Royal road

After passing through the noisy horse market and bypassing two grain shops, Jiang Ni walked into the small shop at the end of the alley.This place is different from other shops. Instead of filling the room with goods, two rows of shelves are set up to display various pottery. It looks clean and tidy, and it is extremely beautiful.

Seeing the visitors, the Xiongnu man sitting on the mat wiping the pottery bowls didn't mean to stand up to greet them, but just raised his eyelids: "A Ni, didn't I say that last time? We won't accept pottery anymore."

Regarding this cold reception, Jiang Ni's expression did not change, and he walked up to the man with a smile: "Who said I was selling pottery? This thing can catch your eyes?"

A wooden box was gently placed in front of the opponent.Startled by this hand, the man put down the pottery bowl in his hand and opened the wooden box.After seeing clearly what was inside, his eyes lit up immediately: "Porcelain? Where did you get the porcelain?"

Jiang Ni was actually a little apprehensive.Previously, the owner devalued the new porcelain fired in the kiln to be worthless, and he was also worried about his humble status and didn't know the current market price of porcelain.Now it seems that it's not that his knowledge is too narrow, but that the master's vision is too high.As long as someone wants this thing, it's easy to handle.

Smiling and sitting down in front of the man, Jiang Ni said: "Where did you get it from? You don't have to worry about it, just say whether you will accept this thing or not?"

"Take it!" Tahei replied immediately.This is porcelain, as long as it is in stock, it will never worry about selling it!Now the nobles in the big tents are more and more fond of using Han people's things, and porcelain is one of them.And far more popular than other luxury items!

After he settled down, Jiang Ni calmed down and said with a smile: "I have nine items on hand. I have all dishes, bowls and bottles, and there is also a porcelain pot. I can't disassemble and sell it."

Of course this Tahei doesn't care, in fact, he still hopes to eat all the porcelain in one bite!Tahei immediately smiled: "Of course, we have been friends for many years! How about giving you a total of [-] yuan for the nine items?"

Jiang Ni shook his head: "I don't want money, I just want food. Thirty shimai will do!"

"How can it be done?! Now the price of wheat is [-] yuan, too expensive! I can't afford this price!"

Without saying a word, Jiang Ni raised his hand to cover the box, trying to get the things back.Ta Hei was in a hurry now, and clapped the opponent's hand, and said with a wry smile: "A Ni, we are really old friends. Although your porcelain is good, but the shape is simple, no one will look at it in the county, really. I can’t sell it for a big price. Thirty shi wheat, I’m going to lose money! At most, I can only give fifteen shi... no, sixteen shi!”

"What's the difference between this price and giving money?" Jiang Ni still didn't let go, "I also came here first because of the good relationship with you. At this price, which store can't buy it? This is new porcelain!"

Ta Hei's heart trembled when he heard it, how could he not know that porcelain is hard to find.Who knows if the kid surnamed Jiang will be able to get other good products in the future, it would be heartbreaking if he let go of this order.After thinking about it for a while, he gritted his teeth: "Twenty stones! It really can't be more!"

Looking at the bearded and staring Huns in front of him, Jiang Ni thought for a moment, then slowly said: "Twenty stones is not impossible, but you need to add six horses."

"You..." Tahei looked like he was about to jump up from the ground, "Six horses cost more than 1 yuan? How can this be possible!"

However, Jiang Ni didn't care about his excited performance, and said lightly: "I know you are walking under the tent of a nobleman, how can six horses be worth so much money with you? Not to mention the severe drought this year, it is also difficult to raise these horses , why don't you give me a head."

Hearing this, Ta Hei immediately stopped dancing, and after a while, he said: "I want to see some other porcelains first!"

Jiang Ni raised the volume: "Yiyan!"

Lifting the curtain, a young man walked in from the outside.Seeing the person entering the door, Tahei couldn't help holding his breath.This man is a warrior!Tahei was originally a Hun with the most vicious eyes, but except for those strong warriors under the nobleman's tent, no one could have such a straight figure and such sharp eyes.What's more, he is still so young!

The young man ignored Tahei's gaze, walked to the side of the table, and put the boxes on his back on the ground.Seeing the box, Ta Hei immediately put everything else behind him, opened the wooden box impatiently, and checked them one by one.As Jiang Ni said, these porcelains are a complete set, the colors are quite coordinated, and the shapes are simple and elegant. If they are dedicated to nobles together, they will get much more than tens of thousands of dollars!

