Chapter 201: Miao Dan Pavilion
This person who came to the front of the 'Miao Dan Pavilion' store was naturally Li Sen.
When Li Sen saw this guy, he was frightened by himself, so he smiled and said, "Go and tell your family that the king is the shopkeeper, and say that Li Sen is here." ”
"Yes, yes! Li Ye waited, and the little one went to inform the shopkeeper. ”
This guy was obviously the one who knew Li Sen's true identity, so he didn't dare to slack off, and slipped into the store.
After a while, there was a rumbling sound in the shop, as if a wild beast was on a rampage, coming from the upper floor towards the door.
Soon, with this rumbling sound, a silver-robed meat ball rolled out of the hall and pounced directly in front of Li Sen.
"Master Li! Why did your old man come in person!? The little one who missed the welcome should be punished, and he should be punished!" This silver-robed meat ball, while shouting, reprimanded the guy with a headache: "Something that has no eyesight! Since Li Ye is here, why don't you hurry up and invite his old man into the store, watch the tea and serve, and even dare to hang Li Ye outside the door!?
The guy was so frightened that he shuddered again, and hurriedly bowed and apologized.
The silver-robed meat ball looked at Li Sen with a flattering face, and said, "Master Li, this slave has no eyesight, don't take it to heart your old man." Come in, come in!"
He was extremely courteous and invited Li Sen into the store. That courteous look was as if his own father was here.
Thank you!
This scene immediately made a group of merchants at the gate of the city look stupid.
You must know that they took out a lot of spirit stones, crying and begging in front of the door, but the big shopkeeper refused to even look at them more.
But after Li Sen came, he directly shocked this Wang Da shopkeeper into a grandson.
This Li Sen, where is it sacred!?
Their faces couldn't help but be filled with surprise and surprise.
On the contrary, the guys from the shops next to them knew Li Sen's origin and background better, so they exchanged words one after another, and then each returned to their own stores and reported what had just happened to their superiors.
Of course, these things are not known to Li Sen.
At this moment, Li Sen sat calmly on the main seat on the second floor of the 'Miao Dan Pavilion', holding a cup of West Lake new tea with just the right temperature in his hand.
The fellow stood at the top of the stairs trembling, waiting for orders.
And the shopkeeper Wang, who was wearing a silver robe and covered in jewels, paid homage to Li Sen. After paying homage, his lips trembled, and he said with excitement on his face: "Congratulations to Master Li for successfully advancing to the foundation building period! After your old man became a foundation building period monk, the little one can be regarded as having a backer, and he is really excited in his heart, and he can't help himself!"
Li Sen said with a faint expression: "Since Li has chosen to retreat, then the advanced matter is naturally nine out of ten, so you don't have to be so excited." Moreover, even if Li did not build a foundation at an advanced level, presumably others would not dare to do anything to you. Get up and speak!"
The shopkeeper Wang hurriedly got up, and then stood beside Li Sen with a smile, his round face full of respect.
Li Sen glanced at Wang Er a few times, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face.
"Wang Er, I haven't seen you for a few months, but your weight is growing day by day. The current appearance is like two people compared to three years ago. ”
The shopkeeper Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile: "That's all thanks to Master Li." The small one has eaten and drunk well in the past few years, and his body is inevitably a little bloated, if Li Ye is not satisfied, the small one will work hard to lose weight and get rid of this fat!"
When he smiled, two gold teeth appeared in his mouth, which looked very funny.
Li Sen smiled slightly, noncommittal to Wang Er's words. I saw Li Sen take a sip of tea before he glanced at Wang Er and said, "What is your weight, this is all your private matter, and it is inconvenient for Li to interfere." It's our business, how has it been in the past few months?"
When the shopkeeper Wang saw Li Sen and asked about the business, he immediately straightened his spine, came to the spirit, and said with his mouth open.
"Master Li, your old man has been in retreat in Xingfu for the past few months, and Senior Zhao has not continued to supply pills. Therefore, the business of the small store is very difficult, and it is all using the elixirs in stock, and the sales are limited every three or five times before it stabilizes the source of customers and popularity. But in the long run, it will definitely be difficult to maintain. ”
Speaking of this, the shopkeeper Wang glanced at Li Sen again, and found that Li Sen was still smiling, and his expression had not changed, the silver-robed fat man took a breath and continued: "Fortunately, when the door was about to close last night, Senior Zhao suddenly came over and sent a large number of pills. With the support of this batch of pills, it can be regarded as alleviating the urgent need. This afternoon, the small one is ready to sell some pills that have been restricted for a long time. ”
When Li Sen heard this, he said thoughtfully: "Then a few merchants at the gate of the city are here for this batch of pills?"
"Li Ye is wise. "The shopkeeper Wang said with a smile, "The little one released the news last night, and it was only early in the morning, and a few monkey anxious guys came over. However, they are all ordinary monks in the vicinity, and the trading volume is not large, and the real business has to wait for the big merchants from several other countries to come. ”
Li Sen listened, nodded slightly, and said, "I can rest assured that I will leave the business matters to you, and you can just let it go." Moreover, Zhao Wei has already made it clear that he will send a bottle of each type of pill on time every month in the future. Of course, the premise is that you must provide a sufficient amount of alchemy medicinal materials. ”
The shopkeeper Wang was overjoyed when he heard this, and rubbed his hands together and said: "This is really good! With this promise of Zhao's predecessors, the business will definitely get bigger and bigger in the future, and the wealth will be rolling!"
