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Chapter 97 Riverside New Village

"......The production here is delivered to Zhengjiaji. The pickled eggs, wind chicken and braised duck, various braised goods, and the duck down quilts have become special products of Zhengjiaji in Huairen County. Now many merchants have taken a detour to buy there. So many merchants going south and north gathered together, don't they do business? Zhengjiaji cannot do business with re-sales and seams, so are inns and freight yards? Are restaurants, casinos and brothels not business? You don't blame Brother Wei, you don't know. After passing by for my brother, I specially put the person there and found out where they were. Xiao Mo, tell me what you saw..."

After a long discussion by the merchant named Lu, he called his guard to explain. The guard with a knife hurriedly said: "When I say to you, Huairen is close to all counties and garrisons, and some are still pickled, but they are not sold at all, and it is difficult to sell. They are all given to Dachuan Commercial Bank at a low price. This business is a long-lasting business. Recently, it has been engaged in live chickens and ducks."

The merchant surnamed Wei heard the trick and sighed there: "It's not that others only recognize Dachuan Business. When buying things at his house, it just irons. The pickled eggs are cooked and tied with grass for you. You won't be afraid of bumps on the road and will not be dirty."

When he said this, the businessman named Lu also smiled and said, "There is another thing. Let's buy it yourself. There are two or three bad ones in the ten eggs. If you are not careful, five bad ones may be possible when encountering the unscrupulous character. But the outside is covered with egg shells, and you can't tell what it is. But what you bought at Dachuan Trading Company is almost all good. If you buy one or two bad ones in one hundred, they will also replace them. The same is true for other goods. It makes people feel relieved."

"Excellent, really amazing. It's amazing to be able to do so many tricks on this common chicken and duck business, and what's even more rare is the self-creating business opportunity, turning a mere rural market into a commercial hub. This is amazing."

"But Brother Wei, you said just now. People in this small place have little knowledge. They think outsiders don't know, so they are bragging themselves. From my perspective, all this is probably the plan and idea of ​​the scholar Qin Chuan."

"Scholar Qin Chuan is the big boss in the business? Didn't the news say that it was all the ideas given by a boy in this village?"

The question and answer made the businessman named Lu laugh, pointing to the "new village" by the river and saying, "Look at the arrangement by the river, and think about the routine I just mentioned for my brother, can it be the idea of ​​a village boy?"

The merchant surnamed Wei was stunned at first, then suddenly realized, his face full of praise, and said repeatedly: "Scholars have a lot of thoughts, hide their weaknesses, this is hide their weaknesses!"

"The scholar arranged for his brother to check, but it turned out that he was the master of the local martial arts family. He helped the man make a big business with private salt. At that time, he also used private salt as a guide to attract merchants from south to north to do business with him. If you think about it carefully, is it very similar to the current rules? It is hard for him, a scholar, to even understand the skills of the farmer."

"It's understandable after thinking about it. It's really a talent. It's really a skill to turn stones into gold. Brother Lu, why not invite such talents in? If you have such a plan, it's worth it even if you give some shares." The businessman surnamed Wei also began to discuss seriously.

Hearing his words, the businessman named Lu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and said with a little depressed feeling: "How could Brother Wei let this business genius go? But after I went to inquire, I found out that this scholar was devoted to his career and was going to Taiyuan Township Exam this year."

"There is no way to do this. I guess I am not short of money when I do such a business. I am also interested in the imperial examination and official position. Let's see how his fortune and fortune were in his previous life. The talents in the world finally took this path!"

The master and servant all relaxed when they said this. The commentator named Lu also made a big circle. Several people laughed and walked towards the stop of the carriage and horses. After they got there, they had to sigh, "Then Qin Xiucai is really talented, and the parking spaces of the carriage and horses were also regular."

Zhu Da, who had already entered the "Hebian New Village", naturally didn't know the discussion behind him. When an outsider came to Baibao Village, he would make the villagers watch and curious. Now everyone is no longer surprised. There are so many merchants coming and going, so they don't care about so many.

The building by the river looks like a village outside. When you walk in, you will find that it is a different story. It is clearly a gathering of warehouses and freight yards.

The smell is not good not far from the village, let alone the smell of live poultry, pickling, cooking and cooking and baking down inside. People who are not used to it feel unable to breathe. If this is the only one, there are noisy sounds in your ears, and you can hear the crowing of chickens and ducks, the shouting of people, the turning of water mills, and even the neighing of large animals such as cattle and horses. The chaos and noise will make people feel restless.

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun frowned again. Although the others adapted to such an environment, their expressions were not as relaxed as before. Instead, they became nervous. After walking a few steps, Li Ying, the eldest son of General Banner, ran over with a strong man in his forties. Li Ying did not change much, and he wrote a little taller. The strong man in his forties was not a stranger, but was a guard named Deng from the salt bank who had dealt with Zhu Da and Xiang Bo several times. Now it seems that he is a little fatter than he used to be, and is not so strong.

