Chapter 149: Make a Friend [4K]
Things often turn out unexpectedly, and Ryan was not optimistic about the sales of rice wine because it tasted sweet and didn't taste much alcohol.
As a result, this kind of wine has unexpectedly won the love of women and teenagers, who treat it as a drink instead of wine.
Sweetness is a luxury in this world, and sweet rice wine is a lot more cost-effective than the expensive green sugar.
Looking at the data fed back below, Ryan called out that he was wrong, or he has no business acumen, isn't this thing a "honey water" with a unique flavor when packaged in it?
For those noble ladies and aristocratic ladies, they will not enjoy the cheap rice wine, but they are willing to pay a higher price for "honey water".
What they drink is not the drink itself, but the "value" and status!
It's not too late to make amends, Ryan then launched a clearer, more beautifully packaged rice wine, named "Honeycomb Love", priced as high as ten silver Dele bottles, which is more than 300 milliliters, and his heart is as black as coal!
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A man as thin as a bamboo pole walked along the spacious and smooth cement road, a pair of eyes looking left and right, and from time to time there was a sound.
His name is Zog, and he is a merchant who runs around, he takes everything and sells everything. With a pair of discerning eyes and clever mouths, he can always sell goods perfectly, and he has been working hard since he left home at the age of fifteen, which is already the twentieth year.
From being poor and white at the beginning, to now having a huge caravan, he is like a hanger, and there is no one in the whole southern territory who does not know the name of Zorg, and even many nobles take the initiative to befriend him.
But what many people don't know is that Zog was born in a small village in Kanna, and he hasn't been back for several years, the last time he came back was to build a new grave for his parents.
The former Karna, poor and weak, was a hopeless place in Zorg's eyes, so he left and planned to never return.
It's just that he has already broken his promise, and the first time he broke his promise was to come back to repair his parents' graves. And the second time, that is, now, he overheard from a merchant that the origin of green sugar was in Kanna.
This surprised him, who doesn't know the name of green sugar in the south now? Who doesn't have a covetous eye?
At first, it was the Viscount of Chels of the Malton family who was selling, opening up the market in the entire southern territory, making a lot of money, and causing countless people to suffer from pink eye.
Many businessmen or aristocrats who boast some strength have openly and secretly expressed their intention to cooperate, but the other party has made it clear that the green sugar is not produced by them, and the output cannot be guaranteed.
Originally, they thought that this was their excuse, but who expected that the Brandon family would also start selling green sugar, which was the same statement, which made everyone believe it.
Zorg is a powerful man, he has always wanted to touch this business, but he has never had a doorway, until he accidentally heard others mention it, he realized that it was actually produced in his hometown.
So, he disposed of a shipment and returned to Karna.
It was only this time that he found out that the village he lived in had been demolished and turned into a blank field, which made Zoge, who still wanted to revisit the old place, directly dumbfounded.
Later, he sent his subordinates to inquire and found out that the lord had gathered most of the villagers of the small villages into the town, and there were now eight towns in the Kanna Territory that had been fully built.
After extinguishing the desire to revisit, he pondered the way into Dorman City, and before he had gone far he noticed some workers dumping unknown gray mud on the ground, and behind them was a wide, smooth road, of a material he had never seen before.
After inquiring, I learned that it was called cement, and it was called the lord's "sand magic". He naturally scoffed at this, he was also a person who had seen the world, did magic use it like this?
He secretly asked his subordinates to test the hardness of the cement road, which was about the same as a stone, which completely subverted Zoge's cognition, it was obviously mud, but it actually had this strength after drying up.
He immediately felt that he had found a business opportunity, and offered to buy cement from the leader of the workers, but the other party sternly refused, saying that it was the private property of the lord, and they could not and did not dare to sell it privately.
At the mention of the lord, Zorge had no choice but to give up, but he was a little more curious about the new lord in his heart.
Walking along the cement road, he saw the newly built town, the newly opened farmland, and he found that this place seemed to be the same as the name in his memory.
