Datang romantic little landlord

Li Wangyou stood aside, smiled and listened to the words of the others, and understood what was going on, and said again: "Master Ma, if I can help you deliver the goods within five days, how much will you pay for the shipping?"

What he said made the shopkeeper of the caravan and the merchants around watching the fun startled.

This kid, bragging without making drafts!

123 Ways to Make Money

The shopkeeper of the caravan is naturally unwilling to lose business. He and the shopkeeper of this horse are also long-term business partners. Usually, the porcelain of the Ma family is transported to Chang'an City with them.

This time, because of an accident at the kiln of the Ma family, time was delayed, which made the shopkeeper of the caravan shake his head.Of course, the porcelain could not be delivered within five days, so he was persuading shopkeeper Ma to delay the delivery time.

Li Wangyou suddenly stepped in, he was naturally not reconciled, and he didn't believe that someone could deliver the goods within five days.

"You young man, what are you talking about nonsense? This is not one or two pieces of porcelain, which can be transported by horse-drawn cart. The porcelain of eight or nine hundred dendrobium can only be transported by bullock cart. How can you get to Chang'an City in five days?"

Not only did the shopkeeper of the caravan not believe it, but none of the surrounding merchants believed it either, and they all opened their mouths to blame Li Wangyou for lying.

"Xiao Lang, don't be joking, shopkeeper Ma is getting angry, why are you still making fun of him?"

"How can you promise such a thing casually? Can the reputation of Majia Porcelain be played around?"

"Porcelain of seven or eight hundred dendrobium can be delivered to Chang'an in five days. This is something that can only be done by immortals."

"Treasurer Ma, you'd better send someone to Chang'an City to deliver the letter first, so as to appease the Hu businessman. It's not too late."

"Yeah, don't be fooled for a while. If you listen to this young man's big talk, it will be a big deal if you smash the signboard at that time."

Shopkeeper Ma couldn't quite believe Li Wangyou's words after being told by everyone, but he held a little hope in his heart, hoping that what Li Wangyou said was true.

"Xiao Langjun, can you really help me deliver the porcelain to Chang'an City within five days?" Shopkeeper Ma decided to ask clearly, Li Wangyou's words were his only hope.

Li Wangyou smiled and nodded: "Of course it is possible. As long as the shipping fee is suitable, shopkeeper Ma can rest assured that I will deliver the porcelain to the West City of Chang'an City within five days."

Although he was sure of what he said, shopkeeper Ma still hesitated and couldn't believe what Li Wangyou said.

The shopkeeper of the caravan was even more angry: "You young man, why are you so ignorant of what is good or bad? You are talking such big things with empty teeth!"

"That is, you said it will be delivered within five days? What is the evidence?"

"This young man's accent is clearly not from Yinzhou, shopkeeper Ma, be careful not to be deceived."

Li Wangyou smiled even more happily in the face of everyone's accusations: "Who says I have no proof, just wait a moment."

He pulled Niu Wu over and whispered a few words into his ear, Niu Wu nodded, squeezed out the crowd and ran out.

Not long after, Niu Wu came back again, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Wangyou.

This is the evidence for Dingzhou Village's transfer of official grain in the spring. Li Wangyou asked Niu Wu to return to the chariot shop just now, and asked the old village that he was coming.

"Treasurer Ma, I am from Chang'an Hu County. This time I am transporting official grain to Yinzhou. Look at this receipt. It is clearly written on it. When did we pick up the grain from the Chang'an warehouse and when did we enter it?" It is clear how much official food has been transported in the Yinzhou warehouse, and you can see if I can help you transport the porcelain there within five days."

Li Wangyou unfolded the receipt and asked Shopkeeper Ma to examine it carefully.

The surrounding merchants also gathered around and stretched their necks to read the contents of the receipt.After seeing it clearly, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

"Hiss~ This receipt actually says that they transported a thousand shi of grain from Chang'an Warehouse three days ago, and it has been delivered to Yinzhou Warehouse today. How is this possible? Isn't this receipt a fake?"

