Chapter 198: Good things and rare items

Yan Sijin dared to say this because he had some confidence. It wasn't for anything else, just based on these dozens of carts of salt, no merchant in Guansong City had the confidence to transport them into the city except him.

Similarly, if the other party moved him, the goods in the future wouldn't want to circulate in Guansong City.

So Yan Sijin didn't have any timidity, but walked up confidently and said: "Is this the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce?"

Jiang Jinshi looked at the other party in surprise. He didn't expect this person to have some courage. Not only was he not

"That's right! You must be Shopkeeper Yan, correct?" Jiang Jinshi dismounted and walked toward the other party courteously.

"I am Yan Sijin. Are you the proprietor of the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce?" Yan Sijin also stepped forward, his tone neither servile nor overbearing.

"I am Jiang Jinshi!" Jiang Jinshi laughed and said, "Not quite. The proprietor of the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce is my wife, but talking to me is the same thing!"

"Good! Then shall we inspect the goods first?" Yan Sijin went straight to the point, unwilling to waste time on pleasantries.

Such a straightforward temperament was quite refreshing, and Jiang Jinshi naturally felt the same way.

"No problem! Shopkeeper Yan, please come with me!"

As the two spoke, Li Xinyue also stepped down from the carriage. After all, she was the proprietor of the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce and certainly had to chat with the other party personally. Furthermore, she had brought some new items this time and needed to discuss the price with him!

Jiang Jinshi led Yan Sijin to the side of a carriage and said to him, "Shopkeeper Yan, you may inspect the goods first!"

"Very well!"

Yan Sijin did not dither; he signaled to the people beside him. One man stepped forward and randomly moved down a bag of salt. After it was opened, the fine snowflake salt was presented before them.

"Tsk tsk tsk! Even seeing it again, it is still so mesmerizing!" Yan Sijin praised incessantly. He walked forward happily, pinched some with his fingers, and placed it into his mouth to savor it slowly.

Li Xinyue stepped forward and saw this scene but did not speak, waiting for Yan Sijin to finish his inspection first.

"Good! Good! Good!"

As a merchant of many years, Yan Sijin could naturally distinguish that this was the same refined salt sold by the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce last time, with no difference whatsoever.

"Proprietor of the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce, for refined salt like this, I want as much as you have from now on!"

Yan Sijin waved his hand grandly, appearing very bold. Looking at Jiang Jinshi and his wife was like looking at a mountain of gold.

Once this refined salt passed through his hands, the price would at least double twice over.

He was not at all short of wealthy buyers. Those rich people used and sought only the best; the price was not important—what they wanted was the top-tier goods.

If not for this, how else could they highlight their unique status?

At this moment, Li Xinyue responded, "Our Xinyue Chamber of Commerce can supply two hundred carts per month!"

"I'll take them all!"

Upon hearing "two hundred carts," Yan Sijin did not hesitate at all. This was truly a "mountain of gold." As long as he handled it properly, the silver he earned would be far more than what he had now.

How much money could one make hauling grain to sell? It was nothing compared to trading this refined salt!

Sensing the other party's grand scale, Jiang Jinshi suddenly became curious about Yan Sijin's identity. For this person to act this way, it was clear he was not short of buyers, and being able to digest two hundred carts a month only served to demonstrate his strength.

However, curiosity was just curiosity; Jiang Jinshi could not bring himself to pry into someone else's identity, lest both sides end up with bad blood and the loss outweigh the gain.

Li Xinyue's eyes brightened, and she continued to say to Yan Sijin, "I have some other good things here, but I don't know if Shopkeeper Yan is interested?"

"Oh! I presume those are the glazed glass and mirrors? The same applies—I want them all!"

Yan Sijin laughed loudly. Those items were also very popular, especially the mirrors; selling them for ten times the price was not a problem.

It was just that he also understood the principle of hoarding rare goods. If there were too many of these items, they would become worthless. If the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce had a large stock, he would have to hold onto the goods and release them slowly after buying them, so that he could earn the most money.

It could be said that among the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce's goods, the ones he was least optimistic about were the ready-to-wear clothes. Although they looked exquisite, these items were easily copied, and putting transportation costs into them was somewhat counterproductive.

Li Xinyue had put the ready-to-wear clothes in the caravan last time without expecting to sell them far away; she just wanted to see the market's level of acceptance for these garments.

"Shopkeeper Yan is bold! I did indeed bring some glazed glass and mirrors this time, but that is not what I was referring to!" Li Xinyue teased, keeping him in suspense as she walked toward the very back of the caravan.

"There are more good things?" Yan Sijin's eyes lit up. He was extremely interested in good things, after all, because those were all money!

Li Xinyue walked to the side of a carriage and pointed to the cloth bags on it, saying, "These are the good things I mentioned!"

Yan Sijin had assumed that the bags on these carriages were all filled with salt, but now it seemed that was not entirely the case.

Driven by curiosity, Yan Sijin personally reached out to open a bag. What met his eyes was still a vast expanse of white.

"This..."

Yan Sijin looked at the "salt" before him and looked at Li Xinyue with some confusion.

"Shopkeeper Yan might as well taste it!" Li Xinyue said calmly. She hadn't brought the wrong thing; the item inside was the very reason she had come here personally on this trip.

Again, he pinched some with his fingers and placed it into his mouth, but Yan Sijin's reaction was completely different from before.

"This... this, this, this is sugar!"

"That's right! This is the Ice Crystal Sugar unique to our Xinyue Chamber of Commerce!" Li Xinyue held her head high, full of confidence.

Sugar in this era did not have such a crystal-clear luster; most of it was turbid and full of impurities. Even what those high-ranking officials ate was the same.

Yet the price of sugar in the system was extremely low, but once brought out, it was a top-tier "luxury item" comparable to gold, making it the best choice for the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce to earn money.

Yan Sijin leaned in to look and discovered that the granules of this Ice Crystal Sugar were slightly larger than the snowflake salt, but overall they were extremely uniform, making it hard for him to imagine the production process.

For sugar like this, it was no exaggeration to say that Yan Sijin was confident he could mark it up by more than five times.

In all his time as a merchant, he had never handled such top-tier sugar. Not only did it have no strange odors, but when the sugar melted in his mouth, there was not a single trace of impurity.

If he were the only one who could sell such an item in the future, then the restaurants throughout the Jiangnan region and Jingcheng would be elevated to a new level.

And that was not all; if he could leverage it to its maximum value, perhaps he could even get on the good side of that person in the palace.

Thinking of this, Yan Sijin felt a burning sensation in his heart, and the way he looked at Jiang Jinshi and his wife changed.

He thought to himself that these two must be befriended and absolutely must not be offended!

However, what Yan Sijin cared about most at the moment was the price: "Brother Jiang and Madam! I wonder, what is the price of this Ice Crystal Sugar?"

Since Li Xinyue had the idea of selling sugar, she naturally understood the market price.