Wei Bao said straight to the point: "I don't buy anything, I want to sell something. Can you help me see the price?"

When the shopkeeper heard that Wei Bao was selling things, the two or three points of enthusiasm that had already come to him disappeared. He waved his hands impatiently and said, "I don't have time, we only sell goods here, not accept goods."

Wei Bao didn't talk nonsense. Since he refused to watch, he would go on to the next house.

After traveling to several stores in a row, a shopkeeper was finally willing to see what Wei Bao had.

The shopkeeper was still a thin half-old man, and he was in his forties or fifties. He squinted his eyes and looked at the four items that Wei Bao placed on the round table.

Mineral water, cigarettes, lighters, anti-freeze frost with mirror.

"Where did these things come from?" The shopkeeper had never seen anything like that. He asked himself a person with great knowledge and was surprised.

"The passerby asked me to help sell it, but I don't know where it came from." Wei Bao replied casually: "It should be something from overseas."

"Foreign goods?" The shopkeeper picked up the mineral water bottle that had been drunk by Wei Bao and shook it, and said in surprise: "So light? You can still see the things inside, and the things of foreigners are exquisite."

Wei Bao hummed perfunctorily and thought to himself that he quickly looked at the price. It was really not possible, so he could only get the pawnshop and ask for the price. He knew that the price of the pawnshop might not be even one tenth, but it could also be used as a reference. It seems that if you want to sell it at a reasonable price, you can only get places like brothels or high-end taverns in the end.

"Can you make the price of these items? Did the merchant who asked you to sell them on your behalf give you a reserve price?" asked the shopkeeper.

"I originally asked you, but now you asked me? Each item cannot be less than one tael of silver," Wei Bao smiled, and picked up the anti-freeze cream with a mirror: "This item costs five taels of silver!"

"So expensive! This is a joke." The shopkeeper shook his head and put down the mineral water bottle in his hand. "Although this bottle is exquisite, it costs at most one cent of silver!"

Wei Bao almost bleeded. The ancient unit of measurement was two cents and cents. If one tael of silver was exchanged for 400 yuan and a tael of silver was equivalent to modern currency, one cent of silver would be 40 yuan, and a cent of silver would be 4 yuan.

One cent of silver is 40 cents.

Alas, this modern technology product was only worth 400 cents when traveling four hundred years ago?

Modern waste and empty plastic bottles are recycled, and they cost one cent!

However, in this era, you can buy a pound of good noodles for nine cents of silver!

It’s almost half a pound of noodles for 40 cents.

Even if this boss is extremely stressed, multiplying one cent of silver by ten, selling one cent of silver will be about 4 yuan, which will not make Wei Bao very interested.

"Well, then look at the others." Wei Bao did not express an unhappy expression.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Don't you have to look at it anymore? The price I offer is so different from yours, so I can't buy it."

"Anyway, you're fine, just treat it as a chat." Wei Bao also smiled, took out a cigarette and slapped it with the lighter.

The shopkeeper was startled by Wei Bao, and involuntarily took two steps back. He pointed to the lighter in Wei Bao's hand in surprise and asked, "Why did this thing catch fire?"

Wei Bao is very satisfied with the boss' attitude. The person who sells things is afraid that others will not be interested in their goods.

Wei Bao shook the lighter in his hand. The flame was beautifully blue, and the top was bright yellow. Wei Bao put the cigarette on his mouth and lit it. He took a deep breath. He didn't get a chance to smoke for a day. He smiled and said, "Isn't this thing amazing? This object is called a lighter! It's a little bit more convenient than a fire sickle?"

"Convenient, really convenient!" The shopkeeper took the lighter from Wei Bao's hands with both hands. The lighter was transparent. The shopkeeper looked at the light, looked closer at the lighter, and shook it a few times.

Wei Bao took out a cigarette and handed it to the boss, "Please smoke a cigarette."

While looking at the lighter, the boss took the cigarette handed over by Wei Bao and looked at the sunshine, "It's interesting, this lighter is interesting, this cigarette is interesting! Can this lighter be used like this? Or can it not be used after several times?"

Wei Bao saw this guy looking left and right, helping him put his mouth on, and lit it for him.

"This kind of lighter cannot be tempered with temperature oil. You can use it one or two hundred times. There is also a lighter that can be tempered with temperature oil and can always be used. It is more expensive than this. Come on, give me the price of these things!" Wei Bao said with a smile.

"The lighter is worth a penny!" The boss smoked a cigarette and touched the short beard on his chin. "Well, this kind of cigarette is the first time I smoked this kind of cigarette. It's good, it tastes very mellow, and one pill is worth a penny of silver! Two cents of silver can buy a medium-grade cigarette. There are not many people who can smoke cigarettes these days. If a country man can smash two mouthfuls of earthy cigarettes, he will be happy like a god. Where did you get these things? Can you tell me?"

"This is inconvenient to say, it was sold by me by someone." Wei Bao nodded and turned on the anti-freeze frost, "What about this?"

The boss's eyes have always been mainly attracted by this box of anti-freeze frost because it is a plastic product, with a bright and smooth appearance, which is very eye-catching!

The shopkeeper is the general manager of the store, the boss is the chairman, and the general store owner is the same person as the boss, so there are multiple shopkeepers in the big business, so it is no problem to call the boss.

"What material is this? It looks like jade but not jade, like stone but not stone. Not bad, not bad. Especially the mirror inside, it is so good, so flat! It's so clear that even the fine hair on the face can see. What kind of plaster is this? If it's not considered plaster, just this box and mirror can be worth 1 tael of silver!" The boss said while playing with it with it.

Wei Bao saw the boss's movements and expressions, which were similar to what he thought. As expected, this cosmetics are the most valuable. No, to be precise, the mirror is valuable.

