Chapter 55 Yazhou City (2)

The action team with a special mission has no intention of spending time visiting cultural landscapes such as the Confucius Temple - those who really want to see it can wait until they occupy Yazhou to see enough. After Yan Chujie's consent

, Schneider simply proposed to Luo Shengdong to visit the largest local trading house first. Of course Luo Shengdong would not object to this proposal. He had long known that these Haihan people came to Yazhou for two purposes. One was to introduce

population, and the second is to do business with Yazhou merchants. Since it is business, there must be profits. Luo Shengdong also hopes to help the Haihan people reach a few deals, so that he may also have the opportunity to participate.

Of course, no matter what, doing business is definitely better than going to war. This truth is always true. If the Haihan people want to do business in Yazhou, there will definitely be no more wars in the short term. The turning point in this process is Luo Shengdong.

I've figured it out a long time ago.

There are two largest shops in Yazhou City, but they are both outsiders, namely "Furuifeng" from Guangzhou and "Anfuhang" from Qiongzhou Fucheng. The first place Luo Shengdong led the team to was located in

"Anfuxing" in Nancheng.

Travelers discovered that Yazhou City is not what they thought before. It is located at the end of the world, full of criminals, and full of depression. On the contrary, the market here is actually extremely lively. There are many vendors selling groceries on the street.

There are also small shops and stalls on the street selling seasonal vegetables and fruits or snacks and hot food. People come and go in an orderly manner, and from time to time you can see groups of scholars shaking their heads as they walk.

The only thing that makes people feel a little dissatisfied is the poor sanitation situation in the city. Domestic garbage discarded on the streets can be found everywhere. Occasionally, there will be a steaming puddle of fresh horse manure in the middle of the road. This group of people from four hundred years later

Many people can only pass by with their noses in their noses. In this era of lack of professional sanitation workers, residents do not have the habit of dumping garbage at designated points. Such environmental problems will exist to varying degrees in every city with a large population. If you want to change the cliff

With the current urban environment like Zhoucheng, I'm afraid we have to wait until the executive committee takes over the place.

"Anfuxing" is not far from the South City Gate. After crossing two streets, you can already see the black and red sign outside the store. The waiter who was greeting the customers at the door saw an officer leading a group of strange people in strange clothes.

When I came to the door, I didn’t know what to do at the moment, so I hurriedly went inside and called the shopkeeper out. Shopkeeper Zhang of "Anfuhang" was settling accounts in the back room. He hurried out after hearing the news. At first glance, he saw that the officer in the lead was someone he knew.

people.

"Mr. Luo Bai, you are here today. Do you have any advice?" Shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly came forward to greet me.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm here to bring you money today!" Luo Shengdong laughed, pulled shopkeeper Zhang to his side, and introduced to him: "These are wealthy businessmen from overseas who want to make money in Yazhou

When purchasing some things, you are the first place I think of!"

"Thank you, Mr. Luo Bai, for your concern!" Shopkeeper Zhang felt relieved after hearing this. As long as he didn't come looking for trouble. As for Luo Shengdong's proactive show of kindness, Shopkeeper Zhang would naturally express his feelings afterwards.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, here is a list. Please see what goods you can provide?" Schneider was the sole representative of the action team's business negotiations. He did not intend to go around in circles and went straight to the topic as soon as he started.

After receiving the list, shopkeeper Zhang did not rush to read the contents. Instead, he ordered the waiters to go to the back hall to move a few more stools for the guests to sit. In the eyes of shopkeeper Zhang, these people brought by Luo Shengdong were wearing strange clothes.

The people wearing short shirts and short hair are all taller, fair-skinned, and their expressions are not humble at all. Instead, they exude the confidence of a superior person. They all appear to be pampered nobles.

Shopkeeper Zhang just stood there chatting with Schneider and others for a while, and asked about their origins. Shopkeeper Zhang was also quite capable. He heard that Schneider spoke with a northern accent, so he also used a similar accent to talk to him.

Of course, Schneider took advantage of the situation and told the story of Han descendants who traveled thousands of miles away to find their roots, which made shopkeeper Zhang sigh. After everyone in the group sat down, he picked up the list and read it carefully.

Taking into account Mingren's reading habits, the purchase list issued by the executive committee was written in traditional Chinese characters in vertical format, so that there would be no deviation in the other party's understanding. After reading it, shopkeeper Zhang put down the list and

He nodded to Schneider and said: "We at Anfu Bank have most of the items here, but the quantity you need is quite large. I'm afraid it will take time to raise some goods."

"So what can be provided to us immediately?" Schneider didn't intend to hang himself on a tree. There was another trading firm "Fu Ruifeng" in the city.

"Tung oil, various shipbuilding tools, and the best Songjiang thick cotton cloth. We have to supply these things to Yazhou Water Village, so we have them in stock for a long time. Mr. Luo Bai has dealt with them many times. What do you think?

