Zhang Qiang just came back from Wucheng and knew about Li Long's collection of broomsticks.
After working with his brother Zhang Carpenter on the construction site for a while, Zhang Qiang could tell at a glance that Li Long was earning his own money with the government's work.
I told the team leader that a large broom with a pole costs three yuan, and a broom without a pole costs two and a half yuan. In fact, it is considered a high price.
But Zhang Qiang felt that Li Long must have made a lot of money from it!
It is possible to earn one or even two yuan from a big broom!
The reason his brother Zhang Carpenter drove him back from Wucheng was because he was enjoying too much kickbacks.
Carpenter Zhang subcontracted the project from the city and hired temporary workers to work on it. Each person earned fifty yuan a month, including food and accommodation.
He arranged for Zhang Qiang to be responsible for logistics procurement, mainly staple foods and vegetables for the workers’ canteen, as well as odds and ends for the construction.
Carpenter Zhang did not dare to let Zhang Qiang take care of those bulk building materials. This younger brother had small eyes and was greedy for petty gains. It's okay to take care of the small ones, but it's okay to take care of the big ones. Carpenter Zhang is afraid that he will be in trouble if the project is damaged.
However, he still underestimated Zhang Qiang's ability to take advantage of others. Originally, Carpenter Zhang set the daily meal standard for each worker at 70 cents. Don't underestimate seventy cents, seventy cents is already a lot at this time.
After all, it is a big pot meal, and those who have been in charge of logistics know that the more people eat together, the better the food will be to the same standard. At seventy cents a worker can't eat anything good by himself, but if it costs ten or twenty workers the same standard, then the food will be very good.
But after a month of work, the workers stopped working and found Carpenter Zhang, saying that the food was too poor.
Carpenter Zhang came to Zhang Qiang to ask about the situation. Zhang Qiang pretended to be confused, and even said that the workers were making trouble, and he would hire them again if the worst happened. Anyway, with the current salary of fifty yuan a month, there are many people who want to work.
Carpenter Zhang was not stupid, he immediately started checking the accounts, and this check made him very angry.
The money Zhang Qiang gave the workers to eat was less than 40 cents per person!
Seeing that his brother had found out, Zhang Qiang hurriedly explained that he had also been deceived by the vegetable and meat sellers outside, and asked Carpenter Zhang to forgive him.
Carpenter Zhang didn’t listen to his explanation and drove him back directly.
Although Zhang Qiang was driven back, the villagers didn’t know. They only knew that he stayed in the big city for a period of time, worked for a period of time and then came back.
With Li Longzhuyu in front, no one underestimates Zhang Qiang.
“Don’t you know, people over there use paper to wipe their butts, and the good paper has a nice name, toilet paper!” Zhang Qiang was sitting in the sales department, following a group of people. Zi, "It's not like here, where everyone uses clods to wipe their butts. Some people just use the corner of the toilet...disgusting!"
"I know, I know. Li Long's family only uses toilet paper, which is soft and wrinkled." A young man immediately answered, "Last time I went to their house to help with the toilet paper, I saw the toilet paper in their house. Leave this paper.”
It’s Li Long again!
Zhang Qiang frowned for a moment, then relaxed it and said:
"Well, he has been to Wucheng, so he naturally learned it. That one is not cheap...and, over there The toilets are flush! There is a big row, and the water will be flushed away after you poop..."
At this time, the public toilets in some places in Wucheng were no longer dug dry toilets, but were instead centralized. The flushing kind. There is a long row of slots, some people should still have memories of it.
"Also, there are already cars on the street in Wucheng. They have more cowhide than tractors, are not so loud, and have a driver's cab. They are not cold in winter and hot in summer..."
Zhang Qiang tried his best to describe Follow Wucheng's progress.
The people around were fascinated. There is no other way. Even though the distance between the two places is more than 100 kilometers these days, most of the young people in the team may not have been to Wucheng in ten years.
Their life scope, before the age of forty, was basically fixed around Ma County. They could occasionally visit Shicheng and talk about it for a long time.
Older people know this from their mouths. Even if they pass through Wucheng, they have to pass by the train station and then take a bus to get here. They have neither time nor money to visit Wucheng.