Seeing them coming, Zhu Shitou didn't say anything, but Li Ji, the general flag, frowned and scolded him bluntly: "If you don't stare at your stall, why are you running over?"

After training his son, Li Ji nodded to the man surnamed Deng again and said politely: "Deng Kai, we are about the same age, why are you the same as a child?"

After being scolded by him, Li Ying was a little scared. The strong man Deng Kai didn't care much. He laughed and said, "Young Master Zhu came here. Xiao Ying and I still have to come over to see. If the young master finds something wrong, we will ask in person and change it immediately."

Deng Kai was very stingy. Mr. Li couldn't say anything. Zhu Da just shook his head there and said laughingly: "Uncle Deng, you are talking about friendship with Xiang Boping, calling me a young master, and adding the word "利子". Isn't this a traitor? Calling Zhu Da and calling Xiao Da, isn't this good."

"The rules must be established. If it weren't for this generation, everyone should have called you master!" Speaking of this, Deng Kai became serious, and the others nodded in agreement, while Zhu Shitou smiled.

Zhu Da smiled wryly and shook his head again. Everyone present, except Zhou Qingyun and Li Ying, all the others were elders. They could only continue with a lot of words and refute it. He did not continue this topic, but just waved his hand and said, "Since we are here, we are still the same rule. Let's go and see each place. I will tell you everything. Don't be surprised by everyone."

After saying this, Zhu Da’s side, except Zhou Qingyun, even Zhu Shitou, was included. Everyone looked tense and there was a little nervous expression mixed with the nervous expression. Deng Kai muttered, "This is the real master!", everyone heard it, but no one cared.

Zhu Da had a gentle smile on his face, but his eyes became serious and sharp. Zhou Qingyun beside him showed a little boredom on his face, and he retreated, bringing the others closer to Zhu Da.

"I came from the village and saw nothing dirty along the way. The road surface was hard and the drainage ditches were cleaned. This couldn't find too many problems."

Zhu Shitou, Mr. Li and his son, and Deng Kai looked at each other after hearing Zhu Da's words. Mr. Li breathed a sigh of relief, and the others had not relaxed yet.

Everyone continued to walk forward, and Zhu Da walked forward for granted, looking around as he walked. Several people cared about his eyes. Zhu Da looked where they followed.

"This time, the corners are cleaned. Don't think that I'm annoyed. Outsiders can't see it, and your own family may not see it either. But if you don't urge the corners to clean, everyone will relax. Gradually, the road surface will not be clean."

Zhu Da led everyone around the road to the "New Village". Unlike the regulations of Baibao Village and Xiama Village, the two hundred-family villages have a house for each family. Many small houses and earthen enclosures outside make up the entire village. The new village is composed of large courtyards, and each large courtyard is not much smaller than Baibao Village. The road between the yard and the yard is also very wide, and it is easy for two big cars to run side by side.

The road is a gravel road, and anyone can see that it is often repaired and laid. Although Datong is dry, the wind and rain in summer and autumn are not small. If you keep the road flat, you have to keep checking and placing soil. The courtyard wall is also regular. Although it is made of adobe walls, it is easy to see if it is painted with white grey water outside.

There are roads between the yards, but the distance between the yard is not only the width of the road. There are more than meter of open space outside the yard wall, and the open space is connected to the road. Some open spaces are planted with vegetables, while others are piled with goods.

At this time, no one was seen in the vegetable fields or the pile of goods, and pedestrians, cars and horses were rarely seen on the road. Zhu Da and his men looked at the road as quiet, but their ears were very noisy, and they came from the yard and from a further direction.

They didn't walk fast, but every time they walked in an incense stick, three young and strong men came over with long sticks. After seeing Zhu Da and others, they hurriedly bowed to say hello, and some people said "It's okay" to Mr. Li and Deng Kai.

After walking around, Zhu Da and his men arrived at the west side of the "new village". Unlike the quietness in the village, it was much noisy outside the village. There were large oxen and horses parked in the open space outside the village. Some people were guarding the carts to count, and some were transporting goods to the carts. It was rare to see wooden boxes, and occasionally there were jars covered with straw, and the most were straw-woven packages and even boxes.

In addition to the large cows and carts, there is also a large storefront on one side, which looks like the shop rules facing the street of Zhengjiaji. There are many people in a long queue in front of the door. The open space outside the door is a little crowded, but it is very orderly. Some people leave with baskets after coming out, some people put the goods on the back of donkeys, some people push the cart, and more people deliver goods over and leave with money.
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