Chapter 8773 Conclusion
Yumei Villa.
On the carriage.
Hearing what Ouyang Heng said, Wang Shouyi's eyes lit up and he said, "Our two families can cooperate."
"In what way?" Ouyang Heng asked.
"Cotton, our Wang family has a lot of cotton fields in Zaohua Town, and we plant a lot every year..." Wang Shouyi said.
“You have so much cotton, are you accumulating it and not selling it?” Ouyang Heng asked doubtfully.
“A few people came to buy it, but my father thought their bid was too low, so he only sold part of it and still had a lot of it hoarded.” Wang Shouyi said.
"This is not a good thing. Cotton should not be hoarded. Over time, something may go wrong. I have seen a squire in the north who bought a lot of cotton and hoarded it, hoping to increase the price and make money. , accidentally caught fire, and all the cotton in several warehouses burned down. The squire was in debt, and the whole family hanged themselves together. It was a tragedy." Ouyang Heng sighed and shook his head.
“My dad is also worried that something will go wrong, but he is, well, how should I put it, rather stubborn. The price of cotton has risen rapidly a while ago, so he wanted to cover it up for a while and raise the price. As a result...those companies stopped buying them, and now they are hoarding them at home and no one wants them," Wang Shouyi said.
"Isn't your father in a hurry?" Ouyang Heng said lightly. He was a little wary. Logically speaking, what Wang Shouyi said should be the secret of the Wang family and should not be said outside casually.
But Wang Shouyi had no scruples, so he spoke directly, as if he was talking about someone else's family affairs.
"He was not in a hurry. He didn't know he was possessed. He saw the price getting lower day by day. Summer was coming soon. The previous cotton was almost old. When the summer rainy season came, the cotton absorbed moisture. It’s too easy to damage.”
Wang Shouyi sighed.
"Then find a way to convince him." Ouyang Heng said.
"I have no choice. I have tried every trick, but I just can't achieve my goal." Wang Shouyi shook his head.
"Then we can't do this business." Ouyang Heng frowned.
"Maybe it can be done? The cotton at home must be sold. My dad mainly wants the price to be higher, and it's not that he won't sell it if it's safe." Wang Shouyi said.
"Brother Wang, tell me, what kind of character does your old man have? This is the first, and second, what is his inner price? Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. Say whatever you want."
Ouyang Heng said straightforwardly.
"Three hundred cents per pound. If the price is lower than this, he won't sell it."
Wang Shouyi shook his head helplessly, obviously feeling that the price was a bit high.
"Cotton outside costs only 200 yuan per pound, but this one at your house costs 300 yuan, which is an extra 100 yuan per pound. No wonder no one wants it."
Ouyang Heng Dao.
Cotton prices, generally speaking, are on an upward trend.
When the Supreme Emperor was in power, cotton cost about sixty cents per pound, which has not increased for many years. The price of cotton has only increased in recent years.
The reason is simple. Yang's Trading Company set up a textile factory in the capital, and the demand for cotton increased.
Seeing the profits brought by textile factories, textile factories have appeared in many places in other areas of Daqi.
"There is nothing we can do. Our whole family has warned us many times, but he doesn't listen. He is the head of the family. If he is stubborn, no one's words will work."
Wang Shouyi He shook his head.
"What you say doesn't work? You are the most promising junior in the Wang family, right?" Ouyang Heng said in surprise.
“It doesn’t work, my words are useless, and I am not the most promising in the Wang family. The most promising is my younger brother. He has passed the Jinshi examination and is working in the Hanlin Academy in the capital. My brother’s words don’t work.”
Wang Shouyi said.
"Your brother is a Jinshi? He shines on the lintel."
Ouyang Heng said in shock. This time, he was truly surprised.
In the one-year general examination, the number of people actually admitted will generally not exceed 200. After passing the general examination, they will enter the palace examination. The palace examination will not eliminate them, and all of them will have the status of Jinshi.
However, in the entire Qi State, anyone who can enter the top 100 and become a Jinshi is already a rare genius.
In ordinary counties, it is very valuable to have a scholar, let alone a Jinshi.
No wonder the Wang family is so powerful that Wang Shouyi can also join Xuyu Palace, maybe because he has something to do with his younger brother.
"Is your brother Wang Rongwen, Wang Hezhi, or Wang Qibao?" The people Ouyang Heng called out were the Jinshi surnamed Wang that he remembered, and they were all young.
Of course, there are more than just these few Jinshi surnamed Wang, because Wang is a common surname and has ranked among the top three in the entire Daqi in terms of the number of surnames.
The larger the number of people, the greater the possibility of becoming a Jinshi.
"Wang Rongwen is the younger brother. Brother Ye, have you seen my younger brother?" Wang Shouyi was slightly startled.
"We have met once, but at a banquet, your brother will definitely not remember me." Ouyang Heng smiled slightly.
"No, Brother Ye, everyone will remember you at first sight among the crowd." Wang Shouyi said.
This is not nonsense. You must know that he is the one who saw Ouyang Heng in the crowd at a glance.
His younger brother Wang Rongwen's eyes were even more vicious than his own, so how could he not remember Ouyang Heng.
"Maybe it's because of the distance. There were a lot of people that day."
Ouyang Heng didn't tell the real reason. He couldn't tell. Could he tell him directly about his current appearance? It was after a disguise, and the real appearance was not like this at all.
It's also Mickey's fault for deliberately disguising him as a handsome man. In Mickey's words, this is called doing the opposite.
The more eye-catching it is, the easier it is to hide.
Most people think that those who hide their heads and show their tails have bad intentions, but under normal circumstances, they do not doubt those who are good-looking and dazzling.
"I will tell my brother the next time I see him." Wang Shouyi said.
"Don't your old men listen to your brother's words?" Ouyang Heng asked doubtfully.
A Jinshi, even though he is the son of an old man, his status is there, and normal people will listen to him more or less.
"If you don't listen, my brother has written letters before, and even came back in person during the Chinese New Year and tried to persuade me more than once, but it was of no use."
"If I hadn't been worried, My father's body, my brother and I privately said that we could sell the cotton quietly." Wang Shouyi said.
"When I leave Yumei Villa, I will go talk to your old man and give it a try." Ouyang Heng said.
Ouyang Heng changed his mind.
Originally, he was not prepared to take care of this matter.
However, he drew a conclusion from Wang Shouyi's words.
The amount of cotton hoarded by the Wang family may be extremely large, so much that it makes the Wang family panic all day long.
Otherwise, how could Wang Rongwen, who was in the capital, rush back to his hometown specifically for this matter.
“Okay, then there is Brother Lao Ye. Brother Ye needs to take action in this matter.”
Wang Shouyi bowed his hands and said.
(End of this chapter)