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Wuhu is very close to Nanjing, Nanjing is close to the Yangtze River, the waterway transportation is convenient, and it only takes one day to go south to Wuhu against the water.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhou Huchen took a dozen famous people to get on the hired haode boat and began to rush to Wuhu along the Yangtze River.

When the sunset reflected the land of Wuhu, Zhou Huchen and his entourage happened to enter the county seat of Wuhu.

Wuhu is famous for being "a giant port on the Yangtze River and the backbone of Anhui", and has the reputation of "Yunkai to see the color of the trees, and the river to listen to the sound of the tide". It leans on the southern Anhui mountain system in the south, looks at the Jianghuai Plain in the north, is rich in products, convenient in transportation, and has a superior geographical location. Agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce are quite developed. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was "Loutai Forest Column" and "Ten Thousand Fireworks Homes". After the Southern Song Dynasty, to the Yuan Dynasty, Wuhu has been a quite prosperous town, from the Ming Dynasty, gradually become an important commercial port in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, famous for dyeing pulp industry and steel-making industry, become an important gathering place for goods from the north and south nearby.

"Big shopkeeper, there are guests from Nanjing who claim to be from Nanjing to visit you." was making the abacus crackle, and Shi Bin was interrupted by a guy who felt the pleasure:

Shi Bin is 40 years old this year, and he has been working as a dental man in his family's small dental shop with his father at the age of 16 when he became an adult, and he has been counting for more than 20 years. The current Shi Bin is no longer the original Wuxia Ameng, he is the big shopkeeper of the largest tooth and boat company in Wuhu County, but unfortunately, the old father who taught him to walk on this peak road can no longer see his current glory.

Picking up the pen and making a mark in the account book, Shi Bin stood up: "Old guest or new face?" ”

"There are a few fresh faces who go back to the shopkeeper, but those people are not like businessmen, and they still have a northerner accent."

"Got it, I'll go and greet it myself."

Shi Bin has never had business contact with the northerners, after all, it is still too far from the north, and he is still from Nanjing.

At that time, Bin came to his own Yaxing door, sure enough, these people are not like businessmen, not at all, these people are too tall and strong, that kind of tall posture is completely a soldier, Shi Bin believes in his own vision, there will be no mistakes, they will definitely not be ordinary ordinary people, the fierce aura on their bodies can only be soldiers.

According to the rules of the tooth shop, if you are not a regular customer, Shi Bin must not ask the name of the guest, so he stretched out his hand after arching his hand and signaled: "The contemptible person is Shi Bin, please be a guest." ”

Zhou Huchen was not polite, he returned the salute to Shi Bin and followed him into a living room in Yaxing, while several big men who followed Zhou Huchen began to wait outside the living room.

"Please be seated." Shi Bin looked at the young guest who was a little too much while politely:

"Thanks, shopkeeper." Zhou Huchen sat down directly:

"Do you want a tea horse?" Shi Bin sat down with Zhou Huchen and asked casually:

This is a term for the tooth line, and serving tea means a long talk, that is, there is a big business to discuss, but unfortunately, for Zhou Huchen, this is a chicken and a duck, and Zhou Huchen doesn't understand it at all.

"No need, please take a look at this."

What Zhou Huchen took out was a famous thorn, Liu Fuzhi's famous thorn.

Shi Bin's eyebrows raised, this is really not a businessman, he can carry the name of the squire of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, he is definitely not an ordinary person, and he is definitely not here to do any ordinary things.

Liu Fuzhi and Shi Bin have dealings, of course, it is a mutually beneficial exchange, because Daming has a metal title that gathers the population; Sugang Jiantie. The so-called Suzhou Iron and Steel is Wuhu Steel, and Jiantie is a name for Fujian Iron. Shi Bin is the largest seller of Wuhu Sugang, his start is because of Sugang and freight, Liu Fuzhi earned a lot of silver on him, of course, Shi Bin also made a lot of profits.

