Chapter 4 Make money
"How long is the supplies in the station enough?" Gao Fei asked. In fact, these miscellaneous matters are handled by the group leader and the recorder. The group leader is responsible for managing the matter, and the recorder is responsible for recording and accounting.
Donggu Business Road adopts segmented management. It starts from the east of the Dongfeng Mall of Fenghua Business Alliance, heads westward through millions of mountains, Yanhua Mall, the river of heaven and earth, the blue blood forest, and the next to the Yunshan Mountains is the territory of the Iron Blood Merchant Alliance.
This is just a large segment, and there are many small segments. Each segment will connect to a mall, and the mall is responsible for the station supply of this segment.
Lan Sansanyi belongs to the Yanhua Mall section, and is sent by Yanhua Mall to replenish supplies to each station every month.
Of course, the business of the station is a bit messy, and the number of caravans coming and going is sometimes large and small, so each station must prepare twice as much supplies. In other words, even if the supply team does not come, the station can last for half a month to one month.
"There are many caravans during this period, and the materials are consumed a lot. There are still about ten days to replenish them." Lei Shi, as a confidant, must master these materials. Moreover, the inn is only so big, and the warehouse is right in front of him. Everyone knows how many things there are in it.
"Very good, go and have a rest."
After thinking for a while, Gao Fei added: "Let your brothers have a good rest and take good care of the horses. I feel that the smell is not right. Maybe something will happen these days, so I'll be alert to everyone."
"Yes." Lei Shi responded. The station was already in long-term danger, so Lei Shi didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
After closing the door, Gao Fei continued his final work. He added a red velvet cloth pad into the polished wooden carving box, put two glass bottles, looked up and down, left and right for a while, and nodded with satisfaction.
The business atmosphere of the Business Alliance is naturally extremely strong. Gao Fei is a child of a businessman. Although he is very interested in doing business, he has seen it since he was a child and knows it a little bit.
I wrapped a wooden box with a piece of linen and walked out of the room. It was time to find a buyer. The caravans have been frequent recently, and there were twenty caravans in the inn. The life of the caravans was very difficult, but these people were much richer than the postmaster.
It is inevitable that the store is bullying customers if you don’t dare to find a medium-sized caravan. Gao Fei chose a small caravan with 150 caravans and less than 500 people.
The caravans in the Merchant Alliance usually adopt one-two-one system, which refers to a carriage, two mates and one guard. As for the number of martial artists, there are different numbers of small caravans like this. In such small caravans, there are usually five to eight martial artists, one or two entourages in charge. This is also the reason why Gao Fei looked for a small caravan.
He is a second-level martial artist himself, and he will not touch even when facing a third-level martial artist. If he is a medium-sized caravan, there must be a large number of level 4 or above entourages. He is a second-level martial artist who is born to be a lower end. It is normal to suppress your price, and it is not uncommon to force buying and selling.
Of course, everyone will follow the iron laws of the business alliance.
The iron law of the Merchant Alliance is only one sentence: fair transaction, voluntary transaction, and the robbers die.
It sounds good, but in fact, in order to make greater profits, the so-called iron rule is a fig leaf. But the fig leaf is also a cloth. It is precisely because of it that the order of the business alliance will not be too chaotic.
Among these three items, the first two are bullshit, and only the last one is executed thoroughly. The robbers cannot enter the business alliance.
Of course, buying things with a gold coin is also costing money. Whether it is fair or not is a matter of opinion. Anyway, big businesses think it is very fair.
The silver horse caravan is very ordinary, it is a relatively standard small caravan. It is not easy for small caravans to do business, but it is the countless small caravans that support the huge business alliance. They make less money than medium and large caravans, and they still have profit margins.
This is how the business of the Merchant Alliance goes. The further the caravan goes, the greater the danger and the higher the profits.
"Go Fei, the head of Lan Sansan Post Office, asks to see the Silver Horse Caravan in charge." When he came to a small forest outside the post office, Gao Fei said to the guards guarding outside.
There are only sixteen courtyards at the inn, and a few small caravans with weak strength can only choose outside the inn. Fortunately, the caravans are walking outside, and they have long been used to these hard days. Near the inn, they can replenish dry food, clean water, and even jerky meat, which is not very bitter.
"Wait." The guards glanced at Gao Fei. They were not familiar with the postmaster, and they were most familiar with the group heads when staying at the postmaster. However, no one carved about a small postmaster, and no one would pretend to be. Even in a small caravan, there were about 500 people, which was comparable to the staff of a large postmaster.
"Come with me." After a while, the guard came out and took Gao Fei into the camp.
In the tent, Lu Yin sat on the chair, twisting his fat body, and looking at Gao Fei. Gao Fei also looked at Lu Yin with curiosity. The caravan manager is naturally a rich man, and he is a small business clan, but such a fat manager is rare.
When you are away from business, the journey is long, the wind, food, and sleeping, rain and snow, and the dangers everywhere, it is difficult to get fat even if you eat well.
