Great Song Pirate

Chapter 261 Public Bidding
Xu Yi has been hiding in the inn since he met the shopkeepers of the five families, and he has not shown up again. The five families are actually anxious. There are a lot of iron ingots piled up in the smelting field of each of their homes. If they ship the goods, they will not make any money in one day, and they are afraid that they will run away from this big buyer.

Because Xu Yi disclosed the Cui Dian matter to the metallurgist through the mouth of the county official the next day, and then let it out through the Cui Dian matter, saying that he might purchase a large amount of steel in Guzhen this time. It is estimated that at least tens of thousands of taels of silver will be purchased, and it may even exceed 10,000+ taels. That is a big deal!It is not counted as iron, but these silvers are piled up in a big pile, and it takes a lot of carts to pull them. After hearing this, the shopkeepers of these big iron producers all felt like cats scratching their heads. Itching, everyone hopes that they can catch up with Mr. Xu and sell him more goods.

So these people went to look for Xu Yi in the inn where Xu Yi lived every day, and wanted to get close to him, but they didn't expect that Mr. Xu would disappear behind closed doors. Unwell, looking for treatment from a doctor, it is inconvenient to see customers, anyway, I just don’t give these guys a chance to meet him, and the shopkeepers are anxious to climb over the wall, grab this Mr. Xu and ask him what he wants, but When he thought of his mysterious backstage and looked at his sturdy servants, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to leave a message to greet Xu Yi, saying that he would come to visit him the next day. They summed up each other, thinking about how to sell their own goods to Mr. Xu.

Where did Xu Yi feel unwell?Ever since he came to this era, for some unknown reason, he is in good health and smells delicious, and he has never suffered from any minor illness or disaster, not even a cold or diarrhea, even himself They all find it strange that he has been in good health since he was a child, but he has never been so good, which made him puzzled, and finally came to two conclusions, either because he came here to practice martial arts later, Or he might have been irradiated by some kind of radiation during time travel, killing his diseased genes, but no matter what the reason is, he is still very satisfied with the result. If it continues like this, maybe he can survive. It's a hundred years old!earned it!

Of course, Xu Yi had his reasons for not seeing these people. He was very curious about the smelting industry of this era, and wanted to see how developed the smelting industry was in this era. When giving him a quotation, he mentioned some things about crude steel and fine steel. In his impression, it seems that in ancient times, only wrought iron can be smelted!That is to say, the wrought iron and cast iron that shopkeeper Du said. If you want to get steel, you can only produce it on a small scale through the method of frying steel or forging steel, or through hand-crafting by blacksmiths to get suitable steel. The meaning of what shopkeeper Du said seems to be that steel can already be produced in large quantities here, wouldn't that overturn his memory?If this is the case, then the wisdom of the ancient Chinese is really admirable!
Every morning for the past two days, he took Li Bo and Yang Zaixing to change into ordinary clothes, sauntered out of the inn, and went to watch around the smelting workshops in Gu Town. He was really unexpected. The people here already know the wonderful use of coal, and they have used coal in a large amount in ironmaking, and there has actually been a primary coking process, using coal for dry distillation to obtain coke, which is then used in ironmaking Steelmaking has improved a lot of efficiency, which is why the ironmaking industry in Guzhen is so developed. There are no less than a hundred large and small smelting furnaces nearby, and each smelting furnace has hundreds of people. , there are tens of thousands of people engaged in the smelting industry alone here, which can be regarded as a large scale. No wonder the amount of iron produced here accounts for so much of the entire Song Dynasty, and what surprised him even more Also, he actually saw a new type of furnace appearing here in Guzhen, and heard about a new craft invented here from Lei Tong, which made him a little surprised.

The crude steel mentioned by shopkeeper Du is actually a kind of rough steel, which belongs to such an uneven cast steel, but compared with ordinary cast iron, the craftsmanship is also a leap forward, even if it is The mechanical performance of this kind of rough cast steel is also much higher than that of ordinary cast iron. It is used in primitive machinery, but it can be much more durable than cast iron.

That new type of furnace surprised Xu Yi even more. Although he had never learned smelting in later generations, he knew how pigs run without eating pork. He still knew a lot about steelmaking. Beard will not be fooled by him into treating him as a god. This new type of furnace that appeared in Guzhen is the predecessor of a modern steelmaking furnace. It is repeatedly forged by a huge blower to decarburize pig iron. The purpose is to get the desired steel.

After seeing this kind of smelting furnace, Xu Yi almost knelt down and worshiped the craftsmen of the ancients. Their wisdom made him unbelievable, and he even thought that there might be a future person who learned smelting in this world. , how could the development of the smelting industry in Song Dynasty be so advanced?

