Traveling through ancient times to be a trader

Chapter 95

Things are resolved.

Wei Cheng was relieved.

In the morning, I took my wife and son to the seafood restaurant for breakfast. After the breakfast, the family went to Shangfang District.

Where there is Shangfang District, there is Xiafang District.

Xiafang District is close to the center of Fucheng Wharf, where dragons and snakes are mixed, with Jinzhou's city fireworks, food, clothing, housing and transportation. There are also many market areas, which are very lively.

Shangfang District is different, the streets are spacious and shops are lined up in an orderly manner.

Shangfang District gathers scenery from all over the world, and the goods sold are from the Great Jing Kingdom and overseas. The north and south lines are in Shangfang District.

Shangfang District also has the largest trading market for overseas merchants.

There is a special trading market in Fangshi, which is the overseas commodity area under the control of the imperial court.

When Wei Cheng went there for the first time, he had to rely on his identity to enter. Trade a lot of overseas jewelry and fine jewelry boxes and fragrance powders and spices.

The most expensive overseas commodities are all in the hands of aristocratic families. He is an official businessman, and the goods that he can get in it are all middle and lower grades.

He didn't care, but using those commodities and raw materials in his hands, it would definitely not be bad if they were restructured and then sold in Baizhen Building.

When they arrived in Shangfang District, Wei Cheng and the others got off the carriage, and the carriage was driven by the servants to the place where the carriage was placed.

As soon as you enter the market, you will find a dazzling array of goods.

In Shangfang District, there are booths for goods, not in Xiafang District, most of which are placed on the ground for anyone to choose.

The market is crowded with people coming and going, and many foreigners pass by, with different skin colors and eyeballs, and even if they see it, they are still amazed.

Even Little Steamed Bun looked at these strange people, and his fleshy little hands and feet kept fluttering.

When Xiao Tangyuan could not walk, his father and mother brought him here. At that time, he was still young and had no memory of it. It was the first time he saw a person with a different eye color, lying in his father's arms and blinking. Looking curiously, his little hands clenched his father's clothes tightly.

The husband and wife were holding a child each, followed by Xiao Liu and Wei Jin, Wei Hu and Lin Xiyu, and they walked all the way from the beginning.

"Today's market seems to be more crowded!" The crowd is surging, but it is not very mixed.

Zhou Yuan has been to Shangfang District a few times, and also to the Xiafang District. The Xiafang District is too noisy, so he never went there again.

"It seems that there are a lot more people than the last time we came here, and there are also a lot more foreign businessmen." Lin Xiyu learned to do business with her parents since she was a child.

Pass a stall selling all kinds of brightly colored stuffed animals.

Lin Xiyu teased the little bun with a cloth tiger. The little bun was lying in his mother and father's arms and stretched out his small hand to grab it. The cloth tiger reached the little hand, and the little bun took the cloth tiger and smiled and showed the rice grains and small teeth.

The stall sells all kinds of animal puppets to tease children. The colors are bright. Wei Cheng picked a cloth rabbit. The cloth rabbit is not lying on all fours, but sitting upright. There are two bells sewn on the big ears, shaking With clang clang.

Wei Cheng held it in his hands and flashed a smile in his eyes, and without thinking much, he handed it to his little baby, "Do you like it?" The

colorful cloth rabbits are still jingling, and the little dumplings like it very much. In his arms, he blinked his eyes and said Ruanuo, "Daddy, why is Tutu different?"

Xiaotangyuan recognized Tutu's ears. The Tutu at home was white, with a fat belly and bigger ears. softer.

Xiaoliu took a rabbit in a pattern, and said suspiciously: "Master, you see that this rabbit is different from the one sold by the hawker before!" The

little merchant greeted warmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this rabbit sells the best, and the styles are the latest models. The handmade puppets from my hometown are not sold anywhere else. Many merchants have ordered this product from me. I brought a lot of goods and they are almost sold out, so these are left on the stall. If you want to buy, one hundred and fifty Ten texts a piece."

