Chapter 21: Orange Talk
The sign of the Hot Spring Salt Company hangs outside the gate of Laojunguan.
In later generations, Su Ren always hoped that when he could have his own company, this time he got his wish completely, not only did he have his own company, but also belonged to the state-run, how could he be unhappy. Overnight, with the help of Leng Jun and Huo Laosi, he made a long sign and hung it at the door of Lao Junguan early in the morning.
Hot Springs Salt Company. A few big characters of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing are Leng Yue's handwriting. This little woman looks petite and weak, and the words she writes are still imposing. According to Su Ren's original plan, he was going to invite the two partners, the county commander and the county lieutenant, to come and do another tailoring ceremony, but after thinking about it, forget it, no one in the deep mountains and old forests came to see this excitement, not to mention that his funds were limited, so he couldn't toss it like this.
"Master, what is this company?" Huo Laosi is also a person who knows words, which makes Su Ren a little surprised.
"The company! It's the division of the public family, have you ever heard of any soldiers and horses, a civil division or something? With this brand, it means that we are operating legally. Su Ren explained indiscriminately, took out the salt voucher given by the county order, and handed it to Huo Laosi: "Fourth brother, you have one more task today, which is to find someone to frame this salt voucher and hang it in the door of our account room, so that everyone who comes to come out of the salt can see it." ”
"Yes, yes, yes! This is a serious matter, and when I see this thing, my heart is steady. Huo Laosi hurriedly put away the salt carefully. Su Ren gave him dozens of dollars and kicked the money to run errands.
Leng Jun didn't like to hang such a nondescript thing at the door of Lao Junguan. The good gate was destroyed by this plank, and if the master came back now, it would be strange if he couldn't kill him. Last night, Su Ren and Leng Jun talked for a long time, and the two of them argued for a long time about the plaque, and in the end, only Leng Jun became the opposition, and he gave up.
glanced at Su Ren and frowned coldly: "What did you say to Hou Jian last night?" Why did Hou Jian agree to you selling salt? ”
Su Ren smiled: "I didn't say anything, Hou Jian's oranges are delicious, I ate a big plate, and then we talked about Hou Jian's oranges, he wants to sell them for five yuan a piece, and I pay for one dollar, and then it's set." ”
"Oranges? Just said oranges? Leng Jun didn't believe it, and the two of them decided to sell salt when they said oranges.
Su Ren nodded: "That's it, oranges!" ”
Everything is ready, just waiting for the good news from Huo Laosi's side. In the afternoon, Huo Laosi came back with the salt that had been framed, and as soon as he entered the gate, he had a smile on his face: "Master, your words are really accurate, I told those former brothers, everyone has nothing to say, tomorrow they will come, and they also went to Yaxing, and found thirty people who boiled salt, and they will also come tomorrow, how do you look at the salt mounting?" I was looking for the best pasting maker in the county, and it cost me three dollars! The roots of my teeth hurt when I hated it. ”
"Three dollars, not much!" Su Ren laughed, holding the salt in both hands, and the smug look on his face was overflowing.
There are a lot of empty rooms in Lao Junguan, so I found one at random, hung the salt sticker on the back wall, and brought a table and a chair and put it at the door, which is the office of the hot spring salt company.
Early the next morning, Su Ren got up early, and before he finished eating, he heard someone calling outside the Taoist temple. Huo Laosi hurriedly put down the rice bowl in his hand, opened the door and saw seven or eight former smuggler salt dealers. Su Ren secretly thought to himself, that Hou Jian's methods are really unusual, he is so neat in speaking and doing things, and he can let go so easily, he is definitely not an ordinary person.
"Fourth brother, we are here to get salt today, you also know, there are many big families in the villages that my brother has assigned, and people can say that if the salt is not good, they will not buy one or two!"
Huo Laosi smiled and patted the man's shoulder: "Don't worry, brother, when did my brother lie to you, wait a minute, I'll go and call my master." ”
Su Ren took a square step and poked his teeth with a toothpick. I haven't brushed my teeth for a long time, and the inside of my teeth is uncomfortable. Huo Laosi hurriedly introduced to a few people, and Su Ren didn't remember the names of those people, but he was sure that these people had received Hou Jian's order before they dared to blatantly come to Laojunguan to go to salt.
It is very uncomfortable to write with a brush, and Su Ren is not very good at it. As the general manager, how can this kind of thing be done in person, Leng Yue became the financial director, registered everyone's names one by one, and wrote the catties and taels they wanted to take salt. Huo Laosi, the general manager of the warehouse, is distributed to each person according to two catties. Su Ren moved a chair and put it under a tree in the yard, drinking water while watching the salt dealers coming in and out.
A hundred catties of salt is indeed not enough for these people, and the later people can only return empty-handed. Looking at the refined salt of the white flowers brought out by the people next to him, he beat his chest one by one, why can't he get up early for an hour, and now he won't be so empty-handed.
There were really a lot of smugglers controlled by Hou Jian, and forty or fifty of them came in one morning. According to Huo Laosi, some people who are far away may not be able to arrive tomorrow.
