Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

When I came out of the house and arrived at the Hu's warehouse, it was already dawn.

Mo Daojun travels early, and there are even early pedestrians.

There are porters everywhere, all the shops are open, and there is a lot of people everywhere. It is really the most prosperous place in Baoding.

Still, it's disgusting to live in a place like this.The ground is full of rubbish, not to mention that there is no way to sleep in. Hu Baihu has made his home here, and he really doesn't understand life.

The school hadn't started yet, and most of the students were children, at the age of dozing off. Therefore, it took until around nine o'clock in the morning to arrive.

But the big Hu Jinxue had already woken up, and was carrying a linen bag in and out. This guy was diligent, and his hands and feet were quick when he did rough work, unlike yesterday in class, when he held a pen and his hands trembled.

Seeing Su Mu, he raised his sweaty face and shouted, "Zi Qiao, you are here."

"Morning." Su Mu nodded with a smile, he was suddenly a little tired now, he stayed up all night, and planned to wait until he finished his work, to see if he could find a chance to catch up on sleepiness.

Lao Li is very rude, since Su Mu came, he basically doesn't care about things.As soon as Su Mu entered the room, he threw all the ledgers over and let him figure it out, while he tinkered with a small red clay stove beside him, boiled water, made tea, and then read Fengyue novels.

Su Mu felt a little helpless, there was nothing he could do, newcomers always had to do more than old people no matter what era they were in.

After sorting out the accounts at hand, and just about to check, Hu Jinxue took off his shirt, exposing his dark and strong muscles, and started punching in the yard.

Su Mu doesn't know martial arts, and he doesn't know how he fights.I just feel that this guy's punching speed is very fast, which is dazzling, and every time he punches out, there will be a slight whistling sound.

Just watching, Lao Li said: "Zi Qiao, don't underestimate Hu Jinxue. Although he is a soldier under the master, he has seen blood on the battlefield. Among all the Hu family, martial arts should be ranked first. First, even the master, if he doesn’t use equipment, is no match for him. It is precisely because this kid is very good that the master supports him and lets him go to school to read and write, to see if he can get an officer to serve as a substitute in the future. Our Hu family will be honored."

"He has been on the battlefield?" Su Mu asked in surprise.

"Before, just last year, the Tatars entered Kou Yunzhong, and the imperial court conscripted military households from the Hebei Guard Station to join the army. As usual, Mr. Hu had to send out ten people from a hundred households, and finally sent the big man and nine other young men to the army. .As a result, the big man came back alone."

Lao Li sighed: "Don't look at our military households who plant land and do business every day, just like ordinary people. But once there is a war in the country, we will be drafted to fight the enemy as soon as possible. If you are unlucky, you will go back to I won't come. Even a big man with such martial arts skills can't avoid getting flowers on his body."

"By the way, the big man really didn't embarrass the master. It is said that he also captured the heads of two enemies. According to the rule, he should transfer to the fifth level. How can he be an officer of a hundred families. But this kid has never read a book , was also reckless, talked nonsense in the army, and offended the officer without knowing why, not only was all his achievements wiped out, but he was also beaten twenty lashes." Lao Li regretted for a while: "Otherwise, our Hu family will come out again. A character."

At this time, Su Muzhuo discovered that there were several hideous scars on Hu Jinxue's chest and back.

He sighed in his heart, the big man was probably a year or two younger than himself, and he had waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood a few times, this ancient man matured early!

However, one's character determines one's destiny, and it would be difficult for a straight-hearted person like a big man to become an official.

The two chatted for a while, and waited until the accounts at hand were finished.Mr. Shao came, with a straight body, nodded to Su Mu, and went straight into the academy without saying a word.

After a while, there was the sound of reading loudly inside.

Su Mu looked around, and was about to ask Lao Li if there was a secluded place to rest, but Li's tent took out a bag of silver from the drawer: "Zi Qiao, I forgot one thing. Earlier, the master explained that it was Spring plowing is coming soon, and the plowshares and hoes in the guard need to be purchased. Let me take 30 taels of silver to the Yueji grocery store on Yangliu Street to buy a batch. This is the list. I was originally asked to go there, but you see, I am not here. Is there anything else to do, please take a trip."

