Wang Yuan finished his work and saw his uncle in the blacksmith shop stopped forging and Qing He half opened the door. He looked a little scared and couldn't help but ask: "Who is here?"
Qinghe whispered: "Shopkeeper Zhou!"
"do not be afraid!"
Wang Yuan opened the door and walked out!
Erhu grabbed Tang Dao and rushed over, and the three Guo Cang brothers followed quickly.
A luxurious carriage outside the blacksmith shop.
The third master of the Zhou family, Zhou Changfa, covered his nose with a handkerchief, feeling that the surrounding environment was dirty and messy.
Seeing Wang Yuan, Zhou Changfa narrowed his eyes: "I can't believe that the young master Wang from Jiushan County is actually a boy from Dawang Village, the maid is the daughter of a blacksmith, and Blacksmith Zhao is your uncle! Sugar is not from the Western Regions.
But you made it yourself!"
I met Liu Jianye a few days ago and found out Wang Yuan's identity and his network.
I originally planned to go to the countryside to buy the secret recipe, but suddenly I heard that Dawang Village had wiped out the Three Tiger Village.
After weighing the interests, he decided to trade, but his tone was tough!
It's natural to be polite to the rich people in Jiushan County, but naturally arrogant to a country boy with mud legs!
This time I want to suppress him and bring down the price of sugar so that the Zhou family can make more money.
Wang Yuan's expression turned cold: "So what?"
The other party directly stated that they had found out the details, but there was a hidden threat!
But Wang Yuan was more direct: I have the secret method of making white sugar, what can you do.
Now there is Zhao Weimin in the officialdom, and people like Uncle Shanshan in the private armed forces.
No longer afraid of the power of the county!
Dahu, Guo Cang, Guo Liang, and Guo Qiang surrounded him, their eyes filled with fierce light.
The four of them were martial arts practitioners. After shooting Huang Sick Tiger and killing the Three Tigers at the Three Tigers Village, they all had lives on their hands and had murderous intent in their bodies!
Feeling like he was being targeted by five ferocious beasts, the hairs all over Zhou Changfa's body exploded. Only then did he remember that this group of people from Dawang Village had killed forty or fifty fierce bandits. He couldn't help but be frightened and stepped back with a smile: "Brother Wang, you teased me like that last time."
Brother, why don’t you allow me to be a little resentful and be kind and make money?”
Wang Yuan waved his hand, and the four of them retreated. He chuckled and said, "I wonder what method Shopkeeper Zhou wants to make money when he comes today!"
"Both ways!"
Zhou Changfa laughed and said: "A secret method of making white sugar where the Zhou family buys you out and gives you a large sum of money. You will not be able to make white sugar again in the future!"
Wang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "How much money?"
Zhou Changfa stretched out a finger: "Ten thousand taels!"
"What!"
Uncle, the three brothers Zhao Qinghe, Erhu, and Guo Cang were immediately angry.
A pound of sugar sells for 30 guan, and 10,000 taels costs 300 to 400 jin of sugar!
The Zhou family actually wanted to buy out the secret method of making sugar with this small amount of money!
Simply whimsical.
Wang Yuan chuckled: "Shopkeeper Zhou is so generous, do you think I will agree?"
Zhou Changfa squinted his eyes and persuaded: "Brother, sugar can be sold at sky-high prices because the Zhou family has worked so hard to transport it from here to Zhoucheng. Along the way, my Zhou family sent out fifty people at a time, and everyone ate horses along the way.
Chewing is not just a matter of chewing, but you also have to pack some for passing bandits, and sometimes the goods will be robbed. The risk you take is not ordinary. If you sell it yourself, your life may be at stake on the road. You hand over the secret recipe for sugar and get a
If you become a rich man, wouldn't it be leisurely and comfortable?"
"Since the Zhou family has worked so hard, then we should stop cooperating!"
Wang Yuan smiled coldly: "Last time I cooperated with the Hu family, Ms. Hu didn't even tell me the price when she bought soap. Today I gave her sugar to see if the Hu family would mind the trouble."
