Laura was somewhat worried as she stood in front of Casa City's most famous Higanbana daily necessities store. This store was Laura's largest and most famous store. It was the Markey Dell clan's main store in the Purcell Duchy, and Laura usually oversaw this store.
Today, the reason Laura was waiting in the store was because she was waiting for the convoy to come back from Stony Mountain. This time, the amount of magic radishes they'd purchased wasn't a lot, only ten thousand pounds. But Laura still attached great importance to this purchase.
In addition to the fact that this was the first time she'd cooperated with Zhao Hai, there was another important reason: the quality of the radishes Zhao Hai had brought out.
Laura specialized in daily necessities. Although radishes could only be regarded as a low-end consumer product, if the quality of the radishes was good, it would still have a great impact on her business.
It was like two grocery stores were buying radishes. The radishes in one store were big and good, and the price was not expensive. Although the other store also had radishes, it was not as good as the first store, but the price was the same. Therefore, everyone would go to the first store to buy radishes. Of course, you couldn't just buy radishes in the grocery store. After buying radishes, you would also buy some other products. In this way, the business in the grocery store would naturally be better than the other stores. This was the real use of the radishes.
Although Zhao Hai had assured Laura that all the radishes he produced were of the same quality, Laura still didn't believe him. When doing business, one always had to maintain this mentality. Laura had been deceived several times before she understood this truth.
Quinn John was also in the store. If it were any other time, Laura and Quinn John wouldn't care about such a small cooperation of ten thousand pounds. But this time was different. This cooperation was related to the rise and fall of Laura's business.
At this time, from a distance, a small convoy came over. From afar, one could see the Magic Lily flag on the convoy, letting everyone know that this convoy belonged to the Markey Dell clan.
When Laura saw that the convoy had returned, she immediately went to the backyard. She was very clear that the return of the convoy meant that the goods had arrived. The goods wouldn't be placed directly in the front yard, but rather in the backyard's warehouse. Afterwards, it would be placed in the front shop.
Quinn John also followed behind Laura. They really wanted to know if the magic radishes that Zhao Hai had sent were as good as the ones they saw in Stony Mountain.
The motorcade quickly entered the courtyard behind the store. The courtyard was very large and had many rooms. There was also a part of the courtyard that had been isolated to raise horses and carriages. The rest of the courtyard was mostly used for warehouses, offices, and living quarters.
Although no one dared to touch the Markey Dell family's things in Casa City, the livestock here still needed someone to take care of them at night. Therefore, there were still people in the backyard of the shop at night.
The person leading the team was Xiao En. Now that Xiao En had been promoted, he was no longer the chief porter. He was now the captain of the team responsible for trading with Zhao Hai.
During the three days that Laura returned from Zhao Hai's place, she didn't only help Zhao Hai purchase the five oil presses. Those things didn't cost her anything. In Casa City, there were many places to buy them. During these three days, Laura's main task was to clean up her store.
This cleaning didn't mean cleaning up her own store, but cleaning up the people in the store who weren't her. This time, when she was attacked in the middle of her trip to Montenegro Fortress, some people from the Markey Dell clan were also involved. When she was attacked, a large number of people had been placed in her store, wanting to make Laura a mere figurehead.
However, Laura wasn't so easy to provoke. This time, when she came back, she wasn't ready to act so quickly. Instead, she was ready to have a good fight with those guys. However, after meeting Zhao Hai and forming an alliance with him, Laura didn't have the heart to fight with those people. If Zhao Hai found out that her store was unstable, it might affect Zhao Hai's determination to cooperate with her. Therefore, when Laura came back, she used the three days to clean up the people who were arranged by the Markey Dell clan. Instead, she put some of her own confidants in important positions.
Xiao En had always been loyal to Laura, and he was also someone who had contact with Zhao Hai. Therefore, this time, Laura promoted him to the position of captain of the team.
Although the captain of the team and the leader of the porter team were both captains, and relatively speaking, the captain of the team had to work harder. Almost all year round, he had to run around to pick up and deliver goods. However, the captain of the team was treated much better than the leader of the porter team.
Xiao En knew that Laura attached great importance to the cooperation with Zhao Hai, but he didn't expect it to be to this degree. Laura and Quinn John were actually waiting for them in the courtyard.
Xiao En immediately walked in front of Laura and saluted her. "Greetings, Young Lady. Greetings, Steward."
