Fight the Giants

  Chapter 99 Money can't buy you

  Huo Xi was also thinking about what to buy to go back.

  Discussed with Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu for a long time, but they only let her decide.

  The two of them haven't made up their minds yet. It was the first time to do this north-south barter business, and it was the first time. I don't know what to buy, and whether I can sell it when I transport it to the capital.

  Just listen to Huo Xi.

  Huo Xi pondered for a long time before going to bed. Today she sold the cotton cloth from Jiangnan, and saw all kinds of cloth at the pier.

  In addition to cotton, linen, Gebu, raw silk, and silk from Jiangnan, there is also cotton from Songjiang. There are also many types of Songjiang cotton, such as standard cloth, large cloth and small cloth, sparse cloth, flying pattern cloth, Huo Xilen couldn't tell the difference.

   Not only the cloth from Jiangnan, but also the linen from Hui'an further south, and the cloth from other places. Such as Huajin in Central Plains, Luxuan Qiwan in Qilu, Dongyang Hualuo in Wuzhou, Lu silk in Luzhou...

   There are also cloth from Fanbang, such as the astringent cloth and bird cloth that were shipped from Japan.

   There are so many things to see.

  But some cloth businesses cannot be done. Ordinary people can't wear it either. For example Luo. During the Hongwu period, it was clearly stipulated that ordinary people, farmers, and merchants were not allowed to wear clothes. Luo Yi is not something everyone can wear.

  Jacquard silk, ordinary people can't wear it. However, plain silk and silk have regulations in this dynasty, and ordinary merchants can also wear them. As long as you have money, you can wear it.

  The cloth is too expensive, Huo Xi doesn't want to touch it. One has no capital, two has no ability, and cannot get in touch with people at that level. Rich and wealthy people will not buy cloth from her.

   lose face.

  But some cloth that is not common in Jiangnan, if the price is right, she wants to buy some back.

  For example, the linen from Huizhou costs only 1 yuan per piece, which is cheaper than the linen from Jiangnan.

   There are also shrubs and bird cloths from the Wa Kingdom, which are said to be unique to the Wa Kingdom, beautiful and tough.

   There is also the velvet brocade from the southwest.

  The velvet brocade is not all woven with silk threads, it is a colorless velvet woven with hemp as the warp and silk as the weft. Minorities from the Southwest. It will not be just a tribute like Yunjin, and non-high-ranking officials and nobles cannot wear it.

   And fur from the north. It will be winter soon.

   Sending back some rare cloth from Jiangnan and Jinling, there should be some curious people, right? She focuses on the sales of the lower-level market, and then seeks opportunities to enter the middle-level market to make money.

  Huo Xi thought for a while before falling asleep.

  In the dream, she was standing in front of her large fertile farmland and looking at the promising fields, while Nian'er was flying a kite on a field stalk not far from her, giggling all the way.

  With an idea in mind, Huo Xi had a much more purposeful purpose when he went ashore the next day.

  Specially drilled in front of the cloth vendor. He was not in a hurry to make a move, and his ears were pricked up, listening to others bargaining. Look at other people's subtle finger gestures.

   Qian Xiaoxia, Zou Sheng and the others who came over didn't understand why they were talking about Bu and punching again. Is it "five chiefs, six or six smooth, seven tricks, eight horses, drink quickly"?

  It's not like that.

   Several people looked at it in a daze, and Yang Fu saw it with a half-knowledge. Yesterday, I watched Huo Xi and shopkeeper Lu gesturing and bargaining. He wouldn't say that others were playing wine punches, but he didn't understand the price very well.

  Huo Xi has a clear heart.

  Of course, she wouldn't be able to tell if people were bargaining and bargaining without showing it on the surface.

   Isn't there a word called "gold in the sleeve"? In some businesses, bargaining and bargaining are very veiled, hidden in front of others, and the gestures are hidden in the wide sleeves, and no one can see it except the bargaining parties.

  It’s like buying and selling Cordyceps in Sichuan and Tibet. You shake hands first, and then cover your hands with a towel. The two parties negotiate the price under the towel, and no one can see it.

   Eyebrows are calm, but under the towel there is something dark and dark. Others are still in the dark, but Wanguan's business has already been negotiated.

  Huo Xi took advantage of being a child, pretended to be a fool, and squeezed in front of people. After several rounds of watching, he figured out the bottom price of the people.

  With little hands behind his back, he walked ahead with some pride.