Zhou Changfa's face changed greatly, and he quickly smiled and said: "Brother, what are you doing? There must be a first-come, first-served basis when doing business. We cooperate well and cannot change people easily!"
Wang Yuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "What about me? I'm very empathetic! How do you treat me and how do I treat you? I know everything about what you think. If you can stop being careful, we can continue to cooperate. If so,
No, do you think I will be afraid of your Zhou family? Are you more ferocious than Sanhu Village!"
The three brothers Er Hu and Guo Cang narrowed their eyes, hunched their backs, and held their knives. They looked like four ferocious beasts that were looking for someone to devour. They exuded a dangerous aura.
Shopkeeper Zhou felt a shiver in his heart. These unscrupulous people were all murderers. After weighing his thoughts, he finally suppressed his greed and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, you misunderstood me too much. I am a businessman who does my duty. Why?"
What bad intentions do you have! Let’s not mention the secret method of buying out the Zhou family. You provide the Zhou family with white sugar to sell in Zhoucheng. As for the price, you can decide it yourself. Just don’t make it too outrageous. Anyway, the Zhou family will triple the price to sell it. The price you want is too high.
Not many people can afford it, and both you and I earn very little!”
Wang Yuan had no expression on his face: "Then I'll charge thirty guans per catty! How much white sugar do you want? Pay 80% gold and 20% silver and send it here. Then send five times the brown sugar to Dawang Village. The price will be 80% gold and 20% silver."
Button it inside, and when it’s done, I’ll have it delivered to the city.”
"I want three hundred kilograms of sugar. I'll go back and prepare the money. Brother Wang, wait a moment!"
Shopkeeper Zhou left with fists in his hands!
Watching the Zhou family's carriage leave with squinted eyes, Wang Yuan returned to the blacksmith shop and said directly: "Uncle, you and Qinghe move to Dawangzhuang!"
Zhao Qinghe reacted: "Cousin, you are afraid that shopkeeper Zhou will act randomly and force us to hand over the secret method of making sugar."
Wang Yuan nodded.
After experiencing a series of plots by the Liu family, he knew how powerful the county was and how ruthless they could be for the sake of profit.
"Yuan'er, uncle is used to living in the county town and doesn't want to live in the countryside!"
The uncle shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry too much. The new county magistrate makes decisions for the people. With him in the Zhou family, we don't dare to mess around!"
Wang Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.
My uncle still has too little experience, so he doesn’t know how unscrupulous the powerful are for the sake of profit!
As for the county magistrate, he is very big in the eyes of ordinary people, but he is really powerful and powerful!
The county magistrate of Liushui is a strong and powerful man!
There are powerful people in the county and county towns, and the county magistrate dare not touch them.
Like the Liu family, there is overwhelming evidence of banditry, and the county magistrate takes advantage of the situation to grab one!
Zhao Qinghe whispered: "Cousin, it's not that dad doesn't want to go to the countryside for you, it's that he can't bear to be alone!"
"Stinky girl, what are you talking about? If you dare to talk nonsense again, my father will beat you!"
The uncle's face turned red, and he raised his big palm fan hand, ready to strike!
"Cousin, my father likes the flower widow from the next street and has always wanted to marry her!"
Like a little rabbit, Zhao Qinghe hid behind Wang Yuan and spoke quickly.
Wang Yuan looked at his uncle with a narrow look on his face: So you are like this kind of uncle who likes a flowery widow.
"Stinky girl, what you said is ruining your Aunt Hua's reputation!"
The uncle smacked his big hand down in the air, his face turned red and he said, "Yuan'er, don't listen to what the stinky girl said, uncle doesn't have that intention!"
"If you don't like people, just go out and walk along the street and secretly watch what they are doing. Others come to cut the kitchen knives, and it's not cheap at all. When it's Hua Widow's turn, she doesn't charge her and even asks me to call her Aunt Hua."
