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Chapter 127 Fruit Business
Within a few dozen seconds, most of the lions had entered the battlefield from three sides, and the fighting officially began. A white lion representing "Ma Chao" was leading the way. Seeing that it was already one step away from the plum blossom pile, suddenly it fell half a body behind. The red "Guan Yu" lion dancer kicked "Ma Chao" at the lion's tail, knocking the lion tail dancer to the ground. "Ma Chao"'s lion head was instantly dragged by the lion's tail.

In an instant, six or seven lions from behind rushed up. When they passed by "Ma Chao", they did not forget to kick the lion's head. When the lion passed by, "Ma Chao"'s lion's head had been kicked to pieces, leaving only two lions. The famous lion dancer howled there.

If the lion's head is broken, it is naturally no longer qualified to win the championship. And this kind of fighting is fully staged everywhere on the battlefield, and there will always be unlucky people who will fall into the situation of being beaten.

When the fighting on the battlefield reached its climax, Xian Yaowen's attention had already moved away.

There are two more people beside him, one is standing and the other is being held. The one standing is Liu Rongju, and the one being held is unknown.

"Glorious, my name is Uncle Xian." Liu Rongju said to the little boy in his arms.

The little boy was cute, obedient and well-behaved. He shouted to Xian Yaowen in a sweet voice, "Uncle Xian."

"Be good." Xian Yaowen smiled back and pinched the little boy's face again, "He's white and fat, he looks so cute."

After teasing the children, Xian Yaowen and Liu Rongju walked to the side naturally.

"Xian Sheng, when will there be a follow-up to what I said last time?"

"The factory was busy some time ago, and I couldn't take care of it. In a few days, the factory will be almost busy, and I can take time to worry about our business." Xian Yaowen said as he walked: "There were two transactions before. Already in preparation, one batch is gold, which will be shipped from Singapore to Hong Kong, and one batch is clothes, which will be shipped from Hong Kong to Shenyang in the northeast.

I believe there will be no problem with the first sale, but the second sale may be a bit difficult. I will deliver the clothes to you before mid-May, and you will have to transport them to Shenyang before the end of May. If time is tight at the end, shipping You can go to Dalian or Dandong. "

"If it is just normal transportation, there will definitely be enough time, but we are afraid of encountering Taiwanese gunboats." Liu Rongju looked troubled.

"What if we make a big circle? From the Sulu Sea in the Philippines, around the Maluku Strait, and directly into the East Ocean, from the Korean Strait to the Yellow Sea."

"This is safe, but there is no guarantee of time."

"How many days will it take?"

"I'm not sure. I have to go back and ask."

Xian Yaowen stopped, turned around and said, "I'll wait for your news. It won't be more than a month, which is still acceptable."

"I will reply to you as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Xian Yaowen nodded and said, "Are you interested in talking about another legitimate business?"

Liu Rongju smiled and said: "As long as I can make money, I'm interested, let alone a legitimate business."

Xian Yaowen saw a hawker nearby and stepped forward to take a look. It turned out to be a seller of dragon beard candy. He bought some for a little boy named "Guangrong". With the food gag, the little boy could be put aside and the two of them An adult can talk quietly.

"The prototype of the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market was built in 1913. It was formerly a traditional market in Kowloon. The shops operated in the early days were only built with straw sheds. It was not until 1924 or 1925 that the Hong Kong government began to grant land to the vendors to build fixed buildings. , multiple one- and two-story masonry buildings gradually formed its current appearance.

Chickens, ducks and other poultry are sold in Ferry Street and Waterloo Road. Vegetables are sold in Dongguan Street, and behind it is the Kowloon Fish Market. The fruit bar only occupies the area of ​​​​New Reclamation Street, and the name is a bit misnamed. They mainly sell vegetables, and only Fuhe There are several large fruit and vegetable bars such as Fruit and Vegetable Bar, Xiuhe Bar and Dayi Bar. Is there Tung Fu Wo's territory in the Yau Ma Tei area? "

"Have."

Xian Yaowen waved his hand, "I won't say much about the situation of the Yau Ma Tei fruit farm. I will talk about the source of Hong Kong fruits. I won't talk about it because it is too long ago. I will only talk about the situation in the past two years:
In the early days of the Restoration, transportation was still underdeveloped, and most of the fruits came from places such as Yangcheng, Chaoshan, and Xinhui.

