192. Cashmere
This time, Luo Yong cooperated with the Zhao family to have a canned business. Half of the canned pears sold by the Zhao family had to be paid to Luo Yong.
So no matter how big the stall Luo Erniang and the others planned to set up in Liangzhou City, there was nothing to worry about in terms of capital. Although these canned pears are ordinary canned pears in Lishi County, when they arrived in Liangzhou City, they turned into immortal drinks.
In fact, when Luo Erniang asked the Zhao family to help her carry the letter, she had already started preparing for this workshop.
If Sanlang thinks this is not feasible and does not want the sweater knitting skills to spread to Liangzhou City, then she will only run a cashmere thread workshop and will not knit sweaters.
Even if you only do cashmere thread processing, there are several processes such as picking cashmere, washing cashmere, spinning cashmere threads, and dyeing. What Luo Erniang wants to do this time is at least a workshop that is capable of processing high-quality cashmere threads from beginning to end.
Such an idea is considered a bold idea for men nowadays, but Erniang took it into action without any hesitation.
Perhaps it was the smooth operation of the previous tofu workshop and A-sister food shop that gave this young woman with a slightly quiet personality full of self-confidence. Perhaps it was because she was originally a person who dared to think and do it.
Perhaps it is because Luo Yong can always give her full support both spiritually and financially, so that she has almost no worries. It is enough to develop in the direction she yearns for.
Erniang handed over the tofu sale to Tian Chonghu and the food shop to Peng Er. She went to prepare for the cashmere processing workshop.
Although Tian Chonghu is young, he is really responsible. He is also a hardworking and willing to work hard. The father and son they invited earlier are also very reliable. They can't make any mistakes when they make tofu together.
Not to mention Peng Er, Luo Erniang sometimes thinks that Peng Er is more reliable than herself, but because of her maid's identity, she is relatively low-key and rarely stands out, so not many people really pay attention to this.
After the New Year's Eve, the local cashmere market in Liangzhou City was not as popular as in autumn and early winter, and the number of merchants who came to them to buy cashmere was gradually decreasing.
If you buy cashmere in Liangzhou City at this time, and when they ship it to Chang'an City, it will be almost spring. If you want to sell it at a good price, you have to wait for another half a year.
When Erniang and the others were in autumn, they sold a batch of cashmere thread and cashmere sweaters. They had already made a fortune. Later, they had done a tofu transaction for so long. After losing the money they had previously owed the Zhao family, they had some left on hand, so he used the money to start buying cashmere.
In fact, although the price of cashmere was not the highest at this time, it was also when the grassland people sold cashmere on a large scale. Many nomadic people lived deep in the grassland. After winter, they slowly approached the big cities on the edge of the grassland. Many grassland people had to wait until the deep winter to sell cashmere.
But at this time, it is not the time when cashmere is the highest price. Small merchants with weak capital have no ability to hoard goods. Most of the big merchants buy cashmere at this time, and most of them have to leave it until the highest price next year before selling. Buy it at a low price and sell it at a high price. This is their source of profit.
It was at this time that Luo Erniang began to vigorously purchase cashmere. Two days ago, Zhao Qi, the head of the Zhao family, sent her a batch of money and silk. It was the income from Luo Yong selling the gods and fairies with them. This was like a tiger's wings for Luo Erniang.
She rented a yard nearly as big as one acre of land near the city gate. This yard was originally built by a vendor selling animals. Later, the family moved elsewhere and sold the yard to a small wealthy family in Liangzhou City.
The Xiaofu Family has several other houses in the city, and they specialize in renting out these houses to earn some rent.
Merchants who come to Liangzhou City to sell goods basically need to have enough places to pile goods, park vehicles, and keep livestock. Large yards like this have always been popular, especially the location of this yard is very good, just not far from the city gate.
The owner of the house had also gone to Suxinchi to make juice and heard about the deeds of the Luo family. This time he heard that Luo Erniang wanted to rent his yard, so he agreed without saying a word. The rent was not high. Before the handover, he specially called a few family members to clean it.
Luo Erniang hired two people from the Zhao family to guard the gate, and then began to purchase cashmere and hired some women who helped pick cashmere.
Before, when they were doing tofu business and food shops, some women often came to ask them if they needed help. Many people looked clean and neat. Er Niang and the others hired a few, but they couldn't ask for too many. This time they opened up hiring people.
Erniang did not ask anyone for help this time, and directly asked Peng Er and Tian Chonghu to speak out. He said that the yard here was going to recruit female workers, so that those who were willing could come to Luo Erniang to register directly.
