Throughout history, people often say that money is very difficult to earn, and they are exhausted all day long for the few taels of silver in life.

Little do you know that if you know how to make money, then money will still come easily.

How can you make money?

First of all, you need to know what attitude you need to treat what you want to do.

Then, you have to see the ways and opportunities to make money from places that others cannot see.

Yang Ming, who is in the border tea business, is a very smart businessman.

Yang Ming, 30 years old this year, is a native of the Imperial Court. He was born in poverty and started working on things when he was twelve years old. He has been busy until now. Finally, the tea business has reached a certain scale.

His shop is not very big. The sales volume sent to the northwest border area in a year is only tens of thousands of kilograms. With various "tea quotas", "front quotas", operation, loss and other expenses, as well as various social engagements, the total amount is only two or three thousand taels of silver.

If you are a big-time border tea merchant, 580,000 taels of silver a year is nothing.

Of course, two or three thousand taels of silver have surpassed most people in the Gyeonggi area.

However, people go to high places and water flows to low places. Since Yang Ming is doing business, he certainly wants to become a leader in the industry.

So over the years, Yang Ming has been working hard.

However, his own foundation is shallow and he has no connections at home to help, so his improvement is not great.

Today, Yang Ming invited two small officials from the Ministry of Personnel to have a meal. It was not just about doing anything, but just about daily relationships.

Fortunately, Yang Ming was willing to spend money over the years, so these small officials who did specific things did not cause him any trouble. Overall, it was working normally.

Miaoweilou is Yang Ming’s daily guesthouse choice. The dishes here taste good, the ingredients are very practical, and there will be no trouble to disturb it. It is very suitable for leisurely drinking, eating and chatting.

When Yang Ming stepped into Miaowei Tower, he was also startled by the effect of washing his hands with soap.

Similarly, he was even more frightened by the sky-high price of soap and dared not buy it.

But when Yang Ming sat in the private room, he began to think about it.

After a while, Yang Ming ran out of the private room and rushed to Tian Rong.

"My lord, if I want to buy 10,000 yuan, can I give me a discount price?" Yang Ming said anxiously.

Tian Rong: "!?"

Although he was surprised when he came to his first business, the amount of 10,000 yuan seemed like a joke.

He simply handed over the matter to his subordinates and pulled Yang Ming to the side, "Boss, why did you buy so much?"

Yang Ming said: "I'm going to pull it to the northwest and sell it to those Uighurs and Western Qiang people."

Tian Rong thought about it, "Aren't they all very poor? Where can I buy it?"

"Their herdsmen are indeed poor, but those nobles are rich. Many things on the grassland are much more valuable than silver." Yang Ming said without concealingly: "Hundreds of small tribe leaders, plus those great nobles, who are not herds of cattle and sheep? They eat beef and mutton all day long, and they are greasy all over the world. If they get this... soap, they shouldn't use it every day?"

Yang Ming made it so clear, not because he was not scheming.

However, since the founding of the Great Kang Dynasty, the children of the royal family have been doing business, but they have almost never involved border and maritime trade.

Because the power and preferential treatment of these royal family members cannot be used outside the territory, and those grassland tribes and overseas barbarian countries will not be given preferential treatment because of their identities.

So these extremely risky transactions were ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

In fact, border trade and sea trade are indeed very risky.

Many big merchants in border trade were stolen and robbed goods by horses, and they lost all their money. Some even did business but could not receive payment for the goods at all. Hundreds of thousands of property were instantly wiped out.

But compared to the sea trade, they are still lucky.

If an accident occurs in a sea trade market, it will be even more tragic. There is no need to encounter human factors. Usually, a typhoon will come and the entire fleet will be gone.

The family of a merchant not only has to bear the grief of the loss of his relatives' bodies, but also has to bear the losses of all goods and ships, but also has to compensate all the members of his life for their lives, which is usually the result of losing all their money.

So even with this soap business, Yang Ming dared to be sure that Prince Yu's mansion would definitely not trade with those barbarians by itself.

What's wrong with these princes and nobles living a comfortable life and not willing to take risks. They can collect money comfortably in Beijing?

Even if you make less money, as long as you control it well, the transaction can be smooth.

As for Yang Ming himself, he might have to use this transaction to break the shackles that bound him in one fell swoop!

I have to say that Yang Ming was thinking it right.

That's what Tian Rong thinks now. He also thinks that finding a reliable person to sell all the soap and make enough money in one go is the best.

If he hadn't made the decision, he would have wanted to have a detailed discussion with Yang Ming.

Compared to retailing one piece at a time, it’s all good to sell it to Yang Ming, which is worry-free and labor-saving. Isn’t that good?

As for the price issue, soap is the only business, and other pancreas can't have such a good effect. Even if Yang Ming lowers the price, can he still weigh one yuan per dollar?

Even at that price, you will definitely make a big profit!

Besides, Yang Ming did not have the courage to bet on the debt, and the children of the royal family had no influence on the court, but Taizu had long protected their rights.

Anyone who violates the normal interests of the children of the royal family must be investigated and punished strictly and must not be indulged.

No matter how big a businessman you are or how strong your backstage is, as long as you reach this bottom line, you will definitely be confiscated and beaten to the point where you cannot turn over.

But unfortunately, even if he was moved by Yang Ming's conditions, Tian Rong would not dare to forget what Liu Mingqi told him.

He sighed, "Boss, I appreciate your thoughts, but I can't make the decision on this matter. The order given to me by our prince is that one person can only buy five yuan, and no more yuan can be sold."

