On the first day of arriving in Yanbian, the caravan reported the customs documents and went through the formalities. More than 40 people entered the inn, the goods were unloaded, and they were taken to the market to sell. You Miao finally stopped and was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
It’s been a good day at home, but it’s hard to go out for a while. You Miao seldom went out since she was a child. The only time she traveled long distance was from Liuzhou to the capital. Needless to say, the scenery was beautiful back then, how could she be in a state of embarrassment now? After thousands of miles of bumpy road, with Li Zhifeng waiting on him, You Miao couldn't help but complain.
The group settled in the largest inn in the city, the merchants did their own business, and You Miao took Li Zhifeng out to hang out. They saw that the goods outside the Great Wall were mostly animal skins, rare medicinal materials, animal meat, deer antlers, deer whips, and deer tails. Tiger skins from the land, precious fox furs, wines from the Western Regions, ambergris, old ginseng from a thousand years old, rare stones from ore eyes, and refined steel sheets... Anything can be sold at a high price in the capital, which is enough to be an imperial treasure hall. The rare things in Yanbian are like mountains and seas in the market of Yanbian, just like a bad street.
Instead, the candles, silk, salt, southern medicinal materials, and even the second-class pearls, coral scallops, and tea brought by the Central Plains merchants were looted as soon as they entered the market.
Even the New Year paintings of the people from the Central Plains can be sold for sky-high prices. You Miao thought that it was a loss. He knew that he would also bring something to sell from the capital. Drinking inferior tea leaves costs only five copper coins for half a catty, but it can be exchanged for a medium fox fur at the market!
You Miao has seen more than once that the dude has bought this fox skin. As soon as a new product arrives in the Imperial Treasure Hall, Li Yan will take a group of people to see it.
Five copper coins for five taels of silver, You Miao finally saw the profiteering profiteering, and couldn't help but stunned for a while. I can't help but say that I am at a loss, I would have known it earlier! Just bring a truckload of goods to Yanbian for reselling, and you can easily get several thousand taels of silver. It's hard to buy a lot of money to know it earlier.
The market was full of people, holding large stacks of skins and large bundles of ginseng, rushing up and shoving the goods in front of the Central Plains merchants, and some people saw You Miao's identity and handed him things in private to let him know. He takes his own goods.
"Slow down! Slow down! Don't rob! I'm not here to sell!" You Miao said loudly.
Hao Sanqian shouted: "Beware of crowding the young master! Come slowly! Come one by one!"
Many people in Yanbian do not understand the language, so they can only keep gesturing, each speaking the language of the Hu ethnic group, pointing to their own goods, and pointing to the goods of the Central Plains merchants, some people are about to fight. Li Zhifeng was protecting You Miao, and the Hu people crowded in front of You Miao. Seeing that Li Zhifeng's appearance seemed to be from outside the Great Wall, they did not dare to touch You Miao.
"Take her goods." You Miao took a small box and said to Hao Sanqian.
"Okay." Hao Sanqian replied with a smile. Although these merchants were hired by various capital merchants, they had to listen to You Deyou's words - who could enter the caravan and who would not be allowed to enter, it was You Deyou who had the final say, and everyone did not dare to commit crimes. .
You Miao looked over and over at the stack of skins, and a businessman joked, "Young master's business is the big business, and you can still see it?"
You Miao smiled and picked out the leather, picked two fox furs, and said, "Take it back to give it to a friend."
"It's really big business at the young master's house."
"Yeah, yeah, Biyu Tianqing Maojian..."
A group of merchants happily sold their goods, and they kept flattering You Miao.
"A tael of tea and a tael of gold."
You Miao hurriedly smiled and said, "Everything that doesn't exist is supported by friends."
