Thirteen cents per catty, four cents higher than the price he sold in bulk.
Don't underestimate these four cents. Four cents per catty seems inconspicuous, but every time Xu Ling sells vegetables, he sells them for hundreds of catties.
With hundreds of acres of land, it is easy to sow cabbage. It will mature in five or six days. If it can be sold for thousands of kilograms, he can earn an extra four taels of silver.
Seeing Xu Ling's hesitation, Wang Shuanbao thought that he didn't know how to settle accounts, so he took out his abacus and beat it, preparing to persuade him.
But Xu Ling said, "The price given by Shopkeeper Wang is good, but I'm going to Quanzhou in a few days. I'm afraid I'll be delayed for half a month every time I come back. I wonder if Shopkeeper Wang can afford to wait?"
Wang Shuanbao frowned and smacked his lips, "What are you doing in Quanzhou, Mr. Xu? The cabbage you sent today can only last for two or three days. How can you afford to wait!"
Those literati said that eating meat and fish was not elegant, and when jealous cabbage became popular, the first thing it gained was the popularity of scholars. Ordinary diners pay attention to eating well, but they pay attention to eating well.
The taste of water spinach is light and green, and it implies innocence, which suits the hearts of those literati and poets who claim to be innocent.
Xu Ling smiled and said, "I wonder if shopkeeper Wang can bring me the food list so I can take a look?"
Although Wang Shuanbao was puzzled, he asked the waiter to bring one and handed it to Xu Ling.
"Your Excellency, you still know how to cook?" Seeing that Xu Ling knew how to read, his name for Xu Ling also changed.
Xu Ling glanced at the food menu at Guoyuelou. There were at least forty kinds of hot dishes, cold dishes, soups and staple food, including everything from swimming in the water to flying in the sky to running in the mountains.
He pushed the food list to Wang Shuanbao, pointed to one of the old duck soups and said: "Duck soup with radish and cabbage is good for nourishing the body and qi. It is suitable for nourishing in autumn."
"Chinese cabbage with winter bamboo shoots is also a good food for replenishing qi and extending life."
"These two dishes are for those elegant diners. If that's not enough, I can tell Shopkeeper Wang some more."
Wang Shuanbao was stunned, thinking that Xu Ling was trying to show off, but he didn't expect that he really understood!
Suppressing his excitement, Wang Shuanbao rubbed his hands and said, "What about the diners who are not very elegant? How do you eat weed?"
Xu Ling glanced at him and thought he was stupid for not saying anything.
He pushed the food order back and said, "There is no shortage of cooks in Shopkeeper Wang's restaurant. I thought to myself, diners love to eat cabbage, so you have to find a way to make flowers out of the cabbage. Otherwise, no matter how good the cabbage is, you will get tired of it sooner or later." ”
"Brother Xu Xian, in my opinion, we can continue to negotiate. Look, you don't just sell cabbage. In this way, I will increase the price by another 20% for you. No matter when, we have to buy your vegetables from Yue Lou. It’s 40% higher than the market price!”
Wang Shuanbao knew that he couldn't catch the wolf if he couldn't let go of his children, so he spent a lot of money on Xu Ling.
"As long as Brother Xu Xian can provide us with a stable supply from Deyuelou and occasionally come up with ideas, won't this business be successful?"
Wang Shuanbao twirled his mustache, not worried at all that Xu Ling would refuse. Lingbao Town has a population of tens of thousands, and with the businessmen and tourists coming and going, there is no shortage of business.
But it takes a lot of effort to start a restaurant business here.
Wang Shuanbao was focused on the restaurant business. He thought that even if his colleagues wanted to make a contract with Xu Ling, they would not be willing to spend the money like him!
Xu Ling no longer hesitated and agreed.
There is so much space and land that cannot be wasted. It is not difficult to grow cabbage. Just dig a few ditches, make ridges and sow seeds, let the spring water irrigate by itself, and there is no need to catch insects. The money you get from selling it is like getting it for nothing!
