Yang Fu responded, jumped on his boat, pulled Huo Erhuai and Huo Xi over, and said with a raised eyebrow: "Xi'er, brother-in-law, our silk has been sold!"
"Sold? All?"
Yang Ful nodded repeatedly, with a happy look on his face: "He is a cloth merchant from the north who wants to buy all kinds of cloths. After seeing our cloth samples, he liked them so much. He wanted them all!"
"Really?" Huo Xi was also very happy. After selling the cloth, their mission was completed this time.
"How much silver is a horse?" Huo Erhuai was very happy and handed Yang Fu a glass of water to cheer him up.
Yang Fu drank all the water in the cup with a gulp, tilted his head slightly, and gestured with his fingers to the two of them proudly.
"One tael?" Huo Erhuai opened his mouth.
"One or two is a waste of time. We don't even have enough money." Yang Fu pouted.
Huo Xi couldn't believe it, "Twelve?"
Seeing Yang Fu nodded fiercely, Huo Erhuai's jaw almost hit the ground.
Huo Xi frowned.
Yesterday, they asked around and found that the highest bid from a cloth merchant was only six taels. If this had just been woven and dyed by the Huo family, people would be rushing to get it if it sold for more than ten taels.
But the cloths they had washed and ironed couldn't be sold at such a high price.
"Really bid ten taels?"
Seeing that Huo Xi didn't believe it, Yang Fu took out five taels of silver ingots and said, "This is the deposit given by the other party. It's real. I took a bite and showed it to others and they said it was a real silver ingot."
Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai took it, looked at the gap with the tooth mark, and weighed it in their hands, "Xi'er, is this supposed to be true?"
Huo Xi nodded: "Really."
Yang Fu immediately tilted his head, feeling extremely proud.
Look, he also helped the family earn money! He sold the family's silk cloth at a high price of twelve taels a piece! Now the family has a lot of money! They can buy a lot of fertile land.
He knew that this batch of silk fabrics belonged to Xi'er's own business and was not a collaboration with others. After earning money, Xi'er would definitely try to buy a field.
Seeing that he was so proud, Huo Xi couldn't bear to pour cold water on him. She just felt that something was wrong.
Listening to Yang Fu's explanation of how he met the cloth merchant and how he bargained, Huo Xi's brows tightened.
"Uncle, you said he took the initiative to find you?"
Yang Fu nodded: "He said that he saw me looking for cloth merchants everywhere with the cloth swatches, and he happened to see it. When he saw our cloth swatches, he felt that the cloth was very well made and the color was beautiful, so he gave me twelve 1
The horse was worth a high price, so he gave us a deposit and asked us to transport the cloth there and then pay the remaining money."
Huo Erhuai was very happy and touched the ingot of silver again and again. Seeing that Huo Xi was still frowning, he gradually stopped smiling.
"Does Xi'er think it's inappropriate?"
Huo Xi shook her head. She couldn't tell what was wrong.
It's not that I didn't want to sell those silks at a high price, but it might have been so smooth all of a sudden that people couldn't believe it.
Yang Fu felt a little aggrieved: "This money is real. I've already collected the money. If it's not right, we just don't transport it, and we still make five taels in vain."
He also wants to do something to help the family. Xi'er can help the family earn money, so can he. He can also help support the family.
In the past two days, he had seen Xi'er, who was alone, asking countless cloth merchants, but couldn't get a good price, looking so sad. He felt sorry for her and wanted to help her.
Huo Xi glanced at him and laughed: "What uncle said is, let's send the freight over. If it's not right, I won't give it to them. I got five taels of silver in vain."
Only then did Yang Fu become happy and nodded repeatedly: "That's right. We won't suffer any loss."
Then he turned and looked towards the shore: "I hired a cart. Let's carry the cloth up there."
"Okay, you two can stay behind, and dad will move it." Huo Erhuai happily took the five taels of silver and entered the cabin.
Huo Erhuai handed it out, Huo Xi caught it and handed it to Yang Fu, who then caught it and stacked it on the cart.
While we were moving, the people from Yujiang River also rowed over after delivering the grain, and stopped the boat to help.
After a while, Ma Xiang and Zou Sheng also found their own boat and came to help.
After all the cloth was piled on the cart, Yu Jiang said to Huo Erhuai: "Brother Erhuai and a few children, go ahead and let me watch the boat for you."
Huo Erhuai didn't worry about the children passing by. This cart of silk was worth a lot of money. He didn't worry if he didn't follow.
He patted Yu Jiang on the shoulder and pushed the cart with a few children toward a warehouse on the dock.
Yang Fu was very excited along the way. He was the one who got this business, and he felt full of accomplishment. He kept chattering all the way.
Huo Xi was also infected, and the corners of his mouth were curled up. If he felt something was wrong, he would not deliver the goods. With so many of them, what could they suffer?
Soon they arrived at their destination, and Yang Fu said loudly: "Brother-in-law, Xi'er, this is it!"
He released his hand from the cart and walked towards the gatekeeper at the warehouse door.
"We are here to deliver goods. Your shopkeeper Wu bought the cloth from us and asked me to deliver it."
The two strong men at the door looked at each other, glanced at Huo Xi and the others, and then looked at the cart: "Are you bringing silk?"
Huo Erhuai hurriedly stood up and responded: "Yes, we have sent silk cloth. Can you help us call shopkeeper Wu to come out?"
The two people came over, turned over the goods on the flip cart, and then started pushing the cart. "Leave the goods to us. We will push them to the backyard to inspect the goods, and then help you call the shopkeeper out."
Ma Xiang and Zou Sheng immediately let go of their hands, and the two strong men were ready to take the cart and push it toward the warehouse.
Huo Xi subconsciously stopped her: "It's better to call shopkeeper Wu out first. We can inspect the goods in front of him. If they are suitable, we can discuss the sale. If they are not suitable, we can refund the deposit and it won't hurt the goodwill."
Huo Erhuai reacted and nodded repeatedly: "Exactly."
The tall man glanced sideways at Huo Xi: "There are so many people coming and going, you want to inspect the goods here? This is silk cloth, you must not spread it out, inspect it one by one? If it is stained with dust, this precious thing
Can it still be sold?"
Huo Xi also felt that it was not convenient to inspect the goods outside, so she said, "Then let's go in with you."
The man's eyes widened: "Our warehouse is such a big place, how can anyone get in?" As he said that, he pushed the cart and wanted to leave.
Huo Xi held on to the cart tightly.
Another short, strong man frowned and glared at her: "Little boy, your adults haven't spoken yet, but you have a lot of bad ideas. Is it possible for a little boy like you to get involved in business discussions? We have a big warehouse like ours.
Can I still run here? If I run away from someone else’s warehouse, can I still run with him?"
The other person also put his hands on his waist and said with a cold face: "That's right. Besides, you accepted our deposit. If you don't want to do this business, you have to pay ten times the deposit."
The man said and let go of his hand, stretched out his palm in front of Huo Xi: "Fifty taels of silver, bring it!"
Five or fifty taels of silver?
Huo Xi's eyes widened and she looked at Yang Fu. She didn't say before that if she didn't do business, she would have to pay ten times the deposit.
Yang Fu was also anxious: "You guys, didn't you say that before?"
"Does this need to be said? Isn't this how everyone on this dock does business? If you accept the deposit and the business is not done, wouldn't it be a mess?"
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