Dongshi is one of the centers of handicraft production and commercial trade in Chang'an City. There are many shops and merchants here, and industry and commerce are very prosperous.

It is a comprehensive market integrating production, retail and wholesale.

It includes pen shops, wine shops, iron shops, meat shops, engraving and printing shops, donkey renters, huqin buyers, acrobats, pipa masters, and splendid wealth and silk people...... There are two hundred and twenty lines in total.

Liu Zheng is a ceramic merchant, his main sales channel is in the northern grasslands, and the Hu people are very fond of the ceramics of the Tang Dynasty.

They are willing to exchange cattle and sheep for them. And cattle and sheep are more valuable to Datang, so he makes the difference between the two locations, which can also be regarded as a small fortune.

As for why they don't sell porcelain of higher value, the reason is simple, it's too expensive for them to afford.

Not long ago, he also joined the First Chamber of Commerce of Datang.

According to the past practice, he came to Dongshi today to look for some slightly more high-end ceramic sources, and then prepared to pull them to Tubo to sell, and the profit could reach more than ten times.

Although ceramics and porcelain are similar things, the grade is different, and porcelain is still one level higher than ceramics in general. Fine porcelain is worth a lot.

The things that are too good in that place in Tibet can't be sold at a price, and they are easy to be remembered. These better ceramics could be sold to local tribal aristocrats, or to merchants.

There is a line in the East Market, that is, a street, that sells ceramics and porcelain. He went around for a long time, but he didn't choose which one.

And just then, a businessman in his forties walked up to him.

"This Lang Jun, I see that you have walked back and forth twice, do you need ceramics?" The merchant asked

Liu Zheng looked this person up and down, medium stature, in his forties, kind eyebrows, and good body. Dressed in silk and satin, he looks like a rich man with a lot of money.

"I don't know what's going on?"

Liu Zheng was very vigilant when he saw someone coming up to talk to him.

"Don't get Lang Jun wrong, his surname is Xu, he is the shopkeeper of Xu's ceramic workshop, and he just saw Lang Jun walking on this street twice and didn't buy well, so I came to ask.

I don't know what kind of ceramics Lang Jun wants to buy, or high-quality porcelain. Shopkeeper Xu first showed that he had no malicious intent.

When Liu Zheng heard that he was soliciting customers, he let down a little bit of his vigilance and said to the shopkeeper Xu: "Don't hide it from the shopkeeper Xu, I am doing business in the north, and I want to find some ceramics with slightly better quality." ”

"Oh? This is really a coincidence, Lang Jun might as well come with me to our workshop to see, we have recently arrived a new batch of fine ceramics, and the price is very cheap. Shopkeeper Xu warmly invited

Liu Zhengsi thought about it, anyway, he might as well go and see if he had nothing to do, so he nodded in agreement.

The shopkeeper Xu led Liu Zheng to a large shop, and Liu Zheng looked up at the plaque: Xu's ceramics

The shop was large, but it looked like it was newly opened, and I followed the shopkeeper Xu into it and saw a room full of ceramics and porcelain.

These are all samples, Shopkeeper Xu walked to the counter and took down a porcelain cup from the shelf, and said to Shopkeeper Liu:

"Lang Jun, please see, this is what I just said, the best ceramics, this is what we just received from Henan Road.

The price is cheap, because the local disaster has suffered, so their shopkeeper needs to take action urgently. The ceramic cup taken out by the shopkeeper Xu is indeed of the highest grade, with bright color and smooth as paper.

After Liu Zheng looked at it for a while, he asked, "I don't know if there are other objects like this?" ”

If it's just a cup, it's not interesting.

"Lang Jun rest assured, there are many more than cups here, Lang Jun, please take a look" This said that the shopkeeper Xu took out a plate, as well as a large bowl and so on.

"Lang Jun, you see, I only have these kinds here, but there are other things in the warehouse, such as wine glasses and wine jugs, which are more suitable for sale in the northern grasslands."

"Then I don't know if I can go and see the goods?" Liu Zheng was very tempted by this batch of goods.

"Of course, Lang Jun, please come with me." Shopkeeper Xu led Liu Zheng to the warehouse of the back house, which was full of wooden boxes.

Shopkeeper Xu came to a wooden box and opened the lid, and there were seven or eight wine jugs lying inside, all of which were covered with wheat straw.

This is for fear of collision and shattering, if it is a good white porcelain or Tang Sancai, it is wrapped in animal skin.

"Lang Jun, please see, this box is full of this kind of wine jug, a total of thirty," said the shopkeeper Xu, who brought out the wine jug on the upper layer, opened the wheat straw, and there was another layer below.

Liu Zheng picked one up and looked at it, and found that the color was the same, all of them were first-class goods, and the shopkeeper Xu opened a box again, which contained plates, followed by large bowls, wine glasses, large pots, and net bottles.

"Shopkeeper Xu doesn't know what price you want for this batch of goods?" Liu Zheng was moved.

"Don't hide it from Lang Jun, I only have a small batch of goods here, just for those small businessmen to get spot preparations, I don't know how much Lang Jun wants."

"Shopkeeper Xu, if it's all of this color, of course, the more the better." Liu Zheng is not a small businessman. You won't take dozens of them at once. That wasn't enough money for him to hire guards.

"This Lang Jun, let's talk in the front hall" Shopkeeper Xu took Liu Zheng to the private room in the front hall again, and the next person served tea. That's when there's a bit of a business-like atmosphere.

"Lang Junzun's surname?"

"A certain surname is Liu."

"Shopkeeper Liu, disrespectful and disrespectful. This time, we shipped a total of hundreds of boxes of porcelain from Henan Province, and I think Shopkeeper Liu should know the price of such a condition.

If the quantity is small, we count the money by the piece, the wine pot wine bottle is 400 Wen, the wine glass is 500 Wen, the plate and bowl are 300 Wen, what do you think of the price? ”

Liu Zheng gasped after hearing this, not because it was expensive, but because the price was too cheap, like this wine jug, it is generally between six hundred and eight hundred, and the plates and bowls are generally between five hundred and six hundred.

The price that Shopkeeper Xu gave him was nearly half. "Shopkeeper Xu, I don't know why this price is so cheap?"

"To tell you the truth, this is a distant relative of mine, who suffered a disaster and was anxious to reorganize the family business, so I was ready to sell this batch of goods cheaply.

Shopkeeper Liu, don't worry, I just sold for others, and I didn't make a penny from it. Shopkeeper Xu told the beginning and the end.

"Shopkeeper Xu, if this batch of goods is in the same condition, I will want them all. Please make a price, we don't want to count it one by one. "Liu Zheng is also a person who does big things, of course he will seize the opportunity.

"Okay, shopkeeper Liu is quick to talk. Xu now has nine hundred and seventy boxes of ceramics in his hand, each of which is about the same amount.

So I will decide for him that I will sell you all nine thousand. Let's make a contract, and I'll take you to the dock warehouse tomorrow to pick up the goods. How about we pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. ”

"Good" 9,000 guan, Liu Zheng saved at least 7,000 guan. This cheap pick up big hair.

(Note, ceramics are burned with ordinary clay, and porcelain is made of kaolin.) ）