But thinking about it, he is relieved. There are deep-seated reasons for the development of technology in the Song Dynasty. It is inseparable from the system of the Song Dynasty. How many lucky or unlucky guys like him are there in the world? !It is even more impossible for two people from later generations to travel to the same era at the same time. He shook his head vigorously to shake the idea out.

After a few days like this, Xu Yi also had a general understanding of the situation here. According to his analysis and the statistics of Cui Dianshi, the annual steel output of Tieye in Wu'an alone is as many as several hundred. Ten thousand catties, if converted into tons in later generations, it would be thousands of tons. Although it is nothing compared to any small steelmaking plant in later generations, it is already a huge number in this era. Well, it is a great achievement. With this rough figure, Xu Yi knows how to arrange the use of funds.

Finally, Mr. Xu, who hadn't shown his face for a few days, let out a message from the inn, and started to talk about procurement with the local iron merchants. In the inn where I lived, I was afraid that I would fall behind others, and I would not even be able to drink the soup in the end. I almost stepped on my heels, and several shopkeepers came to the inn one after another. It's a little embarrassing, because when they came, they didn't think of notifying the other families, they just thought of rushing over to meet Mr. Xu and discuss business first, but they didn't expect them to come here one after another. After meeting Xu Yi for dinner, they negotiated in the brothel that this time they would advance and retreat together, but when it came to the matter, several of them all suffered from amnesia by coincidence, and lost the original agreement to the sky. It's no wonder that we won't be embarrassed when we meet soon!
And this time, not only the shopkeepers of their five big households came here, but also several shopkeepers of the iron yard with a smaller production scale than theirs also rushed to Xu Yi's inn with invitation cards. After the shopkeepers saw the arrival of these small shopkeepers, they all had a bad feeling in their hearts. They used to talk about business one by one, and they had never seen such a scene of rushing to talk about business. What is this Mr. Xu planning?For a moment, the shopkeepers of these iron yards were all worried, unable to guess what Mr. Xu was thinking.

After they arrived, they were placed in a large room in the inn by Li Bo and others. There was a large case made up of several tables, with a row of chairs on one side and only The three chairs look like the negotiating table of later generations. They have never seen this kind of posture before, but they are not stupid. After seeing the situation here, they immediately decided for themselves where they should sit. The location, anyway, the side with only three chairs is definitely not for them, but the side with a row of chairs is for them. After they are polite, according to the size of each production scale, Taking the Du family in the middle as the standard, they sat down on both sides consciously, holding the teacups sent by the waiter in the inn, and waited anxiously, wondering what Mr. Xu was up to.

Everyone waited here, changed the tea a few times, waited until they got angry, but they didn't see Mr. Xu appearing, they were angry but didn't dare to say anything. Accompanied by Shihe county magistrate, he appeared at the door of the house, clasped his fists to the people inside the house with a smile on his face, and said, "Sorry, sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time, and it's all my fault. It's late, I can't get up in the morning, I'm sorry!" Then he and Cui Dianshi entered the room.

His appearance seemed to be expected by these people, but when they saw him, these people still felt a sense of surprise, and they quickly stood up from their chairs to greet him, and the tables and chairs they touched eagerly jingled On the contrary, they all lost their composure together. Compared with Xu Yi's appearance, they looked a lot more embarrassed, which made some shopkeepers of the five major families feel very embarrassed.

Xu Yi came directly opposite them, and asked Cui Dianshi and the county official to sit on both sides of him, and he occupied the chair in the middle, smiled at the iron merchants opposite, and said, "Everyone, please sit down, let's sit down." Come down and talk!"

After the iron merchants thanked Xu Yi one after another, they each sat down, and there was another ping-pong-pong sound of pulling the chairs.

After Xu Yi watched everyone take their seats, he knocked a stack of papers in his hand on the table and put them in order, put them face down in front of him and said: "I invite you to come here today. I just want to talk about Xu's local procurement. As for the iron and steel matter, I am a little late because I have to tidy up some things, so please forgive me!"

At this time, the iron merchants also noticed the stack of papers in Xu Yi's hand. They didn't know what he was using for these papers, so it was the shopkeeper Du who said first: "Mr. I have been waiting here for a while, and I still have some questions, thinking Mr. Xu can give me an answer?"

Xu Yi smiled and said, "Master Du, may I ask you!"

Shopkeeper Du looked at the shopkeepers around him, and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Xu has been here for a few days. When Mr. Xu came, Cui Dian had already told me Wait, we must try our best to cooperate with Mr. Xu in purchasing goods, Mr. Xu invited me here today, I wonder if you can tell us clearly, how much steel does Mr. Xu plan to purchase this time?"

