Chapter 123

The shopkeeper of the caravan is naturally unwilling to lose his business. He and shopkeeper Ma are also long-term business partners. Usually, the porcelains of the Ma family are sent to Chang'an city.

The shopkeeper of the caravan shook his head this time because there was an accident at the mouth of the Ma family's kiln. Of course, he couldn't deliver the porcelain in five days, so he was persuading shopkeeper Ma to postpone the delivery time.

Li Qieyou suddenly stepped in. Naturally, he was unwilling and didn't believe that someone could deliver the goods within five days.

"What are you talking about, young man? It's not one or two pieces of porcelain that can be transported by carriage. Eight or nine hundred pieces of porcelain can only be transported by ox cart. How can we get to Chang'an City in five days?"

Not only the shopkeeper of the caravan didn't believe it, but also the merchants around didn't believe it. They began to blame Li forgetful for talking big.

"Xiao Lang, don't joke. Shopkeeper Ma is so anxious that he gets angry. Why do you still make fun of him?"

"How can you promise such a thing casually? Can you play with the reputation of Ma's porcelain?"

"Seven or eight hundred pieces of porcelain were sent to Chang'an on the 5th. It was only when immortals came down to earth that they could do it."

"Shopkeeper Ma, you'd better send someone to deliver the letter to Chang'an City first to appease the Hu merchant. There's no difference between these days."

"Yes, don't be confused for a moment. Listen to the young man's boasting. It's a big deal to smash the sign at that time."

Shopkeeper Ma was not convinced by what everyone said, but he held a glimmer of expectation in his heart, hoping that what Li forget you said was true.

"Little Lang, do you really have a way to help me deliver the porcelain to Chang'an City in five days?" shopkeeper Ma decided to ask clearly. Li's forgetful words were his only hope.

Li Qieyou smiled and nodded: "of course, as long as the freight is appropriate, shopkeeper Ma can rest assured. I promise to send the porcelain to the west city of Chang'an within five days."

Although he said yes, shopkeeper Ma still hesitated and couldn't believe what Li forgot to worry about.

The shopkeeper of the caravan was even more angry: "Why are you so unkind, young man? Empty mouth and white teeth say such big words!"

"Yes, you said it would be delivered within five days. Why?"

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

Li forgot to worry, but smiled more happily in the face of the criticism: "who said I didn't prove it, wait a minute."

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

Before long, Niu Wu came back again, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li forgetful.

This is the voucher for the official grain delivered by Dingzhou village during the spring day transportation. Li forget you just asked Niu Wu to return to the horse shop and asked the old village about to come.

"Shopkeeper Ma, I'm from Hu County, Chang'an. This time I'm transporting official grain to Yinzhou. Look at this note. It's very clear when we received the grain from Chang'an warehouse, when we entered Yinzhou warehouse, and how much official grain we transported. You can see if I can help you transport the porcelain to Yinzhou within five days."

Li forgets to worry and unfolds the slip for shopkeeper Ma to look at carefully.

Merchants gathered around and craned their necks to see the contents of the slip. After seeing it clearly, everyone couldn't help taking a breath.

"Hiss ~ it's actually written on this note that they transported 1000 grains from Chang'an warehouse three days ago, and today they have delivered them to Yinzhou warehouse for storage. How is this possible? I'm afraid this note is not fake?"

"No, the slip is true, with the official stamp on it. It can't be fake."

"In three days, only carriages can transport 1000 stone grains from Chang'an to Yinzhou. Did you use hundreds of carriages to travel day and night?"

"To follow this speed, the little man really didn't talk big."

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

"Young man, what you said is true? Can you really help me deliver this batch of porcelain in five days?"

"Naturally."

Shopkeeper Ma quickly grabbed his sleeve: "let's sign a contract now. I entrust you to deliver porcelain."

Li forgot his worries but was not in a hurry. He took the slip away slowly and put it into his arms. Then he smiled brightly and asked, "how do you calculate the freight, shopkeeper ma?"

"How about three hundred dollars according to the freight of the ox cart?" when it comes to money, shopkeeper Ma, who was in a hurry just now, immediately regained his shrewd merchant nature.

The freight of Datang ox cart is also very expensive. It carries a weight of 100 kg and charges 100 Wen for every 100 miles... However, the price of this kind of mass 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, Ma's porcelain is not the kind of cheap goods customized by Li forgetyou at the mouth of Huxian kiln. According to modern terms, they are all high-end customized handicrafts, and the price is naturally quite expensive.

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

Ma's porcelain is thin, lightweight and of excellent quality, so the Ma's would rather spend a huge amount of freight than move the kiln mouth near Chang'an city.

They just opened a shop in the west of Chang'an city to receive customers and sell Yinzhou Ma's porcelain.

These porcelain were transported to the west through the silk road.

Due to the long journey and loss, when it arrives in the west, its price is almost equal to that of gold. It is a luxury exclusive to the upper class society.

For the price offered by shopkeeper Ma, Li Qieyou smiled more happily, but his head shook like a rattle: "shopkeeper Ma, this is an express business! How can the charge be the same as an ordinary ox cart?"

Express business? What the hell is this?

Li's words made everyone confused. He had never heard of any express business. What does this mean?

"This express business is to deliver goods as soon as possible. With different delivery speeds, the price is naturally different," Li explained.

His words were understood by the public. It meant that it was like a government post station delivering a letter. A fast horse asked to walk six posts a day, that is, about 180 miles; What is more urgent is to travel 300 miles a day, and the fastest is to travel 500 miles a day.

The faster the speed, the more it will cost. Yang Guifei's "when the concubine of the world of mortals laughs, no one knows it's litchi." it is the litchi express from Lingnan express to Chang'an City during the Tianbao period.

"How much freight do you charge, young man?" shopkeeper Ma asked helplessly.

Li forgot to worry more than a gesture: "not much, 600 copper coins."

Everyone felt a toothache. The cost was really not cheap. It was double the cost of the caravan.

Shopkeeper Ma hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed: "OK, according to the price said by the little gentleman."

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