XVIII. Bazaar

The goods purchased by Cheng Sifang in Yecheng, Zhuge Xu Feng had already sold them near Pingxian, and with the profits from the furs, the Chengjia caravan had a strong strength of 4,000 taels of silver. After the rectification was completed, a lot of handymen were taken care of, and after purchasing goods, the caravan headed for Jingzhou.

When he arrived at the border of Yuzhou, the bumps along the way made Cheng Quartet very boring, so he said loudly: "Stop, stop, Shen Fatty, what is this place?" Shen Futing smiled: "The boss has an idea again? This is Yuzhou." Cheng Sifang said again: "Then ......" Before Cheng Quartet finished speaking, Shen Futing said: "I know, if you have my mouth here in Yuzhou, it should be tea." ”

When Cheng Sifang heard this, the spirit came: "Tea, okay, let's go buy some tea and ship it to Jingzhou to sell." Zhuge Xu Feng said: "It's okay, Yecheng's specialties are sold in Yuzhou, and the price should be good." So the caravan turned and went in the direction of Yuzhou.

After passing through a wheat field, when the wheat is ripe, a golden piece swaying in the wind and meeting everyone's eyes. Shen Futing said: "Guanzhong has excellent geographical advantages, very good irrigation conditions, and the wheat here is also good. Cheng Quartet immediately stopped and jumped out of the car to ask the price of wheat.

Everyone knows that Shen Futing's mouth is extremely picky, Shen Futing said that it is not good, it must be bad, if it is average, it is not bad, and if it is good, it is the best product, and if he says a good word, it is definitely the best product. Therefore, Cheng Quartet concluded that the wheat here must be good, and he happened to want to do grain trading, so he did not hesitate at all.

After waiting for a while, everyone saw Cheng Quartet come back with great interest, Zhou Chonghan asked: "Boss, how is the price?" Cheng Sifang asked Shen Futing: "Shen Fatty, one catty and three dollars and four, how?" Shen Futing shook his head: "There is no advantage, other families are also three dollars and four, boss, you can kill and bargain." ”

Cheng Sifang said: "I have already killed." Shen Futing said: "Then this deal can't be done, there is no advantage." Cheng Sifang thought about it for a while, hehe smiled, Brother Jiu, let's buy a hundred catties of wheat. Hu Kua has no other hobbies, only money, and it would have been the most unwise to hand over the errand of managing accounts to Hu Kua, but Cheng Quartet did the opposite, saying: "Since Hu Kua loves money, he will give him all the money and let him count until he is soft." This move and this statement made everyone drunk, but fortunately, with Zhou Chonghan, the big brother, Hu Kua did not dare to mess with the caravan money.

Hu Kua Yiyan, bought a hundred catties of wheat, and asked: "Boss, Shen Fatzi has said that there is no advantage, why do you still buy so much?" Cheng Sifang said: "I naturally have a way to make it easy to sell, and this is also the first step for me to do grain trading." Everyone was puzzled.

When he arrived in the town, Cheng Sifang learned well this time, settled down in a resting place, first went to the market with Xiao Zhihan and Shen Futing, and asked which god should worship on that mountain, fortunately, there was no person who covered the sky with one hand here, Cheng Sifang paid taxes in the government, so he found a place at random, put part of the wheat into the jar, and waited for the customer to come to the door.

Shen Futing sat aside and said, "Boss, I really don't understand, obviously you don't have any advantages, why do you still have to do this business? Cheng Sifang smiled and said, "As long as someone comes, I can sell the wheat." ”

Shen Futing sighed: "It's difficult, look at it, during the wheat ripening season, many grain merchants are selling, and the quality is the same as yours, so it's rare for someone to come to the door." Cheng Sifang laughed: "Don't be so pessimistic." ”

But Shen Futing is really the mouth of a fortune teller, two hours have passed, and no customer has come to the door. Xiao Zhihan was anxious: "Boss, is this deal still done?" Shen Futing said proudly: "Look, I'm not wrong, right?" Cheng Sifang touched his head: "It's strange, everyone's wheat is the same, why can't they sell it?"

Cheng Sifang looked around, and the thoughts in his head did not stop for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "I know!" Xiao Zhihan was startled by Cheng Sifang's sudden call: "What do you know?" Cheng Sifang said: "Take it away, and we'll come back tomorrow." The two of them were stunned, and Shen Futing said: "It's useless, it's useless, it can't be sold today, and it still can't be sold tomorrow." Cheng Sifang said: "I can definitely sell it tomorrow, Shen Fatty, why don't we make a bet?" Shen Futing choked: "No, no, you must have thought of a way again." ”

The next day, the three of them arrived at the market early, but no one had started to buy and sell, and it was deserted. Xiao Zhihan was about to put the wheat in the position it was yesterday, but Cheng Sifang said: "Xiao Han, it's not anywhere, it's here." Cheng Sifang pointed to the position where he was standing, Xiao Zhihan was stunned: "Isn't it the same wherever you put it?" Cheng Sifang said: "How can it be the same?" You see ......," he said, pointing to the entire market: "You see, after the market opens, the flow of people enters from here, and then goes around inside, and then comes out." We were at the very end of the bazaar yesterday, and when others came to us, they wanted to buy wheat, and they had already bought it, so who would ask us about it?"

