Chapter 167: Profligate Merchant
Further ahead is Youzhou.
They are currently stationed at a small town on the edge of Youzhou. From the small town to Youzhou, there is about forty miles.
They had been tossing around Jizhou for half a month. They entered from Handan at first, passed through Xingtai, Julu, Shoucheng, and Wucheng, and then directly entered the jurisdiction of Youzhou.
At this moment, Lu Songli planned to sell most of the medicinal materials one after another. She had already told Qin Heng to send people to the main city of Youzhou to find out about buyers who could afford their batch of goods.
They went there with samples of medicinal materials, and not long after, the people who inquired about the information came back. Not only did they bring back the approximate prices of the medicinal materials they had, but they also brought back a list of buyers who were interested in trading.
Everyone was surprised when they heard that the price they got back was three times the purchase price. If you calculate it this way, they actually made twice the profit on this trip?
Some people are already secretly counting their fingers, calculating how much money they can get this time.
Their capital was the property seized in Qinglong Village. After calculation, if converted into silver, it would be about thirty thousand taels.
In fact, this amount of money is not that small. After all, Qinglong Village is a large village with more than 400 people. It eats a lot every day, and it raises bandits who eat and drink them all and have no idea of saving money.
Of the 30,000 taels, 20,000 taels were from the private treasury of the village owner Qiu Hai, and 10,000 taels were allocated from the large warehouse of Qinglong Village. Zhang Xian, the magistrate of Tonghua County, took away things worth 20,000 taels. Of these 1,000 taels, one thousand taels were various grains, which were added to the convoy.
Qiu Hai's private treasury was found by Qin Sheng and he directly rewarded them with 8,000 taels. Among them, Qin Sheng received 4,000 taels alone, and all members of the reconnaissance team shared another 4,000 taels.
The total amount of money that more than fifty of them can share is twenty-two thousand taels. In other words, if they successfully dispose of this batch of medicinal materials recently, can they get back 66,000 taels?
"That's a lot of money."
"Does business make money this way? Does it make money so fast?" someone murmured.
Is it much? Lu Songli didn't think so. She did a quick calculation and found that she could probably get around 5,000 taels. She personally felt that the rate of making money was still slow. Thinking about the painkillers she sold to Zhao Bin, she earned fifteen thousand taels in less than half a month. But there is no way, fat sheep are hard to come by. Just make do with it now, whatever you can earn is worth it, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.
Lu Songli said, "Don't think this is a huge profit."
Almost everyone looked at her, including the three brothers of the Qin family, Xu Zheng, Yang Wei and others. If it doubled in half a month, wouldn't it be considered a huge profit?
Lu Songli sighed in her heart, these honest children.
"Think about it, doing business is risky. When you go out, you will inevitably encounter various disasters and accidents, natural disasters or man-made disasters, such as bandits and bandits, etc. If you are not careful, you will lose all your money, or even lose your time. If we do, we will even risk our lives. Therefore, we have to include these risks in our costs. Just this risk value will increase the cost by 50%, isn’t it excessive?”
Everyone’s eyes widened even more, no, nothing happened along the way, so you have to factor in the risk value along the way?
Most people just thought about it in their hearts, but Lu Mingzhi muttered what was in his mind, "No, second sister, is this a bit too much?" He said clearly that they had a safe journey.
Everyone turned their heads and looked at Lu Mingzhi, their eyes full of admiration. In terms of courage, it has to be you, little brother Lu.
Qin Sheng next to him secretly gave Lu Mingzhi a tug.
Lu Mingzhi turned his head and looked at his second brother-in-law.
Qin Sheng lowered his head slightly and lowered his voice, "Stop talking and let your sister speak."
Lu Mingzhi:? ? ?
"Little brother, do you think I have increased the cost too much?" Lu Songli showed a loving smile to her stupid brother, "Our safe journey is all due to everyone's credit, and your second brother-in-law's credit. "
What happened to his second sister and second brother-in-law? Lu Mingzhi suddenly felt very full. Just now, the second brother-in-law asked him not to speak, and asked the second sister to say: Now the second sister specially brought the second brother-in-law out alone to praise him and support him.
Qin Sheng stood up straight, his back straightened unconsciously.
