"I am a spice merchant. I deal in various spices in Nanyang. The day before yesterday, I saw someone selling the incense produced by you in Qingyuan. After asking around, I found Xinghua. There are incense sold in restaurants. But I don’t want to buy a plate of incense.” Hussein’s Chinese is very convoluted, and his words are far from smooth. People who have never heard it will have a hard time listening.
He Baozheng was very tired from listening, but he understood one thing. This foreigner came to his territory not to buy mosquito coils, so why did he come?
Liang Chuan smiled and said: "So we are in the spice business. Spices and incense are not the same thing. My dear Hussein, what you sell is food, and what I sell is something to repel mosquitoes. They are different!" Liang Chuan explained He asked about the purpose of mosquito coils and gestured with his hands.
"I understand, thank you for your kindness." Hussein's face was completely expressionless when he spoke, making it impossible to guess whether he was happy or worried, which made people very uncomfortable when talking about business.
"The mosquito repellent incense you made is very effective in repelling incense, and the price is very reasonable. It must not be very expensive. When I was in Nanyang, there were a thousand times more mosquitoes than you. I could be bitten to death by mosquitoes when I slept in the woods at night. , I believe your mosquito coils will have more market in Nanyang, and you can’t go to Nanyang. In that case, why not sell this formula to me, and you can pay a price!”
"That's not okay. This is the ancestral secret recipe of the He family. You can't tell outsiders casually!" This Ala is really rude. He will buy the formula directly from the beginning. Once the formula is obtained, he can produce as much mosquito coils as he needs.
A businessman is indeed a professional businessman. They had only launched mosquito coils for a short time, but his business acumen was very shrewd, and he immediately came looking for business opportunities.
Hussein's Liang Chuan said that this thing is a secret recipe passed down from his ancestors. He has stayed in the Song Dynasty for a long time, but he knows what this means. People in the Song Dynasty know that craftsmanship should be kept secret. Good craftsmanship will only be passed on to the next generation. Others can't learn it even if they want to. This means that He Baozheng is the only one who can produce mosquito coils, so this formula is even more valuable.
Liang Chuan didn't tell him why he, an outsider, could learn from He Baozheng's ancestral knowledge. . This is a cultural difference, and you can’t understand the details. .
There are many tropical rainforests in Nanyang, with constant rain all year round and high temperatures. This has resulted in a large number of mosquitoes in Nanyang. They are not only numerous but also very ferocious, capable of killing livestock. Therefore, there are many people in Nanyang. This kind of mosquito-repellent incense must have many uses, and the market will definitely be broad.
Not just in Nanyang, wherever there are people, many people are not used to sleeping with mosquito nets. Mosquito nets are not produced in all places. In these places, as long as they sell mosquito coils themselves, the sales volume will be adequate.
Hussein had already made a wishful thinking. He must get the mosquito repellent incense in his hand today no matter what. It would be equivalent to discovering a big gold mine.
His vision is more sinister than other businessmen. Although Nanyang has a hot and humid climate, Nanyang is also rich in various spices, so the sales of coiled incense here are actually divided into specific areas. The non-incense-producing areas will definitely be very popular.
Their oasis in the desert is where this kind of incense is really needed.
The only place with water in the desert is the oasis, which is a paradise for humans and even for mosquitoes, a creature that relies heavily on water to reproduce. Sometimes people find an oasis but have to endure the attacks of countless venomous mosquitoes. Even people and mosquitoes compete for land, and sometimes people are at a disadvantage.
With this thing, everything will no longer be a problem.
"Liang Chuan, I believe everything has a price. You are not a businessman, but my intuition tells me that you are better than us business people!" Hussein looked directly at Liang Chuan, who had a smirk on his face. He raised his hand and patted it three times, and the black slave standing behind him moved out a small wooden box.
It was indeed a big move, and he was determined to win as soon as he made the move! If you don't do loss-making business, this Ala's method may be useful to deal with business rookies like He Baozheng Zhaodi. After all, Liang Chuan is a newcomer who has eaten pork and seen pigs run away. How can he be confused by this kind of money offensive? ? Even if this box is full of gold, Liang Chuan is indifferent. Obviously, if this businessman is willing to use a box of gold to buy the formula, it means that the profit of this formula is far more than a box of gold.
Besides, I knew with my toes that this person wouldn't be so stupid as to spend a whole box of gold to buy a broken mosquito coil formula!
Sure enough, Hussein took out a small bag from the box. As soon as the bag was loosened, it was filled with eye-catching gold coins. He Baozheng was so excited when he saw it, his eyes began to shine, and he couldn't help but exclaimed. , what he earns now is copper coins, and he has no hope of earning gold in this life.
"This is ten taels of gold." Hussein believed that these country bumpkins had never seen so much gold in their lives. As soon as their gold coins were revealed, these greedy and short-sighted farmers would obediently offer their own formula.
Damn it, you only have ten taels of gold and you want to send me away? Liang Chuan scolded the Arab fiercely in his heart, but he pretended to be a coward and said greedily: "God bless! This... this... is this real gold..." and then made gestures with his hands. Touch the gold, fearing that it will run away.
