Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 315, showing identity

Yuan Xiu used his own dinner, and continued to deliberate on the list of New Year's wine treats under the candle, and occasionally thought about the store.

Yuanxiu was still 15 years old at this time, and only 16 years old after the Chinese New Year. He was in charge of the house in all directions, but his inner innocence had not left. The store was not only Yanyan's shelter, but also her play place.

Shopkeeper Zheng has been to Yanyan’s shop, so he greets Yuanxiu, and has a carefully selected seafood as a gift. The new collection is located between the north and the south. Yuanxiu knows scallops, scallops, sea cucumbers, etc., and knows how to cook porridge with these Soup is considered nourishing, and she also knew that the merchants invited by shopkeeper Zheng went to Beijing with the goods.

If they arrive tomorrow, can Brother Ning negotiate a deal with them?After all, these goods are really good.

It was the watch time, and the wind and snow were getting stronger after nightfall, and the closed door panel was slightly shaken by the blowing, coupled with the loud sound of books in the store, the shopkeeper Zheng knocked on the door panel, but there was no response for a moment.

Behind him stood five people tightly wrapped in snow caps, their bodies wrapped like balls, and they were still trembling, impatient with the northern winter.

The sound of breathing out of the mouth of "Hiss" made shopkeeper Zheng turn around to comfort: "Guys didn't hear it, I will try harder."

There was a person chattering his teeth and urging: "Yes. Hurry up and open it, yes. I can't stand the cold anymore."

"It's not like this for people from the south to go north." The shopkeeper Zheng said, shaking the door panel a few times vigorously with his hands.

Someone responded: "Who?"

Shopkeeper Zheng said with a smile: "It's me, Lao Zheng, his father is a scholar with roots, and I will bring the old customers to talk about business."

After the store door was opened, warm currents rushed in. The merchants from the south brought by shopkeeper Zheng wanted to step in, so they gave shopkeeper Zheng a hand. Everyone stepped up and entered the shop immediately.

The fragrance of the brush, the fragrance of the ink, the fragrance of the charcoal, the sound of the book turning over, the sound of writing, you can see that the shelves are full of clothing materials, but the clothing materials do not smell at all.

The three shops are not small, with six Eight Immortals tables, filled with dozens of people, surrounded by a small brazier in the middle, but the shop is as warm as spring in the feeling of people who have just entered.

A businessman gently rubbed the soles of his shoes on the ground. He was wearing fur-lined shoes, but people could still feel it in the severe cold. The ground was much warmer than the street. He said, "Is this a cage fire?"

Shopkeeper Zheng didn't answer. He entered the shop for the second time after winter. He didn't find the ground warm during the day yesterday, so he went all the way to Yanyan's main room to talk. Xiu, went to school to meet his son, and then hurried out of the capital to meet the caravans in market towns like Shilipu and Ershilipu.

He didn't bother to ask Yanyan how to spend the winter in Yanyan's shop.

The buddy He Shitou replied: "Yes, our boss, Renyi, added another brazier."

Even if there are charcoal fires sent by Yuanxiu and Mrs. Nanyang Hou, Yanyan also saves charcoal fires. The Huguo Gongfu entertained the scholars and burned the ground so that they could sit directly on it. Yanyan couldn't do it here, but she really did. The guys are poor They would not agree, so they just burned without the cold air, and added a brazier, and the scholars who went to study here gathered more heat, and those who just entered the store felt that they had entered the warm spring instantly.

He Shitou replied that the merchants from the south were awe-inspiring. Shopkeeper Zheng couldn't help hehe, seeing from their expressions: "I'm not wrong. Please come from afar. Don't worry about business matters."

The peace of mind mentioned here refers to the reliable and stable businessmen who are connected. They are not liars or robbers. They have money in their hands and do not owe money for goods.

After finishing speaking, they found that the words were not on point, and the merchants took out jade ring fingers, jade pendants and other accessories in awe.

Shopkeeper Zheng, a slick old businessman, can understand at a glance. He will pretend to be poor when he goes to a strange place. If he is not familiar with the place where he lives, Lu Fu will either be slaughtered or robbed. At that time, he needed a good dress and a valuable accessory to improve his status. He had done this before. When he walked down the street, he was dressed in tatters and looked like a beggar.

What made the businessmen in the south change their horizons, the snow clothes they wore were ordinary, it can be seen that when they go out to come here, everyone is cautious,

Shopkeeper Zheng doesn’t think that three shops can change his mind, nor does he think that the cage fire shows the owner’s family background. The group of businessmen he recruited are all rich and powerful. Going to the Jingmen to rush to the snow is the right time to travel in the mountains and play in the water.

Since leaving Beijing in autumn, shopkeeper Zheng ran to the south in one breath. The merchants were worried that things would not be safe after entering Beijing. Don’t accidentally encounter a liar. Shopkeeper Zheng was also worried that he would find a liar for Yanyan’s shop. He had to see it with his own eyes. Just go to the homes of the merchants, or shops or houses, and then go to the neighbors to inquire repeatedly.

And when a businessman with a poor family comes to Beijing, the travel expenses are a big problem first. No matter how many goods he brings, he will be cheated halfway, and his foundation will be shaken. It's not good or bad to ask for bad luck.

