "Don't participate, let him talk, he won't suffer." ”

Juppé had to sit and wait.

There are also rules for trading, which is generally silent, and the common method is to put up a cloth pocket, in which the two parties trade with gestures, or directly in the wide sleeve.

Fanning didn't know how to gesture, so he had to use another method, there was a groove on the table, just enough to embed a wooden plank, and both parties entrusted the guy to make a counteroffer, the advantage was that there was no need to look at each other's faces and eyes, and there was no need to talk.

The man embedded the plank in the slot, he sat in the middle and said with a smile: "Let's follow the rules, the exchange is traded in gold and silver, the seller's quotation cannot exceed the original value, the buyer's counteroffer cannot be lower than forty percent of the original value, Fan Guanren has a thousand loads of tea, worth 30,000 taels of silver, Fan Guanren's quotation cannot exceed this price, and Luo Yuanwai's counteroffer cannot be less than 12,000 taels of silver, this is the rule of the trade, I hope the two of you understand, if there is no objection, let's start." ”

Fanning nodded, he had no objection, the other party also nodded, and the guy smiled: "There are paper and pens on the table, if you don't want to write, you can also use gestures, and the general seller will quote first, please!" ”

Fan Ning thought about it, and wrote the words 'nine folds', which Zhu Yuanfeng told him, there is no cap on selling, and there is no bottom on buying, this is the sincerity of both parties, generally the price is nine percent off, and the other party is five percent off.

The guy nodded and made a gesture on the other side of the board, the other party was a tea merchant, who traded with gestures all year round and did not like to write.

Soon the guy wrote a five-fold five on Fanning's side, Fanning was secretly happy, it seemed that the other party wanted his own tea quotation very much, and he did not use a five-fold counteroffer, he immediately replied with an eight-fold five, and soon the other party replied with a six-fold discount, which means that Fanning does not need to sell the tea to the cross-quotation shop.

Fanning then wrote an eight-fold two, which he told the other party that he would not sell too cheaply, and the other party replied with a gesture of a seven-fold.

Fanning wrote down eight folds and two again, and the other party replied with seven folds and five folds.

The following transaction is more refined, Fanning bids 80% off 1, and the other party returns 7% off 6.

Next, Fanning still bid 80% off, and the other party also returned 7% 6, and at this price point, both sides refused to give in.

At this time, it is necessary to cross the shop to break the deadlock, and the guy smiled: "I write a compromise price, if both parties agree, the transaction will be made at this compromise price, if not, we will talk again." ”

The guy wrote a seventy-nine, Fanning let two points, and the other party gave three points, which is not that the guy favors Fanning, but according to the bargaining range of the two parties, it is obvious that the buyer makes a larger concession, so the guy is slightly biased towards the seller.

The two sides were silent for a moment, Fan Ning wrote the word 'agree', and the other party also made a gesture of agreement, and the guy smiled: "Then seven to nine, pay in silver, Luo Yuanwai give me silver, Fan Guanren please drink tea in the inner hall and wait." ”

The guy and Luo Yuanwai hurriedly left, there were the top ten money shops in the capital in the trading market, and the delivery of the silver was soon completed, Fan Ning and Luo Yuanwai also saw each other, where the other party was from, what to do, he didn't know anything, the other party was the same, such a transaction was very easy and comfortable, and he didn't even need to say a word.

Fanning returned to the inner hall, and Juppi immediately greeted him and asked, "How much is the transaction?" ”

Fanning smiled slightly, "Seven folds nine!" ”

Zhu Pei was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "This price is good, almost 80% off, and the current market is very good!" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng also smiled: "The market is really good now, but it is also Aning's luck, the other party should be a tea merchant, eager to buy, he went to the salt tea division to ask for the original price of 30,000 yuan, and he can save 6,000 yuan by buying Aning's tea, and then he sells the tea cakes at a higher price, and he has to earn at least 10,000 yuan when he comes and goes, so he doesn't lose at all." ”

Fan Ning's capital doubled in just half an hour, this is not a skill, but the Zhu family gave him profits, of course he knew it.

Fan Ning hurriedly gave a deep salute, "Thank you, old man, for letting me make money!" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng smiled and said nothing, he could understand the good intentions of his eldest brother, this time the imperial examination was over, Fan Ning was fourth in high school, I don't know how many clan magnates wanted to marry him and set up a family affair, but they were all rejected by Fan Ning, and they still remained free, and the Zhu family couldn't immediately express their stance to match Zhu Peixu to him because of the relationship between the Liu family, so they could only push it back.

