In the morning, in the west of Yeyu City, the ready caravan began to set off. The bells under the neck of the pack horse made a pleasant sound, and countless bells gathered together, like a wonderful music.

The caravan with hundreds of cargo-cargo horses was moving towards the west, and accompanied by the sound of "Dingling Dang Dang" bells, advancing towards the continuous mountains filled with clouds.

In front of the Ye Yu section of the Xichuan Trading Company, there was a well-informed Central Plains businessman who recognized the caravan that was on the journey, which belonged to Langqiongzhao.

Langqiongzhao and the other five edicts are called "Six Edicts". These six edicts are licensed by the court and obtained a "trade license" to participate in border markets and trade with Xichuan Trading Company. You can set up a residence in Yeyu City to facilitate business transactions.

These six imperial edicts, as the "distributor" of Xichuan Trading Company, organized caravans to sell goods purchased from Xichuan Trading Company and Central Plains merchants to the Piao Kingdom in the southwest, the Qiang lands in the north, or to the distant Tianzhu.

The profits of this kind of re-trading trade made Liuzhao, who was short of money in the past, soon became rich. The scale of each jockey team expanded rapidly, and the clothes of the caravan members also changed from ragged clothes at the beginning to be complete with robes, shoes and socks. Everyone also covered a patterned crotch on the outside, demonstrating their respective belongings.

No one can't get over money, so the Six Edicts are very respectful to the court, because if you do something wrong and anger the court and cancel the "trade permit", then the edict will inevitably fall into a doomed place.

Not to mention that they cannot do business from now on, the court will order the other five imperial edicts to attack them. No imperial edict can survive the siege. Even if they are lucky enough to defeat the Five Emperors coalition forces, if the official army attacks, they will still be doomed.

Because the imperial court's ability to control the Nanzhong region is becoming increasingly stronger, the rules for the areas around Yeyuchi have been set. The Liuzhao stopped attacking each other and honestly acted as the hawks of the court. Whenever there was something wrong, they sent troops to help the official army quell the rebellion. When they had nothing to do, they would act as "distributors" to do business and make a lot of money.

Therefore, the Central Plains merchants who went to Yeyu to do business were inevitably dealing with the Liuzhao merchants, and used various commodities to exchange for gold, silver, gems, jade, jade and various specialties in the hands of the Liuzhao merchants.

Among them, jade is the most popular. Most of the jades produced in the northern border of the Piao Kingdom and jadeite raw stones were transported to Yeyu by the caravans of Liuzhao. The Central Plains merchants bought them, and then directly carved them into various types of jade and jade jewelry in the workshops in Yeyu City, and then transported them back to the Central Plains for sale.

Such a transaction can make more than ten times the profit.

Therefore, one of the most traded goods in Yeyu City is jade and jadeite raw stones, and jadeite products "produced" by Yeyu have become famous all over the country.

Of course, there are many merchants in Yeyu City selling jade and jadeite. The prices vary according to the reputation of the business name. At this moment, Zhao Xu, who is working in the Yeyu branch of Xichuan Trading Company, has a jade store that is the "old brand" in Yeyu City's jadeite industry.

Back then, the imperial court pacified Nanzhong and then began to manage Nanzhong. Zhao Xu followed his uncle to do business. It can be said that he was the first batch of Shu merchants who entered Nanzhong to "open up land".

In a blink of an eye, seventeen years have passed. Zhao Xu, who was under twenty years old, is now nearly 40 years old. He has several industries and departs under his name. He is the pillar of family business, famous wealthy merchants, and a rising star among Sichuan merchants.

He worked hard for seventeen years, and his family business was all in Nanzhong. Whether in Zhuti, Weicheng, Kunming or Yeyu, there were mansions. The jade shop in Yeyu City is now the fatest hen in his hands, a hen that lays golden eggs.

At this time, in the manager's room, Zhao Xuzheng talked with Qian Yu, the "manager" of the Ye Yu branch of Xichuan Trading Company, discussing some things.

"Old Zhao, the company has received an order placed in the palace before and wants to prepare new jewelry for the concubines. You can't make mistakes in the subcontracted orders, otherwise it will be difficult for me to explain it."