It's a mess, do you read pornographic novels?

However, the newcomer has no status. Although Su Mu was exhausted, he could only reply helplessly: "No problem, what does Lao Li have to do with us, let's go for a walk."

He readily took the money and walked out quickly.

Lao Li chased after him and shouted: "Zi Qiao, although I absolutely believe in you, you still need to leave a proof with the master. When you buy a good product, remember to ask them to give you a receipt."

Su Mu smiled: Hey, the Ming Dynasty also has invoices!

Yangliu Street is not far away, and I can only remember that after walking for about twenty minutes, I arrived at the ground. Before Su Mu entered, a shopkeeper quickly greeted him: "Is the guest officer going to handle the goods?"

"I want to buy some farm tools, fifty plows and fifty hoes each."

"A plowshare costs 120 cash, and a hoe costs [-] cash."

"It's so expensive." Su Mu smiled. The ancient smelting industry was backward, and the output of steel was extremely low. Anything that sticks to metal can be used as money.For example, iron coins were popular in Northwest China for a while. Tomb thieves dug up people's ancestral graves, and they also cared about bronze and iron wares. However, porcelain with high value in the collection circle of later generations was rarely cared for.

Hoes and plows are all made of fine iron, so they are naturally very expensive.

Su Mu took out the list and put it on the counter, said: "I am from the Hu family's warehouse, and the price is written on it. If you can accept it, I will ship it, otherwise I will find another place." Not only the quantity is written on the list, but also The price has also been approved in advance, this old Li is careful in his work.

The shopkeeper took a look at the list, and immediately smiled and said, "I said it was from Mr. Hu, so I don't need to waste so much saliva. Mr. Hu and my family have been dealing with my family for more than ten years, and we are old acquaintances." Young master, please come inside and invite tea."

"No, get the goods done earlier, so I can go home and deal with business." Su Mu was in a hurry to go to Lin's bookstore, and he was not interested in talking nonsense with the shopkeeper.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to load the goods and send them over." Having said that, the shopkeeper picked up a pen and wrote: This store bought fifty plows and fifty hoes for Hu's warehouse, and received 21 taels of silver.

Then he took another poke, stuck some ink pad on it, covered it, and handed it to Su Mu.

Su Mu pointed out 21 taels of silver, "Here is the money, you weigh it."

After weighing the silver, the shopkeeper suddenly stuffed two taels of silver into the sumac, and said in a low voice, "This is a little favor from our shop to the young master."

Su Mu asked with a smile: "Shopkeeper, what do you mean by this? These one hundred farm tools are worth 21 taels, but you gave me a kickback of [-] taels. I'm afraid I will lose money?"

The shopkeeper's voice was even lower: "Anyway, they are all things for digging the ground. As long as they can dig up the soil, they are good. There is also a difference between ironware and ironware. If it is made of fine iron, it needs to be forged several times, which is time-consuming, coal-intensive and labor-intensive. Not to mention, a lot of weight has to be discounted. A rough billet weighing one catty can be obtained in the end only four or five taels of refined iron. Therefore, the quality of our farm tools here is different, and when we meet experts, we naturally dare not compare the quality. Take out the bad ones and show them to others. Mr. Hu’s family has a big business, and he doesn’t care about these farm tools. It’s better to get some unqualified ones, and you and I will share the profits equally.”

It turned out to be shoddy!

Su Mu suddenly realized that later generations of buyers often do this. He also heard it when he was teaching at a university.

I remember that a colleague of the school who worked in logistics had worked in the supply department of the school-run factory for a few days before, and once the factory asked him to buy a batch of bushings.At the end of the day, the business of the material company did not talk to him about business, but asked what machines these bushings were used on?

Colleagues were puzzled and asked why?

The answer is: if it is used on a high-speed machine, you must use a good genuine product, otherwise if the speed is too high, there will be an accident; if it is used on a low-speed machine such as a crusher, you can use a product instead, and I will open it for you. For genuine invoices, the saved part will be directly returned to you as a rebate. Anyway, genuine and parallel imports can’t be seen on the surface.