If we follow modern price standards, Wei Bao's box of cigarettes is a mid-range cigarette worth more than 20 yuan, and the price of this anti-freeze cream should be between 20 and 30 yuan. In fact, the two are similar. Wei Bao estimates that the boss may have the highest estimate of the anti-freeze cream because there are many female consumers who can afford the price!

"Thank you." Wei Bao smiled and started to pack up his things, "Please trouble the boss, it won't delay your business."

When the boss saw Wei Bao leaving, he said strangely: "Don't talk about the price anymore?"

"Didn't you say you don't receive goods here?" Wei Bao smiled.

"No, what is this small box filled with? I want to sell five taels of silver? The other three things, selling one tael of silver is indeed too high! I can pay you two cents of silver at most for this lighter. How about it?" The boss couldn't bear to leave Wei Bao, "This is a very real price. I can guarantee that no one in the entire Shanhaiguan will pay higher than me! Do you know how many fire sickles can be bought for two cents of silver? It's enough for your family to spend your whole life!"

Wei Bao shook his head and smiled, "I just gave the lowest price. Didn't I say it? It was asked by the passing merchants to sell it on my behalf, so I can't pay for it myself. The things in this box are called anti-freeze cream, for skin care. No matter how cold the weather is or how heavy the wind and snow are, you won't be afraid of it after applying the cream, and it can make the skin whiter and tender."

Wei Bao is not arrogant or impatient. The owner of other shops just now looked down on his things and he is not dull. Now the boss is obviously interested, and Wei Bao is not arrogant. He always has a very calm mind.

The boss was obviously not interested in the effects of anti-freeze frost. He was interested in the small mirror inside the anti-freeze frost. He gritted his teeth and said, "This lighter, three cents of silver, this box, two taels of silver, how about these two items? I really can't get more of them. Don't you look at what the current year is? If there are more, even if you take it to Beijing City, no one will receive the goods!"

Wei Bao smiled and blinked at the old man, "Then let the merchants who asked me to sell things take them to Beijing City to sell. I said, I just sell on behalf of others and can't make the decision."

The boss looked at Wei Bao's eyes with swaying eyes, "These things are really not yours? Then can you recommend me to know the merchant next time?"

Wei Bao smiled and said, "No problem, but I will talk about it when I sell this batch of goods first. There is no accurate letter for the merchant to come."

The boss pursed his lips, clenched his fists, and rubbed each other with his hands, "That's a pity! These three things are really too expensive! You can sell this box for five taels of silver, it's really impossible! In this Shanhaiguan, there are no more than five families who can afford to buy such a small box for five taels of silver!"

Wei Bao looked at the boss's outstretched palm and the five shaking fingers, and asked with a smile: "Which five households?"

"Does this still need to be asked? Of course, there are several officials and wealthy businessmen! General Ma, Wu, and two of the largest local merchants. I can only count four, so I said there are no more than five." The boss replied.

"Wu family? What is the head of the Wu family?" Wei Bao's heart moved.

"Wu Xiang, the commander of the commander of the Wei Commander," the boss was obviously very familiar with the officialdom here, and replied proudly, "If you ask ordinary small merchants, they really don't know the full name of Tongzhi. I have some friendship with him. Only the female relatives of the four families I mentioned may buy them, but not the others. There are also some wealthy families in the entire Yongping Mansion, and I can't finish talking to you a few words. You wouldn't want to go to these wealthy families to sell them from door to door, right?"

Wei Bao had a sudden inspiration, put everything in his arms and said with a fist: "The shopkeeper is a cheerful person. I really want to make friends with you. I'm called Wei Bao. I dare to ask the shopkeeper's name Gao."

Seeing Wei Bao's appearance as a young man, the boss spoke in a mature and thoughtful manner, and was secretly funny, but he also politely clasped his fists and greeted him: "You are polite, little official, you are so sleek and sophisticated at such a young age, and you have the talent of a businessman. It is rare and rare. My name is Wu Shien, and I am a distant relative of the Tongzhi Wu family. Our Wu family is a prominent family in Yongping Mansion. I have been doing business here for more than ten years and are still familiar with people in the shopping malls in Yongping Mansion."

Wu Xiang should be Wu Sangui’s father Wu Xiang, right? It’s right!

Otherwise, it would not be so coincidental that there were two officials with the same name and surname.

Wei Bao thought to himself, thinking that the boss still likes the eyes, and he doesn't feel like he is like an ordinary profiteer, and he has connections. The key is that the boss is open-minded and can accept new things. Unlike the bosses he just came into contact with, Wei Bao started to make friends.

"Shopkeeper, I'm going to tell you, thank you for your advice just now. I'm going to go to these wealthy families to sell, but you ordered this route. When the money is sold, I'll invite you to have tea in the future. As for introducing customers to you, I will remember it in my heart." Wei Bao smiled and wanted to leave.

"Don't leave quickly, can you say a few more words?" Wu Shien likes Wei Bao's cheerful personality very much. "Little official is a business talent and sincere. This is rare. Can you tell me if all these four things are sold, how much bonus will the merchant who asks you to sell things give you?"

"He asked to sell eight taels of silver, and I only need to give him seven taels of silver." Wei Bao replied with a smile: "He gave me one eighth of the kickback, exactly one tael of silver."

"You want to sell eight taels of silver?" Although Wu Shien didn't believe Wei Bao's words, he really liked these things and nodded, "So that's it. Little official, I'll remind you that these wealthy families cannot be sold by you by saying that they can sell them in the past. I'm just afraid that you can't even get in. If you block someone's sales outside, the effect may not be good, right?"
Chapter completed!