Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper

Things are settled.

Wei Cheng felt relieved.

I took my wife and son to the seafood restaurant for breakfast early in the morning. After breakfast, the family went to Shangfang District.

Where there is Shangfang District, there is Xiafang District.

Xiafang District is close to the center of Fucheng Wharf, where dragons and snakes are mixed, with Jinzhou's city fireworks, basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation. There are also many bazaars and business districts, which are very lively.

Shangfang District is different, the streets are spacious, the shops are numerous and orderly.

Shangfang District gathers all kinds of scenery from all corners of the country, and the products sold come from the Great Jing Kingdom and overseas products. The north-south line is located in Shangfang District.

Shangfang District also has the largest trading market for overseas foreign merchants.

There is a special trading field in Fangshi, which is the overseas commodity area controlled by the imperial court.

When Wei Cheng went there for the first time, he had to rely on his identity to get in. Trade a lot of overseas jewelry and exquisite jewelry boxes, as well as powders and spices for making incense.

The most expensive overseas commodities are all in the hands of powerful families. He is an official businessman, and the goods he can get there are all middle and low grades.

He didn't care. Instead, he used those commodities and raw materials. In his hands, after remanufacturing and then putting them on the shelves in Baizhenlou for sale, it would definitely not be bad.

When they arrived in Shangfang District, Wei Cheng and the others got out of the carriage, and the carriage was rushed to the place where the carriage was kept by the servants.

As soon as you enter the market, there are a variety of goods.

The goods in the market in Shangfang District have stalls, but not in the market in Xiafang District. Most of them are placed on the ground for people to choose.

Crowds of people come and go in the market, and many foreigners pass by, with different skin colors and eyeballs. Even if they have seen it, they will still be surprised.

Lian Xiao Baozi screamed at these strange people, his fleshy hands and feet were still thumping non-stop.

When Xiao Tangyuan could not walk, his father and mother brought him here. At that time, he was still young and had no memory. It was the first time he saw a person with different eyes, lying in his father's arms and blinking big and big. Looking curiously at him, his little hands tightly squeezed his father's clothes tightly.

The couple each held a child, followed by Xiao Liu, Wei Jin, Wei Hu and Lin Xiyu, and they walked all the way from the beginning.

"It seems that there are more people in the market today!" The crowd is surging, but it is not extremely chaotic.

Zhou Yuan had been to Shangfang District a few times, and also to Xiafang District. Xiafang District was too noisy, so he never went there again.

"It seems that there are a lot more people than when we came last time, and there are also a lot more foreign merchants." Lin Xiyu learned to do business from her parents since she was a child.

Pass a stall selling all kinds of brightly colored stuffed animals.

Lin Xiyu teased Xiao Baozi with a cloth tiger, and Xiao Baozi lay in his mother's arms and stretched out his little hand to grab it, flapping his little hand a few times. The cloth tiger reached the little hand, and the little bun held the cloth tiger and smiled, revealing the small teeth of rice grains.

The stalls sell all kinds of animal puppets that amuse children, with bright colors. Wei Cheng picked a cloth rabbit. The cloth rabbit does not lie on all fours, but sits upright. There are two bells sewn on the big ears, shaking There was a clanging sound.

Wei Cheng held it in his hand with a smile in his eyes, and without thinking too much, he handed it to his little darling, "Do you like the little glutinous rice balls?"

The bunny is made of brightly colored cloth, and it can also jingle. Xiao Tangyuan likes it very much. She hugged her in her arms, blinked her big eyes, and said softly, "Daddy, why are rabbits different?"

The little glutinous rice **** recognize the ears of rabbits. The rabbits at home are white, with fat stomachs, bigger ears, and softer hugs.

Xiao Liu took a rabbit of various colors, and said in confusion: "My lord, look, this rabbit is different from the ones sold by the peddler before!"

The small businessman warmly greeted: "Gentlemen, this rabbit is the best seller, and the styles are all the latest. The handmade dolls from my hometown are not sold anywhere else. Many vendors have ordered this product from me. My humble A lot of the goods are almost sold out, and these are the only ones left on the stalls. You want to buy them, one hundred and fifty cents each."

Lin Xiyu also picked up a rabbit to look at, and it looked familiar, "Except for the color, isn't this the puppet rabbit style sold by Baizhenlou!"