Qin Heng took over the conversation, "The sixth brother and sister are right. In fact, there are a lot of bandits and bandits in this area of Jizhou. Mainly there are forty or fifty people in our group, including thirty or forty strong men. They are very evil and look very ugly." It’s easy to mess with, and a lot of trouble is avoided.”
Lu Songli: "The most important thing is that everyone worked together to tear down Qinglong Village. The news of Qinglong Village being uprooted spread throughout Yanzhou and radiated to Jizhou. All the cottages in Jizhou should have heard about it. ”
You must know that those who engage in bandits and bandits have their own circles, and it is necessary to communicate with each other. Especially since Yanzhou and Jizhou border, the information is better.
Without this premise, even if Youzhou and Jizhou are bordering each other, it would not be that easy if it were another medicinal material dealer who wanted to bring this batch of medicinal materials safely out of Jizhou. It was they who used their strength to frighten these bandits so that they did not dare to act rashly.
Lu Songli guessed correctly. News came that Qinglong Village had been taken over. Their team also became famous. The bandits in Jizhou really avoided them like snakes and scorpions. This is the only businessman doing business in this winter, and it is easy to recognize.
Therefore, their convoy made such a big noise in Jizhou, and the copycat owners in Jizhou were as quiet as chickens.
Even though it was obvious that they were a big fat sheep, the bandit leaders could only drool in secret, but they persuaded themselves that this must be their trick to lure the enemy, too treacherous! Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, impulsiveness will lead to falling into the trap! Can't see-can't see-
They hypnotized themselves and pretended to be blind, not seeing Lu Songli and his fat sheep jumping around in their territory.
Qinglong Village is a lesson learned from the past. There were more than 200 young and strong men in Qinglong Village, but they were destroyed just by someone's words?
The people of Yang Wei's escort agency didn't react at first, but later they found out that it was a bit quiet along the way. There was no place in the whole Jizhou for them to show their business capabilities.
"So, we have achieved peace along the way by our own ability, but it does not mean that there is no risk. It is reasonable to increase the cost by 50%."
Everyone: OK, whatever you say, you are right.
Lu Songli continued, "And we have to take into account the losses along the way, and increase the cost by another 50%."
Brothers: profiteer! Even if they don't buy herbs along the way, they still have to take this road to Pingzhou. Is there no loss? She still regards these losses as costs and spreads them on the cost of herbs?
"After this calculation, do you still think we make a lot of money?" Lu Songli asked.
Everyone shook their heads. With your calculation method, no one dares to say that they make too much money.
Lu Songli nodded with satisfaction, "We deserve to make twice the profit, and everyone should accept it with peace of mind."
For this price, Lu Songli really didn't think that the other party gave too much. The middlemen make a profit. In fact, they killed a lot of middlemen. One middleman doesn't make much, but what about two, three, or four? With layers of increase, the price will go up? They buy at a low price, which is also their ability.
"Master, I think our herbs are of good quality and the price can go up." Xiao Wu said.
When Xiao Wu said this, many people took a breath. Unscrupulous merchants, making twice the profit is not enough? So, they are still too conscientious?
The others looked at him sideways.
Lu Songli smiled and encouraged him, "How much more do you think it can be raised?" Xiao Wu is one of her recent apprentices. She found that this young man is very smart and learns everything quickly. She is very happy to give him the opportunity to exercise and grow.
"I think it is okay to raise the purchase price at the place of origin by 50%, but I suggest that it be raised by 30% or 20%, which will be more conducive to our shipment."
"Wu Ren has thought very well, just do as he says!" Lu Songli made the final decision, "The price is set, everyone go and get busy, work hard for two days, and try to cash in all this batch of medicinal materials."
Everyone dispersed, Qin Sheng did not leave, and others would not leave.
Qin Sheng played a straight ball, "You treat Wu Ren a little differently."
"Is it?" Wu Ren, every time she heard this name, she wanted to laugh.
Qin Sheng looked at her smiling face dimly, and didn't understand why she would be very happy when she saw Wu Ren. Wu Ren is not as tall as him, his face is not as good-looking as his, his legs are not as long as his, and he is definitely not as nice to touch as him!
Lu Songli stroked her forehead. She could see that her baby was unhappy. God knows, she was just thinking about the Wu Ren mooncakes in the future! She found an opportunity later and took him to the grove next to her to comfort him.