And to have such a complete set of good things, it means that Jiang Ni probably has other porcelains!If it can be traded for a long time, the income will not be a small amount.Taking a deep breath, Ta Hei finally nodded and said, "Twenty shimai, six horses, the deal is done! But I have a request, if there is such a thing in the future, you have to come to me first!"

Jiang Ni's heart sank, it seemed that he had chosen the right trading partner.If it were a Han merchant, the price might have to be suppressed, but the Huns have horses, so the price is not too much for them.

With a warm smile on his face, he said: "We are old friends. If there is any good goods, we will come to you first. When will the food and horses be delivered?"

"Just this afternoon!" Tahei hesitated for a moment, then asked again, "Just pull it back like this?"

This is twenty stones of grain!In the eyes of many bandits, it was a windfall.Are they going to pull it back so blatantly?

Jiang Ni smiled and said, "Don't worry, someone will escort you."

Glancing at the young man standing behind Jiang Ni, Ta Hei was stunned.This is probably the person who escorted the food and grass, right?I don't know where Jiang Ni found such a powerful person?But he didn't ask much, and after calling the servants to serve tea to the two, he hurried out the door.

Yiyan didn't know what happened inside, but just took a look at those wooden boxes: "These things are worth twenty stones of grain?"

"Why not worth it?" Jiang Ni whispered, "When the kiln produces better ones, there will be ones worth tens of thousands of dollars."

Yi Yan didn't make a sound, just glanced around the room, and walked out through the curtain.The chill guy finally left. Jiang Ni loosened his shoulders and leaned comfortably on the soft cushion beside him.

Tahei moved very quickly, and within an hour, twenty shimai and six horses were ready.Yi Yan inspected the horse himself before nodding to Jiang Ni.These are all healthy horses less than three years old, with well-proportioned physique and neat teeth, obviously carefully bred.

Seeing that Yiyan agreed, Jiang Ni smiled and said: "Tahei, you are really sincere. The horse is very good, we accept it."

Knowing that Jiang Ni brought the Jie people, Ta Hei didn't use any tricks immediately, and now it seems that he really took the right step.He laughed and said, "A Ni, you made a fortune this time. If you get a good product next time, don't forget me!"

"That's natural!" Jiang Ni smiled and didn't talk nonsense, riding himself on a donkey.Yiyan and the four Jie people beside him swiftly loaded the wheat into the cart, pulled by horses, and drove out of the city.

Higher than Shangdang, it is closer to the Liang Mansion, and it only takes half a day to get back.But it was a bit late when they left the city, and thanks to Jiang Ni riding a donkey and a horse pulling the cart, the group of people left quickly.Sitting on the donkey, Jiang Ni calculated in his heart that it took only half a month to burn out nine pieces of intact coarse porcelain, which is not a small sum if it continues to operate for a long time!Dad is still researching good porcelain, if it really makes exquisite good porcelain, can it be sold for tens of thousands of dollars?

Just as he was thinking about it, Yiyan, who was following the cart, suddenly stretched out his hand, took a bow from the cart, and shot it into the forest with a whoosh!

Startled, Jiang Ni followed the prestige and saw a man in gray linen lying on his back next to the big tree, he was out of breath.

"Well, what's going on here?"

"It's just a scout." Yi Yan straddled his bow obliquely behind his back, and said loudly, "Raise the gun!"

Several men around him immediately pulled out their long guns from their respective cars, and the five long guns with red tassels were gleaming in the twilight.The forest immediately became quiet, and even the chirping of birds and animals just now seemed to have completely disappeared.

Only then did Jiang Ni realize that he was probably being targeted by thieves.Fortunately, Yiyan scared off the bandits with an arrow!If he was really robbed, his life would be in danger!But fearing that it was only a moment later, Jiang Ni remembered the previous battle outside the Liang Mansion.Hey, haven't all the hundreds of bandits been killed and retreated, as long as there are parts, are you still afraid of those local chickens and dogs?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ni involuntarily puffed up his chest, clamping the donkey under his body: "Let's go! Go back to the house!"

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"It's just nine pieces of rough porcelain, and you can exchange it for twenty shimai and six horses?" Liang Feng was also surprised when he saw what Jiang Ni brought back.

These inferior porcelains, which he doesn't like at all, are so valuable?It seems that luxury goods are worthy of being luxury goods. If it is replaced by the quality of Yue Kiln, maybe it can sell a lot!

Hearing the appreciation in the Patriarch's words, Jiang Ni couldn't help grinning: "It's because of the severe drought this year that the group of Huns lowered the price of the horses, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten so many."