You can rest assured of the quality. As for cassiterite and cinnabar, although they are in stock, the quantity is not large." Shopkeeper Zhang inadvertently pointed out that "Anfuhang" is one of the official suppliers of Yazhou Shuizhai, and

Luo Shengdong should also have received a lot of purchase rebates from here.

"As for the saltpeter, sulfur, coal, and coke that you have specified, it is not easy to purchase them not only in our firm, but also in the entire Qiongzhou Island." Shopkeeper Zhang shook his head helplessly: "If you need one hundred and eighty kilograms,

It may be easy to raise money, but your list starts with a thousand kilograms, so it may be difficult to buy enough in a short period of time."

"Let's put aside the hard-to-purchase items for now. Let's talk about the prices of these goods that you can provide here first!" Schneider was gearing up, preparing to show his colleagues his bargaining skills.

However, with Luo Shengdong, a former buyer, present, shopkeeper Zhang did not leave much room in his quotation. The thick cotton cloth with a width of more than three feet was finally sold at eight coins a piece.

In one fell swoop, they secured a special discount price for two hundred horses from "Anfuxing"'s inventory. According to shopkeeper Zhang, the supply price to Yazhou Water Village was at least one tael of silver per horse. Of course, those present were

Everyone knows in their hearts that the supply price to Yazhou Shuizhai includes public relations expenses, which is completely different from the current kind of commercial procurement.

These cloths are purchased items required by the Ministry of Shipping. When Chuanzhong's own cotton production is still far away, the Ministry of Shipping cannot expect to have its own textile production in a short time, and the cloth produced locally on Qiongzhou Island is in

The strength did not meet the requirements, so the Ministry of Shipping asked the Commerce Department to purchase a batch of better-quality Songjiang cotton for trial production of sails.

After agreeing on the prices of several commodities one by one, shopkeeper Zhang still refused to give up and continued to sell various porcelain, lacquerware, jewelry, high-end stationery and other "luxury goods" to Schneider and others. It must be said that his recommendation was actually passed

Think carefully, because this group of Haihan people do look like wealthy businessmen - when they come out to discuss business, they are accompanied by officers at the level of chief executive. This level of arrogance is something shopkeeper Zhang has never seen before. Logically speaking, these social elites should all

We are very particular about the quality of life. Is it true that there are not two high-end vases in the study room, there is no lacquer toilet in the bedroom, and there is not a set of Hu pen, Hui ink, rice paper and inkstone on the desk?

If before time travel, a group of people would have gone crazy if they had seen so many Ming blue and white pieces in front of them. This thing would have been so expensive in the cultural relics market of later generations that they could be priced directly. But today is different from the past.

Everyone knows that these things will not help their ongoing careers, let alone improve the quality of life and other nonsense, so their attitude is relatively cold - everyone is still living in a dormitory now, and these things don't matter.

I moved the stuff I used back and there was nowhere to put it.

Shopkeeper Zhang’s hard-working sales pitch finally came back without success, and his face naturally didn’t look that good. However, Schneider had no intention of ending the business negotiation just yet—the negotiations for the things to buy were over, but the negotiations for the things to sell hadn’t started yet.

That's not the way the Chief Commercial Representative of the Executive Committee behaves.

"We also have some special products. I wonder if your company is interested in selling them on a consignment basis?" Schneider said as he opened his backpack and carefully took out a few items.

Shopkeeper Zhang's eyes lit up, he reached out and picked up a crystal clear glass wine glass in front of him, and then grabbed another glass bowl and looked carefully: "Is this the glassware sold by the Folangji people? It is rare in the local area. I once had

I have seen such glassware in Guangzhou and it is indeed very expensive. I wonder how much you want it to cost?"

"These glassware are not made by Folangji people, but are products of our Haihan. The quality is definitely better than that of Folangji people. It's just that we are from overseas and are not familiar with local product prices. Shopkeeper Zhang might as well come up with it."

Let us give you a price for reference." Seeing the other party's obvious interest, Schneider knew that the matter was already half done.

The executive committee will naturally not let go of glass that has become a weapon for making money in the hands of countless time travellers. As the basic material for making glass, Sanya has a huge local reserve of quartz sand, and the conditions are unique. It can be used by people who have traveled through time.

The super-era technology we have mastered will be far superior to any competitor in this era in terms of cost and quality. In the future, glass products will be excellent foreign trade products in both the East and the West. In order to produce glassware on a large scale,

The Ministry of Industry also specially sent several people to the glass factory to receive specialized training to learn glass production technology and the manufacturing process of various common glassware. Some of the dozens of tons of refractory clay that are still installed on the "New World" are

It is intended to be used to build a crucible kiln for melting glass.
Chapter completed!