The business of You Miao's family is indeed very big. His father, You Dechuan, is a tea merchant, and he has a thousand acres of tea fields. Half of the tea fields in the tea mountains in the southeast of Liuzhou are owned by the You family, and they are also in the official business. This tea has quite a bit of background. It is called "Biyu Tianqing Maojian". It is sent to Beijing, Sichuan and other places in the spring. Businessmen say that Youjia's tea is "one tael of tea and one tael of gold". The jins were supplied to Tianjia, and the rest were almost robbed as soon as they were listed. Even the dignitaries have to go through the door to buy them.
Hao Sanqian was too busy, so You Miao helped out. He took a large wooden box and couldn't help laughing when he opened it. It contained inferior fried tea. Then stir-fry it, mix it up and sell it as fried tea. These rotten teas are often dried on the tile-roofed houses in Dogtail Alley.
You Miao handed out the wooden box, and two businessmen weighed each other on the side. A group of Hu people gathered around, leaned in front of the sight, and argued endlessly about how much money and how much. For five catties of tea leaves, ten pairs of poor embroidered shoes, floated into blue, embroidered with gold thread on auspicious cloud pattern cloth. You Miao did a rough mental calculation, this amount of goods was less than a bunch of money, and the thing in exchange was forty or fifty taels of silver.
In the end, the businessman put the box away, and the group of Hu people asked him for the box again. Although You Miao knew the truth of not being a profiteer and not a businessman, he couldn’t stand it any longer, and said, “Forget it, let’s give them the box too. What are you going to do back?"
The wooden lacquer box was red and black, with pictures of ladies. Hu people regarded it as a treasure, but You Miao knew that this thing was rough in workmanship, and it was not an antique, and it was not used by ordinary officials. Seeing that the merchants were all amused, I realized that a few people had left it behind. The wooden lacquer box was originally sold, but no one said anything about it, just waiting for the Hu people to get something to exchange.
"Okay - listen to the young master's instructions." Hao Sanqian said with a smile, and after some more bargaining, he exchanged the lacquered wooden box for three catties of tiger bones.
You Miao couldn't help sighing. When the market closed that day, everyone went back with big bags and small bags. The next day, they got up early and went to the market to set up a stall. In just one day, everything was replaced. At dusk, people in the market are still there, and they build fires around the stove to spend the night. Such a market will be open until the Han Chinese celebrate the New Year, Wuhu celebrates the Winter Festival, and Jiama, Xiyu Selang and others celebrate the Food Festival.
Hao Sanqian came over to discuss with You Miao, and said, "Master, several Hu people going south are saying that another snowstorm is coming."
You Miao still didn't understand, and said stupidly: "Then let's stay for a few more days? Can this place stop the blizzard?"
Hao Sanqian looked embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid I can't stop it..."
You Miao finally regained her senses and said, "Then hurry up and get on the road, I understand, everyone goes south earlier, and if you go back a moment earlier, you will be able to go home earlier."
Hao Sanqian smiled and ordered to load the truck. They only stayed in Yanbian for a day before heading south. This time, instead of going back the same way, it turned eastward along the Yellow River and entered the boundary between Cangzhou and Liuzhou.
At dusk, the setting sun is like blood, hanging far away at the end of the sky, the crows stand outside the city wall, and the porters shout five and six, and each goes to load the cargo. You Miao sat outside the inn, drank a sip of hot butter milk tea, and counted the goods that she had exchanged.
Traveling between the Central Plains and the Great Wall, the business of doing business is really a profitable business. You Miao sees the barter of the people and feels itchy. She can't help but replace the things that she is traveling with, and replace it with a good Xuezhen tiger skin, a pack of timidity , two bear paws and four bear skins, ready to take home to honor my father, and by the way, ask for more money.
You Miao made up her mind that when the money is not enough in the coming year, he would go out with the caravan twice a year, and he would definitely be able to make money back from the expenses. It's easy, and not everyone can follow the caravan out of the fortress.
Li Zhifeng took the things and took the carriage. The shadows dragged long outside the fortress. The horizon was full of red fire clouds, and a faint, black haze to the north, foreshadowing the blizzard was about to come again.