All in all, Zhang Qiang still won over many people.
After all, Li Long is relatively independent. Except for Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang, other young people cannot get involved.
After hearing what Zhang Qiang said, they felt that he was quite capable. If you can get rich like Li Long and follow his lead, instead of buying a tractor, you can at least buy a bicycle like Tao Daqiang, right?
Of course it would be better if you could have a formal job like Yang Yongqiang.
Zhang Qiang saw that the time was right and began to cheat:
"Do you think the life of Li Long's family is very good? They also find ways to make money. Let's tie a big broom. Let's tie a big broom. He will give three yuan to those who have a handle, and two and a half yuan to those who don't. This It makes us a lot of money..."
No one said anything, this is normal.
Why do people get work for everyone? Want to learn from Lei Feng? No one likes to be a saint. So Li Long drew water from it, which is something that everyone thinks is normal.
Some people even defended Li Long:
"Last year there were not so many, and the team had to take part of it. This year the team won't take part, and Li Long took the part of the team's part. We’ve made a lot of money, which is pretty good.”
"Yes, yes, it costs 50 cents more to wear a big broom this year than last year. He is a good person!"
Some people are helpful and some people are silent.
Zhang Qiang took a fancy to this, and when everyone stopped talking, he looked like he knew everything:
"Hey, this is what he wants, he has made money. , I gained fame again! Last year the big broom was the same price, this year I will. It’s a fixed price, otherwise why would he raise the price for you?
Not only the price of big brooms, but also rice, noodles, and meat have increased. Can the price of big brooms be increased? But this person doesn’t say, Then other people naturally don’t know.”
"I don't care if the price increases or not, as long as I can make money." A young man couldn't bear to see Zhang Qiang saying something bad about Li Long, so he said directly: "I don't have the ability to take on such a job, but someone else did it. If you give me a job and I can make money, I feel that he is a good person.”
"That's right. How much money a person makes is up to him. If he can leave this work to us and allow us to make money, I have to thank him. I won't say any more. I'll go back to sleep. I'll have to do it again tomorrow. "I'm going to cut the splendens."
"He's gone." The other one is gone too.
Several people walked around in a circle, and there were still seven or eight people left.
"Do you still want to leave?" Zhang Qiang was not surprised. Li Long has naturally had some fans in the village for more than a year. If he doesn't have any, it would be a failure as a person.
"You're not leaving, are you? Then I'll get down to business." Zhang Qiang looked at the boss, and then lowered his voice:
"I'm here, I want to do this business, you guys have set up a big business Here’s the broom, sell it to me. I’ll give you two and a half for each, so you won’t lose money, right?”
Sell it to Li Long for two and a half (three for the one with the handle). Selling it to Zhang Qiang was only two and a half yuan, but there was actually no difference.
But everyone knew that if this was sold to Zhang Qiang, Li Long would be offended, and some people hesitated.
"Don't worry, it's me who is fighting with Li Long, not you. If you feel uneasy, then you don't have to sell it all to me, you can just leave some for him to pay, so that at least he will have something to pay by then. The idea must be mainly directed at me.”
Zhang Qiang’s next words dispelled everyone’s worries, and someone smiled and said:
“Brother Qiang, what are you talking about? Who is selling this? Two and a half yuan, okay! I have eighty at home. How many, I will take you to your house later? But as agreed, you have to pay in cash - Li Long It's just cash."
"Cash... OK!" Zhang Qiang gritted his teeth, "No problem, but you'd better call more people, otherwise I won't be able to save enough money. Break it open.”
Hearing what Zhang Qiang said, some people felt relieved. Those who have a lot of money have deposited it in the bank, so naturally they are the ones who are not short of money.
Think about his brother Zhang Carpenter. He was the richest man in the village before Li Long. He must have a lot of money. Even if Zhang Qiang is close, it's still not far behind.
So overnight, Zhang Qiang's house had three to four hundred more brooms.
This frightened her wife.
Zhang Qiang’s daughter-in-law is an honest and responsible villager. I have never seen this before. She guessed Zhang Qiang's intention and persuaded Zhang Qiang to stop at night.
