Chapter 253: Searching in the woods, Mr. Xiang’s business trip
"Young master, you can't be in a hurry!" Although Mrs. Qing didn't know why Chuilixun was in such a hurry to find the deceased's descendants, the speed of the caravan's advance was regulated.
Chu Lixun nodded. The road in Shu was not easy to walk. It doesn't mean that they can go faster if they get rid of the caravan. Moreover, they also need the steward of the caravan to guide them. Otherwise, Chengdu is so big. Where can they find corpses?
Descendants.
The closer we get to Chengdu, the more densely populated the villages become, and caravans begin to move around more frequently.
"Where are the young master and sir?" Mrs. Qing had a headache. What was the situation with these two people? A young master from Qin Dynasty, a prominent figure in hundreds of families, disappeared silently.
"Over there!" the woman pointed to the two men carrying cargo in the village.
Mrs. Qing holds her forehead, you are famous people all over the world, how can you do such things as merchants?
The First Emperor knew that even if she died ten times it wouldn't be enough.
As for Master Xiang, there are disciples of the Mohist family all over the world. If the disciples of the Mohist family know that their leader is here to do this, she will die.
"I always thought that the caravan agreed on a deal and exchanged the wood, spices and silk from Shu for the cinnabar pottery from Bajun!" Qi Lixun also sighed, the way of a merchant is not simple.
"Sir, how much did you earn?" Mrs. Qing asked as she looked at Chuilixun and Mr. Xiang who had returned.
Qi Lixun and Xiang Fuzi looked at each other, both wanting to compare, but seeing how much money the caravan made, it was really hard to get rid of it.
Whether it's hawking or supplying demand, they don't have the unique vision of the caravan.
"Let me tell you a story, Mr. Qing!" Mrs. Qing held her forehead. How could the way of a merchant be so simple? If it were really that simple, the court would not shout about emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, but it left one among the nine ministers.
The position of Jiuqing, who governs the internal history of Su.
"Madam, please tell me!" Chuili Xun and Xiangfuzi both asked for advice humbly. After all, in their position, they either don't do anything or do their best.
"When I first took over my husband's caravan, Bashi was just a small caravan, and I personally led the caravan. At that time, I came to Yelang for the first time, and there were many large caravans traveling with me.
When I arrived at Yelang, I found that the people in Yelang didn't wear shoes. Even if they did wear shoes, they were simply straw sandals made of straw rope.
The caravan stewards who traveled with me all said that Yelang people didn’t like to wear shoes, so they just exchanged silk, grain and salt for Yelang’s spices, wood and jade.” Mrs. Qing recalled.
"Then what?" Chuilixun and Xiangfuzi asked curiously.
"I was thinking, why does everyone in the world wear shoes but Yelang doesn't? It must be because Yelang has no shoes and can't make cloth shoes and clogs. Therefore, when I went to Yelang, I brought hundreds of thousands of people with me.
A pair of cloth shoes and wooden clogs arrive at Yelang.
Sure enough, as I expected, it's not that Yelang people don't like to wear shoes, it's that they don't have any shoes to wear.
Therefore, I exchanged ordinary things such as wooden clogs and cloth shoes for Yelang's large quantities of spice wood and jade, earned my first fortune, and truly took control of the Bashi caravan." Mrs. Qing said proudly.
Because of this first amount of money earned, she truly gained the right to speak in the Bashi Caravan, thereby creating the Bashi business empire.
Without this unique vision, she might not have been able to take control of the entire Bashi caravan after her husband's death and expand it to the extent it has now.
"I understand!" Chuili Xun and Xiang Fuzi looked at each other, then went into the village and started buying and selling on a large scale.
Mrs. Qing looked at the two people who were excited and smiled slightly. Maybe the businessman could start to be taken seriously from these two people.
Three days later, late at night, Qili Xun and Xiang Fuzi hid in the tent privately and watched each other.
"How much did you earn, sir?" Qili Xun asked.
"How much did the young master earn?" asked the prime minister.
Qili Xun was silent and didn't want to say more. Master Xiang also had a bitter look on his face, as if he was constipated.
"Three thousand in compensation!" Chuilixun finally said.
"Two thousand five thousand in compensation!" Mr. Xiang said with the same embarrassment.
"..." The two of them looked at each other and were speechless. They also followed Mrs. Qing's method. How come they made a profit from an imperial caravan while they themselves lost money and borrowed money from everywhere?
Mrs. Qing was also curious about how much the two men had earned during this period, so she curiously asked the steward who was following them.
The steward looked at Mrs. Qing with a strange expression. He didn't know where to start, but he still said: "The two nobles lost nearly 6,000 yuan."
"How could it be?" Mrs. Qing couldn't believe it. Both of them were world-famous big shots and had no shortage of talents. How could they lose money? In addition, they also had the caravan steward she sent to help them, so they might not make much money.
, but it’s not like we lost that much.
"The old gentleman said that the Shu people don't wear robes and mink clothes because there are no robes and mink clothes, so he collected a large number of furs and mink furs from the villages along the way and asked female workers to sew the mink clothes and robes," the steward said.
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The corner of Mrs. Qing's mouth twitched, are you crazy? Bashu is said to be like spring all year round, and is famous for its embroidered silk. No matter how cold it is in Shu, it's just a matter of adding an extra coat. When is it necessary to wear mink clothes and quilts?
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The people in Shu have a backlog of furs and mink furs. Are you here to help clear the inventory?
"Where is Mr. Qing?" Mrs. Qing asked again.
If the Prime Minister is unreliable, then Young Master Xun shouldn’t do such a thing, right?
"The young gentleman is not as outrageous as the old gentleman, but he is not very lucky." The steward hesitated and continued: "When the young gentleman passed by the salt pond, his subordinates told the young gentleman that the salt in the salt pond was rare well salt in the world, so the young gentleman
He spent all his money to buy well salt.
But who knows, it rains a lot in Sichuan, and there was a heavy rain. Because we did not bring a pottery jar to store salt on this trip, the little gentleman lost all his salt. Originally, if we went to the next place, relying on the name of the salt pond, even if
It consumes a lot, but with the surplus, the young man can make back his money.
As a result, a large-scale salt mine was newly discovered in Nie, and all the salt in Sichuan came from Nie. Therefore, Mr. Xiao’s salt could not be sold at a higher price due to the dampness, and he eventually lost all of it.”
Mrs. Qing held her forehead again. Master Xiang had a problem with his thinking. This was a standard problem of luck.
"Well, if you don't experience setbacks, how can you know how difficult it is to be a merchant?" Mrs. Qing then thought about it, if these two people found that it was easy for merchants to make money, wouldn't they think that merchants value profits over righteousness, and that money and silk are all blown by strong winds.
However, Chuili Xun and Xiang Fuzi no longer believed in evil, and did not believe that they would not be able to do business as merchants, so they borrowed money from Mrs. Qing again as capital to continue their journey as merchants.
"I'm sorry!" Chuili Xun and the Prime Minister scolded each other. They didn't know how much money they owed Mrs. Qing.
The backlog of goods in the hands of Mr. Xiang is increasing, and he is even loved by the locals wherever he goes. After all, this is the God of Wealth, helping him eliminate the backlog of goods for many years.
Chapter completed!