Su Ren bowed to those who had not received salt: "Everyone, I'm really sorry, the company has just opened, and the volume of goods is not very sufficient, so we must prepare all the salt next month, you can open up to get salt, and tell you one more thing, the price of this salt must be controlled, and you must not make any mistakes, otherwise our company's signboard will be gone, and your job will be unstable." ”
"What Su Gongzi said is, I'll write it down!"
Su Ren personally cooked, or those wild vegetables and rice, so he used Lao Junguan's pot stove, with the help of Huo Qian's family, stuffed a pot of rice, and stewed a wild boar meat that was coldly beaten back in the morning. On top of a big bowl of rice, a big spoonful of wild boar soup, everyone who comes to Laojunguan has a share. Those smugglers had never eaten such a delicacy, there was no difference in rice, but the wild boar soup was very mellow, and the taste was intoxicating when poured on the rice, and I never imagined that this cheap meat was so delicious.
After a busy day, they finally sent those smuggler salt dealers away, and the people of Lao Junguan all felt as if they had collapsed. Lying on the table of the Eight Immortals like a dog, Huo Laosi smiled hesitantly: "Master, don't say anything else, just your bowl of pork rice, there will definitely be more people coming next month than today." ”
"Don't do it, don't do it again, this time it's enough! I'm not their old man, I still have to feed them, just sell salt next month, no matter what I eat! ”
Leng Jun and Hawking each held a big bone in their hands and gnawed hard, their mouths full of oil. Leng Jun smiled: "Don't say it, what you make is very delicious, I used to think that your family was a profiteer, but now it seems that it should be a profiteer who runs a wine shop." ”
"You're the profiteer!" Su Ren glared at him coldly: "You also saw it today, my business is not bullied, how did you become a profiteer when you came out of your mouth, it is really a dog who can't spit out ivory." ”
"How can a dog have ivory in its mouth?" Hawking stared at Su Ren with wide eyes: "It should be that the dog can't spit out dog teeth in his mouth." ”
"Poof!" Su Ren, who had just taken a sip of water, squirted out. Leng Jun knocked on Hawking's head with the big bone in his hand: "Get out, don't come to me tomorrow to learn martial arts, the stinky boy even scolded the master." ”
Hou Jian's sudden arrival surprised Su Ren. The two big horses stopped at the door of Laojunguan and glanced at the sign of the Hot Spring Salt Industry Company, Hou Jian laughed: "Oh, or Su Gongzi will do business, I know that this place sells salt, but I don't know what this company is?" ”
"Seeing a smile and laughing, the captain is coming, and he is far away to atone for his sins."
"Su Gongzi is polite!"
I went into the house and poured water. The others knew that the two had something to say, and they consciously avoided it.
Hou Jian looked at Su Ren and smiled: "I heard about the grand occasion of Lao Junguan today, which really makes me envious, and I feel that my oranges are sold a little cheaply." ”
Su Ren became vigilant for a moment, looked at Hou Jian, and then looked at the dead-faced old man behind Hou Jian: "The captain doesn't want to sit on the ground and raise the price, right?" ”
"Hahaha!" Hou Jian waved his hand again and again: "Su Gongzi misunderstood, although I am a rough person, I will not regret what I promised, I have nothing to do with oranges today, there is another thing to say hello to Su Gongzi, so as not to let Su Gongzi be plotted and not known." ”
"Thank you, Captain, Su Ren will definitely come to thank you."
"It is said that Su Gongzi is a wonderful person, and it is true, I fell in love with you after we met twice, if we don't have the fetters of this business, it's not bad to be friends."
"It's a villain's blessing to be able to climb the captain, and we should become friends with this kind of business." Su Ren smiled slightly: "Those who have common interests in this world are friends, and now that the captain and I are both in this orange matter, we are naturally friends."
"Hahaha, that's good!"
Hou Jian leaned over, and Su Ren hurriedly passed his ear over.
"Isn't it strange that Su Gongzi didn't come today the salt-making craftsman Huo Laosi went to Yaxing to find yesterday?"
Only then did Su Ren remember that this was indeed the case. When Huo Laosi came back yesterday, he said that he had found thirty salt-making craftsmen in Yaxing, but today only some illegal salt dealers came, and none of the craftsmen came. After a busy day, I only cared about happiness, how could I forget about it.
Su Ren bowed his hand: "Please also ask the captain to give advice." ”
Hou Jian patted Su Ren on the shoulder: "Yesterday, a person from Chu saw my orange tree, and insisted that this is a specialty of their Chu land, and he wants to cut off the roots of my orange tree, do you say I give it or not?" ”
Su Ren gave a deep salute and didn't say anything. Hou Jian smiled, got up and walked towards the door with the old man with a dead face, and Su Ren kept sending him out of the door. Hou Jian turned over his horse, and when he left, he said to Su Ren again: "A certain orange tree is an ancestral thing, I will never let it out, if Su Gongzi doesn't have such a good appetite, I don't mind bringing all the oranges back, just eat it myself." ”
Su Ren said: "Don't worry, since the captain is a person who remembers commitments, the villain will also renew his commitments, but I still have to thank the captain for mentioning this matter." ”
"That's good!" Hou Jian turned his horse's head and walked away.
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