"Reselling medicinal materials?"
Captain Sun became interested. You must know that the medicinal materials business is extremely profitable, but people without some background cannot get involved.
"Tell me carefully!"
Yamen Qian copied what Chen Xue said word for word, without mentioning Chen Xue at all.
After saying that, Yamen Qian was looking forward to the captain's praise, but when he saw the captain frown, his heart skipped a beat.
"Captain, isn't this business profitable?"
"It's very profitable, but..."
He didn't say anything else. However, Qian Yamen was curious in his heart, just like a lame cat who saw a mouse. He was anxious in his heart, but he didn't say anything. Find a way to catch it.
"The business of reselling medicinal materials, let alone being monopolized by large chambers of commerce, is beyond our ability to afford the principal."
Captain Sun sighed and explained that what they were doing was a small business, and reselling was also Small objects.
Because they don't 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 shot will control the business by himself, so it is impossible to support a little guy like him.
Therefore, 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 materials 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 could 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.
Over the course of a year, fresh medicinal materials have lost a lot of their potency, and the price of the medicinal materials will definitely depreciate.
Moreover, because they are walking and stopping, they may encounter various dangers such as bandits and wild animals, and they may also lose a lot of medicinal materials.
Therefore, after arriving in Nanman, there may only be 80 or 90 medicinal plants out of 100. 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 all transport them directly by carriage, ship, etc., so they are naturally fresher than Captain Sun's, so they are definitely more popular.
As for Captain Sun's 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, there are forests everywhere in Nanman, and herbs are everywhere. The herbs that you have worked so hard to transport are not as good as those picked by others from the mountains.
Therefore, this kind of business of reselling medicinal materials is profitable for the big chamber of commerce. For them, it is good if they can not lose money.
"It's 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 as profitable as ours." After hearing this, Yamen Qian
suddenly became angry, "Damn it. They actually deceived them."
"Cheated?" Captain Sun frowned, "What do you mean?"
When Yamen Qian found out that he had leaked the information, his face suddenly became ugly, but he thought that the reason why he concealed it was because he thought it was a good business. A profitable business.
Now that the captain is not optimistic, there is no need for him to take the blame for them.
So, Yamen Qian sold Chen Xue, "They said they would cooperate with the captain in this business..."
As he said, Yamen Qian added, "The Chen family is so poor, how can they have the capital to buy medicinal materials? They must be in You're playing tricks on us."
"Captain, I'm going to teach them a lesson and let them know they're playing tricks on us..."
"No!" Captain Sun interrupted him, his eyes flickering. He didn't agree with what Qian Yamen said.
After all, Chen Yuan was also the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs was in charge of fiscal revenue and supplies across the country.
Maybe 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 dares to do this business. He is obviously confident.
"Let's go, take me to find them!"
"Ah?"
Qian Yamen hasn't reacted yet, "Captain, didn't you say that this business is not easy to do and we can't do it? Then why are we looking for them? Are you trying to settle a score with them?"
"You're a big-headed idiot."
Captain Sun glared at him, "Read more when you have time, don't act like a fool and be uneducated."
Qian Yamen curled his lips speechlessly, "Captain, you don't have much education either. How many books have you read!"
"Get out!"
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"Master, girl, Captain Sun is here!"
The servant's voice came to the carriage, Chen Xue quickly put away the preserved fruits and Go chess pieces on the table, and then left Got the carriage.
After Captain Sun came over, he said straight to the point, "I heard that you want to do business with me?"
Chen Xue and Mr. Chen looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes. They had tried various methods before, but nothing happened. Not only did he win over Captain Sun, he also avoided seeing her.
Now that it finally appeared, Chen Xue would 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 Master Chen did not speak, but Chen Xue spoke. Although he was surprised, he still nodded, "But you should also know , the medicinal material reselling business is not something ordinary people can do."
"I'm afraid you don't have the capital, you should have channels!" Captain Sun guessed, "Your so-called cooperation is to ask me to provide the capital, do you provide channels? "
Of course not." Chen Xue laughed, "What we do is a business without capital."
"Oh?" Captain Sun became more interested. Everyone likes business without capital, but there are really no such things in this world. The so-called business without capital?
"Tell me, if it is really a business without capital, 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 for them 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 so-called cooperation means, it is a win-win situation. Negotiate the conditions first, and then we will discuss the specific cooperation."
Sun The captain 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 options besides cooperating with me?" "
Yes, although we have no other options for cooperation. , but we can choose not to do this business."
"You..."