From the two big beggar brothers, Shao Yunan learned that the big boss of the "Butterfly Makeup Pavilion" seems to be from the capital city. There are several shops in Yongxiu County, covering jewelry, cloth, catering and other aspects. The largest restaurant in Yongxiu County "Yizhang" "Xuan" is also owned by this person, but this is not the reason why Shao Yunan chose "Butterfly Makeup Pavilion". It is said that this big boss is still a kind person. During festivals or disaster years, "Yizhangxuan" will give porridge. An important bridge in Yongxiu County was also built with money. In short, this big boss not only knows how to do business, but also looks good in character.
If you want to do business, you have to choose the right partner. Shao Yun'an has no power or power. In modern society, doing business requires relationships, let alone in ancient times when human rights were not guaranteed at all. To put it bluntly, Shao Yun'an just wanted to find a suitable thigh for him to hug. The big boss in the capital has thicker thighs than the local boss. Let's not talk about building a relationship with this big boss in the future, as long as we can cooperate with people under his banner, it will be a little more secure. Of course, he wouldn't blindly hang himself from a tree.
Shopkeeper Zeng politely brought Shao Yun'an to the second floor. There are also a few shelves on the second floor, but both the fineness of jade and the exquisiteness of gold and silver jewelry are one or two grades higher than those on the first floor. Shao Yun'an glanced roughly, and then followed shopkeeper Zeng into a compartment, which should be the place where shopkeeper Zeng works.
"Please sit down."
"Thanks."
Shao Yun'an sat side by side with shopkeeper Zeng across a tea table. After a while, Xiao Er came up with tea. Shao Yun'an was really thirsty, thanked him again, picked up the celadon tea bowl, flipped the lid of the tea twice, and took a sip. The tea here is all sencha, which is rarely drunk in modern society, and Shao Yun'an is also incapable of accepting it.
After moistening his lips and throat, Shao Yunan put down the tea bowl and took out a black flannel bag from the cloth pocket on his chest. Shopkeeper Zeng took a second look at the "velvet" bag in his hand, and immediately directed Shao Yunan to another long table. Shao Yun'an got up and went over, and shopkeeper Zeng took out a piece of sheepskin. Shao Yun'an took out the contents of the flannel bag and put them on the white wool fur. Shopkeeper Zeng's eyes changed.
"This is… "
Shao Yun'an didn't answer right away, he took out the three jade pendants in the flannel bag and put them in order, then said: "Emerald green bean pendant. Four beans mean four seasons of peace; three beans are three yuan in a row, blessing The two beans represent the safety of mother and child. This jadeite jade is harder than ordinary jade, and its color is also strange. This set of pendants was obtained by my husband by chance. If I didn't need money urgently, I would not take it. Come out. Shopkeeper Zeng, look, how much is this set of rare jadeite with its rare shape worth? How many students hope that they can win three yuan, and how many pregnant women hope that their mother and child will be safe? These two items alone are enough to attract Lots of opportunities."
Jadeite entered the country from Myanmar only during the Qing Dynasty. In the Great Yan Kingdom in this world, there is also no jadeite. It is all nephrite jade produced locally. The colors are mainly white, blue, green, and yellow, and black and purple are rare. There is no such vegetable as beans in Dayan Country, and the green beans have a strange shape. Shao Yun'an has space in his hand, and he has money. Apart from eating, drinking and having fun, his favorite thing is to store things in the space. Gold, silver, and jade, Shao Yunan stored a lot in his space, and he usually put all the valuables he got in the space. He was poisoned by doomsday novels for a while, and he also collected a lot of various materials. If the times didn't allow it, he could have lived here for two lifetimes if he sold his collection in the space.
This set of emerald kidney bean pendants are beans, and he has three sets, as well as ice seeds, violets and other kinds. He bought them all from the Burmese jade market, and there are many other kinds of jade. The spirit stone milk in the space also has the effect of improving the quality of ordinary jade. Ordinary jadeware can become superior jadeware after absorbing Lingshi milk for a period of time. And the reason why Shao Yun'an got a set of jade bean seeds that are not available in this world is really because this set of pendants is the cheapest among his jade wares. And for future plans, he also specially took a set of jadeite jade wares that are not available here. As for gold and silver, all Shao Yunan collected were gold bricks and silver bricks, with "XX Bank" engraved on the back, which could not be taken out at all.
