Runan Trading Company, you can tell that it is related to Runan Prince Zhao Zongsheng, and in fact, it is true. The owner of Runan Trading Company is Zhao Zongsheng. The nobles of the Song Dynasty were not shy about business. Even when some women gathered together, the most common discussion was the business situation in various places. Sometimes, a few noble ladies of housekeepers gathered together to talk to each other and then they could negotiate a big business.

Zhao Bao is the shopkeeper of Runan Trading Company in Quanzhou. Quanzhou is one of the most prosperous ports along the Song Dynasty. Usually, many maritime merchants will transport goods here to sell. Zhao Bao is responsible for collecting some goods from sea for the merchant and then transporting them to Tokyo and other places in the north for sale. The profits are huge, which also makes Zhao Bao highly valued by the above.

However, a few days ago, Zhao Bao received a strange news from Tokyo, because the Prince of Runan actually ordered them to purchase something called seaweed. It is said that this thing grows on the rocks by the sea and is dark after drying, but when soaked in hot water, it is as thin as a veil, which is very easy to recognize.

Although Zhao Bao lived in Quanzhou for many years, he had never heard of seaweed. He even bought it on the market with money, but he could not find anyone to sell it. This made Zhao Bao think that a message from Tokyo was wrong. Until later, a guy who grew up on the beach remembered that his family was poor when he was a child and often ate a kind of seaweed called seaweed. However, this thing was eaten only when the poor family had no food. He usually used it to feed pigs, so he was not sure if this seaweed was the seaweed the prince of Runan.

When Zhao Bao heard the guy's words, he immediately asked him to go back to his hometown to find some seaweed. As a result, he found that the seaweed was exactly the same as the seaweed described by the Prince of Runan. This made Zhao Bao overjoyed and immediately asked someone to prepare for the seaweed purchase. But at this time the guy told him that the collection time of seaweed was from April to November every year. Now November is about to pass, and seaweed is no longer growing. I am afraid that even if you buy it with all your strength, it will be difficult to acquire enough seaweed.

When Zhao Bao heard that the collection season of seaweed had passed, he was also anxious. The Prince of Runan was very urgent this time. He must let him transport a batch of seaweed back this year. If he couldn't even complete this simple task, he would definitely be blamed by the Prince. Then maybe he would not even be able to save the position of this big shopkeeper.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Bao kept asking about the seaweed in the next few days, but he still found nothing. In the end, he could only organize a group of people and collect a batch of fresh seaweed from the beach. The quantity is not large, but it is better than none. He planned to dry the seaweed and send it to the capital for a commission.

However, what Zhao Bao did not expect was that before the little seaweed he collected had dried, news came from the capital that he asked him to purchase seaweed dozens of miles away from Quanzhou. It is said that villagers from several villages nearby collected a large amount of seaweed.

Although Zhao Bao couldn't understand why the capital city knew about the situation in Quanzhou, since the superiors gave the order, he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He immediately took people to Yuwei Village. As a result, when he came here to inquire, he found that several villages here had collected a large amount of seaweed before, which made Zhao Bao overjoyed. He immediately dispersed his people to several villages to purchase seaweed. He himself personally came to Yuwei Village, the most populous.

"Dear fellow villagers, Zhao Bao, the shopkeeper of the Runan Trading Company, is here to buy seaweed today. If you have seaweed, you can take it out. Our store is willing to buy it at a price of 20 cents per pound!" Zhao Bao stood on a temporary platform and shouted loudly to the villagers gathered below. He had purchased some fresh seaweed before, and knew that seaweed was not valuable at all, so he felt that the price of 20 cents per pound was very reasonable.

"Two Wen!" Hearing this price, the villagers below immediately seemed to be in a panic. Some people were so excited that their faces were flushed, while others were so angry that they stomped their feet. The excited people naturally had a lot of dried seaweed hidden in their homes, but the angry people were those who thought that no one would buy seaweed and occupied space, and they ended up feeding pigs.

"Second, you are rich now. You only have the most seaweed in your family within a radius of a hundred miles. Now Erya's dowry no longer has to worry about!" Zhang Bing in the crowd squeezed to Wu Laosi and congratulated with excitement. In fact, when he was saying these words, he was secretly glad in his heart. Fortunately, he did not feed the seaweed to pigs like some people. Now he can make some money with seaweed. At least he can cut two pork knives this year during the Chinese New Year.

However, compared to others' excitement, Wu Laosi said in confusion: "The two essays are too low. Master Lekong said that if you are less than five es, you must not sell them, otherwise you will lose."

