Practitioner with the World Gate

Chapter 65 Spices and Essence of Chicken

To put it bluntly, exchanging dates for copper coins is similar to practicing medicine.

Whether it can cure a disease is one thing, at least it will not hurt people because of using the wrong medicine, and it can supplement some Yuan Qi to the patient.

Lu Fan also suddenly thought of a small idea recently, so he used it to try.

According to the information, Sazu obtained three spells in total, and it was clearly stated that they were spells.

Jujube Curse is a kind of Zhu Youshu.

It should be a spell, and it doesn't have the effect of cultivation.

Hearing Lu Fan's words, the young merchant was slightly taken aback: "Isn't one ingot of silver worth more than seven copper plates?"

The old man beside him withdrew the silver with his backhand, and quickly found seven copper coins from the servants, while secretly sighing in his heart that his young master is really not suitable for business.

"My young master is young and inexperienced, and I look forward to Daoist Haihan."

"Mere incense money is not a respect."

Lu Fan didn't care, he took the copper plate, took out another jujube and threw it over.

He put all the money he earned in a separate bag, waiting to go to Yangzhou to confirm what he thought.

In this way, with Lu Fan's joining, the team seemed to be temporarily replaced by a speaker, and they couldn't help but rush on the road overnight.

The road after that is all official roads, there are two hungry and crazy beasts, and there will be no other dangers.

The people alternated in two shifts, and moved forward at a constant speed with their chariots and horses.

Lu Fan simply communicated with the other party and got a lot of information he wanted.

The young master's name is Wang Shouren, the former owner of this caravan was the young master's father, his surname was Wang and his name was Changkun, he was quite well-known in Yangzhou even though he was neither big nor young.

A restaurant handed down from the ancestors gradually developed into a restaurant under the management of Wang Changkun.

After the business gets bigger, the idea of ​​taking another way to make money arises.

There is a saying that "hate one's business" is what one does. Wang Changkun guarded the restaurant knowing that he would be restrained by the master chef, so he never thought of opening a branch at all.

Start with the most familiar spices, which are already needed in restaurants.

Then there's the hottest and enduring 'cloth line' of all businesses.

The first few business trips went smoothly. Yangzhou has the best weaving workshops, and the purchase price is relatively cheap.

Pull it outside the customs and exchange some hot goods with people outside, including spices.

It can only be said that the idea is very good, doing business at both ends of the journey, and making money back and forth.

It's a pity that Wang Changkun ignored one thing, that is risk.

Any business has risks. Doing two businesses on one trip will more than double the risk.

Finally, one time, the stride was too big, and the egg was pulled.

The ancestral wine shop that paid the compensation was all cashed out to pay off the debt.

After all, it was too greedy.

In today's society, if a businessman loses something inherited from his ancestors, such as a house, business, or treasure, basically no one wants to continue doing business with him.

Wang Changkun couldn't accept this cruel reality, so he kicked his legs away.

There is only one son-in-law left in the family, several concubines, and the current group of loyal servants.

Lu Fan: "So you're on credit for this trip? After running around along the trade route, you only got a box of spices on credit?"

He asked Wang Shouren.

"Yes." He drooped his head, a little dejected.

"Father's steps are too big. If you want to make spices, just make spices, if you want to make cloth, just make cloth."

"Catching up with bad times, [-]% of the goods lose [-]% of the goods. It's just a loss of money, but it's not so embarrassing."

"But the two ends lose together!"

He let out a long sigh, his brows were full of sadness.

There is still a big family waiting to open their mouths, and he was forced to come back from the academy to 'inherit the debt' before he even finished his studies.

"Spice business. Is it easy to do in Yangzhou?" Lu Fan pretended to be curious, and became more certain of his thoughts.

The loyal servant, Old Geng, stepped forward: "Easy to do is definitely easy to do. As long as you can get it back from outside the customs, you can basically make money. The only difficulty is that the profits are limited by those big chambers of commerce."

"How to say?"

"The spices brought back can only be sold to them. We can only sell them at whatever price they charge."

"There is still such a saying?" Lu Fan was a little surprised.

"People outside Daochang Lu don't understand the twists and turns." Lao Geng waved his hand and explained in detail.

It's not that the big chamber of commerce kills the small merchants, they don't need to do this kind of thing.

What the big chamber of commerce wants is to allow small merchants to 'share the risk'.

There are risks in buying and shipping in business, and small merchants work hard to run errands, invest, and take risks.

Ancient times are no different than modern times. Once the express logistics is sent, the whole country can be reached within three days.

Not only is transportation a problem, but safety is even more of a problem.

It is hard to guarantee that there will be strong people from the mixed society on the road. Regardless of their final fate, when they are in their territory, they will always have to pay for the road.

In addition, people on the road eat horse chews, rainy and dry, and floods, which is another expense.

For businessmen, any expenditure must be included in the cost risk.

Wang Changkun lost because he was too greedy, and miscalculated the price increase and decrease of the chamber of commerce.

The price is adjusted every quarter. Near the end of the quarter, all small merchants will rush back to clear their accounts and wait for the next pricing.

There are also courageous ones who will definitely increase the price if they guard the goods and do not sell them.

Obviously, Wang Changkun was the brave one, but he failed.

After Lu Fan learned what had happened, he suddenly felt that the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce was really a bit strange.

The Chamber of Commerce also took risks, and the risks were not small.

If the regulations are set this spring, and the price of spices collected in summer is "ten taels of silver per catty", then it will be the same throughout summer.

During this period, even if the market price collapses, the Chamber of Commerce will pay to make up the difference.

Reputation is very important for big business and time-honored brands.

Of course, people like Wang Changkun probably got the gossip that the price of goods received in the next quarter will rise, so they simply hoarded goods at high prices, but they finally fell.

"Is it convenient to take a look at the spices in this box?" Lu Fan was a little interested.

He is planning to start a spice business, if he can open the door, it must be a good way to make money.

"This..." Wang Shouren hesitated a little, and finally waved his hand: "It's not that I don't want to show it to the Taoist priest, it's because the box is sealed with wax, so I'm afraid it will get wet."

Lao Geng also followed up and explained: "This time the spice is only star anise, I carry some with me, if the Taoist priest is interested, I can take it."

After speaking, he took out a small cloth bag from his arms.

After all, it is an old Jianghu, who carries samples of the goods with him so that he can show the appearance to the guests.

Lu Fan took the small cloth bag and opened it. It was indeed star anise, which is the appearance.
He also couldn't see the way to go, he simply glanced at it and then went back, but complained slightly in his heart.

Maybe the wild medicine is more powerful?
How can I see how far it is from the ones sold in the supermarket, and the taste is also!

Star anise is a medicine, but it is mostly used as a seasoning spice.

In ancient times, spices weighed as much as gold, and this saying is no joke.

Of course, there are many spices, not just star anise.

Lu Fan pondered for a while, motioned everyone to wait, turned around and found a place where there was no one, and entered the main world to take out the chicken essence that he had prepared earlier in the morning.

"When setting up camp at night, stew a pot of soup and try this thing. I accidentally refined it when I was free."

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