"Horses are so cheap?" Liang Feng asked curiously, "Didn't you say that a healthy horse costs three or four thousand dollars?"

"That's the price in Yanzhou and Jingzhou. There are a lot of barbarians in Youbin, and there are even a lot of people who raise horses. You can buy a healthy horse for only two thousand yuan. The price of food is also the same. The price of food near Shangdang has been constant If you go to Taiyuan, a stone of wheat may cost less than a thousand dollars!"

"The price difference is so big?" Liang Feng immediately became interested, "If you buy horses from Bingzhou to Yanzhou, wouldn't it be a net profit of [-] yuan per horse?"

"That was a thing in the peaceful years. It is said that the big caravans would sell horses to Jingyang in exchange for celadon silk brocades, and then return to Bingzhou to sell them. Every time they came back, they would get several times the income. But the world is not right now Taiping, not to mention from Bingzhou to Jingzhou, even from Shangdang to Taiyuan, there are fewer caravans, if you encounter bandits, you will lose everything." Jiang Ni shook his head and sighed.

This is the truth.Business is more dependent on stability. If it is a coastal area, you may still be able to find ways to use sea transportation, but this place is inland, and I am afraid that you will not be able to count on trade in a short period of time.

Liang Feng nodded slightly, and continued to ask, "What specialties are there near Shangdang?"

"It's iron." Jiang Ni answered simply, "Not only Shangdang, there have always been many subway operators in the Three Jin Dynasties, but now they are all monopolized by aristocratic families. If you want to mine, just build a mountain."

"..."

Liang Feng couldn't help being speechless for a while, isn't salt and iron always monopolized by the state?Could it be that the situation has become so bad that even such contraband can be sold casually?But this is also a good thing. Later, when they found out where there was iron, they also circled a vein of mines to supply their own tribes to make weapons.

Thinking of this, Liang Feng couldn't help asking: "What about the salt?"

"The salt is in Hedong County, not far from our side. But I'm afraid it's not possible to sell salt. It's all in the hands of several princes." Jiang Ni said something, and answered quickly.

Well, anyway, these are not what he can get his hands on now.However, Liang Feng was quite satisfied with Jiang Ni's sensitivity and experience.The land of the Three Jins is indeed the hometown of Shanxi merchants. It seems that the business has long been rooted in the bones.He nodded slightly, and said: "So, the most cost-effective deal is to go to Taiyuan to buy grain?"

"If it can be transported back safely, it will be much more cost-effective than nearby." Jiang Ni nodded vigorously.

"Well, after the epidemic in Jinyang subsides, you should go over there and have a look." Liang Feng said lightly.

Hearing this, Jiang Ni suddenly became excited.Is this going to let him take charge of the business dealings of the Liang Manor?You must know that the rich and powerful families control the shops, but they are all confidantes.If they were all handed over to him, wouldn't it be much better than managing a mere pottery workshop? !

However, Liang Feng didn't finish his sentence: "There is still [-]% of the money and food obtained this time. Taofang can take [-]%. I will not interfere with the livelihood of the people in Taofang. You must be responsible for your own profits and losses, and live off the [-]% bonus."

Jiang Ni was stunned for a moment, and his face turned red: "Taofang is willing to get a bonus!"

The Lord Lang said before that he would give Taofang a [-]% profit, but Jiang Ni didn't take it to heart.Small money is nothing more than that, if you make a lot of money, how can the landlord let go?Who would have expected that this time it was brought up again, and Taofang was given the right to be independent!This is simply a good thing that the gold pie falls from the sky!

Now that I have just tried firing porcelain, nine pieces can be fired in half a month.After the output stabilizes, there will be at least four to five hundred pieces of coarse porcelain a year, which is a thousand-stone deal!If you take out [-]%, there are as many as a hundred stones.Not to mention that there are still porcelains under development. If they can really make fine and good porcelain, the income may be doubled several times!This is simply something they didn't dare to think about before!

Seeing that Jiang Ni quickly figured out the gains and losses, Liang Feng nodded with satisfaction: "From now on, the pottery workshop will be run by your father and son. However, the decision-making power for major matters still lies with the government, and the accounts must also be run by the government. If you want to make any changes, you must report to me."

"Can the pottery workshop expand its enrollment?" Jiang Ni couldn't help but shouted, "I want to recruit a few more skilled craftsmen! Ah, the money used should come from the pottery workshop..."

Seeing the boy's flushed face and bewildered appearance, Liang Feng chuckled and said, "Of course."