Chapter 108: Wrong Pricing

The night is cold, and there are no waves in the sea of stars.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, there is still one day before the New Year, but tonight it is destined that many people can't sleep, the people of Luzhou are waiting for the last day of the New Year, with expectations in their hearts, and a little nervousness, this year can be said to be really different from before.

The people have a new home and a new life, and they hope to celebrate the New Year soon, and when the time comes, they will say goodbye to some things and welcome some things.

The people of the Yellow River boat line have not seen Zhang Zhong until now, they are not in a hurry at this time, everything has to wait until after the Chinese New Year, this year also has another different feeling for them, especially some boatmen on the boat, they have never celebrated the New Year in other places.

Some people are homesick, and some people are in a special mood, those owners may be used to wandering, especially those who have developed their family business little by little, they are young in order to be able to make more money, even if it is the New Year, they are also running to buy and sell.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan really don't care where to celebrate the New Year, the two of them often can't celebrate the New Year with their families in the past, Wang Juan naturally needless to say, he has to work overtime when he should work overtime, and Zhang Xiaobao, he just wants to celebrate the New Year with his family and has no family.

Many things for the Chinese New Year have been arranged early, and now it is time to take a look at the arrangements of the last Wulei County, and other places can no longer take care of it.

"It's spring again, and we're a year older, well, I'm a year older, I don't know how the farmers in Sanshui County are going to spend this year, thirty, it's dark and dark, maybe they'll light a lot of torches, right?"

Wang Juan glanced at the plan for the New Year's arrangement, and suddenly remembered that there was a deep affection for that place, but fortunately they were still living with their families this year, otherwise the two of them really felt lonely.

"It doesn't matter how they live, judging from the news sent over last time, their development over there is also good, and there will be no shortage of things for the New Year, no matter what, don't think about it."

was mentioned by Wang Juan, Zhang Xiaobao also thought about the things over there, and said don't think about it, but his eyes were looking at a little crescent moon in the sky, which seemed to be a mirror, wanting to see the figures of the villagers.

Wang Juan knew that Zhang Xiaobao didn't want to make a happy year uncomfortable, nodded and said: "Well, I don't want to, I don't know how the people in the surrounding state capitals are living this time, I think they will lack a lot of things, forget it, I don't want to do this, life will go on." ”

"Why do you mention others again, think about the bright side, and after the New Year, the people can continue to work hard to do things, this is the home they built with their own hands, there will be a new atmosphere in the new year, maybe we are still here at this time next year, maybe we have left this place to go elsewhere."

Zhang Xiaobao really didn't know how the court would arrange his father's place, when everything was almost built, that is, the moment when his father should leave, thinking of leaving, Zhang Xiaobao said to Wang Juan again:

"After the New Year, the things we arrange for the people here should shift the focus to the development of the Chamber of Commerce and the dock in the future, and the infrastructure construction still needs to be done, but the center of gravity must have a focus, otherwise the infrastructure here is completed, and when the imperial court is ready to replace people, our things are not ready, so it will be uncomfortable."

"Yes, we have to do things on our side first, the seawall things will continue, and the other aspects can be slowed down." Wang Juan also thought of this, up to now, there is a lot of backlog of goods, but without the money from selling, those goods cannot be regarded as recovering the investment of these days.

The people's wages are paid by themselves, the money for food is paid by themselves, and the money for repairing houses is also taken by themselves.

As soon as the two of them thought of money, they began to plan for next year, first of all, let the people help their side to do things well, fortunately, this side was affected, and it will not continue to collect rent taxes until the second half of next year.

The people in these states around Luzhou are actually very good now, who let their state officials learn from Zhang Zhong to do things, one by one, through various means, the officials in their own state have been exploited once, so that these businessmen have to compromise with the various chambers of commerce in Luzhou.

This time it really played a role, as long as the businessmen used the Chamber of Commerce here in Luzhou to talk about things, those local officials really had nothing to do with them, they all knew who was behind the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Fortunately, they have already obtained a lot of benefits for them in the previous operation, even if it is not good to pick money from the hands of merchants in the future, they have earned enough at one time, in the name of doing things for the people, they did take out a small part of the money they got and sent it to the people, but most of the money was left by themselves.

A small part is for them to stay, and a small part of the people is not small, at least they can live comfortably for a month, and the new year will make them look forward to the arrival even more, so that they can forget the things of the old year and start a new life.

I'm really not very happy about Cao and Rui, after Cao Herui's introduction, the other two people will also be in charge of next year's fertilizer with him, it's not that they can't stand the smell, it's a big deal to endure it and it will pass, the main thing is that their purpose has not been achieved.

