However, after Kang Yuquan finished his second point, he did not get the two of them to express their position immediately like the first one. X Li Guangrui didn't move, just sat on the chair and stared at the teacup in front of him, as if there was something unusual about this teacup; Gu Ming instructed Kang Yuquan's subordinates to pour another cup of tea.

It is indeed safer for the three families to store the goods together than a single family, and a family of their size will not hurt their muscles and bones if they have an accident with a cargo, and the person who can come out to take charge is not stupid, no matter which one of them, they don't have to worry about the other two deliberately harming themselves like this.

But the storage of goods in three companies means that the other two know what they are planning to buy and sell, sell more and sell less, and even if they don't know more information, it is enough to have an impact on the business. In the future, Bao'an City Bosi will inevitably become their main place to do business with foreign countries, so that others will know what and how many things they buy and sell in Bao'an.

But for now, there are still benefits, so the two of them are a little undecided. After thinking about it for a while, Li Guangrui felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages for the time being, and said: "According to my father-in-law's words, now put the goods together and store them." ”

Gu Ming saw that Li Guangrui agreed, although he felt that Li Guangrui agreed without thinking much because Kang Yu was his father-in-law, but he also felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages for the time being, so he also agreed.

Seeing that they all agreed, Kang Yuquan smiled, said a few more words, and sent them out.

Li Guangrui returned to his team, and when he saw that the guys had been settled, he asked his subordinates to call Bai Jingyi over and tell him what Kang Yuquan had just said.

Bai Jingyi asked, "Didn't Master Kang say anything about the two major shops of tea and porcelain?" ”

"No," said Li Guangrui, "there is no way to discuss such a thing, after all, tea and porcelain are the bulk of the goods sold by each family, and it is impossible for any one to back down." ”

Although they also sell a variety of luxury goods to foreign countries, the three main exports are tea, porcelain and ironware.

Although Guang's tea is not very famous, it grows a lot of tea and exports a lot; Although Guangcai porcelain is not as famous as other places, Guangren was the first to create an export-oriented business model, customizing porcelain according to the appearance that outsiders like, and exporting more porcelain than Jingdezhen and other places; As for ironware, the smelting technology of Nanyang countries is not up to par and lacks the ability to mine iron ore on a large scale, and it is a hot-selling product.

Among them, iron and iron ore are very strict in the imperial court for export control, even if the sea is opened, it can only continue to smuggle, the two major industries on the surface are tea and porcelain.

"Even if the three can't back down, but there will always be a few tentative words, why don't you mention it?" Bai Jingyi was puzzled.

"This," Li Guangrui also wondered. He felt that what Bai Jingyi said made sense, and he should always test a few words.

Bai Jingyi frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Young Master, the old servant understands. ”

"Uncle Bai, what's going on?"

"The eldest young master, the reason is that the goods of the three families are stored together. Our family and the Kang family and the Gu family have been friends for many years, and they can know how many goods they put in each shop, even if there is a gap between the estimated number of Bao'an stores this time, there are no two shops up and down; When the effect of the interview is estimated, it is not as good as the estimation based on the goods. ”

"This," Hearing Bai Jingyi's explanation, Li Guangrui also understood, and said hesitantly: "Uncle Bai, do you want to cancel the agreement to store the goods with them?" ”

"Now that you have agreed, you can't go back. Master Da, you need a promise to do business before people are willing to believe you, we are not small businessmen and peddlers who buy and sell with a hammer, even if we know that we have been cheated, we have to keep our promises. ”

"What's more, it's not a bad thing to let them know that our Li family wants a few shops in these two businesses, and our family can also know how many of their goods are." Bai Jingyi said.

Hearing Bai Jingyi say this, Li Guangrui also exhaled and said: "Uncle Bai is right, I think so too, but I'm still not sure." ”

At this time, it was already late night, and everyone had not had a good rest since they got on the boat yesterday morning, and the meal was also eaten on the boat, so Li Guangrui instructed the two servants he brought over to the inn to order some food to come over, and after eating and drinking, they would lie down on the bunk and sleep and rest.

The next day, the three families kept their goods together according to yesterday's agreement, and naturally put them in the warehouse of the Kang family, which had been prepared, and the people of the three families were divided into three shifts to guard day and night.

When putting the goods into the warehouse, Bai Jingyi of course also paid attention to how many goods the other two had brought over, secretly estimated in his heart, and said to Li Guangrui after coming back: "Young master, the rule of this Kang family is to sell one and save two, there are always enough goods in the store, even if there are a little more goods, it can't be missing." And the Gu family is different,......"

Bai Jingyi passed on his experience in dealing with these two families over the years to Li Guangrui, and finally said: "Young Master, so the Kang family probably wants five or six porcelain and tea shops; The same goes for the Gu family. ”

"Our family wants six porcelain shops and six tea shops, and it's about the same as them." Lee said.

