Chapter 1142 Old beggar
Hong Shin, Si Niang and Cheng Qian chose a bunch of various types of brown sugar, and the salesmen in the store couldn't even close their mouths. As clerks, they could get commissions for selling goods. Today, they had such a big order business, which was really a good start.
The guy was excited to place an order with the shopkeeper, and then took the order to pack it at the back.
"What are you thinking?" Hongxian came over to see Li Chao stared at the door and was stunned.
Li Chao withdrew his gaze and smiled, "It's nothing, you guys will choose?"
"Well, there are many varieties of brown sugar here, and the taste is different. It's very good. I picked several of them and bought some of them. When I brought them back to Hanjing, many people will give them away."
The same is true for Zhao Siniang and Chengqian, each of whom bought a lot.
The shopkeeper came over with the order and quoted the price.
Li Chao looked at it and found that he had indeed bought a lot of them. The price was quite expensive. Ordinary people could not afford it, but it was nothing for middle-class landlords and merchants. As for rich people like Hongxian Chengqian, they were naturally wet and wet.
Li Chao took out his wallet and took out the new version of Qianwen Dabao from it.
The original Baochao has a maximum denomination of only 100 ci. This year, in order to adapt to the market, Li Ji specially launched a Qianwen Dao. The Qianwen Baochao with a big red tone is larger than the original Baiwen Dao.
"Come on Baochao?"
A smile appeared on the shopkeeper's face, "Cache, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect the treasure money of course."
The credit of Baochao is getting better and better, even in Jiaozhou. Even in Jiaozhou, Baochao has a higher acceptance rate. Because it is far away from the Central Plains, the amount of copper coins here is smaller.
A large banknote worth a thousand-month is still very purchasing power.
As for today's unification, prices are becoming more and more stable, no longer like those in Wude's years, when prices were rising and falling on a roller coaster ride. Today, the rice price in Hanjing is stable at about 20 cents of rice, and in granaries like Jiaozhou, rice is only sold for five cents and three cents of grain.
The food price is amazingly low.
A stone of rice is only fifty coins, and a thousand-civilian bill can be bought in Jiaozhou for twenty stones, which is enough to load two big trucks.
One thousand yuan is enough for the expenses of ordinary people in Jiaozhou for several months.
But Hongxin and the others bought more than six jin of candy in this store. The money was enough to buy more than one hundred stone rice, but they only bought more than ten kilograms of black sugar. Almost one kilogram is worth about six hundred, which is much more expensive than tea.
Even more expensive than white sugar, it can be seen that the prices of these black sugars with flowers and other black sugars have increased many times. Of course, Li Chao felt that the Red Line and the others did not bargain at all.
When I buy things, I don’t bargain, and I look like a noble person. Who else will I kill you if I don’t kill me?
Li Chao took out a few big bills from his wallet, but he did not hand them to the shopkeeper immediately.
"Shopkeeper, the price of brown sugar in your house is too high, it's ridiculously high. Even frosted sugar and rock sugar are not as expensive as you. Even in Hanjing, no one dares to sell it at this price."
The shopkeeper looked at the brand new red tickets on Li Chao's hands, and smiled more on his face.
"This guest, we are not ordinary brown sugar. We use the ancient secret system, and our family's inheritance secret method for hundreds of years. And you see, we are flower brown sugar."
The shopkeeper is more talkative than those guys.
"Let's do this. After buying so many customers, you can't be stingy at a small shop. You can't get a fraction of it. You only charge five stagnant coins. You can give in to more than 500 jin at once. This is a direct concession of 10% of the profit. Just make friends alone, and we won't make money this time."
Li Chao hehe.
This boss is really fooling.
He was just talking about it just now, but now he feels a little fun.
Li Chao coughed, "Shopkeeper, that's not what you say. No matter how secretly your sugar is, it is still a piece of brown sugar. Even if you add osmanthus, what? Can osmanthus be more expensive than sugar? If you add osmanthus, the price should not be increased. If you sell red sugar, the price is already amazing. How much does red sugar cost per pound? Jiaozhou is known as the sweet port, and there are real-time trading prices of various types of sugar in the sugar bank trading hall."
The smile on the shopkeeper's face became a little stiff. He didn't expect that this young man was so petty and so sarcastic.
"This young master, we are operating small books, not as good as sugar shops. They are wholesale, and each transaction is more than 100 stones, so we cannot compare. Our operating small books has a high cost. We also have to pay business tax every month and two taxes every year. We usually have to pay security and sanitation fees. Look, I have to hire so many labor in my store, which is not easy."
Li Chao was unmoved, and this Taoist practice was too shallow.
The prince stared blankly at Li Chao. The richest man in the Tang Dynasty, who is worth billions, was actually fighting with the shopkeeper of a candy shop here for a few cents of money. This is too much of a loss of price.
Teacher, you are at least a person who earns hundreds or thousands of yuan a day. Are you using this amount of money to bargain?
Hong Shi felt embarrassed, and felt that if this matter spread, the face of a generation of Wenzong and Wushen would be left without a place to let go.
"Sanlang, what's the matter of money."
Li Chao stopped the red line.