Laura gently nodded, then quickly walked to the front of the carriage. The carriage itself had a wooden trunk. The trunk was very high, more than a meter tall, and could hold a lot of things. The top of the trunk was covered with coarse cloth, and the outside of the coarse cloth was covered with thin ropes.
Seeing Laura's movements, Xiao En immediately walked to the front of the carriage. He untied the rope and lifted the coarse cloth, allowing Laura to look inside the carriage.
The inside of the carriage was covered with a layer of weeds. On top of the weeds, there were tender white radishes. These radishes were carefully arranged in rows, and they didn't appear to be messy at all.
Laura reached out and took out a white radish. This white radish was no different from the one she saw in Bluestone Villa. Although the texture of the radish might be a little different, the size was almost the same. It also didn't have a bug's eye, and its skin was smooth and tender. At a glance, one could tell that it was a high-quality product.
Laura put down the radish and picked up another one. The result was the same. She weighed the radish with her hand, and the weight of the two radishes was almost the same.
Laura turned to Xiao En and said, "Have you seen all the magic radishes? Are they all of the same quality? "
Xiao En quickly nodded and said, "Yes, I've seen all the magic radishes. They are all of the same quality, and the weight is almost the same. This is the best magic radishes this subordinate has seen in so many years."
Laura turned her head and glanced at Quinn John. Both of them had shocked expressions on their faces. One must know that magic radishes weren't a precious commodity. Because of this, the quality requirements for magic radishes weren't particularly strict. In some of the main magic radishes production areas, they would collect the magic radishes in the fields and directly sell them to dealers like Laura. They wouldn't deliberately pick out the bad magic radishes. This resulted in the magic radishes being sold in different sizes and shapes. Some of the particularly bad ones would be sold at a low price. Many commoners with good incomes would also buy some magic radishes that didn't look too good to eat.
The quality of the magic radishes Zhao Hai gave them was actually quite good. There was only one explanation for this. Zhao Hai had previously picked out the bad ones. Why would he do this? Doing so would cause him to lose a lot of magic radishes. Moreover, their magic radishes weren't any more expensive than the ones sold by others. Could it be that their magic radishes grew to be of such quality? This was impossible. Even if it was someone who studied plants, it was impossible to guarantee that the things they grew would all grow like this!
Laura was right. The things that Zhao Hai grew were all like this. One must know that the things in the space were all digitized. Digitized things were almost all carved out of the same mold. How could it be like ordinary soil that had all kinds of things?
Laura put the radish back into the cart and turned to Xiao En. "Immediately put these magic radishes into the warehouse. Tomorrow, put them on the shelves and sell them separately from the other magic radishes. Let's see how it sells." Xiao En complied and immediately directed people to unload the cart. Meanwhile, Laura and Quinn John returned to Laura's office in the backyard.
As soon as they entered the office, Laura immediately asked Quinn John, "Grandpa Quinn John, what do you think?"
After Quinn John sat down, he smiled faintly. "It seems that Zhao Hai is very sincere in cooperating with us. Moreover, he must have a piece of very good quality land behind him. The area of this land isn't small, so it can produce such high quality magic radishes."
Laura frowned. "But even if his land is good, it's impossible for every magic radish to be of such good quality. If he picked out the bad ones in advance, wouldn't the loss be too big?"
Kun smiled faintly and said, "This is the reason why I said that he was sincere in cooperating with us. It seems like he wants to create a brand effect. He picked out the bad Magic Radishes and gave us the good ones. Naturally, we'll put these good Magic Radishes together and sell them. Slowly, people will only recognize his Magic Radishes. Hehe, this is the way of doing business."
When Laura heard what Quinn John said, she couldn't help but be surprised. Then her eyes lit up. "So we can cooperate with him for a long time? If he can provide us with large quantities of magic radishes of this quality, then our shop will become famous on the continent. "
Quinn John smiled faintly. "That's right. For us, this is definitely an opportunity. If Zhao Hai can really provide us with large quantities of magic radishes, I think it won't be long before the Purcell Duchy's daily necessities market will be ours."
Laura stood up excitedly. Although their business in the Purcell Duchy was very good, there were several other major trading companies on the continent. They also had their own family branches in the Purcell Duchy. The competition between them was still very fierce. Although Laura's ability to do business wasn't weak, she couldn't get any help from the Markey Dell clan. Therefore, at most, she could only fight with the other major trading companies to a standstill. It was impossible to truly suppress them.
But now there was an opportunity in front of Laura. As long as she grasped this opportunity, the Purcell Duchy's daily necessities market would be monopolized by her. The shops of the other clans would be stably pressed under her.
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