Chapter 126: The noble man is righteous
"Our aunt has some cotton in her hand, which costs fifty cents a pound. What do you think of its quality?"
With that said, Bai Duojin took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened the opening, and pushed the small cloth bag in front of Huang Fuqing's eyes.
Selling cotton was also Baitao's impromptu idea. She guessed from the rewards in the mall that there might be an epidemic, but she didn't know what kind of epidemic it was.
It's winter now, and apart from food, things like cotton that can keep out the cold are the most important.
In the past few days, a lot of crayfish have been exchanged for grain in Qingzhou. If we sell some more cotton, have enough food and clothing, and have good immunity, how much will it be able to start to work? !
Xinjiang's long-staple cotton sells for thirteen coins per catty in the mall. A little conversion of white peaches shows that in Jin currency, it is equivalent to twenty-two cents per catty.
At this time in the Jin Dynasty, cotton cost 45 cents per catty, so good cotton like hers sold for 50 cents per catty. This would not suppress the development of the ancient small-scale peasant economy, but it would also be able to earn some price difference, giving Taohua Village some income. .
Huang Fuqing traveled a lot because of his family's cloth shop. This was the first time he saw such good cotton.
"Such good cotton costs fifty cents per pound?" He touched it and twisted it again, as if he was afraid that he heard wrongly, and asked again.
Bai Duojin nodded: "That's right."
He was proud in his heart, how could we not know how good this cotton was? It was brought out by our aunt.
Seeing Bai Duojin nodding, Huang Fuqing suddenly had an idea in his mind, and then asked with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Manager Bai, forgive Huang for being greedy. Can some of the cotton in the hands of this noble man be sold by my cloth shop?"
"Please rest assured, little noble man, Mr. Huang is willing to pay fifty-two cents per catty to sell it."
He also knew that since Bai Duojin spoke, he must have this intention, but Huang Fuqing still asked solemnly to show respect and attention.
He had never seen such good cotton before. He finally caught up with the little nobleman. If he missed it, he would be a fool.
This winter is much colder than the previous two years, and there just happened to be less cotton purchased from Cotton City before. This little noble man is simply giving timely help.
"Of course." Bai Duojin: "The Baijiabao caravan will transport a batch of cotton through Qingzhou in two days. If Huang Ji has this idea, he can allocate some to sell to your cloth village."
The matter of exchanging crayfish for food has long been spread throughout Qingzhou, and the name of Baijiabao Caravan has been heard in the streets and alleys.
Huang Fuqing hadn't thought about Bai Duojin heading towards the Baijiapu caravan before, but now that Bai Duojin mentioned it, he immediately thought of it.
Huang Fuqing quickly asked: "Is it the Baijiabao caravan that exchanged grain for crayfish?"
"Of course it is."
After Bai Duojin admitted, Huang Fuqing suddenly took a breath, stood up, and cupped his hands towards Bai Duojin: "Your caravan is so righteous."
After he finished speaking, he said with great respect and gratitude: "Young nobleman has great righteousness."
In today's world, those who have food in their hands are hoarding it, fearing that there will be another war on the border, and that there will be a famine due to insufficient food in Jinling City and Gusu City.
But this little noble man is able to provide so much food to help the people, which is really a bodhisattva-like heart.
If you said that this was not given for free, but that you had to catch crayfish in exchange for it, Huang Fuqing would definitely spit on his face.
Whatever is free in this world requires work.
The imperial court didn't give you any money when you were asked to do corvee work. The labor force was so heavy, you didn't have enough food, and you'd be beaten if you didn't work too slowly.
Often when the corvee ended, most of the people died.
This crayfish exchange for food is different. It is just picking up places where there are many crayfish, which is like pie in the sky.
You can exchange whatever you pick up, voluntarily, and you won't be beaten, and you won't have to worry about your life, and you won't have to leave your hometown. Bai Duojin raised his hands to Huang Fuqing repeatedly and were polite to each other.
After he sat down, he continued: "Our aunt said that she didn't know whether Huangji Buzhuang's reputation was good before, and she didn't want to know."
"But Huang Dongjia, you are sensible. Our aunt used the little golden melon seeds you gave me yesterday when she was rewarding people. No, Huang Dongjia, your luck will come."
"My aunt said, since they are all for sale, if you have this intention, it won't be a problem to give you some in the future."
After hearing this, Huang Fuqing felt happy. It was indeed the right thing to give these gifts, and his efforts were not wasted.
The little noble man leaked some in his hand, which was enough for Huang Ji to enjoy the food.
He stood up again and thanked the absent Baitao repeatedly: "It's the noble man who promoted me. Thank you very much for giving Huang a chance..."
"I just don't know, how much can I get this time?"
Such good cotton is probably on the same level as tribute. It costs fifty-two cents. Even if it is sold for seventy cents, people will go crazy...
Bai Duojin thought for a while, but the aunt didn't say how much specifically. Anyway, it was just 800,000 to 900,000 catties.
So, he pretended to think about it for a few seconds and then said: "It's really a rush this time. Most of the transportation is food, followed by cotton."
After a pause, he said: "I'll give you one hundred thousand jins and see if there's any problem."
Fifty-two cents per catty, one hundred thousand catties is five thousand two hundred taels.
Even if Huang Ji sells it for 60 cents per catty, he can still make 800 taels from this transaction.
Regardless of the fact that eight hundred taels is not much, he does not need to negotiate, and the Baijiapu caravan will deliver it to Qingzhou in two days. It saves time and effort. As long as it is resold, there will be eight hundred taels. How can such a good thing be done? try to find.
Besides, Huang Fuqing has no intention of selling it for 60 cents per catty or 100,000 catties. Qingzhou will keep 30,000 to 40,000 catties and transport some to Suzhou, where it can be sold for at least a hundred cents per catty.
Huang Fuqing knew in his heart that Huang Ji was able to take advantage of this opportunity because the young nobleman was young and liked the things he gave.
It seems that in the future, in addition to celebrating new years and festivals, I will have to find opportunities to send more ice and charcoal gifts to the little nobles from time to time.
"No problem, of course there is no problem."
Huang Fuqing quickly winked at his daughter beside him, and Huang Doudou went to the accounting office to withdraw money.
Seeing this, Bai Duojin said: "This batch of cotton is indeed small. When the Huang Dong family sells almost all of it, if you still need it, I can provide you with some."
"Yes, yes, of course." Huang Fuqing nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
Then he said sheepishly: "I'm not afraid of Bai Guanshi's jokes. My family has two cloth shops in Qingzhou and two in Gusu City. However, there is a lot of competition in Gusu City and there has been no improvement."
As long as the cloth shop in Gusu City does well, he will not want to do the silver house business.
"I shamelessly want to ask for a reward from the little nobleman. I would like to ask Mr. Bai to tell you. If it is convenient, can you provide more cotton for the next batch?"
Bai Duojin: "How much do you want?"
"This, this..." Huang Fuqing raised his hand and raised his fingers hesitantly.
(End of chapter)