After being dismantled, the small businessman apologized and said with a smile: "Several nobles are dressed in extraordinary clothes. You know that Baizhenlou puppets are the top and most exquisite things. But the price is not cheap, and it is still limited. Many colleagues just look at it. When there is a business opportunity, I will imitate some and sell them. Don't worry, although they are imitations, they are still very popular and the price is very affordable. Do you want to buy a few?"

Wei Cheng and his party: "..."

This small businessman, if you tell the owner of Baizhenlou to imitate Baizhenlou products, you will not be afraid of your stall being smashed.

Dare to say that the puppet comes from your hometown.

However, the supply of puppets in Baizhenlou is in short supply, and it is certain that they will be imitated.

There are many merchants in Jinzhou City who imitated the puppets and toys of Baizhenlou, but they couldn't imitate the same ones. The lack of materials was one reason, and it was because they didn't dare to offend Baizhenlou.

The raw materials for the puppets and toys sold in Baizhenlou cannot be made by those merchants racking their brains. It can only be imitated by changing the raw materials. The prices they sell vary from high to low, but they are still incomparable with Baizhenlou.

In the end, I still bought four puppet animals, and the other two, one for Xiaotuanzi and one for Xiaodouzi from Wei Lei's family.

"Let's go forward for a while. In front is the trading place where overseas merchants gather." Wei Cheng explained the question just now, "There are a lot of merchants in the market because an overseas merchant ship came this month. People even changed it a month ago. There are many, now that there are fewer people, I will bring you here for a stroll, and see if there are any new things this time."

They walked to the trading place where overseas merchants gathered.

Wei Cheng saw an overseas businessman's stall full of various spices, and when he saw the spices, he became interested.

Walking over to take a look, they were all edible spices that he had never seen in the Dajing Dynasty.

Black pepper, white pepper, thyme, celery, fennel, nutmeg, oregano, bay leaf, basil... there are herbs, which is rare.

"How are these spices sold?"

When the foreign businessman saw someone asking about the price of the spices, his expression was not enthusiastic, so he said a price casually.

The accent is not pure, with the accent of a foreigner, but he can also speak the words of the Dajing Dynasty fluently.

"...This is a spice for food, not a herbal medicine, not a spice for making fragrance." The foreign businessman also explained the use of the spice, with a helpless and powerless tone, as if he had been asked by many people recently that no one would buy it. will appear so.

A Dehe came from the Tash Kingdom, and came to the Dajing Dynasty to visit several state capitals, and Jinzhou was the last one. After setting up a stall in Jinzhou for more than ten days, all the other commodities he brought were sold out, except for the spices he brought from his hometown. Many people asked, but no one bought them. Back and forth, from anticipation to loss.

Wei Cheng didn't care about his attitude, and said directly, "I bought all these spices."

"You really want to buy it?!"

The foreign businessman looked surprised, quickly recovered, and hurriedly said: "How much do you want to buy? I will pack it for you. I will buy it for a catty, and I will give you a half discount!" He lowered the price to the lowest, and he did not expect to make money. Just so someone can buy it.

Regarding Wei Cheng's saying "bought them all", he just thought that he wanted some of each type. He brought more than a dozen kinds of edible spices. As long as he can sell a little, it is a good start.

His country produces spices. In order to get rid of poverty, the number of spices planted in his hometown has been increasing in recent years. Because most of them are unsalable, spices are becoming less and less valuable because of large-scale planting, and livelihood is a problem.

He was a merchant, and he made a lot of money by doing business between his own country and the Dajing Dynasty. People in his hometown entrusted him to sell spices and transported them to the Dajing Dynasty to see if he could sell them. Even if he sold some, his hometown would not be too poor.

People in his hometown begged him to help him. Originally, he didn’t need money to buy food and said he would sell it before paying the bill, but he couldn’t let the villagers have no money to buy food, so he bought it at the lowest price, and spent a lot of money to transport this batch of spices.

If it cannot be sold, not to mention the loss, the spices will be thrown in the Dajing Dynasty.

At the beginning, he took the risk of losing money, thinking that someone in a big country should know these spices. From expectation to disappointment, I thought I was doomed to lose money, but I didn't expect a turnaround.

Now someone buys it, how happy he is!

"I mean, I want all the spices on your stall." Wei Cheng said.

