Spring is cold, but the earth has begun to have spring. It's the end of March, and there's a little green in the yellow of the fields. Dingxiang Building, which is frequented by the wealthy in Beijing, is very lively today.

Yan Song stood at the door, the muscles on his face were already sore, and he had been laughing for too long, so it was inevitable. Jiao Fang was chatting with the wealthy businessmen in the lobby, while Yang Tinghe closed his eyes and recuperated, constantly thinking about the details of how to make these businessmen take the bait.

The lobby is full of brightly dressed businessmen who seem simple but reveal luxury. This includes all the leaders of the Jingshi, and to put it bluntly, the people here are dead, and the Jingshi will collapse half of the sky!

Zhang Tinghe said to Jiao Fang with a smile on his face: "Master Jiao, is this the Hongmen banquet today?" ”

Jiao Fang shook his head and replied with a smile: "Where is it?" Where do I dare to invite you to the Hongmen banquet? A good thing, definitely a good thing! ”

"A good thing? Then I'll just wait, I don't know what's good? ”

"Hehe, Lord Yang will explain in detail in a moment. I can't say a few words now, but I will be guilty of delaying the shopkeeper's meal. ”

While! The auspicious time has arrived, Yang Tinghe opened his eyes, and a handsome face with sword eyebrows and starry eyes smiled: "Everyone please sit down, Yang has something to say!" ”

One hundred and ten wealthy businessmen quieted down and turned their eyes to Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe clapped his hands, and a row of maids walked out, each holding a sandalwood plate in their hands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these are all kinds of treasures from the South Seas, please take a look. This is a star sapphire, preferably large and pure. Facing the sun, this sapphire has a starlight glitter, which is a rare treasure! This is a red coral from the deep sea, without a trace of grit, let alone variegation, and it is three feet high. This is a pigeon's blood ruby from Sinhala, and this color is superb..."

These bigwigs from all walks of life are all surprised, Yang Tinghe is a great talent, they have heard of it, but why did the court officials come to rob them of their jobs?

Bao Shuang, the shopkeeper of Fengxiang Building, the largest in the jewelry business, looked at these rare treasures and felt unhappy. So he asked: "Lord Yang, do you want to sell these treasures?" ”

Yang Tinghe nodded: "The imperial court is short of funds, and Your Majesty took out the treasures in the palace in order to solve the lack of funds, please donate generously!" ”

"Oh, I don't know how much it's worth?"

"This star sapphire is a thousand taels of silver with a fine pattern..."

The answer between the two caused everyone in the lobby to talk, and it became noisy for a while. Yan Song sighed in his heart, Lord Yang is good, but business is not like this! If you beg others, others will pinch you, look at it, I'm afraid it's going to be bad!

Sure enough, Bao Shuang wrote all his disdain on his face. Behind him is Wu Dinghou, where does he care about a Yang Tinghe? If it's one or two, it's easy to pay for it. But this is forced to buy and sell, the amount is so large, why? He said with a smile: "Lord Yang, we are doing business. Although the treasure of my Fengxiang Building is about the same price as yours, it is the selling price, not the purchase price! Such a quantity of treasures, what do you pay for this? Hehe, it's a little higher, right? ”

Yang Tinghe never dreamed that people would not fight you head-on, and the back hands of the preparation would not be used. That's right, in business, you can't buy and sell. There are people behind everyone, if it is hard, tomorrow morning, the impeachment of the dynasty will be able to submerge the Fengtian Temple! People demand reasonable profits, and this demand can be justified anywhere. Yang Tinghe, who was helpless, said: "What does the shopkeeper think is reasonable? ”

Bao Shuang's eyes rolled and stretched out three fingers: "Sancheng!" ”

Yang Tinghe breathed a sigh of relief, three achievements and three percent, anyway, his price is inflated, and three percent is enough to complete the quota. "Thirty percent? Bao shopkeeper, let Sancheng I can't explain! ”

Who knew that Bao Shuang sneered: "Lord Yang misunderstood, I mean only give the price of thirty percent." ”

What? What line is this? Yang Tinghe just wanted to refute, but Bao Shuang continued: "Don't worry, Lord Yang, this is the rule of the jewelry industry. This is the rule in the jewelry shops in the world, and Lord Yang is free to ask! ”

Zhang Tinghe immediately followed up: "That's right, the main cost of the jewelry store is transportation, stores, and labor, not the jewelry itself. The feet in my hands often cooperate with Feng Xianglou, this matter is clear! ”

Feng Shanming of the pawnshop Fei Fuxuan smiled and helped: "Lord Yang, why is the treasure only one or even half of the market price left when it arrives at the pawn shop?" Don't you have to set aside enough profits? In this way, you can afford to pay your taxes and you can afford to hire people. And the treasure can not be exhausted in a day, the cycle is extremely long, and the pressure of the capital is quite huge, which is dangerous, is not it worth such a profit? ”

Yang Tinghe's vest was sweating, this business was really not his area of expertise. I don't understand what people say, how can I refute it? If according to what they say, the value of these treasures will have to shrink by more than half, how can Your Majesty explain it?

Jiao Fang stood up, his white and round face full of sincere smiles: "Everyone, everyone, this is a treasure in His Majesty's private collection, in the royal treasury. Your Majesty has taken out all the things you love for the sake of the government, so you can't understand the heart of the monarch? ”

Feng Shanming shook his head: "Of course, the love of the people must be supported, but depending on the rice pot and tailoring, you can't break the house, right?" ”

Jiao Fang's back was soaked, and he said repeatedly: "That must not be!" However, you are all leaders in all walks of life, and this thing is just a drop in the bucket of your net worth, so you won't be reluctant, right? ”

Zhang Tinghe's face darkened at that time: "Master Jiao, that's not what you said!" Although we have thin assets, most of them are pressed on goods, and once the liquidity is sharply reduced, there is a danger of bankruptcy. What's the difference between this and breaking a house? ”

"Yes, yes, the restaurant looks beautiful and the profits are extremely high. In fact, there are many shareholders, once there is any difference, it is difficult to explain! ”

"Alas! Master Jiao, you see that we wear gold and silver, but in fact, they are all for outsiders to see. The taste is like drinking water, and you know how warm and cold it is! ”

Yan Song finally couldn't hold it back, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, doing business is originally a very high-risk thing, and there is no need to say this explicitly. This batch of treasures was originally not common in the Ming Dynasty, you can't lose, you need to know that rare things are expensive! ”

"Oh? My lord, is your family in business? ”

"No, this official is a son of a poor family."

"Yes! You are not an insider, how do you know the difficulty of doing business? Do you know that there are countless risks in a load of tea from the beginning of tea breeding? Water, fire, hail, cold, insect pests... Can any of them be harvested? Picking, drying, finishing, frying... Any process that goes wrong is a waste of hard work? During transportation, how many risks are there, checkpoints, overboard, bandits... Countless accidents can make a big wealthy businessman destitute overnight! ”