Ordinary clear day

Chapter 207 Open Source
Tong Shi and Shu Ning both fell silent for a while, Shu Ning was thinking about the feasibility, but Tong Shi frowned slightly and said: "If you go, who will take care of the property here? What's more, with your status, it doesn't matter if you are at home , when you go outside to do business, you will inevitably get stared at. You have studied sage books since you were a child, and this grain store is a merchant's business, which is very different from managing things in the village. Do you really want to go?"

Gu Quansheng's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he said: "Madam, don't mention this sage book again. Now that I... now that I'm in this kind of situation, how can I have the face to say that I am a disciple of a sage? I gave up my heart a long time ago. Now Taking care of the affairs of the farm, at least life is easy. I have seen those bastards before, so what is it like to be looked down upon? Besides, after my own family suffered a disaster, it was like mud on the ground, and I was trampled on. It wasn't until I came to Mrs. Madam's place that I lived like a human being. I even became a deputy manager, and others would sincerely bow to me when they saw it. I... I don't know what to say, but I am really grateful. Now I just go out to open a shop and do business. It's just business, even if the adults, wives, young masters and misses want the little ones to go all out, even if the little ones are smashed to pieces, they will go."

Shu Ning felt sad when she heard it, and said, "If you're not used to it, just call yourself me, our family doesn't really care about these things. Besides, it's really too exaggerated to say that you are broken into pieces, we don't need you to be like this..."

Tong interrupted her and said, "It's true that you don't have to say such things. It's enough for you to do your part well."

Gu Quansheng turned his head and wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and then turned his head and said with a smile: "Miss Madam is right. Madam just asked who will take care of the property if I am not here. In fact, Madam don't have to worry. For the affairs in the pond, the small stewards everywhere have experience and know what to do. If you have any questions, Fu Lusheng is in a nearby town, only a few miles away, and it is very convenient to go back and forth. Ask me if you have anything to do That’s fine. If it doesn’t work, this year’s work, Niu Xiaosan, who is by my side, has also learned something, so I can ask him to practice and practice.”

Mrs. Tong asked Shuning what she meant, and Shuning thought about it carefully, and then said, "According to what you said, the grain store is in the town, so you can go to take care of the business and reconcile accounts every day, and you don't have to stay there all day. Don’t you have a ready-made buddy? You don’t need to be the manager to sell it yourself? As for the property at home, the fields, orchards, ponds, as well as the flowers and trees in the garden at home and the fish in the two ponds, you choose one person each. Specially in charge, I will report to you every one or two days, or two or three days, and if there is any change, I can also come to you. These properties are still entrusted to you as the manager, but the important matters need to be reported to Changgui to nod. What you said Niu Xiaosan, but Niu Xiaosi's elder brother? If he is really talented, let him continue to learn from you, and sometimes you can let him practice, maybe it will be of great use in the future."

She thought very clearly that the grain store alone might not be enough, and other businesses might be added in the future. It would be better to train a deputy housekeeper first to prepare for future needs.Even if you don't need it, you can still help the housekeeper.

Tong Shi nodded again and again, and Gu Quansheng agreed.At that moment, everyone agreed that Gu Quansheng would go to the grain store first to ask about the price, and then ask about the purchase channel and sales method, and then left.Tong stayed behind Qiaoyun to talk, while Shuning walked quickly to catch up with Changgui, and invited him to a corner to talk.

Chang Gui was a little strange, so he asked her what was the matter.Shuning hesitated for a moment, then said: "Brother Changgui, I, Ama and Erniang, are planning to set up a small farm for me as a dowry. I thought that it would be my dowry in the future, so I wanted to make up my own mind. You I'm familiar with this area, can you help me pay attention to where there are fields for sale. If you want middle-class fields, those near the water source, you'd better have a small village, okay?"

Changgui smiled and said: "Since the girl has ordered, how can I not do it? It's just that this kind of thing has always been taken care of by Quansheng, why did the girl come to me instead?"

