Chapter 25: Xu Mince
Qu Shi looked at the two pieces of money and was a little stunned. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Zheng Yuan said that he helped his nephew Li Zhi manage three meals a day, and Qu thought that the poor ghost Li Zhi didn't pay monthly money at all! It costs a lot of money to manage three meals a day, and Qu only said that Zheng Yuan and Li Zhi were crazy together, so they ate together. I didn't expect this Li Zhi to really send out a second monthly money in addition to managing rice!
Two copper coins are enough for three people to live! Coupled with the fact that Zheng Yuan doesn't eat at home and doesn't spend money, plus the money he makes from spinning, he suddenly has a lot of money on hand! Is a good day for your own family really coming?
Taking the copper coins from Zheng Yuan's hand, Qu bit his lip and flipped the copper coins in his hand, listening to the pleasant sound of the copper coins colliding.
"It's really a copper coin!"
"Our family is going to have a good life?"
Tears flowed down again, Qu grabbed the copper coin, hugged Zheng Yuan fiercely, buried his head behind Zheng Yuan's shoulder and cried.
Zheng Yuan gently patted Qu's back and slowly coaxed: "Daughter-in-law don't cry, daughter-in-law doesn't cry, there will be no more hard life in the future!" ”
After thinking about it, Zheng Yuan said proudly: "Not only will we no longer live a hard life, but we can also have children!" ”
Hearing this, Qu's face turned red and he struggled out of Zheng Yuan's arms.
The family is poor, and the two have no plans to have children, and the Qu family rarely shares a room with Zheng Yuan. After less sexual intercourse, Qu is still a little shy about those things. At this time, Zheng Yuan mentioned that he wanted to have a child, and Qu's face was as red as a big apple.
Looking at his daughter-in-law's blushing appearance in the bright light of the stove fire, Zheng Yuan laughed.
After eating meat for a month and doing light physical work every day, Zheng Yuan's body is now very healthy. With a strong hand, Zheng Yuan picked up the shy Qu by the waist and strode towards the house.
The function of soap is excellent, and the demand for soap is still fermenting.
On this day, Li Zhi was coming back from the textile market, pondering the development of textile machinery, but saw Cui Wending sitting in his own hall with a middle-aged man wearing a scarf, and his younger brother Li Xing accompanied him. Cui Wending saw Li Zhi coming back, got up from the chair and greeted him.
"Li Zhi, you're back, I've been waiting for you for half an hour!"
Li Zhi glanced at Cui Wending, and secretly said that this gentleman was unprofitable and couldn't afford to be early, and he must have come to buy more soap, so he snorted and said, "Offended, I didn't know that Cui Xianggong was coming." Choi Sang-gong's goods are sold out? ”
Cui Wending glanced at Li Zhi, and Zhengse said: "I'm not here to ask you for goods, I'm here to introduce a friend to you!" After saying this, Cui Wending pulled Li Zhi to the hall, pointed to the middle-aged man wearing a scarf and said, "This is Master Xu, the owner of Taichang Bank, one of the eight major businesses in Tianjin. I'm here to meet you today! ”
When the middle-aged man saw Li Zhi coming, he looked Li Zhi up and down, and then stood up and said, "No, Xu Mince, is the boss of Taichang Bank." The name of Li Gongzi's soap shop has already been like thunder, but it's too late to see each other today! ”
The old man respects Li Zhi very much and respects him as a son. Anyway, a month ago, others called Li Zhi a nerd, which is a big contrast. Thanks to the booming soap business, Li Zhi's social status in the Ming Dynasty was very different.
After a pause, Xu Mince said again: "It's just a small courtesy, not a respect." ”
After saying this, Xu Mince handed over a gift list.
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to prepare gifts when visiting strangers' homes. If the number of gifts is too large to hold, prepare a gift list listing the gifts you want to give, and then send the servants of the house to deliver the goods. But the things on this gift list are all upper-class things, where do ordinary families need to use this? The first time Li Zhi accepted someone else's gift list, he was generalized. After taking Xu Mince's gift list, he didn't know whether to take a look at it or put it aside.
In the end, Li Zhi still glanced at it, and saw that the gift list was full of spices and silk and other valuables, and he didn't know what Master Xu had in mind. Although the other party is a big businessman, he is a person in terms of political status, which is the status of being a direct candidate for an official, and his status is transcendent. Since the old man was so polite, Li Zhi could only put on a smiling face and said: "Master Xu is really too polite, the future life is not well entertained, and I ask Master Xu to understand." Master Xu sits! Have a seat! ”
Xu Mince was happy when he saw Li Zhi's politeness, so he sat down on the chair. He was not in a hurry to talk to Li Zhi about things, but chatted with all over the world. In fact, in terms of knowledge, Li Zhi, who has been a man in two lifetimes, is naturally higher than this old man Cui Xianggong. But Li Zhi can't say the things of later generations, and Li Zhi doesn't know as much about the things of the late Ming Dynasty as these intellectuals, and after chatting a few words, Xu Mince has always talked about it, and Li Zhi can only echo it and play haha.
After chatting for half an hour and changing the tea a few times, Xu Mince finally got back to the topic and said: "Li Gongzi's soap business, is it produced by himself, or is it shipped from Jiangnan?" ”
Although Li Zhi has always claimed that the soap was transported from Jiangnan, every day the raw materials of the cart are transported to the Li family's yard, and many people suspect that Li Zhi's soap is self-produced.
Hearing Xu Mince's question, Li Zhi felt a pang in his heart, and he didn't know what Xu Mice meant. If someone finds out that the soap is homegrown, it is not good to be remembered about the soap formula. Thinking of this, Li Zhi said perfunctorily: "The most critical part of production is completed in Jiangnan. After I shipped the semi-finished products from Jiangnan, I processed them a little at home, and finally made them into finished products for sale! ”
Xu Mance asked casually: "Can Gongzi Li tell Xu the source of goods in Jiangnan?" ”
Li Zhi laughed and said, "Frankly speaking, this is a commercial channel under the market, and it can't be leaked!" ”
Xu Mince was not annoyed when he heard this, but still said with a smile: "In this case, if Xu wants to buy soap, he can only buy it with Li Gongzi!" ”
It turned out that I came to buy soap.
Li Zhi didn't answer him, and asked directly, "How much does Master Xu want to buy?" ”
Xu Mence looked at Cui Wending, turned his head and said, "I want to buy 200,000 yuan a month and sell it to Jiangnan!" ”
Hearing Xu Mince's words, Li Zhi took a breath. 200,000 is not a small number. Today, Li Zhi's total sales in Tianjin and Beijing are only 80,000 yuan a month. This Xu Mince came up for 200,000 yuan, which is to double or triple Li Zhi's business.
It seems that this soap workshop is about to expand again.
As for the unreasonableness of lying to buy semi-finished products from Jiangnan and selling them to Xu Mince to sell back to Jiangnan, Li Zhi didn't bother to explain. Who let this soap be bought and sold by himself? You don't care where I buy the goods, I love to buy them, I don't buy them.
After thinking about it, Li Zhi replied: "200,000 yuan is also possible." I contacted the upper family in Jiangnan and asked him to increase the supply. ”