HPDBC Chapter 1344: The First Big Deal of the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 1344: The First Big Deal of the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 1344: The First Big Business of the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce
Zhao Jun's original plan was good. He would leave home in the morning and arrive at Huang Gui's home in Qiaotou Village before noon.
Visit Huang Gui’s house and stay overnight, then go to Hansong Fort tomorrow.
But as soon as he left Yong'antun, he was stopped by a group of people.
"Master Zhao!"
"Master Zhao, what are you doing?"
Just by hearing the way the visitors addressed the Zhao army, we knew they were from Xishantun.
"What are you doing here with these people again?" Looking at the dozen or so people in front of him, Zhao Jun was also a little confused.
"Master Zhao." Wu Dalin squeezed out of the crowd, clasped his hands together and shook them at Zhao Jun, saying with a smile, "We've brought you a fox skin."
"Ah..." At this time, Zhao Jun noticed that each of these people was carrying a sack on his back, and he thought that the sack was filled with fox skins.
The last time the people from Xishantun came to Yong'an, Zhao Jun had an agreement with them. This Sunday, Zhao Jun will go to Xishantun to collect some mountain products, and he will collect all the fox skins on the way.
Although Zhao Jun was going to Lingnan now, he had already made plans for Sunday. On that day, Wang Meilan, the president of Zhao's Chamber of Commerce, would go to Xishantun to discuss business.
Lin Changhai will have a holiday on Sunday, and the Chamber of Commerce Secretary Li Ruhai will also accompany him. Besides, Li Dayong and Lin Xiangshun are both there, so the business will not be delayed.
But what Zhao Jun didn't expect was that these hooligans couldn't wait any longer. They could earn a hundred or eighty yuan by running and collecting in the mountains year after year, but how could running and collecting in the mountains be as fast and easy as hunting foxes?
Looking at the fox skins piled up at home, the people of Xishantun were anxious and eager to exchange them for money.
The most important thing is that everyone is selfish.
These days, people living in a village or a town are united, but no matter how united they are, it is not as good as great unity.
When these people returned home and closed the door, the fathers and sons, and the couples would start mumbling about how many fox skins someone had, how many were yellow and how many were white; they would start mumbling about whose fox skin was supposed to be theirs, but in the end they failed to cut the skin with the stick, and the fox jumped under that person's stick.
Moreover, the people of Xishan Village doubted the financial strength of the Zhao family. Although Zhao Jun said that he would take whatever he could get, they could not imagine how rich Zhao Jun's family was.
As the villagers caught more and more foxes, many people began to wonder whether the Zhao family could afford to collect so many fox skins. They might get money by selling the skins first, but not by selling them later.
It happened that Tong Youfeng gathered the night patrol team together this morning to discuss something, and someone came to sell leather.
Including last night, these people have been on guard for two nights. So Tong Youfeng suggested that everyone could send the fox skins to his home, and he would register them in detail.
He would remember clearly how many were yellow and how many were gray. After he finished counting, he would bring two or three people to Yong'an to sell fox skins.
Tong Youfeng really wanted to do something for the villagers. Although he had selfish motives, he just wanted these people to vote for him when electing the village chief.
But when it comes to their own interests, there is rarely trust between people.
Except for a few of Tong Youfeng's close friends and his neighbors, everyone else declined Tong Youfeng's kindness, and almost everyone wanted to do it on their own.
Finally, Zhang Xinglong said that it would be a bit unreasonable for all 58 households to send people. Only then did three households send a representative to Yong'an with the fox skin.
Zhao Jun frowned as he looked at these people. Half an hour ago, Li Baoyu, Wang Qiang and Xing San went to Yongfutun to catch the commuter bus.
Now the two little girls of the Zhao family are in school, and Wang Meilan is alone at home. There is no man in the family, and it is not right for a woman like Wang Meilan to entertain more than ten men.
