Chapter 94 How much can you earn from seafood in Chang’an?
Author: Yiyizhou
Chapter 94 How much can you earn from seafood in Chang'an?
"Oh, he and I met at the small market on West Street." Tang Zangyue said openly: "At that time, I saw that Xiaoyi was suffering a loss. Out of humanitarianism, he stepped forward to help relieve the siege, and that's how we got this level.
Fate. Later he invited me to his home and after hearing the difficult things I mentioned, he recommended you to me... But is there any inconvenience?"
Brother Chen: "You allow me to think about it for a few days."
Tang Zangyue is naturally fine.
"Of course. How many days can I stay in Chang'an at most? Brother Chen, please reply to Tang as soon as possible?" Tang Zangyue hesitated and said: "If it doesn't work out, I can pay twenty-five taels. If it works out, I will get one hundred
Thank you twice."
One hundred taels!
Brother Chen's pupils shrank.
The children at home are at the age where they want to be married. The yard at home is not enough to live in, so we can only buy a yard. How expensive is the land in Chang'an? Even if you sell it... the silver you get is much different.
Brother Chen's eyes darkened and he said, "Okay, I'll give you an answer tomorrow. I wonder where Brother Tang lives?"
“Fu Lai Inn.”
On the way to leave, Tang Zangyue recalled the other party's reaction.
When Xiao Yi was mentioned, both he and the woman were wary of her. It was obvious that they had a guilty conscience and were worried about her origins.
But when it came to remuneration, the man's reaction was somewhat unusual.
It turned out to be for money.
Tang Zangyue calmed down and prepared to eat food from other stalls.
On my first day in Chang'an, I ate wontons. I ate noodles yesterday. I plan to try rice noodles today.
The rice noodles in Chang'an are as thick as a thumb, which is equivalent to potato noodles in later generations. Tang Zangyue is not very used to eating them. She is still used to the thickness of snail noodles or Mianyang rice noodles.
But it tastes pretty good. I added shredded sauerkraut and pork inside, and you can see oily flowers on the surface.
…
Brother Chen mentioned the matter to Sister Chen, and the latter's eyes were filled with light, "Why don't you make money if you have money? Besides, the money is not low..."
"I'll go to the market he mentioned first to find out."
"Tossing around." Mrs. Chen complained, but did not stop his behavior.
Just in case.
Although her family had benefited from such a sinister thing, if it were her, who wanted to kill her own mother, she didn't know, so she couldn't fight with this person? Even if this person was a life-and-death friend to her before.
I'm just afraid that this brother surnamed Tang was the one who came to find trouble and test after Xiao Yi found out the truth.
The scene when Tang Zangyue and Xiao Yi met for the "first time" was seen by many people, and Brother Chen quickly found out about it.
The pork vendor on West Street was familiar with Brother Chen, so he vividly repeated the scene of that day. At the end, he said: "That businessman is very eloquent. It looked like he had read books before and was full of ink. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went there."
He is a hero. If he hadn't appeared, I would have been deceived by the voices around me and the poor old man! No, someone came to trouble the old man again today. He asked the old man to clean up the stall directly and didn't dare to do business.
Already...
He deserves it! He agreed on a male and a female rabbit and paid 400 Wen. He clearly killed the guest, but he still insisted on choosing two male rabbits for the guest! How can others raise little rabbits?
?
Later I heard that the old man had the same business in East Street. It wasn’t until the reputation of the East Street became bad that he moved to West Street. The purpose was to prevent the number of little rabbits from increasing and leaving him no business.
Can it be done?
Bah, this is such a dark-hearted thing."
Brother Chen listened to the other party and then asked the question he was most concerned about: "Did they really not know each other before?"
The pork seller was far away at the time, and because there was business at the stall, I didn't hear much of the conversation between the two, but later I heard someone mention that the trader just drew his sword to help when there was an injustice.
The pork seller nodded affirmatively and said suspiciously: "I don't know you, what's wrong?"
"nothing."
The next day, Brother Chen went to Fulai Inn and asked about the wing room where Tang Zangyue lived.
Tang Zangyue opened the door and invited people indoors.
Brother Chen got straight to the point: "I promise you."
In the past, Brother Chen may not have had many connections, but after betraying his trust and taking action against the Xiao Yi family, he became popular.
Brother Chen made a preliminary judgment after asking her what she wanted to sell and what she wanted to buy.
Tang Zangyue: "There is no shortage of food in the capital at the feet of the emperor. I need a large amount of cheap old grain and common herbs, and then I will visit various places in Chu State to exchange for goods from major regions. As for the things to be sold in the capital, and the buyers for them.
...Of course Brother Chen listed them out first for my reference.
What I want to sell is coconuts and fresh seafood from the coastal areas.”
Brother Chen was a little surprised. He asked: "What is a coconut?"
"The juice is sweet and can be used to make soup. The coconut fruit can also be used directly. The price is set at 100 yuan a piece because transportation is really inconvenient."
She set the price of a coconut at 100 taels for 2 cents each. She had more than 3,000 coconuts in her space and wanted to sell more than 2,000 of them, which meant she made a net profit of 200 taels of silver.
Things are rare and valuable. Coconuts are in Chang'an. She doesn't plan to sell them all at once. When coconuts are no longer rare in Chang'an, she will stop selling them in time.
The bulk is still in the seafood.
She asked the inn and found out that fresh shrimps cost a thousand yuan each.
Counting fresh shrimps alone, she has nearly 1,000 kilograms, which is about 10,000. The shrimps here remain fresh, and although they are dead, they can be sold at a discount, selling for 800 yuan each, and the taste is the same.
Calculated in general terms, it can be sold for 8,000 taels of silver. Excluding the price of more than 600 kilograms of grain exchanged, the total is about three taels of silver. The net profit is only a fraction...
Too profitable.
Crabs, sea cucumbers, oysters, and abalone have higher unit prices, which will only make you more profitable.
Tang Zangyue added: "I asked about the price of fresh seafood in Chang'an. Just one live shrimp costs one or two silver each. Although my shrimps are not live, they are about the same freshness as live shrimps. They just need to be eaten on the same day.
, otherwise the longer it is stored, the more it will lose its freshness, so we sell it for 800 yuan each."
Brother Chen: "You want to sell fresh seafood?"
Tang Zangyue nodded, "Just help me find someone, and I can negotiate the rest myself."
In fact, she had already negotiated a deal at Fulai Inn, but the amount the other party wanted was not much, so she could only reach out to the dignitary.
Some dignitaries live a luxurious life and have ice in their cellars. Maybe they bought these things to store and enjoy them before spring comes. Even if it is not possible, they can entertain other people who want to make friends and have fresh seafood on the table.
Brother Chen listed several connections for Tang Zangyue on the spot.
One is an official of the sixth rank, and his family has no shortage of money. Although he looks poor, he actually lives more luxuriously than many first-rank ministers. The other is a wealthy businessman. He is shrewd and does not want to be limited to business. He has recently been using money to open a new path.
, buying an official position for his son...
Brother Chen successively named several people, and Tang Zangyue finally settled on the top two.
Brother Chen also favored these two, otherwise he would not have mentioned it to Tang Zangyue first. He nodded in response and said, "I will reply to you tonight at most."
Tang Zangyue nodded: "Okay."
Brother Chen came out of Fulai Inn and was not in a hurry to negotiate the deal. Instead, he went to Xiao Yi's house and brought more than ten kilograms of pork, which seemed to be full of sincerity.
In fact, since betraying Xiao Yi, he has not set foot in this yard for a long time because of his guilty conscience.