After sorting out the relationship between the Xue family, Xu Ning laughed. Since the Xue family did not monopolize all restaurants and inns in the Great Zhou Dynasty, then he could grab business.
These wealthy people didn't know that Liu Jin was going to Qingzhou to serve as the governor, so they felt that they didn't have much chance of winning the Xue family's business.
However, it is indeed troublesome for the Xue family to be so powerful. Xu Ning is a little worried about the restaurant. The inn is afraid of the Xue family's power and dare not buy its own wine.
In this case, there is no way to grab business.
After thinking about it, Xu Ning felt that he should let it go in advance and wait until Liu Jin went to Gyeongju to take office later in the year. He would brew the wine first and build a reputation.
Wine is considered the most important drink in the other world. Both common people and officials basically love to drink it. The demand is very high, so it is the same if it is sold to the common people first.
"Exceptor Zhu, does the Xue family have business over there at the brothel?" Xu Ning asked.
"The Zhou family and the Xue family should each have half of the liquor in the brothel. Mr. Xu, don't you know that you accept the Zhou family's wine shop?" Zhu Yuanwai was a little surprised.
Xu Ning smiled and said: "I've been a little busy recently and haven't had time to find out."
After eating and drinking for a while, Xu Ning said: "Thank you for your compliments today. I will give each of you a bottle of this rice flower fragrance."
As he said that, he picked up the cardboard box that had been taken out and placed it on the ground, and then gave each of them a bottle.
Everyone was immediately excited. Not only was the wine good, but the glass bottle was the most important thing. They all felt that Xu Ning was grand, and he gave away such a beautiful glass bottle as a gift.
Zhu Yuanwai said solemnly: "Mr. Xu, if you can be of use to me in the future, feel free to ask and never refuse."
The others also pledged.
Xu Ning smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I really need your help with something."
"What's up?"
"It's like this. Some of my elders like jade, medicinal materials, prescriptions and some strange things, and asked me to find them for them. But my own strength is limited, so I want to ask my uncles to help me."
Xu Ning said, taking out the paper with the entrustment recorded on it.
What is written on it is what those people who asked Xu Ning to help find jade at the hotel last time wanted.
I have written a lot about mutton-fat white jade, field yellow, green field stone, and chicken blood stone.
Xu Ning specifically asked Liang Wen to write it down for him with a brush so that these gentlemen could read it clearly. This was also one of the reasons why he invited these rich gentlemen to dinner.
On his own, he didn't know when he would be able to find all these things, but with the help of these masters, it should be easier.
"It's easy to say. I have a mutton-fat jade pendant here. Mr. Xu even gave me such a beautiful glass vase. I, Old Zhao, am not a stingy person."
After Mr. Zhao finished speaking, he took off the jade pendant and placed it on the table.
"I have a hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum at home. If Mr. Xu needs it, I will send it to your store later."
"My family has been practicing medicine for generations and has many prescriptions. I wonder what kind of prescription Mr. Xu would like?"
"I have a 200-pound huanghuali at home. I don't know if Mr. Xu likes it. If he likes it, I will have it delivered."
"..."
Xu Ning couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear after hearing this, but only gave him a bottle of Daohuaxiang worth a few dozen yuan. There were more than ten people here, and the total price was less than a thousand yuan.
To be able to exchange for so many good things, not to mention other things, the mutton-fat jade pendant is worth hundreds of thousands, which is a huge profit.
It's really cool to be a bad guy in these two industries. You can exchange some worthless things for dozens or millions of good things.
After eating and drinking, everyone left, and Xu Ning went home happily.
As for those gentlemen who want to send things, just let them send them to Xu Ji.
By the way, my snow clams haven’t been sold yet.
Xu Ning thought of this. This thing cost him 50,000 yuan, so he still had to sell it as soon as possible and realize it. But to whom should he sell it?
After much deliberation, I decided to go find Liu Jin.
After finding a place where no one was around, Xu Ning took out the motorcycle. He had to take it out sooner or later, so he might as well use it now.
Buzz—!
The engine roared, and Xu Ning got on his motorcycle and drove towards the county government office.
"Woohoo! What is this?"
"Damn it! I've never seen anything like this before. It can run without an ox-drawn horse. It's amazing."
"What a bastard! This thing can actually run so fast."
"..."
There were shouts and screams on the street, and everyone's eyes were wide-eyed, having no idea what Xu Ning was riding.
…
In the county government office.
Xu Ning stopped the motorcycle without putting it inside the bronze door, which immediately attracted many government officials to watch.
Seeing these government officials acting cautiously, as if they were seeing monsters, Xu Ning found it funny, and his sense of superiority as a modern man was immediately highlighted.
After warning everyone not to poke the tires, Xu Ning went straight to the study to find Liu Jin.
When Xu Ning explained his intention, everyone in Liu Jin was dumbfounded.
"Xian...xian nephew, how many snow clams do you think you have? Eight pounds!!"
In the other world, there are very few snow clams, and they are usually Lunke. Xu Ning directly said that he weighed eight pounds, and Liu Jin couldn't believe his ears.
Xu Ning drank tea very calmly. He bought a hundred boxes in modern society, which were almost ten kilograms. He kept two kilograms and planned to sell them in the store.
"Uncle, can you eat all these eight pounds?" Xu Ning asked.
"sure."
Liu Jin looked excited, "My dear nephew, I didn't expect you to be able to get something as precious as snow clams. This stuff is more expensive in Daliang Dynasty. Every time the empress wants to eat it, she always buys it from Daliang."
"Now that I am at war with Daliang, Daliang will no longer sell to my merchants. If I pay tribute to this snow clam..."
Liu Jin didn't say what he said later, but Xu Ning also knew that if Liu Jin really paid tribute to so many snow clams, the empress would definitely remember him. If he had some more political achievements, his position could be moved up.
"Uncle, since you want to pay tribute, let's do this. How about I provide you with eight pounds every month?"
There are people in the court who are easy to do, and Xu Ning has no intention of pursuing an official career. He just wants to get more money to run the Shen family. But if Liu Jin rises to prominence, he will have a bigger backer, and it will be easier to do whatever he wants.
"My dear nephew, are you serious? If you can get it every month, that would be great. I will buy it from you in the name of the government. I will buy it in Daliang, fifty taels of silver per gram, and I will give you eighty taels of silver." One gram, what do you think?”
Since it was using public money anyway, Liu Jin did not recommend letting Xu Ning earn more.
And now that there is a war with Daliang, even if you have money, you can't buy it. At eighty taels of silver per gram, Liu Jin doesn't think it is expensive at all.
Xu Ning naturally agreed wholeheartedly, and the cheap uncle was quite considerate of himself.
Eighty taels of silver per gram, one pound is 4,000 taels of silver, and eight pounds is 32,000 taels of silver.
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Xu Ning had no intention of converting the silver into gold and bringing it back to modern society to sell. He would have to spend money in another world, and he was planning to move to the Zhou Mansion.
When the time comes, we will also need to purchase maids, slaves, and servants to look after the home. It will cost a lot, so we have to leave some money here.
