However, it was said that Song Haonian and the others were divided into two routes, one way still went to the provincial capital to sell mountain goods according to the original road, and there were only three or four people on the other road, and they took a detour to find the manor where roses were planted.

The manor is in a county near the provincial capital, because the provincial capital land is expensive, it is a large family in the city, and the grange is often in the neighboring county, which is cheap and convenient to take care of nearby.

They didn't usually pay attention to it, but when they came back, they realized that people had already made roses into a business, and there was an endless stream of businessmen who came to buy flower seedlings, and Liu Yizhi was speechless: "There are many smart people in the world, and before we think about it, people have already done things." ”

Song Haonian said with a smile: "It's not that we people don't have a way to live, they are doing big business, and they don't look down on our small business, we can just pick up some bits and pieces behind us." ”

There was still some distance from the Grange, but it was getting dark, so a few people had to find a house on the side of the road and knock on the door to borrow it.

They were not like good people, but they had everything they could do and spoke politely, and there were a few men in the peasant family, and they were not afraid of their evil and robbery, so they made a hay room for them to sleep in, and made hot soup for them to drink.

A few people were grateful, so they ate dry food in hot soup, and immediately went to sleep for fear that it would not be good, so they gossiped with the master's family and inquired about the affairs of the rose manor. When the host's family heard that they were here to buy rose seedlings and do serious business, they were more at ease than those who were not identified, and they added two points of good face and said with a smile: "That manor was here with us many years ago, and the owner's family originally said that it was surnamed Zhou, but somehow, it changed to a family surnamed Zhu."

, the owner has never been here, but he is in charge of things here all the year round. ”

He also said: "If you want to plant roses, that is, in the past few years, when the flowers bloom, the fragrance will float for ten miles, don't look at my house so far away, you can smell it." ”

Although the owner of this family has never planted flowers, in the past few years, he has watched the things on the grange, and he has some understanding, Song Haonian has the heart to listen more, so he took out the wine pot and invited someone to drink, the master drank and said a lot of words.

Talk about how many businessmen come to buy flower seedlings every year, pull a large amount of gold and silver into the Zhuangzi, and how much rose dew is made every year to take out, don't look at the value of rose dew elsewhere, but it is cheap here for them, and no one has a **, which is dedicated to entertaining guests. Speaking of excitement, he asked the mother-in-law of the family to show the roses to a few guests. The host was drunk, but the hostess was very sober, and scolded her husband: "The idea of roses at home is about to see the bottom, how can you take it out and show it in front of the guests?

Guests save your face!"

The master didn't follow, and he had to show the roses to the mother-in-law, and the two of them were going to quarrel when they saw it.

Song Haonian and a few people knew that although there was rose dew in this house, they were afraid that it was not as cheap as the host said, and they still hid it for important guests to eat.

In laymen, the important thing is to have eyes and not cause trouble to people, Liu Yi hurriedly excused himself and said: "We men don't like to eat sweet, so we don't need to make rose dew." ”

Song Haonian also said: "Drink, drink." "I'm going to get this stubble over it.

It wasn't until the middle of the moon that a few people finished speaking, and went to rest in the grass building, and the hostess of the house chattered about men, and was not afraid of the guests hearing it. Wake up early the next morning, bid farewell to the master's house, and arrive at the manor in less than an hour, only to see the full park of carriages and horses outside, and some people who have no carriages and horses to ride like them, all receive a sign in the order of first come, first come, first come, one by one, please go in to talk, and those who are not in turn are there

Rest in the tea shed outside.

In addition to the tea in the tea shed, it is the rose dew, which is the real generosity, which makes people amazed. It was not their turn until the next day, and they were afraid of missing it, and a few people did not dare to find a place to eat, so they just took dry food out to eat. This time Lily made some moon cakes for Song Haonian to take on the road to eat, although it is not in season, the moon cakes are heavy on oil and sugar, delicious and not easy to spoil, several of them said that they are better than eating

Tired dry food is delicious.

It's easy to take turn, the little guy in Tsing Yi and the little hat invites someone in, and asks what business to do, whether to buy flower seedlings or finished products, and how many goods can be eaten.

Song Haonian hurriedly said: "There are not many flower seedlings to buy, and those who can plant two or three acres of land can be done." ”

The little servant, who was obviously accustomed to seeing businessmen large and small, had no expression on his face, and led them to a small house and said, "Go in." ”

There are more than a dozen such small houses in the courtyard, each of which is receiving merchants, Liu Yi gave Song Haonian a look, which means: "Big business has a big business to talk about, we do small business, and we are afraid that we are also small stewards." ”

Even if it is a small steward, it is also a noble person who is rarely seen by them, but fortunately, there is not much arrogance in this steward, ask how many flower seedlings you want, hit a few times on the abacus, and quote a price. Song Haonian came out with enough money this time, Lily was only afraid that the seedlings were too expensive and they didn't have enough money, so they couldn't wait to bring him all the savings in the family, but Song Haonian stopped her: "If you don't have enough money, buy less, and bring enough money to buy it next year." You can't become a big fat man if you're in a hurry, you're in a hurry now, that's

Flower seedlings are not cash cow seedlings. ”

Only then did Lily slow down, and said with a smile: "What you said is that you have to eat the rice one bite at a time, and you have to do things one by one, so you can't be in a hurry." ”

The price reported by the steward, Song Haonian calculated it in his heart, and he could accept it, but he would still spend most of the money on his body, which made people feel painful.

