kvmb Chapter 149 The Cunning Merchant's Sacred Body!
Chapter 149 The Cunning Merchant's Sacred Body!
Fan Xiong didn't even glance at the white-feathered chicken, staring straight at the yellow-feathered chicken and said, "Old Wu, can you make your yellow-feathered chicken cheaper?"
"Uh!"
Wu Han didn't quite understand Fan Xiong's obsession with the yellow-feathered chicken, but he still relented and said, "Brother Fan, if you really want it, I can make the decision and sell it to you at a loss, let's say 580 coins each!"
"580 coins?"
Fan Xiong frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "How about 550 coins?"
"No, no, that won't do!"
Wu Han said with a pained expression, "At 580 coins, I'll only make a meager profit. But if it's 550 coins, I, Wu Han, will really lose money!"
“560 wen!”
Fan Xiong gritted his teeth and raised the price by another 10 coins.
"No!"
Wu Han shook his head again.
“570 wen!”
"Alright! Considering you've been patronizing my business, I'll charge you 570 coins per animal!"
Wu Han reluctantly agreed, but in his heart he was overjoyed.
Wu Han had bought the yellow-feathered chicken for 400 coins, and he thought he could sell it for 500 coins at best, but he never expected to sell it for a high price of 570 coins so easily.
"Then give me one right now!"
Fan Xiong counted out 570 copper coins from his money bag and handed them to Wu Han. Then, he happily left with a yellow-feathered chicken, clearly very satisfied with the transaction.
Li Dadan and Li Feng, who were standing not far from Wu Han, watched Wu Han bargaining with the customer and felt that they had learned something!
The yellow-feathered chicken was bought for only 400 coins each, but Wu Han sold it for 570 coins, yet he looked like he was in pain. The lifelike expression on his face was truly astonishing.
Even Zhang He looked thoughtful, secretly sighing that he still had a lot to learn about doing business!
Congratulations, Lao Wu!
Xu Zhiwen chuckled and said, "You made 170 coins from just one chicken. You've done a really good job!"
"hey-hey!"
Seeing that Fan Xiong had already gone far away, Wu Han put away the pained expression on his face and chuckled: "I don't know what Brother Fan was thinking. These yellow-feathered chickens don't look much better than white-feathered chickens to me, but he didn't even look at the white-feathered chickens and only thought about buying yellow-feathered chickens."
"It's naturally because of the yellow-feathered pheasant's plumage!"
Xu Zhiwen said.
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to the remaining yellow-feathered chicken in the cage and suddenly realized what was going on!
The yellow-feathered chicken has golden feathers, and in the land of Xia, yellow is the exclusive color of the royal family. Ordinary people, and even high-ranking officials, are not allowed to wear yellow clothes. Under such circumstances, the color yellow naturally became a symbol of nobility and wealth.
In addition, the people of Xia Kingdom are generally quite superstitious. With these two factors combined, it is not surprising that the golden-feathered chicken can sell for such a high price!
After all... the yellow feathers of the pheasant might really symbolize wealth and prosperity?
This was Fan Xiong's truest thought. Even if it was just for this one thought, he would choose the yellow-feathered chicken without hesitation, rather than the white-feathered chicken.
"So that's how it works!"
Wu Han laughed, feeling that he had made the right choice in buying these five yellow-feathered chickens. The profit of a white-feathered chicken was only about 50 coins, while a yellow-feathered chicken, not counting the three that Li Ying bought, had a profit of 170 coins, which was far better than that of a white-feathered chicken!
"boss."
Just then, another customer stopped in front of Wu Han's stall, staring intently at the only yellow-feathered chicken in the cage, and asked, "How much is this chicken?"
Wu Han looked up at the man and realized he was unfamiliar and not a regular customer. Without hesitation, Wu Han said, "800 coins each."
"So expensive?"
The guest asked the same question as Fan Xiong, but although he said it was expensive, he didn't move his feet at all, and his eyes were fixed on the yellow-feathered chicken, never moving away.
"Not expensive at all!"
Wu Han quickly said, "This yellow-feathered chicken is hard to come by. I only got this one by chance. Look at this chicken, sir. Its feathers are golden yellow without a single blemish. It exudes wealth and nobility. You will definitely not lose out if you buy it for 800 coins!"
"..."
Zhang He, Li Dadan, and the others opened their mouths in disbelief, inwardly cursing the unscrupulous merchant. Just moments ago, the yellow-feathered chicken was priced at 600 coins, but now it was 800 coins, and they'd even changed their sales pitch. All they could say was…
Wu Han is truly a born shrewd businessman!
"This chicken is truly exceptional!"
The guest nodded, seemingly agreeing with Wu Han's words: "However, 800 coins a chicken is still too expensive. A regular gray-feathered chicken is only 180 coins a chicken. Your yellow-feathered chicken is more than four times more expensive than a gray-feathered chicken."
"How can a grey-feathered chicken compare to a yellow-feathered chicken!"
Wu Han shook his head and said, "That gray-feathered chicken has grayish feathers and is not only ugly, but it also has less than two ounces of meat. Unlike my yellow-feathered chicken, which has rich feathers and is plump."
That makes sense!
The customer secretly agreed, but said aloud, "Anyway, 800 coins is still too expensive. How about 700 coins?"
"No way! It has to be at least 780 coins!"
“720 wen!”
“770 wen!”
“750 wen!”
"make a deal!"
After some haggling, the last yellow-feathered chicken was bought by the customer.
Wu Han happily put the 750 coins into his money bag and continued to wait for customers to come in.
Soon after, many more customers came to the store, and after the yellow-feathered chickens were gone, the white-feathered chickens also attracted the attention of the customers.
"This chicken is truly exceptional, with snow-white feathers and a large size. It looks much better than the grey-feathered chicken!"
"Absolutely! I've eaten plenty of grey-feathered chickens, and the meat is dry and tough, with very little oil in the skin—it's practically chewy wax!"
"This chicken looks so appetizing, it must taste amazing! I'll have one!"
"..."
Soon, all the white-feathered chickens at Wu Han's stall were sold out at an average price of 300 coins.
And at this time, the sun was about to set.
Wu Han tallied up his profits from his trip to Chenjia Village: 20 white-feathered chickens yielded a profit of 1 tael of silver, while the yellow-feathered chickens yielded a profit of 2 taels, for a total profit of 3 taels...
After counting the money, Wu Han began to pay the able-bodied men who had helped transport the goods.
"150 coins per person, come and collect your money!"
Wu Han gave a shout, and the able-bodied men immediately surrounded him with smiles, each receiving 150 coins.
"Angkor is still so generous! He always shares a lot with us!"
A young man happily stuffed 150 coins into his pocket and said with a smile that Wu Han treated them, the young men who helped guard the goods, quite well, and would share a lot of the profits he made from each transaction with them.
"Yes! It's really comfortable working with Angkor. Unlike doing manual labor in those shops, where you're often beaten and scolded by the shopkeeper."
“Angkor treats us incredibly well, I’ll follow him from now on!”
"Me too!"
"..."