"It turns out that the Ming Dynasty also has this trick of deception!"

Su Mu's heart moved, this is a good thing, I am very poor, two taels of silver is equivalent to a month's salary, just pretend not to know, and I can get it.But why do I always feel that something is wrong?

When Su Mu thought of this, he couldn't help but glanced at the shopkeeper, only to find that there was a slight hint of irony in that guy's eyes.

He felt even more uneasy, thinking: That's right, I only have two taels of silver a month, which is considered a high salary in Baoding Mansion.It was the first day I came to work again, and Accountant Li assured me to hand over the huge sum of 30 taels of silver to me.Not right, absolutely not right!

Thinking in another way, if I were Hu Baihu, would I be able to trust so much money to a newcomer?

Well, regardless of whether it is true or not, let's test him first.

Su Mu looked at the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "So that's it. Let me tell you. In the past, Mr. Niu, the accountant, always rushed to buy goods. He looked like he had a lot of money. It turned out that he was greedy." The benefits here. By the way, has Mr. Niu ever come to your place to make goods, and has he also taken care of you?"

The shopkeeper deliberately pretended to be embarrassed: "Mr. Niu has come to deal with the goods, but he is not a villain, but he doesn't know. We are in business, and it is not easy to talk about customers. The young master took these two things away with confidence. Two silvers, the villain is very tight-lipped, this is also the rule of this shop, if it is broken, the owner knows that he will drive the villain out."

He had dealt with the Hu family for many years, and he only had contact with Li's tent, but he didn't know what happened in the warehouse.

Su Mu sneered in his heart: What Mr. Niu, there is an extra Mr. Ma in our tent?This guy probably doesn't know how many people are in the Hu family's tent, because I was worried that other people in the tent would know that I had collected the money, so I agreed to reassure me.

It seems that this is the Hu family trying to test me.I have seen this set much more in later generations, otherwise I would have fallen into their tricks.

Su Mu didn't say anything, just laughed, took out the two taels of rebate and threw it on the counter.After laughing, he said seriously: "I don't know what your rules are, and I'm not interested. However, Mr. Hu is kind to me, how can I let him down. I appreciate the kindness of the shopkeeper. The so-called reward of eating the king is a matter of loyalty .Just get out your best plows and hoes and load them into the wagons!"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper was stunned. He didn't expect Su Mu to be so loyal to Hu Baihu, so he had no choice but to move the goods out from the backyard.

Su Mu hired a trolley and asked the porter to count and load the goods one by one.

From the beginning to the end, Su Mu stood by the side, and every hoe and plow had to be dismantled and examined carefully for a long time, and he gave up when he saw that there was no problem.

While looking at the goods, Su Mu stared at the shopkeeper and smiled. His two thick black eyebrows were like knives, and his eyes were as deep as a well. Xiao Er's heart trembled when he saw it, and he was a little scared.

In the end, the shopkeeper didn't even dare to make eye contact with Su Mu.

When the goods were loaded and pushed away, he breathed a long sigh of relief and called out: My dear, this man is so powerful, his eyes go right into his heart.

After coming out of the grocery store and arriving at the pier, I planned to go directly to the Lin family bookstore, but I was still worried, so I simply returned to the warehouse with the goods.

As for the bookstore, the 1 words at hand are really not enough anyway, so I might as well complete Chapter [-].

Chapter 1 is about Sun Wukong going through all kinds of hardships and worshiping under the Bodhi ancestor, and finally started to practice Taoism. Only at this time, this opening chapter will be considered complete.

After delivering the goods, he went back to the study, polished his ink, and hadn't started writing the manuscript yet. Su Mu felt annoyed for no reason: Hu Baihu actually tried his best to test my loyalty. This method is too mentally retarded. In my opinion , nor is it an easy boss to get along with.People who are not broad-minded can achieve very limited achievements.

If he continued to work in Hu's warehouse, he would have no future.

When I sold the manuscript for money, I simply quit the job.