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Chapter 8 Talking about business

After leaving Jubaozhai's door, Yang Feng's anger still did not fade. It seems that there will be such things as bullying customers in any era. Although Jubaozhai has a good service attitude on the surface, it still divides customers into different levels in its bones. If this guy who dares to sarcasticly sarcasticly to customers would have been fired by his boss in the 21st century.

But when the anger gradually faded, Yang Feng became a little worried again. He was unfamiliar with the place, who would he sell these goods to? You should know that in order to buy this batch of goods, he had spent all his savings over the years. If he really threw his hands into it, he had to drink the northwest wind after he went back.

Some were worried that Yang Feng was walking slowly on the street, looking at the dazzling array of shops around him while walking. Although the waiter of his inn told him that Jubaozhai is the largest jewelry store in Nanjing, Yang Feng believed that no matter when, there would be no real monopoly oligopolies in any industry. Although Jubaozhai is big, it would be a killing to say that it does not have a competitor Yang Feng. After all, the jewelry industry has always been a huge profitable industry, so how could it be a dominant situation?

Sure enough, after walking less than 500 meters along the bluestone street, Yang Feng discovered another jewelry store called Donglai Yinlou. Unlike Jubao Pavilion, Yang Feng's request to meet the shopkeeper in this jewelry store was finally met.

The shopkeeper of Donglai Yinlou is surnamed Shi. He looks like most shopkeepers. He looks white and fat, with a simple smile, as if he can say anything to congratulate you at any time. He looked carefully at the young man who suddenly came to the door and was dressed very ordinary before slowly saying: "This guest official, I wonder what you are doing when you come to the store?"

While Shi Jianguan was looking at Yang Feng, Yang Feng was also secretly looking at the shopkeeper and the surrounding environment. After hearing the other party’s question, Yang Feng introduced himself: “Shi Jianguan, his ancestors were from Han. During the Tang Dynasty, his family moved to Nanyang and often traveled between Nanyang and Obaro to do business. Some time ago, he planned to come to the Ming Dynasty to do business, but because he encountered pirates, all the people and goods on the ship were gone, so he had to escape and was forced to wander in Jinling and have no food and clothing. Now he is forced to sell some of the goods he carried with him to a store for a living. I wonder if the shopkeeper will collect it?"

"oh……"

Shopkeeper Shi has been doing business for so many years, so naturally he would not trust others as easily as a young man who has never seen the market. He nodded calmly: "The visitor is a guest. Since you have arrived at our Donglai Yinlou, you are our guest. Please show me anything, so that I can open my eyes."

"sure!"

Yang Feng took out a mirror the size of a palm from his bag and handed it to the shopkeeper Shi opposite him.

"Huh... this... is actually a mirror?"

The shopkeeper Shi on the opposite side immediately showed a look of surprise on his face when he saw Yang Feng's escape. He took the mirror and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at his face, the more surprised he looked.

To be honest, glass is not a rare thing for the Han people. The main raw materials of glass mirrors are quartz, feldspar and limestone. After heating and cold treatment, it becomes soda lime glass: a refractive coating agent, its main component is mercury, which is what alchemists call cinnabar. These things appeared as early as the Warring States Period. However, because the inorganic chemistry in ancient China was not developed, it was difficult to refine cinnabar into pure mercury, which is also the reason why people in ancient my country used bronze mirrors.

The earliest glass mirror in China appeared in the Ming Dynasty. It was brought from Europe by missionaries from China. This European-style glass mirror has to go through tens of thousands of miles of sea route and is bumpy all the way. Considering that it is fragile and difficult to make, the mirror is generally narrow and easy to carry. Its mirror is mostly used for shaving, and the mirror is only enough to reflect the local beard, and it is expensive, so it can be said that it is a very rare cargo in the Daming mirror.

After observing the mirror in his hand over and over, he found that the mirror was very exquisitely made. Its surroundings were wrapped by something that could not be named (actually plastic). The back of the mirror was carved with lifelike flowers and plants. The mirror was extremely smooth, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as a slightest impression. Manager Shi could even clearly see every subtle expression on his face. Manager Shi quickly concluded that the quality of this mirror was much better than the mirrors he had seen before. The second reflection was that these mirrors would definitely set off a trend in Nanjing.

Taking a deep breath, suppressing his surprise. Shopkeeper Shi smiled again: "Please forgive me for being unreasonable. I haven't asked you what you call me."

