Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 10 Li Yulu

【Name: Li Yulu】

【Bone age: 25】

[Fate: Business genius (purple), master of counting (blue), good character (green), fancy moves (white), cowardly and timid (gray)...]

【Loyalty: 0】

[Qualification: Class C]

[Cultivation: None]

[Non-host subordinate, cannot extract its entries]

Zhao Qi'an never thought that he, just a random person he met on the street, actually had a purple fate.

Even though every child in Yangshengtang has a purple destiny entry, those are talents that Zhao Qi'an has spent a huge amount of money, time and experience to recruit.

People with purple destiny may not necessarily achieve great things in the future. Many of them are limited by their own conditions and environment, and they live a mediocre life just like ordinary people.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile horse always exists, but a bole does not always exist.

Zhao Qi'an is a "Bo Le" who is happy to discover talented people.

Li Yulu was very lucky. He met Zhao Qi'an, and it just so happened that Zhao Qi'an was interested in his purple fate.

However, Zhao Qi'an did not say much and just let Li Yulu act as his guide.

Li Yulu walked in front, introducing the market to Zhao Qian'an with great interest.

"This Baoding Gate symbolizes wealth coming from all directions. Did you see the gold ingot on the Baoding? Some people say it is pure gold, but no one has verified it. There are powerful warriors guarding this market, so no thief would dare to do such a stupid thing."

"After entering the gate, you will see the Glazed Street. You will know where this street got its name from if you look up. The shops along the entire street are paved with glazed tiles. In the past, this was a royal product. A piece of glazed tile could be exchanged for an equal amount of silver. But later, the Zhao family excavated immortal relics overseas and obtained a magical book called 'Heavenly Creations'. From it, they learned the technology of artificially making glazed glass, and the price of glazed glass has dropped... Look, the shop in front is selling glazed ware. If you need it, I have a number plate here to jump the queue."

Enter Baoding Gate, cross Liuli Street, and cross a white marble bridge, and you will arrive at the center of the city.

Li Yulu was very familiar with this market, and he knew it like the back of his hand. When introducing it, he also added some rumors and his own opinions, which made it quite interesting.

"I heard that these soaps and perfumes were all shipped back from overseas by the Zhao family. They are very expensive, but they are most popular among the ladies of wealthy families."

"There is also this diamond shop. The diamonds here are really amazing nowadays. They are more valuable than gold. I heard that they are the immortal tree tied with red ropes that fell into the mortal world from Yue Laoxian in the sky. If you give one to your loved one, you can be together forever and never be separated from each other... I think this rumor is a bit outrageous, but this diamond is indeed extremely hard, harder than any sword made of any material. It's a pity that there are too few of them and the price is too high."

Shit!

Zhao Qi'an sneered in his heart. This thing is not worth anything overseas. The Zhao family controls several diamond mines. The actual value of the diamond on the top of this diamond ring is not as expensive as the ring setting.

Li Yulu sighed, "Twenty years ago, the Zhao family was just a small wealthy family living in a remote corner. The current head of the Zhao family is truly a genius. He can come up with so many ingenious things. In just less than twenty years, the Zhao family has become the richest merchant in Daqian. If I can learn the way of doing business from the head of the Zhao family, I will have no regrets in my life."

When he mentioned the head of the Zhao family, he was full of admiration.

Zhao Qi'an remained silent.

The two walked a little further, but saw a traffic jam ahead. Zhao Qi'an pondered and asked, "What store is ahead? Why are there so many people blocking the road?"

Li Yulu said, "This means Zhao's grain store is open."

"Grain shop? So many people?"

"It's cheap. The rice here is a full 1.5 cents cheaper than other rice shops in Kyoto. Other shops sell it for 5 cents a bushel, but here it's only 3.5 cents a bushel. Wouldn't the people from the west of the city flock here? But this Zhao's grain shop only opens at 2:45 pm and closes at 2:45 pm, so it only sells rice for one hour a day."

Li Yulu sighed, "How much is the annual rent for the shop in Zhao's Merchant House? Selling rice like this...how much can it fetch? I'm afraid it can't even pay the employees' wages."

"If the Zhao Company wanted to do good deeds, why did they only sell rice for one hour? Except for the people in West City, most people in the capital cannot benefit from it."

"Not to mention that most of the people in Zhao's business are dignitaries, and ordinary people rarely come. Every day at this time, the road will be blocked by the influx of people, causing many nobles to be unwilling to choose this time to come. Obviously, this is the best time to do business. The restaurants nearby are affected."

Zhao Qi'an asked: "If you were the manager of this place, what would you do?"

Li Yulu said without hesitation: "At least we should open the grain store outside the market. To the west is the wharf. There are large warehouses for rent at the wharf, and there are a lot of open spaces. If the Zhao family is thinking about doing business, at least they won't lose money on rent. If they are thinking about doing charity, they can sell grain there, and the poor people who are really struggling will also buy it."

He slapped his head and said with a wry smile: "Look at my mouth, I only say boring things that you don't want to hear. Please come this way, I know a small path that can bypass this way..."

……

"My Lord, are you going in here?"

After a while, Li Yulu stood in front of a five-story attic, looking at the three large gold-plated characters "Treasure Pavilion" written in a flamboyant style on the attic's plaque, feeling a little timid.

He observed the words and expressions of the "guest" along the way and discovered that this time's "guest" seemed to be very familiar with the market town. After entering the market town, he came straight here.

But he didn't expect that the other party actually wanted to enter this "Treasure Pavilion".

The Treasure Pavilion is located in the most luxurious central area of ​​the Zhao family's business. Compared with the bustling scene of the surrounding shops, the door of this building is deserted.

However, this place is the core of the entire market town.

The Treasure Pavilion mainly engages in two businesses: the first is the sale of bulk goods, and the second is the auction of rare treasures.

If you want to enter this building, you must be a truly wealthy or noble person!

Li Yulu smiled bitterly and bowed to Zhao Qi'an: "If you want to go in, I won't accompany you. The entrance fee to this place is ten taels of silver. I have never been there, so I can't be your guide."

Zhao Qi'an nodded, took out a piece of silver from his waist bag and threw it to him.

Li Yulu borrowed it and weighed it. It was exactly five taels of silver. He was immediately overjoyed.

He was about to thank him when he found that the other party had already walked towards the Treasure Pavilion, and several managers hurried out of the pavilion and welcomed his guest in.

This is really a great honor to meet a noble person!
At this time, Zhao Qian'an, who had just stepped into the door of the Treasure Pavilion, pulled over a manager and whispered a few words.

The steward showed a little surprise on his face, and couldn't help but look up at Li Yulu who was standing outside the Treasure Pavilion. He nodded to Zhao Qian'an and hurried away.

(End of this chapter)