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Cheng Jinzhou purchases supplies on a regular basis, which is something that all trading firms in De'an know.

Since he always pays in cash, his business reputation is very good, and merchants are willing to do business with him. Being able to invite the principals of more than 200 trading firms is not just a matter of Star Warlock's favor. Especially considering that someone is inevitably the spokesperson of a noble family, it is even more difficult to invite so many business houses.

The specific matters were announced by Shi Yan as usual, and Cheng Jinzhou listened quietly. He is a nobleman and will be looked down upon if he directly participates in business activities.

Shi Yan was about to be 18 years old and was growing up very fast. His originally pretty face also had some roughness of a man. Standing among a group of old men, he said in a calm alto: "Everyone knows the specific rules. Today The materials purchased this time are: tea, tin ore and lead ore, priced in and out; silk, satin, silk, iron ore, cotton and linen, priced at an additional 10%; woolen materials, iron ingots, lead ingots, tin ingots and talc, priced at an additional price of 10%. 20%; alum, green vitriol, green gall alum, earth sail, and white sail, the price increase is 25%; clove, costus, and atractylodes, the price increase is 30%; licorice, agarwood, 40% price increase..."

His quotations are all markups on the cost prices of various commodities. Because De'an is a distribution center for bulk commodities, and the people present are all big businessmen with monopoly properties, so the cost of a commodity can basically be guessed with certainty.

The products with affordable prices are partly because they are produced near De'an, and partly because they have been on a downward trend recently.

In fact, since Cheng Jinzhou took control of the coal mines in De'an, the tin mines in Tong County near the capital, and the steam engines purchased from Shengtang, the prices of mineral raw materials in various places have been falling - mine owners like small coal mines, both There are reasons for reducing costs, and there are also reasons for supply and demand. Only people like Xiao Cheng will continue to produce regardless of output and sales.

Except for the rebuilding time that is waiting to be done, any mine owner who aims to make money will not try his best to spend a lot of money to dig more coal and tin mines - in the era of difficult transportation, sales areas Restricted, if the local handicraft industry does not develop greatly, more results will be produced, but the price will be lower.

If someone is willing to purchase supplies in large quantities, that is what businessmen most welcome.

Some of the gentlemen at the trading firm took notes with quill pens that had their own ink, and some stretched their necks to wait for the servants to announce the category numbers on the whiteboard.

After Shi Yan finished reciting, someone in the middle of the crowd immediately shouted: "What's the total amount?"

"How much will it cost? How long will it take?" Many people asked the question, especially the gentlemen who had the mines in their hands. They were planning to sell supplies to the Cheng family, so they were more eager.

The profit-seeking mentality of businessmen can easily form an industry chain. When Cheng Jinzhou bought linen for the first time, there were savvy businessmen who started to buy linen in the trading houses. When he bought linen for the second time, there were savvy trading houses in the producing areas to buy jute. When he bought linen for the third time, At that time, some producing areas began to expand the scale of planting...

In the world of capital, the development of the industrial chain is amplified step by step, and is often characterized by lag and continuity.

This is true for all kinds of supplies. Merchants don't care what you are buying the supplies for. They only care about whether you have the desire to continue buying and whether you are willing to pay more for the scarcity of supplies. Profit-seeking people are like flies. When they lick the floor in the church, they call themselves servants of the Father. When the government licks the floor, they call themselves servants of the people. When they lick the floor in the cafeteria, they call themselves servants of the God of Cookery. When they lick the floor in the toilet, they call themselves servants of the God of Cookery. Servant of the dung beetle.

The products named by Shi Yan are almost all over the business scope of every trading firm. The announced list was like a velvet that ignited a fire, immediately igniting everyone's enthusiasm. They not only asked questions loudly, but also communicated with each other.

Seeing that they had finished talking, Cheng Jinzhou slowly stood up and said, "Everyone, let me say a few words."

When the Star Warlock spoke, everyone stopped talking almost immediately and remained silent.

"Explain a few points." Cheng Jinzhou took out a few flying tickets from his sleeve and said: "Because the quantity of this purchase is huge, all transactions are based on flying tickets. All I have in hand are 10,000 taels of silver flying tickets." If there is any change in the ticket, then pay in silver or gold. In other words, if the materials you have stored are not worth 10,000 taels of silver, there is no need to participate. I am talking about spot goods."

Even though 10,000 taels of silver doesn't sound like a lot, if simply converted into modern banknotes, it's still 300,000 US dollars. The material richness of Daxia is definitely not as good as that of China in the early 20th century. Therefore, it is conceivable that in this era of material scarcity, having 10,000 taels of silver in stock would be at least a large merchant at the regional level. If he were a trader, his liquidity would be several times that amount.

Cheng Jinzhou stared down, and the old businessmen below looked at him. Occasionally, two or three people would whisper to each other, their voices kept low. There must be some among them who have less than 10,000 taels of silver in stock, but considering that merchants can completely merge their inventories, no one will be scared away because of that simple request. Such businessmen should have been defeated by their peers.

