The shopkeeper of the Zhang family's craftsman shop naturally went into the hands of his father Zhang Tiancheng, and the last two generations were in the same line, but the people were prosperous here, and there were three sons. But after a lawsuit, his life and money were lost, and his business was greatly affected.

As soon as the funeral was over, Zhang Tiansheng emphasized a rule, and the Zhangjia craftsman shop was not allowed to make knives similar to weapons from now on, including: kitchen knives, pig-killing knives, machetes, etc. Do not take the initiative to receive agricultural tools and other daily iron parts business.

Since then, it has specialized in scissors, razors, and pedicures. In this way, concentrating on maintaining the order volume of the business's customers also helps to improve quality, reduce costs, and maintain the reputation of Zhangjia's "three knives", which seems to protect the business name, but invisibly makes the peers breathe a sigh of relief.

In a word, everyone has something to eat, there is a space to make a living, and the blacksmith peers shouted: Old Zhang's family is benevolent and righteous!

Gradually, the business tentacles have reached the three major prefectures of Hangzhou, Quzhou and Fuzhou, and the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang are famous, which is simply "lost in the east, harvested in Sangyu", which is explained according to the capitalist economic theory of later generations, it is not surprising at all, business should do so.

Zhang Yingquan's father also died in his early sixties, and the mountain wind blew strongly that day, and the people in the mountain town said that he was blown away by the mountain wind, and the belonging of the mountain people "went with the wind".

In fact, the average life expectancy of people in the world at that time was only a little more than 40, and 50 was the year of the mandate of heaven, and by the age of 60, he had already earned more than ten years.

The old man has a will at the end of his life, the eldest is temporarily in charge, and the third is in charge.

But after Zhang Yingquan came back, the situation changed a little, this kid touched the east and looked west, and there was a lack of interest in docking the shopkeeper. The account can be kept, and the key can also be kept, all of which should be a bookkeeper, but he doesn't want to take care of trivial things.

Zhang Yingquan's mind is, if I take the model of separating the management right and decision-making power in the future, if I am the chairman of the board, I just nod and shake my head, and the general manager is responsible for other things. What: feeding, discharging, looking for helpers, delivery, shopping, going to merchants, starting, finishing, rushing to the delivery date, one word: annoying!

Let me be the shopkeeper, the first order: the big brother is in charge of the daily affairs of the shop, including my eating, drinking, and Lazar, listen to the eldest brother, if not, whatever!

The second child was amused: "You are the maid holding the key, and you are not in charge!" ”

The two brothers combined, although the third child is twenty-two, it is not small, but it has not been long since he came back, so he must pay attention, the first big thing, starting a family! And then we will talk about starting a business.

Zhang Yingquan has been trying to do something new these days, and whenever he thinks of something, he looks for pen and paper, but as soon as he gets the pen and paper, he suddenly wants to change the writing instrument, and the complex technology can't be done, so it's still possible to make a few pencils first, which is not difficult.

〈Graphite + clay〉Firing = pencil lead + carpentry = pencil

Is there anything in the graphite mountain? It doesn't matter if you can't find it for a while, use carbon black to grind as much as possible, the slip is not enough, add a little talcum powder or lead powder, and then there is clay, but there is still a problem, carbon black is combustible, can not be fired, then do not need clay to change paraffin, do not need to fire to bake, he was busy on the shop for two days, it was done! I smiled after a try.

The brothers and sisters-in-law looked at his black claws and flower face, and then looked at the charcoal in his hand, strange? Can this thing be used as a pen?

"The charcoal I invented, take it and use it, hehe!"

Zhang Yingquan has a childhood friend in the mountain town, also surnamed Zhang Hengshan, the family opened a family paper mill, using a kind of bark on the mountain to make paper, and then sold to the county seat.

The paper made by his family is not better than rice paper, the water absorption is not good, it is thick, a little yellow, and the window paper is not ideal, but Zhang Yingquan took a fancy to it, because this paper is similar to the writing paper of later generations, and it is very good to write with a quill or charcoal, not that Zhang Yingquan's brush words are not good, but it is troublesome.

Zhang Hengshan Xiao Zhang Yingquan is one year old, has been in the county for three years of private school, and also studied two years of Jinshan Academy, according to the standards of later generations properly graduated from high school, this is the highest diploma in the mountain town, Zhang Yingquan is late to enlightenment, with the teacher to read and write.

At that time, there were two kinds of juvenile education, one was to study in government or private school, and the other was to go to a large merchant as an apprentice, and the master taught literacy, arithmetic and business.

Of course, Zhang Yingquan is even more different, and he has an extra set of knowledge in his head, which is really unmatched in this world.

However, the friendship between the two is not based on knowledge, but on temperament, that is, similar values.

At this time, the two of them jointly promoted charcoal, and Zhang Hengshan wanted to take over this matter, the pen and paper were the same! Zhang Yingquan has no opinion, charcoal? Too young a pediatrician, my wish is to make steel.

"Tomorrow, let's go to the county seat together?"

"That's it!" Zhang Yingquan is the shopkeeper and has the final say.

The mountain town is half a day's road away from Jin County, about five hours on foot or donkey riding, the mountain road is rugged, even mules and horses can not gallop willfully, set off early, and can arrive in the afternoon.