Lin Xiyu also picked up a rabbit and looked at it, which looked familiar, "Except for the color, isn't this the style of a rabbit puppet sold by Baizhen Building!" When it

was revealed, the small businessman smiled apologetically, "Several nobles saw what they were wearing. Extraordinary. You know that Baizhenlou puppets are the top and most exquisite things. But the price is not cheap, and it is limited. Many colleagues have seen business opportunities and copied some for sale. You can rest assured, although it is It is imitated, but it is also very popular and the price is very affordable. Would you like to buy a few?"

Wei Cheng and his party: "..."

This small businessman, you are the owner of Baizhen Building When it comes to counterfeiting Baizhenlou products, you are not afraid of your stall being smashed.

Dare to say that the puppets are from your hometown.

However, the supply of puppets in Baizhenlou is in short supply, and it is certain that they will be imitated.

There are many merchants in Jinzhou City who imitated the dolls and toys of Baizhen Building, but they could not imitate the same.

The raw materials for the dolls and toys that Baizhenlou sells are beyond the reach of those merchants. Only by changing the raw materials to imitate. The prices they sell are high and low, but they are always incomparable with Baizhen Building.

In the end, I still bought four puppets, and the other two, one for Xiao Tuanzi and one for Wei Lei's Xiaodouzi.

"Let's go forward for a while. The front is a trading place where overseas merchants gather." Wei Cheng explained the question just now, "There are many merchants in the market because an overseas merchant ship came at the beginning of this month. There are many, now that there are fewer people, I will take you here for a stroll and see if there is anything new this time."

They walked to the trading place where overseas businessmen gathered.

Wei Cheng saw an overseas merchant's stall with all kinds of spices, and he became interested when he saw the spices.

When he walked over, he saw that they were all edible spices that he had never seen in the Dajing Dynasty.

Black pepper, white pepper, thyme, parsley, fennel, nutmeg, oregano, bay leaf, basil... There's even herbs, which is rare.

"How are these spices sold?" When the

foreign businessman saw someone asking about the price of the spices, he didn't look enthusiastic and said a price at will.

The accent is not pure, with the accent of a foreigner, but he is also fluent in the words of the Dajing Dynasty.

"...This is a spice for eating, not a herb, not a fragrance-making spice." The foreign businessman also explained the use of the spice in a helpless and powerless tone. It seems that he has recently been asked by many people to buy it will appear so.

Adehe came from the country of Tash, and came to the Dajing Dynasty to travel to several state capitals, Jinzhou was the last one. He set up a stall in Jinzhou for more than ten days. All the other commodities he brought were traded, except for the spices he brought from his hometown. Many people asked, but no one bought them. Back and forth, from anticipation to loss.

Wei Cheng didn't care about his attitude and said directly: "I bought all these spices."

"Do you really want to buy them?!"

The foreign businessman was surprised, and quickly returned to his senses, hurriedly said: "How much do you want to buy? I'll pack it for you. If you want to buy a pound, you will get half a discount!" Only for someone to be able to buy.

When Wei Cheng said 'buy all', he just thought that he wanted some of each type. He brought more than a dozen kinds of edible spices. As long as he could sell a few, it would be a good start.

His country produces spices. In order to get rid of poverty in his hometown, the planting of spices has continued to increase in recent years, because most of them are unsalable, and because of large-scale cultivation, spices are becoming less and less valuable, and livelihoods have become a problem.

He is a businessman, doing business in his own country with the two countries of the Great Jing Dynasty, and he made a lot of money from it. The people in his hometown asked him to sell the spices, and they were transported to the Dajing Dynasty to see if they could sell them. Even if they sold some, the hometown would not be too poor.

He did this only when the people in his hometown begged and begged. Originally, he didn't need money to buy and sell it and then pay the bill, but he couldn't let the villagers have no money to buy grain, so he bought it at the lowest price, and spent a lot of money to deliver the batch of spices.

If you can't sell it, you won't lose money, and the spices will be thrown in the Dajing Dynasty.

He took the risk of losing money at first, thinking that someone in the great country should know these spices. From expectations to disappointment, I thought I was destined to lose money, but I didn't expect a turnaround.

Someone is buying it now and he is so happy!

"I mean, I want all the spices on your stall." Wei Cheng said.

"It's all!" A Dehe stuttered in shock, his hands shaking!

Did he hear right-? !

