Chapter 161: Invitation and Counterattack
"First, according to the number of people, customize twenty silk cloth pockets, remember to be Seiko, not shoddy, regardless of the cost. The size of a palm is enough, and each bag only needs to contain twenty or thirty pieces, not too much. ”
"Second, prepare a carved lacquer box, the size does not have to be too big, when the time comes, pack the salt and pepper walnuts, and let Miss Ye go back and take them to the Yixiang Society, the bags in front are for gifts, and these are eaten on the spot. Send it to Miss Ye in the evening. ”
"Third, try your best to find a shop in the downtown area of She County, open the store, remember, the blooming household should be exquisite, silk cloth bags, bamboo small boxes, and boxes, which are boutique businesses and gifts for people."
"Fourth, and most importantly, do your best to stock up on these new items that have just matured this year, and act quickly. There is no secret to this kind of thing, and it will be difficult to say after a good fight in the first year of this year. ”
The steward listened to Wang Fulin's eloquent talk, looked at Cheng Naixuan, and saw that his son-in-law nodded like pecking rice, he thought that after reporting this matter to Master Cheng before, Master Cheng instructed himself to do it, and he hurriedly agreed at the moment.
"Why do melon seeds and walnuts have such a big market? The former is cheap, the latter is not too expensive, there are many idlers among the people who eat, and there is lip color. So, distinguish it from these things like that. The gift-packed salt and pepper walnuts are for the daughters of the ladies, the rich and the idle to chat and kill time. And those that do not add salt can be fried with a strong fire until they are opened, and then directly pushed to the street by a car, wrapped in paper, and weighed and sold. When Wang Fulin said this, he suddenly glanced at Xiaobei thoughtfully, and then said with a smile, "As for that shop, you might as well ask a painter to look at two beauties." Then put on a signboard - it's called mercana! ”
Seeing Wang Fulin looking at himself and talking about the beauty fruit, Xiaobei couldn't help but mutter: "Do you still have time to eat at this time?" The upstairs of the champion has been spread all over the matter, today Miss went to the Yixiang Club to gather, and someone reported it from outside, don't look at this win. Those profiteers are not easy to deal with! ”
"This matter was originally ignored by those profiteers, and now that we have made a noise, are we still afraid of them?" Cheng Naixuan was praised by his father for the first time today, although it was only a mere sentence, so he was full of confidence, "They let the horse come." Let's all go on! ”
"When you turn back, you have borne the revenge of others, and then you are angry, what are you talking about now!"
"What's the big talk? Miss Xiaobei, I can't fight, you can't do business......"
"It's like how many times I've done business!"
Seeing that Cheng Naixuan and Xiaobei were actually carrying it there. Wang Fulin saw that the steward was so knowledgeable and interesting, he didn't bother to care about these two people, and expressed his sincere gratitude to Ye Mingyue for taking care of himself. He is a big loser in the small official, and he is almost enough to get a foot in this little walnut business that hardly requires much capital, but how can he invest hundreds or thousands of taels in the grain business? As a result, after he went to report to Ye Junyao, who was "seriously ill in bed", Ye Mingyue was beside him and pouted vigorously, and Ye Daxian Zun was finally moved. As a result, Liu Hui, the household secretary, was called, and 1,000 taels of capital were deducted from the county government fee and put it in.
"Thank me for what? That's what Dad promised. ”
"But if it weren't for the five thousand taels of books you mentioned before, where would the county lord get the determination?"
"There are a few people who are county magistrates like Dad. Before taking office, there was no success at all, and the inventory passed so-so, and as a result, he carried such a black pot for his predecessor? Speaking of her father, Ye Mingyue suddenly remembered the interesting story of her younger brother's illness, and the corners of her mouth suddenly curled. She suddenly raised her head to look at Wang Fulin, her eyes flashing with a sly look. "You made Old Lady Wang faint today, and he will definitely not let you go lightly when he turns around. Those grain merchants must also fight back. The next gathering of the Yixiang Society is the day after tomorrow, so let's just leave it at that. The day after tomorrow, you accompanied me and Xiaobei to Taiping Xingguo Temple in the western suburbs to pray for my father and ask for peace. ”
Speaking of this, the corners of Ye Mingyue's mouth curled even more: "It's the condition you promised me at the beginning." ”
In the past six months, although she has been to Xu Village, which is forty miles away from the county seat, she has always been a guest at other people's homes, but she has never been to those scenic spots. It's rare to have such a good excuse this time, and I went to the west bank of the Yellow Mountain, Lian Shui, which began to flourish in the Tang Dynasty, and now there is still the Taiping Xingguo Temple known as the Ten Temples in Shuixi, and it is not in vain to accompany my father to this Huizhou Mansion!
When Wang Fulin heard that it was just such a simple condition, he felt that he had completed the gentleman's agreement, and secondly, after this trip, it could make people think that Ye Dacang was not lightly ill, and he waited for the fish to take the bait, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone, no matter how perfect it was, of course he quickly agreed. When it was time to leave the workshop, Ye Mingyue also wrapped some small walnuts in a handkerchief and went back, saying that it was a reward for the three little ones who worked hard to take care of the patients, as for Xiaobei secretly grabbed a few in his hands, and played juggling like a fitness ball, Wang Fulin didn't see it, because he also loaded a cloth bag himself.
The sudden emergence of such a thing from a crack in the stone naturally caused an uproar. Huizhou Prefecture is not a place rich in grain, and the local storage system has become virtually non-existent, not to mention that floods and droughts have to transfer grain from other places, that is, in ordinary times, every spring ploughing grain shortage, it is often necessary to transport grain from Wuhu and other places, so this grain market has always been manipulated in the hands of grain merchants.
