On Xiguan Street, Dezhou, Shandong, Yang Yexing sat in a carriage and drove slowly towards his iron shop.

The Yang family is engaged in ironware trading. With the convenience of canal transportation, it specializes in the Guangzhou Railway and Fujian Railway in the south. There are seven cargo ships for transporting iron alone. There is also a large cargo warehouse and an iron shop near Xiguan Wharf, and there is also an iron shop on Dongmen Street.

In addition to Dezhou, the Yang family also has semicolons in Zhending Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture and Jinghai. They can also rank in the top five in private ironware business in Shandong, Hebei and Shuntian Prefecture.

On that day, a young man suddenly came to the iron shop at Xiguan Wharf. He came from Jingle County, Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province. He said he had a large number of raw and cooked iron and wanted to find a buyer who could eat 300,000 to 400,000 kilograms of iron and could also be a long-term cooperation buyer.

Yang Yexing disagreed. A mine owner came over in Shanxi every few days and wanted to do business with him. The fire source was sufficient, but his Yang family's reputation was made by Fujian Tie and Guangzhou Tie, so he naturally had no interest in Shanxi Tie.

Compared with Guangzhou Iron and Fujian Iron, the iron materials in Shanxi are much worse than those in iron pots, agricultural tools and other iron tools.

You know, Guangguo is an imperial tribute. Even the emperor's imperial chefs use Guangguo. Even the Japanese and Franchise men sold pots from Guangdong, and they did not have to worry about selling them in the north.

Yang Yexing originally wanted to send someone away, but the servant who came to report the news said that the shopkeeper of the Xiguan Iron Shop specifically explained that the iron material brought by the young master was something.

Yang Yexing pondered for a moment and then changed his mind. The shopkeeper of his Yang family's business is naturally not a mediocre person. Since the shopkeeper said that there were some iron materials, it would be okay to go and take a look.

After reviewing the accounts at Dongmen Street, he then sat in a carriage and headed towards the iron shop at Xiguan Wharf.

When he arrived at the shop, he saw a young man sitting inside, with his appearance... With just a glance, Yang Yexing couldn't help but exclaim several times. This young man looked so handsome.

Behind the young master, there were two strong and sharp-eyed men, who should be the young master's accompanying family.

"I've met my boss."

When the shopkeeper and the clerk saw Yang Yexing coming, they hurriedly saluted respectfully.

The handsome young man heard the reputation and the impatient face was swept away, and he showed a faint smile. He gave a gentle salute, and said, "This is Mr. Yang, student Luo Wentian, I have seen Mr. Yang."

"Young Master Luo is exempt from gifts, no gifts." Yang Yexing laughed, "I have made Young Master Luo wait for a long time, and Mr. Yang is ashamed, ashamed."

"Mr. Yang, please be polite."

"Please sit down, come and see the tea."

The two of them sat down, waited for the servant to brew two new cups of tea, and then talked about irrelevant topics.

For example, where did Mr. Luo Wentian get the fight, what kind of customs and customs there are, what kind of things did the local celebrities do, what the weather is, what the current situation of the thieves and hungry people, what the grain harvest is, etc.

This is the habit of merchants. They try to understand the other party’s background as much as possible through nonsense, judge the other party’s habits, etc.

After chatting for nearly two quarters of a minute, Yang Yexing then turned to the topic and asked: "I heard that Mr. Luo came here to find a buyer of iron materials. He also brought some samples. Can you let Yang see it?"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Luo Wentian smiled and nodded to the follower behind him. The two followers put two heavy sacks in front of Yang Yexing, and opened the sack to reveal the raw iron blocks inside.

Yang Yexing took out two broken pig iron blocks from the sack, took a diorama from the shopkeeper next to him, and looked carefully at the break of the iron block through the mirror.

After only a short moment of looking, he raised his head with disbelief and glanced at the shopkeeper next to him.

The shopkeeper nodded: "The boss, the guy from the backyard workshop has already taken a few pieces of pig iron into it and melted it. It should have been almost cast at this moment."

"good."

Yang Yexing nodded and asked Luo Wentian again: "Mr. Luo, can someone break a few more pieces of iron and look at a few more pieces?"

"Mr. Yang will take away a few pieces of pig iron."

"Thank you, Mr. Luo."

Yang Yexing hurriedly called the two men over, picked up three pieces of pig iron from the sack, walked to the anvil not far away, and smashed the three pieces of pig iron one by one with an iron hammer.

Then, Yang Yexing took the diorama and carefully checked the fracture surfaces of the pig iron.

The ancestors of the Yang family all deal with copper, iron, lead and tin. He touched iron since he was a child. It has been thirty years since he was a child. He can tell the quality of pig iron at a glance.

The iron in the south is made of charcoal. The iron is uniform and tight, with fewer impurities and holes. The iron in the north is made of coal. The iron blocks contain mostly impurities visible to the naked eye, and the iron is loose and uneven. I believe that the quality of Guangzhou Iron and Fujian Iron will naturally be greatly reduced.

But when Mr. Luo brought these pieces of iron, although the fracture was as grayish-white as other irons, it had a very uniform color, few holes, and the iron was evenly arranged and tightly, and there were much fewer impurities than other northern irons.

This kind of iron is better than that of Fujian and Guangzhou Iron.

After seeing the iron pieces, Yang Yexing's face was filled with excitement. He took out two pieces of cooked iron from another sack, took the diorama again and checked carefully.

"The boss also took a few pieces of cooked iron into the backyard, put them in the stove, and then started cooking when the boss comes."

