Chapter 86: A Blessing in Disguise

Sun Fang may not know Wang Debao's little abacus, but now is the time to employ people, and he doesn't want to worry too much about Wang Debao.

After thinking for a moment, he beckoned Wang Debao to come over: "Since you want to learn from her to hold a promotion conference, you might as well try it first." I happen to have a batch of water-soaked cloth here, which was originally worth five thousand taels of silver, and I only need two thousand five hundred taels of capital, and the rest of what you can earn is yours. ”

This batch of goods was shipped by Sun Fang from Jiangnan, and 5,000 is the market price for selling, but the cost is actually only 1,000.

Wang Debao couldn't help but scold when he heard this, this Sun Fang was too dark-hearted and thick-faced, and the cloth that had been soaked in water dared to ask for so much money. However, he is now guilty of sin, and he is worried that there is no place to make up for it, even if this matter is quite difficult, he has to accept it.

When he went to the warehouse to get the goods with the approval slip given by Sun, the steward of the warehouse asked him for a deposit of 1,000 taels, and he could only empty his family to pay it.

The money was paid, and the steward opened the warehouse and released the fabric. Wang Debao took a rough look and knew that Sun Fang was not lying, and the cloth he gave was indeed a really good fabric. It's just that these fabrics have been soaked in water, which is not as bright as new cloth, and there are traces of water stains around them, and they look very bad.

Looking at the fabrics in the warehouse, Wang Debao gradually had a plan.

In the early morning of the next day, Shopkeeper He got up early to clean up. Chang'an's diet is very developed, and there are dozens of Xinghuo shops that sell breakfast alone, and he has long been accustomed to going out for breakfast.

Today, however, he had just sat down at his usual noodle stall when he saw three or four young students walking down the street in groups. One of the leaders struck the gong, and the few who did not have a gong held the basket, and as long as there were onlookers, they took out a few pieces of bamboo paper from the basket and offered them.

When the team got closer, I heard them shouting 'fabric promotion, 20% off every coupon'.

Shopkeeper He frowned when he heard this, and intuitively felt that something had happened. In the past half a month, the bond bank has focused on promoting the Qixi Festival promotion conference, and seeing that the day is approaching, why did other promotions suddenly pop up?

He didn't care about eating noodles, so he mixed in the crowd and asked for a few pieces of bamboo paper, and after a closer look, the bamboo paper read, "Holding this coupon on the Qixi Festival, you can go to Changle Liquor Store to buy fabrics at a 20% discount, while supplies last."

There are no restrictions other than this sentence. Shopkeeper He turned over the bamboo paper and looked at it several times, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became: what was written on this note was Changle Wine Shop, and nine out of ten times it was Wang Debao's ghost. But is Wang Debao crazy and crazy? Obviously, I have suffered the loss of vouchers before, and this time I even use this kind of unrestricted discount coupon.

Shopkeeper He didn't dare to delay, took out the copper coin and threw it on the table, and ran towards the Du Mansion without looking back.

"Little lady, something is wrong!" As soon as he entered the door, he handed the discount coupon to Du Baozhu: "Wang Debao made this thing in order to go against Du Ji!" ”

Du Baozhu was also stunned when she saw the handwriting on the bamboo paper, but she had always been calm, and she quickly calmed down: "If something goes wrong, it is a demon, Wang Debao used to do wine trading, and if he suddenly sells cloth, I'm afraid that going against us is secondary, and the key is that the batch of cloth can't be delivered." ”

"I see!" Shopkeeper He panicked when he saw the "discount" of "Changle Wine Shop" before, and was reminded by Du Baozhu at this time, and his thoughts finally returned to the right path. After a little hesitation, he expressed his conjecture: "In the few days when you were not in the capital, there was a heavy rain in the capital, and several boats capsized in the Grand Canal. Boss Sun of Changle Liquor Store is in the shipping business, could it be that there are his ships in those sunken ships? ”

"A shipwreck is not a secret, just look it up."

Shopkeeper He got the order and hurriedly went to the dock to inquire about the news. It didn't take long for conclusive evidence to come back: "There was indeed Sun Ji's ship in the shipwreck that day." It is said that the goods on board were silk and silk yarn and other fabrics. ”

"Do you know how much fabric there is?"

"I'm not sure, but I know that the carriage carrying the cloth has made two or three trips, and it is estimated that there should be thousands of horses."

Thousands of high-end fabrics, although they have fallen into the water, but the discounted price is still quite attractive to ordinary people, no wonder Wang Debao dares to press the Qixi Festival and the promotion conference to fight in the ring.

However, his calculations were doomed to fail. Du Baozhu couldn't help but laugh, turned his head and instructed the shopkeeper He: "Don't worry about this, you can keep an eye on the promotion conference." As long as we don't make a mistake, he won't have a chance to win. ”

Sending off the shopkeeper He, Du Baozhu quietly entered Cui's bedroom. Seeing that Cui Shi was sitting in front of the window embroidering, he lowered his head and got into her arms: "Auntie, I have a big matter I want to ask you!" ”

Cui Shi was taken aback by her, and hurriedly raised the needle and thread high: "Wrongdoer, what kind of madness are you making?" Carefully prick with a needle. ”

After Du Baozhu was scolded, he smiled and didn't let go: "Auntie, how much savings does our family have now?" ”

"Why do you remember to ask this?"

"I have a big deal in my eyes, and I don't have enough money in my hand, so I want to borrow some from you."