The people here are much richer than they were a few decades ago, laughter can still be heard in the fields, and what is even more rare is that he does not see any stinking refugees, not a single one, which was unimaginable before.
Circling around, he came to Dorman City, and saw that the soldiers who defended the city were in good spirits and majestic, no worse than the guards of the castle of the viscounts.
After entering the city, the changes are even greater, where is there still the appearance of the precarious border town? This made him intensely curious about the new lord of Ryan.
As he walked, a place caught his attention, which seemed to be a shop, and it was surrounded by a crowd in front of it, and it was very lively.
With his keen business sense, Zorg quickly realized that there might be a business opportunity there, and quickly approached to find that it was a large shop with a counter full of clay pots and bottles.
He immediately became excited, he was too familiar with the clay pot, it was the jar used to store green sugar, the news seemed to be a real hammer, this is the origin of green sugar!
Finally squeezed to the front, a somewhat rugged man rudely pulled away from the crowd in front, people were about to denounce, and after seeing each other's clothes, they instantly shut up.
The man was wearing a tattered leather armor, his face was fierce, and there seemed to be a faint smell of blood on his body, he was a mercenary.
He slapped the counter and shouted, "Two bottles of liquor, the strongest!" ”
Zog was stunned for a moment, he had drunk a lot of wine, what kind of wine is this liquor? Brandy?
The owner of the shop was a middle-aged man, but he was not in awe at all in the face of the meaty man, he reached out and took two half-foot-high bottles from the cabinet in the back, and said unhurriedly: "Two bottles of liquor, twenty silver Dele." ”
This price is really not cheap, even Zorg is a little surprised, this price consumption is not much.
The man also frowned, but still took the money from his pocket and slapped it on the table, picked up a bottle and couldn't wait to take a big sip, and Zog could clearly see that his face was red to the base of his neck.
"Refreshing, this liquor is really a good thing." The big man roared with a flushed face, and then took the wine and left in the awe-inspiring eyes of everyone.
Zog licked his lips, he also took out the money and put it on the table, asked for a bottle of liquor, opened the cork and smelled it, the aroma of wine was fragrant, which made people a little intoxicated.
The man took a big sip, and the hot taste suddenly made him blush, and he felt a flame burn down his throat to his stomach, and suddenly coughed violently, and tears came out.
"Hahaha, another one who suffers."
The people around laughed out loud when they saw this, they had seen too much of the scene of liquor on the shelves in the past few days, so many people, there were very few people who could take a big sip directly like that big man.
At this time, the boss handed a bowl of rice wine to Zoge, who was still coughing, and Zoge knew what was in it at this time, and drank it after taking it, not to mention, a bowl of rice wine did relieve a lot of stomach.
Smacking the taste in his mouth, he looked at the boss and said, "May I ask what this is?" ”
The boss laughed and said: "This is rice wine, also known as sweet wine, and this liquor is made by the lord, and it is also very popular like liquor." ”
Zog glanced at the price of rice wine on the counter, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, the price is about the same as ale wine, but the taste and appearance are much better, aren't these business opportunities?
Looking at the liquor in his hand, he said to the boss, "Please bring me another bottle of this rice wine." ”
The boss grinned, this is what he wanted, you always have a favorite one for liquor and rice wine, and seeing that the other party is not a bad money owner, he couldn't help but enthusiastically sell: "Do you want this kind of rice wine, or honeycomb love with a better taste?" ”
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of beautifully packaged wine and placed it in front of Zog.
Zog looked at the two kinds of wine with very different prices, and did not hesitate to choose the honeycomb love of ten silver deleks a bottle, the kind of rice wine with a few copper bottles is really not worthy of his identity, even if he likes its taste very much.
Back at his temporary residence, his curiosity about Ryan had reached its peak, and Ryan had caused him too many surprises in a short period of time, whether it was wine or sugar, it was a very popular commodity in his eyes, not to mention that magical cement.