Only these five rich men from the south, under the persuasion of shopkeeper Zheng, each brought two hundred catties of seafood to Beijing.

Five people add up to only a thousand catties. Judging from the family background of five people, it is obvious that the main thing is to explore the way.

Shopkeeper Zheng is responsible for leading the way with only one person, and each of the five people leads a second shopkeeper. This is to prepare to find business opportunities in Beijing. The second shopkeeper can help the boss to negotiate business. Handed over to the second shopkeeper, the owner continued to rush to the snow.

Each of the five merchants brought two assistants, one to wait on the boss and the other to wait on the second shopkeeper. After the goods disembarked, they followed the cargo truck. Besides, they also invited two bodyguards each.

The five merchants add up to a total of dozens of people. They are not afraid of shopkeeper Zheng's situation in the middle of the journey. If there is no law in the poor mountains and rivers, it is not sure who will kill who.

Judging from this pattern, the one fighting all the way should be Shopkeeper Zheng.

The businessmen were well prepared for safety when they went to Beijing, but when they came to see He Ning, they still carefully wore ordinary clothes, not daring to show off their wealth easily on the ground in Beijing.

At this time, they were wearing finger-tie jade pendants as they were about to meet the big guests. Shopkeeper Zheng was puzzled. He wondered what else in the store on the other side could tempt the big merchants from the south, so he pretended to be serious about business.

After looking hard, he found it.

All the scholars sitting here are all scholars, some of them are wearing the scholar's scarves, and He Shitou, He Xiaoji and other shop assistants greet the guests when they see them.

Shopkeeper Zheng didn’t notice it before, his son is also a scholar, the guys bowed their hands and greeted him as equals, from the shopkeeper Zheng’s point of view, there was nothing unusual, but the merchants in the south seemed shocked, some of them were well literate and squinted at the table When I wrote the book, I knew that the dozens of scholars here were unusual and really talented.

In such a dynasty, everything is inferior, only reading is high, even if the merchants are extremely bad, they still know that reading is good.Some wealthy businessmen point fingers and despise scholars, and take him to the yamen for questioning, so that his heart is like a mirror, and he knows that a scholar is the root of a prime minister.

It was not a pre-arranged appointment to come here. It was snowing heavily, and the storekeeper Zheng couldn't guarantee the travel of the merchants. Maybe they were afraid of the cold, and they huddled in Shishilipu and refused to walk.

After picking up the caravan in the afternoon, shopkeeper Zheng persuaded him, saying that the inn in the market town is not as good as Beijing, and we will go to Beijing to rest.

The five big merchants were right when they thought about it. They went straight to Beijing with a thousand catties of goods, thinking of playing, but still thinking about business. Ask shopkeeper Zheng to use it, and ask him if he can arrange a meeting right now.

This is to catch He Ning by surprise, and only when he is caught off guard can he easily see the other party's true colors, such as how much wealth does He Ning's family have, and whether they have any foundation in Beijing.

Doing big business is frank and honest, because big business often cooperates for a long time. The shopkeeper Zheng didn’t say a single lie, but he didn’t tell the truth. Coming to Xinji, now that there is a place to stay in Beijing, why don't we go farther and earn more money?
What he said: He Dong's family has a [-]-dollar store in Beijing, and he can become an official if he has just graduated, so what's so bad about having more than one confidant.

Just about business.

No matter how much you say, it is better to see what you see. Five businessmen encouraged shopkeeper Zheng with good wine and good food. Shopkeeper Zheng thought to himself, what is the difficulty?

Here comes it.

When entering the store, the merchants were startled, and the scholars were regarded as buddies, so the words of He Dong's Chunwei Tenth were actually true?
Not wanting to be underestimated by Mr. He's family, the five merchants took out the precious jewelry they were carrying, dressed in a slow manner, and explained to shopkeeper Zheng with a smile: "I just changed my clothes and forgot."

Shopkeeper Zheng's face lit up: "I brought it here, and Mr. He's family will only respect you." He secretly thought to lie to the ghosts, how could it be possible to carry things in his arms that he had forgotten after changing clothes, and he shouldn't have changed them with him. clothes thrown together?
He Shitou and He Xiaoji asked them to sit down in front of the brazier, He Shitou went in to report, and after waiting for a while, the merchants could see clearly that the scholars here were writing like flying. A scholar is not a bag of goods.

Some people are proficient in reading and speaking Mandarin. They are real people from Beijing, and they are not out-of-the-box goods.

The foundation of this store cannot be disguised. The merchants are more at ease here, and they are more interested in doing business. The distance from south to north is long, and the scarcity of goods is high. If we can really find a reliable foothold in Beijing , no doubt the business is booming.

He Ning was still in the room and was about to go out to study, when he heard that the merchant arrived tonight, he was not surprised, after the shopkeeper Zheng left yesterday, they made some seafood, it was much more delicious than the new collection, the food was good, Negotiate with merchants to get their goods as quickly as possible.

But where to meet, he made a difficult decision.

They should talk in the shop, but at night in the shop is the site of scholars, and they can also meet on the second floor of the shop. The ground cage fire and the north wind make the second floor cold, and the merchants in the south may not be able to bear the cold.

(End of this chapter)