Once again, A Dehe was sure that he heard it right, and was immediately overjoyed. He gave a price that could not be lower, and A Dehe also said that it would be delivered to the door in person.

A Dehe was overjoyed: "The Dajing Dynasty is worthy of being a big country. If I can't sell it, I'm ready to be ashamed of my hometown. I can't believe that someone really knows about this spice."

"Edible spice is produced in your hometown?" Wei Cheng asked.

"Yes." Adehe said while sorting out the goods, "My hometown is all planting spices, and there are too many plants in my hometown to sell, so I came to the Dajing Dynasty to try my luck. If someone buys it, next time You can also ship more batches to sell, how much you can sell, so that the people in your hometown will not be hungry."

"Your hometown produces spices. Next time you come to Jinzhou, you can ship tens of thousands of kilograms to me. Will there be any goods?" Wei Cheng originally said. He intends to order another batch of spices with someone, and when the other party mentions it, he follows his words.

Adhe's jaw dropped in shock, "You want tens of thousands of pounds..."

"There is something, you have everything you want, it's still this price, I won't raise the price, you must buy it, I will, definitely I'll ship it to you when I get back to China." A Dehe was incoherent and hurriedly responded. After he finished speaking, he remembered that there were more batches in the inn than in front of him, and asked cautiously, "I have more places than here. Do you want the spice?" Why

not!

Wei Cheng asked Adehe to send as many as he had. As long as the quality was good, they would be sent to him.

"Guaranteed good quality! No money!"

After all the spices were sold, Adehe was overjoyed, he quickened his hand to pack, and hurriedly delivered it to the nobleman. After delivery, he would return to the inn to sort out the goods and deliver them to the post. .

"Thank you, thank you so much! I can sell all the spices, and I have the money to go to the north and south to buy a batch of goods and ship them back to sell. I thought that this trip would be a loss, but I didn't expect to make a lot of money!"

Adehe said After finishing this sentence, I didn't notice that Wei Cheng and the others had weird expressions.

Adehe packed all the spices and asked his attendants to carry them to the cart. He asked, "I don't know your honorable man. Where are these spices going?"

"To the north and south."

Ah?

Adhe is completely stunned!

When he was in the north and south, and saw the respectful greetings from the shopkeeper of the north and south, he was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked.

The noble in front of him turned out to be the boss of the North and South Bank! ! ! !

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Dehe hurried back to the inn with his entourage. The inn was filled with foreign merchants, and his companions also lived in the inn.

Adehe came back empty-handed, and Nambi, a businessman from Tash country who was also from Tashland, gasped for sneering words: "Adehe, I will say that your spices are just a pile of rubbish, which will be thrown away sooner or later. I see that you haven't brought anything back, I You're right ."

Mu Zai, a fellow villager, asked with concern, "Adehe, are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" Adehe thanked his companions for their concern. "Mu Zai, I have something to tell you, I..."

"What can he do? He sells junk in a whimsical way, just at a loss." Nanbi's mocking words came again.

Mu Zai was in a hurry and felt that Nanbi's words were too much. He was about to teach him a lesson for his friend, but Adehe stopped him and was happy to share with his friend, "Mu Zai ignore him. I have good news for you. , I sold all the spices!"

"Not only did I sell them, but the boss has to say how much to buy, so I'll come back and let you know, we'll deliver all the spices in our hands."

Mu's eyes widened again, " Really! Then I'll go immediately!"

When he saw that Adehe brought spices, he brought some along with him, and he brought hundreds of catties. If he could not sell it, he would not lose money. Mu then hurried to the warehouse to pack.

The other companions who also brought some spices also gathered around Adehe and asked.

"Adehe, we are all coming together, and you have to help me sell it."

"I and Adehe are still in the same place, and Adehe wants to help me too."

...

Or Adehe promised to have it all. These people no longer surrounded him, they all went back to pack the spices, and then a few people sent them over together.

In order to thank Boss Wei, Adehe also packed and sent some special products from his family.

Nanbi still didn't believe it, so he secretly followed, and when he saw several people delivering the goods to the north and south, he was dumbfounded....

Wei

Cheng was still waiting in the north and south, and he attached great importance to this batch of spices.