"After finishing the request, they are some preferential conditions." Cheng Jinzhou stuffed the flight tickets in his hands back into his sleeves and said: "Since this year, I know that there are many businesses that have planted jute, ramie, etc. in the production areas, and they have also grown tea. And cotton, very good. I think these businessmen are truly beneficial to our common development, so this acquisition will give priority to them and increase the price by half a percent."

After Shi Yan heard what he said, he immediately added: "For all goods with increased prices, merchants must prove that they are newly produced this year."

He is worried that some merchants will hand over the supplies to these merchants, thereby raising the overall price.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't think too much, nodded approvingly, and handed control back to Shi Yan.

Buying bulk supplies is a simple yet troublesome matter. With the current reputation and status of the Cheng family, any transaction is very simple. However, the quantity of goods is so large that many of them fail to arrive at the port, so the transaction process begins. In order to speed up the progress, people will even be sent to other places first. ship, then check settlement along the way.

Cheng Jinzhou received the supplies in pieces. Shi Yan roughly knew that his third brother was studying some kind of special star formation, so he kept all the accounts in his hands. If other people don't keep accounts, they don't know where there are more supplies and where there are less supplies.

The huge De'an Port has an intermittent length of more than 20 kilometers and a width of four or five kilometers. There are thousands of large and small ships coming and going every day. Such a large throughput allows Xiao Cheng to swallow up a little, just like It's like getting rid of fleas on a monkey, no one can feel the decrease.

Except for embezzling some "state-owned assets" in the afternoon and evening, Cheng Jinzhou spent the rest of his time reviewing his homework. Learning this kind of thing is like losing weight. It should be phased in the initial stage. If you can persist and advance, you can become bodybuilding. But regardless of whether there are higher requirements, a certain period of persistence is always needed.

Ys's strong training also paid off. He successfully walked upright on two feet. Although the speed was slower than climbing and he often fell down, when he was doing it, he looked like a little bear - if the tree bag If a bear really is a bear.

Buddha's attitude tends to normalize. He is no longer as discriminatory as he was at the beginning, but he is not as humble as Dr. Cheng was when he took out the real rice.

His change made Cheng Jinzhou look down on him more and more. Even ordinary salespeople must maintain some basic principles. Buddha's approach is too utilitarian, making it harder to gain success and benefit.

It took more than half a month to deliver goods worth about 2 million taels of silver. Cheng Jinzhou received a total income of 6.2 million star yuan, 50% more than the estimated 5 million star yuan. Thanks to the newly produced jute and Ramie brings the price down a bit. The output of cotton and silk satin also increased, because Cheng Jinzhou continued to sell grain, which in disguise played a role in stabilizing prices, causing the nobles with the goal of obtaining currency to change the products grown on the land.

From this point of view, Cheng Jinzhou's bulk material acquisition has profoundly changed Daxia's production structure, and is bound to continue to change.

After paying 4.8 million star yuan to purchase the first-grade cotton fruit, Cheng Jinzhou took the remaining money, opened his fingers and said, "Lord Buddha, today's book?"

"30 books at a time. After you read them, you can change them to others." Buddha is much lazier than customer service 010, and he also has new ways to be lazy.

Cheng Jinzhou was happy with his approach. Although there were fewer opportunities to choose, it was much more convenient.

Some are like supermarkets with only one product, replacing the kiosk with three products.

"'Theorem on the vibration of some objects connected by soft strings and vertically suspended chain lines.'" Cheng Jinzhou read it almost to himself and said, "It seems to be Bernoulli's article."

As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper and started copying.

Judging from the current development of Daxia, it is difficult for this mid-18th century paper to play a practical role, but Cheng Jinzhou would spend a lot of time copying it carefully, which was in line with Buddha's intention to hold back his Star Alliance rank and avoid leaving. control.

For different purposes, Yisu deliberately did not mention Cheng Jinzhou, which caused the increase in his Star Alliance points to slow down very quickly.

After reading 30 books in sequence, the sky turned dark.

Cheng Jinzhou took matters into his own hands, sorted away the copied papers, and closed the ring sleepily.

At this time, the koala slowly crawled back, raised the wicker at its feet and said, "Have you finished copying?"

"I used to copy nearly a hundred copies every day, but now I only have 30 copies left." Cheng Jinzhou said casually.

Yisu raised his neck and said laboriously: "The quality has gone up."

"We have to find a way to speed up the steps." Cheng Jinzhou realized his slowness and added: "I wonder if there is a second-level recording star array..."

"It's a bit wasteful." Isu advised in a low voice. He didn't want his hidden agent to be noticed by the Covenant.

The most ordinary agents are the agents who are lost in the darkness.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Jinzhou only hesitated for a moment and then said: "The new star points I added are useless. I should contact Ma Helong and ask."

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