69. Go out together(1/2)
Jiang Zhen was very cautious when signing contracts with these merchants, and even said explicitly that he would come to the door to check the situation first, and then determine whether the business should be done.
And it was his prudence that made the businessmen trust him more.
During this day, Jiang Zhen was dealing with those businessmen, and his subordinates were a little confused.
They used to come to the door to ask for debts from others all day, but now... they actually want to protect these people from doing business.
It's really a bit weird...
However, some people find it strange, but more people are very happy.
There is a regular businessman who is definitely better than being a thug. And they are standing here wearing the same clothes, and the people around them look at them with awe. This feeling is really great!
They vaguely felt something Jiang Zhen said before.
Jiang Zhen was busy for a day before he wrote down the situation and address of all the merchants who wanted to transport goods. Next, he still had a lot of things to be busy with.
"Brother Jin, how do you feel today?" When he returned home, Jiang Zhen asked Brother Zhao.
Brother Zhao Jin was a little stunned. He had no other feelings today except for thinking that Jiang Zhen was particularly powerful.
Jiang Zhen smiled and put an arm on his shoulder. The two of them walked forward together with each other. While walking, Jiang Zhen told Brother Zhao Jin about something, such as which businessman looks unreliable, or which businessman needs to be well grasped. If the negotiation is done well, it will be a long-term business.
"I have too few people now..." After saying that, Jiang Zhen couldn't help frowning.
Jiang Zhen has more than thirty people on his hands, are they still fewer? Brother Zhao Jin looked at Jiang Zhen in surprise.
People these days rarely make chain businesses. After all, transportation is too inconvenient, so even those big businessmen don’t have many people under their command. Jiang Zhen now feels that he has too few people, which seems a bit strange to Brother Zhao Jin’s opinion.
But Jiang Zhen has seen how developed the modern logistics industry is. He has only more than 30 people now, and he can only walk one line when going out this time. In this case, he naturally feels that he has too few people.
"Brother Jin, what name should we name in this business?" Jiang Zhen asked.
"Do you want to name it?"
"Of course you have to give a name," Jiang Zhen smiled, "It's better to... just call Jin Zhen's escort agency."
Although there are escort agencies everywhere in martial arts novels, in fact, in the history where Jiang Zhen lived, the escort agencies only appeared in the Qing Dynasty, and then they began to grow rapidly. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, many ministers in the court even asked the escort agencies to protect themselves and their mansions.
Of course, before the Qing Dynasty, there was a business that would help people escort goods, protect the safety of their lives, and even help people get debts and beat people. At that time, those who did these were called striking businesses.
If Daqi continues to develop, it will probably develop a escort agency and an escort agency. However, Jiang Zhen led a group of thugs to go beyond the escort agency and directly opened an escort agency.
After Jiang Zhen took Brother Zhao Jin back, he told Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu about opening an escort agency and going on a long trip.
Jiang Zhen is a very intentional person and very capable. Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liushi naturally would not stop him. After Zhao Fugui pondered for a moment, he only took out all the money given by Jiang Zhen before: "When you go out, you should always bring more money around you."
Originally, after Zhao Fugui got the money, he wanted to buy land, but he couldn't find the right land to buy, so he delayed it.
"Dad, no need, I have some money on my hands, and this time I went to deliver the goods, the merchants also paid the deposit." Jiang Zhen said.
These days, helping people deliver goods is not just a little money like modern times. In fact, it charges quite high.
According to his speculation, this time, except for those who give it to his subordinates, he could earn at least dozens of taels of silver.
The money doesn't seem to be a lot, but it's just the beginning.
"Just know what you know. Don't worry, we will take good care of you at home." Zhao Fugui said, and glanced at Brother Zhao Jin again.
It has been almost a month since Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jin Ge got married. Over the past month, they have been kissing each other and are inseparable. Maybe his son has already had a child in his belly.
Jiang Zhen went out this time and might be able to surprise him when he came back.
Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu were preparing for dinner.
Jiang Zhen even gave them meat for his subordinates. Of course, it was impossible for him to treat Zhao Fugui and his wife badly. The Zhao family had a very good meal during this period, which made Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu family full of flushing faces, looking several years younger.
Tonight, the Zhao family ate duck meat.
Duck meat has a scent, and some people can't stand it, but no one is picky about this at this time. Zhao Liushi only dislikes the lack of duck meat.
Jiang Zhen ate two big bowls of rice with braised duck meat and steamed eggplant and stir-fried cowpeas, and then took Brother Zhao back to his room and continued to teach Brother Zhao to recognize calligraphy, and by the way he also recognized calligraphy and practiced calligraphy.
He doesn't ask how good his calligraphy is, but only wants to write it upright, so there is no need to ask others for advice. Just write slowly according to the book.
The only thing that is more troublesome is that he always can't write the characters in small quantities for a while.
In modern times, when people practice calligraphy, they practice large characters, but in fact, the brushes of ancient people were very small... It is not easy to write such small characters with brushes, which are thick in horizontally and thin in vertically.
In order to practice good handwriting, Jiang Zhen even tried his best to buy more paper and write slowly.
Brother Zhao Jin didn't practice writing on paper, he just wrote slowly on the sand table, but he would take the words that Jiang Zhen used and then write big words on it.
Although I was often so dark that I couldn't tell anything when I wrote it at that time, I could also find the feel of it.