Zhao Qinghe pouted his little mouth and started talking: "Cousin, every time I ask for help, my father will be cruel to me. He loves you, please help your father to marry Aunt Hua early, so that Zhao Qinghe can
Continuing the family lineage!"
"Stinky girl, what are you talking about? It has nothing to do with it. I won't charge you Hua Auntie's money. It's just because her family is in trouble. Besides, she usually comes with stuff!"
The uncle's face flushed with anxiety: "Yuan'er, don't believe this stinky girl's nonsense!"
It's always the uncle who helps his nephew talk about his wife. How can a nephew help his uncle talk about his wife?
"Qinghe!"
Wang Yuan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Since uncle likes her, why doesn't he hire someone to be a matchmaker?"
Zhao Qinghe rolled his eyes: "I didn't have money before. Last time you gave me more than 100 yuan. I was planning to find a matchmaker to take care of the matter for my father, but you ended up having to make a clay crucible, buy materials and burn a kiln. All of a sudden
I spent a hundred guan, but my father felt that he didn’t have much money and said he wouldn’t marry me!”
"Shut up!"
The uncle's face turned red and he waved his hands: "Yuan'er, don't listen to this girl's nonsense!"
"Uncle, this is business!"
The corner of Wang Yuan's lips raised slightly: "When the Zhou family sends money, I will leave a thousand taels for you and get it done quickly. If you hesitate again and wait for someone else to propose marriage, you will regret it if she agrees!"
"Won't!"
The uncle shook his head: "She has a condition for getting married. She has to raise a blind mother-in-law, a pair of children, and three more mouths to eat. No one dares to agree! My uncle didn't dare to do it before. The money earned by the blacksmith shop is not enough for Qinghe's dowry.
!”
"She is so filial to her mother-in-law and never abandons her children. She is a good woman!"
Wang Yuan nodded in confusion: "Uncle, if you really like it, just marry her. Our family doesn't need three mouths to eat. If you don't have true feelings, given our current conditions, you can choose whatever you want to marry a yellow-flowered girl!"
In this era of marriage, many people marry their daughters just to reduce the head tax for the family and find a place for their daughter to eat. They don't care about the other person's age, future, love, and after all, food and clothing are not solved.
"Why do you want a big girl with yellow hair? At my uncle's age, isn't that an evil act?"
The thirty-five-year-old uncle blushed and said, "It's just the widow. She has a good heart, is diligent and thrifty, and is a woman who lives a good life!"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Okay, Qinghe will find a matchmaker, buy a car full of betrothal gifts, and everything will go smoothly!"
"No, not anymore!"
The uncle waved his hands repeatedly: "I am remarrying, and she is remarrying. If you do anything too much, others will poke their spines. Just pick them up and pass them by!"
Wang Yuan didn’t force it!
In this era, people talk like tigers, and gossip can drown people!
In the afternoon, the Zhou family's payment for goods arrived, totaling two thousand taels of silver and seven hundred taels of gold, which made everyone in the room unable to open their eyes.
Before a group of people could go to pay the betrothal gift, another carriage arrived at the Zhao family's blacksmith shop.
When they looked at the coachman, the people who got out of the carriage, Erhu, and the three brothers Guo Cang had a look in their eyes, and they all looked a little nervous!
It’s Zhao Weimin who comes, Xu Baotou!
However, both of them were dressed in common clothes and looked like ordinary people!
But the oxtail knife hanging around Xu Captou's waist showed his official status!
Zhao Weimin cupped his fists and saluted: "Student, I have taken the liberty to visit you. I hope you will forgive me!"
Zhao Qinghe was stunned to see that this middle-aged man with extraordinary bearing actually called his cousin sir.
There are so many things about him that he doesn’t know!
Wang Yuan waved his hands unhappy: "Stop saluting, I don't like this!"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhao Weimin smiled bitterly and took out an invitation: "The first thing I did when I came here was to send my husband an invitation to the Fengding Longtai Poetry Society."