Zhao Jun sighed and said to these people, "I will ride my motorcycle home first and prepare money for you. Don't worry, just go over there."
Zhang Xinglong agreed and saw the Zhao army riding away on motorcycles.
Seeing Zhao Jun coming back, Wang Meilan, who was tidying up the bowl rack in the outer room, was startled and asked, "Son, did you forget something?"
"No, Mom." Zhao Jun raised his hand and pointed to the east room, saying, "Go and get some more money. The people from Xishantun are here to sell fox skins."
"Ah?" Wang Meilan was stunned and frowned, "Didn't they say we were going on Sunday? Why are they here?"
"Okay, Mom." Zhao Jun interrupted Wang Meilan and said, "Since you're here, just take the money."
"Okay, Mom gets it." When Wang Meilan heard this, she knew why her son came back.
Seeing Wang Meilan walking towards the east room, Zhao Jun turned around and walked out of the house. Ignoring the hunting dogs jumping in front of their den, he went straight into the warehouse.
There was a cupboard in the Zhao family's warehouse. The cupboard door was locked, and when the door was opened, there was some rice and flour inside.
Zhao Jun took down all the bear gallbladders hanging on the beams, threw them into the cabinet door, and then closed the door.
Today, no one was in Zhao and Li's families, and only Jin Xiaomei was next door, so Zhao Jun didn't plan to let those hooligans into the house.
But it was not good to let everyone stand in the yard, so the Zhao army asked them to go into the warehouse on the pretext of placing the collected fox skins in the warehouse.
After collecting the bear gall, Zhao Jun came out of the warehouse. At this time, Wang Meilan came over with five bundles of bear bile in her hands.
Just then, Zhao Jun opened the door of the warehouse. Wang Meilan looked inside and knew what Zhao Jun meant.
It's not that Zhao Jun is narrow-minded. Why was Bai Sanzhi's family wiped out in his previous life? Wasn't it because money could tempt people?
Harmfulness is not allowed, and defensiveness is indispensable.
"Mom." Zhao Jun told Wang Meilan, "Don't let my uncle go up the mountain tomorrow. Let him stay at our house during the day."
"Yes, son." Wang Meilan knew what Zhao Jun meant and nodded, "Mom knows."
Just as the mother and daughter were talking, Jin Xiaomei came out from the west courtyard. Seeing Zhao Jun in the courtyard, she asked in surprise, "Xiaojun, why are you back? Did you leave something behind?"
"No, auntie." Zhao Jun replied, "I came to Xishan Village to sell leather."
"Ah?" Jin Xiaomei was startled and walked out of the yard quickly. Seeing a group of people running towards her, she quickly walked into the Zhao family's yard.
"It's time to work now." Zhao Jun said to Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei with a smile, "Mom, you and my aunt, you two can get familiar with the leather."
Wang Meilan smiled when she heard this, and at this time all the dogs of the Zhao and Li families started barking.
Immediately afterwards, people from Xishantun appeared in front of the courtyard gate.
"Come, enter the yard." Zhao Jun raised his hand to greet everyone, saying, "It's okay, the dogs are all tied up."
When the Xishantun people, led by Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng, entered the Zhao family yard, they saw Zhao Jun waving at the door of the warehouse and said, "They are all fox skins, right? Just put them in the warehouse for me."
"Well, it's OK to put it in the warehouse." Zhang Xinglong said, "Otherwise it will smell too bad."
These people were eager to cash in on the fox skins, and all the fox skins had never been processed, so the skins were smelly and stinky.
The Zhao family's warehouse was big enough, so all of them followed Zhao Jun in. Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei didn't go in, and Wang Meilan pulled Jin Xiaomei, who was about to watch the fun, and said, "Sister-in-law, hurry up and order some pine torches."
"Hey!" Jin Xiaomei also saw those people carrying sacks on their backs, and she knew that the Chamber of Commerce was about to do something big.
