"You, you are, ah! Xie Lian!" Ling Qingyu stared at the man in front of him for three minutes before remembering that this man met once in Galle.
"Miss Ling is so interested, why don't you come to my place as a guest?" Xie Lian sat down beside her, ordered a drink, and asked.
Ling Qingyu chuckled, thinking, who remembers who you are, I forgot it long ago.
"Miss Ling is here this time, do you have any goods for sale? Our Katak family also has a business here." Seeing her perfunctory smile, Xie Lian said directly.
Is that right? It's nothing to say. Ling Qingyu put down his cup and said, "I brought a lot of silk and porcelain this time. I wonder how much brother Xie can eat?"
"It seems that Miss Ling sold it at a good price in Galle." Xie Lian smiled and said, "If I can't swallow your goods, I'm afraid there will be no one else in Calicut."
"8,000 bolts of silk, 8,000 bolts of yarn, 3,000 bolts of high-quality silk, 4,000 bolts of medium silk, 5,000 bolts of silk, 1,000 bolts of Huapingluo, 400 bolts of red silk, and 500,000 pieces of porcelain." Glancing at Xie Lian's staring eyes, Ling Qingyu said with a smile: "There are also some books, embroidery and needlework. I wonder how much you want, Brother Xie?"
Xie Lian, who was originally calm and composed, was sweating on her forehead, but she was not surprised, but happy. She was about to answer, but was interrupted by a person who rushed straight over.
"I want half!" Aixi said out of breath, and slapped the stone table next to Ling Qingyu, and then cried out in pain.
"Half, can you eat it?" Xie Lian asked with a soft smile.
Aixi's dark-skinned face blushed unconsciously, and she gritted her teeth and said, "I can exchange things."
"Miss Ling, why don't we go to my firm and talk in detail?" Xie Lian stood up and said gracefully.
"Aixi?" Ling Qingyu was also stunned for a while before recognizing this person. How did this person get here so quickly? Then he smiled at Xie Lian: "Brother Xie, don't worry, Aixi helped me in Galle, can you give us some time to talk together?"
Xie Lian's smile froze for a moment, you asked two opponents to negotiate the price with you
"Well, the weather is nice today, let's have a drink first?" Realizing her mistake, Ling Qingyu laughed. I don't want to be tied to the two of you. Naturally, the highest price wins. It's really not easy to go to the ocean.
"I have 100,000 catties of spices, and I can give them all to you." Aixi paused, knowing that she was a little anxious, but she received the message as soon as she came back. It is not easy to raise so much money in a short period of time, but If he can borrow the goods of this big Zhou merchant, then he can start a business without capital.
"Then, Miss Ling, let's chat with him first. My business is not far ahead. I'll ask the servant to wait there. If the girl is free, come here. Is that okay?" Xie Lian smiled. Aixi is just a fallen nobleman, what can he buy with that little money? He wasn't worried about how much business Aixi could steal, so he might as well be more generous.
"Yes." Ling Qingyu replied with a smile. If this person is not from the Xie family, he can be handed over, what a pity.
"Girl, if you trust me, I can let you get the best benefit." After Xie Lian left, Ai Xi sat opposite Ling Qingyu and said.
"Oh?" Ling Qingyu raised his eyebrows, and only then began to look at him squarely.
"The girl must know that I don't have much money." Aixi showed her white teeth and said with a sincere smile: "But the girl is the first to come, right? You are not familiar with the situation here. It is wrong to sell all the goods to Katak The easiest way, but you lose at least half of your profits."
"Just like in Galle?" Ling Qingyu asked with a little interest.
"In Galle, if you can go two more times, the price can be increased by at least 30%." Aixi said honestly, that's why Adi gave him 10% as a reward.
Knew it! Ling Qingyu cried hard in his heart, and then smiled: "You tell me this now, how can I believe you?"
"I can help you sell everything at a high price, and then buy the goods you want at a low price." Seeing Ling Qingyu's probing look, Aixi cracked her mouth and said with a smile: "However, I want 10% of the total value in return. "
Brother, you can just say that you are a pimp! Ling Qingyu slandered, then smiled and said, "How do I know that your price is higher than mine?"
"You can ask about the price of Katak first, and then we will meet here before dusk in the afternoon, and I will tell you the price I can sell." Aixi said with a face full of white teeth sincerely.
"Yes, my ship can hold 10,000 shi of goods, and you can also help me figure out how much I can carry?"
Ai Xi took a breath, he was shocked when he saw the Fengshen, such a big sea ship, he had never seen it before, ten thousand stone! According to Da Zhou's calculation, even if their ship came from the Red Sea, it would only hold eight hundred stones at most.
"I see." Looking at the sky, Aixi said to Ling Qingyu: "Please wait for me, Miss Ling."
"Okay." Ling Qingyu nodded, watching Ai Xi's vigorous figure disappear from the crowd in two clothes, beckoned to Xie Lian's servant, and said, "Is it okay to visit Mr. Katak now?"
Xie Lian's firm is located on the side of the intersection in the very center of the city. It is a lotus-like building, magnificent.
Entering the inner room, the floor is covered with marble, which is very light, and it feels cool to walk on it with bare feet.
