Chapter 1 Early Spring (Five Downs)

"If we don't want money, we want to find you to exchange for something else," Seeing that Sakai Gaoming was so anxious to do business with the guerrillas, Zhao Tianlong wanted to test his bottom line, thought for a while, and asked with a smile.

"Master Long, Master Long, aren't this difficult for me?" No need to guess, Sakai Gaoming knew that the thing Zhao Tianlong wanted to change the most was guns and ammunition. He grinned for a moment, and responded with a wry smile, "I have taken a lot of risk by secretly selling the powder and first aid kit from the field hospital. If I take some more taboo things, if I get them, I will be reported."

He compared his hand to the shape of a short gun, and he directly pressed his temple, "Check the chicken to warn the monkey, I am that chicken, and then in the entire Black Stone Village, even those who dare to sell bullet shells for you can never find them again."

Zhao Tianlong was amused and laughed, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't make things difficult. I'm just asking casually. How do you plan to change these goods? If you barter them, the price will not be easy to calculate."

"It's not difficult, not difficult." Sakai Takamyang took out another piece of paper from his chest and carefully spread it at his feet. "I asked someone to inquire about how much these things cost others to pay on the black market in Manchuria. It's not good for us to do business for the first time. So I think that according to the purchase price on the black market in Manchuria, I will give you a 30% discount. The goods you give me will also be 30% discount according to the price in this market. Both parties first convert them into cash, and then use cash as an intermediate reference to barter."

Zhao Tianlong and Zhang Songling looked down and saw the anti-inflammatory powder, first aid kit, aspirin and bullet shell on the paper that Sakai Gaoming took out. It was a bit expensive for the guerrillas that always broke a penny in half to spend, but it was still far lower than the price of people buying war materials from dealers these days. Especially the anti-inflammatory powder and first aid kits, dealers either couldn't provide it or took out defective products that had expired. They could not compare with the oriental goods that Sakai Gaoming stole from Japanese field hospitals.

Since the other party had done their homework in advance, Zhang Songling and Zhao Tianlong did not dare to fool this person as a novice. They looked at each other and said one after another: "Then let's do as you said. Let's try to do the last time. If both parties are profitable, then find a way to continue the transaction for a long time."

"What do you want to buy? You two will issue an order first. I will help you find it on the market and give it to you at a 30% discount. We will pay for the loss ourselves."

"Brick tea, you need good brick tea, don't deal with tea residue that no one drinks." Miura Taro, who had been following Sakai, nodded and couldn't wait to respond, "Also, there are jerky meat, the kind of beef jerky strips with natural patterns, don't roast them with fire, it must be purely natural and air-dried, and there are also,"

"Miura Jun, what did we say before we come?" Sakai Gaoming scolded with dissatisfaction, interrupting Taro Miura's clueless yelling, then turned his head and solemnly apologized to Zhao Tianlong and Zhang Songling, "It made Zhang Jun and Master Long laugh. My fellow villager just came back from the hospital and his mind was a little unconscious."

"It might as well, maybe, we think Miura Jun is very straightforward and cute." Zhang Songling took the initiative to take on the task of bargaining with Sakai Gaoming and responded with a smile.

"Zhang Jun is a magnificent person, Sakai admires him very much." After slapped Zhang Songling loudly, Sakai Gaoming also quickly entered the role of a merchant. "I promised before that half of the goods I brought were considered as gifts for you, and the other half."

As he spoke, he neatly divided every kind of goods he brought into two, half of which were directly pushed to Zhang Songling, and then quickly took out a very small abacus from his close-fitting pocket. Referring to the price list of the black stone on the ground, he converted the remaining half of the goods into cash. "There are 44 yuan, 50 cents and 4 cents in total. I will wipe a fraction of them for you, and count them for 44 yuan. Zhang Jun see if it's OK."

Zhang Songling had already calculated it in his mind. Knowing that the number obtained by Sakai Gaoming was correct, he nodded and responded with a smile, "Okay, then what do you need? Let me list it now. I will give you a quote directly. If you think it may be different from the ones in the stalls outside, you can also go out and inquire by yourself."

"Zhang Jun's memory is really admirable." Sakai Takamyang slapped Zhang Songling's flattery again, and took out a pen from his close-fitting clothes pocket like a magic trick. He wrote down the daily necessities he was eager to get. "First a whole piece of flower tiles, five kilograms of dried meat, four kilograms of dried autumn mushrooms, four kilograms of dried yellow flowers, ten kilograms of dried yellow cakes, and ten kilograms of sweet grass roots. If there is any remaining, I will replace the others with rabbit skin. I need the white fur snow rabbit skin, and don't beat the gray rabbit in spring and summer." (Note 1)

Every time he said that, Zhang Songling casually quoted a price and wrote it on the ground with a straw stick. After saying all the goods, the total price was easy to find. It was 39.2 yuan in total, plus twenty-three pieces of snow rabbit skin, and erased the 50 cents, and the two sides were just about to equalize it.

Zhao Tianlong was stunned by the sight. After a while, he pointed at Zhang Songling and murmured: "You, you are here to join the army and fight. It's really a matter of being a shopkeeper. Otherwise, with this mental arithmetic ability, you can still become a big shopkeeper."

"Zhang, Zhang Jun, you are really amazing, amazing. You are the best businessman I have ever met. "Taro Miura was also admired and praised her with her thumbs up.

"Miura Jun is over." Zhang Songling shook his head modestly and pointed his hand at Sakai Gaoming. "Sakura Jun is even better than me. He just glanced at the market a few times and estimated how much things he could get back."

"Hehehe." After being exposed by Zhang Songling, Sakai raised his head proudly, "Didn't I tell you before? My ancestors have been doing business for generations. This time, I mainly want to meet Zhang Jun, but I didn't dare to bring too many things. Next time, I hope both of you and me will show greater sincerity."

"That's natural." Zhang Songling nodded happily, "Next time, even if you bring all the inventory on hand, I will definitely not let you suffer a loss, but!"

After hesitating for a moment, he deliberately pretended to be embarrassed, "I don't have this jade ring, snuff bottle, etc. on hand, so I can only look around for you first. I will find it and trade it on one day."

"This" Sakai Takamyang was a little disappointed. Tea and jerky were just daily necessities. Even if he took them back to the city and sold them to his companions at a double price, he didn't make a lot of money. Snuff bottles, jade rings and other items were completely different. In the past, they were top luxury goods that were qualified to play with by princes and noble families. Even if they were not considered cultural relics, they could make hundreds of times more profits in Japan with the texture of the jade material and the fine workmanship.

But soon, his face was filled with smiles, "This, I can wait. When will Zhang Jun have the goods on his hands, try to keep them for me. In terms of price, I will definitely not let Zhang Jun suffer."
Chapter completed!