Zhou Yuan and the others went back first, the children were tired, so they didn't want to stay longer, so they left Wei Hu with him.

Adehe brought the spices over, and the shopkeeper and the clerk registered and counted them.

A Dehe was invited to the private room to receive the guests, and Wei Cheng waited inside to draw up a contract, and then the two sides signed the contract.

Adhe took the contract and thanked Wei Cheng endlessly. With this contract, the people in his hometown would not be afraid of running out of food. He took out the package and handed it over, "Wei Dongjia, this is the gratitude of the villain. It is a special product I brought from my hometown. It is a kind of cheese. It is usually cooked and mixed with bread and flatbread. It is delicious. I hope you will accept it.

" Then I'll be disrespectful." Wei Cheng took it and opened it, it turned out to be a hard piece of cheese.



Wei Cheng said with a smile: "Boss Adhe

, how much of this cheese do you have? I bought it!" Quite a few people really brought cheese, even a merchant from a neighboring country. And his friend Mu De brought several large pieces, and he wanted to sell them. Later, he thought about the smell of cheese. People here didn't like the smell, so they never took them out for sale.

Gather more than a dozen large pieces of cheese, each weighing five or six pounds, and send them to the north and south.

This is the cheese of the two countries. Wei Cheng cut a small piece with a knife and tried it directly. A Dehe looked at his posture and realized that this Boss Wei was a knowledgeable person.

Just because he didn't know where this Boss Wei learned it from, he didn't dare to be rude to ask.

Having tried cheeses from both countries, Wei Cheng was satisfied with different flavors and signed contracts with both sides.

After getting two contracts in one day, Adehe laughed hard to the ears, and others were envious. Some people took the opportunity to make friends and wanted Adehe to buy their spices and cheese.

In addition, he thanked Adehe for a contract obtained by Adehe's good luck, and the two became friends later.

Wei Cheng returned to the house with some spices and all the cheese. For the rest, let the shopkeeper arrange for people to be sent to the sauce workshop outside the city, and he will explain how to do it.

When he returned to the mansion, the people who followed him were curious about the effect of so many strange spices he bought.

"You will know soon!" Wei Cheng sold out.

"By the way, Uncle Mao, let the servants go to Yin's house and Wei Lei's house, and tell them to come to the house for dinner tonight. Also, Wei Hu, you go to prepare something." After the instructions, he turned around and went to the kitchen to process the spices And teach the cooks how to make food out of cheese.

Yin Chengfeng brought his wife and son to the door, and when they came, Zhang Jun's face was broken.

"Wei Cheng, what is this?"

People gathered in the backyard waterside, outside the waterside, charcoal was placed, and an iron shelf was placed on the charcoal.

There is a lot of raw food on a long table next to it, some of which have been marinated, and some are skewered.

Yin Chengfeng put a question mark, not only him, but everyone else put a question mark, but Wei Cheng didn't say anything.

Wei Cheng drank his tea and asked, "Why do you have such a sullen face? With your current status, what else can make you embarrassed?"

When asked this question, Yin Chengfeng sighed, "I just happened to ask you for help. The idea, let's talk in the study."

Going to the study to talk, that's a very important thing.

The two went to the study.

It was Yin Chengfeng who told Wei Cheng about the matter.

It turned out that after the new emperor ascended the throne, all parties came to the ceremony, and the state and the affiliated countries visited and worshipped.

The new emperor wanted to take this opportunity to regain the right to cooperate with foreigners from the powerful family, so as to demonstrate the power of the new emperor and fill the treasury even more.

Yin Chengfeng: "My eldest brother left the matter to me to find a way, how can I do this. I can only come to you, do you have a solution?"

"You are so lucky, you really have it! There is no way to ask one day earlier."

Yin Chengfeng Urgently asked: "What is the solution? Tell me, I will write back and let my elder brother see if it works!"

"You will find out later!"

After speaking, Wei Cheng got up and walked out, Yin Chengfeng asked behind him, Wei Cheng only said: "I bought a batch of edible spices from overseas merchants, and I will have barbecue tonight!"

Yin Chengfeng; "..." He is in such a hurry, you just eat!

"Oh, by the way, it's okay to have barbecue tonight, right?"

Yin Chengfeng: "..."