For the big grain merchants, the six counties of Huizhou are just a small market, and the broader market is in Susong, Nanzhili and even Huguang. Where there is a good harvest and where there is a bad harvest, they will always be the most well-informed people. For example, this time, the wind and rain in Huizhou's six counties were smooth, and it was a small harvest year, so they immediately lowered grain prices. And this grain may be put in the warehouse, maybe it will be transported to the affected places in Zhejiang and Fujian through the guò Xin'an River waterway, through the guò Yanzhou government. As for the fact that if there is a shortage of grain in Huizhou Mansion in the spring, they will also have their own way to draw gourds to transport grain in, and it is logical to set a sky-high price.
This way of buying low and selling high is naturally natural in the eyes of grain merchants. The grain merchants who stayed in the city were mainly small merchants, who collected and sold locally, and occasionally sold the surplus to merchants who traveled south and north. They're a little more comfortable and a little less risky. But the difference in the price earned is naturally not as good as that of those traders. Now because She County and the other five counties are in the ring, they look at this loophole, and naturally they can't avoid a little more black hearts.
Who would have thought that it would be because they had spoken that they would not take food from others. Just waiting for the government to relax its attitude a little and promise to severely punish the offenders, they took a step back and lifted the ban, but the counterattack from She County came so quickly and so fiercely! If just ordinary people dare to oppose them, they can of course stretch out a little finger effortlessly. The ant was pinched into powder, but the problem was that at a rally upstairs in the champion, many of the well-known township eunuchs and wealthy people in She County joined this monster called Yidian at the instigation of Wang Xiaoxiucai!
Even if there is an initiative. Some were forced, but even if the troublemakers were at fault first, this was also a war provoked by them, the grain merchants!
Right now, in a large room, everyone is looking at me with your eyes on me. Finally, Wu Xingcai, the owner of Xiuning's Wu family's rice shop, who suffered the most this time, slammed the handrail and said angrily: "Don't be dumb!" have been forced to this juncture, what should I do? It's hard to watch them hurt us with a punch. Do you want to take food from our mouths? ”
"Lao Wu, I didn't say you, your guy should really wash that mouth well! What is called Shexian Liangxi South. can't afford Xiuning Yishang Mountain, this boastful words are just said at home, and you have to say it in front of people! ”
"It's really hard to get to this point...... Having said that, who came up with the idea before, saying that they don't accept people to sell grain? ”
A voice mocking Wu Xingcai was in front of him. Most grain traders selectively ignore it. If you are a human being, you have enemies, and Wu Xingcai is of course no exception. That sarcastic guy is Wu Xingcai's biggest competitor. As for the latter sentence, everyone looked solemn. The eyes looked unkindly in one direction. And the fat grain merchant who found that he had suddenly become the finger of a thousand eyes jumped up at once.
"Why do you blame me? I just muttered that, and you all nodded and praised the idea! Besides, I just heard Lao Wu and the mother-in-law at home sighed a few words, saying that it was really bold to say that the mud legs were really bold, but my mother-in-law gave me such a trick, how did I know that those people would actually come to this hand! ”
With his defense, the other grain merchants were speechless. Everyone knows that this dead fat man has just entered the grain merchant industry, but his family background is quite rich, and his only weakness is that he has little tendons in his heart and eyes when he plays with others. The key is that they also wanted to express their sense of saving at that time, so as not to have to suffer the dumb loss of the government when they turned back, who would have thought that it would be self-defeating in the end. Everyone was exchanging glances with each other, and the fat grain merchant suddenly whispered again: "Isn't it just to collect grain, let's send all the grain in stock to him in a car to collect it, and see how much money they can have!" ”
"What's the head of yours? The price of our grain has fallen little by little in the past two months, and after the news was released that the people who did not accept the grain were sold, it fell by two cents of silver, but there are few people who sell grain these days, and our amortized cost is much higher than their current grain collection cost! We ship grain over and sell it, don't we give money to people to make money? Wu Xingcai glared at the fat grain merchant in annoyance, and then gritted his teeth and said, "So, what kind of righteous shop, it's just to take this opportunity to come out and get a vote, we will carry the black pot, they have a reputation, how can there be such a good thing!" ”
"That's it, he keeps saying that he is righteous, and if he has the ability, he will raise a penny of silver in one go, and he is really benevolent!"
Although everyone was scolding and angry, they were all businessmen, and they all knew that if that Laoshziyi store really dared to raise a penny of silver to collect grain, then the people sitting here at the moment would definitely not hesitate to throw out a large amount of inventory in one go, and directly let the other party not be able to eat and die. But right now, the choices they can make are really small.
After a long time, an old grain merchant said word by word: "Let's raise the price!" When the time comes, each stone will rise by four cents of silver, otherwise if we can't suppress their momentum now, the autumn grain will be harvested, and we will not want to receive a grain of rice! Even if the price rises over there, the villagers who are grateful to Dade after selling the grain first find themselves at a loss, and we can easily gather a large number of people to go to them to shout and make trouble! However, everyone is ready first, we suffered a loss that we were caught off guard before, but this time we have to know our own and the other, and find out the movements of the Yamen side of She County, as well as the Wang family, the Cheng family and even the Qi family, and then we will raise the price together! ”
ps: It's a little late today, I'm sorry, but there will be three more, one more for monthly passes and recommended tickets! (To be continued)