I saw the caravan man extending his hand in a gesture of invitation, and the man stretched out his hand towards the purple lambskin. He first stroked the sheepskin carefully, and you could tell from the way he played with the fur that he was an old fur trader! Looking at the expression on his face, you can tell that he is very satisfied with this purple lambskin!
After he appraised the fur, the two of them discussed the price! After some back-and-forth discussion, the merchant who was buying the goods gritted his teeth and nodded, probably because he was afraid of losing these purple lambskins if we couldn't reach an agreement! After the two high-fived each other, the waiter brought over a blank deed and pen and ink, and the two of them had to write the deed!
At this time, the person behind the merchant whispered a reminder, and the merchant slapped his forehead and started discussing with the people in the caravan again! Shopkeeper Hu knew that this caravan could get purple lamb skins, so there must be more leather goods. The businessman just saw the purple lambskin and was so happy that he forgot about it!
Sure enough, the people from the caravan opened the package and placed a few leather goods on it. There were sheepskins, cowhide, and even shopkeeper Hu saw an otter skin. The variety of goods was very complete!
The merchant opposite seemed to be a powerful person. After he repeatedly looked at the samples, he quickly finalized the price and quantity, and then the two parties began to write a contract.
While they were writing the deed, the clerk was not idle. He had already taken off the water sign they had hung up, written new words on it, and hung it up again. Shopkeeper Hu saw that more than half of the goods on the water sign were missing, and those purple lamb skins naturally disappeared without a trace!
Not long after, the deed between the two was completed, and as soon as the merchant who bought the goods stood up with a smile, someone else rushed forward impatiently!
As a result, under the eyes of shopkeeper Hu, five or six merchants sat on the same chair one after another. In less than two quarters of an hour, almost all the goods of a caravan were sold! Even the herbs they brought were eaten, leaving only two hundred bundles of horsetails that no one cared about!
Because horsetails are rarely used by ordinary people, either for making ordnance or making musical instruments, so they have never been sold! The leader of the caravan was also a smart man. He simply stood up and shouted to the caravan: "Two hundred bundles of ponytails, on sale at half price!"
Before he finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "Answered!"
The person who shouts quickly will naturally smile, and the person who shouts slowly will naturally shake his head and sigh! These two hundred bundles of ponytails can be resold for three times the profit! All it takes is some time!
And that caravan is not at a loss either! It may seem like they sold the ponytail cheaply, but they saved a lot of time! If they don't want to waste time, they can just go back on the same day. The cost of ten days and a half month here is much more expensive than those two hundred bunches of ponytails!
Then, under the watchful eye of Shopkeeper Hu, the caravan members and several buyers happily completed the deed, and then went upstairs to pay the tax together. After they go downstairs, their identity becomes the purchasing party!
Several people happily pointed around the water sign, and then were taken to their table by several enthusiastic businessmen and took turns sitting around. Then he signed a bunch of contracts and went up to the third floor again to pay taxes.
When they came downstairs, they were already debating whether to stay here for one night or whether to take everyone and go back immediately? Although the specific situation was not clear, shopkeeper Hu was sure that they planned to stay here for one night and take a closer look around Tianjin.
Shopkeeper Cui was deeply moved by the scene before him! Although this caravan is just a small caravan, the variety of purchases is also very limited. But they completed the sales and purchases of all goods within two hours, which is an incredible miracle compared to before!
According to shopkeeper Hu's experience, it would take more than five days at the earliest for a small caravan like them to complete the delivery of all items. Therefore, the advancement of this transaction method is simply a huge benefit to merchants!
And Shopkeeper Hu believes that the next time they come back, it will not be a small caravan with a few cars, but a huge caravan! Because there are not many people in the northwest who can get purple lamb skins, and if they get fifteen purple lamb skins at once, the people behind them must be very powerful, so the group of people in front of them are just testing the waters!
Shopkeeper Hu sat like this until nightfall. During this period, I also observed several transactions before leaving Deyi Tea House with unfinished satisfaction.
Wait until he leaves the teahouse
When I arrived, I discovered that Chen Ermao already had two playmates outside. This showed that there were many people like him who had just arrived in Tianjin. At least Chen Ermao and their friends had new employers!
Shopkeeper Hu was very satisfied with Chen Ermao's performance today, so he simply rewarded him with thirty coins, which was much more than originally planned! Chen Ermao accepted it with a look of surprise!
But if Chen Ermao could see shopkeeper Hu's inner thoughts through his kind face, he would probably be horrified! Because at this time, Shopkeeper Cui's heart has been filled with greed, and he wants to go back and tell his master that he must take Tianjin into his hands no matter what, and he will do it at any cost!
For a person like Chen Ermao who is not threatening and even useful, Shopkeeper Hu is gentle and polite, but when it comes to business competition, in order to earn more money, Shopkeeper Hu will do anything! Especially when his master Hu Zhiyu became the leader of the Zhizhuhui, he had greater ambitions. He wanted to be the shopkeeper of the largest business house in the world!
In the next two days, Shopkeeper Hu hired Chen Ermao to tour the entire fiefdom and surrounding areas. He even visited Tianjin City! After he felt that he had grasped all the situations, he rushed to the capital with his people.
When he appeared in front of Hu Zhiyu, his first words were: "Master, our opportunity to make a fortune has arrived!"
Hu Zhiyu had always felt at ease with this old shopkeeper, so he left all the family business to him. It’s because this person is calm and capable! So this was the first time he saw Shopkeeper Hu acting so gaffefully! Then he put down the tea cup and said, "Don't be anxious, speak slowly!"
Shopkeeper Hu also calmed down at this time. Slowly describe what I saw and heard in Tianjin. Moreover, this person was quite experienced. He did not add anything of his own to the story, but told it completely from a third party's perspective, so that it would not cause any trouble to Hu Zhiyu!
During the whole process, shopkeeper Hu had completely forgotten about tea! It wasn't until he finished speaking that he felt his mouth became very thirsty due to excitement! When he touched the tea cup, he found that the tea was already cold.
