Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 18 Hooked up with a big merchant
After the fleet arrives at the port, they will replenish themselves. Unless they are very good friends, or they agreed to trade together from the beginning, then they will find their own people to buy and sell.

In Annan and Sanfoqi, the people Xie Qing gave had traveled many times, even inland, so the door was very clear, and they could be found as soon as they were looked for.

This Zhu Luo has only been to the translation manager once, and he just came out with Xie Qing to familiarize himself with the customs and language, and he is not familiar with the big local merchants.

It was originally agreed that Xie Guang would lead the way.

Now that Xie Guang has obviously put down his business, Xie Jue can only find someone to find someone.

When I got back to the boat and saw that Su Yue was actually writing quietly (although she was lazy and only wrote three words), she felt relieved and left two guards on the boat to watch her.

He brought people into the city to inquire.

After searching for two days but unable to get in, Xie Jue stopped looking.

The dignitary took the tuan tea that Su Yue had baked in advance (it was fermented on the ship), found an open space in the port market, set up a table, and set up a tea stand.

Although the taste of this semi-black tea processed from group tea is not as pure as that of Su Yue's authentic black tea, the fragrance is also very strong.

And very thirst quenching.

The port of Chola is located in the tropics, and the locals like to drink fruit juice, but fruit juice is not as good as herbal tea to quench their thirst.

In addition, it has a rich aroma that is completely different from the Chinese tea that came before.

When the tea stall came together, it attracted many people.

But Li Xiang was the first to buy it.

But Xie Jue was a little unexpected.

There are three major ports in the Song Dynasty, of which Quanzhou is the largest, followed by Hangzhou. Guangzhou has a good position, but because of the supply of goods, it falls behind Quanzhou and Hangzhou.

As for maritime merchants, Quanzhou is the largest, followed by Hangzhou.

Both Xie Qing and Xie Guang belonged to Quanzhou maritime merchants, and they were called Quanzhou Erxie. The other maritime merchants in the fleet were also from Quanzhou. Only Li Xiang, who was originally from Hangzhou, originally departed from Hangzhou. I don't know why, but I went to Quanzhou to go with Xie Guang.

It's just that Li Xiang, like Xie Jue, is not a fellow after all, and is a bit out of place with the rest of the fleet.

There was no interaction between the two.

So, after Li Xiang bought five cakes of tea at the price of five taels of silver per cake (one cake per catty), he walked towards the shed where Xie Jue was sitting.

Xie Jue's body felt tense.

Li Xiang stopped outside the shed, and looked at the arrogant young man sitting inside with a cold expression, showing a smile on his face wrinkled by the wind and rain.

Raising his hand, let Xie Jue look at the tea cakes in his hand, Li Xiang walked into the shed, and said to Xie Jue with a smile: "How much of this kind of tea do you have?"

Xie Jue smiled slightly, but didn't make a sound.

Li Xiang shook his head with a smile, looked left and right, found a wooden stake and sat down, and said: "If you are willing, I can help you to contact the buyer. You can keep half of the tea in your hand for the rest of your life." Food, and the rest can be sold here, the price, I suggest that the young master ask for a price of eight taels per cake."

Xie Jue raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

He asked people to bring it to the tea stand, which Su Yue said was broken and of the worst quality, and it was aimed at retail investors in the market, so the price was not high.

This meant that Li Xiang was from the Song Dynasty, and he would only talk about five taels and one cake when he was in charge. The other local people just bartered with the goods in their hands.

But doing so is, after all, petty business.

He did this for the purpose of attracting big customers to show up.

Looking at Xie Jue's expression, Li Xiang smiled again: "Of course, if you have better tea, you can sell it at a higher price."

After thinking for a while, Li Xiang said: "This is just a port in Zhuluo, and further in, there is a vast land, and there is also a land called Tianzhu, which is a rich place. How good are the rich and the lords?" It’s a new thing, and I also like to drink tea. The taste of your tea is completely different from the previous ones, and they will definitely like it. If you can hold it, then they will definitely be willing to buy it at a high price.”

The voice paused for a while, and Li Xiang's face that could not tell the real age showed some jokes: "Besides, the expensive spices and other things in our place are just ancillary products in the forest. The slaves can get a lot of money after working for a few days, and the master can not negotiate the price with them, just say that a cake of tea can be exchanged for how much fragrant medicine."

Xie Jue thought that this is what I did in Sanfo Qi, but he said with a smile on his face: "Thank you Captain Li for reminding me, if Captain Li can introduce customers, I am willing to share [-]% of the five tea cakes with Captain Li."

The method is known, but whether or not someone can do it is another story.

Since Li Xiang came to mention him, there is naturally a way to do it.

He is willing to pay for this idea.

Hearing what he said, Li Xiang raised his brows first, and then laughed: "The boy is awesome!"

Hearing that Mr. Xie is Xie Qing's nephew, he should not be underestimated.

Those ship owners all said that in Annan and Sanfoqi, this kid was lucky to be able to sell at such a high price.

Now it seems that those people have lost their eyes. Although this person is young, he is indeed a smart person.

He suggested some methods, but without access, this method is useless.

However, don't think that he contributed his own connections in vain, this benefit will naturally be given.

However, how to give benefits is a matter of learning.

It's basically barter, so it's not impossible to calculate it just by giving money, but how to calculate it?No matter how you calculate it, there will be differences in the middle.

Smart people don't use money to calculate, but use goods directly.

However, it is completely different to use the exchanged fragrant medicine and tea cakes to calculate.

The fragrant medicine in exchange is the final harvest that has been determined.

And tea cakes.

Let's put it this way, he knew more than one or two lords, and with his familiarity, he would exchange tea cakes for more fragrant medicine than Xie Jue himself.

With just one sentence, the boy touched his heart.

Xie Guang did not come back, and the departure time was postponed by at least half a month (the time for resupply and loading and unloading).

Xie Jue took people with Li Xiang, hired local people, and took the goods directly to the inland.

In view of Su Yue's good performance in the past few days, Xie Jue took her along under her star-eyed gaze.

It is said to be inland, but it is not far from the port.

It's about a few dozen miles away.

It's just that the mountains and forests along the way are dense, and it's a little difficult to walk.

In the middle of the journey, the lord who Li wanted to report first sent a team of elephants to pick him up, and he walked quickly.

Even so, it took three days to arrive at the big city built with huge trees and huge stones.

This city is definitely not comparable to the capital city, and Quanzhou has thrown it away for an unknown number of streets.

But compared to Annan and Sanfoqi, they are much more majestic and magnanimous.

What's more, even if the person walking inside doesn't wear shoes, he will still wear a gold necklace!

Under the sunshine, the whole city is shining with gold!
(End of this chapter)