Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 318, Picking up Leaks

It is also an anecdote to talk about the couple in Su Wang's mansion, the nanny Meng Shi and Butler Xie.

Meng Shi died and her husband entered the palace, butler Xie was her childhood sweetheart who did not marry, butler Xie followed her infatuatedly, Meng Shi was sold into the palace by her in-laws, thinking that Butler Xie would never find her again.

Butler Xie didn’t marry into the Meng family because his family was poor. He knew that when Ren Yazi took Meng’s family to sell far away, he had to have travel expenses to find them. He taught himself to do some small businesses, bringing goods all the way and selling them all the way. It took him several years to find them. In the right direction, when he finds Su Wang's mansion in Jingli, Concubine Tan is in charge of the house, and sends the Meng family far away to suffer on the farm.

When Mrs. Meng was there, she repeatedly criticized Concubine Tan for the treatment of Princess Jing'an. Concubine Tan wanted to kill her when she wanted to go on the road, but Mrs. Xie saved Mrs. Meng, but Mrs. Meng refused to go away with him: "I stay in the palace Now, there is a chance to return to the princess."

Butler Xie sent her to the desolate farm. The people here are honest. After listening to Meng's explanation of the inside story, Concubine Tan later ordered Meng to be killed. The Tianchang Emperor was far away, and the people on the farm didn't care at all.

After Meng Shi settled down, she asked Steward Xie to try to send a letter to Princess Dayi, asking the princess to fulfill her promise to Princess Su.The princess replied "wait, don't worry", Meng Shi naturally understood, although she didn't want to save King Su at all, she could only wait.

Xie Steward's business experience and vision come from his infatuation.

Su Wang's mansion has a huge amount of money, the princess asked to take care of this shop, butler Xie offered to buy at least one thousand, He Ning did not dare to make money.

The second grandma of the Yuan family, Zhen Shi, is still worried that sister Hui is dragging her sister down in Beijing. In the mansions of princes and nobles, Yuan Hui must be a troublemaker.

He Ning also thought so.

Prince Yun is good, and the princess is sympathetic, but what about the other royal relatives?Who can guarantee that there are no tyrannical people.

Sister Weixiu also has to walk on thin ice and deal with the imperial family's mansion, and then think about Yanyan, Nanyang Hou's mansion is a dilapidated mansion, and the wallet dares to take ten taels at the door, why not rob it, it is no different from Ming robbing.

As the saying goes, the King of Hades is easy to mess with, and the little devil is hard to deal with. He Ning dare not underestimate the insanity of Princess Jing'an, and also needs to be on guard against the situation in Nanyang Hou's Mansion in the family of King Su's Mansion.

He Ning made it clear to Butler Xie that he bought a piece of cloth with a price of three taels of silver: "I will charge [-]% more to count as our journey, the county chief, let us run back for her, this cloth you three two three Take it away. You are a sensible person, don’t believe me, sit in our shop for a while, this cloth pattern is unique and there is no such thing in Beijing, we sell it for eight taels of silver.”

Yanyan explained the purchase price to Princess Jing'an clearly, because He Ning had already said so.

Butler Xie was shocked at the time that he could sell such cheap cloth in the shop. He immediately decided to add 100% to He Ning and give He Ning [-]% ​​to the price. He came out with [-] million silver notes. He bought all of them.

He Ning sold one-third of his goods. Butler Xie was afraid that He Ning would find out, so it would be embarrassing if he didn't make it clear. He sent them to the farthest shop in Su Wang's Mansion for sale, about a few hundred miles away from the north of the capital, where there is a big market where there are often Foreigners appeared, and the wealthy among them loved goods from the Central Plains.

Since then, Butler Xie has been eyeing Yanyan's store. He has many tricks. He entrusts others and then entrusts acquaintances. Opposite He Ning is the store of Duke Huguo's Mansion. After finding out the details, Butler Xie dare not look for it. The trustee asked the acquaintance to use the money, He Ning only needs to buy the goods, the truck team stops outside the store, and the housekeeper Xie will be there soon.

In addition, he gave some money to beggars to help keep an eye on them, which is double insurance.

The carefully selected goods by Qi Xi, He Feng and Song Xun are so cheap. Thanks to the housekeeper, he has been adding 100% ​​to the price. In addition, he asked Princess Jing'an to use the title of "rewarding the road fee" for 200 taels and [-] taels reward.

Yanyan and Luzhu laughed and said that they could live with rewards, but they never thought that the [-]% that Steward Xie kept adding was actually a purchase price he deliberately set. After a long time, he would always make it clear, so he bought the goods at this price. Don't worry.

Anyway, everyone is used to it.

Adding these [-]% is not expensive at all, the first one does not pay for the purchase of goods, and the second purchase process, there are some places in the middle of the tax, it is normal to stop and stop the boat to collect taxes, and Su Wangfu also saves money.

