In the small pavilion on the second floor of the riverside restaurant, Du Yuanwai, who opened a cargo yard in the city, sat in the middle, Lin Shengyuan and several members of the staff, and Huang Yuanwai sat in the guest seats. The table was soaked with the popular recently.

Tea, gossip.

Mr. Du said loudly: "The rules of the yamen have come out. Northerners are not allowed to do business in Xiangyang City. If you want to do business, you will go to Xiangcheng in the north, where there is a scene. Mr. Huang, you have to buy cotton cloth and find a way.

Otherwise, I can only wait for someone to transport it to Xiangcheng."

Mr. Huang said: "When someone is transported to Xiangcheng, I don't know how many merchants from the north are robbing there, where is the interest? It is best to prepare in Xiangyang, buy the cotton cloth, and I will just put it away when transported to Xiangcheng.

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Du Yuanwai laughed and said, "The official website thought well! But it is not so easy to do this. If you don't give a certain amount of money, who will do these things for you? If you give a certain amount of money, you will transport it to Xiang thousands of miles away.

There are so many things on the road in the city. If you are not sure, you may swallow the money and find a reason to fool it. If you want to do this, you must have someone who can trust you.”

Mr. Huang said: "I knew this official Lin when I was in Kaifeng Prefecture. I trusted my business most. I entrust him to Xiangyang for things. I bought cloth and transported it to Xiangcheng.

The cargo yard provides some convenience.”

Mr. Du said: "I open a yard, so I naturally hope to have a business. However, the business of the yamen emphasizes paying money with one hand and delivering goods with the other hand. Cotton is expensive and the money is paid a lot. Of course, as long as the official has enough capital, it is not

event."

After hearing this, Mr. Huang shut up and picked up a cup of tea to drink. He didn't say anything, nor did he know what he was thinking.

At this time, the servant came over and said that the wine and food were ready. Mr. Du was the boss and asked him to serve the wine and food, and the few people were talking while eating.

When the food and food came up, Lin Shengyuan on the side couldn't help but open his eyes wide. He had seen the world when he was in Kaifeng Prefecture before, but today's banquet was never seen before.

The luxury of Kaifeng Prefecture emphasizes the cleaning of utensils, using gold and silver tableware. Calendars, gold plates, and gold chopsticks, and silver is lower than that. Due to the influence of Wang Xiaoli, Xiangyang does not use gold and silver utensils, but uses all of them.

Porcelain and exquisite restaurants are specially customized in Ruzhou’s original official kiln production area and the world’s best porcelain. They are of different shapes and are marked with restaurants, which is not ordinary.

Today's dishes are common in later generations. For example, braised lion heads, cherry meat, tofu boxes, white chop chicken, etc., the ingredients are not very particular. But what is rare is that they are very exquisitely made and placed on a plate like a work of art.

.Who has never eaten a steamed head bream? But looking at the table, Lin Shengyuan has never seen it before. It is exquisitely made, beautifully arranged, and the taste is unprecedented.

Mr. Du said: "I heard that Wang Guan likes the bamboo leaf green wine in Yicheng the most, which tastes fresh and sweet. Before the New Year, I specially sent someone to Yicheng to find the best wine brewing company and made a few tanks. Today you can try it,

Can the taste be pleasant?"

Wang Xiaoli is not a person who likes to drink, so he likes fruit wine, dew wine, and bamboo leaf green. The taste of the rich people comes with the taste of the officials. These wines are also popular in Xiangyang. However, they use them to eat.

It's more luxurious than Wang Xiaoli.

After drinking for three rounds, Mr. Huang said, "Before coming to Xiangyang, I had considered all kinds of difficulties. But I didn't expect that it would be difficult for northerners to do business in Xiangyang, and that it would be difficult for northerners to move around in the territory.

The price is much higher than silk, which is a lot more money! People can’t live in Xiangyang, so this business is really a bit difficult to do.”

Mr. Du said nothing, just urging everyone to drink.

Mr. Huang said: "Mr. Du, you are in a big cargo yard in Xiangyang. With our help, your business will naturally be better. If you have a good idea, you might as well teach it. If you have money, you will benefit everyone."

Mr. Du raised his head and drank a glass of wine. He put down his glass and was silent for a while and said, "I am a rough man, and I have something to say. If you want to complete your business, there must be several things. One is Song, who is trustworthy.

People helped me buy goods in Xiangyang and transported them to Xiangcheng. There was a lot of trouble here. Because buying cotton cloth costs cash, it is not a small amount. Another thing is that Xiangcheng is five hundred miles from Xiangyang. Without reliable people, it is difficult to transport them.

There. Cotton is light goods, and if you can't get along, you must always be in the cargo yard."

Mr. Huang said: "What Mr. Du said is. What is the key in the middle?"

Mr. Du said: "Of course there are people who can trust them. There is another thing, that is, you need to have money. If you can't go to Xiangyang, it's not realistic to take out a lot of money. Xiangyang is different from other places. I'll print it recently.

It is actually very convenient. It is like cotton cloth, bought from the yamen, and you can mortgage the goods to the bank to borrow money. The bank can borrow 70% of the cash, so the cost will be saved.

When Huang Yuanwai went to the city, he gave the cash and he could go to the bank to pay back the money when he came back. The key point was that when he first bought cotton cloth, someone had to buy the goods. After buying the goods, he went to the bank to borrow money and repay the borrowed money.

.This is equivalent to buying cotton cloth for only three costs.”

This way of doing business is something that Mr. Huang had never heard of. After hearing Mr. Du's words, he thought about it for a long time. After all, he was a businessman and quickly figured it out. His own risks were to be found.

A trustworthy person pays 30% of the cost. Before buying cotton cloth, the intermediary has to borrow enough money. No need to ask, the person who borrows money is Mr. Du. After that, the intermediary transports the cotton cloth to Xiangcheng and collects it himself.

The goods were paid for cash, and the intermediary took the cash back to Xiangyang to repay the cash.

Du Yuanwai was willing to borrow cash because Xiangyang had new rules. After opening a bank, the government limited the interest on private loans, and the interest on short-term loans was much higher than that of long-term loans. After borrowing money for a few days, the interest rate was high, and I bought cotton cloth immediately.

, don't worry about losing capital.

After thinking for a long time, Huang Yuanwai said: "I have never seen this kind of business in Xiangyang before."

Mr. Du said: "The king observed like the stars in the sky descending to the earth. All kinds of wonderful ideas are comparable to other places? Another thing is that he does not pay taxes when buying things, nor does he pay taxes on the road, and he has never heard of them before the monks.

I said that only in this way can this business be done.”

Mr. Huang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I have heard of it. Now the Eight Prefectures Army in the West of Beijing collects taxes when selling goods, and there are no taxes on the road, which really makes it convenient for businessmen. In the past, they did business on the road.

When you pass through the state and pass through the prefecture, where do you not charge taxes?”

It seems that the government has increased its income, but in fact it greatly increases the cost of transactions, which leads to business decline. Overall, it is better not to collect taxes and only collect transaction taxes. When the business prospers, the government is still afraid that it will not collect taxes.

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Mr. Du said: "The business rules in Xiangyang are different from other places, and the methods of doing business are also different. Only by finding a way can you make a lot of money. If you can't think of a way, the business will not be completed."

Mr. Huang nodded, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while. Selling cotton cloth is a big business, and it involves too much money, so you can't be careless in any step. After thinking for a long time, Mr. Huang said, "This matter is not small, so let's not be careless."

I'll go back and think about it for a few days. If it's done, I'll use the help of you."
Chapter completed!