Chapter 42: Selling Coal in Distress
The brick-burning wind was stopped, and selling coal became a cold job. I had to change careers, what did I do? I was in a predicament for a while.
Later, I repeatedly examined the market, and thought that the common people had solved the problem of food and clothing, and the state had also exempted the public surplus grain, but with the development of scientific farming, the grain output increased year by year, and the grain collected was hoarded in large quantities and small in the past, and the grain of the masses was stored for several years, and it had to be turned over every year, and the tired backache and back pain even became aged grain.
It is just that there is no market, and although there are grain stores to collect grain, the masses have lost trust in the grain stores. Because in the past, the grain delivery has suffered losses, and the grain depot requirements are too strict, it is not easy to sell grain, and it is more difficult to make money, sometimes the grain is sold, and even a few months can not make the money, because the state no longer allocates funds to the grain stores, it has become a self-financing unit, so only by transferring out the grain in exchange for the money, can the masses settle the account, so the masses are unwilling to deal with the grain stores again.
Spotting the opportunity, he did what he said, cleaned up the coal factory, bought tarpaulins, and put away the grain.
After the wheat harvest was over, some young people who went out to work because there was no one at home, fearing that the grain would be stolen, dried it and sold it in whole truckloads.
For a time, the grain harvest field was full of people and lively. Tricycles and rack cars were lined up, and even if they didn't pay at the time, they were not afraid and were willing to deal with me, and some of them would come back to settle the bill in the autumn.
For a time, peasants from all over the world came to sell grain, and soon the harvest was piled up, occupying the entire field.
At that time, I didn't expect the wheat to be so easy to harvest, and I didn't brake the car, and the wheat was harvested more than one million catties.
Looking at the mountains of wheat, I was worried.
I usually confiscate wheat, and I have no relationship with the big wheat harvesters and wheat producers, and wheat has become my heart disease.
In order to sell the wheat, I started running the grain depot.
At first, I approached Sun Mingyuan, the director of the Hongxiang grain store, and asked him to help sell more than one million catties of wheat.
Sun Mingyuan and I have a very good relationship, and we used to deal with each other often when handing over surplus grain. He is also very righteous and usually helpful. We also had a special relationship.
That was when I was still the secretary of the brigade.
Once, when Zhao, a member of our village, paid the grain, due to the mistake of the weigher, opened the wrong ticket, and opened 1200 catties of wheat into 210 catties, because the queue for grain was crowded at that time, Zhao hurriedly poured the wheat before going to exchange the ticket, but to the checkout window, the ticket was changed only to find that the bill was wrong, and asked the accountant to exchange the ticket, and the accountant said yes, this is your weighing order.
Zhao Mou, a member of the club, looked at the weighing list, and found that it was a mistake in the weighing list, and immediately went to the weighing staff to reason, the weighing staff had no impression, and there were too many people at that time.
The two had an argument and stopped collecting grain and weighing, and the problem was reflected in Director Sun's office, and Director Sun came out to press the stubble and stood on the side of the weigher.
asked the ruffian who was in charge of the grain depot to come forward and blow people away, and also said that Zhao was unreasonable.
Zhao was not convinced, it was obviously the mistake of the weigher, not only did Director Sun not correct it, but also let people bombard him, he was not convinced at the time, refused to leave, and was beaten by the library watchman.
This angered many people in our village who handed over the grain, and stood up to speak to Zhao's gang, because some of them came together at the same time, and some knew how heavy the grain Zhao pulled. besieged Director Sun's office for a while, and the filthy words were endless, making Director Sun very ugly and unable to get off the stage.
After the director of the police station came forward to solve the problem, Zhao took out the cloth bag that had poured the grain and asked the director to identify it, and the director visited some people in the same village who handed over the grain, and confirmed that it was indeed the mistake of the weigher.
So I sent someone to solve the problem. It was my help that allowed Director Sun to end the game and avoid a turmoil in the grain store.
Afterwards, Director Sun also invited me to dinner, and a grain delivery turmoil was able to subside.
Seeing Director Sun's embarrassed face and asking about the situation, Director Sun said: It's not that I don't help you, it's that I can't help your brother.
Now that the national policy has changed, the grain store has implemented self-financing, many employees have been dismissed, even if the grain store harvests your wheat, it is estimated that you may be busy in vain, the grain store makes money, you can't make money, this is a conflict of interest, think about it?
After listening to Director Sun's words, I thundered, and my whole body was like a plate of cold water, from the head to the heels.
said goodbye to Director Sun and had to find another way.
So, I ran all over the surrounding counties and cities, selling my wheat everywhere, and I was like fascinated.
After nearly half a month of running the market and looking for a market, I was anxious and embarrassed.
Once I met my high school classmate Liu Zhong in the county seat, and during the chat, I told me about the unsalable wheat harvest, but he laughed when he saw my sad face.
It turned out that he was engaged in procurement work in the county liquid sugar factory, and often purchased corn outside, and he was very familiar with the corn market in various places, and by the way, he also mastered the information of a wheat.
He said: Yuzhou City is full of coal mines, wheat is scarce, and recently coal miners are worried about food and urgently need wheat. And the price is high, because of the mountain and road insurance, it is not easy to transport, so there is a shortage of wheat. Let me try, but it's not feasible.
The proposal of the old classmate, a sentence to wake up the dreamer. After having dinner with Liu Zhong, he wrote me the address and recommendation of finding someone, and the two said goodbye and went back to their respective homes.
The next day, I took an early bus to Yuzhou City and arrived at the address he gave me, Qianjing Town, where I found his friend Xie Hua.
Xie Hua is in his 30s, a large local grain collector, and has a good relationship with Liu Zhong.
Thinking of his relationship with Liu Zhong, Xie Hua warmly received me and took me to the Qianjing Grain Depot and Huashi Grain Depot and the surrounding mines, and signed a wheat purchase contract with them.
Because I am a foreigner, I am afraid that the situation of pulling wheat to Yuzhou will change, Xie Hua patted his chest and said on the spot, let me just pull, he will carry it if something happens!
When I got home, I decided to pull two carts first and try it again.
In the county food bureau, he found Master Mao's convoy and asked him to find two cars to pull wheat first, and Master Mao was overjoyed when he heard it, and then found two cars and began to pull goods.
At that time, the wheat harvest was stored in the open air, and there were no sacks, so with the help of Master Mao, I borrowed 1,000 sacks from the Food Bureau for turnover. (Swap bag when handing over the microphone)
The first batch of wheat was delivered, and with the help of Xie Hua, the cash was obtained very smoothly.
The second time, two more cars were added, and under my escort, I went to Yuzhou shallow well, passed the sampling inspection, and entered the grain depot in exchange for cash......
The wheat was sold in less than a month.