"I want them all!" A Dehe stuttered in shock, his hands were shaking!

Did he hear correctly—? !

To be sure again, Adehe was sure that he heard it right, and he was overjoyed immediately, and gave a price that could not be lowered, and Adehe also said that he would deliver the goods to the door himself.

A Dehe was very happy: "The Dajing Dynasty is indeed a great country. If I can't sell it, I am ready to be ashamed of my hometown. Unexpectedly, there are people who know this spice."

"Your hometown produces edible spices?" Wei Cheng asked.

"Yes." Adehe said while sorting out the goods, "My hometown grows spices. There are too many spices in my hometown to sell, so I come to Dajing Dynasty to try my luck. If someone buys it, next time It can be shipped in batches and sold as much as it can be sold, so that the people in my hometown will not go hungry."

"Your hometown produces spices. Next time you come to Jinzhou, send me another 10,000 catties. Is there any stock?" Wei Cheng originally intended to order another batch of spices with someone. When the other party mentioned it, he just followed the words.

A Dehe's jaw dropped in shock, "You want tens of thousands of catties..."

"Yes, yes, you have everything you want. It's still the same price. I won't raise the price. You must buy it. I will definitely, definitely ship it to you. I will ship it to you when I return to China." A Dehe was incoherent happily, and quickly responded. , After finishing speaking, he remembered that there were more spices in the station than in front of him, and asked cautiously, "My residence has more spices than here, do you want it?"

How can I not!

Wei Cheng asked A Dehe to send over as many as he had, as long as the quality was good, send him over.

"Guaranteed to be of good quality! Not worth the money!"

After selling all the spices, A Dehe was overjoyed, speeded up his hands to pack them, and hurriedly sent them to the nobles. After delivering them, he went back to the post station to sort out the goods and send them over.

"Thank you, thank you so much! I can sell all the spices, so I have the capital to go to the North and South to buy a batch of goods and ship them back to sell. I thought I would lose money on this trip, but I didn't expect to make a lot of money!"

After Adehe finished speaking, he didn't notice Wei Cheng's strange expressions.

A Dehe packed all the spices, asked his attendants to carry them to the cart, and asked, "I don't know, my lord, where are the spices going to be delivered?"

"Transport to the north and south."

ah?

A Dehe was completely sluggish!

When he was going to Nanbeihang, he was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked when he saw the respectful greeting from the shopkeeper of Nanbeihang.

The noble person in front of him turned out to be the boss of Nanbeihang! !

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A Dehe rushed back to the post station with his entourage. The residents of the post station were all foreign businessmen, and his companion also lived in the post station.

Adehe came back empty-handed, and Nanbi, a businessman from Tash Country, gasped with ridicule: "Adehe, I said that your spices are piles of garbage, and you will throw them away sooner or later. I think you didn't get anything back. That's right."

Mu Zai, a fellow villager, asked concerned, "Adehe, are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" Adehe thanked his companion for his concern. "Muzai, I have something to tell you, I..."

"What can he do? Selling **** on a whim is just a loss." Nanbi's mocking joke came again.

Mu Zai was short-tempered, and felt that Nanbi's words were too much, and was about to teach him a lesson for his friend, when A Dehe stopped him, happy to share with his friend, "Don't talk to him again. I'll tell you some good news , I sold all the spices!"

"Not only did I sell it, but the boss also said how much to buy, so I will come back and tell you that we will send all the spices in our hands over."

Mu Zai widened his eyes, "Really! Then I'll go right away!"

When he saw A Dehe brought spices, he brought some with him, and he brought hundreds of catties. If he couldn't sell it, he wouldn't lose money, but he didn't expect to sell it. Mu Zai hurried to the warehouse to pack.

Other companions who also brought some spices gathered around Adehe to ask questions.

"Adehe, we all came together, and you have to sell it for me."

"Adho and I are still in the same place. If Adeho wants to help, he will help me."

.........

It was Adehe who promised to have both. These people stopped surrounding him, and they all went back to pack the spices, and then sent them there together.

In order to thank Boss Wei, A Dehe also packed and sent some specialties at home.

Nanbi still didn't believe it, so he followed secretly. He was dumbfounded when he saw a few people delivering the goods to the north and south...

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Wei Cheng is still waiting on the north-south trip, he attaches great importance to this batch of spices.

