Water Margin people

Chapter 1171 Price

"Come here, who are you?"

Soon the caravan was called to the side for individual inspection.

"We are a caravan from Tokyo. We want to go to Qi to purchase goods. This is Tokyo's excuse!"

Cao Zheng handed over the voucher.

"And this, protection money!"

Cao Zheng smiled and handed over a bag of silver. This was Liangshan's rule. Foreign caravans must pay protection fees.

"Are you here to buy food?"

The soldier looked at Cao Zheng and asked directly.

These words made Qin Hui and others' expressions change. The purpose of their trip was actually known to the enemy.

"Uh...yes!"

Cao Zheng pretended to be shocked and said quickly.

"You guys go directly to Hecai Town, there will be people there who will trade with you!"

After inspection by the defenders, they were released.

"What's going on?"

Qin Hui was a little dizzy. He had prepared a lot of excuses, but the defenders let them go without asking anything. The most important thing was that they knew they were here to buy food, and there was a special place in Liangshan to sell food to them.

"I don't even know, I've never heard of anyone selling food in Hecai Town!"

Cao Zheng also pretended to be confused.

"They said someone in Hecai Town would trade with us? Are these people in Liangshan going to sell it with great fanfare?"

Qin Hui finally came to his senses after a while, and said with a surprised look on his face, what the defender said just now was so blatant, it seemed that he was saying it to everyone.

"Isn't this a good thing! We don't have to worry anymore!"

Cao Zheng said with a smile.

"Stupid, the Liangshan thieves are selling it themselves, how can I lower the price!"

Qin Hui glared at Cao Zheng. The purpose of his coming was to lower the price of food and earn the price difference. But if Liangshan came forward, how could he lower the price? The purchase price is also difficult to keep secret, so how can he make false accounts? How to Corrupt?

Cao Zheng pretended to be submissive and did not dare to speak.

The caravan waited for a day, and the following caravans gathered together, and everyone headed towards Hecai Town along the wide and flat road.

In just one day, the team arrived at Hecai Town. At this time, Hecai Town was very lively, with many ships filled with cargo coming and going on the river.

"But it's a caravan from Tokyo!"

Chai Jin smiled and led others to look at the vast queue of carriages at the gate of the town. There were no less than three hundred carriages alone.

"That's us. I wonder who Shangguan is?"

Someone immediately came forward to salute and asked.

"I am Chai Jin, and I am now in charge of the trade in Hecai Town!"

Chai Jin said with a smile.

"It turns out he is from Cangzhou Xiaoxuanfengchai Daguan!"

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to salute Chai. They were all travellers, and they were all familiar with Chai Daguan people in Cangzhou. Some people even visited Chaijiazhuang in the early years.

"That's all in the past, Chai is now an official of Qi State!"

Chai Jin waved his hand and said.

"Master Chai, we want to buy food this time!"

When everyone saw this, they got down to business. They had already seen the packed granaries in Hecai Town.

"Come on, let's talk inside!"

Chai Jin smiled and led everyone into Hecai Town and went directly to an inn in the town.

"How much food do you want?"

Chai Jin glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Qin Hui. He could tell that this man was not a merchant, and all the merchants looked up to him.

"As much as you want!"

Qin Hui said directly that he had also heard about Chai Jin and knew that this person was from the royal family of the previous dynasty, but now he could not show weakness, otherwise he would not be able to take the initiative in the negotiations.

"That's not a small talk. Do you have that much money?"

Chai Jin said with a smile. "How much is a stone?"

Qin Hui directly asked the most important question

"One thousand two hundred coins and one stone! No two prices!"

Chai Jin smiled and quoted the price.

"Aren't you six hundred coins and one stone?"

Qin Hui's face was very ugly. He didn't expect that the price would double.

"Six hundred coins is the internal price of our Qi country. Your grain in Tokyo costs two thousand coins and one stone. I will give you a profit margin of eight hundred coins. Qi Country only takes a profit of six hundred coins. Is this a win-win situation? "

Chai Jin said.

"The food in Jinghu is only 1,300 Wen, how dare you ask for 1,200 Wen? Then I might as well go to Jinghu to buy it!"

Qin Hui slapped the table and was about to refuse.

"How far is Jinghu from Tokyo? Crossing mountains and rivers, and there are water bandits along the way. The risk is high and the freight is high, 1,300 Wen? The actual cost is probably not more than 1,500 Wen."

"How far is our country from Qi to Tokyo? This road is all plains. The roads are smooth, smooth and safe. There is also the Wuzhang River leading to Tokyo. Water transportation is even more convenient. There is almost no transportation cost by water."

Chai Jin pointed at the carriage outside the inn and smiled.

A carriage can haul up to 20 shi of grain, and 300 carriages are equivalent to 6,000 shi of grain. A single trip to Tokyo would take at least half a month, during which time people, horses, chews, and time are all costs.

Ship transportation is different. Six thousand shi of grain can be loaded on a few large ships, and it only takes three days to go to Tokyo by water.

Qin Hui was left speechless by Chai Jin. The merchants behind him were all anxious, secretly thinking that Qin Hui, an official, didn't know how to negotiate business, so they were frightened in just a few words.

"Master Chai, you can't say that. We are doing business with our heads up. The court in Tokyo is very aggressive in lowering prices. We really have no profit for 1,200 yuan!"

Cao Zheng came out to complain with a grimace at this time.

"We have heard that the officials in Chai County are generous with their wealth and justice. Please take pity on us who have to work hard!"

Seeing Cao Zheng speak, the other merchants also started to cry pitifully.

"Oh, I can't help it. One thousand and two hundred coins are approved by His Majesty. The most I can do is ask you to bring some other things back to sell."

Chai Jin looked embarrassed and finally spoke.

"Official, can you sell wine?"

As soon as he heard that he could bring something else, the merchants immediately gathered around him. They didn't look pitiful, but their eyes lit up.

"Have!"

Seeing that these people had been fooled, Chai Jin replied simply.

"Master Chai, what's the price of this wine?"

Everyone asked again.

"The price of wine has gone up, so the price of wine should also double!"

Chai Jin thought for a while and said.

"Master, we want as much wine as we want!"

This time the merchants had no intention of bargaining and agreed directly. Food came from many sources and the fields grew year after year, but fine wine was only available in Liangshan, so it was extremely scarce.

"Then how much food do you want?"

Seeing that everyone agreed, Chai Jin smiled and changed the topic back to the topic.

"Let me say one more thing, our Qi country pays attention to paying with one hand, delivering goods with the other hand, and dealing with cash. We don't recognize those miscellaneous money!"

Chai Jin emphasized that there is no market in Qi for things like five qian or ten qian.

"Six thousand stones first! I'll send someone to adjust the ship right away!"

Qin Hui said that although the price of food was high, he had fulfilled the emperor's mandate. As for making money, he had to rely on the fine wine.

Qin Hui didn't understand how profitable this wine was, but he received the eager looks from those merchants. It made all the merchants so excited, and the profits were definitely considerable.

"it is good!"

Chai Jin looked at the money in front of him and smiled, then immediately wrote out a bill of lading for six thousand shi of grain and signed his name.

(End of this chapter)