June is a rainy season in Guangdong, and Foshan Pier ushered in a sudden heavy rain.

A heavy downpour fell from the dark sky, and the violent raindrops hit the pier and the river forcefully, as if everything here was going to be submerged. Dozens of merchant ships moored at the pier were being bullied by the raindrops.

Shuiwei took his family on the largest sea-going ship to Australia in the rain. Although this trip was a long-distance journey, it would bring the whole family together closely, so the whole family was full of expectations.

Especially his wife Wang is even more happy to do this. A family without Shuiwei is incomplete, and she is not willing to take her children at the entrance of the village every day and wait for Shuiwei's return.

"Xiaoya, follow me quickly!"

Behind the Shuiwei family, there was another family of four, who also braved the rain and boarded this ship to head to United Fourth City, which is rooted in Australia.

There are quite a few people taking their families south this time. Although they will be far away from their homeland this time, the food and clothing for them and their families will be greatly guaranteed.

At the same time, they are building a steel production base for China, but they are also contributing to the revitalization of this nation, so they have a strong sense of mission.

Of course, they will not stay in a foreign country forever, and there will be a day when they can return home in glory.

Diligence is the virtue of the Chinese nation, and even this heavy rain cannot stop them.

Raindrops as big as soybeans hit the dock workers, but they continued to carry the steel products that were not afraid of rain and continued their shipping work despite the rain.

Of course, this move was not due to pressure from the unscrupulous boss, but rather a spontaneous behavior on their part as they completed the shipping work with only a few goods left.

Due to the favorable treatment provided by the United Business Group to its employees, as well as Lin Haoran and Lin Pingping's efforts to uphold justice for disadvantaged groups during their tenure, ordinary workers also enjoy full human rights.

When it comes to enthusiasm, they are actually employees of the United Business Group. They have the consciousness to give everything for this great organization, so naturally they will not be knocked down by a small rainstorm.

Just like this, when Shuiwei and others were on their way back to Australia, a United Sea Ship followed them away from the Foshan Pier and headed towards the estuary of the Xijiang River.

As the Ming Dynasty opened the window through the ocean, in addition to the joint business groups taking the initiative to embrace the ocean world, countless adventurous merchants of the Ming Dynasty also joined in, and it was no longer strange for hundreds of companies to contend.

This sea-going ship sailed from the mouth of the Xijiang River, neither to trade in Southeast Asia in exchange for spices, nor to pan for gold and silver in the East China Sea, but a sea-going ship for domestic sales.

With the strong rise of local Guangdong products such as Leizhou cloth, soap and Foshan steel products, Guangdong has successfully embarked on the road of domestic sales of products, and these leading products are occupying the national market in an orderly manner.

The destination of this sea-going ship is Hangzhou. At that time, the floods in the southeast took advantage of the opportunity to transport Siamese rice to open up shipping exchanges between the two sides. Now this is the most important golden route for Guangdong products to enter the southeast.

After more than ten days of sailing, the ship finally arrived in Hangzhou smoothly. The goods on the ship will then be distributed from Hangzhou through ships suitable for canal navigation.

After so many years of hard work, United Hardware has become the largest wholesaler of steel products in Ming Dynasty. In addition to important prefectures, they are looking for agents in ordinary prefectures and counties, and finally sell these steel products produced in Foshan to all over the country.

Every corner.

Because of this, in addition to going north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, their sales network will also extend vertically inland.

Changhua County is the westernmost county in Hangzhou Prefecture. It was founded in the Tang Dynasty and grew out of the water system of the Changhua River. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

The sound of the stream breaks through the trees, and the road is filled with dill blossoms and egrets fly - this is a poem describing Changhua.

Aju!

A dung picker was wandering by the official road carrying a dustpan, but suddenly he smelled a pungent smell and couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

After neatly collecting a pile of fresh cow dung, he raised his head and squinted towards Changhua City, where he saw the red clouds all over the city.

Although Changhua City was only a few hundred meters away from him, he felt that it was separated from him by thousands of rivers and mountains, and it seemed that he would never be able to walk there.