This person doesn't know how to do it, Shi Bin can't communicate with him in hidden words, simply, Shi Bin returned the famous thorn to Zhou Huchen, and then directly began to ask: "What are the requirements of the guests, just ask, the boss is not thin on Shi Bin, and he will definitely relieve the guests' worries." ”

Since he took out the famous thorn, this person is everyone's son at a glance, Shi Bin must help with all his might, he doesn't dare to offend Liu Fuzhi, it is undoubtedly asking for trouble, a soldier will make him cry without tears if he is worse than death.

"May I ask the shopkeeper, what is the difference between iron and steel?"

This is difficult for Shi Bin, he started with this: "Fine iron is the most haode wrought iron, have guests ever heard of iron?" Shi Bin asked casually.

"I've heard of it, but I don't know what to say."

Shi Bin smiled and continued: "Iron is the iron after refined iron continues to be tempered, in fact, it is steel, and the name of steel is different, but the smelting method is different!" ”

Iron is not a scarce thing in this era, it has been integrated into the lives of the people, and steel is an extremely rare metal material, high-quality steel in this era is generally called "iron", initially, steel mainly comes from Central Asia, the ancients of the definition of "iron" has always been sharp, good quality, etc., it is equivalent to the current high-carbon tool steel, the occasional pattern characteristics will also be described as a rare thing, and the actual "iron" In any case, it is not up to the level of modern high-carbon steel.

Zhou Huchen understood, to put it bluntly, it was all iron, but the smelting methods were different and the quality was different.

This is easy to do, as long as there are craftsmen, Zhou Huchen said his intention very simply: "I need a lot of smelting craftsmen, and I only need the most haode, as for the salary, I will pay three times the price to hire these craftsmen, the condition is that I must go with me, sign a three-year contract, I can pay half of the salary for these three years first, as for the commission of the shopkeeper, please feel free to speak." ”

There has never been such a business, Shi Bin didn't reflect it for a while, but after thinking about it, with Liu Fuzhi's relationship, Shi Bin really has to help this young man. As for the lion's big mouth, Shi Bin didn't dare to think about it.

"Where do the guests come from?"

"Shanxi."

"Can the family of the craftsman follow?"

"Take care of food and shelter, and you can find some work for them."

Shi Bin was relieved, this young man was a soldier, and he was a soldier from Daming Shanxi. Because, no matter how bold Liu Fuzhi is, he will not help the rogue, which is a capital crime of raiding the house and destroying the door.

"There is no shortage of steelmakers in Wuhu, and guests can accept the entire workshop?"

Zhou Huchen pondered for a moment, he understood that with a high salary, it was much easier to hire an entire workshop than a single craftsman, and moreover, the craftsmen in the entire workshop were familiar with each other's processes, and their work efficiency would be higher.

"Yes!"

"Ten days, if you can't hire a craftsman, please forgive me!"

"No, if I can't hire it, I'll double it and double it!" Zhou Huchen's face was solemn, and his eyes revealed a resolute determination:

"The guests are so generous, Shi Bin admires!"

"Shanxi needs a lot of steel, these craftsmen I am in short supply, please help the shopkeeper, he will give the shopkeeper an explanation one day!"

Shi Bin looked at Zhou Huchen calmly, he was sure once again that this was a soldier, a soldier from Shanxi, although it was far away from Shanxi, Shi Bin had faintly heard the rumors, Henan, Shanxi, and even Huguang were all wanton. What's more, not long ago, Liukou also captured Fengyang and Anqing Prefectures very close to Wuhu, and this young man came for the country, so it is not surprising that he can bring the famous assassin of Liu Fuzhi, a waiter of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing.

"Please rest assured, although Shi Bin is a small businessman, he still knows which is more important and will live up to the trust of the guests!" This time, Shi Bin stood up and gave Zhou Huchen a deep salute.

Zhou Huchen also solemnly got up to return the salute, and then took out a few large tickets and gently put them on the table: "Shopkeeper Shi, this is a ticket of 20,000 yuan, I believe that Shopkeeper Shi will not disappoint me, please!" ”

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