Shopkeeper Zeng carefully inspected them one by one, took another piece of white jade to test the sound, and looked at the color by the light outside the window. After half an hour, shopkeeper Zeng put down the pendant, and looked at Shao Yun'an with burning eyes: "Does Mr. Shao still have such emeralds in his hand?"
Shao Yun'an smiled wryly: "My husband and I are both farmers. If my husband hadn't had an adventure when he was in the army, this wouldn't have happened."
Shopkeeper Zeng's eyes were full of pity, and he stretched out five fingers: "Five hundred taels. I'll buy this set of pendants, as well as this string bean style."
Shao Yun'an felt ecstasy in his heart, and without moving his face, he said sincerely: "The shopkeeper Zeng is so sincere, I don't want to take Joe, five hundred taels, the deal."
Shopkeeper Zeng didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, and he hesitated: "Is this sure to be clean?"
Shao Yun'an nodded: "Of course. I just want to steal, and I have no place to steal it. Shopkeeper Zeng must have more than I have seen in the market."
Shopkeeper Zeng believed in his own eyesight, for this kind of jade had never been seen before in Yan Kingdom. Shopkeeper Zeng offered such a high price precisely because he had never seen it before. Five hundred taels of silver is a large sum even to shopkeeper Zeng, and even more astronomical to ordinary people.
The reason why shopkeeper Zeng said the high price of five hundred taels was because he had a premonition that this young man who called himself a "farmer" would not be a simple person, and his words and deeds were not like a farmer at all. This is the first transaction, and shopkeeper Zeng also expressed the intention of friendship.
"I need to write a contract. You can't disclose this model to others."
"No problem. But if it comes from the 'Butterfly Dressing Pavilion', then I cannot be responsible."
"nature."
Shopkeeper Zeng got up and went to find someone to write the contract. As soon as he left, Shao Yun'an rubbed his face vigorously. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, five hundred taels! It's worth five hundred taels! He bought this set of pendants for two thousand yuan! Five hundred taels is an absolute maximum value. He thought it would be good if he could sell it for one hundred taels. The ecstatic Shao Yun'an certainly never thought of giving away such a rare thing, and the reward he got was not something that can be bought for five hundred taels. Not to mention how much money can be sold for the green beans launched by "Butterfly Makeup Pavilion" in the name of imperial examinations and childbirth.
The style of Kidney Bean is simple, and it can meet the background of "Butterfly Makeup Pavilion". Even if others follow suit, "Butterfly Makeup Pavilion" can make a lot of money. Speaking of which, Shao Yun'an was at a disadvantage. But he didn't care at all.
In just a cup of tea, shopkeeper Zeng came back with two contracts in hand. Shao Yun'an read it over and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he signed the deed. Yan Guo's characters are not simply traditional characters. Shao Yun'an can understand many characters, but can't write them. There are also some characters he doesn't know, so he has to guess, but he can understand most of the characters, which is pretty good.
Shao Yun'an's mother was from a scholarly family, and his grandfather was very knowledgeable about the tea ceremony. Shao Yun'an was also influenced by it since he was a child. Later, when he had space, he planted tea, fruit trees, vegetables, and food in his own space. When he was in school, he started a tea business. Later, when he went abroad, he became obsessed with wine and started a wine business with his friends. Because of this, Shao Yunan likes tea tasting and wine tasting, and the taste of the things produced in the space is naturally incomparable, and he also has a bunch of friends like this. When tasting tea, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are indispensable hardware for pretending to be forceful. Over time, Shao Yun'an has also been cultivated with some pretentious characteristics, and this calligraphy must be one of them. Looking at Shao Yun'an's words, shopkeeper Zeng became more certain of his guess. Having been in business for decades, shopkeeper Zeng has his own vision.
After signing the contract, shopkeeper Zeng handed Shao Yunan a white jade plaque with a pine tree on the front and the word "Zeng" on the back. Shopkeeper Zeng said: "Every shop of my owner's in Yongxiu County will have a tree like this. Mr. Shao will go to these shops in the future, as long as he takes out this jade token, he can get the most affordable price."