Then soon many women rushed to the yard here. Ernie still arranged for them to start by picking cashmere, and said that if they were done well, they would choose a few people to learn how to spin wool and teach sweater knitting in the future.
As for the thief, if the circumstances are minor, they will be fired, and if the circumstances are serious, they will be sent to the office. This time, she will definitely not be ruthless. She will make it clear to these people on the day they took office.
Most of these women have heard of the incident that happened in Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop. Some people may have been confused for a while and did such a thing, but no matter what, many people in the city have known about it now. Before Erniang can do anything, their own reputation has been broken. With such a lesson, ordinary people will definitely not dare to do such things again.
After the workshop was organized, Luo Erniang ate and worked with these female workers in this yard. All the female workers took turns to arrange several people to be responsible for cooking every day.
The ingredients were bought by Luo Erniang from outside. As long as she took the money out, she would pay for the food she should pay, the vegetables and meat sellers would help her deliver the food to the yard here.
In addition, she also had to go outside to find out if there were any vendors or herders who went to the city to sell cashmere.
Although many people now know that it is right next to the city gate, Luo Erniang and the others collect cashmere every day, there are still some people who do not get the news in time because they have been out for too long or are just a newcomer.
The price of Luo Erniang and the others in purchasing cashmere is not high or low. It can only be regarded as an alternative for some vendors who want to pursue higher profits. However, for those herders who go to the city to sell cashmere, Luo Erniang and the others are a good choice.
When I come to them to sell cashmere, the price is fair and I am not afraid of being cheated. Moreover, I receive goods for a long time. The other party must also pay more attention to reputation. Unlike some small vendors, who are here today and there tomorrow, no one knows who knows each other. If you are cheated, it will be a waste of money and don’t know where to reason.
On that day, Luo Erniang stayed in the yard for most of the day. At noon, she went out for a walk and had no gains. When she returned to the yard, she saw that the two big men in her door were having sex with a grassland man who came to sell cashmere.
The grassland man couldn't understand Chinese and spoke quickly and anxiously, but looking at the two leather bags he was carrying in his hand, he could basically guess that he was here to sell cashmere.
"We told him that you will be back later. Tell him to wait for a while, and this guy will be anxious." A man in the doorkeeper said to Luo Erniang.
"It's okay, I'll do it." Luo Erniang had seen such a situation several times before, and it was caused by poor communication. Just now, the two men refused the cashmere he sent, so the people in the grassland probably thought they refused to accept it.
"Show me your cashmere." Luo Erniang didn't care whether the other party understood or not, and then reached out to pick up the other party's sheepskin pocket.
"%¥@#¥%..." The man was still a little anxious. After talking, he stuffed the two bags of cashmere into his second daughter's hand.
Erniang untied the leather ropes tied to the two sheepskin pockets, and in front of the grassland man, someone took a basket with a diameter of five or six feet, poured all the cashmeres into the basket, and carefully looked at it.
These cashmeres are of good quality and have good dryness. They are not like some vendors selling cashmere. In order to increase the weight, they deliberately spray water on the cashmere. After checking the quality, they put them in their own bags to weigh the weight, and then they can quote the price. However, the person in front of them can't speak Chinese, and he can't understand it even if he told him.
Luo Erniang went straight into the house and cut a large piece of linen cloth. Then she turned over a sheepskin pocket of the other party and used the side that had never been filled with cashmere to fill him with most of the beans. After thinking about it, she went to the kitchen to get more than a dozen mixed breads, put them in a straw bag, and asked to hand them to the grassland man with the bean fabric.
There is still relatively little copper coins circulating in Liangzhou City, especially when dealing with these grassland people, the most commonly used things are fabric, grain and salt.
When the grassland man took the heavy stack of cloth, his expression had already eased a lot. Then he checked the beans given to them by Er Niang, and his face became more satisfied. When he saw the grass-dough cake, the dark face immediately became happy. The transaction price this time obviously made him very satisfied.
"%¥@#¥#%..." The man reached out and patted Erniang on the shoulder, looking happy and didn't know what he said, and then left with his stuff.
"What did he say?" The two guards were confused.
"I should say I want to introduce the business to us." Luo Erniang smiled.
After staying in Liangzhou City for so long, Luo Erniang was originally quite white, but now it is much darker. The wind in Liangzhou City is too dry, making people peel off their faces and a little plateau red on their cheeks.
Chapter completed!