Chapter 20 Chamber of Commerce
The caravan rumbled through for half an hour, and I watched in amazement, not counting the caravan vehicles, but the number of 100,000 was definitely not much.
After the caravan had passed, there was still a lot of discussion at the city gate, and taking advantage of the last rays of the sunset, I also stepped into the huge city of Luoshan Town.
"Brother Xiao, do you want to go to my house to sit down?"
"No, I still have some goods to deal with, next time if I run the merchant again, let's make an appointment again!" I declined Xingchong's invitation, took the contact address he left, and walked along the merchant towards the city.
By the way, I bought a map of Luoshan Town in a shop, and I got a rough grasp of the general situation here.
Luoshan Town was originally a small distribution center under Yunluo Mountain, because the geographical location is excellent, and it belongs to the range of the Xuecang Mountains, so it has been under the jurisdiction of Snow Lake City, and the original scope was not large. However, due to the continuous reproduction and spread for thousands of years, it has formed the largest commercial town after Snow Lake City.
The commercial town is divided into three districts, namely the Luoshan District of the earliest town area, and later the Canggu District adjacent to the Canggu River and the Yunluo District of the mountains. These chambers of commerce are the backbone of those small and medium-sized caravans, controlling most of the small and medium-sized caravans in Luoshan Town.
Because of the scale formed over the past thousands of years, they are collectively known as the top ten chambers of commerce.
Over the years, the Chamber of Commerce has continued to grow, and various families in the three districts have also participated in it, and they have gradually led the diversion of business transportation in Luoshan Town, which has also become the most prosperous area in Luoshan Town.
Under these ten chambers of commerce, there are also many small chambers of commerce that have private equity, in addition to forming small caravans to open up business routes, these chambers of commerce mainly serve businessmen like me.
Although we merchants are small, we have a large number of people and a very fast circulation, which is the real main flow of customers for these small chambers of commerce with little money.
Along the Luoshan Avenue at the entrance, all the way to the end, at the intersection with Yunluo Avenue, a bustling shop began to appear, weapons, pills, restaurants, and all kinds of people have been crowded in this area. In a slightly deserted side street, I found a shop called the Han Chamber of Commerce and got in.
The door shop is narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, and there is only one store sign on the outside, but the room is expanded inside, which is also a sign of a small chamber of commerce.
Although such a chamber of commerce calls itself a chamber of commerce, it is mostly similar to other listed shops, since this chamber of commerce has its own caravan, and there are many varieties of transactions in it, it is a small trading place, not only selling, but also collecting and buying.
When I walked into the chamber of commerce, there wasn't much traffic inside, maybe it was dinner time, and only a few staff members were lazily sticking to the last shift. In the hall of the Chamber of Commerce, a few idle warriors were chatting over wine, and these warriors were different from us merchants who had devoted their lives to cultivation. Most of them are children of wealthy families, but apparently these people are not.
Of course, if there is no way out of martial arts, then these people will also turn around and become merchants like us.
As soon as I walked in, I didn't attract anyone's attention, so I went straight to a window and asked, "Can you collect animal skins?"
Sitting inside is an old man in a green shirt, his cultivation should be very high, I can't see through, at least there is a cultivation above refining qi; this is normal, usually the chamber of commerce has some masters in the transformation period to suppress the formation, so as not to make trouble for others, but a reception staff in this small chamber of commerce is above the transformation of qi, but it makes me a little surprised.
The old man in the green shirt raised his eyelids and looked at it, and said, "How many steps?"
"Not much, ordinary hundred, ten first-order, three-second-order!"
"Ordinary thirteen taels, one hundred and fifteen taels for the first order, five hundred and twenty taels for the second order, are you willing to make a deal?"
"So little?" I frowned, I still remember when I first came out of Snow Lake Town, ordinary thirty, the first order is one hundred and thirteen, and the second order is nearly six hundred taels or so, why is it so much down here? Could it be that this geographical factor is so different.
The old man seemed to see my hesitation, and said lightly: "Little brother, it's not that our chamber of commerce is like this, but the whole of Luoshan Town; Our Han Chamber of Commerce has been considered fair, and some other chambers of commerce have lower prices. ”
"Oh, why is that?"
As soon as I finished speaking, a hearty voice came from behind me, and a warrior who was sitting there drinking just now had come behind me.
"This brother, as a merchant, this news is a little behind, the Panlong caravan knows, just half an hour before the Luoshan Town, you say, there is this big dumper, how can this price not fall, not only the animal skin, animal bones, even those pills and beast blood have also been declining. You're still early, and if you wait for tomorrow, maybe the price will be even lower. ”
The words of this middle-aged martial artist made me wake up suddenly, it was for this reason, and this was understandable, but the price of animal skins that this person said was probably still accurate, but the elixir, beast blood, and beast bones and the like were not believed.