Shao Yun'an really didn't expect such a good thing to happen, no wonder that big boss can make such a big business, just look at his subordinates, they know a thing or two, they are so good at life! Shao Yun'an clasped his fists in gratitude: "Thank you for the generous gift from the shopkeeper Zeng."
Shopkeeper Zeng took advantage of the situation and said: "In the future, if Mr. Shao has other rare items that you want to sell, please don't hesitate to choose 'Butterfly Makeup Pavilion'."
"Of course."
After another polite exchange, Shao Yunan accepted ten fifty taels of silver ingots embarrassingly. At this time, the circulation of banknotes was not so extensive, and only merchants used banknotes for the convenience of transaction payments. Exchange of bank notes is also very troublesome. Shao Yunan asked shopkeeper Zeng to exchange fifty taels of silver for one tael, five taels, and ten taels of loose silver, and also exchanged three copper coins. Shopkeeper Zeng kindly gave him a cloth bag. Shao Yunan stuffed fifteen taels of silver into his bosom, and left the Butterfly Dressing Pavilion with the heavy cloth bag in his arms. As soon as he left, the shopkeeper called a reliable subordinate, wrote a letter, and asked the subordinate to send the letter and three string bean pendants in a wooden box to the capital.
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With money in hand, don't panic. Shao Yun'an, who left the Butterfly Dressing Pavilion, bought a pannier on the street, and put the cloth pocket in it. The pannier was deep, and he used this movement to put the cloth pocket into the space. Then he went back to look for Wang Shijing with a basket on his back. Passing by a bookstore along the way, he turned in and came out with a pack of books and three sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones in his back basket.
In this way, Shao Yunan saw something on the way and wanted to buy it, so he bought it. He bought snacks and a bunch of seasonings at the grocery store. There are few types of food in Yan State, but the seasonings are relatively rich. The geographical location of Yongxiu County determines that the goods here are relatively complete.
Shao Yunan bought pepper, star anise, chili, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and other commonly used seasonings. After asking the owner of the grocery store, he went to the pharmacy and bought cinnamon, orange peel, fennel, etc. Here's something that can act as a condiment. Dayan Kingdom already knows how to extract soybean oil from soybeans, but it is more expensive. Shao Yun'an is rich now and bought a lot. He was also surprised to find that there are sucrose sellers here, but they are very expensive, and they are not called sucrose, but stone sugar, which comes in large chunks. A catty of stone sugar costs 500 Wen. Shao Yunan bought four catties of stone sugar and three catties of maltose. Maltose is very cheap, 30 Wen per catty, but it is only cheaper than Shao Yunan. As sugar that is not a necessity, ordinary people will not buy it.
He bought and bought all the way, especially when he passed by butcher stalls, such as ribs, pork ribs, pork belly, and hind legs, so that the butchers thought he was running a restaurant. When he met someone selling apples and pears, Shao Yunan bought fifteen of each, too much for him to carry. These things cost five taels of silver, the most expensive ones being soybean oil, meat, fruit and rock sugar. It's such a luxury here!
The farmers here grow food in order to survive. Few of them can grow fruit trees. Most of the fruits they want to eat are found in the mountains. Only rich families and rich officials would ask people to grow some fruits in their fields, and it was also for their own consumption. There were not many fruits that could be sold, and the prices were expensive. An apple here costs ten yuan, and a pear costs twelve yuan. Rare peaches and oranges are even more expensive. The peaches are wild peaches, sour, and the oranges are also sour. Shao Yunan didn't buy them. Shao Yunan didn't find any grapes for sale. I asked the fruit sellers that there are grapes here, but Yongxiu County does not produce grapes, only rich families can get grapes, and there are very few people selling grapes outside. Shao Yun'an can only comfort himself, at least he can show it out in the future.
There are many excellent grapes and tea seeds in his space. Because of the sky-defying space, as long as he has seeds, he can grow high-quality vines and tea trees. In addition, he, who was stimulated by the doomsday remarks, also frantically bought various grains, vegetables, fruits, flowers and other seeds. With seeds, land, and space, it is not difficult to plant them. The hard part is how to get them out. He can take a set of string bean jadeite pendants and say they were obtained by Wang Shijing's adventures, but he can't say that everything is an adventure. He can take out what is here.