Not long after, the steward of his caravan knocked on the door mysteriously and came in, and he said as if he was meritorious: "What do you think this is?" ”
As he spoke, he carefully took out a few yellowed pieces of paper from the inner lining of his clothes and placed them in front of Zog.
Zoge's eyes suddenly burst out with a trace of essence, he took it and tried the feel, tore another corner to test the toughness, and blurted out: "This is the animal skin paper?" ”
"Hey, you're right, but the locals call it paper, and the price is more than half cheaper than the skin paper." The steward's hand danced and told everything he had heard.
Zorge's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, full of light like two little suns, and he felt that he had really come to the right place this time!
After the steward left, he couldn't bear the excitement a little, and immediately picked up the liquor to fill it for himself, and then ...... He was drunk because he was greedy......
When he woke up again, it was already noon the next day, and he had a terrible headache and a dry mouth. shook his drowsy head and said to himself: "The stamina of this liquor is too powerful, those people should like it." ”
After a little relief, he walked to Lane's castle with the steward and the gifts, and he couldn't wait to meet the lord......
Barton was bored lying on the table, watching Ryan meet a thin middle-aged man, and couldn't help but be curious: "Why is he so thin, is there no one to give him food?" ”
Ryan listened to the voice in his head, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, you know how much he is worth, and he eats much better than you and me.
Letting Barton find a cool place to stay, he smiled and looked at Zog, who was talking endlessly, and said, "Mr. Zog, I think I know what you mean, I have to say that you have observed very carefully, and counted all the things that I am proud of at the moment.
You are a smart person and a master of the shopping mall, so I won't go around in circles with you, since I have made these things, then I will naturally sell them.
Whatever it is, there is no point in not being profitable. So I want to know, what are your intentions and what are your sincerity? ”
Ryan's one-handed straight cut disrupted Zorge's rhythm, but he quickly adjusted and said with a smile: "If I can, I hope I can get the agency rights for all the goods, you should know that I have this strength." Of course, sincerity is also maximized. ”
Ryan raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the other party's appetite to be so big, and he wanted to catch them all.
"It's certainly impossible, IMHO, Khanna isn't going to put all the bets in the same place, it's not a smart choice.
However, in view of your sincerity, I am willing to let you choose two items of your own choice and give you sufficient favorable terms. Ryan held up two fingers and gave the choice to Zog.
He had always wanted to make Cannar Territory a prosperous city like Horay, and merchants were an indispensable part of this, and only by attracting enough merchants would it prosper.
It's just that the position of the Canna Territory is not good, and if you want to attract those merchants, you must have your own characteristics, and these are the baits that Ryan is ready to put out.
Alcohol, cement, sugar, paper, and even later on the export of ordnance, trebuchets, etc.
Ryan is now backed by a large iron mine, and his waist pole is stiff, as long as the horizontal knife shines on the battlefield, someone will naturally send the order.
Zorg was a little embarrassed for a moment, but he was not an indecisive person, but after a simple trade-off, he made up his mind and said: "In this case, then I want to get the right to operate liquor and paper." ”
Ryan was a little surprised when he heard this, he had heard him say so much before, and he thought that the other party would choose two kinds of wine or a combination of sugar and cement.
"Of course you can, but I need to remind you that the current production of liquor is not much, and there is a certain accumulation of paper."
"It's not a problem, my hometown is Kanna, I haven't been back for a long time and I plan to stay for a while, I can wait." Zog smiled and waved his hand.
"It's a surprise, and since you're a citizen of the Kanna Territory, I think we'll have a great time working together.
Please send someone to discuss the details of the next cooperation with my financial manager, I promise to give you the highest level of preferential price, and I will definitely not disappoint you.
Moreover, I have a personal gift for you. Ryan stood up, took out a beautiful box encrusted with precious stones from a drawer next to him, and handed it to him, "This is the first perfume from Kanna, called 'Purple Firefly Dream'." ”
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(End of chapter)