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"I tasted your Niu Lan Shan at Manager Hu's place a few days ago. I dare to ask you to discuss a business deal with me."

Zhou Wu could only say that Chai Anguo was indeed a businessman with a keen sense of business opportunities. Apart from Anguo and Manager Hu ordering a hundred jars of wine for personal reasons, no one else saw the business opportunity in the wine he gave away.

"Since Manager Hu is interested, why don't you elaborate?"

Since it was a business transaction, Zhou Wu was naturally happy to agree.

"Lord Zhou, I am willing to become Niu Lanshan's agent."

Chai Anguo was indeed ambitious. He thought that being transferred to Qingyang County, a godforsaken place, meant the end of his life. But unexpectedly, he met his long-lost friend Hu Dong. Through Hu Dong, he discovered Niu Lanshan, a miraculous liquor. He immediately begged his friend to introduce it to Lord Zhou.

“Brother Chai, although we are friends, I hope you can understand that business is business. Since we are talking about business now, I will say what I mean.”

"That's what my lord said."

“It’s not that I can’t give it to you, but my entire Niujia Village depends on this wine to make a living. What price can you offer?”

Zhou Wu was actually unsure of himself, which is why he didn't dare to make a bid himself and instead gave the other party the opportunity to do so, so that he wouldn't be put in a passive position.

"Sir, how is the yield?"

"This wine has a complex production process and a low success rate, so it cannot be produced on a large scale like rice wine."

Zhou Wu wasn't entirely lying; he was just expressing it differently. The process was complex and the success rate was low because new wine does indeed have an extra distillation step compared to rice wine, and the cost is at least five times higher. That's not entirely wrong.

"My lord, I will be frank. Since the production of this wine is not high, it can only be sold to the high-end market. I personally estimate that each jar will sell for three strings of cash, and I am willing to purchase it at two strings of cash per jar. However, my lord can only sell the wine to me for resale."

Upon hearing the price, Zhou Wu's mind quickly went into thought. To be honest, the price of three strings of cash was a bit higher than Zhou Wu had estimated. The purchase price of two strings of cash had already exceeded Zhou Wu's expectations. Moreover, the other party would bear the freight and sales risks, so he wouldn't have to worry about anything.

"Row."

Chai Anguo had expected some back and forth, but he was stunned when Zhou Wu agreed so easily. He stood there for a long time, unable to react.

"Old Chai, what's wrong with you? Why are you standing there like an idiot? Why don't you offer the master a toast?"

"Yes, yes, I lost my composure. I'll punish myself with a drink."

Since arriving in Qingyang County, Chai Anguo has never been as happy as he is now. His long-suppressed emotions have been released, and he is laughing more often.

"By the way, Lao Chai, do you do any other businesses?"

Zhou Wu suddenly remembered that besides wine, Niujia Village had another, more important pillar industry.

"Sir, the Fuxiang Chamber of Commerce will do any business as long as it makes money. Do you have any good connections?"

“There are still some seafood businesses in Niujia Village. I wonder if you, Lao Chai, would like to get involved?”

"Seafood~~~ to cook, of course we'll cook it."

Chai Anguo only thought about it for a moment before agreeing. In fact, he had never done seafood business before and didn't think much of it. How much money could a few fish sell for? But since Zhou Wu had brought it up, he had to give him some face.

"Okay, let's eat first, and then I'll take you to see it."

. . . . . .

"Where are you taking us, sir?"

It's so cold outside, thank goodness we're in a horse-drawn carriage, otherwise who would want to stay outside?

"Old Chai, didn't we agree that the seafood business in Niujia Village would be handed over to you? Let me take you to see the goods."

"Oh, yes, yes."

Chai Anguo was somewhat puzzled. It was just a few sea fish. Although sea fish were relatively difficult to catch in this era, which was why their prices remained high, how many sea fish could there be? A few dozen or a hundred would be good. To repay the favor, Chai Anguo would accept even the worst sea fish Zhou Wu offered. However, since Zhou Wu insisted on staying to take a look, he would accompany him.

"Okay, here we are."

Zhou Wu led his men to a warehouse, which looked unremarkable from the outside.

However, under Zhou Wu's guidance, Chai Anguo and Hu Dong were immediately stunned upon entering.

"This...this..."

Yes, there's more to the warehouse than meets the eye. Countless sea fish are piled up inside, and there are many more warehouses like this in this yard.

"How many sea fish must there be..."

I thought I was just returning a favor, but I never expected it to turn into another windfall.

"Each warehouse here contains about 100,000 catties of sea fish, and there are probably twenty such warehouses here."

"So that means there are two million catties here?"

Chai Anguo was shocked by his own words. What kind of feeling was two million catties of sea fish?

"Pretty much, and every year except winter we have a steady stream of sea fish."

I thought two million catties of sea fish was already shocking enough, but Zhou Wu's next words were the real highlight. It was obvious that the other party had mastered the technology to catch a large number of sea fish, which was practically like picking up money from the sea.

To their astonishment, Zhou Wu led them to the dock, where they were once again stunned by the Bull Demon King-class fishing boat.

"There are such huge ships in the world."

"Yes, I've never seen such a big ship in my life, especially a fishing boat. I thought the painted boats in Jiangnan were big enough, haha, this is just a joke."

The manager of a branch of the largest pharmaceutical chain in the Great Dragon Empire and the head of a branch of a large chamber of commerce, both worldly-wise individuals, were unexpectedly stunned one after another in this small Niujia Village.

This time, Chai Anguo said nothing more and directly begged Zhou Wu not to give the seafood business to anyone else; he had to take it all. However, Chai Anguo quickly realized something and his face showed reluctance.

"What's wrong? Can't you eat?"

Zhou Wu noticed that Chai Anguo, who had been all smiles, suddenly looked troubled and assumed that the portion was too large for him to eat.

"No, it's just that there are too many fish, and relying solely on horse-drawn carriages is simply a drop in the ocean."

"Oh, is that so? That's easy. Where do you want it shipped to? I'll send a ship to transport it there."

"Yes, how could I not have thought of that? Then thank you, Lord Zhou. I'll trouble you to help transport it to the capital. I'll cover the transportation costs."

After everything was settled, Chai Anguo was overjoyed on the way back.

"Old Chai, you've really hit the jackpot this time. I bet you'll be number one among the leaders of the Fuxiang Chamber of Commerce next year."

"Haha, that's for sure. We suffered a disaster this year, and business is not good. The Fuxiang Chamber of Commerce is facing internal and external troubles. At first, I didn't want to come to Qingyang County. It turns out I misjudged them."

"Haha, now I'm afraid you wouldn't want to leave even if I asked you to, would you?"

Manager Hu joked from the side.