The shopkeeper followed Gao Laosi out. He was tall and thin, in his forties, with a long face. He was wearing a black crop top under a cotton-padded jacket. He looked like a shrewd businessman. When he saw Li Zhi, he
The shopkeeper made a weak gesture with his hands clasped into fists, and asked seriously:
"I'm the shopkeeper of Gaojia Oil Shop, Gao Xianping. Does this little brother want to buy oil? How much?"
Li Zhi replied calmly: "I have to buy 450 pounds every day!"
The shopkeeper Gao Xianping nodded and asked slowly: "How dare I ask my little brother Gao's name? Are you kidding me? This 450 kilograms of soybean oil costs several taels of silver every day."
When Zhao San saw Gao Xianping asking about Li Zhi's name, he quickly and diligently answered for Li Zhi: "Our brother Zhi's surname is Li Zhi. Mu Zi Li, the Zhi who plants trees."
Li Zhi nodded and replied calmly: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, I can afford the money. Just tell me the price."
When Gao Xianping heard this, he pondered for a moment and said: "This soybean oil is good and the cost is not low. It costs eighteen cents per pound at least."
Zhao San brings business to Gaojia Oil Shop. Gaojia Oil Shop will definitely thank Zhao San when he comes back, and will inevitably reward Zhao San with silver. The higher the price at which Gaojia Oil sells, the higher the silver reward that Gaojia will give Zhao San.
At this time, when San saw Li Xianping's price of eighteen cents, he nodded and said in support: "Brother Zhi, this is a fair price. I usually pay this price when I buy oil here."
Li Zhi shook his head and said: "Think again, shopkeeper, what I want is not ten or twenty pounds, but four hundred and fifty pounds per day."
Gao Xianping took a breath and said with great pain: "That's only seventeen and a half cents per catty."
Li Zhi still shook his head and said calmly: "Shopkeeper, think about it again. If the price is right, I will buy them all at your house. I will start buying them the day after tomorrow."
When Gao Xianping heard this, he no longer pretended to be in pain. He tilted his head back with a smile: "Haha! This little brother is a shrewd one!" After a pause, Gao Xianping nodded and said, "Then seventeen cents a day.
It’s a pound, it’s indispensable.”
This oil is generally produced locally, and the output is limited. Once the demand is high, the price will tend to rise. It is not easy for Li Zhi to get the price of seventeen cents. Li Zhi glanced at the shopkeeper and knew that the price had dropped to
The other party knew the bottom line, so he said: "Then it's only seventeen cents per catty. I'll start buying it the day after tomorrow, but I have to trouble the shopkeeper to deliver it to my house!"
"Where?"
"The Li family in Jingbianfang, Dongcheng! Four hundred and fifty kilograms per day, delivered at noon!" Li Zhi took out a copper coin from his pocket and said, "I will make a deposit for the copper coin first!"
When he saw the copper coins, Gao Xianping's face lit up with joy. When he saw Li Zhi wearing shabby clothes, he didn't believe that he could do such a big deal with Li Zhi. After seeing the copper coins, he felt relieved and said loudly: "Don't worry, little brother, Bao
It’s on me!”
After finding the supplier of grease, Li Zhi went to buy quicklime. Quicklime is a bulk building material. Tianjin, a place where goods gather from the north and the south, naturally has no shortage of big merchants selling quicklime. Li Zhi found a lime merchant on Brick Street.
A large businessman bargained and placed an order for one hundred and ten kilograms per day.
The next step was soda ash. Li Zhi came to the door of the soda ash noodle shop.
Li Zhi has been coming to buy alkaline noodles every day these days, and he has become a big customer of this store. When the old man who looked after Li Zhi saw Li Zhi coming, he thought he was here to buy alkaline noodles, so he quickly stood up from his chair and greeted: "Brother Li
Are you here to buy alkaline noodles again?”
This old man didn't dare to neglect his big customer Li Zhi, and he called him "Brother Li" as an honorific.
Li Zhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm not here to buy alkaline noodles today, I'm here to ask you to introduce me to the previous one. Now the quantity of goods I want is large and you can't supply it. You give me your supply
The merchant told me that I want to buy alkaline noodles directly from your boss."
Hearing this, the shopkeeper of the alkaline noodle shop was stunned, and murmured unhappily: "Brother Li, I can provide you with as much alkaline noodles as you want, so you don't have to go to my shop."
Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I need four hundred and ten kilograms a day, can you afford it?"
The old man nodded without hesitation and said: "Don't say four hundred and ten kilograms, even a thousand kilograms, old man, I can eat it."
Li Zhi had long known that the old man would give this answer. Only Old Meng's family was involved in the alkali noodle retail business in Tianjin. Of course he wanted to monopolize the market and would not easily tell Li Zhi the source of the goods. But Li Zhi's business is getting better and better now.
Da, from retail to wholesale, if he continues to buy goods from this old man, he will make a profit from his handling, which of course Li Zhi is not willing to do.
You can save a lot of costs by going directly to the old man's dealer and getting the goods at wholesale prices.
However, from the shopkeeper's words, Li Zhi knew that the old man could get enough goods from his boss. Obviously, Old Mengtou's boss was a big businessman. As long as Li Zhi found this boss, he would have a good source of alkaline noodles in the future.
Don't worry anymore.
Li Zhi smiled.
Taking out a lot of copper coins, Li Zhi said slowly: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'll give you a sling of copper coins. How about you introduce me to your family?"
The old man looked at the heavy copper coins in Li Zhi's hand, and his expression changed. But he still insisted: "Brother Li, don't say such things, just buy alkaline noodles from me. The same goes for my boss."
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When Li Zhi saw the change in the old man's expression, he knew that the old man had given up and said with a smile: "You, the shopkeeper, also understand that if you don't accept my money, I will use this copper coin to inquire. I will definitely be able to find out in a few days."
The origin of your previous family. When the time comes, the shopkeeper, if you blame me for skipping your business, it will be difficult to talk about it."
When the old man heard this, his face was very depressed. Obviously, losing Li Zhi as a big customer was a huge loss, which cannot be compensated by ordinary copper coins. But what Li Zhi said is profound. His superior family is well-known in Tianjin Acropolis.
As for the big businessman, Li Zhi would know it after spending money to find out. If he didn't take this drop of copper coins, others would jump in and make money.
Old Man Meng looked Li Zhi up and down again and blew air from his nostrils.
Sighing and waving his hand, Old Man Meng took Li Zhi's money and said helplessly: "Forget it, I'll just make the money you have and take you to Mr. Xue's office."
The old man took Li Zhi's money, closed the shop door angrily, and took Li Zhi to the west of the city. He walked to the door of a house with a high gate and a deep courtyard in a quiet alley in the west city, and knocked on the side door.
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A well-dressed servant opened the side door and saw Old Meng. He smiled and said, "Is Shopkeeper Meng here to ask for goods again?"
Old Meng shook his head and said, "No! I'm here to introduce business to your master. Is Mr. Xue at home today?"