Yan San and Yan Qi were not used to bare feet, but seeing the depth of the courtyard, they still refused Ling Qingyu's offer to wait outside, took off their boots, and followed Ling Qingyu.
Ling Qingyu snickered, who told you two not to wear the sandals, and wear these scorching boots every day, look, feel sorry for your smelly feet!
Walking through the long corridor, I arrived at a circular house at the back. The empty hall inside was just a hall, with some soft seats on all sides, leaving an open space in the middle. At this time, there was a dancer in a gorgeous dance dress dancing in the middle.
The dancer's waist was plump, and with the accompaniment of the musicians beside her, she wriggled in various poses like a boneless one. There were gorgeous gold ornaments on her head, body, and hands, which brought out layers of golden light.
Xie Lian sat alone on the soft seat under the window, and when she saw Ling Qingyu and the others coming, she raised her glass as a signal.
Ling Qingyu found the most comfortable looking soft seat not far from Xie Lian and sat down, then motioned Yan San and Yan Qi to sit down too.
The servants brought abundant fruit food and drink.
Ling Qingyu picked a grape and ate it, and said with a smile, "Brother Xie is really comfortable here."
"If you like it, why don't you stay?" Xie Lian seemed to relax in her own territory, with a faint smile on her lips, she said lazily and casually.
"Let's talk about it when I don't want to go to sea that day." Ling Qingyu put a cushion behind his waist and smiled.
Xie Lian smiled and clapped her hands. The dancers in the middle retreated, and a very graceful and beautiful dancer came up and began to sing and dance.
The singing was high-pitched and beautiful, and the dancing was fierce and graceful, and Ling Qingyu saw the gods unconsciously. At the end of the song, he applauded excitedly: "Good voice, good dancing!"
"If you like it, I'll send her to you." Xie Lian smiled.
Seeing the dancer's eyes darken, Ling Qingyu hurriedly said: "Don't, I'll come to your place to enjoy it when I have time."
Xie Lian smiled and didn't mention it anymore, and asked leisurely: "Miss Ling, have you thought about it?"
"You didn't even ask for a price, how could I think it through so quickly?" Seeing that he still opened his mouth, Ling Qingyu laughed too.
"Two hundred thousand taels of gold and five hundred thousand catties of spices, is that okay?" Xie Lian laughed.
Yan Qi's heart trembled. This was the first time he came out with Ling Qingyu to discuss business. It used to be Yan San and Yang Zhao, but today Ling Qingyu left Yang Zhao on the boat and brought him out. Unexpectedly, What a world!
Ling Qingyu calculated in his mind that the 500,000 jin of spices, according to the market price here just now, is about one million taels of silver in total, but that is the market price, and the wholesale price is logically lower, so it is counted as 80 taels of silver. Ten thousand taels of silver, two hundred thousand taels of gold is two million taels of silver, which is less than three million taels of silver, and the cost is 160,000 taels of silver, which is less than twenty times the profit, which is not worth it.
Seeing Ling Qingyu's expression, Xie Lian said again: "Miss, you can think about it. If you transport those spices to the Red Sea, you can sell them for three or four million taels. If you ship them back to Dazhou, they will probably cost five million taels. Now they are stuck." Likat, there is no other company that can produce so many spices." These goods are all reserved for the Xie family's ship, but the Xie family's ship has not come for a year, and now there is something about Sur, it is better to empty it.
"The scenery here is nice. I want to stay for a few more days. Brother Xie won't be in such a hurry, right?" Sighing, Ling Qingyu said again: "To tell you the truth, brother Xie, our journey is also dangerous. If you want to earn more money, you should clear?"
Xie Lian laughed and raised her glass as a signal. Another dancer came up to dance below, and the two stopped talking about business, and started talking about Da Zhou's affairs.
In the afternoon, Ling Qingyu left and came out. People here are used to sitting on the floor, even if there is a soft back, it is tiring work.
On the way to the tea stall, there was a knife shop. Ling Qingyu walked in seeing the exquisite Arabic knives hanging outside.
When she entered the store, she saw a room full of Damascus knives, which dazzled her eyes with their gorgeousness and exquisiteness.
Yan San was famous as Lu, and had those peerless swords, which was fine, but Yan Qi couldn't help but get excited. The warriors were all good at their weapons. These knives were extremely sharp, and the patterns on them were composed of countless small sawtooths. What a killer weapon.
Ling Qingyu glanced at Yan Qi, and then signaled to the shopkeeper to bring out the best, and the shopkeeper took out a long tray from the inner room, and put five knives of different lengths in the tray.
Ling Qingyu took out one casually, only to feel the cold light rushing towards his face, he couldn't help shaking, and quickly inserted it back, the handle and scabbard were inlaid with gold and gemstones, and patterns were painted with enamel, gold and silver interlaced silk, etc. , Exquisite.
"How much?" Ling Qingyu asked.
The boss wrote a thousand Arabic numerals. Ling Qingyu took out a copper coin and put it on the number. The boss shook his head, touched a gold coin and put it on the number.
"One thousand gold coins? So expensive? You bully me, a foreigner!" Ling Qingyu couldn't help but shouted.
The boss also chattered excitedly, Ling Qingyu couldn't understand a word, and said to him: "Wait a minute, I'll find someone who can communicate with you!"