Chapter 396 Tens of days of hard work*
After Jiang Chan finished speaking, he did not forget to remind Luo Yun that there were some things he should not say out loud.
As the weather gets warmer, families have more and more things to do. Children have to go to school, and adults are busy farming, studying, working, and having children.
As soon as the snow melts, the houses on Xing'an Street are being built again. The soil needs to be plowed, fertilized, and sown. I heard that the official road will be built again this year, and we will start recruiting workers soon. We have saved enough stone this year to build it again in winter. city wall.
Those who are willing to work hard and work hard will not have to worry about making money in Beishan County.
Of course, not all people in Beishan County are hard-working, there are also lazy ones who are unwilling to work. They feel that if I don’t cause trouble, you have to thank your ancestors for blessing them.
Each family has its own scenery, each scenery is different, each person has its own way, each way is different.
As this year progresses, Meng Changqing feels more and more that time flies by.
I’m still savoring the taste of mutton hot pot in winter, and it’s May in the blink of an eye.
When he got up early, Qi Renli came to say hello to Meng Changqing. The spring silkworms were about to spin cocoons, and he would take advantage of this time to go out and find a good buyer. It would be best to bring the buyer to Beishan County so that he could harvest every year.
"Should we contact last year's buyer?" Meng Changqing asked.
"Last year there were few cocoons, so I couldn't save my face, so I had to sell them to middlemen." Qi Renli replied, "I will be the first to find him this year. If he is still in this business, please ask him to lead the way. If the middleman If I can't count on it, I'll go find a silkworm merchant myself
We have the goods in hand, and with my status as a member of the government, we can always sell them, just sell more and sell less. ”
"That's the truth." Meng Changqing said, "However, seeing how busy you are with your family for two or three months, I always hope you can sell it at a good price."
Qi Renli smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely negotiate a good price and come back. I won't ask the county government to provide money for me this year."
Qi Renli went out confidently and came back beaming with joy.
Three days later, Qi Renli came back from Dazhou. He ran to the study to find Meng Changqing without washing up.
He said happily: "I brought the middleman and two silk merchants here."
"Are they willing to come to Beishan County to collect cocoons?" Meng Changqing asked him to sit down and poured tea in front of him.
Qi Renli held the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "They are all here, so naturally they are willing. But before...
When I arrived in the state capital this year, I met that middleman. He was still doing this business. I originally talked to him in a friendly manner and asked him for help, but he bullied me into being easy to talk to. He even tried to slander us by slandering me even though I was underpriced. Beishan County.
I immediately called Lai Fu and the others to hold the man down and reveal his identity. The man was shocked and did not dare to think anything about me. He did whatever I said.
The two silkworm merchants who came to me today were introduced by him. "Meng Changqing listened carefully and brought the snacks on the desk to Qi Renli.
"Just come, it will be done beautifully." Meng Changqing knew clearly that Qi Renli was able to persuade those three people to come to Beishan County, and he used some tricks. "I haven't asked yet, how is your price negotiation going?"
"They all said that it's hard to give a price without seeing the goods, but I asked around in Dazhou and found that the price of cocoons this year is between 30 and 40 cents per catty. They also promised that as long as our goods are not bad, they will give us the right price. It must be in there.”
Meng Changqing immediately started calculating in his head.
Based on last year's data on silkworm breeding by Mr. Xu, the amount of cocoons produced by those who are trying to raise silkworms this year should be over 60 kilograms.
Using the lowest price of 30 cents per catty, after working hard for dozens of days, I can get nearly 2 taels of silver.
This hard work is not in vain.
Meng Changqing asked: "Who took them to see the goods? Where are they now?" She planned to go together and try to get as many as possible for several families.
Qi Renli smiled awkwardly, "In the medical center, I told them that I didn't feel well halfway through the walk. I might not have allowed them to get out of the car."
"Isn't this nonsense!" Meng Changqing stood up and shouted outside the house: "Bafang! Bafang, go call Master Xu and ask him to find a batch of goods and send them to the hospital first."
"Hey."
Listening to the footsteps retreating from all directions, Qi Renli stood up with a half-bitten shortbread, "I'll go too." He was in a hurry, and with a quick movement of his hands, the crumbs of the shortbread fell everywhere in front of him. Yes, he quickly picked them up and stuffed them into his mouth, "Sir, I'm going with Bafang."
"No rush." He advised him to eat slowly, but then said: "I will hold the plate for you and we will eat while walking. Do you want rice cakes?"
Qi Renli took the plate from Meng Changqing's hand and said, "Just the shortbread."
When the two arrived at the hospital, the three people were already lying on the kang inspecting the goods.
Meng Changqing liked to pretend to be a good person at this time. She stepped forward and pretended to ask the three people about their physical condition.
After knowing that there was no big problem, he thanked them for their willingness to come to Beishan County to collect silkworm cocoons, saying that although they were businessmen, they had benevolent hearts.
Two silkworm merchants and a middleman, now that they have grown up, realize for the first time that they are such good people.
Such a good person offered a purchase price of thirty-six cents per pound for silkworm cocoons from Beishan County.