As soon as he hesitated, the steward saw a few points, and said with a smile: "If you don't have money for a while, you'd rather buy less of these flower seedlings and it's expensive. ”

Song Haonian said: "It's not good to go back empty-handed when you go all the way to Baoshan, just calculate it at that price, three acres of flower seedlings." ”

The steward raised his eyebrows: "Happy people! Let me tell you, I have often seen more crooked people, it is rare for you to be so happy, the same is business, you are sure to be better than them." ”

A few people laughed, and people casually boasted, but they didn't take it seriously.

At that moment, the steward wrote down a deed and said: "It is clearly written in the deed, pay half of the fixed money first, and deliver the flower seedlings to you in two days, and then pay the rest of the general money." If I look at you again, I'm afraid it's the first time I'll come back?"

Song Haonian nodded and said, "I haven't planted it before, this is the first time I want to try it." ”

The steward said, "Since it is the first time to plant flowers, you must be cautious, you can live in the Zhuangzi for these two days, and if you have nothing to do, you can ask people how to plant flowers, and learn a little more." ”

Song Haonian was very grateful, and immediately paid the deposit, and another small servant led them to live in a large shop.

Liu Yi looked around and saw that there was no one else, and said to Song Haonian: "We are too afraid that people will get us in this business." ”

It turns out that there is a particular thing about doing business, if it is a big customer, it must be very thoughtful, and dare not mix it at all, lest the other party be unhappy, and this business cannot be done.

If it is a small customer, you have to mix some pretense from time to time to make something strange, anyway, the small customer can't afford to offend your own family.

If there are such trivial things as them, there will be more opportunities for adulteration, that is, it is worthless to lose their money, and they have no backstage, so they can't make trouble at all, so they can only suffer dumb losses.

People say that there is no traitor and no business, and this is the truth.

Song Haonian also knew this, but they inquired on the way when they came, and the entire Nanzhili was now the only one who could provide rose seedlings, and they had no choice but to go at the pace of others.

After living in the grange for two days, Song Haonian asked people everywhere how to plant flowers, and it was not enough to memorize in his brain, and he begged people who knew how to write down the precautions.

Someone asked, "If you can read, why can't you write?" If you can't read, what's the use of writing down?"

Song Haonian said with a smile: "Although I don't recognize two words, there is a person at home who can read and write." I'm afraid that I won't remember it well, and if I write it down, if I have any questions when I go back, I just ask that person to help me recognize it. ”

People don't theorize, they just think that this person is rare among the businessmen, and there are also the majority of illiterate people, but the illiterate people take the initiative to ask someone to help write, but there are a few.

Two days later, the steward sent a message that the seedlings had been prepared and asked them to inspect them. When I saw several carts of flower seedlings, several people's eyes were a little straight, and their hearts were drumming, it turned out that when the flower seedlings did not grow, the flower seedlings and rose seedlings in the same month were somewhat similar, and it was easy to admit mistakes when they hit their eyes. Three acres of land is thousands of flower seedlings, and they can't look at them one by one

Go, if people have the heart to do something, they really can't do it.

The steward said: "Our grange is here, if the seedlings are wrong, you just have to come and find them." It's just the same, if you play tricks on your own and try to blackmail us, we are not the masters to be messed with. ”

When people talk about such a straightforward field, it would be embarrassing to be suspicious, Song Haonian hurriedly cashed the silver to the account office in front of the steward, and asked: "We have few people in these big carts of flower seedlings, and we are afraid that we will ask you to send a few people to help take care of them along the way." ”

The steward saw that he was crisp and his color warmed up, and said: "This is simple, some of the surrounding dealers are willing to help, I will call a few people for you when you go back, and you can give them the start of the work." ”

Liu Ping'an felt a pain in his flesh: This is another big expense.

A few people were standing in front of the door and talking, when suddenly a rather luxurious carriage came over, and the steward hurriedly left Song Haonian to greet him, and said, "The big steward is back!"

After all, the chief steward was not the master's house, and he also wore silk clothes, but he got out of the car in front of the door, and asked the little steward about something while looking left and right.

The little steward mentioned that he had just started a small business, and although the amount of money was not large, a few countrymen had some meaning. The chief steward glanced over with a smile, and his smile suddenly froze, and his face was full of surprise. The little steward didn't know why, so I saw the big steward walking quickly to Song Haonian and looking at him like a ghost.