Shu Ning said: "Gu Guanshi has something to do, besides..." She was embarrassed to say that Gu Shengquan was not very familiar with her, but Chang Gui watched her grow up since she was a child. For the private matter of the child's dowry, of course I would rather go to Changgui, this can be regarded as the difference between closeness and estrangement.

Chang Gui probably also understood a little bit, straightened his back, and said, "Since Miss can trust me, I will help to do it. It's just that most of the good land here in Fangshan is in the hands of a few big landlords, and it may not be possible to find a good one in a short time. Girls need to be aware of it."

Shu Ning nodded: "I also understand that if you can't find Fangshan, you can do it elsewhere, as long as it's not far from the capital, such as Liangxiang, Wanping and the like." She took out the purse that contained the bank notes, and said : "Here is 500 taels of silver, which I have accumulated over the years. You can use it first, and buy as much as you can."

Chang Gui hurriedly pushed: "It's not too late to get it after you find it. And...you should ask your wife first if you want to buy land. The girl's private house should be kept by yourself."

Shu Ning thought for a while, then still handed the purse to him, and said: "Take it first, don't you even trust me? When you find a suitable place, come and tell me, I will ask Er Niang before letting him go." You pay the full amount." 500 taels won't buy much land, she just wants to buy some first, and then buy it when there is profit, and accumulate slowly.But this number has already exceeded 200 taels, so we still have to ask Mrs. Tong first.

Changgui no longer evades, and accepts.

In the evening, Gu Quansheng came back to ask about the price, and it was only then that Tong and Shuning found out that Fu Lusheng was not a single store, but one of the branches of a rice shop.

It was the property of a family of medium-sized grain merchants surnamed Shi in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi Province. Apart from the Tongzhou main store, there were eight branches in Shuntian Prefecture.In the Pingyang earthquake this year, most of the Shi family's ancestral home was destroyed, and the clan members suffered heavy casualties.In order to save the people of the clan and rebuild the ancestral house, the head of the Shi family and the big boss of the grain store are planning to sell several branches to raise money, but the exact number has not yet been finalized.

The Fangshan semicolon is in the middle of many semicolons.The boss Xiaoshi who was in charge was a branch of the Shi family. He lost his father in his early years and only had an old mother in the family to support him.In this year's earthquake, his mother's leg was broken. He wanted to go back to his hometown to take care of him, but the head of the family arranged for him to stay behind and send other dead family members to go to the funeral.He heard the report from the tribe and learned that his mother's condition was not very good, so he wanted to sell the shop as soon as possible so that the owner could agree to go home.

He and Gu Quansheng often dealt with each other on weekdays, and they hit it off quite well. When Gu Quansheng said that his master wanted to buy his shop, he was overjoyed. The two of them discussed for half a day and finally reached an agreement.

Gu Quansheng reported back: "Boss Shi said that he was not willing to sell someone who paid 500 taels in July, but now he is willing to sell it to us for 800 taels, together with the Dufang and Shimo under his name. And pass it on, he will also keep the shop assistants for us, and introduce big local buyers and familiar rice and grain merchants. Only one thing, he heard that we are official, and wants to ask Mrs. Madam for help to collect some bones He also said that it would be better if the imperial doctor prescribed prescriptions for tendons and tendons."

After hearing this, Shu Ning guessed that the man was a filial son, probably looking for it for her mother, so she said to Tong: "It sounds like a filial man, and he probably sold it at a low price because he was in a hurry to get rid of it. Two thousand 800 taels is a good deal, so let’s agree.”

Tong Shi nodded, and said: "It's really a good deal, but it's just a little troublesome like Fang Zi. We also know a few imperial physicians in our mansion, but there are no people who are good at setting bones. What's more, this kind of thing always has to see the injured It's easy to prescribe a prescription, and now it's... I'm afraid it won't work."