Zhou Yuan and the others went back first, and the children were tired, so they couldn't stay longer, so Wei Hu stayed with them.

A Dehe brought the spices over, and the shopkeeper and the assistants registered and counted them.

A Dehe was invited alone to the private room for receiving guests, and Wei Cheng waited inside, the contract was drawn up, and then the two parties signed the contract.

A Dehe took the contract and thanked Wei Cheng endlessly. With this contract, people in his hometown would not be afraid of not being full. He took out the package and handed it over, "Wei Dong's family, this is the villain's gratitude. It is a special product I brought from my hometown. It is a kind of cheese. It is usually cooked and delicious with bread and flatbread. I hope you will accept it."

"Then I'll be disrespectful." Wei Cheng took it and opened it to see that it was really hard cheese.

Wei Cheng smiled and said, "Boss Adhe, how much cheese do you have left? I'll buy it!"

A Dehe: "......"

A Dehe went back to the post station to inquire again. Many people really brought cheese, even a businessman from a neighboring country brought a lot. Also, his friend Mu De brought a few big pieces, and he also wanted to sell them. Later, he thought about the smell of cheese, and people here didn't like the smell, so he never sold it again.

Collect more than a dozen large pieces of cheese, each weighing five or six catties, and send them all to the north and south.

This is the cheese from the two countries, Wei Cheng cut a small piece with a knife and tried it directly. A Dehe looked at his posture and realized that Boss Wei is a knowledgeable person.

He just didn't know where this Boss Wei learned it from, so he didn't dare to ask rudely.

After trying cheese from the two countries, with different flavors, Wei Cheng was satisfied with both, and signed a contract with both sides.

Getting two contracts in one day, Adehe laughed from ear to ear, and the others were envious. Some people took the opportunity to make friends and wanted Adehe to buy their spices and cheese.

He thanked A Dehe for the other contract that was obtained by A De He's good luck, and they both became friends later.

Wei Cheng brought some spices and all the cheese back to the mansion. For the rest, let the shopkeeper arrange for manpower to be sent to the sauce workshop outside the city, and he will explain how to do it.

Back in the mansion, the people who followed him were curious about the purpose of buying so many strange spices.

"You'll know soon!" Wei Cheng sneered.

"By the way, Uncle Mao, ask your servants to go to the Yin Mansion and Wei Lei's house, and inform them to come to the mansion for dinner tonight. Also, Wei Hu, go and prepare something." After giving the order, he turned and went to the kitchen to process the spices And teach the cook how to make food with cheese.

Yin Chengfeng brought his wife and son to the door, and when he came, he had a broken face.

"Wei Cheng, what is this?"

People gathered in the water pavilion in the backyard, charcoal was placed outside the water pavilion, and an iron shelf was set up for the charcoal.

There is a long table next to it with a lot of raw food, some of which are marinated, and some are skewered.

Yin Chengfeng put question marks, not only him, but everyone else put question marks, but Wei Cheng didn't say anything.

Wei Cheng sipped his tea and asked, "Why do you have such a sad face? With your current status, what else can make you difficult?"

As soon as this question was asked, Yin Chengfeng sighed, "I happen to ask you for advice on something, let's talk in the study."

It is very important to go to the study to talk.

The two went to the study.

Only then did Yin Chengfeng tell Wei Cheng about the matter.

It turns out that after the new emperor ascended the throne, all directions came to the ceremony, and the states and dependent countries visited and worshiped.

The new emperor wants to take this opportunity to regain the right to cooperate with overseas foreigners from the powerful family, so as to demonstrate the prestige of the new emperor and fill the treasury even more.

Yin Chengfeng: "My elder brother entrusted me to find a solution. How can I do this. I can only come to you. Do you have a solution?"

"You are so lucky, you really have it! If you ask one day earlier, there is no way."

Yin Chengfeng asked anxiously: "What is the solution? Tell me, I will write a letter back and let my elder brother see if it works!"

"You'll know later!"

After finishing speaking, Wei Cheng got up and went out, Yin Chengfeng followed behind and asked, Wei Cheng only said: "I bought a batch of edible spices from overseas businessmen, and I will have barbecue tonight!"

Yin Chengfeng; "..." He is in such a hurry, you just focus on eating!

"Oh, by the way, it's okay to have barbecue tonight, right?"