In this case, the Zhu family should properly entrap Fanning, on the one hand, so that he has the confidence to reject the marriage of other powerful clans, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as a kind of compensation for Fanning.

"Old man, I don't understand a little, tea merchants make money, and I also make money, so who suffers?"

Zhu Yuanfeng said with a smile: "This shows that the benefits of salt tea are too great, and the imperial court has let out some of the benefits and encouraged the people to transport grain to the side, in fact, the imperial court still makes money, if anyone suffers, it can only be the common people who suffer, and in the end they have to pay for salt tea." ”

"Can everyone carry grain to support the border?" Fanning asked again.

Zhu Yuanfeng hesitated and said: "Taizong was like this, the people were very enthusiastic to transport grain to earn money, but since the first emperor, this grain transportation business has been monopolized by the military, and these exchanges have been earned by the families and relatives of the border army generals, and the difference they offer has risen from three times to five times at the beginning, but the loss is the imperial court, which can be regarded as a subsidy from the imperial court to the border army generals, and the Zhu family has a relationship with the military, so they have also obtained the qualification to transport grain." ”

Fan Ning understood that the imperial court subsidized a large amount of financial subsidies on military rations, but in the end fattened the high-ranking officials of the army, which was also a form of redundant soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, the shopkeeper Chen walked in, handed over a deposit ticket from the Zhu family's money shop to Fan Ning, and returned half a jade pendant to him, "The silver has been deposited in the Zhu family's money shop, and the silver is still taken with this half of the jade pendant, Fan Guanren can go and confirm it." ”

"No need, thank you for your trouble!"

Fan Ning took the deposit ticket and saw that the amount on it was 24,000 taels of silver, he couldn't help but be stunned, "Why is there 300 taels more?" ”

The big shopkeeper said with a smile: "This is the other party's tooth gold, since we don't accept tooth gold in this transaction, so this tooth gold will be supplemented to Fan Guanren." ”

"What's so embarrassing?"

"This is the proprietor's decision, and it has nothing to do with us!"

Fan Ning once again expressed his gratitude to Zhu Yuanfeng.

Zhu Yuanfeng smiled and nodded, "Thank you later, it's not too early, let's go!" ”

The shopkeeper Chen said to Zhu Yuanfeng: "Please rest assured, the third master, I will sell the transfer in strict accordance with the plan and try to sell at a high point." ”

"When I sell the last batch, I will release the word again, saying that I still have a million yuan to sell, and the price will be lowered."

"My subordinates understand!"

Fan Ning heard it clearly, the conversation between Zhu Yuanfeng and Chen Da's shopkeeper was actually manipulating the price of cross-quotation, which made Fan Ning secretly shake his head, no wonder Zhu Yuanfeng said that the cross-quotation transaction was very bloody, the root is here, and I believe that Zhu Yuanfeng is not the only one who manipulates the price.

Fan Ning was originally quite interested in this kind of securities trading in the Great Song Dynasty, but after listening to Zhu Yuanfeng's words, he was suddenly bored, what is the value of investment in a controlled securities market.

Thinking that this kind of transaction was actually sucking the blood of the court and the people, he was even less interested.

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Zhu Yuanfeng had something to do in the afternoon, he got off the car at Zhu Lou on Panlou Street, and Zhu Pei smiled at Fan Ning: "It's still early, go to Shi Potian to have a look?" ”

Fan Ning smiled and nodded, it was Tian Huangshi's business that made him feel steady, and Zhu Pei immediately ordered, "Go to the Strange Stone Pavilion on Shuyuan Street!" ”

The carriage turned around and sped towards the Strange Stone Pavilion.

The carriage drove into Shuyuan Street from the north, and there were still more than 100 steps away from the Stone Breaking Heaven Strange Stone Pavilion, and he saw a lot of people in front of him, which made Fan Ning suddenly have a sense of ominousness, and he immediately shouted: "Stop!" ”

The carriage slowly stopped, Fanning jumped out of the carriage and walked briskly to the front, and Juppi also hurriedly got out of the carriage, followed by her personal guard, Jian Meizi.

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[Note: The exchange market of the Great Song Dynasty was finally canceled by Song Renzong because it caused too much damage to the imperial court's finances and the border war subsided, which caused a bloody storm in the officialdom because it involved the interests of too many people. 】