The two grain merchants who came in with Zhang Erlang, one surnamed Li and the other surnamed Liu, were the two largest grain merchants in Zhuqi County. A few people were polite, and Wei Shuo said bluntly: "The two shopkeepers know that Wei Mou, and if there is anything to say, he will say it directly." ”

"President Wei has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it! I'm waiting to hear you! ”

"This time I came to Xuzhou, and I brought a total of 5,000 catties of green salt, no matter who can take out the grain, they can take the green salt from our hands. Of course, it would be better if someone could transport the grain directly to Laoshan. ”

The two shopkeepers, Li and Liu, glanced at each other, and they both saw a touch of joy on each other's faces. Xuzhou is not short of grain, but it is extremely short of salt. Since the typhoon hit last year, most of the boiling salt industry along the coast of Xuzhou has been destroyed, and it has not yet recovered, not to mention that this time Weishuo brought rare green salt.

"President Wei, if we go to Laoshan with grain, I wonder if we can buy green salt locally?"

"In fact, if you are not satisfied with the two shopkeepers, we lack everything in Laoshan, that is, there is no shortage of salt. As long as the two of them are willing to go to Laoshan to do business, Laoshan will be ready to sweep the bed. Hearing that the two grain merchants were willing to go to Laoshan to do business, Wei Shuo couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even couldn't help but give advice to the two, "If the two of you really want to go to Laoshan to do business, it is best to go directly by sea, which is close and safe." ”

"By sea?" The two shopkeepers, Liu and Li, smiled bitterly and said: "President Wei doesn't know, we wish that there is no port in the county, only a small wharf on the southeast seaside, and there are few ships docked in normal times. ”

"The reason why I recommend the two of you to take the sea route is mainly because of the safety of shipping and the large amount. In addition, a new port is being built in Laoshan, which will be the main place for our foreign trade in the future. So, no matter how you look at it, it's the most cost-effective way to go by sea. ”

"Hehehe, President Wei is really arrogant, he even wants to build a port by himself."

Wei Shuo shook his head and explained: "Alas, what kind of arrogance, it is difficult to explain it in the next word!" The county keeper entrusted him to appease the displaced people, so he had to find something for them to do, and it happened that Laoshan also needed a port for foreign trade, so Qingdao Port came from this. ”

"Well, President Wei, I wonder if you have any other requirements for this transaction?"

"There are no special requirements, the only thing is that I hope you can sell us food at a cheaper price."

The two shopkeepers, Liu and Li, looked at each other and said secretly: "You don't have a requirement yet!" ”

Shopkeeper Li hesitated for a moment and said: "President Wei, the grain we provide to Laoshan is 8,000 yuan a stone, which is already 2,000 yuan cheaper than the price of grain in the outside world, if we lower the price again, we will lose money." ”

"Yes, yes, I hope President Wei can be considerate." Shopkeeper Liu also took the opportunity to pretend to be pitiful.

Of course, Wei Shuo would not believe the words of the two grain merchants, but he also knew that estimating 8,000 yuan and one stone should be the bottom line of the other party. So he muttered for a moment and said, "Okay, let's trade at this price for the time being." I wonder how much green salt you are going to buy? ”

Although Liu and Li are big businessmen in Zhuqi County, they are still small people who cannot be on the stage in Xuzhou. Originally, the two of them planned to live their lives in such a mess, but they didn't expect Wei Shuo to suddenly appear.

The plan to exchange green salt for grain gave the two of them an opportunity to grow and develop, and they both had ambitions to use the green salt in Laoshan to open up a larger market.

"Naturally, the more the merrier, but I don't know how much green salt President Wei is going to put in Zhuqi County this time?"

"Well, since the two of you are so generous, Wei can't be stingy. Originally, he was only going to exchange two thousand catties of green salt in Zhuqi County, but now it seems that the two of them are not very satisfied. If you two can deliver 10,000 stone of grain to Laoshan within three months, we can provide 3,400 stone of green salt to you in the next year. ”

"And I can also promise you that as long as you have the ability to transport grain or other commodities to Laoshan in the future, we can exchange it for green salt. How about you two think about this cooperation agreement that I mentioned? ”

Wei Shuo's generosity suddenly made Liu and Li two businessmen dumbfounded, if it is really like Wei Shuo said, in the future, even if the two of them cannot become the biggest businessmen in Xuzhou, at least they will become the most influential salt merchants and grain merchants.