Hearing this, Li Sen slowly took a few sips of tea, and then after thinking for a while, he asked, "Li has been in retreat for three months, what has happened in this store?"
"There are no big things, small things are constant. After listening to Li Sen's words, the shopkeeper Wang seemed to be full of worries.
Li Sen said: "I'll listen to what you say." ”
"No. The shopkeeper Wang agreed, and then said sentence by sentence: "First of all, there seems to be a problem with the supply of raw materials for the elixir and spirit grass. The supply of raw materials has always been purchased from the branches scattered throughout the Star Gathering Alliance. However, these monks of the Gathering Star Merchant Alliance were often robbed by thieves or monks from the rival Merchant Alliance along the way of transportation. It looks like it's been specifically targeted. ”
Li Sen frowned slightly: "Which monk is hostile to the Shang Alliance?"
"It's a member of the Yuanling Business Alliance. ”
When the shopkeeper Wang said this name, he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, speaking of the Yuanling Business Alliance, it is also the oldest business alliance in our human world. It's only in recent years that it has declined, so let's gather stars and business alliances to rise. However, the Yuan Spirit Merchant Alliance has always been hostile to our Gathering Star Merchant Alliance. I heard that recently, because of some things, even the business alliance has openly broken with us. That's why I'm so crazy about attacking the caravan of my Gathering Star Merchant Alliance. ”
When Li Sen heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter.
In the previous life, Li Sen didn't have much feeling about the Gathering Star Business Alliance. At most, it was just a few elders who had met the Council of Elders. However, it was the Yuan Ling Business Alliance, and Li Sen would have a lot of contact with it when he bought top-level items such as the best magic weapons and the best elixirs in the past.
Unexpectedly, there was still a lot of hostility between these two business alliances.
"Peers are enemies. "In addition to the attack of the Yuanling Merchant Alliance, I also have another concern. Could it be that after the business of this pavilion was booming, they violated the interests of other shops in Star City, so they deliberately caused trouble. After all, although there are a lot of serious transactions in Star City, the gray transactions of the land, and even the unsightly black forces should not be underestimated. ”
Hearing this, Li Sen nodded and said, "You are right. In the recent period, whether it is the cultivation realm or the business alliance, it will gradually become unpeaceful. So when you do business, you have to be careful. As for the pill materials, since it is difficult to directly transfer raw materials from other places, it is necessary to purchase them from the material stores in Star City at a high price. I'd rather make less profits than be involved in the battle between the Gathering Star Merchant Alliance and the Yuan Spirit Merchant Alliance. ”
"What Li Ye taught. The shopkeeper nodded and agreed, and then said again: "There is one more thing that needs to be reported to Li Ye." ”
"Speak. Li Sen put the tea down and said with a faint expression.
When the shopkeeper Wang heard this, he first thought about it, organized the language, and then said: "In the past few years, our 'Miao Dan Pavilion' has been operating well and has made a lot of money. This made some of the shopkeepers around quite greedy. They suddenly joined forces during this time, and sent a representative to meet the little one, saying that they also wanted to participate and get a piece of the pie. ”
When Li Sen heard this, his brows furrowed again: "Tell me in detail." ”
"Yes. The shopkeeper Wang agreed, and then said in detail: "The main thing is that there are several kinds of best pills that are unique to this store. The shopkeepers of these stores want to buy these pills from us in bulk and sell them, and the wholesale price is about 30% lower than the market price. Xiao knew that the production of our pills was extremely limited, and we couldn't support this kind of bulk supply at all, so I immediately wanted to refuse. But the problem is that the forces of these shopkeepers are very strong and difficult to provoke, so the small ones did not make decisions without authorization, but delayed them with false promises, ready to wait for Li Ye to make a decision. ”
When Li Sen heard this, his face couldn't help but become gloomy.
After a while, Li Sen knocked on the handrail and said in a deep voice, "You didn't answer them immediately, which is very correct. This group of people is like mosquitoes, and wherever they can make money and have good business, they will run over to suck people's blood and take away people's profits! If these pills are supplied to them in batches, what will we do in business? Besides, we only have one alchemist, and we can't supply them at all. So this group of people is simply here to smash the field and stir up trouble!"
The shopkeeper Wang showed a helpless look on his face: "Master Li, what should I do?"
"Don't worry. Li Sen waved his hand and said, "Since we have a good relationship with Young Master Wei, the law enforcement monks of the Shang Alliance all over Star City will favor us. Therefore, these guys don't dare to do nonsense in the open. The only thing worrying is that they will do it behind their backs. In that case, we are going to move the waters of disaster eastward!"
Speaking of this, Li Sen said calmly: "You will invite all the shopkeepers who have united these tomorrow here." Inform them that the amount of pills produced in our store is extremely limited, and they cannot supply them in large quantities. But it's okay to supply part of it and meet the needs of one of the stores. So, let them decide on the spot which store to come out of, and they can wholesale our pills every month!"
"Discord plan!" "A ray of essence suddenly flashed in the eyes of the shopkeeper Wang, "Hey, leave this matter to the little one!
"Hmm. Li Sen picked up the teacup with a faint expression, took a few sips of tea, and then continued to talk to the shopkeeper Wang.
Most of the ensuing discussions were about business matters. It wasn't until it was almost noon that Li Sen and the silver-robed fat man finished talking about business matters.
However, when the shopkeeper Wang was ready to hold a feast with a red face and treat Li Sen well, he found that Li Sen had left this place directly and disappeared without knowing when.