The cart is a cart pulled by oxen.

Chen Sheng sat on the bare wooden board. Even though he was tucking his fur tightly, he still felt cold all over his body.

Xiao Chen Sheng's physical condition is really bad...

"Da Lang, otherwise we'd better go home!"

Chen Hu, who was driving the car, saw Chen Sheng's lips turning blue due to the cold, and whispered unbearably.

Chen Sheng shook his head, holding on and said: "It doesn't matter, you continue to talk..."

Chen Hu hesitated for a few seconds, then turned around and continued to introduce him: "The 'Changlong Bufang' in that wing is the property of the Li family, the county magistrate. The Li family has been rooted in Chen County for three hundred years and has produced several county governors.

It is a tree with big roots and deep roots, and great wealth and power.”

The so-called county kings refer to famous families within a county.

Compared with local snakes like the Chen family, they are not even considered to be nouveau riche.

Chen Sheng looked at the "Changlong Bufang" sign in front of him across the three doors, nodded, and motioned for Chen Hu to continue.

"The 'Feng Ying Liang Shop' in this wing is the property of Wangjiazhuang. Wangjiazhuang is one of the leading villas around Zhenchen County. The owner of the village, Mr. Wang Xiong, once served as a county lieutenant and commanded three thousand soldiers and horses. He is majestic!

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"This 'Youyu Restaurant' is the property of Lord Liu, the county magistrate. Lord Liu has been an official for more than 20 years. It is a big tree with deep roots. Your father has many interactions with it..."

On the long street, which was crowded with people, Chen Hu pointed to the stores on both sides while driving, and introduced Chen Sheng to every detail.

Chen Sheng listened carefully and couldn't help but sigh.

This is the foundation!

With so much information about large and medium-sized enterprises, how many unnecessary journeys does a kid from a poor family have to go through to figure out the ins and outs here?

If you don't even understand the details of these doors and just dive in, you're afraid that you'll be chewed up by these local snakes and tigers right away without leaving any bones!

Chen Hu introduced me all the way.

Any decent-sized shop in this county is either connected to a certain official or a wealthy and powerful person from the surrounding area.

Will these people follow the regulation of the market economy when doing business?

They are just afraid that bullying and dominating the market, and taking advantage of others by clever means, is their true nature!

It was only then that Chen Sheng realized that he might have thought too simplistically about making money!

From what he saw along the way, the big players in all walks of life have basically been controlled by these landless tigers!

What is left are only some small workshops with high technical content and difficulty in establishing a business, such as coppersmiths, blacksmiths, and carpenters.

If you want to make a lot of money in Chen County, it is difficult not to touch the interests of these local tigers.

Even if their interests are not affected, there is no guarantee that these landless tigers will not be greedy for money and take advantage of it once it is started.

Although the Chen family's caravan is not small in size, a good tiger cannot hold off a pack of wolves.

Chen Sheng has been up and down in the business world for more than ten years, and he knows that when there is a dispute over interests, there is absolutely no possibility of a peaceful solution.

Which big company doesn't have the corpses of several small and medium-sized companies underneath it?

Otherwise, why would there be a saying that shopping malls are like battlefields?

It seems that making money requires long-term planning.

Just when Chen Sheng was thinking, an ox cart drove past a steamed cake stall. Several idle men wearing short jackets, bare breasts, and daggers on their waists saw Chen Hu driving the car and got up laughing.

He came over and said, "Hey, Uncle Tiger, are you practicing some moves?"

Chen Hu leaned on the carriage shaft, glanced at these idle men from the corner of his eye, and shouted harshly: "You've blinded your dog eyes, and my grown-up man doesn't even recognize you?"

After being shouted at by him, several idle men turned their heads and bowed to Chen Sheng in the oxcart with a sneer: "It's because our brothers are a bit unfamiliar, don't blame me."

They are like Ming Jing'er in their hearts.

There are countless "big men" in Chen County.

But the "Dalang" who can let Chen Hu drive off the street can only be Chen Dalang from the Chen family, a businessman.

Chen Sheng shook his hands and returned the courtesy, and said with a gentle chuckle: "It's because I don't go out much on the street that my brothers look at me. I will be a host someday, so I'll invite my brothers to get together."

Seeing Chen Sheng being so kind, the smiles on the brows of the idle men became much more eager.

"How dare we let Da Lang spend money? As long as Da Lang is willing to come, our brothers will keep Da Lang full of food and wine even if they sell pots and iron!"

"Yes, yes, Da Lang is willing to associate with our brothers. That is a compliment to our brothers. How can we dare to let Da Lang be a host?"

"Look at Dalang's health. It just so happened that the villain received a tiger claw a month ago. It is a good medicine for strengthening the body. It will be delivered to Dalang's house tomorrow..."

Chen Sheng smiled and responded one by one. After greeting for a while, he asked Yiyi to say goodbye and Chen Hu drove away.

When Chen Sheng was chatting with the idle men, Chen Hu didn't say a word from beginning to end. After he was far away, he whispered: "They are just trash in the nest, and the big man will lift them up again."

