Chapter 259 Can every package be tested?
(The wrong one has been modified)
Li Zhuang walked forward with a very polite attitude. He first smiled and bowed, and then asked carefully: "Everyone, can each pack of these goods be opened and inspected?"
Jin Guannian and the officials all had impatient expressions on their faces. They had been in the yamen for a long time and were too lazy to talk to people who were not from officials. Some people would scold them when their eyebrows stood up. It was just that they would give you face to do business with you. You dare to be arrogant and ask more questions. It was just that you were not satisfied with this business...
"Every package can be tested." Zhu Da, who was standing beside him, spoke.
After Zhu Da finished speaking, Li Zhuang called the managers to inspect the goods. When they unpacked the packaging, they suddenly realized that the people in the yamen had not yet expressed their opinions. Can Zhu Da make the decision? But after looking at the expressions of these officials, they could make the decision.
"This...this is the silk!" The old manager exclaimed in silence, looking at the packaging like silk, and this is the one they inspected the goods first.
For those who are doing old business, the quality of goods does not need to be too complicated to check. You can draw a conclusion by looking at a few glances and touching them. After reading the old manager, he opened the pack and opened the pack, and the other people did the same.
“…This is a good product from Henan…”
"...all of them are of the same quality, this is a good business..."
"...Don't always look at the top, take the bottom to look at it, don't look at the outside, look at the inside..."
Everyone understood the intention of their actions, which was nothing more than worrying about fraud. The ones placed on the top were good goods, and the ones placed on the bottom were secondary goods or fakes. However, Lin Banto, who was standing in front, was very annoyed, "...Zhu said that every bag can be checked, but you really look at every bag..."
There were more than 300 pieces of Qu silk in total. The people from the Li family caravan checked at least 100 pieces. The ten officials who stepped forward looked ugly, and even the Jinguan Nian became gloomy. However, the people from the Li family caravan still checked them regardless of whether they were doing business or not. When it comes to business, good business is in front of them. We must ensure that everything is foolproof and nothing else is taken care of. Of course, without the initiative, they dare not be so bold.
After the inspection, the Li family caravan all looked excited on their faces. Unexpectedly, there was such a good product in Huairen County. But after the excitement, the old manager Li Fu and several other older managers showed a bit of solemnity on their faces. They whispered a few words, and the old manager leaned into Li Zhun's ear and spoke in a low voice. As they whispered, Li Zhun's face gradually became serious.
Li Zhuang stepped forward a few steps, clasped his fists and said to Zhu Da, "Brother Zhu, our Li family is an innocent businessman. If you are involved in any unclean business, if you cause any case and are targeted by the government, your family may be destroyed. If you are not afraid of offending Brother Zhu, if these goods are not from the right sources, the Li family would rather not make any money."
Merchants are the fat sheep in the eyes of the government. If they have a lawsuit, they will be punished and dealt with. Therefore, these wealthy merchants are more careful than the people.
"My friend is worried that these goods are not from the right place." Zhu Da turned his head and said with a smile to Jin Guannian. This action scared Li Zhuang, thinking that this was going to offend people.
Jin Guannian glanced at Li Zhuang, snorted coldly, and winked at the people around him. The official next to him understood and turned around to take out a box to the cart. Zhu Da, who came with the box, opened it and took out a few pieces of paper and handed it to Li Zhuang.
This action made Li Zhuang confused. After taking the paper, he subconsciously looked over. He widened his eyes when he saw it. It was the official document of the government, with a large seal on it, and it said that it was a high-sounding speech such as selling unowned stolen goods, helping disaster victims, etc.
Several managers came to Li Zhuang, and the people who could do business could recognize a few words. Their expressions changed from curiosity to silence, and finally became stunned. With this document, the previous concern was not that they were worried. No matter what the goods were from, no matter whether the goods were clean or not, all the responsibilities were taken over by the Huairen County government. Even if a miser came to the door, he could not find the Li family caravan, because these goods were first confiscated by the Huairen County Government and then sold. The Li family caravan only dealt with the county government, and the county government issued official documents to prove that these goods were ownerless.
After reading this official document, the officials who looked at the hateful faces felt friendly and cute. This was simply a wealth that fell from the sky. Unexpectedly, Huairen County took care of the merchants so much. There were still blanks in the official documents, and people filled in the types and numbers of goods. Everyone in the Li family caravan saw the official document was shocked to the end and turned into ecstasy. This time the business made a lot of money.
Of course, as long as you think more deeply, you can figure it out. This is not the government’s care for the merchants. This is Zhu Da’s face is great enough. They have a new estimate of Zhu Da’s strength, and it is so easy to use the government.
