Chapter 40: Finding the wrong way in the market

Li Cheng didn't expect that the people who were doing business here supported Wangjiazhuang so much. In order to find out whether they really didn't charge taxes, they went elsewhere to get something to sell.

After changing his clothes, he carried two baskets of spinach to this side, and slapped it there, regardless of how many people there were around him, and started shouting.

"Spinach is now, I've sold spinach, I have two pounds of fresh spinach in the first two pounds."

After shouting a few times, the people around him gathered, and they all looked at him with a look that he felt uncomfortable. Some even shook their heads, but none of them were willing to buy it.

"Auntie, please buy some spinach, which can be sold at a cheap price, and it costs two pounds per cent." Seeing that others didn't buy it, Li Cheng took the initiative to attract customers. He saw an older woman coming to see her and said it was cheap.

The aunt curled her lips and muttered, "A pretty good young man, why is it so dark? One penny and two pounds, just wait for it to be driven away."

When he said this, he was not loud, but Li Cheng still heard it. He didn't understand why the aunt said he was bad. Is it expensive? No, when he bought it, he only cost two pounds and took some free fare in vain. He would never be so stupid that he carried it over and hired a car or two to pick it up here.

Just when he was confused, a voice came from beside him, "Mr. Li has nothing to do, come here to have fun? Why don't you go and have some tea? I'll invite you, why bother to lie? For the sake of Mr. Li, I won't chase you out today. Mr. Li."

Li Cheng looked up and saw a man in a coarse cloth shirt standing beside him looking at him.

"How did you know me? Who are you?" Li Cheng asked in confusion.

"Mr. Li is a noble man, so of course he doesn't know me, but I have to know Mr. Li, the manager of Li's village. With such a noble identity, he actually came here to sell spinach. I think Mr. Li's spinach is a little small and a little yellow. It's not produced by Li's village, right? The spinach there is better than this one, and the price is three pounds per cent.

Did Mr. Li run away and buy expensive ones back and sell them? It’s so Yaxing. If I had known Mr. Li like this, I would have sold them to Mr. Li. Oh, my name is Ergou. Now I am specifically responsible for the pricing of this market. If you want to sell spinach, it’s easy to say, it costs five pounds per cent.”

Ergou said polite words, but his expression on his face was not polite at all. He didn't know where Li Cheng got the spinach, so he wouldn't mention it at all. Some of them might be tender spinach, but the spinach leaves were yellow, so he dared to sell it for one penny and two pounds.

As for how he knew Li Cheng, of course it was told by others that some people with good looks around the village had special people to collect some things and tell them to do business, including the guys in Shuiyun. They would get a piece of paper with portraits and they must remember the noble people nearby.

Li Cheng didn't know about this. He looked at his spinach and stood up to see what others sold. He frowned and felt that it was indeed a lot worse. He shouted that he was three pounds a penny, and from time to time he had to pour some water on the green vegetable leaves. It looked fresher. The person who bought vegetables had to deduct some clean water after weighing it, and the water also accounted for the weight.

Li Cheng saw with his own eyes that a man exchanged a small bag of bad tea for six kilograms of spinach and left happily. The spinach sold the tea to the old man in the tea stall. The old man took out a penny and two handfuls of white melon seeds, and even if he was over.

Seeing these things, Li Cheng didn't know what to do. He looked at Ergou who was waiting next to him and suddenly said with a smile: "It turns out that it is Ergou brothers, I have been longing for a long time, Ergou brothers, I don't have any extra money on them. Can I wait for taxes to come tomorrow?"

"Mr. Li wants to put me in prison. When did you collect taxes here? Mr. Li is willing to sell it. Remember to ask for five kilograms per cent. If you think it is cheap, you will go back to the farm. In the Li family's farm, spinach can be sold for three kilograms per cent. Of course, you have to choose the best ones."

Ergou knew what he was thinking when he heard Li Cheng's words. Not to mention that there is no tax collection here, it was collected before, so he had to change it at this time. He smiled contemptuously when he spoke to Li Cheng.

Now Li Cheng finally had no choice but to shout to the people around him: "A penny costs six kilograms, who would like to buy it?"

He wanted to sell these broken things as soon as possible and continue to look for the master. Since there was no trouble here, he wasted time. He thought that if he was a penny and six kilograms, he thought that many people would buy them, but after shouting, the people around him took a few steps back at the same time.

Li Cheng was stunned. Ergou clearly said five kilograms per cent, so why no one bought it if he sold six kilograms? Just when he couldn't figure it out, a kind-hearted person said to him: "Egou has already said that you have five kilograms of spinach, why don't you know at least? You have to sell six kilograms."