Even He Baozheng couldn't stand Liang Chuan's exaggerated performance. He himself had never seen so much money, but he still stood up. Liang Chuan's appearance made money look like him!
Hussein's soul palpitated because he heard the word "Allah", which is their greatest god. He has never said the name of Allah, so how can he know Allah?
"Liang Chuan! Do you also believe in Allah?" Hussein was a little excited. As believers in Allah, one of their obligations is to spread the ideas of Allah to every corner of the world! Meeting a believer in God is like meeting your own brother.
Liang Chuangang just said casually. He didn't dare to joke about the beliefs of these Islamic people. There would be bloodshed, so Liang Chuan chose not to answer and just asked again: "Real gold?"
"It's enough money!" Hussein felt even more proud when he saw Liang Chuan's greed for money. Now even his face could not hide the ecstasy in his heart, "Liang Chuan, as long as you give me this formula, the contents in this bag will be gold is you
our. "
Liang Chuan's hand almost reached Hussein's money bag, but suddenly Liang Chuan's body trembled, and a large golden ingot rolled out from Liang Chuan's waist bag! This Yuanbao Jin is fat, tall, and has a lot of weight at first glance.
Hussein's eyesight was very good, and he had a pair of sharp eyes developed by doing business for many years. He could see that this ingot had twelve weights at a glance. The moment the ingot rolled out of Liang Chuan's waist bag, his face turned green. He himself had been tricked by this treacherous farmer from the Song Dynasty!
Not only did this kid look down on the bag of gold coins in his hand, but he had so much money on him. What was hateful was that this guy also pretended to be greedy to get him to take the bait. He was like a performing monkey. So ridiculous!
Even He Baozheng didn't expect that this kid Liang Chuan was so rich and would carry such a large ingot of gold with him! Unless he saw it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe that He Lu still had such a big gold coin, which was no less than the gold coins in Hussein's hand.
At this time, the expression on Hussein's face changed from red to green, and then from green to black. His lungs were about to explode. He tried to hold back and said calmly: "I didn't expect you to be a rich man too. I really missed it." .Although you are also very rich, I believe that no one will think that they have little money. These ten taels of gold are already a lot. You can buy a nice small house in Qingyuan. Think about it!"
Liang Chuan said: "My house will be built soon. Look, that house belongs to me." Liang Chuan pointed to his new house in the distance.
Hussein looked in the direction Liang Chuan pointed. Sure enough, there was a huge mansion under construction. The house was connected to the foot of the mountain. For a house as big as Qingyuan, it was worth buying it without even thinking about it. Let's put some miscellaneous things in a small room.
When Hussein saw the house, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty taels of gold!"
He Baozheng's heart was beating wildly as he listened to it. What kind of business were they talking about? Is the mosquito coil he sold so valuable? Twenty taels of gold is enough to build another small house.
Liang Chuan now has complete control over the situation. This believer in Allah has become a bit desperate and wants to get this formula regardless of the cost. I only need twenty taels of gold to build this house myself, and I have to pay the money now. This rich man is just giving me a pillow to sleep on.
Liang Chuan said nothing, Hussein gritted his teeth and was about to add more, saying that he could not leave empty-handed.
"Twenty-five taels of gold, no more!" Hussein's feathers were dripping with blood, but with this money, he could return by traveling to the Southern Ocean twice to sell spices in the Song Dynasty. It was worth it!
Liang Chuan didn't think much more. He never dared to dream of this price. However, Liang Chuan had other plans and did not directly hand over his trump card.
Liang Chuan said solemnly: "My dear friend, you are a guest from afar. Your fleet has traveled to every corner of the world. Your knowledge must be very broad. There are two things I have been looking for for many years and cannot find. Can you help me look for it? If you have these two things, and your price is lower, I will exchange this formula with you."
Liang Chuan's flattery made Hussein feel happy to the heavens. There is nothing else to say about him, just this vision. He claims to be a person who has seen the true face of the world. His ships have reached every corner of the world. If we say There are things in the world that he doesn't know about, maybe it's their ancestral mosquito coils.
When Hussein saw that Liang Chuan was seeking something from him, his mentality changed completely. If he was seeking something from himself, the business would be easy to do, and he would not be completely passive.
"God bless, your wish will come true. Tell me what you are looking for. If there is any, I will help you find it. My sailors have traveled all over the world. I will ask them to help wherever they go. You should look for it carefully."
The two things Liang Chuan was looking for were chili pepper and tobacco. These two crops, tobacco, have some production in the southwest, but Liangchuan has no connecting line to the southwest, so tobacco cannot be obtained. As for peppers, their origin is only in the Americas, not in the Song Dynasty.
Both of these crops were brought to Nanyang by sailors who arrived in America, and then introduced to China from Nanyang. I don’t know if there are such crops in Nanyang now. If so, after they were introduced and Liangchuan expanded production, their value is more than that of mosquito coils. This little thing is worth ten thousand times!