"Brother Zhu's care and friendship are extremely grateful to the Li family. These are the responsibilities of my uncle. We met by chance that day and had a deep conversation at night, so how could we get today?" Li Zhuang stepped forward and bowed deeply to Zhu Da, and said a few words with emotion.
"Business is business. I have to make money, so you can make money." Zhu Da said with a smile.
Of course, Li Zhuang could understand what this sentence means. Although these things are favored, everyone is doing it for making money. Don’t have the intention to take advantage of it further, and don’t think that Zhu Da’s side wants to take advantage of it.
Seeing Li Zhuang go back to discuss with the managers, Zhu Da looked around. He was thinking that the farm was too dilapidated after all. If he wanted to do a bigger business and recruit more businesses, he would need to further rectify and repair it. Jin Guannian and others next to him were quite nervous and nervous. On the one hand, such a big business had many benefits. On the other hand, if Zhu Da would eat all the benefits, they were worried and felt that they could not resist.
In addition to the origin, silk is almost at a public price in each province, and the Li family caravan quickly paid a total of the price. Li Zhuang and the old manager stepped forward and said, "If there are more than 500 pieces of silver, I can pay 405 pieces."
"Oh? The price actually rose." Zhu Da asked in surprise.
"It's so that Brother Zhu knows that after the Tartars invaded, the border was martial law and trade was cut off. The goods prices fell in the first one or two months. In the past two months, the goods prices began to rise again because there were fewer caravans from the south." Li Zhuang explained in detail, and Zhu Da could understand the joints.
However, Zhu Da was interested in many details, so he asked again: "You want to sell these goods to the grassland, how can you get out of the border martial law?"
"Our Li family's caravan does not go to the grassland. I can't pass the checkpoint. However, there are many people in the border area who can sell the goods, and they are also the ones who receive goods at high prices. We can sell the goods at high prices to Weiyuanwei and Yulinwei. Brother Zhu, you should understand." Li Zhu explained a few more words.
Of course, Zhu Da understood that it was nothing more than the military generals on the border and the powerful who depended on them receiving goods. For them, deducting military pay was just a small profit, and trading with Mongolian tribes was a sea of gold and silver. The more the two armies fought, it was a good time to make money, because the border was banned, the goods sold to Mongolia would soar.
Jin Guannian and the others were very close to this place, and Zhu Da and Li Zhuang could hear the Q&A clearly. The officials' faces were not good-looking, but they all smiled bitterly and were powerless when they heard it. A household clerk whispered to Jin Guannian: "Second Master, this business is to be done for us. I am afraid that it would take advantage of it if I sold it at a low price."
The officials all agreed with this statement. They didn't know what the market was. The price they knew was just the price in Huairen County. The trends such as rising and falling were not heard at all. If they were not taking the initiative to show their face here, the other party was very honest and unreserved. If the other party spoke nonsense and tried hard to suppress the price, they told them that because of the border ban, the prices of all commercial goods were very low. I am afraid they could only believe it and could only ship at low prices. More importantly, Zhu Da knew about business practices and would often treat everyone who could not fool them.
Thinking of this, the officials were a little calm and were both inexpensive. However, Zhu Da took the big deal. Everyone was dissatisfied. But now they thought that if Zhu Da could sell at a high price, they would probably not be able to buy the price in their own hands. There were 30% or 5% or so.
Everything was decided, and the people from the Li family caravan began to count the number of jingle silk. In the process, they could see that they were not completely at ease. They could see that the managers and friends of the Li family had checked each of them through the inventory process. The number was not large, with a total of 362 horses. According to the price of 4 taels per horse, the total was 1,448 taels.
When the number was calculated, the Li family caravan was a little embarrassed from Li Zhuang to the manager below. The reason was very simple. They brought the goods and sold them. There was only a total of more than 500 taels. How could they get the 1,500 taels in front of them?
I only saw Li Zhuang and the old manager gathering everyone in the Li family caravan together. After they finished speaking, everyone in the Li family caravan was looking through their arms and bags. After a while, Li Zhuang and several managers walked over with ugly expressions.
"If you don't have money to do anything, you can still see it so vigorously." An official sneer said, sneering, no one can tell what happened.
Li Zhuang and the others walked to Zhu Da. Before he could speak, Zhu Da smiled and said, "Is it not enough money?"
Zhu Da’s problem and the sneering and ridicule of the officials made Li Zhu and the managers around him feel ashamed. Li Zhu, who was a little impatient, blushed as if he was about to drip bleeding.
"Brother Zhu joked. Our caravan only collected 740 taels of silver. Can you please mortgage the horses and camels that pulled the cart?" Li Zhuang suggested awkwardly, and he couldn't raise his head.
Chapter completed!