Chapter 383: Unscrupulous Profiteers
The ox cart was full of goods, plus a fat man, with such a huge weight, how could a few thin Miao people push it?
The road is so big, the ox cart is not dredged, and Song Che and their carriage don't want to move forward.
Helplessly, Song Che and Lin Yue had to get out of the car to help.
The middle-aged fat man who was driving the car, seeing that Song Che was dressed richer than himself, and he was from the same clan, changed his tricky and mean, and greeted with a smile:
"Two sons, help me and borrow your two horses."
Song Che pouted, he had four horses, but it wasn't like lending it to this person. He asked, "You have so much cargo in your cart, why don't you unload it first and then push it?" ”
This fat man is with two guys, and the other Miao people are estimated to be hired temporarily, if the car is empty, don't say that it is pushed, even if it can be lifted.
Unexpectedly, the fat man said: "No, if I unload the goods, it will take a lot of time and money to load them up, which is too troublesome." ”
"Then you should come down first, you have two hundred pounds of oil, plus a cart of goods, and a few more people can't push it!" Lin Yue greeted.
The fat man had to get out of the car.
Song Che picked up a few pieces of gravel on the side of the road and put them between the potholes and the wheels to create a shallow slope.
"Get out of the way, this kind of trivial matter, I am enough alone!"
Lin Yue dismissed all the people who had started it, came to the ox cart, rolled up his sleeves, tightened his belt, took a steady step, took a deep breath, made a fortune dantian, and slapped his palm on the ox cart!
"Moo~"
The old cow seemed to feel the infusion of strength.
One man and one ox, one in front and one behind, with one blow, pushed the ox cart out of the pothole.
"Childe is amazing, such a body has the strength of a thousand catties!" The fat man bared his teeth and gave a thumbs up.
Lin Yue clapped his hands, his face did not change and his heart did not beat, and he said proudly: "I only use five points of strength." ”
The three Miao people looked at the fat man, as if waiting for something.
The fat man looked reluctant, took out six copper plates in his sleeve, and handed them to the Miao people: "Oh, this is your salary, let's go quickly." ”
The young man asked, "Boss, why only give two of the five copper plates that you said were good?" ”
The fat man glared, "Huh? You are embarrassed to ask for money, it is not as good as a breath of other people's sons for a long time, and it would be good to be able to give you two copper coins if I delayed me for so much time. ”
Now, this is the real capitalist, who uses all excuses to engage in exploitation. Five cents is enough to buy two buns, which is very rare.
The young man was not convinced, but the Miao people, who were quite old on the side, took him away and accepted it if he showed his opinion.
"Wait a minute, what about my money?"
Lin Yue stretched out his hand and asked the fat man, "I helped you push out the ox cart, and saved you time, and ah, you have occupied the road for so long and delayed us for so much time, do you know how much money my big boss Song, a few thousand taels of people in a quarter of an hour?" ”
The fat man said bitterly: "Shaoxia, don't make it difficult for me, let's have a small business......"
"Then why are you making things difficult for others?"
Lin Yue raised his fist, squeezed it fiercely, and gurgled, "Either you give me ten taels of wages, or you give someone to make up the money!" ”
The fat man stared at a pair of fists, swallowed his saliva, and took out nine copper coins from his sleeve and threw them to Miao Ren: "Take it and leave!" ”
The Miao people thanked Lin Yue with their eyes, and after dividing the copper coins, they planned to leave.
"Fellow, wait a minute." Song Che stopped them.
They were stunned, the word "fellow", coming out of the mouth of Liang, was still such a rich Liang person.
Song Che took out a piece of silver, handed it to the young man, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, there are too many potholes on this road, and it is very difficult for our carriage to walk.
There are still ten miles away from the next post station, and you will be counted as the end when you fill it in there, and the twenty taels of silver will be regarded as wages, is it feasible? ”
Twenty and twenty miles of land, one mile of land and two taels of silver, three people, an average of seven hundred wen per person. The workers who plow the snow in winter only pay 200 yuan a day of hard work, and the salary given by Song Che is quite reasonable.
The Miao people were incredulous, eager for silver, but they didn't dare to reach out to take it.
The fat man said at this time: "Today you are lucky to be shit, when you meet such a generous official, you can make several pigs by throwing stones, don't be unappreciative!" ”
Song Che scolded in his heart: Dead fat man, why is he so unpleasant? Lao Tzu's good poverty alleviation work was changed by your words.
The young man took the silver ingot, smiled and thanked him, and began to fill the pit in the front as agreed.
The fat man's ox cart and Song Che's carriage continued to move forward one after the other.
The road was too bumpy, so Song Che didn't take the carriage anymore, but got down and walked.
The fat man's surname is Li Mingsi, and he is still a companion with Song Che, and he also sells cloth, but he sells Ma Ge coarse cloth.
Seeing that it was a peer, Shen Wenjun and Qin Ruo were interested, unloaded the coarse cloth from the ox cart, tried the feel, touched the material, and shook their heads.
Shen Wenjun said: "If Lu Mushroom touches this cloth, he will definitely throw it on the ground and step on it hard." ”
Li Si scratched his head and smiled: "These coarse cloths are all woven by peasant women to supplement their families, and the quality is certainly not much better, but don't look at its roughness, many Miao people are rushing to ask for it!" ”
Qin Ruosheng disliked this treacherous fat man and asked, "Then how much does your cloth cost?" ”
Li Si gestured a finger: "One hundred wen a horse." ”
"One hundred wen!"
Even Lin Yue, who didn't know how to do business, was shocked.
If this rag is put in Suzhou City, fifty wen will be the sky, and he will sell it for one hundred, a proper profiteer!
Li Si didn't feel ashamed at all, and even a little proud: "This is the business opportunity I found, in this area, timid businessmen don't dare to come, and those Miao people don't know how to bargain, I can add another one or twenty Wen, and I can sell this coarse cloth." ”
"Doesn't your conscience hurt?" Lin Yue didn't have a good tone.
"Conscience?" Li Si disagreed, "I don't need that kind of thing." Besides, how many conscientious businessmen are there in the world today? I'm following the crowd. ”
Lin Yue was faintly angry, "Then you can't pit other poor people, they only get five copper coins for their next effort, and your cloth will be twice the premium!" ”
"Hey, young man, do you know why you are in a car, and these three officials are in a car? I'm not sarcastic, but you're too chivalrous to do business."
Li Si said: "We, the small businessmen who are peddlers and pawns, don't we pit the poor? Which rich man didn't start by pitting the poor?
When the pit finally becomes rich, he becomes more shrewd, so the shrewd businessman can become rich, and the shrewd rich will not be pitted by the businessman, as for those who are not shrewd, hehe...... It can only be a stepping stone for a savvy businessman to make a fortune. ”
The fat man blinked at Song Che, Shen Wenjun, and Qin Ruo, and asked with a smile: "Three big officials, do you say it?"
Well......
To put it mildly, it is to pit the poor.
If it is more high-sounding, it is called taking from the people.