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Boss Gao, who was in high spirits, immediately turned cold when he saw Shopkeeper Gu, and at this time he already knew about the changes in the situation in the cotton yarn market in Zhoucun. Seeing the anxious look on the shopkeeper Gu's face, his heart was happy.

"It's Shopkeeper Gu, what are you waiting for me here?" In fact, he had already guessed his purpose when he saw Shopkeeper Gu, and still asked in confusion.

"Didn't you ask for a thousand quintals of cotton yarn last time? We are ready and ready to pick up your order. Shopkeeper Gu replied with a smile on his face.

"Oh, that's not a coincidence. I've got it from Liu Kee, and the price is cheaper than home. Boss Gao looked at the shopkeeper Gu's face with some pride, so he said regretfully.

"Boss Gao, you can buy more. Ours has also reduced its price, six taels or seven dollars a load. When the shopkeeper Gu heard this, his heart was cold, and he still didn't give up and said.

Boss Gao shook his head and said in a resolute tone, "Shopkeeper Gu, I'm afraid I haven't seen Liu Ji's cotton yarn, right?" You can compare them, the quality of the two of us is high, why should I buy a poor quality at the same price? ”

Shopkeeper Gu said almost pleadingly, "Boss Gao, for the sake of many years of cooperation, you can buy some." We don't want six or seven dollars, can we do six or five dollars? ”

Boss Gao shook his head and said, "Half a month ago, I seemed to say the same thing, right?" Promised? ”

After speaking, Boss Gao turned around and walked upstairs, and when he walked upstairs, he turned to the shopkeeper Gu downstairs and said, "Let's talk about it in advance, I will be ready to sign a long-term supply contract with Liu Ji next month, and our cooperation will be terminated here." ”

Hearing Boss Gao say this, Shopkeeper Gu was completely desperate. I sat on the chair of the inn downstairs for a long time and thought a lot, and then dragged my tired body back to He Ji Cotton Store.

Shopkeeper Gu is over 50 years old this year, and has been working in this industry for more than 30 years, starting from a primary school apprentice and working until he is the big shopkeeper of He Kee. Today is the first time he has encountered such a situation, and he is already desperate and confused. How to break the game next, he has no bottom in his heart.

Shopkeeper Gu sat in his room for a long time, thinking of Gao Xushan's words, how good is the quality of the cotton yarn in Liuji? It was he who called the men and told them to go to Liu Kee to get some samples of their new cotton yarn and come back.

The guy said yes and left, and after a while the guy came back and said, "Big shopkeeper, I got a sample of cotton yarn, and his cotton yarn really doesn't have to say." ”

After saying that, the guy handed over the sample in his hand, and at this time, the guys also lost their usual look, they all knew that the He family was planted this time, and it was planted! At this time, many men submitted their resignations, and the whole congratulatory note was shrouded in the sadness that the building was about to fall.

Now seeing the listless appearance of the big shopkeeper, these guys are even more determined to quit their jobs.

Half an hour later, the shopkeeper Gu sent Liu Ji's sample to He Peijia, He Peijia saw this sample, and his heart was also a burst of despair, compared with the cotton yarn he collected, if Liu Ji's cotton yarn was worth six taels or seven dollars of silver, his own cotton yarn could not be sold for five taels of silver. He silently calculated in his heart that 40,000 quintals of cotton yarn, even if it was calculated as five taels of silver, could only be sold for 200,000 taels of silver. Half of the family property was gone, and the pain made his heart cramp.

"Owner, I went to seven or eight stores today, and none of them bought our goods. These people see that we are in trouble, and they are waiting to see the joke? Shopkeeper Gu said helplessly.

"Don't worry, even if you buy 150,000 taels of silver, our He family can count cotton merchants in Zhou Village!" He Peijia comforted him, and then he wanted to get up and get the walnuts that were placed on the table, but as soon as he stood up, he was dizzy, his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground......

A day later, the news of the stroke in He Jidong's home spread throughout Zhou Village. The trees fell and scattered, and for a while, He Ji's buddies resigned one after another to find another way out, and only the loyal shopkeeper Gu and two loyal buddies were struggling to support. More than a month ago, the business of the well-known He Ji Cotton Store in Zhoucun plummeted and became an ordinary small business in Zhoucun.

In Zhouji Cloth Village, since the wide cotton cloth in Hejia Town was listed, it immediately attracted the attention of all parties.

The mother of the Lin family in Zhoucun Town, Xu, is going to marry her daughter these days, and she will go to her mother-in-law's house to make a dowry in a few days, so she wants to make a few sets of new clothes for her daughter. She walked to Zhouji Cloth Village and was immediately attracted by the wide cloth.

"Shop, why is this cotton cloth so big, twice as wide as ordinary cotton cloth." Xu praised.

The guy in the store walked up to Xu and said proudly, "This is the newly listed Juzhou cotton cloth, which is woven with a new loom, which is twice as wide as the ordinary cotton cloth." ”

The fellow held up the cloth and gestured to it, saying, "The cotton cloth is so wide that there is more room for cutting, and the cloth can be used more." The general cloth is cut out a lot of leftovers with a little cutting, and now that the cloth is wider, these leftovers have become larger, and these leftovers have become useful parts, and you can also use them to make some children's clothes. ”

"And!" The guy paused and said, "The cloth is wider, and the front and back plackets can be cut directly when making clothes, and there is no need to cut them twice and sew them together with threads, which saves effort to make clothes, and the clothes made are less seam, and they are more decent!" ”

Xu is skillful, has made a lot of clothes for his family, and is familiar with the details of all steps of making clothes. As soon as the guy said this, she immediately understood the benefits.