When Zhang Bing heard Wu Laosi's words, he said with some amusement: "My fourth brother, you are too scrupulous. Master Lekong just said casually at the beginning. Now, it is very reasonable for someone to pay for our seaweed. The price of two cents is very fair. How could anyone be willing to spend five cents to collect a bunch of pig food back?"

Zhang Bing's words actually represented the ideas of the vast majority of villagers. Although they remembered Master Kong's words at this time, no one dared to ask Zhao Bao for a purchase price of 500 yuan per pound, because they were afraid that the high price would anger the other party, so they didn't want their seaweed.

However, Wu Laosi was a scheming person. Seeing that no one mentioned Master Lekong's words, he was honest by nature and mustered up the courage to shout loudly: "Shopkeeper Zhao, our seaweed was collected by Master Kong's guidance. Moreover, Master Lekong had already said that the acquisition price must not be lower than five cents, so do you think you should mention the price again?"

As soon as Wu Laosi said, he immediately attracted many villagers' criticism. However, Zhao Bao was shocked when he heard this. He immediately asked: "Brother, you are talking about Master Kong, but the Zen Master Liao Kong who came to our Quanzhou two years ago?"

Seeing the blaming eyes of everyone, Wu Laosi was shocked by most of the courage that he had accumulated. When he heard Zhao Bao's question, he could only hesitate: "No...yes, that's... that Zen Master Lekong, who lived here for a long time two years ago, not only cured us, but also asked us to collect seaweed, saying that someone would come to buy it in the future. We waited for more than a year before, and waited for you, Shopkeeper Zhao."

When Zhao Bao heard that it was indeed the Zen Master Lekong, he was also surprised and happy. Although Lekong was not old, he was extremely famous in the aristocratic circle in the capital. Not only because he had superb cooking skills, but also because of his profound and knowledgeable Buddhism, many people wanted to make friends with him. Last time when Lekong came to Quanzhou, Zhao Bao saw the magistrate go to the inn and invite the other party to the mansion to entertain him. He also knew that even the prince of his family had to treat him with courtesy when he saw Kong.

Thinking of this, Zhao Bao couldn't help but hesitate. He thought that the price of two cents per catty was already good, but he didn't expect that Zen Master Kong had set a price of five cents per catty for the villagers before, which would be difficult to deal with. If he forced the purchase at two cents, it would be fine. Anyway, looking at the reactions of the following villagers, most of them were willing to sell seaweed to him, but Zen Master Kong had to give face. Otherwise, if this matter came to the capital, it might even make people say that his prince's robbery and lowered the purchase price of seaweed. Then, it might cause the prince to blame. After all, sometimes it is not something that can be earned.

"Okay! Five articles are only five articles. Our Runan Trading Company gave Zen Master Kong the face. In the future, the purchase price of seaweed will be set at five articles. However, you will also press the fingerprint later to ensure that all seaweed collected in the future will be sold to us first!" Zhao Bao is worthy of being the shopkeeper of the shop. Although the purchase price has more than doubled, he also proposed to monopolize the production of seaweed in several surrounding villages.

Seeing that the shopkeeper Zhao really agreed to purchase seaweed for five cents, the villagers below were also excited. As for the seaweed in the future, they would be given priority to selling seaweed to Runan Trading Company, which is even more OK. Anyway, they sell it to everyone, and they can also have a stable purchase price, so there is no need to worry that Runan Trading Company will reduce the price privately in the future.

Next, all the villagers ran back one after another, and the whole family used a car to transport the stored seaweed to the entrance of the village. Zhao Bao had a special person there to buy it on the scale, and he gave the cash directly and would never default.

Wu Laosi alone had thousands of kilograms of seaweed. These were collected by him and his family with hard work. However, now his son and nephew have gone out to sea, and his legs are inconvenient, so he could not transport them out for a while. But that doesn't matter. Anyway, it's not a matter of time that Zhao Bao wanted to take away all the seaweed.

By the evening, the young and strong Wu family finally came back from fishing. Unfortunately, they had no gains, so they were all depressed. However, when they heard that the people who collected the seaweed finally came, they were all excited. Dozens of people in the family worked together and moved out the seaweed at home. In the end, they sold more than 20 chunks. This made Wu Laosi happy. Everyone around them praised him for his vision. With such a large sum of money, the Wu family did nothing and was enough to last until the New Year.

After Zhao Bao packed the purchased seaweed and immediately shipped the first batch of seaweed to the capital as quickly as possible. As a result, it was not until more than a month later that the seaweed was finally delivered to the capital. However, these seaweeds were just sent to Zhao Zongsheng's Runan County Prince's Mansion, but they were immediately transferred by him to Zhao Yan's villa outside the city because Zhao Yan needed to use these seaweeds to complete a difficult task. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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