Shuning's heart suddenly moved, and she said: "I don't think so. Isn't there a ready-made medicine now? If you want to fix the bone, there are always ready-made pills available. The pharmacies of Tong Ren Tang and Xi He Nian will always have a cure for the wound." In addition, we can also ask familiar imperial physicians to prescribe some common prescriptions, or ask them to ask someone who is good at it. The imperial physician Chunyu who treated my foot injury last time, we are also acquaintances, so just ask him Good. Another thing is... People who lead soldiers all the year round will always know some Dieda prescriptions. Our mansion has some connections in the army, so ask someone to ask, or let my brother ask an acquaintance in the Ministry of War... "She paused and said nothing further.

However, Mrs. Tong already understood what she meant, looked at her with a half-smile, and said to Gu Quansheng: "Just promise him. I'll go get the bank note, pay the deposit first, and take everything after the contract is signed." After that, I will pay the rest. Later, I will write to Jingli and ask Changfu to search for prescriptions and pills."

The matter went smoothly, Jingzhong Duanning helped to ask a few people who had led the army, and asked for some private prescriptions, among which Tongying's "family secret medicine" was indispensable, and asked Changfu to send some gifts I got two ancient prescriptions for Chunyu's imperial physician, and then sent them back to Fangshan together with patented medicines from several large pharmacies, as well as tonics and winter clothes prepared by relatives in the mansion for Zhenzhen.

Then Shu Ning suggested that there was a disaster in Shanxi, and the medicinal materials might not be enough, so they might as well pay for it themselves, and each prescription would be filled with a dozen or so doses, fully filling half a car.Tong's simply added a few more old ginseng, and asked Gu Quansheng to send it to Boss Xiaoshi along with the balance.

As a result, the boss Xiaoshi was so moved that he almost didn't cry, and repeatedly said that their family "really believed in people". On the same day, he introduced several familiar big buyers to Gu Quansheng, and sent a copy of the account book, saying that he would clean it up. After packing up his luggage, he took Gu Quansheng to Tongzhou to meet their big boss, and introduced a few grain merchants by the way.

Shu Ning accompanied Tong Shi to look at the ledger, secretly exclaiming in her heart, she was really lucky.At first, I thought that this food store was only selling food to local commoners and wealthy households, but I didn't expect that it was also in the business of temples.Most of the territory of Fangshan is mountainous. Except for a few big temples that have temple fields, they can be self-sufficient. The rest of the temples just reclaim a few acres of land to grow some vegetables. For daily food, they have to buy sesame oil at the foot of the mountain.The money is big.In Fangshan, almost every village has temples, and Fu Lusheng, as the largest grain store in the area, does business with more than 100 large and small temples every year. The number is astonishing.

Thinking about it, if the shop owner hadn't encountered an accident, such a profitable shop would not be easily sold.

But in this way, Shuning's original plan will have to be modified.Relying on the Lumi of my father and uncle, as well as the production of the two lands in Baoding and Fangshan, may not be able to meet the needs of Fu Lusheng's original customers, and it is necessary to find another channel for purchase.After discussing with her mother, she decided to ask Gu Quansheng to take the two of them to Tongzhou to see if they could find a reliable grain merchant to supply them. It would be the best if they could persuade the Shijia head office to help.

A few days later, Gu Quansheng came back from Tongzhou with good news, but there was another message: "The owner of the Shijia main store asked us if we would consider buying their store in Bali if we wanted to get goods from Tongzhou. A small branch near the bridge? It was originally in a great location, but it was on the back street, and there were several big food stores nearby, so the business has been bad. It was planned to be remodeled, but I don’t have the spare money right now. If we are willing to take over, we only need 200 taels of silver."

Hearing these words, both Tong Shi and Shuning's eyes widened: "Why is it so cheap? Don't lie to us, right?"

Gu Quansheng said: "I thought so too, but later he took me to have a look. The storefront is small and the house is a bit old, but there are two huge yards behind the store, and there are about ten big houses. Due to the slow business Well, they lose money every year. During the peak season, they use it to store the rice grain of the general store. It’s just that another warehouse was built before the spring of this year, and now it’s no longer needed, so they want to sell it. But people think it’s not on the side of the road. Come on, no one wants it."