, it won’t make any difference.”

Chen Sheng smiled and said softly: "Our family is a businessman. What a businessman pays attention to is being friendly and making money. There are only a few polite words that are not meant for money. It doesn't cost anything. This kind of

People, if you fail to succeed, you will fail, so there is no need to let these people cause trouble for us just to gain pride that we don’t deserve."

When Chen Hu heard this, he just smiled and said yes.

He mentioned Chen Sheng a little bit, but he was just worried that if Chen Sheng didn't get into trouble, he would be flattered by those idle men and would really use the Chen family's wealth to have fun with them.

Chen Sheng can be so sober, so he is naturally happy before it is too late.

Chen Sheng thought for a while and suddenly asked an unrelated question: "Second uncle, do you want to pay those idlers who eat at those snack stalls?"

Chen Hu showed a funny expression: "Give me back the money? They don't ask those poor people for money, so they are considered benevolent and righteous people!"

After a pause, he introduced Chen Sheng carefully: "These idle men only eat this bowl of rice on the street. They don't have the guts to extort money from those big businessmen, so they can only scrape oil on the chicken feet.

Eat and drink with those poor people."

Chen Sheng was thoughtful and asked: "How many people like this are there?"

Chen Hu: "There are a lot of serious people, there are no less than five or six hundred people in Guangbei City..."

Chen Sheng interrupted: "No, I'm asking, how many food stalls are there in Chen County?"

Chen Hu thought for a few seconds, then shook his head and said: "I don't know, but it's not much. Anyone with a little bit of land in their family will not come to this business. Not to mention the hard work, it is difficult to make a few big bucks.

You still have to make offerings to these uncles on the street, and there are more than one wave. Often one wave of people wants to finish the money, and the next wave of people will follow. You work hard for a whole year, and you don't see many people.

A lot of money."

Chen Sheng's mind was racing fiercely, and he put his fingers on his chin with his hands crossed: "If our Chen family comes to do this business, can we avoid these 'money contributions'?"

At this moment, what flashed in his mind were countless delicious snacks, as well as ideas such as "cultivating user groups", "creating markets", "integrating markets", "cultivating merchants", "platform monopoly" and so on.

You cannot do business with an owner.

High-tech business cannot be done.

We also have to guard against the envy of others taking advantage of the situation once our business becomes big...

But the Chen family has to support people, and not just one or two.

But more than three hundred households!

Under various restrictions, these humble vendors naturally came into Chen Sheng's sight.

He thinks this is a good choice.

He has no shortage of recipes. Even if they are not as good as the authentic ones, he can still make money in this era of scarce supplies even if he only makes something similar in appearance.

He has no shortage of manpower. There are plenty of manpower in more than 300 households. The business of stall hawkers is not a heavy manual job. Men, women, old and young, even those with missing arms and legs can do it.

As long as the stall is big enough, the revenue will not be much worse than those of big cloth shops and restaurants.

The key is to be inconspicuous!

The revenue of a single small vendor is nothing to mention to those wealthy and wealthy people!

The overall revenue of small stall vendors after forming a chain is quite attractive.

However, a large part of the income will fall into the hands of the stallholders as labor during the gross profit stage. The actual net profit that will be recorded on the books is not much...it is a labor-intensive industry at best.

Therefore, even if there is someone who is really thoughtful, they can clearly see the benefits in this, and then follow the clues to find the Chen family.

Then he has to weigh it up. For this benefit, is it worth it to start a war with local snakes like the Chen family who are most willing to kill people?

"Hard to say."

Chen Hu thought for a long time before shaking his head and saying: "It depends on how far we can take this deal!"

Chen Sheng understood instantly.

After all, it is the interests that move people's hearts.

Marx said in "Das Kapital": As long as there is 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; if there is 20%, it will become active; if there is 50%, it will lead to active risk-taking; if there is 100%, it will be used by people everywhere.

It will make people ignore all laws; if it is 300%, it will make people not afraid of committing crimes and even not afraid of the danger of hanging!

With the Chen family's momentum in Chen County, if they only open one or two small stalls, these idle men who eat on the street will certainly give the Chen family face.

But once the Chen family spreads its street vendor business all over the county, and even all the vendors on the street belong to the Chen family, the idle people on the street are forced to make a living, so they can only take risks and extend their claws to the Chen family.

superior.

As the old saying goes: It takes a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no such thing as a thousand days to guard against a thief.

In order to solve the Chen family's dilemma, and then let the Chen family fall into another dilemma, this is obviously not in line with Chen Sheng's original intention.

It seems that if the Chen family wants to do business on the street, they cannot avoid these idle men.

At least, according to the business blueprint outlined in Chen Sheng's mind, it is unavoidable.

According to what Chen Hu just said, there are still not a few idlers who eat on the street, so it is obviously not a wise choice to confront them head-on.

I can't avoid it, and I can't confront it head-on... So can I think of a way to make these idle men useful to me?
Chapter completed!