Shizhaoba was born in a poor family. Since there were many brothers and sisters, the family had always lived a tight life. After his parents died, he did not receive any property and was forced to become a dung picker.

Like firewood, all kinds of dried dung were also needed by wealthy families, so he could barely make ends meet by collecting dung from the official roads in the past in exchange for money.

This is the case in this era. If you don't want to starve to death, you can only find these unattractive jobs. As for standing out from others, it is already a delusion.

On weekdays, Shibaba likes to listen to books the most, and he often hears the storyteller say, "Princes, princes, generals, and generals are in love with each other." But he knows that it is a story. The reality is that the son of a landlord has no worries about food and clothing and can still study and obtain fame.

, and he is the eighth-born farmer in his family and can only make a living by picking up dung.

However, he was lucky. Thanks to the flooding of Qifu in the southeast in the early years, he got a runaway girl as his wife, and now she has just given birth to a fat son.

Just seeing that his virtuous wife is willing to be looked down upon by adults and teased by children for picking up excrement like him, there is always a thorn in his heart, and he always hopes to create a better life for his wife and son.

Picking up shit when he saw a carriage passing by, he habitually stood aside and stared expectantly at the horse's butt, thinking about how to get rich.

Ever since I had a wife and children, this idea has grown like crazy weeds in summer. But every time I think about my less than one tael of savings and my lack of connections in the city, I can't help but smile bitterly.

As if God heard his begging, although the carriage that just passed by did not drop any horse dung, it suddenly dropped a heavy burden with a "pop" sound.

As dusk was getting darker, the owner of the carriage was already rushing back to the city. The carriage was traveling very fast and disappeared around the corner in the blink of an eye.

Picking up Shiba endured the pounding of his heart, and immediately stepped forward to open the heavy baggage, and found that inside was a bag full of silver, amounting to several hundred taels.

Seeing that there was no one around, Shizhaoba put the baggage on the dustpan where he picked up dung, then chose a familiar path and hurried back home.

With this windfall, he could give up his job of picking up dung, buy a house in the city, and become a respectable person.

However, after a night of struggling and insinuations to get his wife's correct attitude towards the lost money, the next morning he arrived at the place where he had picked up the baggage.

Not long after, he met the carriage that was obviously looking for money and a young man who looked very anxious.

Picking up Shiba recognized the mark on the horse's butt at a glance and knew that it was the owner of the horse yesterday, so he took the initiative to hand over the baggage and said: "Are you looking for this baggage?"

When the young man saw the sudden appearance of the picker, he took the baggage with great joy and said, "Yes, this is the payment from the United Hardware Store. It's more than you can pay back!"

Because he had collected the payment and hurried back to the city last night, he didn't notice that the money bag was lost. He didn't dare to have high hopes of returning to look for it, but he never expected that this unattractive middle-aged man would take the initiative to return it to him.

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When Shishiba learned that the other party was just a gangster, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he was not greedy for money. He looked serious and said: "That's good. You can do some counting!"

"I studied accounting at Union College, and I knew the money was exactly the same as soon as I touched it!" Lin Yangyi said confidently, while looking at the clothes and dustpan of the excrement picker: "You are a dung picker.

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"You scholars, do you look down on us dung pickers?" Shit Picker Ba couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, even though he was smiling, he said.

"My benefactor misunderstood!" Lin Yangyi immediately shook his head seriously, and then said sincerely: "Since you and I are destined to be together today, if you want to get rich, I can help you!"

"Are you serious about this?" Shi Ba had already decided to get rid of the feces picking business, and his eyes couldn't help but shine immediately as he asked.

Lin Yangyi saw that the other party was an honest person with some brains, but he nodded helpfully and said: "My boss, Mrs. Lin, never deceives others! If you can trust me, get in the car and follow me back to the city!"

"This..." Picking Shiba looked at Lin Yangyi's inviting gesture and couldn't help but hesitate for a while.

Lin Yangyi frowned slightly, and said in a serious tone: "Does Prince General Xiang Ning have the guts? If you don't even have the courage to take risks, and you really want to spend your whole life picking up dung, I can't help you even if I mean it!"

