Xie Si'an sat for a while and then left. Then Su Wan went to the warehouse to select fabrics so that Madam Zhang could be free to help make the cloak.
On the second day, Shang Wen, the second businessman, came to Shiqiao Village and Su Wan to report the situation.
“We carried our stuff all the way north, and when we reached a few towns in the north, we started selling the stuff we brought there, and we made a lot of money because of the price difference.”
"We sell the goods we brought over there and buy the goods there at the same time. Madam doesn't know, but there are also a lot of good things to the north. They are cheap there, but they are very expensive here."
"After the goods were cleared, the carriage was almost filled with goods sold over there, so we headed back."
Su Wan looked at the account book handed over by Shang Wen. It stated what price he bought here, what price he sold there, and then what he bought there. of the expenses of the cavalry on the road.
The writing is quite detailed.
“What price are you going to sell the thing for?”
"As for Madam, I have discussed it with my eldest brother. We don't have many things brought back this year. We are currently selling them in Guiyan City, Imperial City and Lanzhou City. We will send people to inquire about the prices first, and then send the goods there. .”
"It's better to find out clearly. After all, it's something you worked so hard to bring back. If you sell it cheaply, you will suffer a loss."
People who can afford wool have some financial resources after all, so they have no worries. People who can't afford it won't buy it, and those who can afford it don't think it's too expensive.
"I'm afraid that you will be too busy, so I have chosen someone for you. I have a steward from my previous shop named Lu Ling. You can leave all matters in the Imperial City to him in the future."
"Imperial City is a place to make money. I don't want to give up easily. You two must be the same way. It's just that the relationship over there in Imperial City is complicated. You two brothers don't know much about things there. Arrange a steward to be more careful. For appropriateness.”
Shang Wen nodded hurriedly when he heard the words: "Madam, you are thoughtful. There are only two of us, my eldest brother and I. We really don't have the skills to split our time, and we don't know much about things in Dongzhao. If there is a steward in the imperial city, that would be great." The best, this way, my eldest brother and I can do things more easily."
"If someone from the Imperial City can help, then one of my eldest brother and I will stay in Guiyan City and the other will go to Lanzhou City. After the current matter is over, we will need to find more people who can help."
Su Wan said: "Over there in Lanzhou City, you can ask Mr. Ji to come with you. Mr. Ji has been in Lanzhou City for many years and has many connections. With him taking care of you, things will be much easier to handle."
"As for the matter in Guiyan City, you can also ask Mr. Xie. You can take care of the rest of the matter. I will only see the results at that time."
Shang Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. After unloading the things last night, he was still discussing with his elder brother how to get this batch of goods out. After all, they were unfamiliar with the place. I'm afraid someone would come out after making money. Get a piece of the pie.
The brothers had encountered many such things in the Western Wei Dynasty before. Since they had no backing, they could only swallow their anger. In the end, they lost the family business that they had been running for several years, and the two brothers had to move away from home.
Now that Su Wan has taken action, he has dealt with these matters cleanly. In Dong Zhao, there are probably very few people who would dare not to give her face.
The Xie family is one of the four largest clans in Guiyan City. Mr. Xie will help guide the way. No one dares to come up and cause trouble for them.
Coming back to Ji Yunpu, after all, he used to be a member of the Ji family in Lanzhou City. Even though he has left the Ji family now, his old friends and contacts are still there. With him as a guide, this little business will not cause people to offend and cause trouble.
In this way, they are only responsible for selling goods, and there is no need to worry about other issues.
Shang Wen came to his senses and said hurriedly: "Madam, don't worry, my subordinates and eldest brother will definitely handle these things beautifully."
"Okay." Su Wan nodded, "You two brothers should also take this time to get to know more people around Mr. Xie and Mr. Ji. You can't trouble them every time in the future. I'll write you two letters. You Just take it with you."
"yes."
Su Wan turned around and went to the study to write two letters, one to Mrs. Xie, explaining the current situation and asking Mr. Xie for help, and the other to Ji Yunpu for the same reason.
Fortunately for Mr. Xie, he was just here in Guiyan City, just helping him. However, Ji Yunpu wanted to follow him to Lanzhou City. It was hard on him in such a cold weather.
Su Wan was thinking about what appropriate gift to thank these two families.
After she finished writing the letter, she wrote another copy of Lu Ling's address, dried it and put it in an envelope. Then she gave it and the account book to Shang Wen for him to take away.
Within two days, the merchant brothers started to take action and divided the goods into three batches. One batch was given to Xie Daxia to take people to the Imperial City, one batch was left in Guiyan City for sale, and the last batch was sent by Shang Wen and Ji Yunpu took him to Lanzhou City.
The weather is getting cold now. Although many people have prepared winter clothes early, but they have spare money at home and can afford to sell them. Who doesn’t want too many good things? And it hasn’t been winter long yet. If you buy it, you can make it immediately and it will be ready soon. Put it on.
Whether it is the Imperial City, the capital of a country, Lanzhou City, the state capital of Lanzhou, or even Guiyan City, a centuries-old city, the most indispensable thing is rich people, and the quality of the wool and fur brought back by the horse teams is also Not bad, so it sold quickly.
The Imperial City side was robbed in three days, the Lanzhou City side took five days, and the Guiyan City side took ten days.
The remaining medicinal materials and some odds and ends were also sold quickly, but within half a month, all the things I brought back were sold out.
Since it was already late November and there was not much big business done this year, the two merchant brothers came over with their account books and reconciled the accounts with Su Wan.
After settling the accounts, Su Wan distributed his two brothers' share of the money to them, and also distributed a hard-earned money to those who went with the cavalry this time. As for how the two merchant brothers and Lu Ling divided the imperial city She doesn't care about the share and how much to give to Daxia Xie.
Su Wan handed over the business to the merchants and gave them three-tenths of the profits. Naturally, she would not share another part. Although she helped find Lu Ling, it was a fact that the two brothers from the merchants were busy, so this The share will naturally be deducted from their side.
However, the deductions are only some shares from the Imperial City. The two brothers from each local merchant arrange a big steward, and even if they are given half or 10 percent, the merchant brothers will get a lot of money. .
When the business becomes bigger in the future, the money gained will be immeasurable.
