Great changes in the countryside

Chapter 207 It's not easy to go out
Tong Xiaofang told Chen Fuming that among the seven categories of small commodities, women's accessories are the best sellers with the highest profit margins.

Moreover, the weight of women's accessories is relatively the lightest, and the purchase value of the goods is the largest in each sale, and the profit obtained is also the largest.

Engaging in the sales of women's jewelry requires a lot of capital, and each trip needs more than 1000 yuan.

General traders can't do it because they don't have enough capital.

Like Chenjiacun, before Chen Yang, no one was engaged in long-distance sales of women's accessories.

Chen Fuming said that the cost is low, and the order quantity can be reduced each time.

Tong Xiaofang said, if this is the case, it is not cost-effective.Because it takes at least half a month to go out and travel long distances.

Besides, you don't have a lot of capital, so when you place an order, if you order less for each item, the wholesale price will go up, and your profit will not be that much.

Women's accessories are high-end commodities in the small commodity market.

All in all, Tong Xiaofang sighed that now only Chen Yang can do business in high-end products.

Small items are ordered and the next step is to wait for the delivery date.

Chen Yang and the others set a week.

a week later.

Chen Yang and the three of them arrived at Luqiao by the morning boat.

On the way, Tong Xiaofang asked Chen Yang and Chen Fuming if they had brought travel expenses, food stamps and certificates.

There was no ID back then.When people from the unit go out, they must bring a work permit and a letter of introduction.

And when rural people travel far away, they need a certificate from the local area.At present, certificates are still issued at the commune level, and later relaxed to village-level certificates.

All three of them brought certificates issued by the commune.

Chen Fuming brought 50 yuan and twelve catties of national food stamps.

Chen Yang brought 100 yuan and [-] catties of national food stamps.

As for the clothes, because it was still winter, I didn't change my outer clothes, but only brought a change of underwear.

Chen Yang also brought a satchel.

As for the 100 yuan, it must never be put in the bag.

You can't put it all in your pocket.

The thieves at that time were relatively powerful, and the safety factor was too low because the cash was on the body.

Jacket pockets, one inside and one outside, put ten yuan and 20 yuan respectively.

On the inner side of the trousers, there is a small temporarily sewn pocket, which contains 30 yuan.

There is also 40 yuan, which is hidden on the bamboo stick that I carry with me.

At the beginning of long-distance sales, there were two tools that could not be omitted, one was a shoulder pole and the other was a rope.

Others used poles, but Chen Yang used bamboo poles instead of poles for the purpose of hiding money.

This is a secret, a reminder from Grandpa.

Tong Xiaofang and Chen Fuming didn't know it at first, but after they knew it, they both sighed and learned to follow suit.

When we arrived at Luqiao, we went straight to the Small Commodity Market.

Pay with one hand, deliver with one hand, and the three people got what they wanted.

Tong Xiaofang and Chen Fuming's goods are brushes, which are directly packed in sacks, each with eight large bags.

Chen Yang's women's accessories are packed in cartons for fear of being crushed or dropped. There are four cartons in total.

Next, is to ship out.

There are no trains in the Tianzhou area, and it is impossible to transport by air. If you want to send goods to other provinces and cities, there are two ways to go.

One is by land, transported by car.

At several entrances of the small commodity market, there are signs of transportation companies to pick up goods, which is very convenient to contact.

However, there are several problems that are difficult to overcome when transporting goods by car.

One is that the freight is too expensive. As a small commodity with small profits but quick turnover, if it is transported by car, the profit will be greatly reduced.

Second, the time is not allowed.They have a truck, six tons, eight tons, and ten tons, and they can only leave when they are full of goods.You have hundreds of catties of goods in the car, and they can't guarantee when they will reach their destination.

The most troublesome thing is three, the separation of people and goods.Trucks cannot take people, and the consequences are often that the people arrive but the goods do not arrive, or the goods arrive but the people do not arrive.

It is not easy to travel by land, and it is impossible to travel by land.

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road in the sky. For Tianzhou people, they can take the sea instead of land.

There is a Haimen port in the Tianzhou area, facing the East China Sea.By shipping, we reach Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Guangzhou in the south, and Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin and Dalian in the north.

It's just that most of them are cargo ships, and the shipping schedule is uncertain, which does not meet the practicality pursued by the majority of self-employed.

From Haimen to Shanghai, there are two sailings per week, and the sailing schedule is relatively fixed.

The biggest advantage is that one is the mixed transportation of passengers and cargo, and the other is that the ticket is cheap.

Bulk cabins are five yuan per person, first-, second- and third-class cabins are ten yuan, eight yuan and six yuan respectively.

The price is cheaper, two yuan per load.If you are strong, even if you carry five hundred catties, you will only be charged two yuan.

The first batch of long-distance sellers traveled by sea.

In Shanghai, the road is much wider.

Both cars and trains can be transported.

In addition to sea transportation, there is also water transportation.Along the Yangtze River, ships from Shanghai can reach more than ten large and medium-sized cities along the river.

Of course, there is still a long way to go before arriving at Shanghai Huangpu Wharf, and there are still many big and small things.

From Luqiao to Haimen for more than [-] miles, it is necessary to hire agricultural tractors.

Tong Xiaofang told Chen Yang and Chen Fuming that agricultural tractors are the cheapest means of transportation on this road.

When you arrive at Haimen Port, you can't enter the port directly. You have to go to a hotel near the pier to stay.

This hotel is run by the Port Authority of Haimen Port.

No name, no brand, but the scale is not small.

Almost all passengers who want to board a ship in the port do not live here.

Because there are so many benefits to living here.In addition to the cheap fees, there is also a canteen here, which also allows the coexistence of people and goods.

The biggest advantage is that the hostel has a back door, and the pier is just outside the back door, and you can go directly to the boat after walking 60 meters.

When we arrived at the gate of the hotel, we unloaded the goods, paid for the freight, and then carried the goods into the hotel.

After going in and taking a look, Chen Yang realized that this is not a hotel, it turned out to be a large warehouse at the pier.

There is a continuous shop on both sides, and the middle is not only the aisle, but also the goods. From the beginning to the end, it is 50 meters long.

It costs [-] cents a night for one person to live in, and [-] cents a day for a load of goods, which are quite cheap.

After staying in the hotel, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and the three of them hadn't had lunch yet.

But the first thing is not to eat, but to go to the pier to buy a ticket.

At that time, there was no pre-sale, and what I bought was the ticket for the next boat.

There are two passenger and cargo mixed liners between Haimen and Shanghai, both of which belong to Haimen Transportation Company.

403 and 405.

One week, two boats, three to four days one way.For Tianzhou's reform and opening up, 403 and 405 made indelible contributions.

Chen Fuming stayed behind to take care of the goods, while Chen Yang and Tong Xiaofang went to buy tickets.

The ticket office is near the entrance to the pier.

There are boat tickets. Steamship 403, seven o'clock the morning after tomorrow.

There are only two tickets left for bulk cabins, but there are still many tickets for third-class cabins.

Knowing that Tong Xiaofang was saving money, Chen Yang asked Tong Xiaofang and Chen Fuming to buy separate tickets, and he bought a third-class ticket.

There are also freight tickets, Chen Yang bought one, Tong Xiaofang and Chen Fuming each bought two freight tickets.

After buying the boat tickets, the two of them came back again and went to the hotel cafeteria for dinner.

When you are away from home, plan carefully and save as much as you can.

The canteen is nothing more than steamed buns, rice, vegetables, pickles and the like.

There are also delicious ones, but few people are willing to spend money to buy them.

After they finished eating, they bought a copy for Chen Fuming.

(End of this chapter)