Before last year, there were very few fruits from the north of the mainland coming to Hong Kong. Only in August and September were Yali brought from Beijing, Tianjin and Wei. In the second half of last year, the fruit business exported from the mainland to Hong Kong was basically monopolized by state-owned organizations. State-owned organizations can deploy large quantities Resources, it is very simple to open a few special fruit trains, so since last year, the fruit bar has included cantaloupe, watermelon, apple, snow pear and other northern fruits.

Since last year, Taiwan's fruit exports to Hong Kong have changed from being piecemeal in the past. Taiwan's fruit merchants have gone directly to Hong Kong for exchanges. Taiwan's fruit supply to Hong Kong has suddenly increased a lot.

However, Taiwanese fruits are packed in wooden boxes, and the phenomenon of 'fruit cannibalism' is common during transportation. This results in high transportation losses of Taiwanese fruits and high terminal selling prices.

Ah, the terminal selling price means..."

"Xian Sheng, no need to explain, I understand the meaning of terminal selling price." Liu Rongju interrupted.

Xian Yaowen laughed awkwardly, "Sorry, I forgot that Liu Sheng was a cultural person, so I will continue. In addition to the mainland and Taiwan, Hong Kong also has fruits from Southeast Asia. The Philippines is relatively close, and water transportation is cheap. The United States has power there. It's very big, and the U.S. company produces bananas for export to Hong Kong.

I won’t introduce other countries one by one. Among the countries in Southeast Asia, the fruits produced in Thailand are of the highest quality, especially durian and mango. Durian is a fruit with a strange taste. People who don’t know how to eat will feel sick when they smell it. Know how to eat it. People will like it very much. Moreover, it is not easy to transport durian. If you are not careful, nine times out of ten, it will be lost during transportation. As long as this problem is solved, selling durian will be a good business. .

You can also buy American fruits in Hong Kong, represented by Colligate apples (Oregon) and Jinshan oranges. American fruits are mainly shipped to Hong Kong by ship. The journey is long. The fruits are loaded in wooden boxes and have freezing technology on board. Falling behind, the loss rate is also very high.

I heard that some people are already trying to replace Collier apples with Washington apples that store better, but the former does not taste as good as the latter, and the profits of American fruits may not be as high in the future as they are now.

Fanyi Bridge is located at the estuary of Waterloo Road. There is a cargo terminal dedicated to fruit stalls next to it. Fruits transported to Hong Kong via the waterway are landed at these two places. Fruits from Guangzhou, Xinhui and other places are first delivered to Sai Wan Pier 7 before being transported to Yau Ma Tei.

The large ships transporting American fruits cannot be buried on the shore. They have to anchor in the center of the sea. The merchants send boats to the large ships to receive the goods. After being buried on the shore, they are handed over to Guli (coolies) to carry them into the ships.

Fruits arriving from Hong Kong by rail will stop at Yau Ma Tei Railway Station. Once the goods arrive at the station, the fruit bar will ask Guli to push the goods back to the bar using a heavy wooden cart.

This is where Hong Kong’s fruits come from and how they come in. "

Xian Yaowen paused and then said: "The fruits in the mainland are supplied by state-owned organizations and there is no room for intervention. The same is true in Taiwan. The government has always paid more attention to agriculture. Comrade Jianfeng had already launched some new policies in southern Jiangxi back then, and he probably won't do it now. Although it is not state-owned, Taiwanese fruit merchants will not engage in internal strife to allow Hong Kong fruit producers to take advantage.

Needless to say, in the United States, agricultural exporters are basically big capital, and ordinary people have no ability to talk to them. If you want to do fruit business, only Nanyang fruits have a relatively large space for development. "

"The new business Xian Sheng wants to discuss is fruit?"

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Refresh the next chapter tomorrow morning!
　As soon as I hit the street, I really didn’t dare to disappoint the few book friends (well, I actually didn’t want to give up the perfect attendance award), so I endured a splitting headache and insisted on typing. I didn’t decide on the next chapter. I didn’t have time to finish typing, so I used the scraps first. Take a seat and update again tomorrow morning.

　　
　
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