This kind of consumable things are already lacking in the entire market, and the price has always been high, no matter how huge this dragon caravan is, these things will definitely not be reduced.
"Thank you for reminding me, but I forgot to have this stubble!" I arched my hand towards the middle-aged martial artist, and turned to the old man: "It's a deal here!"
The old man in the green shirt was also a neat man, and after I took out the goods, he placed nearly three thousand taels of silver in front of me; This warrior is also a person who has seen money, and he is indifferent to this.
He just smiled at me kindly: "This brother has gained a lot this time, congratulations! I don't know if there is beast blood for sale, if there is, I am willing to eat it at the original market price." ”
Sure enough, there is a purpose, but if the guess is good, due to the arrival of the coiling dragon caravan, this beast blood is estimated to be more nervous. So he said with a smile: "I disappointed this big brother, but this time the harvest of the beast blood of the runner is the least, and it is only barely enough for his own use, so he will not sell it to the public." ”
"That's a shame. The middle-aged warrior's face was a little lost.
When I saw the warrior return to the banquet to eat and drink, I also turned away, and turned back after I was halfway away. He said: "I don't have much iodized salt, if I sell it directly to the merchant, the profit is high enough, but if I get a dealer here, it is not better, although I make less money, I can save myself some procedures." ”
"Can you collect refined salt?" I asked, walking to the window.
The old man in Tsing Yi didn't raise his head, and refused: "We have our own refined salt channels, and we don't accept scattered sellers!"
I took out a thin bag of iodized salt and asked, "I don't accept this refined salt for an unusual amount?"
The old man in Tsing Yi was also slightly surprised when he got it in his hand, and he was a little moved when he tasted it: "Your refined salt is unique, not only the taste is extremely pure, but also as fine as silver sand, and the appearance is good, it is really unheard of, I don't know but you have it exclusively?"
"My husband has a good eye, this is really my exclusive hand-grinding!" I laughed.
The old man in Tsing Yi was obviously also interested, no longer with the flat face just now, and asked, "Then how much is this price?"
This iodized salt is really still very business-like, it seems that his expectations are right, although this Luoshan Town is slightly less than Snow Lake Town, but this channel should not be weak, and the supply and demand should also be very large. He said his predetermined price, and said: "Sell six taels in batches! Sell ten taels in batches! Anyone who buys more than 1,000 catties is sold in batches!"
Rao is the old man is well-informed and couldn't help but gasp, this ordinary refined salt is more than one or two pounds, and it is only about three taels sold in the tribe, but this refined salt is four times as much as ordinary refined salt, I really don't know if this kid is a lion with a big mouth or a full confidence, the old man was shocked and also measured the value.
The value is not negligible, but the price is ......
I'm also a little apprehensive, after all, this is different from the tribe, the people here are all old foxes, who have been in business for many years, and they can sell ordinary refined salt in the tribe at five times the price, which is definitely not okay here, do you really want to reduce the price?
After thinking about it for a long time, the old man shook his head and said: "This price is too expensive, my sales are too small, I'm afraid I can't bear it, I'm sorry, if it's three or two, we can cooperate for a long time!"
Three taels, Nima, this is the price of cabbage!
I am also very disappointed when I hear this, although Lao Tzu's iodized salt is extremely cheap, but it can't be sold like this; it is only twice the price of ordinary refined salt in the market, which is an extremely offensive price, once my iodized salt floods the market, and this price is not expensive, it will definitely be a great impact on the entire salt market.
Those salt merchants, who mainly buy salt, must not hate themselves to the bone, and they will not stop until they put me to death.
Therefore, now with their own strength, they still can't do such a risky trick, and the best way is to plan it before, focusing on the high-end market, and making huge profits and offending people.
Seeing that the old man didn't seem to have any intention of changing, it was inconvenient to say more, so he just said: "That's a pity, I hope there will be a chance to cooperate next time, and I will leave next!"
"Wait!" I was about to turn around and leave, but the middle-aged warrior just now ran over again, and I was puzzled, this guy wouldn't have any purpose.
"Brother, I have a good place to sell refined salt. ”
Looking at my defensive expression, this person also laughed awkwardly, and said bluntly: "Brother, don't misunderstand, I am fortunate to have a little fame in the falling mountain, and I won't tell you that I have recently intended to change careers and run business, so I often mess around in these chambers of commerce. ”
Looking at what he said frankly, it made me look a little higher, take a closer look at this person's cultivation, he is nearly forty years old and still practicing the peak cultivation, and the road to martial arts is indeed not too long;
"Brother still doesn't believe it!" Yuki was also quite helpless, blaming himself for being too impulsive just now, and the drinking friends over there had already begun to laugh.