Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

The shopkeeper of the caravan is naturally unwilling to lose business. He and the shopkeeper of this horse are also long-term business partners. Usually the porcelain of Ma Family is shipped to Chang’an City from them.

This time because of an accident at the kiln entrance of Ma Family, time was lost, which caused the caravan Shopkeeper to shake his head. In five days, of course, the porcelain could not be delivered, so he was persuading Shopkeeper Ma to postpone the delivery time.

Li Wangyou suddenly kicked in. He was naturally unwilling, and he did not believe that anyone could deliver the goods within five days.

“You young official, what are you talking nonsense? This is not one or two pieces of porcelain, it can be shipped by Carriage. Eight-nine Baihu porcelain can only be shipped by bullock carts, how about five days Can you get Chang’an City?”

Not only the shopkeeper of the caravan didn’t believe it, but no one of the merchants around believed it, and they all began to blame Li Wangyou for talking big.

“Small master, don’t be kidding, Shopkeeper Ma is so anxious, why are you making fun of him?”

“How can you just promise this kind of thing? Ma Family Can the credibility of porcelain be a joke?”

“700-800 Hu porcelains will be delivered to Ch_ng’n on the 5th. This is what Daoist Immortal can do only when it comes to the world.”

“Ma Shopkeeper, you should send someone to Chang’an City to deliver the letter first, so as to appease the Hu Merchant, and it will not be too late for a few days.”

“Yes, you must not I was confused for a while. Listening to the young official’s big talk, when the time comes smashed the sign, it was a major event.”

Most people said that Shopkeeper Ma couldnt believe what Li Wangyou said, but he was still in his heart. With a glimmer of hope, I hope that what Li Wangyou said is true.

“Small master, do you really have a way to help me deliver the porcelain to Chang’an City within five days?” Shopkeeper Ma decided to ask clearly, Li Wangyou’s words are his only hope .

Li Wangyou smiled and nodded: “This is natural, as long as the freight is appropriate, Shopkeeper Ma can rest assured, I guarantee that the porcelain will be delivered to Chang’an City Xi Market within five days.”

Although I’m sure, Shopkeeper Ma still hesitates a bit and can’t believe what Li Wangyou said.

The caravan Shopkeeper is even more angry: “Why are you young official so can’t tell good from bad? Talking such big talks!”

“Yes, you said Delivered within five days? What is the proof?”

“This young official accent is clearly not from my silver state, Ma Shopkeeper. Be careful of being deceived.”

Li Wangyou smiled more happily in the face of the accusations from everyone: “Who said I didn’t prove it, wait a moment.”

He pulled Niu Wu over and whispered a few words in his ear, Niu Wu Nodded, crowded out the crowd and ran out.

Not long after, Niu Wu came back again, took a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Wangyou.

This is the certificate of Dingzhou Village’s transfer of official food in the spring. Li Wangyou just asked Niu Wu to return to the cart and horse shop and asked Old Village Head to come.

“Ma Shopkeeper, I am from Ch_ng’n Hu County. This time I am transporting official food to Yinzhou. Look at this receipt. It is very clear on it. When did we start from Ch_ng’ n The grain received from the warehouse, when it entered the Yinzhou warehouse, and how much official grain was delivered are all clear. You will know when you see it whether I can help you deliver the porcelain within five days.”

Li Wangyou unfolded the receipt and let Shopkeeper carefully examine it.

The merchants around also gathered around and craned their necks to read the contents of the receipt. After seeing it clearly, everyone couldn’t help being sucked in a cold breath.

“Hey~ This receipt actually says that they transported a thousand shi from the Ch_ng’n warehouse three days ago, and they have already delivered it to the Yinzhou warehouse today. How is this possible? Im afraid its not fake, right?”

“No, the receipt is true. There are official stamps on it. It cant be faked.”

“In three days, will A thousand shi grains were transported from Ch_ng’n to our Yinzhou. Carriage only works, right? Did you use hundreds of Carriages day and night?”

“At this rate, this small master I really didn’t speak big words.”

Shopkeeper Ma was even more excited. He thought that his integrity sign must have been smashed this time, but didn’t expect a glimmer of light to wave to him now.

“Small master, what you said is true? Can you really help the old man send this batch of porcelain within five days?”

“Of course. “

The Shopkeeper Ma quickly grabbed his sleeves: “Then we will sign a contract now, and the old man will entrust you to ship the porcelain.”

Li Wangyou is not in a hurry, and takes his time. After putting the receipt in his arms, he smiled brightly and asked: “Dare to ask Shopkeeper, how is the shipping cost calculated?”

“It is calculated as the ox cart shipping cost, three hundred guan How?” Speaking of money, Shopkeeper Ma, who was anxious to get angry just now, immediately returned to his savvy businessman.

The freight of Great Tang ox carts is also very expensive, with a load of one hundred catties and a charge of one hundred ren for every 100 li…but this kind of large-volume freight will be much cheaper. The horse Shopkeeper’s porcelain is transported to Chang’an City, and it usually costs about three to four hundred copper coins.

Of course, Ma Family porcelain is not the kind of bargain that Li Wangyou customized in the Hu County kiln. According to modern terms, they are all high-end custom crafts, and the price is naturally quite expensive.

The most important reason why Ma Family did not relocate the kiln mouth to Ch_ng’n is that Yinzhou has a kind of kaolin that is particularly suitable for firing porcelain.

Ma Family porcelain, the physique is thin and light, and the quality is excellent, so Ma Family would rather spend a huge amount of freight than relocate the kiln to Chang’an City.

They just opened a shop in Chang’an City Xi Market, dedicated to receiving customers and selling Yinzhou Ma Family porcelain.

These porcelains were shipped to the West via the Silk Road.

Due to the long distance and loss, when it arrives in the West, its price is almost equivalent to gold, which is a luxury exclusive to the upper class.

For the price of Shopkeeper horse, Li Wangyou smiled happily, but his head shook like a rattle: “Shopkeeper horse, we are express delivery services! How can the charges be the same as ordinary ox carts?”

Express delivery business? What the hell is that?

The words of Li Wangyou left everyone at a loss. They have never heard of express delivery services. What does this mean?

“This express delivery business is to deliver goods by speed. The delivery speed is different, and the price is naturally different.” Li Wangyou explained.

Everyone understands what he said. This means its like sending a letter at an official post. There is a fast horse asking to go to six posts a day, which is about 180 to 10 li; more urgent is to ask for 300 per day. li, the fastest one requires five hundred miles a day.

The faster the speed, the more naturally it costs. Concubine Yang’s “A ride on the red concubine laughs, no one knows that it is the lychee.” It was the lychee express delivery from Lingnan to Chang’an City during the Tianbao years, traveling five hundred miles a day.

“The small master, how much do you charge for shipping?” Shopkeeper Ma asked helplessly.

Li Wangyou made a gesture: “Not much, six hundred copper coins.”

Everyone felt a toothache. The cost is really not cheap, compared to caravans. The cost is directly doubled.

Ma Shopkeeper hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed: “Okay, at the price that Mr. Small master said.”

Seeing that he agreed, Li Wangyou felt like he Found another way to make money!