"Let's go to the backyard now, Mr. Luo, please."

"Mr. Yang, please."

Yang Yexing could no longer wait and quickly took Luo Wentian into the spacious backyard.

The backyard is an ironwork workshop with eight stoves built, and a group of blacksmiths either brought apprentices to forge iron tools or poured molten iron into various molds.

Under the guidance of the shopkeeper, Yang Yexing and Luo Wentian walked to a stove, and the blacksmith next to him pinched out a piece of red iron from it, placed it on the anvil and started to beat it.

The cracked iron is constantly knocked, so the cross section cannot be seen. It is not easy to distinguish the quality by the naked eye. The best way is to forge. A skilled blacksmith can distinguish the quality of cooked iron in forging, and Yang Yexing can do it naturally.

As the iron stars were flying, Yang Yexing's face became more and more excited.

Luo Wentian's face became more and more proud, and his chin was getting higher and higher.

He waited for a full hour before waiting for Yang Yexing, and he was already very upset. He just pretended to be the one named Yang for the sake of business.

"Boss, the cast iron brought by Mr. Luo has been cast." The shopkeeper next to him suddenly reminded.

"oh?"

Yang Yexing was excited and hurriedly followed the shopkeeper to the several blacksmiths who were dismantling the mold not far away.

Luo Wentian also followed and looked at a strangely shaped low furnace next to him.

Yang Yexing seemed to be imitating Guangguo.

Seeing his eyes floating, Yang Yexing smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Yang has been studying for many years, but he has been unable to understand the method of making Guangguo pots. He clearly uses Guangguo iron, but the cast pots are far less than Guangguo pots. Guangdong has a tight supply, and Guangguo pots are in short supply. They have to use these four methods to make some at a low price."

"Mr. Yang is a businessman, and he is good at making money. Students admire him."

Luo Wentian was slapping his mouth, but he thought that after he went back, he had to make a pot quickly. A small Guang pot with five kilograms of light can be sold for more than one cent of silver in Shuntian Mansion. It only costs seven cents to one cent to one cent for five kilograms of pig iron, which is a few cents apart.

Making a pot is not difficult. Make a mold, pour the iron into it, and then polish it after it is made, and then put it in the ears.

Yang Yexing looked carefully at the iron pot that had just fallen down, and asked excitedly, "Young Master Luo, are these raw and cooked iron really produced by Loufan, Shanxi?"

"Of course, can the students still transport the railway from the south to Shanxi and then from Shanxi to Dezhou to sell it?"

"Young Master Luo, don't get me wrong. The quality of these iron materials is almost the same as that of Guangzhou Iron. Shanxi has never produced such good iron. Mr. Yang is just a little unbelievable."

"Mr. Yang, Loufan Tie is no worse than Guangzhou Tie."

"Ah hahaha..." Yang Yexing said, "Young Master Luo, how much inventory does Loufan have now? How much can it produce every month?"

"The inventory includes 300,000 kilograms of pig iron and 200,000 kilograms of wax iron. Now it can produce about 200,000 kilograms per month. Now it is expanding several stoves. In another month or two, it can produce about 300,000 kilograms per month. If you can find a big buyer, it will be fine to produce more than 500,000 kilograms."

"Um."

Yang Yexing nodded. The amount of this is not large. As long as the iron is good enough, he can eat it twice as much.

He could sell it to Shandong Trainers. These iron materials are better than Guangzhou Iron and Fujian Iron, and 20% of the profit is enough.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Young Master Luo, use tea in the front hall."

"Mr. Yang, please."

The two returned to the front hall and filled in two cups of new tea. Yang Yexing said straight to the point: "Mr. Luo, if the price is appropriate, Loufan's iron Yang will take all the iron materials produced every month. Yang will also take all the iron materials produced every month."

"Oh? What price does Mr. Yang want?"

"If Mr. Luo delivers the goods to Dezhou, one or three cents of pig iron and two or five cents of cooked iron. If Mr. Yang goes to pick up the goods, he will be deducted three cents of carriage and horse fees for every 100 kilograms."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Wentian's hand holding the teacup froze, and the expression on his face gradually changed.

Yang Yexing frowned: "Is it possible that Mr. Luo is not satisfied with the price?"

Luo Wentian put the teacup back on the tea table, and then he slowly spoke: "Mr. Yang, it costs one or two cents for the Guangzhou Iron and Telecom to pick up pig iron now. Loufan Iron is even better than Guangzhou Iron and Fujian Iron. And it's more than three thousand miles to Guangzhou Iron and Telecom, but Loufan Iron is only eight hundred miles to Dezhou. How can Loufan Iron be worth this price?"

"this……"

Yang Yexing was speechless for a moment. It seemed that Mr. Luo had already figured out the market and had only come by Guangzhou Railway and Fujian Railway.

"Mr. Yang, I only need a fair price. If you go to Loufan to pick up the goods, you can pick up the goods at 100 pounds of pig iron and 1 tael of 5 qian, and 3 taels of fermented iron and 100 ounces of 20 ounces of fermented iron and 100 ounces of 200 ounces of 200 ounces of 100 ounces of 100 ounce

"If you can pay half of the silver and the other half uses grain to pay for the goods, I can only provide you with the family in Shandong and Shuntian Prefecture."

"And, these goods are not allowed to be sold to any Shanxi business."

"If Mr. Yang can accept this price, let's continue talking. If he can't accept it, the students won't bother him."
Chapter completed!