"Well, that's right. It is true that this wide cloth is more economical to cut, and it is more labor-saving and more beautiful to make clothes. Xu agreed, and then asked, "How much silver is this cloth?" ”

The fellow replied, "The price of ordinary cloth is the same, this wide cloth is twice as wide as ordinary cloth, so one horse can hold two ordinary cloth." Therefore, the price is twice that of ordinary cloth, and this kind of cloth is three taels of silver per horse. ”

"Three taels of silver, which is equivalent to one or two halves of silver when converted into cloth. This price is not right, is it still one or two or nine dollars of silver the day before yesterday? Xu said dissatisfied.

The day before yesterday, it was true that a few pieces of cloth were sold for one or two hundred and nine dollars of silver, but at that time it was a price war with the He family, and it was sold at a loss. But now that He Ji Dong has a stroke, everything is messed up in He Ji, and Zhuang is closed. The price of cloth in the market immediately returned to its previous level, and it was naturally impossible for Zhouji Cloth Village to sell at a loss.

But the guy couldn't tell the truth, his brain turned very fast, and he immediately changed to a regretful expression and said, "It's a pity, two days ago it was a new cloth on the market, in order to open the market quickly, sell it at a loss of six discounts." Even if it's advertised. Just got back to normal prices today, and you couldn't have come too late. ”

"Forget it, I'll go to Heji Cloth Village, their cloth is cheap."

"Ouch, this sister-in-law, you don't know yet. He Ji and the Liu family fought a price war, and as a result, a large number of cotton yarn were smashed in their hands, and the owner of He Ji fell headlong because he was in a hurry, and he suffered a stroke, and I heard that he is now unconscious. The men of He Kee are gone, and the cloth village is closed. You can't buy cloth even if you go! The guy shook his head sadly, and said, "It's a pity, such a big congratulatory note has fallen like this." ”

In fact, he was secretly having fun in his heart.

"And this? I haven't heard of it yet! Xu asked suspiciously.

"Sister-in-law, you must not have been out for the past few days. It's all over the streets, so you'll find out when you go out and ask around. Now that all the cloth houses in the town have returned to normal prices today, it is impossible for merchants to lose money and make money! ”

"Then I still don't go to He Ji, I'm making a dowry for my daughter, even if I buy it, it's unlucky!" Xu shook his head.

The guy saw that the Xu family had dispelled the idea of going to the He family to buy cloth, and it was a dowry for his daughter, so he must buy more, so he hurriedly asked, "Sister-in-law, how much cloth are you going to buy, if you buy the whole horse, I can give you a nine-percent discount." ”

Xu thought for a moment and said, "Then buy one." ”

"Okay, sister-in-law, you pick one, and I'll carry it to your carriage." The guy said diligently.

After buying the cloth, he first went to the dyeing workshop to dye the cloth, and then took back the dyed cloth a few days later, and Xu picked up scissors and needlework at home to make new clothes for his daughter who was going to get married. Sure enough, the wide cloth has more room for planning clothes when cutting, which saves a lot of leftovers for Xu's. And the width that can directly cut out a whole piece of the front and back of the garment, but it saves a stitch. The clothes made are naturally more beautiful.

After making new clothes, Xu went to his daughter-in-law's house to shop for the dowry a few days later. The Lin family is a middle-class family, and the dowry is not rich, but it is by no means shabby, necklaces, pots and buckets, bedding, boxes and clothes, etc. If the dowry is more, the daughter's life in the in-law's house will be better in the future, and the Xu family is not economical in this regard.

Everything else was ordinary, but Xu's clothes made of wide cloth attracted the attention of his daughter-in-law's family.

The daughter's sister-in-law lifted the pleated skirt and looked at it repeatedly, and then said with a smile, "This pleated skirt is so rare, why isn't it sewn up at the front and back, only there is a stitch in the middle of the back, so beautiful?" ”

Seeing the future sister-in-law praising her dowry, Xu's daughter was overjoyed and looked at her mother.

Xu walked up to his daughter's sister-in-law and said neatly, "This is the wide cloth of Zhouji Cloth Village in the town, which is twice as wide as the ordinary cloth, and the front and back plackets are connected together when they are cut, so naturally there is no need to sew a thread." ”

"And such a cloth? Isn't it that in the future, you don't need to sew two more threads to make clothes, and you can only sew one thread on the back? ”

"Yes!"

"This wide cloth is really a good thing, is it only sold by the Zhouji cloth village in the town?"

"Yes, I went to several cloth villages, but I didn't buy them, only Zhouji cloth villages have them. I heard the guy in the store say that this is a purchase from Hejia Town, Juzhou, and it is woven with a new loom. ”

"In a few days, I'll also go buy a few feet to make a dress."

This kind of wide cloth earned Xu back a lot of face, and made her and her daughter very bright on the faces of her in-laws.

In this way, the wide cloth of Zhouji Cloth Village soon became popular in Zhou Village and even the entire Jinan Prefecture. If the sales volume is good, the price will naturally be expensive, and soon the price will rise to three taels of silver a horse. Even so, the common people still choose wide cloth.

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