Yang Feng was also a little moved about the actions of Shopkeeper Shi. It seems that no matter what society values, it is about strength. If you don’t have the strength, you don’t even have the interest in your name. Although you have always greeted me with a smile, you have not asked for your name until now. If the things you take out cannot arouse the other party’s interest, I’m afraid that this shopkeeper who always looks smiling will not ask for his name at most even if he gives away his gift.

"My surname is Yang, and my name is a single name. The peak of Shanfeng." Yang Feng glanced at the shopkeeper Shi grabbed the mirror's hand and took out several mirrors from his bag and placed them on the table. He said, "Shishangguan, this kind of glass mirror was obtained from Obaron thousands of miles away. There are about a hundred faces in number. I wonder if Shishangguan Shi is interested in taking over this batch of goods?"

"Hundreds of faces?"

Looking at the seven or eight different styles of mirrors placed on the table, Shi Shangguan couldn't hold the formulaic smile on his face, and his hands holding the mirror trembled a little.

Although the Ming Dynasty has mirrors, since the Ming Dynasty was unable to make them by itself, they all had to be brought from the West by those missionaries. You should know that in an era when the navigation conditions were still very simple, every voyage could be said to be a pass through the gates of hell, and the mirrors were fragile, so every mirror to the Ming Dynasty was expensive. The noble ladies and powerful people in Nanjing had a great demand for mirrors. If they could get this batch of goods in hand, it would be of great benefit to Donglai Yinlou.

Manager Shi suppressed his excitement and tried to make himself show a calm expression. He said calmly: "Young Master Yang, your mirrors are very good. I like them very much. I wonder what you plan to deal with them?"

"Of course I'm selling it to you?" Yang Feng smiled: "Isn't it just for sale when I shipped the things to Daming thousands of miles away? But I've taken them out for you to see. I wonder what price the shopkeeper Shi planned to offer?"

Manager Shi thought for a while and said tentatively: "Young Master Yang, I think we can have two ways of cooperation. One is that you sell this batch of goods to the store. From now on, this batch of goods will have nothing to do with you. The other is that you can consign this batch of goods to the store. We can sell the money we sell. It depends on how you choose."

Yang Feng said without hesitation: "It's better to choose the first way of cooperation. As long as the shopkeeper gives a suitable price, the goods will be included in the store. How to sell them next is your business."

What a joke? The second method seems to be able to make more money at first glance. But Yang Feng is not stupid. This is the Ming Dynasty. He was alone and had no power and power. He entrusted his things to them to sell. It is not that the price is decided by others. Even if he is a black householder who doesn’t even have a way to go, even if he knows that he has no place to make a decision after being cheated by others, the first method is the most suitable for him.

"It's good." Manager Shi seemed to know Yang Feng's concerns. He didn't say much, but looked at the mirrors on the table in detail. These mirrors are in three styles. The smallest one is only the size of a palm, and at best they can only be used to look at the face and shaved. The slightly larger one is about the size of a textbook, and the largest one is as big as a pillow. After watching it, he asked: "Young Master Yang, are all the styles of your goods here?"

"Yes, there are only these three for the time being." Yang Feng nodded.

"That's it." Manager Shi pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think this is true? I will give you ten taels of silver for the smallest mirror, and I will give you fifteen taels of silver for the slightly larger one, and I will give you twenty taels of silver for the largest one, how about it?"

"Fuck, it's so fucking black!"

Yang Feng secretly complained in his heart that Yang Feng had not done any homework before coming. He had asked several stores about the price of mirrors. Given that the Ming Dynasty could not produce qualified high-purity mercury, all mirrors were transmitted from the West, and the quantity was very rare, and they were priced but not available. A pair of mirrors that were the size of a palm were priced at least fifty taels of silver on the market. As for those basketball-sized ones that could not be taken down without a hundred taels of silver, and there was no source of goods, now this guy only gave a price of one fifth, which is really a profitable businessman.

Yang Feng didn't say anything, silently put the mirror on the table back into his bag, stood up and left.

When the shopkeeper Shi saw it, he quickly pulled him: "Mr. Yang, what are you doing? The transactions are negotiated. If you are not satisfied with this price, we can discuss it again. How could we just leave like this?"

Yang Feng turned his head and said bluntly: "Shopkeeper Shi, the reason I came to Guidian is because I heard that Guidian is the most honest and honest in doing business. It seems that it is all caused by rumors. Even you will bully me, a foreigner."

"I……"

Even though Manager Shi was very thick-skinned, he couldn't help but turn red. He said helplessly: "Okay, Mr. Yang, what price do you think is more suitable?"
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