"What's your eye on again?" After Cui's saw his daughter's ability, he became much more patient. Hearing this, he was not angry, but pinched Du Baozhu's cheek with a smile: "Let's talk about it first, if it's worth buying, it's not impossible to subsidize you." ”

Du Baozhu told Wang Debao about selling defective products cheaply, and finally said his thoughts: "These fabrics are all good Jiangnan goods, but they are soaked in water." I thought that if I bought it back and processed it and then sold it, it wouldn't be unprofitable. ”

Cui Shi listened, and his eyebrows gradually bulged: "Jiaojiao'er...... What have you been getting excited about lately? ”

Du Baozhu was startled, secretly biting the tip of his tongue, and putting on a confused look: "No, why did A-Niang ask about this?" ”

"Ever since you woke up from a fallen horse, you have always been in a hurry, anxious to open a shop, anxious to repair a tea plantation...... If there is anything, you might as well talk to A-Niang, we are a family, and there is nothing that cannot be overcome. ”

Mother and son are connected, Du Baozhu changed the core after waking up, and the first person who noticed that something was wrong was Cui's. However, she couldn't guess the truth anyway, she just thought that her daughter was stimulated and her temperament changed greatly.

Facing her, Du Baozhu was so weak that he didn't dare to raise his head at all.

After getting along for so long, she has long regarded Cui's as her own mother-in-law, and she really doesn't want to make Cui's sad. In addition, she was also worried that after the Cui clan knew that she was resurrecting her soul, they would no longer trust her, and when the rebel army entered the city, the Du clan would repeat that sad fate.

After thinking about it, she had no choice but to bury her face in Cui's arms and said in a muffled voice: "A-Niang, when I fell from a horse and fell into a coma, I had a nightmare. I always felt that the dream was a portent, so I was scared. ”

"You kid, you should be looking for your in-laws' house in two years, why are you still afraid of dreaming?" Cui Shi smiled, but his hand was already caressing Du Baozhu's vest distressedly: "Don't be afraid, the dreams are all fake, it's okay." ”

Du Baozhu shook his head: "I dreamed that next winter, the rebellious army will enter Chang'an." The Heavenly Family went out of the city from Jinguang Gate and drove west to Xichuan. After the rebels entered the city, they burned, killed and looted, and the flames were all over the sky. How could such a real dream be fake? ”

The person in the Du family who believes in gods and ghosts is the old lady, and the Cui family has been more or less affected by the old lady's side for so many years. Hearing this, he couldn't help frowning: "Is it because of this dream that you want to save money?" ”

"Hmm." Du Baozhu nodded vigorously.

Cui Shi asked some details carefully, Du Baozhu was afraid that she would doubt her identity, so she vaguely blurred all the details that could not be exposed, and most of them told the truth.

Cui's face gradually turned pale: "...... How so? ”

She didn't dare to let Jiaojiaoer know that the things in her dream were confirmed by reality.

In May, Huangchao captured Guiguan, and the Heavenly Family asked the two prime ministers to discuss countermeasures. The day Jiao Jiao'er woke up, it happened to be the day when the two prime ministers were both deposed. She and Da Lang never talked about political affairs with their daughter, and even if Jiao Jiaoer heard rumors in the community, she would not know the details of the two prime ministers' arguments with each other in Zhongshu Province.

"This matter is not trivial, I will go to you Aya to discuss."

"Auntie." Du Baozhu hurriedly grabbed Cui's family: "Aya has always been upright, even if he knows what will happen in the future, he will not leave the people of the city and flee secretly." If the news leaks and causes panic, I am afraid that the Heavenly Family will punish us for this. ”

"That'...... What should we do? ”

"Don't worry, since we know the crisis in advance, we can start preparing now, and we may not be able to avoid disasters in the future."

Du Baozhu took the opportunity to turn the topic back to the matter of borrowing money to buy the fabric in Wang Debao's hands, Cui Shi listened, and without thinking about it, he took the key to open the warehouse, and took out a big camphor wooden box with a 'bang': "Our family's cash is here, and it will be at your disposal, and you can buy food and medicinal materials!" ”

"A-Niang......" Du Baozhu couldn't cry or laugh. Her own aunt was either so cautious that she was not allowed to go out, or she took out all the family resources and handed them to her, which was terrifyingly straightforward.

However, at this time, it was a good opportunity to persuade the Cui family to go out of the mountain: "There are too many things to prepare for the escape, and I am really lacking in skills alone, so I have to ask you to help." ”

"I ...... What can be done? ”

"There are so many things you can do, for example, now, I and Shopkeeper He are busy preparing for the promotion conference, you can help me keep an eye on the new tea shop." Also, don't we want to start a gold powder club, and we have to have you presiding over it. We make money to hoard food and medicinal herbs in the coming year. ”

Cui's was driven to the shelves by Du Baozhu, and he has already experienced several challenges. At this time, after listening to Du Baozhu break it and crumple it in detail, he felt that the matter was indeed not difficult, and finally relented and agreed: "Then I will do this?" ”

"These are not trivial matters, but A-Niang has a good way of running the family, and you must easily handle the matter with you!"

Du Baozhu took the opportunity to share all the things that the Cui family could do, and after discussing it properly, he transferred 1,000 taels of silver from the warehouse.

Two days later, it was the Qixi Festival.

After half a month of publicity by the coupon bank, the people of Beijing have already exchanged for the vouchers they want. Before dawn today, there was a long queue outside the door of my favorite store.