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  Chen Yuan was scolded and his blood rushed to his head: "What's wrong with doing business? Does doing business mean you can't read books well? I'll do it once today, let me show you that doing business well is no worse than reading books! Lotus flower, how much is the rent?"

  Yang Linghua walked over with a timid look. Looking at the angry shopkeeper, then looking at Chen Yuan, she said in her smallest voice: "Ten days of accommodation, two meals a day for one day, a total of one or two silver coins."

  Yang's hand stretched out: "Bring it here!"

  Chen Yuanshan stretched out his hand and patted it on his palm: "Don't worry, before the deadline, I will definitely give you this money!"

  Yang Zhuanggui burst out laughing: "Alright, I'll wait till sunset! Lotus flower, first roll up Chen Gongzi's bedding, as soon as the sun sets, throw him out onto the big street!"

  At this time, those scholars upstairs looked at Chen Yuan with a sympathetic gaze. They knew that Chen Yuan couldn't have one or two hundred taels of silver on him. Because everyone was poor.

  As expected, when Lotus picked up Chen Yuan's bedding and took it to the counter, she pulled out a few copper plates from the innermost layer of the bedding: "Young Master Chen, that will be 130 taels of silver."

  One hundred and thirty copper coins, one thousand copper coins for one guan, according to the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to more than one tael of silver. Yang Zhuang heard this and couldn't help but make a humming sound: "Hmph, there's still half an hour before dark, I'll see how you do business, can you turn one hundred and thirty copper coins into one or two taels of white silver!"

  In the eyes of many people, Chen Yuan's face confidently smiled: "Is the shopkeeper dare to bet with me? I just sell wine at the door, and I can earn back one or two seven silver coins?"

  Yang Zhuangju did not believe Chen Yuan could do it at all and immediately nodded: "Good, if you can sell it back, I'll transfer the wine shop to you!"

  The inn was not large, and at the entrance there was a wine shop also run by Yang. The wine tasted good and never watered down. However, in one night, only half a jar would be sold, and the pure profit wouldn't even reach half a tael of silver.

  Chen Yuan said that selling wine at the door, by evening he could sell one or two qian and seven mace of silver, but the shopkeeper did not believe him.

  Chen Yuan said to Yang the shopkeeper, "All those who come to buy wine and buy a lot can be given credit. I'm buying on credit now, the two jars at the door, I'll take them both. Don't worry, I won't leave the wine shop, this is according to the rules, right?"

  The shopkeeper looked at him and nodded slightly: "I'll give you a discount, two jars of wine together would normally cost five taels of silver, I'll make it four taels six mace. How's that?"

  That's the standard way of doing business, buying two jars at wholesale price. If sold retail, selling two jars of wine should yield six or seven taels of silver, and the difference in price is enough for Chen Yuan to pay off his rent.

  But can it be sold out?

  It's not just those onlookers who don't believe it, but Yang the shopkeeper also looks at Chen Yuan with disdain.

  Chen Yuan didn't mind how others looked at him and continued: "How about four taels and three mace?"

  Yang Zhanggui obviously felt confident of winning, and laughed: "Lianhua, make a note! Chen Shimei owes two jars of Chen Nian old wine, minus four taels and three mace of silver!"

  Chen Yuan picked up his 130 coppers: "In that case, thank you."

  Diamond was obviously a good girl, after Chen Yuan lost the bet and was really kicked out of the inn, she occasionally looked up at Chen Yuan when keeping accounts, with sympathy in her expression.

  But she didn't dare disobey her father, so sympathy could only be kept in her heart.

  Chen Yuan actually knew that Yang Zhuang was also a good person. Just because he had no money, he still let him stay in the inn, which was enough to show his character.

  But now what he needs to consider is not the problem of good people and bad people, but how to sell these two jars of wine.

  Chen Yuan's first move was to drag away the big dog next to the wine shop.

  Whether or not the dog has affected the wine shop's business, there are always some people who are afraid of dogs, especially children.

  In this era, those who often drank liquor were mostly laborers who worked for others. After a day's work, they would return home and not want to take another step. Wanting to drink a couple of mouthfuls to relieve their fatigue, they would send their children out to run errands for them.

  This is a customer that Chen Yuan must ensure there are no obstacles around his wine shop, including a dog that might scare them off, to these children who serve wine to adults.

  Then he started investing.

  What is called investment is just spending money, and Chen Yuan now has a total of 130 yuan on his body.

  Across the street is a braised meat seller, his family's boiled peanuts are very delicious, four cents for a large plate. This thing is used to drink wine, and it is most suitable for those who scatter wine.

  Chen Yuan spent seventy cents and bought all the peanuts from that person. Since this was also a wholesale deal, it was much cheaper, seventy cents for more than twenty plates.

  Tonight, those who want to use peanuts from this household to drink with wine can only come to Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan's peanuts are not for sale, but are given away free of charge as a match for the wine. More than 20 plates of peanuts were packed into small bags by Chen Yuan, estimated to be around 200 packets.

  Is seventy cents enough? Of course not! Maximizing investment can bring about maximizing profit, Chen Yuan deeply understands this principle.

  A vendor of candied fruits appeared at the street corner, one cent per string.

  Three copper coins for four strings, will you sell them or not?

  Sold, even the big stick with sugar balls was given to Chen Yuan for free. There were more than 50 strings of sugar balls, which should be enough to send away those children who helped adults drink wine.

  After doing all this, there are still fifteen cents left, of course, can't be kept.

  When the sky darkens, it's time for most people to have dinner, and also when those wine guests at banquets start drinking. Chen Mo wrote 15 letters with exactly the same content: "Our store's old wine is rich in color, fragrance, and flavor, absolutely no water added. If your esteemed store needs some, our humble store can deliver goods to your doorstep."

  He prepared them to be sent to several large and small wine houses nearby.

  The problem is that Chen Yuan still needs to look at the shop, and it's impossible for him to deliver the letter in person. Moreover, neither Chen Yuan nor Chen Shi Mei are very familiar with those high-end wine houses in Bianjing now, so Chen Yuan decided to use the remaining 15 taels of silver to ask someone who is familiar with the wine house to help him deliver the letter.

  There are two kinds of people who are familiar with wine houses. One is those who often go to wine houses for dinner, and the other is those who often go to wine houses for begging.

  He walked to the corner of the inn, where a group of beggars gathered. To say one more thing, Yang Zhuangui was really a good man. The reason why the beggars gathered in this place was that Yang Zhuangui would sometimes help them out.

  When Chen Yuan walked towards these people, many of them stretched out their hands holding broken bowls.

  Chen Yuan glanced around at the beggars and immediately identified a lame beggar sitting under a pagoda tree as the leader of this group.

  He walked straight up to the beggar and said: "Gentlemen, I'm in a bit of trouble and need your help."

  Politeness is a condition that a businessman must have, no matter who he talks to, he must speak politely.

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