Chapter 61 Bargaining with People from the Western Regions
Chapter 61 Bargaining with the people from the Western Regions
Who is the upper limit of the powerful people in the Tang Dynasty? Of course, they are the royal family.
It's really good to use the royal family as a breakthrough.
Give the soap to Queen Changsun, then use Queen Changsun to build a reputation, and then start harvesting the leeks of the powerful people of the Tang Dynasty.
This is a great idea, huh!
Taking Li Tai's wine bowl, Zhang Yang said, "I don't like drinking while talking about business."
Li Tai relished the taste of wine in his mouth and said, "I'll drink it when I go back."
I never thought Li Tai was a drunkard before.
Zhang Yang said seriously: "It is not good for children to drink alcohol."
Li Tai looked at Zhang Yang's expression and said, "You can tell from one look that you have never seen much of the world."
"This has nothing to do with the world." "The better a man drinks, the more he is a real man. Look at the children of the generals in the court, none of them grew up with a bottle of wine."
"Yeah?"
"That's of course. Children in Chang'an City often compete with each other over how much they can drink when they get together. Whoever gets drunk first will be laughed at."
Zhang Yang took a breath of cold air.
The parenting style of the Tang Dynasty is really wild.
Are you really not afraid of raising little drunkards?
Zhang Yang said to Li Tai: "Since I am doing business with His Highness the King of Wei, I will also give His Highness the King of Wei a heartfelt apology."
Li Tai nodded and said, "You tell me."
With a serious tone and a sincere expression, Zhang Yang said to him: "Excessive drinking is not good for your health, and as you get older, you will have various problems after middle age."
Li Tai looked at the wine bowl and said, "Is this the case?"
"Well, His Highness King Wei might as well ask those old drunkards. They have some old problems in their bodies that cannot be cured."
The atmosphere in the room was silent for a long time.
Li Tai had a solemn look on his face, "If it's really like what you said, I will consider it carefully."
Children can be taught, and children who can listen can still be cultivated.
This child can still be saved.
Zhang Yang said to him: "There are still business matters. Don't rush to open a store first. Let's see how the soap is received in the market."
“What is the market response?”
"In short, it is the customer's reaction, whether they will buy again after buying it, what comments they received after buying it, what are their opinions, and whether there is any room for improvement."
Listening to Zhang Yang's words, Li Tai's chubby face twisted, "I used to think that business wasn't so particular."
Zhang Yang said: "This is called strategizing."
Looking at Zhang Yang's expression, Li Tai said again: "Don't think that I am easy to deceive because I am young."
Zhang Yang smiled calmly, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei and I are doing business in partnership. If you lose money, I won't make any money. You and I are in the same boat."
Others may sound ignorant, but you and I are in the same boat, and Li Tai understands it.
If I lose money, Zhang Yang will also lose money.
Everyone stands together.
Li Tai nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction.
The soap business had a general direction, and Li Tai also had ideas.
At this moment, Li Tai's chubby face looked a little sad again, and he whispered: "They say the royal family is noble, but you don't know that I am also poor."
Zhang Yang looked at him and said, "I don't think His Majesty the King of Wei was very generous with his actions before."
"Generous……"
Li Tai sniffed, "That's what I saved for several years. I have been frugal and frugal. In the past two years, I have been even more depressed. My father's monthly money has been cut off for four months. The servants in the house
I almost can’t eat anymore.”
Seeing Zhang Yang sorting out his package containing money, I said for a long time that he didn't seem to go in.
"Are you listening to what I am saying?"
Li Tai asked anxiously.
Zhang Yang sighed, "Listen, listen."
Li Tai pursed his lips aggrievedly, "You're so perfunctory."
Zhang Yang looked at the sky and saw that the sun had completely risen and there were more and more pedestrians on Zhuque Street.
"Your Highness, King Wei, it's getting late. I should go shopping for groceries. I have a lot of things to do at home."
With that said, Zhang Yang walked to the door.
"Zhang, this soap business has used up all my wealth!"
Li Tai said loudly.
Zhang Yang shook his head and walked faster and faster.
"If the business fails, I will go to your house to eat and drink for free!"
Another voice with resentment came from behind.
Zhang Yang walked out of the post house. What he said was fine, but this little fat guy looked so full of resentment after drinking.
This posture looks like it is going to die together.
Sure enough, I still can’t drink too much.
It is easy to lose control of your emotions if you drink too much.
Walking from Zhuque Street to the East Market, there are already many people coming to the market.
Zhang Yang was walking around the market and found a man from the Western Regions.
This Westerner was sitting cross-legged in the market, with a piece of cloth spread on the ground and pepper, garlic and other things placed on it.
What Zhang Yang noticed was that he was holding yellow things in his dirty hands, and he was putting the things into his mouth.
Stopping, Zhang Yang looked at him.
This Westerner also looked at Zhang Yang.
The two looked at each other for a while, and then the Westerner said in Guanzhong dialect that was not very fluent: "Guest, what do you want to buy?"
After saying that, he took out some yellow particles from the cloth bag next to him and put them into his mouth.
Zhang Yang pointed to the bag and said, "Can you show it to me?"
The man from the Western Regions gave Zhang Yang some of the things in his hand and said, "This is something from Persia."
Zhang Yang observed these particles. Aren't these spinach seeds from spinach?
Spinach seeds are usually found in the spinach fruit.
The Westerner asked again: "Does the guest know about Persia?"
The spinach seeds that Zhang Yang was still holding in the observer's hands were a little damp, but it wasn't serious.
The man from the Western Region said again: "Guest, there is also pepper here. It is cheap here! Do you want to buy some? One or two peppers only cost sixty yuan."
According to the current price of pepper in Datang, sixty yuan for one or two peppers is indeed not expensive.
Zhang Yang held the spinach seeds in his hand and said, "How much does this cost?"
The Westerner was a little surprised, "Guest, what do you want this for? This food doesn't taste good."
While talking, the Westerner took out a handful of pepper and said, "Look! What a good pepper."
Zhang Yang held spinach seeds in his hand, "I want this."
The man from the Western Region frowned and looked at Zhang Yang's clothes, shook his head and sighed, "Thirty dollars, I'll give you this bag if you want it."
Zhang Yang ate one. It tasted very astringent and was worth it as a toothpaste. Of course, it was spinach seeds, so it was a waste to eat them.
Today’s spinach should be Persian.
At present, the Western Region is not yet stable, and the trade routes in the Western Region are not completely smooth. Spinach will not be able to enter Guanzhong in the short term.
People in the Western Regions actually eat spinach seeds as snacks.
Zhang Yang said to him: "No one wants this thing. It's 30 yuan expensive. Do you really think that we Tang Dynasty people are easy to bully?"
After hearing this, the Westerner subconsciously looked around and said with a dry smile: "Guest, how dare I! You... misunderstood."