Jia Tianlong's arrival gave Li Long a little more confidence. Since someone was buying watermelon seeds, he could clear out the Prefectural Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives' stock first, then buy from the village once the County Seat's watermelon seed harvest came in.
"How much can the buyer offer?" Li Long asked the most important question.
"If he comes here to buy, it's two yuan fifty a kilogram. If you ship it to him, it's three yuan."
Li Long understood. In other words, that fifty-cent difference was the freight charge.
The price was a little low.
He had sold his previous watermelon seeds for three yuan fifty-
But Li Long soon figured it out. He did not know what the watermelon seeds in the federation's warehouse were like. Most likely, though, they were the natural kind that had not been pressed flat, so buyers were unlikely to offer much.
Li Long thought for a moment and said:
"Is that the final price, or is there room to negotiate?"
"The final price," Jia Tianlong said. "His original offer was even lower. I told him the goods you supplied were always good quality, and this would be a long-term contract. If the price was too low, people here would simply stop growing them. His roasted goods factory needed this stuff too, so he raised the price."
"Thanks for that." Li Long smiled. "Lunch is on me."
"Of course it is, but let's weigh the goods first. I bet you've built up another stockpile?"
"Not much. There isn't much fritillaria now, but I've bought quite a lot of odds and ends-codonopsis, snow lotus, cynomorium, deer antler, velvet antler, and so on."
"Good, very nice. Looks like your Purchasing Station really has found its footing. You get this many customers on an ordinary