"I want to buy about 1,000 quintals of tea, at least of the best quality, and of course the price is moderate.

It's just that there is one thing to say, I will go to the Zhang family, the Gu family and the Chen family to see the tea number for a while, not that I can't trust your name, but I have to go a few more times because I am entrusted with the loyalty of others. ”

"Doing business is about shopping around, as it should be. ”

Shopkeeper Lu replied calmly, neither showing surprise when he heard that he was going to do a thousand quintals of business, nor showing displeasure because he had to check other tea numbers, so that Zhao Dagui nodded secretly, this is at least a necessary city for authentic businessmen.

Then, the shopkeeper Lu took out more than a dozen kinds of tea leaves for Zhao Dagui to watch, among which there are a complete range of black tea to green tea, all of which can provide hundreds to thousands of tons of bulk goods.

Zhao Dagui listened pretended to listen for a long time, nodding frequently, but he was actually at a loss in his heart.

In fact, in the modern world, Zhao Dagui has never been exposed to any tea, and he usually doesn't drink much, and he can't tell the quality of tea at all, and he doesn't even know whether the price said by Zhao's shopkeeper is appropriate or high.

However, Zhao Dagui also had his own way, borrowing paper and pen from the shopkeeper Lu, and asking the shopkeeper to wrap a sample of each tea item, and then write down the grade of tea, the price and the amount of tea that can be provided.

The shopkeeper Lu does this every day, and soon packs out more than a dozen sample packets, but Zhao Dagui didn't pay attention and made a lot of foreign appearances.

It turned out that Zhao Dagui was accustomed to using ballpoint pens and fountain pens in the modern world, and after the Qing Dynasty, he used quill pens and fountain pens in the consulate, and he could barely deal with them.

The guy took the pen and paper, Zhao Dagui held it according to the posture of holding the ballpoint pen, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and then grabbed it again, recalling the teacher's teaching when he was a child and the memories he had occasionally seen before, trying to hold the pen with three fingers, and finally wrote on the paper.

Modern people are often writing, the first time with a brush is not good-looking, good can also be dealt with, at least can understand, but the name of this tea is not known a lot of words, you need the guidance of the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Lu had always maintained a gentle and professional smile, but at this time he couldn't help but be horrified, it was very strange that with the virtue of this shopkeeper Zhao, how could he not be beaten to death by the teacher when he was a child.

The literacy rate in the Qing Dynasty was very low, but when it came to the Li Family Teahouse, a large-scale business shopkeeper, more or less opened Meng, although it was not even the lowest child, but compared to the empty shelf of Master Zhao, I don't know how many times stronger.

After dividing the tea leaves into half a catty and a pack, and pasting a small note with information such as price and quantity, Zhao Dagui wiped his sweat and said goodbye to the shopkeeper Lu.

Zhao Dagui also wanted to give the shopkeeper Lu the money for a sample of tea, but the other party waved his hand and sent him these samples directly, and thoughtfully helped to call the delivery man, take a box with tea, and leave together.

After coming out of the Li family tea house, Zhao Dagui found a few large tea houses left, and after entering the shopkeeper, he still said the same as before, and then got the sample, pasted the information note as before, and secretly remembered the service attitude and kindness of the shopkeepers of each tea house, and then left.

To tell the truth, the service spirit of the shopkeepers in this era is good, not to mention the kindness, all the sample tea is given away for free, and it is politely sent to the door, and there is no common difficulty and contempt in online literature.

However, this is normal, and it is strange that people are not treated in harmony in business.

Zhao Dagui went to several tea houses, took seven or eight boxes of tea leaves, and then returned to the consulate, that is, the Yao family compound, to rest.

That's right, from this day on, Zhao Dagui will no longer go back to the original small hotel, but will find a room to stay in the consulate.

This was to reassure the consul and the captain, and to let them know that they would not run away with two hundred dollars, and secondly, to prevent the tea men from sneaking over and following them and then finding the inn.

According to Zhao Dagui's understanding, such a big business, even if those tea houses seem calm on the surface, they will definitely send someone to inquire where this person lives in private.

Details determine everything, Zhao Dagui doesn't know how to do business, so he can only try to follow his imagination and the knowledge in the novel.

In the next two days, Zhao Dagui visited a number of tea houses to get samples, looked at the tea leaves of many merchants, and chatted with the shopkeeper a few more words, and the vision of tea was slowly cultivated.

There are many ways to make tea in the industry, but looking at the shape, color and fragrance of the tea, and then making your own tea to drink, and then someone to point out, what tea is good and what tea is worse, you can still see it.

Of course, in Zhao Dagui's case, in fact, there is no need to know much about tea, the captain should have been in the tea business for decades, and there should be personnel who specialize in identifying tea.

In his spare time, Zhao Dagui also went to several money banks to inquire about the value of the Spanish silver dollar, and as expected, several money banks were willing to undertake the exchange business of these silver dollars, and the quality of the silver dollars was quite high.

Next, everything is ready and only owes Dongfeng, provide the captain with a few tea samples, and let him choose what kind of tea to buy according to the quality and price of the tea, but it is precisely at this step that Zhao Dagui feels a little hesitant.

It's okay to show the captain a sample of tea, but how should the price be reported?

If you hand it over according to the price of the tea house, you are a fool, there is no price difference in the middle, what money do you still make, this price must rise somewhat, this is the legitimate interest you deserve, otherwise you are busy with what to do.

It's just that how to quote specifically, for example, how much should I quote for a tea of 30 taels per quintal, 35 taels, 40 taels, or 50 taels?

This requires knowing the price of a certain tea in the UK, the usual quotation level of the 13 Banks in Guangzhou, and the floor limit of Captain Kellett's tea price, etc., which are directly related to the success or failure of the business and the degree of profit.

According to Zhao Dagui's understanding, Guangzhou Thirteen Lines has been a monopoly business for hundreds of years, and the price of tea should be extremely high, as long as the price is slightly lower than that of Thirteen Lines, or even flush, he can persuade the captain to buy tea.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Dagui decided not to guess the specific price of tea, but to deduce the possible profit ratio of Thirteen Foreign Companies.