Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 167 Building Materials Make Money
Let's say that after the Xue family returned to Beijing, they didn't do anything else except meet Yinzhen, they just started to prepare the goods needed for internal financial tasks.

In early spring and March, although the weather was still a bit cold, the water in the canal had gradually thawed. The Xue family's cargo ships went back and forth on the canal one after another, transporting all the building materials stored in the Wu family's freight yard back to the capital.

This time, the imperial court's demand for building materials was actually very large. In addition to leaving the wood and stone to the Xue family, it was also distributed to other royal merchant families. Xue Yi received another internal message saying that it had nothing to do with internal funds tasks. In quantity, as long as there are good and suitable building materials in hand, the court will ask for them.

Xue Yi was very happy when he heard that, so he planned to send all the building materials he bought to the capital, and even notified Bai Shanying, asking him to do his best to deliver as much good wood to the capital as possible.

Some of the high-quality goods are reserved for the four children of my family. In the future, the betrothal gift for the son's marriage and the dowry for the daughter's marriage will all be useful for these things.

The Xue family has been working on this matter since the beginning of the first month, and has been busy until May.Xue Yi was in charge of running to the south, and Xue Pan still followed Xue Ping, helping Bai Shanying to transport wood, leather goods, and medicinal materials from the mountains.

After all the transportation work was completed, Xue Yi entertained Wu Shuxuan and Bai Shanying who came to Beijing as guests at Fuying Restaurant.

The two guests from the south and the north showed two different styles at the table.

Although Wu Shuxuan is from the south of the Yangtze River, he has always been a bold person. He is not like Bai Shanying who drinks in big bowls and eats large pieces of meat, but he is also a gentle alcoholic. He and Bai Shanying just make up a pair of drinking friends .

Bai Shanying fixed his eyes on Wu Shuxuan: "I said Mr. Wu, what do you think? How can you sell so many high-quality building materials to Lao Xue at such a cheap price? Isn't it a loss?"

Wu Shuxuan laughed and said: "My Wu family was in the freight yard business in the early years. There was always a backlog of bulky goods like wood and stone, and the transportation cost was particularly high. Selling such big things became a problem. Xue's merchants The team has strong long-distance transportation capabilities, whether by water or land, it doesn’t take much effort for the Xue family, and being able to dispose of so much inventory at once is already a favor for me, why care about profit and loss?”

"Oh, I see……"

Regarding the transportation capacity of Xue's caravan, Baishanying has nothing to be picky about.The conditions in the Northeast are so harsh, yet it is possible to complete such a heavy task in such a short period of time. So many goods have only been transported five times, and each trip has earned a lot of money. Bai Shanying is very grateful in his heart. Being able to establish a cooperative relationship with the Xue family, his gang has not gone out to grab money for a while now.

The Xue family did earn a lot of money in internal funds this time, but there is no reason for an imperial merchant to sell out all the goods.Sixty-seven out of ten new building materials, skins, and medicinal materials were sold to the court, which has greatly exceeded the amount stipulated by internal funds by three or four times, and the rest is kept as inventory for future use.

Moreover, the purchase price of the Xue family is far lower than that of other families, so this time the Xue family really made a lot of money.Not only did he earn back all the money he invested in buying building materials at Wu's house, but he also doubled it several times on this basis.

Let's put it this way, from the day when the name of the Xue family's royal merchant was passed on to Xue Yi, the Xue family has never been as rich as it is today.

Originally, Xue Yi was still heartbroken because his family could not manage the Fuying Restaurant, but now that he saw this profit, the regret he had before was gone.

Xue Yi took out two 1 taels of gold tickets, one for Wu Shuxuan and the other for Bai Shanying.

Wu Shuxuan looked at it and said with a smile, "Wen Yan, what do you mean? I don't remember what money you still owe me?"

Xue Yi smiled and said: "My Xue family has never done anything to eat alone. Although Mr. Wu gave many reasons for giving me the goods, I, Xue Yi, felt like Ming Jing'er. You meant to help me. .Whether it’s for the second son’s face or anything else, now that I’ve made money, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t give you a share..."

Before Xue Yi finished speaking, Bai Shanying said: "It's very reasonable for you to give Mr. Wu money. After all, I got a lot cheaper than you, but why did you give me the money? I can tell you, I Although Bai Shanying is a bandit, I never accept such unclear money. You...you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I won't be able to get so much money. Maybe tonight I can’t help but steal your family’s treasure house!”

Bai Shanying did not hide his greed for money at all, to be honest he was already jealous.Although Xue Yi gave him a lot of money every time, but his Baishanying family had a big business in the Northeast, and there were so many people waiting for him to raise him, how could there be too much money?

Xue Yi said with a smile: "Master Bai, what are you talking about? I gave you the silver taels. Naturally, it is to cheer for your purpose. Master Bai knows better than anyone how chaotic the land in the northeast is. If it hadn't been for Lord Bai for so many years, I, Xue Yi, How can the family do business so smoothly on the ground in the Northeast? Besides..."

"No, no, it's one size fits all. Master Bai, I'm willing to do business with the Xue family because you saved the lives of my wife and children back then, and I'm willing to keep doing this because I really made money doing business with your family." , this cannot be a reason to charge such a large sum of money."

Xue Hong smiled and said, "Master Bai, don't worry, my father hasn't finished yet!"

But no, just now Xue Yi only said half of Bai Shanying and then exploded. Thinking about it, he really couldn't calm down. Nan Manzi, it's really troublesome, can't you finish talking at once?"

"I'm going to say it. I think, Master Bai has also earned a lot of money, and I believe it is enough to spend recently. I think... I will give my eldest son to Master Bai to practice for a few years. Ten thousand taels of gold is considered as his tuition fee, does Bai Ye think it's okay?"

"what?"

Hearing this incident, Xue Pan was the one who was the least calm. His father wanted him to practice with the bandits?What are you practicing?Killing and getting more?
Bai Shanying was also taken aback, and asked: "Master Xue, what does this mean? I was very careful when the young master came to sell goods in the locker, not to let the people under him get too close to him. Hey, the habit of bandits That can't be changed for the rest of my life, I'm afraid that your young master will learn badly from us, but you still say you want to hand over the young master to me, this..."

(End of this chapter)