There is also a freight road into the mountain, along the hard sand beach on the side of the mountain stream, walk for two hours, to the nearest Jinhe, and then take a boat to Jincheng, but no one walks like this, time is not saved, and it is not necessary to take a boat.

Jin County is the largest county in the surrounding area, rich, prosperous, has the reputation of the hometown of literati and the hometown of merchants, and the local specialty Jin County smoked leg is more famous, and it is sold all over the south of the Yangtze River.

Many county barter transactions, following the way of market trade, such as every five small sets, every ten sets, convenient for buyers and sellers to concentrate, convenient for farmers to buy and sell in the city, and Jin County almost does not have the concept of "set", bustling all year round, and merchants are endless.

As soon as the two young masters Zhang entered the county seat, they were drowned in the market.

They went to a shop that sold study utensils, and the old customers of Zhang Hengshan's family, they talked about the paper market for a while.

Zhang Yingquan was bored, so he took out the charcoal pencil and sketched according to the market, using sketching techniques, this is another set of his memories, the skills learned in middle and high school art classes, self-appreciation is enough, but the time and space are different, this is terrible, the owner, the guy, the patron, the guest officer, all stretched their necks to look, and two young women passing by also stopped to watch, this time? This painting? Where has this young master seen it?

If there is no one next to Zhang Yingquan, he quickly finishes the line, smears out the light and dark background, and adds the bustling human figure and the shadow of the tree on the probe on the room in three or two, and then adds two startling birds, and it's done!

"Good, good! The young master will have adventures, great talent! What a talent! Where did you learn from? ”

"Hehe, a family blacksmith, business is not good when he is young, grabbing a piece of charcoal and scribbling, unfortunately the plaything is demoralized. Laugh! Laugh! ”

“……”

"It's called charcoal, and with this bark paper, well, it's been renamed writing paper." Zhang Yingquan looked at the old shopkeeper and continued: "You don't need to grind ink and polish pen to record personal names, reasons, accounts or anything outside, which is convenient and fast, and easy to carry. ”

"Really, this one?" The old club is interested.

"My own workshop is newly made, and it has not yet been put on the market, and the new tool in the study room - charcoal, please ask the old owner to guide the business." Zhang Hengshan struck while the iron was hot.

"Well said, well said! Talk inside, serve tea! ”

There are only two companies in King County that sell stationery paper, and other groceries do not sell this type of paper. I visited a paper shop again, and it was also a hit, the goods were novel and practical, and I was not afraid that it would be difficult to sell, but this was a small business, and it was estimated that it would be good at the big port, and the mosquito was meat no matter how small, so I would see it.

In the evening, I came to the Zhan family goods store.

In the past two years, the business of the Zhan family in the north and south of the goods bank has gradually increased, all because of the opening of the port along the coast, the business in the neighboring areas has suddenly become lively, and the knives of the Zhangjia brand account for only a small part of the business, and it is also a part of the relatively stable and profitable business, mainly operating small furs, cotton, raw silk, cloth, medicinal materials, local specialties or something, the market is good.

In addition to opening a branch in Hangzhou a few years ago, Jinxian Zhanjia Goods Bank has opened branches in Quzhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, and Nanchang, and is preparing to set up points in Jiangning Mansion and Anqing Mansion in the near future, and the general number is still in Jinxian County. In fact, only Jinxian and Hangzhou are regular rules can be on eighteen door panels, there are suites and is the front store after the store, the other can only be regarded as a small grocery stall at home after the front store, although the strength is not as good as the big business, but the organization of the source of goods, business contacts, much more convenient, the cost of input is also low, the personnel are basically from the old brothers who have worked hard in the dart game, the people are united, and the prospects are promising.

As soon as Zhang Yingquan entered the general number, there was a commotion.

"Hello senior brother!"

“……”

"The young shopkeeper is here!" The shopkeeper of the Zhan family happened to be busy on the counter, "I have been looking forward to meeting for a long time, come!" Something to talk about. ”

In fact, it is still a thing, the supply is insufficient, the reputation of the Zhang family's "three knives" is out, and the goods are naturally good by word of mouth, but the bottleneck effect has appeared, and the supply is insufficient, which is the most embarrassing thing for the business.

Zhang Yingquan has already planned in his heart, and he also has a way to improve his craftsmanship ability with less manpower, and he is going to talk about this matter this time.

"The shop is ready to use a large amount of coal, which can improve work efficiency, and add two helpers, or double the output, the key is to ensure the supply of coal."

"Really? Coal is no problem, these two years are not as good as in the early years, Caoyun, sea roads, good Yangquan coal, wrapped in this shopkeeper, you have to do what you say! ”

"It's a deal!"

Coal transported into the mountain town can be directly transported to the nearest beachhead, and then turn to a mule cart, half a day that is back and forth, as long as a car a day, it is enough, in fact, a car of coal can be used for two days, the blast furnace does not need to burn in the morning and evening, it is enough to open the furnace once in three days, the knife is fine, the material is very little, Zhang Yingquan has been confident.

"Stay today, guys said that the Quzhou Hall will be lively tomorrow, you two have fun and then go, don't worry!"