After hearing what he said, Xu Yi stroked his chin and thought for a while and said: "I know you must be paying attention to this issue, so I will tell you, this time Xu came here from a long distance, and his intention is to I have to purchase a large amount of steel to go back. I haven't finalized the exact quantity yet, but I can assure you that if the price is satisfactory, it will definitely be a surprising amount. The key is the price! I wonder if you are satisfied with my answer?"

What he said immediately brought joy to the faces of these iron merchants, but immediately showed embarrassment again, the price?With so many people together, how can the price be negotiated?After looking at each other, the shopkeeper surnamed Ding finally couldn't help but said: "As for the price, Mr. Xu has been here for a few days, and he must have a general understanding of the local iron price. Knowing Mr. Xu, what price do you want to offer? Let’s talk about it so we can add it up, right?”

After hearing Shopkeeper Ding's question, everyone nodded together, thinking that Shopkeeper Ding asked a good question. With so many people around, they couldn't quote one by one!
After Xu Yi listened to Shopkeeper Ding's question, he laughed again and said, "What Shopkeeper Ding said is wrong. How can buyers set prices for sellers in this business? It just so happened that I prepared something today. You are all literate, I will give each of you a copy of this item, after you take it, you can have a look at it, and then quote the price according to what is written on it, I wonder if this is good?" Xu Yi said to the big man behind him. Niu beckoned and asked him to take the stack of papers and put a copy in front of each of these iron merchants.

These iron merchants picked up the piece of paper in front of them suspiciously and looked down. Before they started reading, Xu Yi said: "The essence of business is that both parties can benefit. People, if you know that this business is not profitable, no one will do it. You can carefully read what is written on it, calculate your cost, add the profit you hope to get, and give Xu Yi a reply, This matter is not urgent, you can judge for yourself whether you can do this business, my purchase volume this time is not small, I hope you will be more cautious before replying to me, I will take a suitable supplier according to your reply Merchant purchases, everyone can take a look!"

After Xu Yi finished speaking, he leaned back, picked up the teacup, chatted and laughed with Cui Dianshi and the county official beside him.

These iron merchants looked down at the piece of paper in their hands with full of suspicion. If there are people from later generations here, they can immediately see that this piece of paper is actually a tender document, which clearly states Xu Yi's commitment to the supplier. The various requirements, the various rights and obligations of both parties, and the blanks left for the supplier to fill in, when these people read the piece of paper in their hands, they were all taken aback.

"What? Mr. Xu wants us to deliver the steel you purchased to the Yellow River Ferry for delivery?" An iron merchant asked in surprise, and the others also looked up at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi put the teacup on the table and nodded: "Yes, the quantity I purchased this time is very large, and I'm from the south, so I'm not familiar with this place, and I'm a bit powerless to transport so many goods by land. That's why I asked my supplier to take advantage of your local familiarity and deliver the goods I purchased to the Yellow River Ferry for delivery. After I pick up the goods there, I can load them on a ship and take the goods to the south by water , this also requires you to take into account the transportation cost of this section of the road when you give me a quotation. In fact, it is equivalent to paying for me, and you will wait for me to transport the goods to the ferry of the Yellow River. In fact, everyone will not suffer, right? If this is the case , Some people still feel that they are at a disadvantage, so just leave, if the business is not here, please stay, I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future!" Xu Yi has been planning for a long time, and he has already begun to calculate this matter on the way here. After crossing the Yellow River, the situation here began to deteriorate. If he had to solve the transportation problem after purchasing steel here, he would have to spend all his manpower and material resources to stay here and transport the steel back and forth. , It will undoubtedly increase a lot of risk, so he came up with this idea, the supplier will send people, take advantage of their local familiarity, deliver the goods to the ferry of the Yellow River, and pick up the goods there, so as to save a lot of money. less trouble.

As soon as Xu Yi's words fell, these iron merchants began to discuss with each other in whispers. Some people said that this kind of thing is unreasonable. , this is reasonable, after all Mr. Xu has already said that they can include this fee in the quotation, so these people argued among themselves, holding the piece of paper in their hands and reading it word by word, but Not a single person left.

Xu Yi looked at them and decided to add fire again, so he went on to say: "Please look carefully, I wrote a sentence on the one in your hand, this purchase is a long-term Purchasing is not a one-shot deal. All merchants selected by me to supply goods will be able to deliver the goods to the place of delivery every month according to our agreement. In this way, all merchants who have reached an agreement with me will be able to No longer hoarding goods, in this way, the money in hand will be turned over faster, which is also a benefit, so you must take this into consideration when you quote me, this is very important to you, and there are Great benefit!"

Xu Yi's words immediately caused a commotion among these people.

(Today is still [-]! Pida’s hard work can be learned from heaven and earth! It’s a pity that I didn’t get a renewal ticket! Depressed! Hehe!)

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