Tong frowned: "From what you said, the price is not expensive, but we don't need to buy a special shop if we want to buy food from there. If we can do business locally, it's fine. If we can't make money, what's the use of it?" ? It’s cheap and not greedy.”

But Shuning thought of an idea, so she asked Gu Quansheng: "You said they used that small semicolon house to store rice grains during the peak season, so it can be seen that the original warehouse was insufficient. There are many grain merchants in Tongzhou. It should be very common for many of them to be unable to fit in their own store, right?"

Gu Quansheng didn't quite understand what she meant, but he still replied: "It should be quite a lot. I saw with my own eyes that there were grain merchants who rented private houses to store rice and resell it when the price of grain was high. The local market price, one stone of grain, No matter how long it is stored, you have to pay a penny. Many people live in one room with their families in order to rent out one or two rooms, and after a year, they can earn a few taels of silver."

Shuning smiled, and she knew it: "Emiang, according to me, it doesn't matter if you buy this small colony. After buying it, we don't buy or sell grain, but divide the big yard into several small yards, and repair a few more. A house was used as a warehouse, and then rented out to grain merchants to store grain. The caretaker said that one shi of grain rent is one cent, and one hundred shi is one tael. There are 60 million shi of grain passing through Tongzhou every year, of which only tens of thousands of shi After this small semicolon, we have made a lot of profit. One thousand two hundred taels is really a good deal.” This should be regarded as the warehousing industry, right?

After hearing this, Tong said with a smile: "So there is such a way to make money? Then why didn't the Shijia Food Company think of it?"

Shu Ning also laughed and said: "They have their own food to store, so naturally they don't think of renting it out. In fact, other people also do this, but they don't set up a few yards for storage. And this business does not require the store to have How wonderful, isn’t there a few big grain stores nearby? If we can get acquainted with those grain merchants, it will be very convenient for us to buy grain in our own grain store in the future.”

Tong Shi nodded, and said to Gu Quansheng: "Since that's the case, let's just buy the little colon. According to what you said, the store is only losing money now. It would be even better if we could lower the price a bit more. But there is no need to force it." Then he called someone to call Chang Gui, and said, "Is the person who oversaw the digging of the cellar and the building of the warehouse in our family still there?"

Changgui was a little puzzled, so he said: "He is here, he is from our own family." Tong said the matter again, and then said: "You ask the supervisor to pack your luggage, and go to Tongzhou tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The room where grain is stored is no different than any other. It must be dry, ventilated, and must be protected against rodents, insects, and theft. Let him be careful. When it is done later, we will transfer one or two families from another courtyard to guard it. You choose first Come on, someone who is reliable, smart and strong." Chang Gui hurriedly agreed.

In this way, the open source project of Sanfangjia was launched vigorously, although for the few heads of the family, life is still very leisurely.Tong takes care of his daughter-in-law every day, Zhenzhen only cares about raising herself well, Xiao Liu still suffers from the headaches caused by two boys every day, Xiaobao and Xianning are still arguing endlessly.Shuning, on the other hand, spends her days in housekeeping, practicing calligraphy, reading, doing needlework, taking walks, chatting with her family and teasing her younger brother.

In a blink of an eye, it was November.The whole other courtyard is busy, because tomorrow is a holiday, Duanning will come back from Beijing.

Shu Ning was packing up some winter clothes, shoes and socks that she had made recently, and was going to ask her brother to take them back to Beijing for someone else, when she suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, she looked around, but it was Kouer who rushed in, seeing her, she immediately He paused and bowed his head in greeting.

Shu Ning was about to ask her what's the matter, but Leng might as well hear someone calling Kou'er's name from behind, Kou'er blushed and rushed to the backyard.Shu Ning was stunned, then saw someone outside the courtyard, it was actually Niu Xiaosi.

Niu Xiaosi's face flushed red, seeing Shuning, he also stopped, bit his lip, plopped down on his knees, and said: "Girl, I beg you, I...I want to marry Sister Kouer Be a wife, please fulfill me."

what?
(Niu Xiaosi's children's shoes, I decided to fulfill my wish~~~)
(End of this chapter)