Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 396 Dozens of Days of Hard Work*
After Jiang Chan finished speaking, she reminded Luo Yun that some things could not be said outside.

As the weather gets warmer, each family has 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 will be built, the fields will be turned over, fertilizer will be applied, and seeds will be sown. I heard that the official road will be repaired again this year, and workers will start to be recruited soon. Enough stones will be stored this year, and the city wall will be repaired in winter.

Those who are willing to work hard and steadily will have no trouble finding ways to make money in Beishan County.

Of course, not all the people in Beishan County are hardworking. There are also lazy people who are unwilling to work. They think that if they don't cause any trouble, you should thank your ancestors for blessing you.

Every family has its own scenery, and every person has his own path.

By this year, Meng Changqing felt that time was passing more and more quickly.

While I was still savoring the taste of mutton hotpot in winter, May came in the blink of an eye.

Qi Renli got up early and came to say hello to Meng Changqing. The spring silkworms were about to spin cocoons, and he wanted to take this time to find a good buyer. It would be best if he could bring the buyer to Beishan County so that he could collect the silk every year.

"Or contact last year's buyer?" Meng Changqing asked.

"Last year, there were not enough cocoons, and I couldn't save face, so I had to sell to the middleman." Qi Renli replied, "I will go to him first this year. If he is still in this business, I will ask him to be a matchmaker. If the middleman is unreliable, I will go to the silkworm dealer myself.

We have the goods in our hands, and with my status as an official, we can always sell them, it’s just a matter of how much we sell.”

"That's true." Meng Changqing said, "However, seeing that you have been busy with several families for two or three months, I 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 I won't ask the county government to advance money for me this year."

Qi Renli went out with full confidence and came back in high spirits.

Three days later, Qi Renli came back from Dazhou. Without even taking the time to wash up, he ran to the study to find Meng Changqing.

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 teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "Since they have come to our place, they are naturally willing. But before...

I ran into that middleman as soon as I arrived in the provincial capital this year. He was still doing this business for a living. I originally spoke to him in a nice tone and asked him for help, but he took advantage of my kindness, not only by trying to lower my price, but he also slandered our Beishan County.

I immediately called Lai Fu and the others to hold the man down and revealed their identities. The man was frightened and didn't dare to have any bad thoughts with me. He just did whatever I said.

The two silkworm merchants who came with me today were introduced by him." Meng Changqing listened carefully and brought the snacks on the desk to Qi Renli.

"It's good that you're here. You did a great job." Meng Changqing knew that Qi Renli had used some tricks to persuade the three people to come to Beishan County. "I haven't asked yet, how is the price negotiation going?"

"They all said that it's hard to quote a price without seeing the goods, but I asked around in Dazhou and found that the price of cocoons this year is 30 to 40 wen per jin. They also guaranteed that as long as our goods are good, the price they offer will definitely be within this range."

Meng Changqing immediately started to do the math in his head.

According to the data of Xu Lao Da's silkworm breeding last year, the cocoon production of the families trying to raise silkworms this year should be over 60 kilograms.

If we use the lowest price of thirty cents per catty, after working hard for dozens of days, we can earn nearly two taels of silver.

The hard work was not in vain.

Meng Changqing asked: "Who took them to see the goods? Where are they now?" She planned to go with them and try to get more for a few companies.

Qi Renli smiled awkwardly, "At the clinic, they said they were not feeling well halfway through the journey, I didn't expect them to get off the car."

"This is nonsense!" Meng Changqing stood up and shouted outside: "Baifang! Bafang, go call Master Xu and ask him to find a batch of goods and send them to the clinic first."

"Hey."

Listening to Bafang's footsteps going away, Qi Renli stood up with a half-eaten shortbread, "I'll go too." He was in a hurry, and his hands moved quickly, and the crumbs of the shortbread fell everywhere in front of him. He quickly picked them up and stuffed them into his mouth, "My lord, I'm going with Bafang."

"No hurry." She advised him to eat slowly, but then said, "I'll hold the plate for you, we can eat while walking, do you want some rice cakes?"

Qi Renli took the plate from Meng Changqing and said, "Shortbread will do."

When the two men arrived at the clinic, the three men were already lying on the kang, examining the goods.

Meng Changqing liked to pretend to be a good person at times like this. She walked up and pretended to ask about the three people's physical condition.

After knowing that there was no big problem, he thanked them for coming to Beishan County to collect silk cocoons, and said that although they were businessmen, they had kind hearts.

For the first time in their lives, the two silkworm merchants and a middleman realized that they were such good people.

Such a good person offered a purchase price of thirty-six cents per pound for silk cocoons from Beishan County.