The group of them quickly walked to the door of the inn. Li Guangrui went straight to the counter and said to the person who looked like the shopkeeper: "But there are three more upper rooms?"
"Yes, there are still three upper rooms," the shopkeeper said.
"We want all three rooms and rent them for two or three days," Li Guangrui said.
"Master, according to the rules of our store, you need to pay one day's rent in advance. One room costs fifteen guan per day, and three rooms total 45 guan." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Li Guangrui secretly said that it was indeed very expensive, while he took out two hundred coins from his clothes and said, "Is this enough?"
The shopkeeper first looked at the treasure notes carefully, and after confirming that they were not forged, he said: "It's not enough. Five guan notes can be used to equal one guan. Five forty-five is two hundred and twenty-five. It costs a total of 225 guan."
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Li Guangrui was not surprised and took out another twenty-five guan banknotes. Although Yunxi allowed the banknotes to be exchanged for food and allowed to use the banknotes to pay commercial taxes, the banknotes still had strong credibility. However, except for the provincial capitals of each province, other
Local banknotes still depreciate to varying degrees.
The original price of grain bound to Baoqiao varies throughout the year, not to mention that even at this time, only prefectural cities can exchange Baoqiao for grain. Therefore, in many private places, the price of Baoqiao is lower than the official price. In the lowest places, the price can always be
Exchange eight-guan notes.
After paying, an innkeeper took them upstairs to their room.
After entering the room, Li Guangrui glanced around and was a little disappointed: this so-called upper room was not as good as his own servants. He had also been to an inn in Guangzhou before, and it was much better than this one.
But he had no room to be picky. After putting down his luggage, he analyzed how to accommodate everyone.
But after analyzing for a while, he found that with the size of these three rooms, it was impossible for more than 20 people to live in them. Even if he didn't mind sharing with others, each room would still need to accommodate eight people. There was simply not enough space.
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Of course Bai Jingyi also noticed it, came over and said to Li Guangrui: "Young Master, our group cannot live here."
"Uncle Bai, what do you think we should do?" Li Guangrui asked.
Bai Jingyi was about to speak when he suddenly saw an acquaintance and said softly to Li Guangrui: "Young Master, this is Mr. Kang."
Li Guangrui immediately looked up and saw his father-in-law Kang Yuquan coming up from the second floor, talking to someone next to him and not paying attention to who was in the corridor.
Li Guangrui called: "Father-in-law!" and walked towards the stairs at the same time.
Kang Yuquan was concentrating on talking to the people next to him, but suddenly he heard a more familiar voice say "father-in-law," and subconsciously raised his head and saw his son-in-law Li Guangrui walking towards him.
Kang Yuquan said affectionately: "The good son-in-law has also come to Bao'an?"
Li Guangrui walked up to him and first said to the people next to Kang Yuquan, "I've met Uncle Gu." Then he agreed to Kang Yuquan and said, "Father-in-law, I'm here too." The Gu family is also a big businessman in Guangzhou, and its power is no less than that of Li
The Jia family and the Kang family met many times on weekdays and knew each other.
Kang Yuquan chatted with him for a few words and asked: "Who is the person in charge of your Li family this time? We have something to say to him."
"That's me." Li Guangrui said.
Kang Yuquan frowned: "Guangyao, don't joke at this time. Who is it?"
"Father-in-law, I'm not kidding, it's just me." Li Guangrui said.
Kang Yuquan looked suspicious, looked up and saw Bai Jingyi, and asked: "Is the person in charge of your Li family really Guangyao this time?"
"Mr. Kang, it's true." Bai Jingyi said.
Kang Yuquan and Gu Mingxuan looked at each other: This is incredible.
A big family like theirs has a fixed routine for cultivating heirs. Those who are willing to bear hardships for their children will go to work as an apprentice in a store when they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and work for three or four years. When they are about twenty years old, they will be arranged to be an accountant. After two years, they will be hired as an accountant.
Learn from the big shopkeeper for a few years, and then let him be in charge of a store alone or sell goods on a mature trade route. In his thirties, he becomes the backbone of the family, responsible for opening up new business routes or working as a big shopkeeper in other places.
This time Bao'an opened the sea. Because Bao'an was poor and had few resources before, merchants rarely came here. It can be seen as opening up a new trade route. The two of them met business owners in Guangzhou, Huizhou and other places.
They are all middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. I didn't expect that the Li family would let Li Guangrui take charge.
Kang Yuquan murmured: "Mr. Li is so courageous."
He sighed a few words and said to Li Guangrui: "In that case, I have something to ask you, so come with me."
Li Guangrui said: "Father-in-law, I still have things to arrange."
"The main reason is that there is not enough place to live. We only rented three rooms, but there are more than 20 people in our party, and we can't live in them. The middle and lower rooms are also gone."
Kang Yuquan glanced at it and said, "I also rented two middle rooms. I'll ask the guys to squeeze in and give you one room."
"Thank you very much, father-in-law." Li Guangrui bowed and saluted.
"Okay, don't be so polite and come with me quickly." Kang Yuquan said.
Li Guangrui ordered Bai Jingyi to place all the servants in place, and followed Kang Yuquan over.
People from the Kang family arrived very early. As early as Yang Ren and Zhang Yanfang arrived in Guangdong, they arranged for people to be stationed in Bao'an. A few days ago, after learning the news that Bao'an would officially open to sea, they immediately booked several houses. So Kang
The family has many rooms, and even if one room is given to the Li family, he can still have a room by himself.
After he, Gu Mingxuan, and Li Guangrui walked in, they first asked the servant to bring a pot of tea that had just been brewed and poured three cups. He picked up a cup and took a sip. He smiled at them and said: "The place is simple and simple.
I can entertain you in such a simple way."
Li Guangrui didn't care either. Although the Cantonese people loved to drink tea and were very particular about it, it didn't matter if they didn't drink tea when things were urgent. After finishing the cup of tea in his hand, he asked: "Father-in-law, what's going on?"
Kang Yuquan waited until the tea cup in Gu Mingxuan's hand was empty and said, "There are two things."
"First of all, since we are all from Guangzhou, we don't have any conflicts on weekdays. In this competition, we should not raise the price. If the price of the store that one wants is already high, others should not bid."
Li Guangrui nodded and said, "What my father-in-law said is true, I have no objection." Gu Mingxuan also nodded.
As for what 'the bid is no longer low' means, they have no agreement, but the three of them have been friends for thirty or forty years, and they are all from the same hometown, so no one will violate the rules.
"Secondly, it is safe. Guangdong has always been full of violence, and businessmen like us have blocked the financial path of many people. Even if the shipping department will not sit idly by, it may not be able to take full care of it.
.So I think the three of us put the goods together to take care of them for safety."
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