In the past, if a merchant brought a batch of goods to a certain city, he first had to rent a warehouse to load the goods, and then find an inn to accommodate the accompanying people, and then he could find someone to help him. Looking for buyers!
However, Yaren may not be able to master all the buying and selling information, and sometimes they even have to get information from other people, which will take even longer! Sometimes it is common for a transaction to drag on for ten days and a half, and you have to give the dentist a fee! Then factor in the rent of the warehouse and the price of human food and horse food, the cost is quite high!
Nowadays, there is a model like Deyi Teahouse. People who want to sell goods only need to hang up the water sign. When buyers see it, they can trade directly under the water sign. Not only does it save the dentist, but it is also a big deal. Speed up transactions!
Goods that used to take a month to be delivered may now have a buyer before they even get off the ship. This saves a lot of time and money! Calculated this way, even if a small business is sold at a reduced price, the profit will be higher than before!
As for purchasing, it’s even easier! If you have the goods, you can directly find someone to trade. If you don't have the goods, you can also find someone to make a contract and agree on a time for delivery. In this way, the buyer is guaranteed the source of goods and delivery time, while the seller is guaranteed profits and time. Everyone is happy!
Thinking of this, shopkeeper Hu got excited and asked, "Do you really not charge anything except tea?"
The waiter said firmly: "Don't worry, we don't accept anything here! Just keep an eye on the water sign!"
Shopkeeper Hu nodded excitedly when he heard this, grabbed a few pieces of silver from his purse and stuffed them into the waiter's hands, asking him to arrange a good seat! The clerk didn't take it seriously and directly arranged him to a seat in the middle of the hall.
The waiter collected the money and then brought tea and snacks. Shopkeeper Hu smelled the teapot vigorously and said, "It's actually Maojian!"
Looking at the dim sum, they are also ordinary goods, but they are made relatively cleanly. Seeing this, he felt that the waiter was right. Sure enough, the things here are very ordinary. The only thing that is extraordinary is the price! Did he know that he almost gave the clerk a tael of silver, but what he got was just these ordinary goods!
Then he sat down and looked around carefully, and saw one or two people sitting at each table, and their tables were extremely wide, larger than a normal square table, and filled with various things. sample. It seems like this is a trading center!
Shopkeeper Hu took a rough look around and found that the products on the tables around him were very complete! There are more than a dozen types of silk in various colors, including damask, Luo, silk, satin, crepe, silk, velvet, etc.! There are also various sizes of porcelain and even lacquerware on the table! And just from the appearance of these products, you can tell that they are all very good products!
Seeing such a complete range of samples, Shopkeeper Hu wanted to take a look around! But he had no intention of purchasing anything this time, so he could only hold back and sit down to avoid causing trouble to other businessmen.
After looking around, Shopkeeper Hu looked further away. He found that the entire teahouse had a zigzag structure, but one wall was left alone and became a place to hang a water sign. Moreover, the middle patio is huge, which means that not many people can sit on the second floor. It must be prepared for high-rollers.
Only then did he suddenly realize that the teahouse had three floors, but he could only see two floors. Thinking of this, he called the receptionist over and asked: "Man, I saw that this teahouse has three floors from the outside, but now I only see two floors. What is the third floor used for?"
The clerk said: "Part of it is the office of the officials at all levels of the fiefdom. The other part is the tax office. After the merchants complete the transactions below, they can go directly to the third floor to pay taxes."
Shopkeeper Hu nodded and said, "Does the Marquis leave a place for himself here?"
The waiter said: "Of course there is! But Lord Marquis has a lot of things to do, so he doesn't come here often."
At this point, the waiter said proudly: "Actually, many people who come here want to see the Marquis, but it is really difficult to see the Marquis! He exercises soldiers outside every day and also deals with local security. It’s very hard!”
At this point, shopkeeper Hu simply took out a few more pieces.
Yinzi came out and said, "Little brother, why don't you tell me more about the rules here. This is my first time here, and I'm not familiar with many things. If you break the rules, it won't be beautiful!"
The waiter looked around and found that the teahouse was peaceful and there was nothing special going on. Naturally, he was happy to take the reward and chatted with shopkeeper Hu. He told him the rules here in detail, and also told many anecdotes about Wu Ninghou.
Just when the two of them had been talking for about two-quarters of an hour, they heard a commotion outside the door and two people came in carrying bundles on their backs. When the guy saw this, he smiled and said, "It looks like another caravan has arrived!"
Shopkeeper Hu said, "How are you sure it's a caravan and not a ship?"
The guy said: "If it's a ship coming, how come there are only so few people carrying samples! Seeing as they only brought three packages, they must be from the caravan!"
At this time, another waiter led two people to sit down and had a detailed discussion with them. Later, I saw the waiter collect the tea money and contact the person to prepare the water tag, while the caravan people opened the baggage and spread it on the table. It's just that Shopkeeper Hu is a little far away from them, so he can't see clearly what it is. He can only vaguely tell that it seems to be leather goods!
So shopkeeper Hu turned his attention to Shuipai, ready to see what kind of goods they had. After a while, the first water sign was hung up, and it read: "Fifteen purple lamb skins!"
Shopkeeper Hu stood up in surprise when he saw it! It turned out that it was not black sheepskin, but purple lambskin! This is a rare and precious fur!
Then the second water sign was hung up, which read: "Two hundred bundles of ponytails!"
Seeing this, Shopkeeper Hu shook his head and sat down. This time he went to Shanxi to do some business and even made a trip to Lanzhou. After all his efforts, he only got six pieces of purple lambskin, which was barely enough to make a leather coat for his old man! But there were fifteen purple lamb skins placed in front of me. This can only show that after Tianjin opened its sea, it has attracted merchants from all over the world to come here! The business here will definitely be more prosperous in the future!
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Hu and the people around him stood up and moved towards the new table, but they all knew the rules and didn't move too far forward. Let the first merchant who approaches the table sit down. Be polite to the owner of the table.
