It turned out that the two of them got up very early in the morning, and then went to the yard to talk, talking about the tea delivered the day before, but they were a little unsteady.

Both of them have a lot of distrust of Zhao Dagui, worried that Zhao Dagui will run away with the money, or do tricks in the goods, even if the transaction was completed yesterday, this worry has not disappeared.

Both of them have a deep understanding of China's trade, and it is like a fantasy to buy such a good tea in ten days before and after, and the price and quality are very suitable, which has never happened in Guangzhou before.

As a result, as soon as the two of them combined, the more they thought about it, the more unreliable they became, and they felt that Zhao Dagui must have done something in the middle, but it was a pity that a few of them were shallow and couldn't see it.

So, they decided to take out the tea and re-examine it to see if there was a problem, if this Zhao Dagui found some magical items that "were tea leaves a day ago, and leaves a day later" to fool them, re-checking could also find that the problem was not.

Then, the two of them called all the sailors and foreigners who worked with the help of the work, took out the tea leaves, and re-examined them, this is the scene that Zhao Dagui just came out to see, the so-called "find it" is to "find the problem".

Zhao Dagui didn't know anything about this, and ran to Bafur to ask what was going on, which made people a little embarrassed, Bafur can't say that we are suspicious of you, so take out the tea and re-check it, the British can't afford to lose this face.

"That's right, I accidentally lost a ring when I was inspecting tea yesterday.

The big guy took out the tea again, just to find the ring. The captain who was next to him saw that it was not good, and he was in a hurry, and immediately made up a story.

"And this kind of thing, that's really unfortunate, it can't be a wedding ring. Zhao Dagui said sympathetically.

"Oh yes. The captain nodded and replied, and quietly buried his hand deep in the tea leaves, so that Zhao Dagui would not see it.

"In that case, I'll help you find it too. Zhao Dagui didn't see any clues, and completely believed the captain's words, so he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to join the team looking for tea.

"No need, comprador Zhao, don't you still have business to discuss, you should be busy with your affairs. Bafur reacted and hurriedly grabbed Zhao Dagui.

This matter was originally to find Zhao Dagui's problem, but he didn't say anything about it when he was discovered on the spot, and asked people to join in to find the problem, what is this.

Again, the British can't afford to lose that face.

"How can I stand idly by, then, I am also a member of the consulate, and how can I stand by while you are all working yourself. ”

Zhao Dagui said sincerely, feeling that he was also Bafour's subordinates, and there was no such thing as employees watching when the company's boss was doing manual work.

"No, no. "Bafur tried desperately to stop it, but unfortunately it had little effect.

Fortunately, the porter of the Yao family, Lao Wang, came to relieve the siege and reported that several Chinese businessmen had come to Zhao Dagui, and it seemed that there was something important.

At this time, Bafur and the captain had an excuse to persuade Zhao Dagui to deal with more important matters first.

Zhao Dagui pushed a few times, but he could only retreat, but he secretly wondered in his heart, just now he actually caught a glimpse of the captain still wearing the original gold ring on his hand, why are these people still looking for it in the tea box, is it another ring, another lover.

Considering that the so-called ring matter is not very important, and I am afraid that there is another hidden story in the middle, Zhao Dagui still went to receive his guests first.

"This is a person who has no eyesight. After Zhao Dagui left, the missionary Maddox patted his son McWarto's shoulder and laughed uncontrollably, "He didn't understand what we were doing here until the end. ”

Captain Bafour and Captain Kellett blushed, and tried to say something, but held back again.

Let's say that Zhao Dagui went out to take a look, and sure enough, it was several shopkeepers led by the shopkeeper Lu of the Li family's teahouse, and many of the shopkeepers of the cloth store were those who had made an appointment yesterday.

Zhao Dagui took them to his office, and everyone couldn't help but be curious when they saw the foreigners turning over the tea leaves in the yard.

"I don't know what those guys are looking for?" asked the shopkeeper Lu curiously on behalf of everyone.

"It is said that Captain Kellett's lover's ring was lost, and it fell into a tea crate somewhere, and the big guys were helping him find it. Zhao Dagui said nonchalantly.

"So that's the case, but I didn't expect the captain to be a romantic man. Shopkeeper Lu nodded, and left this stubble untied.

Zhao Dagui had prepared samples of the goods brought by the captain in advance, including cotton fabrics such as natural fabrics, foreign standard fabrics, white cloths, and calico, as well as other fabrics such as woolen wool, serge, tweed, and feather silk, as well as miscellaneous foreign goods such as cotton, clocks, candles, oceans, raw wrought iron, raw and cooked copper, foreign guns, and bird guns.

The total price of these goods, according to the captain's quotation, is worth about 80,000 yuan, of which foreign cloth accounts for the majority, accounting for 80% of the total, and the rest of the goods account for 20%.

Judging from the situation of Captain Kellett's goods, he thought that the sales of foreign cloth should be good, so he brought more and brought some of the other goods, and then saw which goods were more popular in the magic capital.

These shopkeepers who came to see the goods were really more interested in cotton cloth.

"I don't know how to sell this kind of foreign standard cloth?" asked a shopkeeper, pointing to the cotton cloth.

"This kind of foreign standard cloth is 2.5 to 3 yuan per horse, and calico used to sell for seven taels per piece, but I only sell four taels here, as for this cotton and raw wrought iron, raw and cooked copper and the like..."

Zhao Dagui also made some preparations for selling these foreign goods, took out a stack of small slips of paper, and put them on top of each sample, indicating the unit price and quantity of the goods.

Captain Kellett reported to Zhao Dagui the reserve price he hoped to get, and Zhao Dagui reported the price of each cargo to 30% according to his own profit, which was actually a conscience price.

Zhao Dagui introduced the goods and said: "Although the imperial court has always restricted foreign trade in the past, the trade in Guangzhou has never been interrupted, and most of the goods here should have been seen and operated by everyone present, and they are even more familiar than below."

In this case, you should understand that the goods here are very cheap, in the past, the thirteen lines in Guangzhou got the goods and added seventy or eighty percent or even double the profit before selling them to the north, and I took the goods directly from the British, which was basically the lowest price.

Not to mention anything else, this calico used to only rely on smuggling, and each horse had to be at least seven taels of silver, but I can give you four taels of silver here, and you can go to Guangzhou to get the goods in person, and there is no such price.

And these cotton cloths, you see how good the quality of this cloth is, light, good-looking, beautiful and decent, just like silk, used to make clothes, much stronger than local homespun cloth.

The most outrageous thing is this price, the price of such a good-looking cloth is only one-third of the homespun cloth, and each horse is only one-third of the homespun cloth, where to find this price.

The rest of the clocks, brass and iron, muskets, etc., are also sought-after, and they are not sold at all..."