Gao Fei has been the postmaster for more than half a year and has seen countless big and small merchants. This is the first time he has seen such a fat caravan manager.
"I have seen Manager Lu, so I'm going down Gao Fei." Gao Fei bowed and crossed his hands to salute. The post commander is really not an official. He is so small that he can ignore it. No matter how small the caravan manager is, he is much more awesome than the post commander.
What surprised Gao Fei the most was that the fat man was emitting a breath of vague energy. He was a Yuan warrior, and his strength seemed to be different from himself.
As a Yuan martial artist, he is extremely sensitive to the sensing of Yuan power. If his strength is lower than himself, he can see the depth of the other party at a glance. If he is much higher, he cannot sense it. Like Lu Yin, he can sense it clearly, which means that the other party's strength is comparable to that of him.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Gao Fei could sense his strength, and Lu Yin could sense Gao Fei, of course, but a martial artist could not explain anything, and he wouldn't care.
"A little business..." Before Gao Fei finished speaking, Lu Yin was unhappy. It is common for business stations to do business. It is usually inconspicuous small money. It makes money if you can make money, and it doesn't matter if you don't make money.
It would be a bit too much to find the caravan manager at the small business at the post station. If it weren't for the fact that Gao Fei was the post station commander, he wouldn't have seen him at all.
"Manager Lu, a good thing." Gao Fei said softly.
"Oh...you go out first." Lu Yin waved his hand and saluted the two guards and turned around and left. In fact, they were just like that. Seeing Kong Wu's powerful force, he was not much better than the little chicken cub in front of Yuan Wushu.
This is the post station, Lu Yin's strength is similar to Gao Fei. In addition, he is the post commander, Lu Yin is not worried that Gao Fei will take action.
The most important thing is the three words "good things". The station is very poor, but welcoming and seeing it. I have seen countless caravans and patrol the roads and protect them. It is not surprising that I occasionally encounter good things.
Because it is not a serious business, the caravans collect things very cheaply, only half of the normal price, or even lower.
Gao Fei stepped forward, put the cloth bag on the table, opened the linen to reveal the wood carved box inside, opened the lid, and let Lu Yin see the two glass bottles inside clearly.
"Glass bottle?" Lu Yin didn't care at first. When he saw it clearly, he jumped up from the chair flexibly and stepped to the table.
This is the most flexible fat man Gao Fei has ever seen.
Cleaning his hands, carefully took out the glass bottle, watched it carefully for a long time, and opened the bottle cap under Gao Fei's guidance, Lu Yin exclaimed from time to time.
He has seen many glazed glasses, and glass carvings are the most common, followed by cups and plates. He has never seen them that can bring carvings to this level. At least it is the craftsmanship of top-level magical craftsmanship. Not to mention the value of glazed glass itself, this craft is very valuable.
"Yes, it's a good thing, let's offer it." Lu Yin was secretly happy. He could actually encounter such a good thing. His business knowledge was not comparable to Gao Fei. As long as he found the right person, it would be fine if he sold several times the value of this thing.
"Six hundred gold." Gao Fei opened the normal price he thought. In fact, he knew that if he was transported to Yanhua Mall, it would be fine if he offered 1,200 gold. The station could only sell at half price or buy twice. This is a very normal thing. The caravan earned this money.
Similarly, the dry food at the station is not only unpalatable, but also expensive, which makes people feel tooth-pain. It is not surprising that a pound of dry hard noodles is sold at a mall three times or even five times the price. Some are transportation costs, and more so are the profits of the station.
Of course, this profit is not for the people at the post station, but for everyone at the post station to take the big head and the head of the post leader to take the small head. The errand soldiers below can only drink the soup.
The Blue Blood Forest Thirty-Three Posts belonging to Yanhua Mall, and their income is naturally handed over to Yanhua United Chamber of Commerce. For post leaders like Gao Fei, the annual income of Lan33 Posts is extremely terrifying, but in the eyes of Yanhua Chamber of Commerce, it is not even a fraction of the money. The role of the post station is more about serving the caravan, and making some money is just by the way.
Gao Fei's offer made Lu Yin feel a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and still habitually bargained: "Five hundred gold."
"Trade!" Gao Fei said happily. He knew that he had lost money when he sold it, but there was no way. It was a sure loss to do business at the post station. What's important is that he still has ten same glass bottles and can sell five more pieces. As for the wooden box and red velvet cloth, how much money can it be worth?
Three thousand gold coins are not considered small money even before the family goes bankrupt. As the postmaster, he does not eat or drink or supports his confidants, and it will take 30 months to make money.
The key to the problem lies in the secret room. As long as you understand the secret of the secret room, a few thousand gold coins will not be a problem.
Lu Yin regretted it, this is the opening high!
Regret is regret, but the transaction has been completed. With almost the same identity and strength, the ethics of the merchant are still worthy of recognition.
"Do you want gold tickets or gold coins?" Lu Yin asked.
"Three hundred gold tickets, two hundred gold coins." Gao Fei had already thought about it.
Chapter completed!