  Yang Fu, Qian Xiaoxia, Zou Sheng, and Ma Xiang followed behind in a daze, you look at me, I look at you.

   "Huo Xi, why are you staring at cloth stalls and cloth dealers? You want to sell cloth back? There are so many weavers over there, and the cloth is cheap. If you buy it back, who will you sell it to?"

  Huo Xi didn't answer, but glanced at several people.

  Qian Xiaoxia followed her, probably because he liked to join in the fun with Yang Fu, and second, his shrewd mother sent him to be a little undercover agent. But Huo Xi didn't feel disgusted, firstly, the two brothers were still pure-hearted, and secondly, they would not hinder Huo Xi's affairs.

  Zou Sheng didn't have much thought, he just listened to his grandma, let him follow her and listen to her advice.

  She didn't know Ma Xiang very well before, and she should be grateful for the Huo family's willingness to lend them money. For the past two days, he has been following his uncle and nephew, clearing the way for them, rescuing them, and protecting them. Huo Xi is very grateful to him.

  If she wants to buy cloth, the quantity should be larger, and it is better to negotiate the price with the cloth dealer.

Without hiding it from them, he said, "I want to buy some cloth that is not common in the south of the Yangtze River and send it back. For example, the linen from Huizhou. You have seen it, and it only costs a penny. Brother Xiang also said that he would buy some cloth to make clothes back home." ?”

   Ma Xiang nodded after hearing this: "Well, it's cheaper than our Jiangning Gema! I want to buy a few and keep them for making clothes."

  Zou Sheng also nodded: "I also want to buy two to make clothes for grandma."

  Huo Xi spread his hands towards Qian Xiaoxia: "You see, the same thing, the price is cheaper, we are definitely willing to buy a cheaper one."

  Qian Xiaoxia looked at this and that: "It's different, isn't it that you get what you pay for? We've heard a lot along the way. If it's the same product, why is it so cheap?"

  Huo Xi tilted his head to look at Ma Xiang and Zou Sheng, "Do you see the difference?"

  The two shook their heads, "We don't understand."

  Huo Xi looked at Yang Fu again, Yang Fu scratched his head, "I think it's lighter and cooler than Ge Ma."

  Huo Xi gave him a thumbs up. As expected, I have collected and sold the cloth for so long with my family, so I have some experience.

  Yang Fu was very happy to be praised by Huo Xi, "I think it's better than Ge Ma!"

   "Then why is the price cheaper than Ge Ma!" Qian Xiaoxia refused to admit defeat.

   Both of them looked at Huo Xi together.

   "There is a lot of rain in the south, and it is rich in ramie. The output is large, and the price is cheap. Besides, we are close to the capital, and the price is more expensive than other places."

   Several people were thoughtful.

  Huo Xi led a few people to avoid the crowd, and asked: "My family plans to buy some linen from the south and ship it back. Do you want to buy it? If everyone buys together, we can negotiate prices with the cloth dealer if the quantity is large."

  Zou Sheng nodded first: "I'm with your family."

   Ma Xiang also nodded: "Then I will buy some at home."

  Qian Xiaoxia didn't dare to express his opinion: "I have to go back and ask my mother."

  Yang Fu curled his lips at him, "Didn't you and your brother borrow money from my family? If you just ask your brother, it will be all right?"

  Qian Xiaoxia was silent, and his mother took all the money. His mother only asked him to follow Huo Xi to see what Huo Xi bought.

   "Besides linen, what else do you want to buy?" Qian Xiaoxia changed the subject.

  Huo Xi glanced at him: "I also plan to buy some fur goods from the north, do you want to buy?"

   "Fur goods are so expensive." Qian Xiaoxia muttered, his mother wouldn't buy them. If he hit his hand, his mother would beat her chest and cry for half a month, and if she was in a bad mood, she wouldn't cook for the three of them.

   "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have played with you."

  Yang Fu hates iron but not steel, "Isn't it you and your brother who want to save money for a big boat? Do you want to save money for your brother to marry a sister-in-law?"

   "Well, then my brother and I will buy some too."

Huo Xi pulled Yang Fu back, and said to Qian Xiaoxia: "You go back tonight and ask your mother. Anyway, it's okay to lose your family. Uncle Yu will definitely stay with my family. In this way, our family will be together, and this amount will be indispensable. "

  Qian Xiaoxia was a little anxious, afraid that they would stop playing with him. I can't wait to make a decision on the spot and act with everyone.

  However, he has no money on him. I just scratched my head anxiously.

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