"Then I don't know what Laoshan is missing? President Wei made a list, and we can do things according to the rules. ”

"Let's put it this way, Laoshan is poor and white at the moment, there is nothing but salt, and everything is lacking. As long as the two of them can transport things, they won't have to worry about not being able to sell them. "In order to prosper Laoshan, Wei Shuo has gone out. As a modern person, he knows very well that if Laoshan wants to develop, the best way is to rely on Qingdao Port to develop foreign trade.

"In addition, I need to remind you two that the transaction between us is better to be low-key and avoid unnecessary trouble."

"That's that, what President Wei said!" For Wei Shuo's request, Liu and Li's two shopkeepers can be said to be unwanted. They were certainly reluctant to bring in larger merchants, otherwise their role would have been marginalized and they would not have become the main trading partners of Laoshan as they are now.

"Okay, since the two shopkeepers have no objection, then we can reach a preliminary agreement on this cooperation. I wish us both a happy cooperation! ”

"Happy to work together, happy to work together!"

"By the way, there's one more thing to trouble you two in the future. On the road, Wei encountered a group of robbers who wanted to rob, but fortunately, the guards below were brave and were lucky to eliminate the bandits. As a result, there were dozens more captives, and the following people suggested cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots. But Wei felt that since God had the virtue of a good life, and the captives had not committed serious crimes, there was no need for us to kill them all. ”

"But in this way, it is not convenient for us to take the prisoners on the road, so I plan to send someone to escort the prisoners back to Laoshan. Originally, we planned to return by land, but now that the two shopkeepers are going to Laoshan by sea, I wonder if they can help us rent a boat? ”

"What's the matter, just this little thing, President Wei, please rest assured, it's on me and Shopkeeper Li. You don't have to pay for President Wei, we hired this boat for you. When Shopkeeper Liu heard this, he immediately took care of it, after all, this matter was too simple for a big businessman like him.

"That's it, that's it, just leave this little matter to the two of us, you can rest assured that we will handle it properly for you." Shopkeeper Li also hurriedly stood up to express his determination.

Wei Shuo nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then it's troublesome for the two, Wei will temporarily stop in Zhuqi County to wait for the good news of the two." If it goes well, you will be able to come back from Laoshan in three days. In addition, Erlang is one of the shareholders of our Laoshan Trading Company, and his eldest brother is currently in charge of the sale of Laoshan Qingyan, so don't say I didn't remind the two of you, you have to deal with Erlang well. ”

Wei Shuo didn't know that his words brought a lot of trouble to Zhang Erlang. On the sea to Laoshan, Liu and Li really did their best to tie up Zhang Erlang. As a commoner, Zhang Erlang has been treated like this, and he really doesn't know what to do along the way, in the face of the deliberate flattery of the two shopkeepers, Erlang is not a pick-up, in short, he is in the trouble of happiness.

In the following days, Liu and Li's two shopkeepers really deserved to be famous businessmen in Zhuqi County, and soon hired five 50-stone sea boats, and the first batch of 150 stone grain and other daily necessities were ready to go. Zhang Erlang led ten escorts and dozens of bandit prisoners back to Laoshan with the ship.

Looking at the sea ship that was gradually moving away, Wei Shuo finally breathed a sigh of relief. He believes that with this batch of grain, the livelihood of the displaced people in Laoshan will be basically guaranteed. The boulder that has been pressing on my heart for a long time has finally disappeared, don't look at Laoshan can produce salt, but the dilemma of lack of food has not been solved, which is also the most critical factor limiting the development of Laoshan.

The most important thing is that with Xuzhou's grain, once Wei Shuo turns against the salt merchants in his county in the future, he is not afraid to use this to blackmail Laoshan, and it will not have any impact on the development of Laoshan.

It seems that the construction of Qingdao Port will be accelerated! Wei Shuo secretly made a decision in his heart.