Daming pirates

The clerk was really frightened by Yu Xiaotian's mistake just now. Seeing that Yu Xiaotian thought it was expensive, he quickly went to Yu Xiaotian's hand to take the small mirror back and put it back in the box.

"Sir, if you think it's expensive, forget it. The French people transported this thing all the way from the West. It has to travel thousands of miles to get to us. The price is not expensive anymore!

If you still think it’s too expensive, you might as well look elsewhere, we are the only one in Fuzhou City that sells it!”

Yu Xiaotian stretched out his hand to pull the guy away, looked at the small mirror, showed a strange smile on his lips, nodded and said: "How do you know I don't want it? Give it to me, I want it!"

When the waiter heard this, he became happy again. He quickly nodded and agreed, carefully took the small mirror from Yu Xiaotian's hand, put it back into the exquisite wooden box made of huanghuali, and quickly called for someone to put Yu Xiaotian's hand in it.

The necessary things were wrapped and delivered to Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian didn't need to speak. Manager Li quickly stepped forward to settle the bill. At this time, the shopkeeper realized that he actually knew Manager Li and asked with a smile: "Isn't this Manager Li from the Li family? Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you today.

Why do you remember coming to the store?"

Manager Li shook his head and said with a smile: "Now our store is called Maoshengyuan! Today, a distinguished customer from our shopkeeper came to visit and buy something for his family!"

The shopkeeper nodded his thanks repeatedly and said, "Thank you for taking care of the shop's business. Since you are shopkeeper Li's friend, I can't pay the price just mentioned. The shop's profits are small, so I'll give Manager Li another twenty taels of silver."

, this is no longer profitable, I hope Manager Li won’t laugh at me!”

After thanking Mr. Li, he settled the bill, exchanged a few pleasantries, and left the shop with Yu Xiaotian, heading towards Maoshengyuan.

Maoshengyuan used to be the shop of the Li family. It was a shop with five rooms on the street and a yard behind it. It was considered a slightly larger shop in Fuzhou City.

The shop mainly sells things from Guangdong, with some specialties from Dadi, Manila and other places, as well as some silks and satins from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is equivalent to wholesale and retail. The business is quite good, and there are many people coming and going.

Many customers come to the store to discuss business.

Li Yi had arranged for a steward to take care of business here before. Now Li Yi came here in person, but he did not come forward and sat in the backyard waiting for Yu Xiaotian's arrival.

There are seven or eight clerks in the shop, greeting business in the shop. There are currently two people inside who were selected from Nanri Island. These two young men are very smart guys, not very old, and relatively practical and steady, so they were

They were specially selected and put to work among the prosperous sources of Fuzhou City.

In fact, the main job of the two of them is to watch the limelight in Fuzhou City for Yu Xiaotian, inquire about information from all parties, and then regularly send the information they inquired back to Nanri Island. To put it bluntly, they are not associates, but Sea Wolf's

intelligence officer.

When they saw Yu Xiaotian entering the store, the eyes of the two clerks from Nanri Island lit up. They wanted to give Yu Xiaotian a gift out of habit, but after being stunned for a moment, they quickly turned away and pretended not to know each other.

Yu Xiaotian looked like he was busy with whatever he should be busy with.

Yu Xiaotian nodded secretly, expressing satisfaction with the performance of his two men. If he were an idiot, his identity would have been exposed in just a few seconds.

Under the leadership of Manager Li, Yu Xiaotian only took a brief look at the store and found that many of the goods were actually supplied by him. Maoshengyuan was actually a place for selling stolen goods, and there were actually several barrels of whale oil inside.

, openly branding it as dragon oil and selling it in stores.

Moreover, after the whale oil was renamed as dragon oil, the price was quite high. Some people deliberately spread rumors that this kind of dragon oil can cure diseases, and only rich people can afford it.

After Yu Xiaotian looked at it, he shook his head. There were a lot of goods here, but except for the whale oil, they basically robbed them. Now that they are doing business, it will not be a long-term solution to rely solely on robbing in the future.

, the most important thing for him right now is to have his own flagship product, and preferably a product that can monopolize the market, so that Maoshengyuan's business will be easier to do.

Just rely on moving goods from north to south to make some price difference. After all, there are many competitors in this kind of business, and the profit margin is relatively small. If all depends on grabbing, the supply of goods cannot be guaranteed, so he came to discuss it with Li Yi this time.

A business matter.

Li Yi heard that Yu Xiaotian had arrived, so he walked out of the inner courtyard in three steps and two steps at a time. Still befitting Yu Xiaotian, he welcomed Yu Xiaotian into the backyard.

The backyard of this store is relatively large and is divided into three entrances. The area next to the storehouse is where the clerks rest, live and eat. Scattered goods are also stored here. The second entrance is where the accountants and stewards live and work, and where guests are entertained.

, it is very clean and elegantly decorated. There are some flowers and plants planted in the small courtyard. The last step you enter is the warehouse, where goods are stored and specially arranged for someone to take care of it.