"Hey, how can you compare to my big deal in these scattered businesses?" Yang Ming quietly handed a ingot of silver to Tian Rong, "Please go back and tell Prince Yu that this business has been done well, and I dare not say it for more than a year. There is a profit of 8,000 taels."

Tian Rong's smile became even more serious, "This is easy to say, but you have to give me a brief explanation. How much goods can you eat at most? How much can you give?"

"In the morning of Yang Ming, our local Imperial Palace. My shop is on the street of Waima Street in the outer city and has been in the side tea business for more than ten years." Yang Ming said: "Although I am not a big business, I still have the ability to eat 30,000 to 50,000 yuan of soap a year. But in terms of price, I hope to discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it is best to sell it at a price of one yuan, so that I can make small profits and quick turnover."

Tian Rong's face suddenly changed, "The final selling price of a monday isn't you teasing me, are you? Why do we still earn this way?"

Yang Ming also asked for a price everywhere and returned the money. Hearing this, he said, "Then what do you mean is, how much is appropriate?"

"What I mean is not important, the key is what our prince thinks." Tian Rong still has this conciseness, "I'll go back and tell the prince, and see if he is willing to talk to you... But in my opinion, if you insist on the final sale price of 1 chunk of silver, there is nothing to talk about."

"Then what do you think is the purchase price of 1 yuan of silver?" Yang Ming stuffed another ingot of silver over.

"It's easy to leave, but I won't send you off." Tian Rong said without thinking.

"Where is one cent and five cents of silver?" Yang Ming stuffed another ingot of silver.

"It's still low." Tian Rong raised his hand, "Okay, you don't need to test it anymore. Our prince has never been a person who is willing to suffer losses. You can tell if you go and inquire. If you act simply and be happy, then you have a little bit of a deal, otherwise you may not be able to do this business."

"Thank you, the general manager." Yang Ming bowed, "I don't know your surname yet?"

"My name is Tian Rong, and Tian is the chief supervisor of Prince Yu's Mansion." Tian Rong said, "If you have time these days, come here to wait. I dare not guarantee whether I can send you a letter tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news from the chief executive." Yang Ming was very straightforward and handed over the money for the fourth time.

"Don't worry, I will convey it to you." Tian Ronghe said first.

If you get too much money, your mentality will naturally be different.

Tian Rong received forty taels of silver today, which was equivalent to one-third of his official annual salary. Although there were rewards and some extra money, forty taels must not be ignored.

This made Tian Rong feel unconscious that these ordinary businessmen who do business outside are so profitable and very generous in their actions.

Seeing that the business had hope, Yang Ming thought that he would have to open a business with Prince Yu, so he immediately took out the money and bought five pieces of soap.

This made Butler Tian even more feel that this kid is good at being a human being.

Little did he know that Yang Ming did not waste it, so he took two pieces of soap to treat him to the two minor officials of the Ministry of Personnel who were treating him.

But he was very frugal, and he didn't give the remaining three yuan at once. He was preparing to treat him next time and give him to six other small officials.

This is how Yang Ming does business. He can give it to Tian Rong, such as the one he should give it to him without blinking his eyes.

But if he could save money, for example, if he could give two of these five pieces of soap, he wouldn't give three pieces.

Only those who do business in this way can achieve a career!

But Yang Ming never thought that he was the only person who bought soap during this day.

This means that the soap that Liu Mingqi had high hopes for was five yuan on the first day and earned five taels of silver.

There is not as much filial piety as the head of the Tianda Manager has received.

On the other hand, things in the world are also very wonderful.

What Yang Ming didn't expect was that something even more ridiculous happened.

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Note: Some men may think that the butler of the Prince Yu Mansion is too humble, and a small businessman is too unaware of the facts of the world, but this is the setting of this book, and it is also in line with the facts of some dynasties in history.

For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the restrictions on the royal family reached the extreme. Don’t look at King Ning, King Fu is extremely powerful, but in fact, many royal families are extremely poor.

"The Records of Emperor Shizong" records that in the 40th year of Jiajing, Zhu Congjian, the general of the State (from the second rank), wrote a letter: "My deceased people and others were sealed off the city, and they had no property to sell, and no one could rely on it. In a few days, they had never eaten... Some were over thirty years old and could not marry, some were exposed for ten years but could not be buried, some were begging for the market, some begging for the people, some were wandering in a foreign land, and some were starving to death on the road. Although they were famous, they were very poor and poor, and they looked down on the ground and had no door to complain."

In a few decades, in the 23rd year of Wanli, the number of royal family members was 157,000, but only 96,600 people could be found. More than 60,000 people fled, but they were still royal, not the banner of our Qing Dynasty in the future.

The year when the Ming Dynasty was destroyed was even worse. 337,425 people were in the city, and only 207,651 people might have been found, and 130,000 people fled. Of course, it may not be all escaped. It may be as Zhu Congjin said, begging, wandering in a foreign land, and starving to death. (At the same time, this also confirms that there is no "Ming Dynasty's millions of royal families")

Therefore, the royal family may not necessarily bully people by relying on their power. People like the Dakang Dynasty, who have almost no official power, cannot oppress people when doing business, and others are not afraid of them. Naturally, the arrogance is not so arrogant, and ordinary people can face them calmly.

This setting is quite a bit pretentious, but it is also a discussion and improvement of the royal system by scholars. You are welcome to correct me.

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Thank you for the reward from the Catmao Eer League leader! Now the manuscript is being saved. Let me give you some surprises and everyone after it is put on the shelves!!
Chapter completed!