There are tea and grapes here, he can find more varieties, and then tell the public to improve himself, then he can take out the grapes and tea leaves in the space. Shao Yun'an's ultimate idea is to make money from wine and tea, which is the industry he is most familiar with. Therefore, it is estimated that there will be no more acts of selling jade articles in the future, unless Dayan Kingdom also has jadeite. This feeling of being unable to use Jinshan is very sour.
The original owner looks good, not handsome, please apply the modern type of fresh meat. Fair-skinned and thin, he doesn't look like he was from a farming family, but the original owner is indeed a good farmer and has strength. But now the original owner has become Shao Yun'an, memory is always memory, and Shao Yun'an expressed helplessness in many tasks. Fortunately, the original owner had some strength, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to carry the things he bought to the place where he and Wang Shijing agreed to meet.
The place where the livestock are stored is relatively crowded and chaotic. Shao Yunan is carrying a bamboo basket and holding a large can of soybean oil in his arms, sweating profusely when he walks.
"Yunan."
Shao Yun'an heard the sound and looked, and immediately seemed to see a savior: "Come and help."
Wang Shijing, who had come back earlier, walked over quickly, first took the oil tank from Shao Yunan's hand, and then helped him unload the pannier with one hand. Seeing that the back basket was full of things, he asked, "Why did you buy so much?" What he wanted to ask was where the money came from.
"Well, I bought a lot of things, I'll tell you when I go back. I'm exhausted, have you bought anything yet?"
"All bought."
"Then go eat. I'm hungry. After dinner, I want to go to the cloth village again. Let's go back when we're done."
"… good."
Wang Shijing easily picked up the pannier, holding the oil tank in one hand, and Shao Yunan's arm in the other: "Put the things in the car first, and someone will see that they can't lose them. There are many people, so pay attention to your steps."
"Okay." Shao Yun'an was tired and hungry.
Wang Shijing led Shao Yun'an to the depository, and Shao Yun'an saw Wang Qing and Wang Ni standing beside the car looking up. Seeing him, the two children shouted in unison: "Little Daddy."
"Wait in a hurry. My little dad bought you delicious food, and I'll bring it to you when I get home."
The faces of the two children suddenly lit up, they were so eager. Shao Yun'an smiled: "Let's go eat first. Daddy will take you to a big meal."
"Yun'an." Wang Shijing called out, Shao Yun'an knew what he was thinking, and said proudly: "I'm not short of money now, let's go to 'Yizhangxuan' to eat!"
Wang Shijing and the two children were full of doubts. Wang Shijing meant that it would be fine to just eat a bowl of noodles or wontons on the street, but he couldn't hold back Shao Yunan, so he was dragged by Shao Yunan into Yizhang Xuan. Sitting at the table in Yizhangxuan restaurant, Wang Qing and Wang Ni were still in a daze. Let alone eating out, the two children have never eaten outside, not even a single steamed stuffed bun. Now sitting in such a grand and luxurious restaurant for them, the two patched children didn't even know where to put their hands.
The waiter at Yizhangxuan was the same as the waiter at Diezhuang Pavilion, he didn't show any disgust at the four people's clothes, nor did he refuse to let them in. Anyone who comes in is a guest, and if the other party really eats the overlord's meal, they have their own ways to deal with it.
Because many people are illiterate, there is no such thing as a menu in the restaurant, and the names of the dishes are all reported by the waiter. Shao Yun'an didn't let Xiaoer report, and he didn't know what the dishes were, so he asked Xiaoer to serve three meat dishes and three vegetarian dishes according to the famous dishes in the shop, a pot of good tea, a pot of good wine and two more. Snacks.
Wang Qing and Wang Ni's hearts were pounding, and Wang Shijing wanted to speak a few times, but Shao Yun'an stopped him with his eyes. After Xiao Er brought the tea, Shao Yunan filled the tea for Wang Shijing and the two children, and said, "Brother Shijing, you can eat with peace of mind. If I stay, I will be a part of this family. You will work hard to support the family, and I will do the same." .I have a way to make money, and I have already made some money, and our life will get better and better in the future."
Wang Shijing opened his mouth, and finally said: "Okay, if you have an idea, I won't ask too much. If you need to speak up, don't be polite to me. We are a family."
Wang Qing and Wang Ni stared at Shao Yun'an, and Shao Yun'an smiled: "Well, we 'now' are a family."
Wang Shijing's mouth tightened.