“That Li Long is not someone to be trifled with. Last year, the Hu family tried to compete with him using reeds, but in the end, he was the one who lost everything! Don’t imitate them, let’s live peacefully. Isn’t it good?”
“To live in peace is to be poor!” When Zhang Qiang heard about living in peace, he burst out:
"Others enjoy popular and spicy food, so I can live a poor life? I can't do that! I also want to eat meat and drink alcohol, and I also want to make money! Don't worry about this gentleman's business!"
No! No wonder Zhang Qiang got angry. After he committed a crime in Wucheng, Carpenter Zhang knew that his brother was not qualified for this line of work, so he gave him a sum of money and asked him to return to the team and live a peaceful life.
But Zhang Qiang is unwilling to give in. How could he be willing to go back to a remote country if he was used to seeing the colorful world in big cities?
He also wants to make money and live a good life!
So when he heard the words "live in peace", he wanted to get angry for no reason.
Before Li Long came back, some people wanted to get the money first, so they sent the broom to Zhang Qiang.
Zhang Qiang doesn’t accept everything. Li Long was very strict about the quality of the brooms he collected last year, and he knew this. Therefore, he also has stricter requirements. Those who are not firmly tied will naturally not be accepted.
But the villagers saw that his strictness was far worse than Li Long's. So I still like to send it to him and just take the money and leave.
The money Zhang Qiang brought back quickly decreased, and more and more brooms were piled up.
Tao Daqiang hasn't been doing much in the past few days. His wife is about to give birth, so he has been taking care of her. But he still knew a little bit about the situation in the village. When Li Long didn't come back, someone specifically told Tao Daqiang about this matter, hoping that he would reveal it to Li Long.
After all, this is considered poaching Li Long.
In fact, Li Long himself felt it. He called Xu Chengjun a few days ago. It stands to reason that although it takes time for each house to cut the splendens, to be honest, with the current strong sun, the splendens will be dried in two days, and some people still have stocks at home.
If you really want to tie them up, how can you do hundreds of them in the past few days?
But Li Long went to Xu Chengjun, and the loudspeaker informed him that he was back and could put away the broom.
As a result, only a few dozen large brooms were delivered!
This number is seriously insufficient!
Combined with Tao Daqiang’s words, Li Long knew clearly that someone was causing trouble and causing obstruction.
In fact, according to the time given by Li Xiangqian, dozens of handfuls per day are definitely not enough.
However, Li Long felt that it was still necessary to give the villagers a reminder and an opportunity.
Or give some people a reminder and opportunity.
He went to Xu Chengjun's house and made a announcement with a loudspeaker:
"Please inform me that I am Li Long. I took over the job of tying the broom, so Here, send the big broom to me. As long as it is qualified, I will pay on the spot.
I heard that some people are also starting to collect large brooms. No problem, everyone can buy this. However, not everyone can sell large brooms, so I hope some people will be wiser. ”< br>
After notifying this three times, Li Long turned off the radio. Xu Chengjun had something to do at home these past two days, so he didn't have time to take care of it. After hearing what Li Long said, he immediately asked:
"Xiaolong, what happened?"
"Carpenter Zhang's brother Zhang Qiang took some brooms away." Li Long said calmly, "I don't have enough brooms here."< br>
"What does this guy want to do?" Xu Chengjun was a little annoyed. Although Li Long couldn't pass the team to do the broomstick now, at least he still let the villagers do the work and let the villagers make money, and he could make money too. a little.
He was definitely not willing to have someone interfere with it. Suddenly a question came to his mind and he asked:
"How much does he pay?"
"Two dollars and a half, the same price as me."
"Then how much money does he make?" Xu Chengjun was puzzled.
"I guess he wants to hoard the brooms. When it's time for delivery, negotiate with me on the price."
It's just a hoarding, not a magic trick.
"This guy...I'm going to find him!" Xu Chengjun asked himself how much face he still had.
"No, no, no." Li Long waved his hand, "Captain, I just reminded you that if he doesn't listen, don't blame me for being rude."
"What? You want to bring someone to deal with him?" Xu Chengjun Asked, if this was really going to happen, he would still have to persuade.