"What a wise saying to a prince and a general! Since you don't think I'm dirty, then I'm rude!" Picking Shiba is not a mother-in-law person, but he knows that God may arrange a way out for him, so even if

It was on board the carriage.

When Lin Yangyi saw Picker's decisive approach, he became even more convinced that his vision was correct, so he got on the carriage and returned directly to the city.

Just one day, Shishiba, dressed in all his clothes, appeared in the streets and alleys.

However, he is no longer a dung picker that children will follow and mock, but has become a decent man, a peddler selling scissors and needles in Changhua City.

Many people with low self-esteem always think that the eyes of the whole world are staring at them, but the reality is often cruel, and you may not have any sense of existence in everyone's hearts.

Shit Picker was originally worried that his identity as a dung picker would be laughed at by everyone, but after he walked around the city, no one recognized him at all. It seemed that there had never been a Shit Picker in this world.

Ordinary people.

When I arrived at a laundry area, a large group of women immediately gathered around me.

They tested the quality of the scissors with rags and asked about the price. They looked very surprised and said, "Why are these Foshan scissors so cheap?"

"Cheap and practical are the tenets of Foshan Hardware. Everything is of high quality and low price!" said Pickleman Ba ​​after a simple training yesterday, and he responded calmly.

Another woman struck each other with two pairs of scissors. When she heard the sound, she was surprised and asked: "Why is this sound so clear and crisp? I'm afraid it's not as good as fine iron!"

Living in this era, people have rich experience in the quality of things, and the sound of iron objects hitting is a common way for them to identify the quality of products.

However, we have to admit that the joint business group to develop Australian iron ore is a right step, which makes Foshan Hardware capable of crushing all opponents.

"These scissors are made of overseas refined iron, and the quality of overseas refined iron is indeed better than our Daming iron!" Zhang Shiba already knew the truth and explained.

Another fat woman, like a curious baby, grabbed a messy ball and asked doubtfully: "Seller, what is this?"

"This is a steel wool ball. You can use it to clean the iron embroidery of the iron pot!" When Zhan Diaoba saw the strange thing, he first recalled it and then explained it seriously.

Foshan Hardware is not only high-quality and low-priced, but also has developed many new products. This is another path Foshan Hardware is going to take, and it is already leading the entire era.

A large group of women seemed to have discovered a new world, and they continued to look excitedly at the Foshan hardware in the basket.

Originally, there were two large baskets full of goods, but they still underestimated the purchasing power of these women, or underestimated the charm of Foshan Hardware, and they were quickly snapped up by these women.

Just like this, due to the high quality and low price of Foshan hardware, it quickly occupied the hardware market in this small Changhua County. In just ten days, Shishiba brought an astonishing profit of more than fifty taels.

Shit Picker Ba soon got a new name, and everyone called him Shigang Ba.

Shishiba used the money to improve his life, moved out of the smelly house on the edge of the village, and directly found a private house in Changhua City to live in.

It was another evening when the sky was full of red clouds. Shishiba was drinking coarse tea in the courtyard and couldn't help but sing: "Moonlight shines, scholar, riding a white horse, crossing the lotus pond... Farming is afraid of heavy taxes, so it is better to be a salesman. Salesman has a lot of money."

If you make money, you can marry a beautiful bride. If you eat hard, you will not be afraid of hardship; if you are not afraid of hardship, you will be free from hardship; if you are free from hardship, you will be blessed."

After another half month, he already had a stable customer base, and people would often search for him throughout the city, so he decided to rent a shop on the street.

At this point, the salesman Ba ​​has transformed again and has become the shopkeeper Ba who is the envy of ordinary people, truly achieving a small class jump.

In fact, many of the emerging business groups in Ming Dynasty today have a similar fate to Shitaba. They climbed up from the bottom of society through their own efforts.

Perhaps the most common way to rise to class in this era was the imperial examination, but as the United Business Group promoted the development of the entire Chinese business, more and more people rose from the bottom.
Chapter completed!