"This is not a matter of a few cents of money. It is normal to bargain for things to buy. I think these sugars are not worth the price. Although I am not short of this amount of money, I can't be a sucker." Li Chao said with a smile. Anyway, I'm here to go shopping today, so I'm not that.
The process is the fun, but the important thing is not the result.
The shopkeeper was also a little helpless, and it was a mistake to meet such a person.
"In this way, I will give you some bags of specialties from our store to give me some bags of this store?"
Li Chao looked at the shop owner with some surprise. He had a very powerful method. He did not say that he would directly reduce the concessions, but thought of giving gifts, which was very powerful.
To make a profit, that is, the profit is reduced, and to give gifts, the profit is actually retained.
"Shopkeeper, do you think we are foreigners? Just lions are talking big. We are not fools when it comes to rock sugar. Let's do this, even if these brown sugars are always money."
The shop owner was sweating, which was too cruel.
"Customer, we can't afford to lose."
"What are you losing? About ten kilograms of black sugar, which is a common price, is sold for a hundred yuan per kilogram, which is twenty times more expensive than rice. Red sugar is only at this price."
The store insisted that this was not ordinary brown sugar.
"Add five hundred quotas, no more, otherwise I'll buy it at another place."
"Your servant, you're losing money to such a small shop."
Hong Shing and Cheng Qian had just sat aside and watched Li Chao bargain with the store.
The store owner was full of sorrow and seemed to be in great pain, while Li Chao was aggressive and always made a move to leave.
In the end, one of the two slowly added up and the other slowly decreased down.
"Two secrets, I really can't be missing any more." The store owner also knew that he had met a master today. Now he was just thinking about how to end the business immediately. Otherwise, if he continues to bargain like this, he is afraid that his heart will not be able to stand it. Especially now, other customers have already entered the store and cannot affect other businesses.
"One thousand eight, I won't pay any extra penny. In addition, the packs of gifts you promised me just now must not be missing." Li Chao was exhausted.
The shopkeeper's resentful eyes stared at Li Chao for a while, and finally gritted his teeth.
"Okay, one thousand eight, add three packs of brown sugar."
Li Chao smiled and handed over two thousand-word bills, "Let's find money!"
The shopkeeper turned his head back to the counter with a murderous look on his face, found two hundred-civilized treasures for Li Chao, and then sent Li Chao and the others out of the store almost like a plague god.
Cheng Qian gave Li Chao a thumbs up.
"The teacher is so amazing. After talking for a long time, I finally saved 3,700 yuan!"
Li Chao patted his shoulder.
"Prince, don't underestimate these 3,700 yuan. You don't even mention the price of 1,800 yuan. I won't pay for 5,500 yuan. And I, after a while, I'll cut two-thirds. Two-thirds. You know how big a number this is. It has nothing to do with a few cents or a few hundred yuan, but I haven't been a sucker. These candies are worth this price, but they can't cost 5,500 yuan. In that case, the store will not praise you for being generous, but will only scold you for being stupid in your heart."
Cheng Qian smiled bitterly.
Li Chao laughed proudly.
Keep shopping.
They entered a fructose store, which sells coconut sugar, durian sugar, etc. These sugars are also processed from white sugar, fruit, salt, maltose, etc.
These sugars are all sold from Li Ji’s sugar factory.
Li Chao is more clear about the price.
However, this time he did not take action personally, but let the Red Line and the Prince and the others bargain. Several people thought it was quite new and they were really quarrel with the boss, and they were having a lot of fun.
In the end, the price was negotiated, which was much higher than Li Chao expected, but it was a good start.
Cheng Qian was very excited.
Go out, next house, continue.
After purchasing, they have bought countless kinds of sugar.
I was about to find a teahouse to have a cup of tea, but I saw the old beggar standing in front of the teahouse to ask for money.
The teahouse's servant did not give him any money, but instead scolded him to drive him away.
Li Chao walked forward and said to the follower beside him, "Ask him what happened."
Most people of this age do not know how to speak official language.
The entourage knew the native language, went over and talked to the old beggar for a while, and then came back.
"This man turned out to be a fisherman, mainly picking beads and occasionally fishing. However, he is old this year, his legs are not good, and he is not well off the sea. He can't do other work, so he can only become begging for a living." The follower reported.
"If he is like him, the government will not have any subsidies or something?" Li Chao asked.
Li Chao remembers that the Li family donated a sum of money every year in the industries in Jiaozhou, which is to give them regular money and grain to those who are disabled, and to repair their houses, etc.
This is also a matter of increasing reputation.
This old beggar should be able to enjoy this help as well.
"He said he did get assistance subsidies, but his son passed the exam for a scholar and studied in the city, which was very expensive, so he had to come out to beg for money."
Li Chao was surprised. He didn't expect that the old beggar's son would pass the scholar exam, and after his son passed the scholar exam, he actually asked him to beg for money?
"He is so unfilial. How did he get into the scholar's examination?" Cheng Qian said angrily, "Old man, take us to find your son, we will definitely make the decision for you."
After hearing the translator's words, the old beggar quickly shook his hand, "Don't, don't, don't let my son know that I'm asking for money. If he knows, he will have no face in school and cannot go to him. I will ask for money. My son never knows that I'm secretly hiding it from him."
Chapter completed!