Facing Qian Yu's instructions, Zhao Xu almost patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Brother Qian, the quality of vulgar jewelry is absolutely guaranteed. It is all the best jade materials and jadeite will never have any flaws!"

"Old Zhao, it's not that I'm talking nonsense. You should stare at the craftsmen. The people in the palace are very sharp-eyed. If you find something wrong with jewelry, although you won't be beheaded, you won't have to do this business in the future..."

After Qian Yu finished speaking, he drank a cup of tea and said:

"Now those powerful families are staring at the palace. The jewelry that the concubines in the palace like to use, and their products are particularly pleasing to them. Your time-honored brand has a hard reputation, so the signboard cannot be ruined."

"Yes, yes, yes, thanks to Brother Qian's care, I must cherish this reputation..." Zhao Xu made tea for Qian Yu, and then asked: "Then, I have something unknown, so I would like to ask Brother Qian to give me some advice."

"Why do you and me have the right to use 'instructions'?"

"Brother Qian said, so... I wonder what American chiefs want so many jade artifacts?"

"You have read the newspapers too. It is said that the native Americans are survivors of the Shang Dynasty, so it is natural for people to like jade." After Qian Yu said that, he took out a stack of information and placed it in front of Zhao Xu:

"This is a deal that Beishi and the other party talked about, called "customization", which means customizing various types of jade for the other party. If the other party provides patterns, Beishi will find workshops in China to make jade with corresponding patterns."

"This transaction is very important. Beishi will never allow it to mess it up. Therefore, domestic companies that take orders must be honest in making jewelry. Don't think that you can fool things around by being clever. There are so many people in the North and South departments and Xichuan Company. You can't fool people."

"How can I fool you? This time-honored brand has always paid attention to reputation..."

Zhao Xu looked at the information and almost patted his chest to make sure that Qian Yu was relieved. His jade shop finally overwhelmed many competitors and won the order of Beiyang Trading Company through the media-made Xichuan Trading Company.

The American chiefs like jade very much, so Beiyang Trading Company got a big order. Zhao Xu's time-honored brand became one of the contractors. He had to make jade and jade jewelry that were exactly the same as the design pattern within the specified time.

If this transaction is done well, there will be orders every year in the future, so there is no need to worry about profits, so Zhao Xu attaches great importance to it.

Xichuan Trading Company also attaches great importance to this kind of cooperation, because the company's "business scope" is Nanzhong, Qianzhong, Shu, and Xihai. It is basically land trade with high transportation costs. In order to ensure profits, it has been developing commodities with small weight and high profits.

Jade and jade belong to this kind of commodity. Not only is there a huge domestic demand, but it is rare for Beiyang Trading Company to bring in large orders and open up the American market. So Xichuan Trading Company must ensure that this transaction will continue for a long time in any case.

Therefore, profiteers are never allowed to corrupt the reputation of the company.

Xichuan Trading Company, whose main account is located in Chengdu, Yizhou, is a large trading company that is parallel to the North and South Oceans Trading Company and Hanhai Trading Company. It is now called the "Four Divisions". The cooperation between each other is getting closer and closer. Whoever dares to destroy everyone's "money prospects" will be in trouble.

Qian Yu said, and did not forget to tell his old friend: "Although the Xichuan company specializes in Nanzhong trade, the imperial court will not take too much care, but the company knows the limits and knows what business can be done and what business can not be done, you must also understand."

"The court wants to manage Nanzhong, and is aiming to develop commerce and attract popularity. However, transactions always have to be standardized. You can't touch things that the court prohibits selling. If you touch them, you will be unlucky."

"You must know that the court is full of ears and ears. Don't think that selling some contraband can be hidden from the truth."

"Selling defective products is just to damage the reputation of your time-honored brand and smash your signature; selling contraband products will cause you to lose your head!"

"I know, everyone knows this kind of thing. Who dares to be in trouble with the court?" Zhao Xu was very grateful for his friend's suggestions, and then stood up to pour tea for the other party.

Indeed, when doing business, you should pay attention to your level of competence. Selling defective products will lose your reputation, and selling contraband products will lose your life. Which one is more important?
Chapter completed!