Xiao Zhihan suddenly realized: "That's right!" Shen Futing nodded: "The boss is right, this place is the leading location of the market, and people from both sides have to pass through here, such a good location, no wonder they pulled us to set up a stall so early in the morning." I'm glad I didn't bet with you yesterday, otherwise I would have lost. ”

The three of them set up their stalls and waited for customers to come to their doors, today was different from yesterday, although they were all waiting, but they were full of confidence.

Before the market opened, people who got up early had already passed by the market, and they were the first to be placed in all directions, and naturally there were people who came to patronize them. Everything is very normal, measure the wheat with a bucket, pay, and leave. But at the last step, Cheng Sifang stopped the customer: "Wait a minute. ”

The man who bought the wheat was stunned: "What? Is the money wrong?" Cheng Quartet put the wheat in the bucket, smoothed it, and added some wheat to it, so that the wheat rose sharply in the bucket: "This part that came out was given to the guest officer." So saying, he gave all the spiky wheat to the customer.

This man was overjoyed when he got this little bit of encouragement: "Boss, you are really generous." Cheng Sifang said with a smile: "If you think it's okay, please bring more guests to patronize." This man is also bold: "No problem!"

Before the market opened, Cheng Si sold a whole pot of wheat in the situation of adding wheat, and while selling, he said to the customer: "Come on, come on, I will do business in all directions, no sharp business, no sharp business!" The temptation of the four words "no sharp and no business" is indeed quite great, although the wheat sent out is not much, only one point, but it also makes all the people who buy wheat very useful.

The market finally opened, and Cheng Sifang had sold nearly thirty catties of wheat, and because he was too busy, Zhou Chonghan and Zhu Tianwei rushed to support. Shen Futing laughed and said: "The boss is really powerful, he will actually come up with such words as 'no sharp business', and if this continues, a hundred catties of wheat can be sold out today." Cheng Sifang also smiled: "That's, that's!"

When he was happy, a voice suddenly came: "Hey, who asked you to set up a stall here?" Cheng Sifang was stunned when he heard this, and when he looked back, it turned out to be the merchant who sold mung beans here yesterday. Cheng Sifang smiled: "I paid the tax, so I can naturally put it." The man said angrily, "This is my place, you go somewhere else!"

Xiao Zhihan said: "Hey, what is this? Everyone is doing business, who arrives first, who puts it first, does it mean that this is your place?"

The people who came to do business came one after another, and because they sold well in all directions, they put a lot of wheat in the surrounding area, blocking the positions of many people, and these merchants were very dissatisfied and made a noise.

Cheng Sifang was also anxious: "What kind of rule is this? I didn't hear about it when I paid my taxes." A merchant shouted, "You have set up such a big stall, how can we do it?" Hurry up, go to the place you set up yesterday!"

How could Cheng Quartet be willing to let go of such an excellent location? So he said: "No, come first and come first, I will come here first, why don't you go to the position I put yesterday?"

The more noisy the crowd became, and a merchant was irritable, picked up his flat pole and called Cheng Sifang, shouting, "Get out of here!"

But hearing the sound of "click!", Zhu Tianwei waved his right hand and broke the flat pole in half. As soon as his hand moved, Xiao Zhihan couldn't bear it anymore, with a crisp sound of "poof", and the long sword was unsheathed: "Which of you is still verbose?"

Seeing this, a few of these merchants were frightened, but after all, there were only a few, and the rest of the people quarreled even more: "Ouch! Do it? Kill someone! Kill someone!" "Kill me!"

Although Xiao Zhihan is a first-class master, he has always been a person who participates in martial arts, and where has there been a precedent for doing things with businessmen who are powerless? For a while, he was very flustered, surrounded by crowds, flustered, and only shouted: "You guys...... You guys...... It's unreasonable!"

"Who is unreasonable? This position is obviously mine!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you have such a big stall, blocking our goods, telling us how to do business? Who is unreasonable?"

"That's it! Everyone sells wheat according to the flat bucket, but you have no sharp business, how can you let us sell our wheat? You can afford to lose, we can't afford to lose!"

The noise in the bazaar finally alarmed the government, and I saw a group of officers and soldiers running over and shouting, "What are you arguing about?

Cheng Sifang was already upset by the quarrel of these merchants, and when he saw the officers and soldiers coming, he was shocked, and hurriedly went to get the sword in Xiao Zhihan's hand: "Xiao Han, quickly put down the sword!" But in the midst of the crowd, Cheng Sifang did not hold the sword tightly, and the long sword fell out of his hand, but unfortunately, it happened to cut the soles of a person's feet, and the person made a "ah" sound, holding the soles of his feet and rolling on the ground.

"Okay!

Cheng Quartet was stunned: "Oh no." ”