I only look forward to doing a good job of this fertilizer, Zhang Zhong will reuse them, and then they can get the cement recipe little by little, although they say that they don't owe Zhang Zhong money, but they still owe money to the Ning family in Qinzhou, that's a thing after all.

The *** part of the Yellow River boat line has left the boat, leaving only a few guards on the boat, and the rest of the people have gone to the state capital, which is not too prosperous when it usually works, and there will be fewer people on the streets, but now most of the people don't have to do things, and they are all busy preparing for the New Year.

In this way, the night of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month has become lively, and the people who do business are not ready to sleep at night, and they want to sell things well, not to mention, there are really people who live nearby who go out for a stroll at night.

In any case, it is also winter, and the temperature at night is low, so the people who come out are wearing more clothes, and with the wages they have earned these days, they want to buy something that has not been issued by a good official, and decorate the home well.

There are also a lot of people sitting in the small restaurant, waiting for the arrival of the new year one by one, and they can't sleep at all, so they have to find a few acquaintances to come out to drink, this is naturally the man in the family, around a table, drink the wine that they are usually reluctant to buy, and talk about the things of this year.

The owners of the Yellow River Boat Company also couldn't sleep, so they chose Haiyunjian Restaurant to live, saying that it was a restaurant, but it was actually a comprehensive place.

At this time, the water and clouds are very quiet, it seems that there are no other guests except the people of the Yellow River boat, and it is not the traffic artery of the capital, let alone the economic and cultural center, the businessmen who can usually come go home early to prepare for the New Year, who will stay in this place until next year?

The sea and clouds seemed to be deserted, and the proprietors of the Yellow River Boat Company could not follow the boatmen to chat openly, and they themselves knew each other, and there was nothing more to say, and when they saw the bright lights on the street below, they couldn't hold back one by one, and proposed to go to the street to have a look.

The group walked out of the sea clouds, and walked around on the night thirty years ago, listening to the noisy sound in the tavern, and looking at the local people who were also excited and couldn't sleep on the street, so that they suddenly had a feeling of being in the night market in Chang'an.

From time to time, they would hear a voice praising Zhang Zhong from somewhere, which they were used to hearing.

"Sun Dongjia, what are you looking at?" When the group was walking slowly, an owner saw that Sun Dongjia stopped from time to time to watch, and asked on the side.

"I'm looking at whether they usually use those furs or something, if they use more, it means that they don't lack fur here, then the leftovers we bring can be sold at a slightly lower price, if they don't use fur at all, it's hard to say."

Sun Dongjia replied to this person's words while watching, and the people around him also heard it, and they were stunned, and the smart ones immediately understood, if it was the former case, it would prove that the people in this place were still using fur, although the price of those leftovers would be much lower, but after all, someone used it.

If it is the latter, there are only two possibilities, one is that the people here like to use fur, but they don't, so the goods brought by themselves and others are valuable, and the other is that no one here wants to use any fur, which is also what they are most afraid of.

Thinking like this, the group's eyes began to follow the appearance of Sun Dong's family, staring carefully at the place next to them, wanting to know if the local people liked to use fur.

As they watched and walked, the group stopped, and the reason was that they saw a shop, and the door of this shop was also open, and occasionally people went in to walk around, and they might not buy anything, and there was a counter opposite the door, and there was an occasional person who was supposed to be a buddy.

At this time, the guy held his chin with his hands, his eyes squinted, and he looked like he might fall asleep at any time.

"Let's go, go in and have a look." One of the proprietors saw a shop specializing in furs, beckoned the others, and walked inside, followed by the others.

Waiting to come to the store, there was no thing that the guy would happily greet appeared, the guy still squinted, but he swiped them up a few times and stopped paying attention.

A group of people watched in the shop, and the proprietors of the two boat companies saw a complete wolf skin at the same time, looked at each other, and one of them asked the man, "How do you sell this skin?" ”

"Twenty Wen." The man raised his head slightly, saw the wolf skin pointed to by the questioner, and replied without energy.

"Twenty wen? How can it be so cheap? The questioner said in disbelief that if they collected it in the capital, it would cost thirty yuan to buy this complete skin, but the current price was a little unbearable for them.

This price will be very depressed for any merchant like them when they hear it, either it will be cheaper, so that they can take it back to the capital and sell it, or it will be more expensive, and the fur scraps on the ship can be sold at a good price, but now this kind of price is neither high nor low, so that they can't go back, and the profit is too little.

At the same time, the furs on their ships could not be sold for a good price.