After entering the warehouse, the people from Xishantun untied the ropes on their chests and took off the sacks from their backs.
"Let's do it one by one." There was enough room for people to stand in the warehouse, but more than ten sacks could not be spread out on the floor, so Zhao Jun said to everyone, "Let's settle the bills one by one after we're done, so that no one will be left out."
"Then I'll go first." As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, someone squeezed forward.
At this time, the person in front couldn't stand it anymore, and he pushed his elbow back and said unhappily: "Wait at the back!"
"No one needs to worry." Zhao Jun said hurriedly, "Come one by one. I want all the skins. What are you afraid of?"
After saying that, Zhao Jun raised his finger and pointed at Wu Dalin, saying, "Master Wu, you go first. Let's see how much you can do."
"Haha..." Wu Dalin took two steps forward happily, bent down, rolled up the sack and unfolded it on the ground, revealing a pile of fox skins.
This pile of fox skins was divided into three parts, each tied with a thin linen rope, just enough for three families.
"Ouch." Zhao Jun looked at Wu Dalin in surprise and said, "Master Wu, you really did a lot of things."
"Haha, these are from our three families." Wu Dalin said, then he squatted down in front of the sack and untied a stack of fox skins.
So many people came with fox skins, and all needed Zhao Jun to inspect the goods and pay for them. So Zhao Jun didn't hesitate, pulled a small stool from the side and sat on it, then turned over and inspected each fox skin.
"Master Wu." After Zhao Jun checked all the fox skins, he looked up at Wu Dalin and said, "Eighteen gray ones, one yellow one, and two white ones. The total is two hundred and thirty-five."
"Yes, yes!" Wu Dalin nodded hurriedly, and then he heard Zhao Jun say: "Take the rope and tie it up for me, and then throw it on the table."
Zhao Jun pointed to the wooden table against the west wall. He knew these hooligans very well, and they would never leave their sacks to him, so Zhao Jun asked Wu Dalin to tie up the fox skins with ropes.
"Hey, hey!" Wu Dalin hurriedly piled the fox skins together, and then used two thin hemp ropes to tie the fox's neck and tail respectively.
While Wu Dalin was busy, Zhao Jun was not idle either. He took out a stack of Big Unity bills from his pocket and quickly counted out twenty-four of them.
When Wu Dalin threw a bundle of fox skins on the table, he turned around and saw Zhao Jun handing him money.
"Master Wu, please check it." Zhao Jun said to Wu Dalin, "This is two hundred and four."
"Ah?" Wu Dalin thought Zhao Jun was going to give him more. Just as he was about to refuse, he heard Zhao Jun say, "I don't have change. If anyone has change later and is five dollars short, I'll give him five dollars less. Then you two can go back and make up the difference."
"Okay, Young Master Zhao." Wu Dalin understood what Zhao Jun meant. He unbuttoned his cotton jacket and stuffed the money into the inner pocket of the jacket.
At this time, Zhao Jun looked at Zhang Xinglong and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, come here."
"Hey!" Zhang Xinglong rolled up the sack, revealing a piece of fox skin. After checking, Zhao Jun said to Zhang Xinglong, "Uncle Zhang, you have 15 gray ones, one yellow one, and one white one, totaling 185. I'll give you 180. For the remaining 5 yuan, go back and ask Master Wu for it."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun handed Zhang Xinglong 18 big unity notes. Zhang Xinglong happily took the money, his old face beaming with joy.
"Master Tong." When Zhao Jun called the next person, Zhang Xinglong suddenly interrupted and said, "Xiao, I want to tell you something."
"Go ahead, Uncle Zhang." Zhao Jun asked patiently, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Xinglong: "Our village is in trouble."
This chapter is short of one thousand words. I will add another four thousand words tomorrow.
The price of fox fur has changed a bit. Gray is still 10 yuan, yellow is 15 yuan, white is 20 yuan. If there is red, it will be 40 yuan.
(End of this chapter)