Black pepper is also an exotic product, produced in the American continent.
In modern times, Muchuan likes to eat noodles with a little black pepper. The noodles will have a spicy taste and are very delicious!
However, I don't know how Fang Cheng is organizing his caravan. Almost a month has passed. If it was fast, there should have been a group of caravans heading towards central and southern Asia.
Muchuan was thinking while eating noodles, he would better ask Fang Cheng to ask about the situation later, and also go to see Xin'er by the way! Xin'er has been away from the mansion for several days, and he doesn't know that she has returned to the Fang family.
What on earth is going on in the mansion?
"Sir, what are these?"
At this time, Temujin asked vigorously and curiously. He was referring to the silk cloth piled on the table.
Seeing that Temujin was so curious, Muchuan said that he wanted to make something called a "mask" and was currently troubled about the fabric.
"Although I don't know much about what a mask is, if adults are concerned about the fabric, why don't you ask Mr. Fang?
He is a famous cloth merchant."
Hearing Temujin's powerful words, Muchuan was enlightened!
That’s right, Bang Sung is the most well-known cloth merchant in Gyeonggi Province. In addition to buying and selling cloth, he is also very familiar with all kinds of fabrics!
Without further ado, Muchuan quickly finished his tomato and egg noodles and then set off for Fang's mansion.
At noon, there were no clouds in the sky and the sun was shining brightly.
There was a breeze blowing in the courtyard of Fang's mansion. When the wind blew, the leaves swayed and the shadows of the branches danced.
Sitting on the pavilion, Fang Cheng had ordered someone to prepare good tea and cakes for the reception, and smiled slightly: "Master Muchuan comes to see me so free?
Is there something going on?"
"exactly!"
Muchuan then told about the possible outbreak of plague in Gyeonggi Province and his need to make masks.
After Fang Cheng heard the whole story, his whole body seemed to be turned to stone and he couldn't move. He waited for a long time before saying in shock: "Mu Chuan... is this true or false?
The plague involves many things, and it also has a huge impact on our Fang’s shop!”
Once the plague breaks out, all businesses, including Chang'an City, will be closed down, and everyone will have no time to take care of themselves, let alone go shopping.
For this reason, Fang Cheng became very nervous after hearing this. If the plague was real, he had to make relevant plans early.
Since Fang Cheng was one of his own, Muchuan did not set up any defenses and just said: "The plague is real, but I'm not sure when it will break out."
"I understand. Since you said so, I must believe you."
Fang Changcheng sighed deeply and lamented that the people in Chang'an City were really miserable.
Chang'an City has rebounded from poverty in recent years, and its economy has prospered, with ample food and clothing. However, the plague must have caused many people to lose their fortunes and even die in the west.
After all, the people at the bottom have the weakest ability to resist disasters.
At this time, Fang Cheng asked: "So you want something that is breathable and can protect against small things like dust?"
"Yes, can you find this kind of fabric for me?"
"It should be possible. Fang just happened to have some similar fabrics."
During the next tea time, Fang Cheng ordered the servants to bring up all the cloths.
Then you can see six batches of fabrics on the stone table in the pavilion, with different colors and soft touch.
Fang Cheng patted the silk cloth and asked, "Mu Chuan, can you see if these cloths suit your liking?
If you like it, just take them all, it can be regarded as my little thought as a merchant to prevent the plague."
"good!"
Muchuan checked it out and found a suitable fabric for him.
This kind of cloth is known as "flower cloth". The fabric is breathable and soft. The most important thing is that it is difficult for water to penetrate, and its barrier effect is very good.
Although it is incomparable with modern special medical masks, it is still feasible to use it to make ancient versions of simple masks.
"This kind of cloth is good!"
Muchuan was very impressed and asked how many of these Bufang's shops still had. He wanted them all.
Hearing Muchuan say this, Fang Cheng was frightened!
Muchuan couldn't choose any kind of cloth, but he chose this "hundred-flowered cloth". This cloth is worth thousands of gold and is very expensive. Even Fang's shop doesn't have much in stock!
"This..." Fang Cheng looked embarrassed and spoke hesitantly.
It wasn't the first day that Muchuan and Fang Cheng met. You could tell what Fang Cheng was thinking at a glance.
“Isn’t this cloth very expensive?
Come on, come on, I won't ask for it in vain."
"How can this work?
I obviously promised to give it to you."
"Yeah?
Then just give them all to me."
Muchuan laughed and said, but what he said caused Fang Cheng to remain silent for a while.
This Fang Cheng was really dishonest. He was reluctant to give the cloth away even though it was so expensive, yet he still pretended to be generous and generous.
Muchuan didn't intend to play tricks on Fang Cheng, so he just said: "This cloth is for life-saving purposes. Take out as much as you have left. I won't let you suffer any loss. The Ministry of Household Affairs bought them all!"
"Yeah?
That's good."
Fang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if all the floral cloths were given away, even if he had strong financial resources, he would not be able to afford it.
Afterwards, Fang Cheng ordered a shopkeeper to come over and start making calculations with an abacus.
There are twenty pieces of cloth in Fang's shop, each piece is close to one hundred taels of gold, and the total is nearly two thousand taels of gold.
I heard that buying twenty pieces of cloth would cost two thousand taels of gold, but Muchuan's eyes jumped out in shock. What kind of cloth is this?
It’s inlaid with gold!
"Hey, Fang Cheng, you are wrong. Does this cloth have to be so expensive?
Are you trying to trick me on purpose?"
Fang Cheng shouted that he was wronged, saying that he had not deceived anyone, and that the selling price at Fang's shop was this price.
Of course, given Muchuan's status as an acquaintance and "future brother-in-law," Fang Cheng could sell it at the purchase price, but even the purchase price had to be calculated at seventy taels of gold per horse.
Fang Cheng would naturally not lie to others. After all, his business would only make a small profit of several hundred taels of gold. He would not be greedy.
The key is that even if Fang Cheng gives a 30% discount, the selling price of this floral cloth is still very high.
Based on the calculation based on the length of the floral cloth and the total population of Gyeonggi-do, twenty pieces of floral cloth are completely insufficient! More is needed!
After all, this is based on a population of nearly 10 million in Gyeonggi Province. A rough calculation is that one piece of cloth can make a thousand masks, which requires 10,000 pieces! If 10,000 pieces of cloth are priced at 70 taels of gold
Calculating, it would cost 700,000 taels of gold. Even if the court could afford this amount of money, it would still be a huge burden.
What's more, can there be ten thousand pieces of this rare floral cloth?