After practicing calligraphy, Jiang Zhen grabbed Brother Zhao Jin and pulled the person directly to the bed.
The weather is getting hotter now, but his heart is getting hotter, so he is reluctant to give up such beautiful exercise in bed.
Early the next morning, Jiang Zhen did not rush to take Brother Zhao out as usual, but waited at home for a while.
Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu were a little confused when they saw this scene, so they saw people wearing uniform clothes coming to their homes one after another.
These people are all young people in their twenties and thirties. They look very energetic, so Zhao Liu couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Then, her expression couldn't help but froze.
Is the one who looks the strongest among these people Liu Heitou?
When Liu Heitou came to their house to make trouble in the past, he looked very fierce. Now...
Zhao Liu suddenly discovered that these people were wearing clothes she made, which was what Jiang Zhen said, for his men...
This Liu Heitou really became Jiang Zhen’s subordinate!
Zhao Liu suddenly felt a sense of honor.
After Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jin Ge came out together, Jiang Zhen asked these people to organize the team and then took them out, Zhao Liu became even more excited and wanted to find someone to talk about it.
Jiang Zhen went to Lijia Village first that day.
Li Mingzhe had already asked the long-term workers at home to sort out the goods. After Jiang Zhen looked at the goods and confirmed that the goods were fine, he signed a more detailed contract with him.
"I have a lot of things at home recently, so I won't go with you, but my cousin will go with you. When I get there, I will lead you the way." Li Mingzhe is a very easy-to-talk person. After talking to Jiang Zhen about various situations, he also invited Jiang Zhen to stay for dinner.
"No need." Jiang Zhen refused: "I have a lot of people under my command and specially invited people to cook. It's time to go back to have dinner at this time."
"Next time, next time I'll invite Brother Jiang to dinner when I have time." Li Mingzhe said, and then personally sent Jiang Zhen and Brother Zhao out.
"Master, there's a quarrel outside again!" At this moment, a woman who was about twenty-seven or eight years old hurried in from outside with a child in her arms, her face not very good-looking.
She walked a little anxiously and found that Li Mingzhe had two people, Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jin Ge, but immediately slowed down.
"What's wrong?" Li Mingzhe asked, introducing Jiang Zhen again, saying that the woman was his wife and that the woman was holding her son in her arms.
"Master, it's nothing important," the woman said when she came in that someone had started to make trouble outside, but at this time she kept silent with a smile and called Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jin to keep them for dinner.
Jiang Zhen refused again.
Jiang Zhen arranged for his men to move goods. At this time, all the goods had been moved onto the ship, and it was time for him to leave. As soon as he walked out of the big mansion, he saw an acquaintance outside the mansion.
The very thin Li Zugen, who was once beaten by him for beating Zhao Jin.
The Li family was very timid and afraid of things. They were beaten up by him and did not dare to come to him again, which made Jiang Zhen feel very sorry.
If it weren't for the fact that things would affect Brother Zhao Jin after they were big, Jiang Zhen would have wanted to come to the door and teach him some lessons...
As a result, just after he and Zhao Jin Ge got married and forgot about this person, he actually met this person...
When Jiang Zhen saw Li Zugen, Li Zugen also saw Jiang Zhen, he suddenly froze.
Li Zugen was protected by his parents as a treasure since he was a child. Because his mother was so powerful, he had never been wronged and beaten when he was a child. Therefore, the last time he was beaten by Jiang Zhen was really a bit terrifying to him.
These days, he didn't even dare to set foot in Hexi Village again!
But he didn't go to Hexi Village to find Brother Zhao Jin, so he still had to continue his life.
Li Zugen's parents also knew that they could not sit there and ate up, so they used the remaining money to buy three acres of paddy fields. They couldn't plant them all at home and rented them out.
This is a good idea, but in this way, Li Zugen can't marry a wife.
His parents asked him to take his four children and live a good life, but Li Zugen was unwilling to do so. He wanted his wife who was warming the bed.
But... his Li family can't get the bride price, so who would marry them?
Li Zugen couldn't think of a solution, so he finally turned his mind to the Xu family who had abandoned him and his children.
Although Xu was a concubine, she was pregnant with another child in her belly and received very good treatment at Li Mingzhe's family. When Li Zugen first took her four children to find her pitifully, she became soft-hearted.
Speaking of which, if the life of Li Zugen's family is a little better, Xu's family will not stay at Li Mingzhe's family, but she is afraid of being poor.
Thinking about it, I can’t even eat enough at Li Zugen’s house, and every time during the Chinese New Year, someone comes to ask for debts... That is, Li Mingzhe actually doesn’t like her. She can’t call her mother and she doesn’t want to leave if she gives birth to her own children here.
But she didn't leave, but she still felt sorry for the child she gave to her before. Li Zugen came to the door, so she gave him the little money she saved and gave her a chicken stewed in the kitchen to give her to several children.
Then... Li Zugen entangled her.
Since Xu was able to abandon his husband and son, he was not the kind of person who would be willing to be exploited again and again, and he immediately had a breakup with Li Zugen.
Li Mingzhe happened to see that scene. He had a good temper. Seeing Li Zugen's thin appearance, he felt a little sympathetic, so he actually gave Li Zugen ten taels of silver.
It's bad now!
Originally, Li Zugen was entangled with Xu, and he was hiding from the landlord Li Mingzhe. He didn't dare to offend anyone Li Mingzhe, but now...
To be continued...