If you don’t make money, you are a fool!
In response to Xu Ling's order, Wang Shuanbao asked two scholars to come as witnesses for them. If there was a dispute, if there was a middleman to testify, he could go to the government to litigate the case.
Xu Ling pressed his fingerprints and signed his name.
Since then, we have been partners with Wangyue Tower.
"Brother Xu Xian, what are you going to do in Quanzhou? If it's convenient, tell me. I also know a lot of people in Quanzhou. If anything happens to Brother Xu Xian, I can take care of him."
Wang Shuanbao asked with a smile on his face.
Xu Ling didn't hide anything from him and told him that he wanted to do some freight business.
There are three famous things in Lingbao Town, one is Lingbao Temple, the other is the many academies, and the third is the porcelain here.
The porcelain clay was excavated from Qinghe Town and transported to Lingbao Town. Numerous kilns outside the city burned the kilns day and night, and then sold them to outside businessmen and transported them to other places for sale.
Xu Ling inquired and found that most of the porcelain fired in Lingbao Town were plain and single-color glazed porcelain, with a complete range of shapes. Most of the merchants who came and went here came to buy porcelain.
Wang Shuanbao heard this, pondered for a moment, and asked Xu Ling how many ships he had, how many workers he had, and what type of ships they were.
Xu Ling lied: "I only have one ship. There are not many workers, only three. The ship is of medium size."
Wang Shuanbao shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Brother Xu Xian just came out to do business, and he doesn't know the way around it yet!"
Xu Ling quickly asked him, "Brother Wang, how do you say this?"
"I own a restaurant, and I am a businessman. Not only am I familiar with it, but I know a little bit about the way in which porcelain is shipped. Brother Xu Xian, you only know one thing, but not the other."
"The porcelain in our town is indeed cheap, and the water transportation is convenient, which attracts businessmen to gather here. But do you know how many layers of porcelain will be lost when transporting the porcelain?"
Xu Ling shook his head, "I really don't know."
Wang Shuanbao gestured with three fingers.
"At least 30%!"
"This is still a small amount. If you encounter a large ship traveling with you, and they don't like you, they deliberately bump into you on the river. Not to mention the loss of porcelain, if the ship is destroyed and everyone is killed, he is not worth it!"
Xu Ling listened carefully. Is there such a thing? He is indeed ignorant.
He originally thought of relying on space to transport the porcelain to other places for sale, so naturally he never thought about these issues.
But it wouldn't do him any harm to hear more of Shang Haier's intrigues.
No wonder he saw the ships carrying porcelain at the dock. Most of them were large ships, and the porcelain was carefully wrapped in hay.
The wholesale price of a porcelain bowl in Lingbao Town is only a few cents. After many layers of transportation, how much can it be sold for elsewhere?
Wang Shuanbao's original intention was to persuade Xu Ling to give up this business, but unexpectedly, he strengthened Xu Ling's heart.
Thanking shopkeeper Wang again and again, Xu Ling pushed the cart and left the town.
When he left the town, others took the main road, but he took the small road. When he reached a deserted place, he put his things into the space and went in himself.
Since the accident, he has no plans to rent a house in the town.
Even if I want to settle down in the future, I just want to buy my own small home.
Xu Ling counted his income from the past few days and sold almost a thousand kilograms of cabbage, more than two hundred kilograms of pumpkins, and several hundred kilograms of radishes, onions, and leeks.
Adding up the bits and pieces, I actually made sixteen taels of silver.
If the space had such a large area from the beginning, why would he rack his brains to sell Qiuli paste?
The price of vegetables is low, but he has no cost, and all the money he makes is his own. If you calculate it carefully, it is a good business.
Looking at the more than three acres of cabbage field replanted in the space, Xu Ling planned to sleep a little less today and try to open up another piece of land...
By the way, try your luck and see if you can dig out jade pieces.