"There are not many shops in each family of five or six shops, but there are only thirty shops in porcelain and tea, and the three together want to account for at least half, but the businessmen who do business in Bao'an are not only Guangzhou people, but also merchants from Chaoshan, Huizhou and other places, not to mention people from Fujian, Huguang and other places, it is not easy to do." Bai Jingyi said.

Li Guangrui was about to say something, but Bai Jingyi said again: "There is nothing to say about the Kang family and the Gu family, who is willing to back down?" Besides, it's useless to give up one or two stores. It will certainly not be so easy to rent the shops of these two businesses tomorrow. ”

He finally said: "Tomorrow is the only opportunity to act." ”

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Early the next morning, the shop of the Ming merchant was rented.

Tea and porcelain, the two major export shops in Guangzhou, Fujian and Fujian provinces, the competition is really fierce, merchants from all over the country do not let in the slightest, the price of a small shop quickly exceeds 1,000 yuan, which is only a year's rent.

In the end, the Li family won five tea shops, four porcelain shops, and the Kang family and the Gu family also won three or four shops each.

Lee Guangrui is still satisfied with the result of his family. After all, the competition on the scene is too fierce. "Those builders didn't think about whether they could make money at all, the price was so high, they didn't know how to spend it if they were rich!" Lee Guangrui complained.

"These builders are accepting names!" Bai Jingyi said in a low voice without any expression: "The city is open in Guangzhou, and they are very afraid that they will be controlled by the Guang people in the future, so even if they lose money this year, they will have to occupy some shops in Bao'an City, and at the same time, they will also show their support to Lord Zhang for the imperial court to open the sea." ”

"These guys!" Li Guangrui said hatefully. However, since he knew what Jianren thought, he didn't have to compete with Jianren who spared no expense.

The shops of several major industries have been rented out, and they are those that are not large-scale, such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc. At that time, the domestic production of pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the Ming Dynasty was difficult to meet even the local area, so although the export was not prohibited, few people operated these.

In the blink of an eye, several industries have passed, and some branches of small merchants or large merchants have actually laid down the shops of these trades.

At this time, the person who presided over the rent competition today said: "The next thing is the rent of the jewelry store. ”

Hearing the host's words, Li Guangrui couldn't help but sit up straight; Not only him, but Kang Yuquan, Gu Ming and others also sat up straight.

Although Li Xianming did not say it explicitly, Li Guangrui also understood that his grandfather's test of him this time was about these two aspects.

First, it is to see if he can assign work to the buddy in an orderly manner and arrange things properly;

Second, it depends on his judgment and decisiveness. Although the jewelry and other industries are low because of the low trading volume, the price of a single piece is high, the profit is also high, and it is useless for the shop to occupy more, but there is no one, which means that it is difficult to meddle in this industry in the future; But if you pay too much money for this, it may not be worth it, after all, it is only a year's right to use the shop. It's hard to figure out how this is.

During the whole process of renting a jewelry business, Lee Guangrui pursed his lips and his face was very solemn, but until the end he did not rent any shops.

After all the shops were rented and everyone dispersed on the way back to their residence, Bai Jingyi couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, why don't you rent a shop?" ”

"Uncle Bai, the price of these shops has made the builder speculate too high, and it is impossible to make money in the first year, if I rent it, someone in my family will definitely say that I am wasting money." Lee said.

"If you don't rent a shop, you won't be satisfied with the six-room main jewelry." Bai Jingyi said.

"So I decided to share a shop with someone else." Lee said: "Although the shop prepared by the city company is not large, it is not small for the jewelry industry, and half of it is enough. ”

"Yesterday, I saw that the head of the Liang family in Foshan also came to Bao'an, and I chatted with him a few words. Although the Liang family is mainly based on jewelry and fields on the surface, in fact, it is our family and his family who smuggle iron tools that make their family rich, and jewelry is just an embellishment or cover-up. ”

"Our family wants to cooperate with their family, he doesn't dare to offend our family, and he will definitely agree to cooperate."

Of course, Liang Shuqi can't be too dissatisfied. I can't control the ironware business at home, but I can give him more money for the shop, even if it is 60% of the total price of the shop. ”

"Yes, the eldest young master has a good idea." Bai Jingyi twisted his beard and smiled. How can a big merchant like them share a shop with others on weekdays? So he didn't expect it for a while, and he felt that Li Guangrui was thoughtful.

Li Guangrui was also very happy to be praised by Bai Jingyi, and said: "After I go back, I will immediately place the goods in the store in the city, and strive to open tomorrow, and I must be happy to make money a day earlier." ”r