The young man from the Ministry of Commerce was walking in front, introducing new products with a smile. Behind each of them were many people, including nomads on horseback, businessmen in sedan chairs, and ordinary people who wanted to buy paper...
"Ah, you are finally here. Do you have a telescope? Do you have many compasses?" a nomad shouted at the top of his voice.
"I, Mr. Guo, have packed all the paper!" A plump businessman stuck his head out of the sedan and shouted, "Who is in charge? Come and see me!"
"Do you have any books? One hundred poems from the Tang Dynasty and 100 poems from various schools of thought. I want 50 copies each!" A small businessman riding a donkey ran forward as hard as he could.
"Colored paper, colored paper, I want to buy colored paper to make paper airplanes!" A young man from a wealthy family ran over and shouted, holding a golden bean in his hand.
"Wow, Zhong...what, what does the sign say? It looks so impressive!" A middle-aged man only knew the word "中".
"Zhonghua, hee hee, the little girl hasn't learned the last two characters." A literate girl from a noble family next to her showed off her literary talent and said, "I have paper at home, and I'm here to buy pen and ink. Oh my God, the room is sparkling.
What is this treasure?"
"Those are glass vases, water cups, and all kinds of beautiful glass ornaments, girl," Xiao Han showed her with a smile, "You must not have any of these things at home!"
Niu Ben and Shi Gandang were both dumbfounded with laughter.
Zhang Yi quickly pulled the two of them aside, blocking the front of the shop selling plastic products.
"Zhonghua Store is open!" Qiao Dayou shouted happily, "Our products are all good things that are not found in the world! The prices are fair, and no one is bullied by young or old! From now on, our Zhonghua Store will be fixed here! The good stuff is endless
If there are more, first come first served, if you come one step later, you won’t be able to get it!”
With this shouting, people went crazy, cheering and rushing towards the front door.
As soon as Zhang Yi saw something was wrong, Qiao Dayou became a little impatient and quickly told him to stop shouting. Everyone began to maintain order and let the customers line up.
Xiao Han brought the businessman surnamed Guo to Zhang Yi.
"He is Brother Zhang, the big shopkeeper of our Zhonghua Company." Xiao Han introduced.
"Hello, Brother Zhang!" the fat businessman greeted with a smile. He looked Zhang Yi up and down and saw that he was dressed simply, but he had a leadership temperament and was not an ordinary person. "My surname is Guo, Guo Liang, and I come from the Guo family, one of the top ten families.
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"Oh, I've admired you for a long time." Zhang Yi said politely, "Brother Guo specializes in paper business?"
"That's right, hey hey hey," Guo Liang said with an air, "My Guo family has ten thousand acres of land, and we are not short of money or paper. I, Guo Liang, started a paper business, specializing in buying good paper. I heard that your paper is good, so I
Guo came here specifically to look for you, and waited seven or eight days before seeing you."
"Haha, from now on we will be operating a fixed business. Brother Guo can just buy whenever he comes." Zhang Yi said.
"How can I have time to come here every day?" Guo Liang pointed to the paper house and said, "Say a price, Brother Zhang, and I will cover all your paper."
"50 kilograms of grain and one kilogram of paper." Zhang Yi said.
"35 pounds of grain."
"Brother Guo, I know the price of half a tael of gold and a pound of paper," Zhang Yi said displeased, "You shipped it to the mainland and made a fortune, how can you calculate this little money?"
"Hey hey hey, it's not that I, Guo, care about money, it's Brother Zhang who doesn't know. I have to pay taxes layer by layer, and the remaining profit is not much!" Guo Liang said, rubbing his fat hands.
"The wholesale price is 40 kilograms of grain per kilogram of paper, no less." Zhang Yi said, "You don't have to buy out, we will provide you with as much as you want. In addition, we can also provide you with special grade paper, 200 kilograms of grain per kilogram,
You can supply it to wealthy people for the price of one tael of gold and one pound of paper."
Zhang Yi would not implement a buyout system, otherwise he would be choked by the dealer in the end. He was smart enough to grade the paper into two types: premium grade and ordinary grade.
Guo Liang still wanted to talk, but Zhang Yi was extremely determined and refused to give in. He calculated that after deducting various taxes and expenses, he still had half of the profit. This was a big deal, much better than buying it everywhere.
Paper saves a lot of effort.
So Guo Liang took the initiative to grab Zhang Yi's hands and said repeatedly that he would order 1,000 kilograms of ordinary paper and 100 kilograms of premium paper first.
Zhang Yi called Qiao Dayou over and asked him to take Guo Liang to a teahouse set up in the courtyard to discuss the quantity and conclude an agreement.
…
In this age, things are flourishing and vitality is flourishing. The whole world is the same, everything is lacking.
Zhang Yi suddenly felt that he had caught up with a golden opportunity for historical development.
In just a few minutes and a few words of negotiation, I earned 24,000 kilograms of grain. After deducting 30% of the tax, I made a net profit of 16,000 kilograms of grain. One kilogram of paper is just ten kilograms of grass or bark, which is scattered all over the mountains and plains.
If you want to make more money, you can evade taxes. It's not impossible to do this kind of thing. There are big loopholes in the corrupt bureaucracy. But Zhang Yi doesn't want to do this. After all, he borrows other people's venues and business environment.
Later, when he went to see General Wang, he negotiated for a 20% discount.
Zhang Yi looked back and saw, Oh my God, they were all crazy!
The noble girl bought a dozen glass products, water cups, vases, small fish tanks, and glass animals in one go. The clerk was putting them in cardboard boxes for her one by one, and then put them into another cardboard box. She seemed to have forgotten herself.
I came here to buy pens and ink.
The young man from a wealthy family bought a pile of colored paper and refused to let go of twelve colors. Now his paper airplane must be the most shining in the city.
Zhang Yi can imagine that all the young masters and young girls from noble families will come and start a rush to buy.
…
"Hello, Brother Zhang!" A tall and majestic Mongolian man came up to shake hands with Zhang Yi, "My name is Asr, which means sky as you say."
"Hello, Brother Aser," Zhang Yi shook hands with him happily, "You are like an eagle flying from the sky, crossing thousands of rivers and mountains to get here!"
"Hahaha," Aser laughed happily, "Brother Zhang, I have recognized you as my friend!"
The two hit it off, and Zhang Yi took him to the backyard teahouse to negotiate. Aser was much more heroic than Guo Liang, and Zhang Yi was more willing to be friends with such a person.
After a few cups of tea, a big deal was concluded. Asir became the general distributor of the northern prairie. Two good horses were exchanged for a pair of binoculars and a compass was given as a gift. Zhang Yi would not suffer any loss, Asir
Earn more.
Everyone is happy!
…
What's there to worry about?
Niu Ben and Shi Gandang's faces were filled with joy. They ran forward and backward to maintain order, so that people could line up, and everyone who came was a guest.
Seeing that there were not enough goods to sell, Zhang Yi quickly asked Xiao Han to ride a fast horse to pull in the remaining goods.
The young men from the Ministry of Commerce were filled with emotion. Four of the five dignified heroes of Mopan City came today, and they were all working hard. Isn't this working for the livelihood of the people?