"Man, let me ask you something, are there many people who come to your store to buy fur?" The other owner had to pin his hopes on the people here at this time, who were interested in fur.

"It's okay, it's not too much, it's not too little, some people sell it home to make something, after all, there are a lot of kits with a layer of skin and a little bit of hand." The man didn't care why these individuals were asking such things, and dozed off there.

All the proprietors nodded their heads, indicating that they knew, and Sun Dongjia suddenly asked again at this time: "Man, how do you sell the fish glue here?" ”

"We don't sell fish gelatin here, if you want to buy it, we will continue to walk east, and after walking out for about 100 steps, you can see a grocery store, where fish gelatin is sold."

The man saw that they only asked if they would buy it, and he did not stare at him at all, thinking that it was impossible for these people who were well dressed to steal the fur from the store, and after saying a word, he buried his head in his arms that were on the counter with each other, and looked sideways, only at the place where the door was.

As soon as everyone saw the appearance of the guy, they couldn't continue to ask, and walked out of the store one by one and walked towards the place that the international had just mentioned.

"How do you sell fish gelatin?" Finally found a place, the group went in, looked around, and saw a jar next to it, on which a piece of paper was pasted, and the word fish gelatin was written on the paper, and a person asked.

"What's that? That big jar is always another 300 yuan, and it can be cheaper to buy more. "There are also guys here, two, one more person than the place just now, I think it's because the store is too busy to open, so I found an extra guy.

Hearing the guy's answer, these owners were stunned, 1,300 wen to buy such a jar of fish gelatin? It's too expensive, the guy said it's a big jar, but if you want to hold fish gelatin, this jar can only hold about ten catties, so doesn't it mean that one pound of fish gelatin costs 130 Wen?

Expensive, not ordinarily expensive, expensive is unbearable, the person who asked just now continued to ask: "Didn't you say that this side is close to the border, and it is very convenient to fish?" Fish gelatin should be cheaper, otherwise, who would buy it? ”

The guy obviously didn't expect these individuals to come in and have such a question, and when he saw that people asked, he had to answer, "It's true that you can fish, but this fish glue is not so easy to boil, how much glue can you boil if you boil something on a fish?" If you don't believe it, you can look elsewhere and see how much they sell. ”

Having said that, the owners know that this is going to be troublesome, and it is really nothing if the fur is cheaper, but this fish gelatin is too expensive, which makes it difficult for them to bear, if they do it according to the original plan, not only will they not make money, but they will also lose a lot.

One by one the owners were stunned at the moment, including Sun Dongjia, when they came, they had the dream of making a fortune, and they only heard that the fish here were easy to fight, that is, they couldn't count the more, but they never thought that the fish gelatin here would be so expensive.

The good mood of waiting for the New Year disappeared in an instant, and all that was left was dazed.

"What to do? What to do? Do you have to bring back all the fur scraps? Even if it is shipped back, no one will buy it. One of the proprietors looked at the jar with fish gelatin and muttered to himself.

His muttering made the hearts of those who also didn't know how to do it even more anxious, and the feeling that the sky had fallen appeared in their hearts.

"Let's go back and talk about it, let's go out and walk elsewhere first." Sun Dongjia is the owner of the largest family, and he was quite calm at this time, and when he saw that the other people had wrong eyes, he hurriedly slapped them one by one to wake them up.

The group also knew that it was useless to sigh now, and they just hoped that this guy was lying to them, and it would be clear when they looked elsewhere.

With the expectation in their hearts, everyone left the grocery store and continued to wander down the street, saying that it was not certain to wander, and several people wanted to find another grocery store to ask, and the pace under their feet increased, and when they looked at both sides, they also glanced at the grocery store and immediately shook over.

When the group returned to Haiyun in the middle of the night, their faces were very ugly, and when they entered a room, several people looked at each other, and no one spoke.

"Afraid of what? Isn't it just that things are a little different from what was planned, it's a big deal to change the method, think about it, don't worry. Sun Dongjia saw the listlessness of everyone and comforted them there.

"How? What else can be done? The plan is clear, and there are some ways to deal with it, but those methods are all about reducing the price of fish gelatin before they can be used, who got the method? It doesn't work at all? Yes? Who came up with it? ”

An owner is already about to collapse at this time, there is no way, who let him collect a lot of fur scraps at a high price before he came this time, which Cheng Xiang can't do what he said in that plan at all.

"Hey~!" Sun Dongjia also sighed, he was also attracted by the plan, the problem is that the most important thing is missing from it, that is, the price of fish gelatin.