"Good wine, good wine, this wine is sold at a sky-high price in Huachi Restaurant, I don't want my son to have such a way?"

"Haha, Zhou likes to travel, and he met a lot of like-minded people all the way north, this wine is not a strange thing."

Zhou Chu avoided talking about him left and right, and he was extremely worried in his heart, and he didn't want the cheapest Huadiao wine, which has become a hard-to-buy wine here.

This round table.

Zhou Chu, Tang Jingqing, Tang Jili, and Tang Guanglong sat opposite each other, while the ladies of the Tang family ate in the kitchen.

Zhou Chu knew this rule for a long time, and deliberately left half of all the dishes in the kitchen, enough for them to eat and drink.

Even so, the four of them couldn't finish eating and drinking this table of food, and they all cared about drinking.

Between the words, Zhou Chu also had a certain understanding of the Tang family.

This Tang Jingqing is the only meritorious talent in the Tang family, and he has an idle position in the county, because seventy percent of the residents of Qingpu County are surnamed Tang, and many neighborhood disputes and other things are solved by Tang Jingqing, which is quite prestigious.

Tang Jili is the patriarch of Tang Guanglong's branch, and he has received a steward status in his own family, and he has no great power.

Not to mention Tang Guanglong, the children of the side branch are still tenant farmers of their own family, and they make a living by farming and working on weekdays.

The Tang family ran two industries in the county, one selling bamboo products and the other supplying pulp to the government.

Relying on these two livelihoods, the Tang clan only barely came out with a show, and it can't be compared with those real big clans.

The Huachi Restaurant in Tang Jingqing's mouth, he only went to the Huachi Restaurant when he was feasting his classmates and friends, and the wine he drank on weekdays was not much better than Tang Guanglong.

"By the way, the young man said that he had something to ask for, and the young man said that as long as Tang can do it, he will do his best."

Eating people with a short mouth, Tang Jingqing was the first to speak, from this point of view, he is a responsible person, not an ordinary friend of wine and meat.

Zhou Chu organized some words in his heart, and then said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that when I went north before, I brought some spices with me, and I hid them and didn't take them away at that time, and now I don't dare to run around, so I want to find someone to take over." ”

Tang Jingqing was stunned when he heard this, and then a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly asked, "What are the spices that Gongzi said?" ”

Zhou Chu pointed to the fish soup on the table and said, "Pepper is the majority, what's the matter, what advice does Brother Tang have?" ”

What advice?

Tang Jingqing wanted to say: I don't mean anything else, I just want to eat your batch of goods.

During the Jiajing period, the price of pepper has dropped, but it has not dropped much, during the Yongle period, a pound of pepper was sold to a sky-high price of ten to twenty taels, and the imperial court even used pepper to pay wages to the ministers.

Nowadays, as more and more merchants bring pepper into Daming to sell, the price of pepper has dropped a lot, but because it has not been planted by itself, pepper is still a luxury item exclusive to the rich.

Zhou Chu saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, how could he not understand what he meant.

Zhou Chu checked the information in the library yesterday afternoon and knew that the price of pepper during the Jiajing period was between eight taels and fifteen taels.

Why is there such a big swing?

On the one hand, it is because imported products are affected by various objective factors and cannot provide a stable and continuous supply.

Secondly, there are some large households that monopolize the operation, creating the illusion that things are scarce and expensive.

But none of this has anything to do with Zhou Chu, as long as there are merchants entering the country, his pepper will have a source of rhetoric.

"If Brother Tang wants to take over, I can make it cheaper, and it doesn't hurt to let you press the goods for a few days first."

"Oh!"

Tang Jingqing suddenly became interested, he is extremely short of money now, and in a while, the triennial scientific expedition will start again, and his two sons, as well as some nephews, will have to try.

However, the collection of books at home is really not very helpful for scientific examinations, so I can only buy the sample texts of candidates in previous years, similar to this kind of books, the price is often dozens of taels, and some are even more priceless.

Tang Jingqing has a bit of a way, but it's a pity that his sleeves are empty, the so-called poor Xiucai is talking about people like him.

In ancient times, reading was a very expensive investment, and people who went bankrupt to study abounded.

Hearing that the goods could be pressed, Tang Jingqing stood up excitedly and bowed to Zhou Chu.

Even Tang Jili hurriedly shook his hands, because he had a grandson who was also studying with Tang Jingqing.

Only Tang Guanglong was stunned at first, and then thanked him again and again.

Zhou Chu accepted the salute without changing his face, and said: "However, in business, I can only give you 30% of the profit of the market price, if you can do it, Brother Tang can eat this batch of goods." ”

"Sancheng?"

Tang Jingqing got up and asked, "I don't know how much inventory Gongzi has in his hands?" ”

Zhou Chu knocked on the table, pretending to calculate for a while, before responding: "Two hundred catties of pepper, one hundred catties of chili, fifty catties of cinnamon, and not much else, you can give it to Brother Tang as an additive." ”

When Tang Jingqing heard this, he looked at Tang Jili on the side.

Tang Jili snapped his fingers and said: "Recently, because of the relationship between the Japanese and the Kou, there is a shortage of pepper, and it has been sold to twelve taels and one catty, and the chili pepper is not known, and the cinnamon is cheaper, five taels and one catty, after all, it is not used much." ”

Tang Jingqing nodded, he mentally calculated the pepper, two hundred catties is two thousand four hundred taels, thirty percent of the profit, that is a full seven hundred and twenty taels!

Zhou Chu said again: "By the way, I only want gold and not silver." ”

Tang Jingqing hurriedly said: "This is simple, I will help my son get the ticket number in exchange." ”

Zhou Chu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Brother Tang can move the goods away in a while, you write a receipt and leave it for me, and it will be agreed that the payment will arrive in a few days, and I will come again." ”

When Tang Jingqing heard this, he said with concern: "Childe lives in an inn in the city? ”

Zhou Chu shook his head embarrassedly, and said, "Now I have no fixed place to live, and there are not many entanglements, so I can go back and find a post house." ”

"How's that going to work!"

Tang Jingqing hurriedly said, "If Brother Xian doesn't mind, how about just moving to the cold house?" ”

Good guy, just returned to the son, and now he is directly called Brother Xian.

Zhou Chu didn't want to make a fuss, so he simply shook his head and refused, "It's better to have a post house, it's close to here, Uncle Tang's family saved my life, and I haven't had time to repay the favor yet." ”

Tang Jingqing looked at Tang Guanglong on the side, his expression moved, and said: "Since this is the case, then let Guanglong vacate a house, and the virtuous brother will live directly in Guanglong's house, so that he can take care of it." ”

Tang Guanglong saw that the fourth uncle was glaring at him, and responded honestly: "What Uncle Clan said is that if the son doesn't mind, just live in my house." ”

Zhou Chuzheng had this intention, Tang Guanglong's house was far away from the village, and he lived in a corner at the foot of the mountain, which was convenient for him to act secretly.

"In this way, Zhou will be cheeky and nagging."

"Hahaha, where is it, it is a blessing for the Guanglong family that the virtuous brother can live here."

Tang Jingqing looked at Tang Guanglong again, and said, "Guanglong, you should take care of your son's daily life wholeheartedly." ”

In Tang Guanglong's view, Tang Jingqing is a well-known big man, and in the face of his instructions, where dare to be careless, he hurriedly bowed down.

Tang Jingqing smiled with satisfaction, and promised: "It is also good for your family to enrich the family study, and when you go back to your kid to learn, I should teach it myself." ”

When Tang Guanglong heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him.

In this way, it can be regarded as a great joy for all.