Chapter 349 Toyosu Purchase
The strong fortresses were all broken from the inside.
Since this boss is so strict, let’s start with his buddy!
Liang Chuan quickly exchanged a look at Zhaodi and said to the guy. Zhaodi was stunned at first, then smiled sly, put a few copper plates on his toes, and then walked towards the guy.
When approaching the guy, he gently placed the copper plate on the tip of his shoes on the ground, calmly. Then he patted the guy on the shoulder and said, "Brother, your money has been lost!"
The guy looked down and saw that he had some money. He immediately showed a greedy face and picked up the money and stuffed it into his collar. He didn't care whether the money was his or her. Anyway, it turned out to be true after entering his pocket.
Even Liang Chuan was amazed at this move. What has an honest man become like under his own training? He actually knew how to show his opponents to be good at this advanced tactic. Liang Chuan felt that it was a bit incredible. Zhaodi's progress was too great.
The guy picked up the money and felt happy and suddenly felt good about Zhaodi.
"Just I heard in the store that you are looking for the source of these goods, aren't you?"
When the two heard this, they secretly cried in their hearts!
"Yes, little brother." Liang Chuan leaned over, "We have been shopping in Qingyuan for half a day, but we haven't found half a workshop to make incense and candles. Where did you guys get in?"
When the guy saw that it was profitable, he stretched out his thumb and index finger and rubbed it, and said, "It's not impossible to tell you..."
When Liang Chuan saw this action, he cursed in his heart: Damn it turned out that he rubbed his fingers and asked for money. This action happened in the Song Dynasty.
Even though he was scolding in his heart, Liang Chuan didn't dare to offend this young master on the surface. He took a few more money from his pocket and stuffed it into the palm of his hand and said, "You are kind and righteous, brother."
Liang Chuan wanted to slap himself twice when he said this against his conscience. He was just a swear fish that was jealous of money!
The guy made a lot of money today and forgot all the quarrels with his boss. He said, "You must not find it if you go around this city. The workshop is in the countryside. Where do you go to find it?"
The two of them suddenly realized with a loud voice.
"You go out from Linzhang Gate and walk up the Sun River. There is a town called Fengzhou Town upstream of the south bank. You can find what you want when you go there!"
Zhaodi asked, "How do we know if you are a lie? Do you want to take us there?"
"Hmph, I wish you could also open an incense and candle shop to squeeze out the old guy's shop. What are the benefits of lying to you?"
Liang Chuan smiled and said, "If this matter is done, I will turn around and repay you well!"
The two of them were too lazy to pay attention to this kind of food that was ripped off, so they called a carriage on the street, and the two of them rushed to Fengzhou.
It is said that Fengzhou first came and Qingyuan. Before Quanzhou Prefecture opened its prefecture, the earliest settlement was in Fengzhou Town. Later, as more and more people moved south, people found that the alluvial plains downstream were vast, with fertile water and soil, and were more suitable for farming and development. People built cities in Qingyuan and set up prefectures, and the people were able to reproduce and thrive.
The sea has extremely rich resources, which can breastfeed people more than the mountains. If you sprinkle a net into the sea, the sea goods you catch can compare to the products you have in the mountains for a year. Even if you can't catch fish, the sea kelp and seaweed are also valuable production, and the output is much more than the barren land poverty along the coast!
Not only seafood, but also brings prosperity to trade. The gold, silver, spices, medicinal materials and jewelry that transforms outsiders from afar have brought them from afar, and have enriched a group of Qingyuan people. It is precisely because of this that the development speed of Qingyuan has far widened the distance from Fengzhou, the ancient territory. The two agricultural civilization and marine civilization have each become a beauty in this land.
There are two roads from Xinghua to Qingyuan. One is the official road is large and flat, but it takes a long way to walk around the big circle and pass through Luocheng and Wan'andu. The other is the small road passing through Fengzhou. This road will be close, but it is rugged and mountainous, bumpy and easy to cause trouble.
This is the road He Baozheng took to and from Qingyuan Xinghua. He also had to take the water route by walking the official road. When the cost is high, there will naturally be fewer people walking. Everyone would rather spend less money and suffer more. This style of dealing with things has a lot of national connotations.
I don’t know if I don’t come, but I was shocked when I came. Although Fengzhou Town is just a small town, the scale seems to be a little larger than Fengshan, the business here is no less prosperous than that in Qingyuan County!
Some of Qingyuan County can be found here, but Qingyuan does not have it, and there are still some here. Many Qingyuan trade goods are even wholesale from here. If Qingyuan's advantage is to collect overseas and face all directions, then Fengzhou will collect all directions and go overseas. Qingyuan's prosperity is an indispensable contribution to Fengzhou.
Liang Chuan was amazed by this scene, it was amazing. But almost all of them were Han people. Outsiders rarely entered the Fengzhou territory, and even the Qingyuan territory rarely took advantage of them.
In the eyes of these arrogant outsiders, the Song people would naturally flock to their goods if they needed them, so why bother themselves to do such a big fight? The Song people are cunning and xenophobic, and they often suffer losses in doing business with them. It is better to be more stable.
