Chapter 126: Little nobleman is righteous
"My aunt has some cotton, fifty coins a pound, do you think it's good?"

As he spoke, Bai Duojin took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it, and pushed the small cloth bag in front of Huang Fuqing.

Bai Tao's idea of ​​selling cotton was also a sudden one. 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. Apart from food, the most important things to keep out the cold are cotton and other things.

In the past few days, I have exchanged grain for a lot of crayfish in Qingzhou. If I sell some cotton, and if people are well fed and warmly clothed, and have good immunity, will that help? !
The new long-staple cotton from Xinjiang is sold for thirteen coins per two kilograms in the mall. Bai Tao did a rough conversion and found that it was equivalent to twenty-two coins per kilogram in the currency of Jin State.

At that time, the price of cotton in Jin State was 45 coins per catty, so she sold such good cotton at 50 coins per catty. This would not suppress the development of the ancient small peasant economy, but would also allow her to make some profit from the price difference and bring some income to Taohua Village.

Huang Fuqing had traveled a lot because of his family's cloth shop, but this was the first time he had seen such good cotton.

"Such good cotton, fifty cents a pound?" He touched it and twisted it, as if afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he asked again.

Bai Duojin nodded: "That's right."

He was very proud in his heart. We all know that this cotton is good. It was brought out by our aunt.

Seeing Bai Duojin nod, Huang Fuqing immediately had an idea in his mind, and then asked with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Manager Bai, please forgive me for being greedy, but can you give me some of the cotton that the young noble has and let my cloth shop sell it?"

"Please rest assured, my dear lord, I am willing to buy it for fifty-two coins per pound."

He also knew that since Bai Duojin had spoken, he must have meant it, but Huang Fuqing still asked solemnly to show his respect and importance.

He had never seen such good cotton before. He had finally caught the chance of getting the chance from a nobleman. If he missed it, he would be a fool.

This winter is much colder than the previous two years. It just so happens that the cotton purchased from Cotton City was less before. This is really a timely help from you, my benefactor.

"Of course you can." Bai Duojin: "The Baijiabao caravan will be transporting a batch of cotton through Qingzhou in two days. If Huang Ji has this idea, he can allocate some to your cloth shop for sale."

The story of exchanging crayfish for food had long spread throughout Qingzhou, and the name of the Baijiabao caravan was known in every street and alley.

Before, Huang Fuqing had never thought of Bai Duojin in the direction of the Baijiabao caravan, but now that Bai Duojin mentioned it, he immediately made the connection.

Huang Fuqing asked quickly, "Is it the Baijiabao caravan that traded food for crayfish?"

"Of course it is."

After Bai Duojin admitted it, Huang Fuqing immediately took a breath, stood up, and bowed to Bai Duojin: "Your caravan is righteous."

After he finished speaking, he said with great respect and gratitude: "Little nobleman, you are so righteous."

In today's world, those who have food are hoarding it, for fear of another war on the border or a severe famine due to insufficient food production in Nanjing City and Gusu City.

And the young noble lady was able to give out so much food to help the people, which really shows her a kind heart.

If you say that this is not free and that you have to catch crayfish in exchange for it, Huang Fuqing will definitely spit in your face.

There is nothing in this world that comes for free, everything requires hard work.

The imperial court conscripted you to perform labor service but didn't pay you. The labor service was so heavy, the food was not good, and you would be beaten if you worked slowly.

Often, by the time corvée labor was over, more than half of the people had died.

Exchanging crayfish for food is different. You just need to find a place with lots of crayfish and pick them up. It's like pie falling from the sky.

You can exchange as much as you pick up, it's voluntary, you won't be beaten, you don't have to worry about your life, and you don't have to leave your homeland. Bai Duojin raised his hand to Huang Fuqing repeatedly, and they were polite to each other.

After he sat down, he continued, "Our aunt said that she didn't know whether Huang's Cloth Shop had a good reputation in the past, and she didn't want to know."

"But Mr. Huang, you are sensible. When our aunt rewarded people yesterday, she used the small golden melon seeds you gave her. Now, Mr. Huang, you have good fortune."

"My aunt said, since we are all going to sell them, if you have this intention, it won't be a problem to give you some in the future."

After hearing this, Huang Fuqing was delighted. He thought that giving these gifts was the right thing to do and his efforts were not wasted.

If some of the money slips away from the little nobleman, it will be enough for Huang Ji to enjoy the good life.

He stood up again and thanked Bai Tao who was not there: "It is the honor of the little noble, thank you for giving me the opportunity..."

"I just don't know how much we can get this time?"

Such good cotton is probably on the same level as tribute. If you buy it for 52 coins, even if you sell it for 70 coins, it will be snapped up like crazy...

Bai Duojin thought about it and decided that the aunt didn't say the specific amount, but it could be 800,000 or 900,000 kilograms.

So, he pretended to think for a few seconds and said, "This time it was indeed rushed. The transportation was mainly grain, and cotton was second."

After a pause, he said, "I'll give you 100,000 kilograms, and see if there's any problem."

Fifty-two coins per catty, one hundred thousand catties equals five thousand two hundred taels.

Even if Huang Ji sold it at sixty cents per catty, he could still make eight hundred taels of money.

Even though eight hundred taels is not a lot of money, he doesn't need to negotiate for it. Besides, the Baijiabao caravan will pass by Qingzhou in two days and deliver it, which saves time and effort. He can get eight hundred taels by just reselling it. Where can you find such a good thing?

Besides, Huang Fuqing did not plan to sell it at 60 wen per catty. Of the 100,000 catties, 30,000 to 40,000 catties could be kept in Qingzhou and some could be shipped to Gusu, where they could be sold at least 100 wen per catty.

Huang Fuqing knew that Huang's business was able to get this opportunity because the young benefactor was young and liked the things he gave him.

It seems that from now on, apart from festivals, I have to find opportunities to send more ice and charcoal gifts to the little nobleman 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 the money.

Seeing this, Bai Duojin said, "This batch of cotton is indeed small. When Huang Dongjia has sold most of it, if you need more, we can supply you with some."

"Yes, yes, yes, of course." Huang Fuqing nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Then he said embarrassedly: "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Manager Bai. 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."

If the cloth shop in Gusu City was doing well, he would not want to do the silver shop business.

"I want to ask for a reward from you, young noble, so I'd like to trouble you, Steward Bai, to tell you, if it's convenient, can you provide more cotton in the next batch?"

Bai Duojin: "How much do you want?"

"This, this..." Huang Fuqing raised his hand and raised his fingers hesitantly.

(End of this chapter)