"No, the receipt is real, and there is a stamp from the government on it, so it can't be faked."

"In three days, it takes only a horse-drawn carriage to transport a thousand shi of grain from Chang'an to Yinzhou, right? Did you use hundreds of horse-drawn carriages to travel day and night?"

"At this speed, this young gentleman is really not talking big."

Shopkeeper Ma was even more excited. He originally thought that his family's integrity sign must have been smashed this time, but he didn't expect that a ray of dawn was waving to him now.

"Xiao Langjun, what you said is true? Can you really help me deliver this batch of porcelain within five days?"

"Naturally."

Shopkeeper Ma quickly grabbed his sleeve: "Then let's sign the contract now, and the old man entrusts you to deliver the porcelain."

But Li Wangyou was not in a hurry, he took the slip away slowly, put it in his arms, and then asked with a bright smile: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, how is the shipping fee calculated?"

"It will be calculated according to the freight of the ox cart, how about three hundred guan?" When it comes to money, the horse shopkeeper, who was still anxious just now, immediately returned to his true colors as a shrewd businessman.

Datang ox cart freight is also very expensive, with a load of [-] catties, and a charge of [-] yuan for every [-] miles... However, the price of this kind of large-scale freight will be much cheaper.It usually takes about three or four hundred copper coins to transport this batch of porcelain from Shopkeeper Ma to Chang'an City.

Of course, Majia porcelain is not the kind of cheap goods that Li Wangyou ordered at the kiln in Hu County. According to modern terms, they are all high-end custom crafts, and the price is naturally quite expensive.

The main reason why the Ma family did not relocate the kiln mouth to near Chang'an is that there is a kind of kaolin in Yinzhou that is especially suitable for firing porcelain.

The porcelain of the Ma family is thin, lightweight and of excellent quality, so the Ma family would rather spend a huge amount of shipping costs than move the kiln to the vicinity of Chang'an City.

They just opened a shop in the west city of Chang'an City, which is specially used to receive customers and sell porcelain from the Ma family in Yinzhou.

These porcelains were transported to the West through the Silk Road.

Due to the long distance and wear and tear, when it arrives in the West, its price is almost equivalent to gold, and it is a luxury exclusive to the upper class.

Li Wangyou smiled even more happily for Shopkeeper Ma's offer, but shook his head like a rattle: "Treasurer Horse, this is a courier business! How can the charges be the same as those of ordinary ox carts?"

Express business?What the hell is this?

Li Wangyou's words made everyone confused. They have never heard of express delivery business. What does this mean?

"The courier business is to deliver the goods quickly. The speed of delivery is different, and the price is naturally different." Li Wangyou explained.

Everyone understood what he said. It meant that the post station of the government sent letters. A fast horse asked to travel six stations a day, that is, about 180 miles; the more urgent one asked to travel three hundred miles a day, and the fastest asked to travel a day. Five hundred miles.

The faster the speed, the more it will cost.Concubine Yang Guifei's "Riding the world of mortals and concubines laughing, no one knows that it is litchi." It is the litchi express that traveled five hundred miles a day during the Tianbao period from Lingnan Express to Chang'an City.

"Then how much shipping fee do you want to charge, Mr. Ma?" Shopkeeper Ma asked helplessly.

Li Wangyou made a gesture: "Not much, six hundred copper coins."

Everyone felt a toothache, this fee is really not cheap, directly doubled the fee of the caravan.

The horse shopkeeper hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, I will follow the price that Xiao Langjun said."

Seeing that he agreed, Li Wangyou felt that he seemed to have found another way to make money!

124 Express service

The express business, in the era of Datang's low transportation capacity, is definitely promising.

Li Wangyou felt that if he pulled up a four-wheeled carriage transport team, he would definitely make a lot of money, but the only pity was that he didn't have any horses.

Now the horses of the four-wheeled carriage team in Dingzhou Village belong to the county government of Chang'an County. The village only borrows them, and they have to return them when they return to Chang'an.