Chapter 151 Opportunity to make money while lying down
Faced with a profit of one hundred thousand taels a month, Lu Jingke was moved.
Although it is not as profitable as tobacco leaves, it is still considerable enough.
The most important thing is that at this time, he urgently needs the approval of his father, Prince Yan.
This time, his father expressed his dissatisfaction with the seizure of tea leaves. If he didn't find a way to remedy the situation as soon as possible, he might have nothing to do with him in the future.
Not to mention returning to Youzhou Mansion to inherit the throne, the most likely outcome is that something happens over there in Youzhou, and then he becomes a scapegoat for His Majesty the Emperor to kill to vent his anger.
If you want to keep your qualifications to inherit the throne, or even save your own life, you can only show your strength and let Prince Yan see your abilities.
That's right, this is the battle for the heir apparent in the prince's family.
"In that case, Shopkeeper Wei will go ahead and do it. I will make arrangements for the border issues."
Shopkeeper Wei suddenly burst into tears. The money he earned from tobacco last time was almost lost this time. If His Highness the Crown Prince did not agree, he would have no chance to turn around.
Although there are often merchants sneaking out of customs with their goods and selling them on the grasslands, they are all carried on the shoulder. How much goods can be carried on one trip?
Relying on His Highness the Crown Prince's connections, one trip would take ten loads of goods, which is totally different.
This time, Shopkeeper Wei showed more sincerity and suggested that Lu Jingke send a confidant to go with the convoy.
According to him, there are many types of goods, and it is easy to send a confidant to calculate the profits.
Lu Jingke said that he trusted Shopkeeper Wei, but he still made a decision in his heart about the confidants who would accompany him.
In fact, Shopkeeper Wei was planning on someone taking the blame.
The last time he was released from prison, he was investigated, but he was so frightened that he spent a few days in jail and half of his soul was lost.
If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's close family members were with him, it would be an added layer of protection.
Now that it was confirmed that he would go out of customs again, shopkeeper Wei began to purchase goods. The place of purchase was undoubtedly Shengfa Department Store.
For big customers like Shopkeeper Wei, there is naturally a dedicated account manager to deal with it. The manager who contacted Shopkeeper Wei was deliberately arranged by Yang Xuan.
"Hey, shopkeeper Wei is here. You must have made a lot of money from the last batch of tea."
In the big customer reception room, shopkeeper Wei was sitting on a chair, drinking tea. When he heard this, he suddenly looked depressed: "Hey, Lao Chen, don't mention this. I lost all my money on the tea from the last trip."
Come home."
"How could it be?" Lao Chen said: "Our tea leaves have all been inspected, and there is absolutely no problem with the goods. No matter where Shopkeeper Wei sells this batch of goods, there is no way he will lose money?"
"Oh, it's not about the goods, it's about other aspects. I won't talk about it anymore." Smuggling tea out of customs and trading with grassland people is a violation of imperial law after all. Shopkeeper Wei naturally doesn't want to say more.
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Seeing this situation, Lao Chen didn't hesitate to ask, "What kind of goods does Shopkeeper Wei want this time?"
Shopkeeper Wei took out a list and said, "Just get the goods as written on this list. Old Chen, you have to give me a good price."
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Wei. I'll give you a price that no one else can get." Old Chen took the order and looked at it, frowning: "Shopkeeper Wei, did you get the wrong order?"
"Yes, that's it."
"Shopkeeper Wei, you are a big business person. Even if you sell all these daily groceries, how much money can you make?"
"How can I not know that the profits of these products are small? I can't help it." Shopkeeper Wei sighed again and said: "If you have a horse, it will go to the ground. Who wants to be bald if you have hair?"
Lao Chen pondered for a while and said, "It seems that Shopkeeper Wei is really in trouble. Please forgive me for being too brief. Shopkeeper Wei might as well talk about it. Maybe I can be of some help?"
Shopkeeper Wei didn't want to say more, but the matter was over and it wouldn't be a big deal if he said it. Moreover, he also needed to talk, which was human nature.
"Old Chen, to tell you the truth, I was originally going to transport the last batch of tea to outside the customs, but it was confiscated."
"hiss……"
Lao Chen suddenly looked surprised, and then whispered: "You said outside the customs...but the grassland?"
Shopkeeper Wei nodded.
Lao Chen continued to whisper: "Shopkeeper Wei is really courageous. If this business is successful, the money earned will be gone."
"Isn't that right? Everything was already taken care of, but something went wrong when we were leaving customs. All the goods were detained. If I hadn't had some connections, I wouldn't have been able to come back."
"That's tea, something that is prohibited by the imperial court." Old Chen said with a look of wonder, "Shopkeeper Wei's career is really tough."
"Well, there is no other way. I dare to transport the tea to Guanwai." Shopkeeper Wei found an opportunity and showed off a little.
"Then Shopkeeper Wei's goods this time...are also going outside the customs?"
Shopkeeper Wei lowered his voice and said: "That's natural. Tea is banned, so these daily groceries are not so eye-catching. With my way, there will be no surprises at all. This trip out of customs will be twice as expensive at least."
profit."
Lao Chen immediately gave a thumbs up: "Shopkeeper Wei still knows how to do business, I admire him, I admire him."
Shopkeeper Wei said modestly: "Thank you for the reward. Isn't this also to support the family?"
Old Chen said seriously: "Shopkeeper Wei, I have something to ask of you, but I don't know..."
Shopkeeper Wei was suspicious: "Please tell me and listen."
"To be honest, Shopkeeper Wei, we, Shengfa Department Store, have always wanted to sell our goods outside the customs, but we just have no way to do it. Since Shopkeeper Wei has such a strong connection, I wonder if we can cooperate."
"Cooperation? How to cooperate?"
As a businessman, Shopkeeper Wei was naturally interested when he heard about cooperation, especially since Old Chen was talking about Shengfa Department Store.
The size of Shengfa Department Store cannot be compared to that of Shopkeeper Wei and a mere businessman.
If we can establish an online relationship with Shengfa Department Store, it will naturally be beneficial and harmless.
"In this way, Shopkeeper Wei's batch of goods will be shipped from our Shengfa Department Store. Shopkeeper Wei will go outside the customs and come back, and then settle the bill with us. We only need the price of this batch of goods plus 10%."
"What if this batch of goods is detained or robbed except by accident?"
"Then it will be counted on our Shengfa Department Store."
"You just need to add 10% more?"
"Just 10%."
Although Shopkeeper Wei is not short of money to buy goods, there are all kinds of risks when traveling outside the customs, and it is not uncommon to be robbed.
But now Shengfa Department Store is willing to take this risk, and as long as the cost price is increased by 10%, it is not even 10% of the profit. According to the profit he makes from a trip outside the customs, this 10% increase in cost is almost negligible.
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"Is it really just 10%?"
"Shop Manager Wei, can we sign an agreement?"
Lao Chen said: "To be honest with you, as long as this road is opened, not only the goods will be shipped by us, but the fleet will also be shipped by us. By then, shopkeeper Wei will not even have to run around, he will only need to
We will be in charge of transporting the goods there as we are in charge of the customs. Shopkeeper Wei can just take the goods out of the customs."
Shopkeeper Wei pondered, in this way, he became a middleman, between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Shengfa Department Store and the grassland people.
As long as you don't reveal that you are the Prince of Yan, you don't have to worry about being left out.
Without any effort, the money just flowed into my pocket.
But he still hesitated. After all, it was only 10%. Could Shengfa Department Store really value such a small profit?