Yin Chengfeng: "..."

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The barbecue is on the stove, and the chef in the house has also cooked barbecue and seafood. Although the seasoning is different today, but a few words will not trouble the chef in the house.

The chef cooks mutton and beef first. During the Dajing Dynasty, the sale of beef was limited, and the price was even more expensive.

Afterwards, the aroma overflowed, which was very different from the previous barbecue aroma, and everyone had expectations.

Yin Chengfeng was alone in a hurry.

Under the expectation of everyone, the chef put the roasted lamb and beef on the plate, cut them up, and served them to the table.

Those who smelled the fragrance early could not wait to eat it.

Wei Hu ate it and yelled, "It's delicious! It smells good, and it tastes even better after eating. Master, is this made from the spices I bought from a foreign businessman today?"

"That's right." Wei Cheng put some of the small glutinous rice **** into his small bowl. The little buns and the little dumplings sitting on the children's chair smelled the aroma and wanted to eat, Wei Cheng asked the maid to feed the two little guys some.

Zhou Yuan said: "What a special spice, it's different from the ones sold in our shop, but it's delicious."

Wei Chengdao: "These spices can also be used to make stews and seafood, and the resulting flavors are different. These spices can add a lot of new products to our Baiweizhai, and can also add a lot of overseas customers to our store."

Wei Lei is pragmatic: "The seafood restaurant can also add new dishes."

Ren Nianluo ate, nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Lin Xiyu said: "Roasted mutton tastes better, what kind of spices are in it?"

Qi Yihan ate elegantly, "I really like roast beef."

Uncle Mao, Wei Jin and the others kept saying it was delicious.

Yin Chengfeng: "..." He doesn't know the taste of food, even if it tastes good, it becomes unpalatable!

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of bread aroma not far away, with a strong aroma sandwiched between the aroma. The servants held a few special wooden dishes in their hands, and the door was covered with a cover, but the aroma could not be concealed.

When the servants put it on the table and opened it, the aroma could not help but amaze people, staring at the baked bread, almost drooling.

Wei Cheng explained with a smile: "This is a baked pancake made of cheese bought from a foreign businessman. I asked someone to make a seafood pancake and a sauced meat pancake. You should like it!"

like!

Everyone who ate it nodded in appreciation.

It turns out that this foreign thing can make such delicious food.

Everyone ate happily, satisfactorily, chatted happily, but eating was not enough, so the servant ordered the back kitchen to make some more pancakes, Wei Hu shouted: "Put more seafood!"

Yin Chengfeng: "..."

After eating, Yin Chengfeng immediately went to Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng didn't hold back anymore, "How do you feel about the food today?"

Yin Chengfeng's face darkened, thinking that Wei Cheng didn't say anything.

Wei Cheng continued: "Tonight's food is of foreign taste. It is absolutely suitable to receive foreign missions with today's food. The foreign missions are absolutely satisfied, and it can also let the foreign missions see that our Dajing Kingdom is tolerant and broad-minded. , a lot of talent.”

Yin Chengfeng: ".......This is about the reception. It is not the same as the one above, and it is useless." Use food to negotiate overseas commercial cooperation rights with foreign missions? how is this possible? !

"You just need to tell your elder brother about this proposal, and let your elder brother make a decision." Wei Cheng said, "I will give the recipe to the sauce workshop and set it to the strictest. After three days, a batch will be produced and you will send it away. Go to the imperial city and hand it over to your eldest brother. I will draw up the menu, and you arrange for the chef who can go to the imperial city to learn from me."

Wei Cheng said so seriously, Yin Chengfeng also thought, although there is no way to solve the problem of cooperating with foreigners, but it is a good suggestion to satisfy the foreigners at the palace banquet for foreign missions.

Yin Chengfeng went back to make arrangements.

After a few days.

A batch of finished edible spices and a batch of specially made gifts for foreign missions were sent to the imperial city along with a letter written by Wei Cheng who had practiced for several years and was finally able to write with impressive calligraphy.

Yin Chengfeng followed back to the imperial city, and brought his family back to the imperial city. Before leaving, he asked, "What is the purpose of letting Steward Quan put the finished products made of overseas edible spices on the shelves on the second day after the palace banquet?"

Wei Cheng only said: "Sell new products!"

Yin Chengfeng: "..."

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