After hearing this, Li Cheng understood. It turned out that the price was so evil. The amount of the price was as high as it should be, and it should not be high or low. He was not a fool, and he immediately understood the key point. Whoever is responsible for the price would then the final benefit would be handed over to whom.

For example, if there are many people selling salted eggs today, they are only two cents, so Ergou can naturally buy a lot of them. The bulk transactions are controlled by him. When there are fewer people selling salted eggs tomorrow, he will make two cents and three cents, and then he will make one egg. This rule cannot be underestimated, and all kinds of items can be used.

In this case, what tax is used? Just relying on this right to price, you can make a lot of money. A good method is the price determined by the amount of goods and the quality of the goods. Others will naturally not have any objections on that day. You can not sell them. As long as you sell them, you will be cheaper.

"You are lying to others. You have gained benefits from it. Don't believe him. The prices he mentioned are all in his favor."

Li Cheng finally broke out, accused Ergou, and began to persuade the people around him to come. When he thought that everyone would definitely scold Ergou and unite to oppose it.

Who knew that after he finished speaking, everyone around him looked at him with a look of a fool. A kind-hearted person stood up and said to him: "Young man, hurry up and go home and find someone to see him. Alas, it's so pitiful. This world is not easy."

When others heard this person's words, they nodded. It seemed that Li Cheng was really sick. Li Cheng listened and felt that his lungs were almost blown up. Just when he didn't know what to say, a person next to him gently pulled his sleeve. When Li Cheng turned his head to look, the man said:

"Manager Li, I am a farmer in Lijiazhuangzi. Don't say it anymore. Others think you are sick. Who doesn't know how to get benefits from Ergou when pricing? But do you know what those benefits are done? It turns out that if you want to keep the goods here until night, you need to pay something or money, but now you don't need it.

The money Ergou earns is to build warehouses for everyone, and you see that the four strong men next to him used this money to invite them. If someone comes to make trouble or bully us, the four of them will rush up and beat us up, and send them to the government, everyone understands it.

Also, you see that the weather is hot. If a person who is in a business dealer has heatstroke, Ergou will find someone to treat him and end up collecting only a capital. Anyway, he will not pay for selling here. It is better than being bullied elsewhere. Everyone is used to it. Manager Li, you should do your own business."

After the man finished speaking, he opened his stall, and the same spinach was placed inside. As Ergou said, a penny cost three pounds. The people next to him wanted to eat, and they took out a few copper coins or exchanged them for other things. There were a variety of things, and Ergou was busy now and told whoever was worth what was worth from time to time.

While speaking, I took out the written sign. Not only did I write the price of something, but I could also calculate how much my thing was worth according to the pattern on it.

Li Cheng stood there and no one paid attention to him anymore. He just relied on his status as he was not low, otherwise he would have been driven out long ago. This time, Li Cheng finally gave up on tax matters and did not expect to provoke others to ignore Ergou's pricing. People said that the money was used in the market.

But he was still a little unwilling to accept it. He waited for Ergou to be busy, so he found Ergou and said, "Brother Ergou, I want to buy and sell some things from you, but I don't know how to calculate the price? For example, how much will you give me with spinach? There are a lot of quantities."

"Same? That penny costs five kilograms, I will collect as much as you have." Ergou knew that Li Cheng was not sincerely buying it, but he still answered his words.

"Then, if I buy the same spinach from you, how much does it cost per pound? You can buy more." Li Cheng asked again.

"Mr. Li, now I don't sell this kind of spinach, you can't buy it unless you are willing to spend more money, such as one penny per pound, one penny per pound, two penny per pound." Ergou replied to him again.

"If you say that it is expensive, you can sell it. If you are cheap, you won't sell it?"

"No, I won't sell it if it's expensive. If you want to buy it, you can find Shuiyunjian. Someone there will help you find such things, but you have to pay a certain fee." Ergou didn't give Li Cheng a chance at all.

Li Cheng had no choice but to thank him and turn around and leave. As for the spinach, he gave it to the Li family's housekeeper and asked him to sell it back to eat some good ones.

After walking dozens of feet, Li Cheng felt awkward. What was this called, and he couldn't find any trouble. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly found a figure in front of him, so he rushed two steps and saw Li Cheng happy. It was the master he saw, but he didn't expect him to come out.

"Hey, the one in front, wait a minute, I have something to say, big things." Li Cheng shouted as he ran forward.

The man stopped and returned Li Cheng's unfathomable smile.
Chapter completed!