You Are Not In Exile, You Are Clearly Traveling!

Chapter 34 Profitable Business

 “Reselling medicinal materials?”

Captain Sun became interested. You must know that the medicinal materials business is extremely profitable. However, people without some background cannot get involved at all.

 “Tell me carefully!”

Yamen Qian copied what Chen Xue said word for word, without mentioning Chen Xue at all.

 After finishing speaking, Yamen Qian was somewhat expecting the captain to praise him, but when he saw the captain frowning, his heart skipped a beat.

 “Captain, isn’t this business profitable?”

 “It’s very profitable to make money, but...”

The next words were not spoken, but Yamen Qian was curious in his heart, just like a lame cat who saw a mouse, anxious but unable to catch it.

“The business of reselling medicinal materials, not to mention that it has been monopolized by large chambers of commerce, is beyond our ability to afford the principal.”

Captain Sun sighed and explained that they were all doing small business, and they were only selling small items.

 Because they do not have enough principal.

 It is indeed very profitable to resell medicinal materials.

  But it requires sufficient principal and sufficient background.

If they have enough background, they can get medicinal materials at low prices. But they don't have such a big background. Even if he had support from the captain of the government at the time, to such a big shot, he is just a little ant. Even if he knows If he wants to do this business, he will not support him.

On the contrary, the big man will control the business himself, so it is impossible to support him, a little man.

 So, if you don’t have the background, you can only get the medicinal materials at the original price, and the medicinal materials in the capital are even more expensive than other places.

Even if the cheapest medicinal herbs cost five taels of silver per plant, ten pillars would cost fifty taels, and one hundred plants would cost five hundred taels.

Five hundred taels, how can they come up with this?

 Besides, even if it can be obtained, not every medicinal material is so cheap.

Even if they buy the cheapest medicinal materials and buy a hundred plants, the journey from the capital to Nanman can take seven or eight months if the journey is fast, and it will take a year if the journey is slow.

 In one year, fresh medicinal materials have lost a lot of their potency, and the prices of the medicinal materials will definitely depreciate.

Moreover, because they are walking and stopping, they may encounter various dangers such as bandits and wild beasts, and may also lose a lot of medicinal materials.

Therefore, after arriving in Nanman, out of a hundred medicinal plants, there may only be eighty or ninety. This is still based on the best expectation, and after the medicinal power is lost, it will be difficult to sell it at a high price.

The most important thing is that not only do they sell medicinal materials, but the big chambers of commerce also sell medicinal materials. They transport them directly by carriage, boat, etc., so they are naturally fresher than Captain Sun's, so they are definitely more popular.

As for Captain Sun and his medicinal materials, not only are they not fresh, but their potency has been lost, they are of few types and in small quantities, so they cannot be sold at a good price, and they may not be able to sell them at all.

In addition, Nanman is full of forests and herbal medicines are everywhere. The herbs that you have brought so hard are not as good as those picked by others from the mountains.

 So, this kind of business of reselling medicinal materials is profitable for the big chamber of commerce. For them, it is good enough not to lose money.

"It's actually like this!" After hearing the captain's analysis, Yamen Qian's expression suddenly changed. He thought it was a very profitable business.

“So, although this business is good, we don’t have enough capital and we don’t have enough channels to obtain medicinal materials at low prices. Therefore, our small business is not profitable yet.”

After hearing this, Yamen Qian suddenly became angry and said, "Damn it, I was deceived by them."

 “Liar?” Captain Sun frowned, “What do you mean?”

When Qian Yamen realized what he had said, he immediately looked a little ugly, but he thought that the reason why he hid it was because he thought it was a good business and a profitable business.

Now that the captain is not optimistic, there is no need for him to take the blame for them.

So, Qian Yamen sold Chen Xue, "They said they wanted to cooperate with the captain in this business..."

As he spoke, Yamen Qian added, "The Chen family is so poor. How can they have the capital to buy medicinal materials? They must be playing tricks on us."

“Captain, I’m going to teach them a lesson and let them know how to trick us…”

 “No!” Captain Sun interrupted him, his eyes flickering. He did not agree with what Qian Yamen said.

Chen Yuan is also the minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of fiscal revenue and national supplies.

Perhaps Chen Yuan has channels for medicinal materials and can get them at low prices.

Moreover, as the Minister of Household Affairs, Chen Yuan is definitely not a fool. He can see that the business of reselling medicinal materials is not something ordinary people can do. He is now in exile, and he still dares to do this business. He is obviously confident.

 “Let’s go, take me to find them!”

"ah?"

Before Qian Yamen could react, he said, "Captain, didn't you say that this business is hard to do and we can't do it? Then why should we go to them? Are you going to settle a score with them?"

 “You’re a big-headed ghost.”

Captain Sun glared at him, "Read more when you have time, don't be like a fool and be uneducated."

Qian Yamen curled his lips speechlessly, "Captain, you don't have much education, and I don't think you have read many books!"

"roll!"

 …

 “Sir, girl, Captain Sun is here!”

The servant's voice came into the carriage. Chen Xue quickly put away the preserved fruits and Go chess pieces on the table, and then got out of the carriage.

After Captain Sun came over, he got straight to the point, "I heard that you want to do business with me?"

 Chen Xue and Mr. Chen looked at each other, and both saw joy in each other's eyes. They had tried various methods before, but failed to win over Captain Sun. Not only that, he had been avoiding him.

Now that it has finally appeared, Chen Xue will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.

“Captain Sun should understand what kind of business we want to do!”

"Of course." Captain Sun saw that Mr. Chen did not speak, but Chen Xue spoke. Although he was surprised, he nodded, "But you should also know that the medicinal material reselling business is not something ordinary people can do."

“I’m afraid you don’t have the principal, but you should have the channels!” Captain Sun guessed, “Your so-called cooperation means that you want me to provide the principal. Do you provide the channels?”

"Of course not." Chen Xue laughed, "We are doing a business without capital."

"Oh?" Captain Sun became even more interested. Everyone likes business without capital, but is there really such a thing as business without capital in this world?

“Tell me, if there is really no business, why do you still want to cooperate with me?”

“Captain Sun should also know that now our movement is restricted, let alone doing business, it is very difficult to even purchase supplies.”

 After listening to Chen Xue's words, Captain Sun nodded. It was true. The Chen family were prisoners now and it was impossible to leave the exiled captain. Once they left, it would be equivalent to escaping, and they had the right to kill them.

If this is the case, then it is perfectly normal for the Chen family to want to cooperate with him.

“Tell me more about your so-called ‘no capital’ business.”

However, Chen Xue shook his head, "Captain Sun, as the saying goes, cooperation is naturally a win-win situation. Let's negotiate the conditions first, and then we can talk about specific cooperation."

Captain Sun sneered when he heard this, "If you don't explain clearly, how can I be sure whether this business is worth cooperating with? Besides, do you have any other choice besides cooperating with me?"

“Yes, although we have no other options for cooperation, we can choose not to do this business.”

"you…"

 (End of this chapter)