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barbecue is on the stove, and the chef in the house has also cooked barbecued meat and seafood. Although the seasoning is different today, the Just a few words and it will not be difficult for the chef in the house.

The chef started by making mutton and beef. Beef was sold in the Dajing Dynasty, and the price was even more expensive.

Afterwards, the aroma overflowed, which was very different from the previous barbecue aroma, and everyone was looking forward to it.

Yin Chengfeng was anxious alone.

Under everyone's expectation, the chef put the roasted mutton and beef on the plate, cut it, and brought it to the table.

Those who smelled the aroma early in the morning couldn't wait to eat it.

Wei Hu took one bite and shouted, "It's delicious! It smells good and tastes even better. Master, is this made of spices bought from a foreign business today?"

"That's right." Wei Cheng gave Xiao Tangyuan Put some into his small bowl. The little buns and dumplings sitting in the children's chair smelled the aroma and wanted to eat, Wei Cheng asked the maid to feed the two little guys some.

Zhou Yuan said: "It's a very special spice. It's different from what we sell in our store, but it's delicious."

Wei Cheng said, "These spices can also be used to make stewed meat and seafood, and they have different flavors. Spices can add a lot of new products to our Baiweizhai, and it can also add a lot of overseas customers to our store."

Wei Lei is pragmatic: "The seafood restaurant can also add new dishes."

Ren Nianluo was eating, nodding in agreement, "Yes, yes!"

Lin Xiyu said: "The roast lamb tastes even better, what spices are in it? "

Qi Yihan eats elegantly, "I really like roast beef."

Uncle Mao Wei Jin and the others kept saying it was delicious.

Yin Chengfeng: "..." He doesn't know the taste of food, and the taste becomes unpalatable!

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of bread aroma not far away, and the aroma was sandwiched with a strong aroma. The servants were holding a few special wooden plates in their hands, and they could not hide the aroma even with the lids on.

When the next person put it on the table and opened it, the aroma made people couldn't help but be amazed, staring at the baked bread, and drooling.

Wei Cheng explained with a smile: "This is a pancake made of cheese bought from a foreign businessman. I made a seafood pancake and a sauce meat pancake. You should like it!"

Love it! !

Everyone who ate it nodded in appreciation.

It turns out that this foreign thing can make such delicious food.

Everyone was happy to eat, satisfied with the food, chatted happily, and the food was not enough, let the servants instruct the back kitchen to make some more pancakes, Wei Hu shouted: "Put more seafood for me!"

Yin Chengfeng: "... ...."

After eating, Yin Chengfeng immediately went to Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng was no longer in business, "How do you feel about the food today?"

Yin Chengfeng's face darkened, thinking that Wei Cheng would not say anything.

Wei Cheng continued: "Tonight's food is a foreign country's taste. It is absolutely suitable to eat today's food to receive foreign missions. However, the foreign missions are absolutely satisfied, and they can also show the foreign missions that our country is compatible and broad. , there are plenty of talents."

Yin Chengfeng: "...This is a reception. It is not the same as the one above, and it is useless." how is this possible? !

"You just need to inform your elder brother of this proposal and let your elder brother make a decision." Wei Cheng said, "I will give the recipe to the sauce workshop and set it to the strictest. Three days later, I will make a batch and send it to you. Go to the imperial city and hand it over to your eldest brother. I will draw up the menu, and you will arrange for the chef who can go to the imperial city to learn from me."

Wei Cheng said so seriously, Yin Chengfeng also thought about it, although there was no way to solve the problem with foreigners Cooperation, but it is also a good idea to satisfy foreigners at the palace banquet for foreign embassies.

Yin Chengfeng will make arrangements when he goes back.

a few days later.

A batch of finished edible spice products and a batch of special gifts for foreign embassies, along with a letter, was written in calligraphy that Wei Cheng had been practicing for several years and finally was able to show it to the imperial city.

Yin Chengfeng followed him back to the imperial city, and brought his family and family back to the imperial city. Before leaving, he asked, "What's your intention to let the steward Quan put the finished products made of overseas edible spices on the shelves the day after the palace banquet?"

Wei Cheng only said: "Sell new products!"

Yin Chengfeng: "..."

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