The two of them traveled in Fengzhou for a while and found out where these incense and candles were made. However, they were not one, but one by one, but one by one. This one only produces incense, this one only produces lamp oil, and that one makes candles.
Although the several stores are small workshops, they are very busy. According to them, there are not many people making this thing in all villages. If you want to buy it, you can only come to Fengzhou to buy it. They don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it. Who doesn’t have to sacrifice to their ancestors to burn some incense?
“Can these things make money?”
Zhaodi couldn't help but mutter.
The old man in the store said happily and earnestly: "Take this incense as an example. I only need to earn a copper coin for one stick of incense. We can make thousands or tens of thousands of incense pieces a day. Hehe, do you think you can make money? You don't understand the principle of accumulating little to more."
Liang Chuan also smiled and said, "Yes, no matter how poor our family is, it is like burning a few incense sticks of incense and praying for the blessings of our ancestors. This family will have a lot of incense in a year. If you think about it, if you put it in the entire Quanzhou Prefecture, how much will the countless families use?"
The people of Quanzhou Prefecture are very strange. People here advocate business more than people in other places. Logically speaking, such people are absolutely materialists, but this place is called the ancient Buddha Kingdom where saints are everywhere. There are three steps and one small temple, five steps and one Buddhist temple, and the streets are full of incense. Women not only have to manage their families but also worship Buddha and worship ancestors, and there is a strong sense of piety everywhere.
It is also in this atmosphere that the owner of the incense shop is right. The family only needs three incense sticks a day, and even if it is made ten thousand incense a day, it is not enough to sell it!
Liang Chuan did not hesitate and decisively asked the owners of the three stores for a large number of orders, and the deposit was delivered very quickly. These stores were also very refreshing, and they were responsible for delivering goods. There were several buyers in Qingyuan County, so there were no losses in delivering goods together.
On the way back, Zhaodi was still questioning the business. Zhaodi saw a business like brown sugar, which can be sold for dozens of tons per pound, while a candle of this kind can be sold for at most a few cents. It is different from one after another, so he naturally looks down on such small transactions.
The two of them sat in the carriage, Liang Chuan always had a smile on his face, while Zhaodi felt that he couldn't understand how to do this.
Spring rain always comes unexpectedly. The drizzle drops hit the bamboo river and light ripples on the river surface, wrapping up a beautiful spring atmosphere, which not only makes people not irritable, but also feel refreshed.
"Look at how good the rain is." Liang Chuan enjoyed this moment of peace, as if he was talking to himself alone, and as if he was talking to Zhaodi indirectly.
"This rain is as thin as a cow's hair, but it gathers on the earth and becomes a trickle of water. Furthermore, it becomes a river, lake and sea. The sea can make it great without hesitation! Can you understand this truth by Zhao brother?"
Zhaodi shook his head.
"The sugar-making business is of great profit, but have you carefully considered how much the capital you need after this 'one book'?"
Liang Chuan stretched out his hand to flirt in the rain. Spring rain was as precious as oil, and good rain knew the season.
"Sugar needs someone to grow sugarcane from the beginning. Is it a risk for the diseases and pests of sugarcane? We are not good at growing sugarcane. If there is no harvest in a year, where can we get the raw materials? Besides, if we don't plant and let the villagers in Xinghua plant, will it still be the cost of purchasing sugarcane ourselves?"
"The cost of growing labor by yourself is heavier. It is not that simple thing to be afraid of wind, flood, autumn and winter. Do you still remember how tired we were during the Spring Festival?"
During the Spring Festival, except for having some rest at night, everyone was just like fighting during the day. The men and men at home and He Baozheng had nothing to do, and they were sleeping in the candy-cooking room. Now it was really not easy to think about it.
"I don't want the sugar-boiling technology to spread to society too early, so we can only do it ourselves at the moment. This will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources. We can't do anything in a month or two, which will waste time now. If our business grows bigger in the future, it will definitely not be cost-effective to spend another month or two on this matter."
Liang Chuan continued with his fingers: "Then there are freight on the road, the risk of delayed travel, the cost of storage, packaging and sales channels, these are all extremely difficult to deal with. No matter which one does not require money, you see that the sugar is expensive, the cost is not a small amount!"
Zhaodi listened to Liang Chuan's teachings patiently. These are extremely valuable experiences. Only when two people have a good relationship, Liang Chuan is willing to tell these commercial secrets that are enough to be heirlooms. You must know that the boss who sells sesame oil is even a tight-lipped place for purchases!
"Just as the old man in Fengzhou said, just earn one copper coin for one stick of incense is enough. Let's ask them to purchase goods, just set up a store, don't worry about natural disasters, people and goods, all the risks will be borne by others. When the business grows bigger, will it be more than a few thousand incense sticks a day? I don't think it's a normal number, and we just need to make a copper coin, but we don't have to do anything, and we can still make a lot of money. Which one do you think is the best way to make money?"
Zhaodi was still thinking, Liang Chuan smiled and asked the driver who was rushing the car, "Master, what do you think?"
The coachman heard all their words in his ears, but never interrupted. He just smiled and said, "Old man, I only know how to drive the car. You are doing big business, and I dare not talk too much."
Chapter completed!