For this batch of dry seafood, He Ning only charged [-]% of the purchase price. At this time, Housekeeper Xie hummed a little tune and sent it to the store in Beijing, and asked the shopkeeper to load the goods. The two of them poured a bowl of hot tea and chatted.

"How do you set the price? The price of seafood has been false since then. It's hard to say whether it has a price but no market or it has no price in the market. It's hard to say which month the wealthy businessmen in Beijing will praise it together, and there will be no price in the market, but there is no price in normal times." There is no market, one or two can be sold, and the price can be lowered.”

The shopkeeper doesn't need to ask, he also knows that Steward Xie will not set the price too low, and there is room for price reduction when appropriate.

Housekeeper Xie said: "It's hard to say that there is a price and no market for the Chinese New Year. It turns out that there is a market and no price. However, the price I buy is not high, so it is not easy to sell too high, 24 taels a catty."

The shopkeeper's leisurely: "This price, I'm afraid it's not enough for the travel expenses, right? There are several checkpoints in important towns from the south, and the tax is not cheap."

"They sent them to Beijing, I picked up a leak, and took away ten catties of each item." Housekeeper Xie was not without regrets. If he had arrived one step earlier, the King's Mansion of Jin Guo County would not have taken twenty catties, and the remaining four There is no way to refute the reason why the ten catties of He Ning gave more to the King's Mansion of Jinguo County. The princess of the county has it, and she is looking for nourishing and anti-pregnancy things everywhere. Yanyan and Luzhu sent dry goods. You can also eat some, this food is nourishing, and she can also use it during the Chinese New Year.

After such a delay, the butler of Jinguo County's royal residence took a step to thank the butler at night, and it was also the butler who was always fast and always ahead of the purchase.

The shopkeeper's nod made it clear that some merchants would rush to sell the goods when they returned home at the end of the year. Those who can meet at this time will naturally get rich, whether small or large.

A person came in from the outside of the store, and the staff smiled at him: "Your Excellency, it's cold today, are you willing to go out for a walk?"

Butler Xie looked at him, wearing fox fur as a cap and wearing three emerald gold rings on his fat fingers, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.

The shopkeeper walked out of the counter and said, "You are here. There are rare seafood here today. The dried products are in good condition. Familiar merchants sell them on consignment here, and the price is not high."

The man waved his hand, and the whole store flashed green light: "Bring it to me."

The shopkeeper sent some samples to make, and quoted prices separately, all of which were doubled on the basis of He Ning's purchase price plus [-]%.

The high-ranking official also simply said: "Every item is one hundred catties. The old Dong who is traveling with me is playing tricks. If you want to win business and send some high-mountain ginseng, I must treat you better than him!"

The shopkeeper smiled: "These sea cucumbers and scallops can't be eaten as a meal. You can grab a little soaked hair and make a plate. Besides, there are so many consignments. We only take in ten catties of each."

"Send me home." The official waved again, and the shop was lit with red gold again, until he went out before disappearing.

The shopkeeper smiled at the housekeeper Xie: "Yes, this will be sold cleanly. I said we are buying some hard goods. I have been guarding this shop for ten years. My father has been guarding this shop for nearly 20 years. His Royal Highness Su Wang went out to build the palace. My father started to pick up this shop when we were in the mansion, we have big customers, the question is where are the goods you buy?"

Xie the housekeeper said: "Yes, there is, don't worry."

The shopkeeper came back to refill tea for him: "Don't buy goods in the big market in Beijing, and no one would be interested in displaying them. What the big customer wants is the only one, and he can only wear it for other purposes. No one else can compare. .”

Butler Xie said a few more perfunctory words, and walked out to ponder in the snow, so he chatted with Dong He's family, and made it clear that he needed his help to purchase the goods. Since his colleagues were enemies, would he punch someone?
Well, let's put down the etiquette first, maybe he will be more polite.

Xie the housekeeper went straight to Tongyunju, where the food and drinks are the most expensive, so book a table here.

He Ning didn't choose Tongyunju to treat guests, it was too expensive, as the saying goes, it is a place where gold is swallowed and silver is drunk, but in order to show his deep foundation, he brought a catty of tribute wine given by sister Xiu.

The first time I went to the Northwest to deliver festival gifts, Yuan Xiu knew that there was still a lot of good wine at home, so I naturally gave some to Yanyan Green Bamboo. A few catties, He Ning wanted to talk about business, so he generously brought out a catty.

While pouring the wine, he was thinking about business, thinking about how much goods he would need next year.If there is less, it is not enough to sell. One customer is Su Wangfu, and I always feel that his house is robbing goods.Besides, dry goods have an advantage, they can withstand storage, and they don’t plan to store them for ten or eight years, at least they won’t go bad before they are sold short.

Yes, ask for more, and scare them. After keeping it, I will do business with myself. I have always been an honest person.

(End of this chapter)