Chapter 114: Village Acquisition
Xu Ling first found someone to make a thin coffin and temporarily stored Bao Dazhuang's body in Yizhuang.
Only then did he follow Gu Hong to the seaside port to check the sea boats.
According to Gu Hong himself, his sea ship was built by the most famous shipyard in Minzhou, and it is still a new model this year.
Xu Ling went to see that the ship was a small ship, the bow of the ship was covered with bow iron, the shape was sharp like a blade, and the whole ship had a total of 12 bulkheads, which were used to store goods and live in people.
The sea boat sails by sail, and it just so happens that Gu Hongbaoli and others are all people from the coastal areas of Minzhou, and most of their families go to sea to fish, and most of them can operate the boat.
Xu Ling's problem of not knowing how to sail has been solved for the time being.
Looking at the sea ship in front of him, Xu Ling thought to himself that one hundred and twenty taels was not only not a loss, but a profit.
With this ship here, he can hide the existence of space even more and not be suspected.
What's more, when he bought the ship, in addition to the sixty taels of silver he gave to Gu Hong, the silver he gave to Bao Li and the others were all empty checks.
It's not too late to give it back when he's done with this trip.
This gives Xu Ling a lot of room to maneuver.
Although he paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, Xu Ling still went to the city to find someone to testify, and signed a deed with Gu Hong and the others, so that he got the ship.
As soon as the money arrived, Gu Hong was afraid that Xu Ling would regret it, so he hurriedly left Yazhou with the cash.
Xu Ling did not let Bao Li and the others return to the ship, but asked them to wait for him outside the town inn.
In the final analysis, in a foreign place, in the face of these men who are still fellow villagers, Xu Ling is very uneasy, always afraid that they will flee by boat, and afraid that they will see some property on their bodies and have two hearts.
simply didn't take them with him, and went to the ship by himself to get out some of the goods in the space, the silk porcelain brought from Quanzhou, and some daily necessities, which occupied the two cargo holds.
Xu Ling went directly to the city to trade.
He was pressed for time, and he didn't have the leisure to sell in bulk, but he still planned to find a local sitter to clear the goods in his hand as he did in Quanzhou.
Compared with other businessmen, Xu Ling's biggest advantage is that the return of funds is relatively fast.
Some businessmen work hard to transport goods from Quanzhou to Yazhou, if they want to get enough profits, they must be careful in their calculations, and no link is missing.
But Xu Ling is different, his goods have no transportation costs, and there will be no damage, which means that after he buys at a low price from the place of origin, he doubles and sells them in another place for all profits.
Even if he chooses to sell at a slightly lower price than others, he will make more money than others.
So soon, a buyer came to the door, and the cash transaction pulled all the goods on Xu Ling's ship, and Xu Ling didn't even need to pull things out to sell.
This is Xu Ling's advantage.
Less than a day after he arrived in Yazhou, he was able to sell the goods in his hand, and the profit he made was much less than that of others who worked hard to stay here for half a month.
Xu Ling took the fifty-six taels of silver that had just arrived, pulled the cart and went to Bao Li and the others.
Bao Li and his three fellow villagers squatted under the tree outside the inn, chatting, and when they saw Xu Ling, they immediately stood up.
Xu Ling saw that they didn't move half a step, and he was a little satisfied.
"Have you eaten?"
Bao Li shook his head: "We're not hungry, boss, what are we going to do next?" ”
Xu Ling said: "Eat first, and follow me after eating." ”
Xu Ling took them to eat casually, and when they went out, they rushed out of the town under the big sun.
Seeing Xu Ling leave the town, Bao Li and the others were a little uneasy, "Dongjia, where are we going?" ”
Isn't it going to cut down trees again?
Xu Ling smiled good-naturedly, "Don't worry, I won't ask you to cut down trees, just go to the village to collect something." ”
He doesn't have much money in his hand now, and it is impossible to chop all kinds of expensive wood here and bring it back, and Xu Ling doesn't want to take this risk.
Most of the merchants who came here also came for the precious spices here, but Xu Ling wanted to go to the village to see if he could pick up the leaks in the information.
Bao Li and the others didn't understand Xu Ling's intentions, but they knew that Xu Ling would not let them go to the jungle to die, so they followed behind with peace of mind.
Xu Ling took them into the village and went door to door to find people to buy, most of these local residents live by fishing, and every household has fishing nets and dried seafood outdoors.
A wide variety of marine fish, as well as kelp.
At this time, the kelp was called Kombu, and Xu Ling had seen it in Chai Yanjun's pharmacy, and the price was quite high in them.
Xu Ling stood directly outside the courtyard and greeted, "Old man, I want to buy some of your family's seafood, the price is fair, do you sell it?" ”
The old man who was mending the fishing nets in the yard was not tall, and his skin was wide and furrowed, and when he heard the sound, he turned around and saw Xu Ling pulling a cart, and there were some cloths, handkerchiefs and other bits and pieces on it, and suddenly realized: "You are a merchant, right?" ”
Xu Ling heard his accent and a little official, and immediately smiled: "Yes, uncle, I am a merchant from Quanzhou, selling small goods such as needlework, scissors, cloth, handkerchiefs, etc., and also collecting dry goods from farmers, do you want to take a look?" ”
The old man shouted twice into the room, and a wheat-skinned girl came out, "Cuicui, don't you want to make clothes?" A merchant is coming. ”
Cuicui is not very old, with two braids, the sleeves and pants of her jacket are pulled up, and she is wearing a pair of straw sandals.
"Daddy, I still want a pair of scissors, the scissors at home are dull."
"It still works if you grind it."
"My mother has been using it since I was a child, can't I buy a new one?"
While talking to the old man, the girl opened the fence gate and stood not far from the cart and poked her head out.
"If it's not expensive, you can buy one, and if you can change the dried fish at home, you can change it."
"Merchant, can you exchange something?"
Xu Ling looked at the father and daughter who didn't look like father and daughter, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Can you change it, what do you have at home?" ”
"My dad is very good at fishing, he has everything at home, what do you want?"
Xu Ling pointed to the kelp hanging on the rope and said, "How many of these do you have?" I want to charge some more. ”
The arrival of Xu Ling and the others quickly attracted the attention of some people in the village, who came over to watch the transaction between Xu Ling and Cuicui.
Cuicui asked for a comb, a jade bracelet that was not real jade, and a wooden hairpin that Xu Ling bought casually in Quanzhou, a pair of scissors, a few sewing needles, and a handkerchief......
In the end, while her father was not paying attention, she blushed and quietly asked Xu Ling: "Do you have any cloth to make clothes for men?" ”
Xu Ling took out a piece of green cloth from under the cart, and finally she asked for one.
If you spend money to buy it, it's about six or seven hundred yuan.
But Xu Ling didn't ask her for money, so she asked her to exchange it for seafood, and she was counted as six yuan per catty, and the price of other things like fish gelatin, dried sea cucumber, and dried sea fish was higher.
It's not that there are no merchants who come to the village to buy things on weekdays, but the purchase price is much lower than that of Xu Ling, after all, the merchants here come for spices, and few people will keep an eye on the seafood here and occupy their cabins.
Those foreign businessmen treat them as stupid and exchange them for the good things in their homes with a little money.
But Xu Ling is different, not only can he give up the money, but he can also exchange the rare goods here.
For a while, except for Cuicui's family, other people in the village also beckoned Xu Ling to go to their house to buy.