Yu Xiaotian followed Li Yi into the second courtyard. Li Yi waved his hand and the rest of the people in the courtyard immediately left the courtyard. Only a few personal guards such as Manager Li and Liu Wang remained in the second courtyard.

middle.

After Li Yi asked Yu Xiaotian to sit down, he asked Manager Li to arrange the food and drinks. At this time, Yu Xiaotian saw a beautiful figure flashing at the door. Tingting walked up to him, knelt down and saluted him: "

Xiu'er has met the master!"

It turns out that since Yu Xiaotian opened a port on Nanri Island, the shops on Dalian Island have gradually moved to Nanri Island, making the originally bustling Dalian Island gradually become deserted.

After Li Yi and Yu Xiaotian cooperated, they simply closed the business warehouse on Dalian Island and moved all the people in the warehouse to the mainland, or sent them to Maoshengyuan on Nanri Island to work.

Because Xiu'er's status was quite special, Yu Xiaotian didn't say anything, and Li Yi couldn't send Xiu'er to Nanri Island, so he took her to the mainland. This time he heard that Yu Xiaotian was coming to Fuzhou, so he

Xiuer was brought here specifically to serve Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian has been very busy for the past six months and has never been to Dalian Island, so he has never seen Xiu'er again. After seeing her today, he was very happy and waved her hand to let her go.

She was waiting on the side.

"Master Yu, are you satisfied with this place?" Li Yi asked Xiaotian with a smile.

"It's pretty good, but it's not as big as I thought. It's a little smaller than the warehouses on Dalian Island and Nanri Island, and it seems a bit cramped!" Yu Xiaotian said bluntly.

Li Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Yu is someone who has seen big events. It is indeed difficult for Master Yu to judge this place! However, the land in Fuzhou is limited, so I dare not say that every inch of land is valuable, but the land and house prices here are very high. Can you find such a shop?

, it’s pretty good, but we also have a courtyard outside the city, which is relatively large, and general goods are stored outside the city. If necessary, they can be delivered quickly, so it won’t delay anything!”

Yu Xiaotian nodded. The problem of housing prices will be the same in later generations. Housing prices in prosperous places must be high. In a city, having such a yard is already quite good. He can't ask for too much.

After the two chatted for a while, Yu Xiaotian sighed at the prosperity of Fuzhou and said with a smile: "I don't know when our Nanri Island will be as lively as Fuzhou! It's a pity that the big trees attract the wind, and the layout of Nanri Island is too big after all.

Small, and right under the eyes of the government. Although the government turns a blind eye to me now, but one day, the government will probably not want to see us getting too strong, so sometimes enough is enough, and it is safer to keep a low profile!

"

Li Yi nodded and said: "What Mr. Yu said is absolutely true. No matter what you say, Nanri Island is still under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Although it is said to be a land of alienation, sooner or later the government will free up its hands and will not sit back and watch this Nanri Island."

Ridao has become an enclave! It’s really commendable that Mr. Yu can see this! In this way, Li doesn’t have to worry anymore, Mr. Yu must have already had other plans!”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "A person must have at least self-awareness. Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in every battle. Although Yu has temporarily controlled the sea along the coast of Fuzhou, the imperial court will not just sit back and watch me grow up. As for the retreat,

Shopkeeper Li can rest assured that Yu has other plans!

I just want to discuss with you this time. I don’t think there is much future in just doing this kind of business. Although we can make money, we don’t have anything of our own. In the long run, this alone is not the answer. Besides, we are doing this

If you can do it, it's better to be both a thief and a merchant. Simply doing business without capital won't work!

So I think we can think of a way to set up some factories on Nanri Island first and produce some things ourselves. The only way is to buy our own things so that people can't compete with us! I wonder what Shopkeeper Li wants?"

After hearing this, Li Yi nodded in agreement, but his expression was a little unconcerned, and he said: "It's true what Mr. Yu said. It would be a good thing if we could produce things ourselves. But it's not that Li is discouraged. Mr. Li's ancestor

I came from a small business background. In the past, my family's business was just groceries. I had never set up any workshops. Now I want to set up a workshop. What should I do?

In addition, if you want to set up a workshop, you need craftsmen, and ordinary craftsmen cannot do it. You have to hire experts. Skilled craftsmen can be hard to find with a lot of money right now.

Besides, although Nanri Island is not small, its situation is limited. It may be difficult to set up a workshop!

Now that we have your support behind us, no one dares to provoke us on the sea in this area. It is already more convenient for us to ship and transport goods than others. Whether there is transportation from north to south, at least here in Fuzhou, no one can take advantage of us.

!”

When Yu Xiaotian heard the meaning of Li Yi's words, he obviously felt a little contented. He didn't seem to support his idea, so he shook his head and said: "That's true, but who thinks that I make a lot of money? I was just here

I bought a small thing on the way here, take a look!"

(Today, special thanks to brother gzg1972 for the reward! Thank you for your support!)