"Da Lang."
The leader, Master Biao, suddenly smiled when he saw Lu Yuan, especially the big backpack behind him.
He walked unceremoniously to the backpack, opened it, took a look, and pushed aside the worthless rabbit skins. When he saw the wild yellow dog skin inside, his eyes lit up and he sighed: "There are three big skins, sir. I have gained a lot in these two months.”
"It's all thanks to Master Tuo Biao." Lu Yuan said a few compliments, but he was cursing secretly in his heart. He seemed to be bleeding this time when he met this skinny ghost.
Master Biao laughed twice, put down the lid of his backpack, looked at him and said: "You know the rules, 30% of the goods are protected as protection fee. The leathers you have here are worth two taels of silver in total. This time, the protection fee is six taels of silver." "
"The villain understands."
When Lu Yuan heard the other party's asking price, his heart was bleeding. Looking at the smiling Master Biao in front of him, he wanted to kill him with a knife.
But seeing the opponent's strong physique and the three or five horses behind him, this crazy idea was extinguished in an instant.
Although he is an Orion and his skills are pretty good, it is obviously a joke to say that he can defeat three or five strong men alone.
Not to mention that this is the city and the other party's lair. If something happens to them, the Black Wolf Gang will come immediately after receiving the news.
When the Black Wolf Gang cooperates with the government, I am afraid that I will not be able to get out of the city and will be captured by the other party.
Therefore, it is impossible to take action. Only by paying the protection fee honestly can we maintain a stable business.
Lu Yuan honestly took out 540 copper coins from his arms, counted them carefully, and handed them to the other party.
One tael of silver is equal to ten coins, which is nine hundred coins. Six denarii is five hundred and forty coins.
When these copper coins came down the mountain, he knew that such two levels of exploitation would inevitably happen, so he had already prepared them.
"This is protection money. Master Biao, please keep it."
Master Biao took the copper coins and weighed them. His eyes glanced at the remaining copper coins in Lu Yuan's hand. There was a trace of greed in his eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.
Although the other party has a lot of money left in his hands, maybe a few hundred coins.
But what they do in this line of work is a long-term and steady flow of work.
If the exploitation is too much at this time, it will be fishing in the lake, and it is very likely that this kid will not come to the county to do business in the future.
After all, few people can stand the exploitation of others.
Everyone has to live.
You are now ripping off others and not leaving a penny left.
What to do with the other person’s life?
Don’t buy rice, salt, and trivial things in life; don’t you save money to marry a wife and have children?
Moreover, the hunter profession involves working with ferocious beasts and fighting all year round, so there is a certain degree of ferocity and bloody nature. If you don't give these people a way to live, they will naturally not give you a way to live.
Master Biao would not think that the obedient and honest boy in front of him was really as timid and cowardly as he appeared on the surface.
Maybe secretly, Da Lang had been planning to stab himself to death.
Therefore, Master Biao, who was very confident in his heart, took the money into his arms after confirming that the protection fee was okay. He patted Lu Yuan's shoulder with his other hand and said, "Yes, pay the money honestly. Other people who don’t have a long-sighted mind are much more at ease. Well, just go about your business with peace of mind.”
"Yes, I know, little one."
Lu Yuan continued to smile, resisting the urge to chop this man to death with a knife, and sent him away in a fool's errand.
…
After paying twice in a row, no one finally bothered me anymore.
Lu Yuan, who had paid the protection fee in full, was heading towards a familiar fur store with a backpack on his back.
"Shopkeeper Liu, you are in charge. The skins of mine are basically complete, with not many nicks or scars, and the coat color is also very shiny, but they are all high-quality goods."
In the Sitong Store, Lu Yuan took out a few pieces of leather from his backpack and tried hard to sell them to a fat and smiling shopkeeper in front of him.
Listening to his story, shopkeeper Liu couldn't help but nod his head, humming in his mouth, but his eyes shone with a hint of greed and cunning.
After Lu Yuan finished speaking, shopkeeper Liu touched the leather, feeling the delicate texture, and said leisurely: "It is indeed top-quality goods, but these leathers are originally low-grade leathers that are not very valuable.
Inferior goods, no matter how high quality they are, are not worth much.
Not to mention, there are still many incomplete pieces among your skins. "
Lu Yuan's heart sank.
The other party's words were nothing more than two words: lower the price.
However, he had already expected this, and it was acceptable as long as he didn't press too hard.
So I simply asked: "How much price is the shopkeeper willing to pay?"
Shopkeeper Liu chuckled and stretched out two fingers: "Two taels of silver."
This price, just like what Mr. Biao said before, is indeed almost the market price, but it is also the lowest price.
How could Lu Yuan accept this, so he shook his head: "It's too low. I have to add more, otherwise I would rather go out and set up a stall to sell it myself."
Although Sitong Trading Company specializes in the fur business, they are the largest in the county and can even be said to have a monopoly on the business.
But in addition to shops, retail traders are not prohibited from setting up stalls in markets to sell by themselves.
Lu Yuan had already paid enough protection fees to the city gate tax collector and the Black Wolf Gang, and followed the rules honestly.
Therefore, even if the people behind Sitong Trading Company must be inextricably linked to the Black Wolf Gang, it is impossible for the Black Wolf Gang to take action and continue to come over to embarrass him, a person who has already paid protection fees.
So it would be feasible for Lu Yuan to set up a stall to sell furs by himself.
But in this case, it would be impossible to sell all the leather in hand in a short time. It would take at least two or three days to set up the stall.
And in this case, he would have to spend money to live in the city, which would be another expense during this period.
Therefore, in order to save money and trouble, most of the hunters who sell furs go directly to large shops like Sitong Trading Company to make a one-time large-scale transaction.
Of course, if the fur shop lowers the price too hard, the hunters will not really be taken advantage of and suffer losses. I would rather be tired and troubled than set up a stall to sell goods.
After all, those are furs that you risked your life to get. Who would be willing to sell them at a low price?
Shopkeeper Liu also knew this, so after seeing Lu Yuan's face, he pondered for a moment and shook his two fingers: "Add up to two hundred more coins."
Two thousand copper coins.
Lu Yuan calculated the other party's bid. It was similar to the previous transaction price. This should be the other party's bottom line. It was impossible to raise the price higher, so he nodded and said: "Okay, deal."
Shopkeeper Liu's face immediately relaxed and he ordered the clerk to take away the furs. He then took out the money from the counter and delivered it, thus completing the transaction.
Lu Yuan complained secretly in his heart.
The city entry tax was one hundred coins, the protection fee was five hundred and forty coins, and the leather was sold for a total of two thousand coins, so only a profit of one thousand three hundred and sixty coins was made.
After two months of hard work, the original person and himself could only earn one to two to five dollars.
On average, less than one tael a month.
The coolies who do hard work in the city earn more than one tael a month.
This is really...
"Sure enough, with a status like Orion's, he really doesn't deserve to be a human being!"
Lu Yuan lamented in his heart, but he became more determined that he must get rid of the restrictions of this identity as soon as possible.
Otherwise, it would be too uncomfortable to be constrained in doing things.