"What are you doing to deal with him?" Li Long shook his head, "I don't have that leisure, and I am still a law-abiding citizen and will not do anything illegal. I just want him to learn a lesson."
< br>Li Long didn't explain clearly, and Xu Chengjun didn't understand it either.
However, after Li Long left, Xu Chengjun still went to find Zhang Qiang. He doesn't want any big disputes to happen in the team.
"Captain, what you're doing is wrong." After listening to Xu Chengjun's advice, Zhang Qiang said with a smile:
"Li Long is allowed to take the broom but not me? He takes it for two yuan and five dollars." Yes, I charged two and a half yuan, too. You're not cheating, you just have to pay for it when you see it."
"No, it's not okay. Are you obviously going to compete with him? You also have a job assigned by the boss?" Zhang Qiang’s words.
Zhang Qiang didn't know what to say. He shook his head and said:
"Captain, this is a business secret, so I can't say it. Now I neither break the law nor violate the rules, you say Don’t worry about me. If you have a tied broom, you can bring it to me and I’ll charge you two and a half. How about it?”
Xu Chengjun saw that this man was not interested in anything, so he left it alone.
He didn’t believe that Zhang Qiang could defeat Li Long.
After the distribution of property to each household, the captain's prestige dropped. People like Zhang Qiang who had gone out to see the world did not take the captain seriously.
In his opinion, after household quotas were implemented, the authority of the captain was not as good as that of the cadres in charge of water. After all, if people want to pinch you, they can still handle it.
Li Long took these dozens of brooms and returned to the county.
He didn't tell Gu Boyuan or Gu Xiaoxia about this.
Even the eldest brother and sister-in-law, he didn't let them do anything, they just did whatever they were supposed to do.
So a weirder side appeared in the team.
Every household was making big brooms, but when Li Long came back, many people sent the brooms to Li's house.
And secretly Duo Duo sent the broom to Zhang Qiang’s house.
Zhang Qiang slowly felt the pressure. There are nearly a thousand brooms piled up in his home now, and after paying more than two thousand yuan, the money given by Carpenter Zhang is almost gone.
It turned out that he had saved some money while working with Zhang Carpenter. If he released all this money, he would have no money at all.
With so many big brooms piled up in the yard, can we get our money back?
After Zhang Qiang wavered for a moment, he immediately became firm.
If you don’t have enough money, borrow it!
He was looking for Wang Caimin and used Zhang Carpenter's excuse.
Although Wang Caimi still owes a lot of money to the team, he still has some money in his hands.
I don’t know why, or maybe just because of Zhang Carpenter’s face, Wang Caimi really lent Zhang Qiang some money.
When Li Long brought more than a thousand brooms to the courtyard, Zhang Qiang came over to have a showdown with him.
He couldn't hold on any longer.
He also spent all the money Wang Caimi lent him, and also issued IOUs to many people.
Now there are nearly two thousand large brooms piled in his yard.
He heard that Li Long’s broomstick mission was five thousand. He originally thought that he could master at least 3,000 before he could make terms with Li Long.
But I really can’t hold on anymore.
Originally I thought that by paying two thousand brooms in the early stage, I would have established a good reputation, and I could let others give me the brooms on credit, and he would pay me later.
But except for a few people who believed it, others still wanted to see the cash, so they turned around and gave the broom to Li Long.
These idiots!
Zhang Qiang cursed in his heart, but he also knew that this was basically the end.
Zhang Qiang came to see him, but Li Long had no objection at all.
This guy wants to cut off his own business, and then take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price.
So Li Long saw that his expression was disgusting and he seemed to be ignoring him.
"Li Long, don't blame me for being unkind. I do this kind of thing upright. For those big brooms in my yard, you can pay 50 cents more, and I'll let you take them away!"
Although Zhang Qiang felt a little uneasy, he said with confidence:
“I think your time to live is almost here. Is that enough? I know that even if you add 50 cents, you will still make a profit. You are in some trouble. How about giving me a happy word?” Li Long sneered after hearing this.
"Okay, let me give you a happy message: Keep those big brooms of yours for yourself, I don't want any of them!" (End of Chapter)