It is the autumn grain harvest season, and the north is at war with the Tatars. The situation in Xuanfu, Datong, Piantou Pass and other places has been tightened across the board. The Hanshui Pier is also much noisier than usual.
At this time, Su Xigui was standing there leisurely next to a carriage, looking at the ships that had just brought supplies on the river, feeling a surge of pride in his heart.
When an official and businessman achieves his level, the official who backs him not only becomes bigger and bigger, but also relies more and more on him. He is no longer an ordinary broker, but a big shot who can influence the official career of his backer. In addition, he has made a lot of money recently.
Full of money, and getting to know "potential stocks" like Xing Wangfu...
What a proud life!
But every time I get excited, there are always some unharmonious voices: "... Boss, please think about it again. Even if I haven't done much for you, you can't just leave me to the Zhu family mother and son."
Right? How would it be appropriate to work for a woman and a child?"
But it's Shopkeeper Ma.
Shopkeeper Ma felt aggrieved.
Being sent to the idle An Lu to be the shopkeeper was like being exiled, with no chance of success.
Who would have thought that it would be more direct now, and his boss would directly cut off the relationship with him and let him do it with someone else?
Is there such an operation?
Su Xigui took Shopkeeper Ma to Hanshui Pier to discuss the handover with Zhu Hao.
Su Xigui not only handed over the business to Zhu Hao, but also the warehouse he had rented on the riverside and the temporary warehouse he built, as well as manpower, such as shopkeeper Ma... as well as some connections in the business field, and even a large amount of inventory.
Send whatever you can.
Send it in peace.
Su Xigui looked at the gentle river, and there was a sense of heroism in his tone: "Old Ma, you have been with me for so many years, have I ever treated you badly? This is an opportunity for you to create progress in your life... Don't look down on other people's mother and son.
, who can support this business by the Han River, how can he be a simple person? I still hope to make money by cooperating with them."
"But……"
"It's no big deal. You weren't hired by me in the first place. You still have the deed of betrayal in my hand. I'll sell you now. Do you have any objections?"
Su Xigui saw that good words and persuasion were of no use, so he directly issued threats.
Shopkeeper Ma finally realized that he, like those goods, had been given away by Su Xigui.
Su Xigui hit his men with a stick and gave him a sweet date instead: "Old Ma, Mr. Zhu is very shrewd. You won't suffer a loss if you do things with him. I can't help it. I'm doing business in Anlu.
It has something to do with Prince Xing’s Mansion. Do you think Mr. Huang wants to have something to do with Prince Xing’s Mansion? Mr. Huang is about to enter the court as the Minister of Household Affairs. At this time, handing over the business in Anlu is actually for everyone’s convenience.”
He gave the reason again.
Su Xigui is very good at doing business, and he usually has a very good attitude towards his shopkeepers, treating them as friends and family. This is why Shopkeeper Ma and others work hard for him.
But once the matter was decided, nothing could change his mind.
Shopkeeper Ma looked frustrated: "My boss, I can't bear to leave you. You also said that Zhu Xiao, the master of the house, can be a good person by working for him."
Su Xigui's eyes widened: "He is a smart businessman. What should be worried about is me, who is doing business with him. Now you have become his shopkeeper, what are you worried about? You are a shopkeeper, and your boss is smart in business. You
You should feel happy... Come on, smile for me."
This is a bit overwhelming.
Shopkeeper Ma now feels that his life has fallen into endless darkness, how can he still laugh?
But he also knew that his former club was determined to let him transfer.
What can he do?
"Ah……"
He reluctantly opened his mouth and tried to force out a smile, which was uglier than crying, but Su Xigui's smile was as bright as a flower.
It's just that smile... it's shriveled with wrinkles and a little oily, and it looks a bit disgusting: "This is right. Next time we meet again, I should call you Ma Dangjia. You have been promoted."
.”
"Huhu."
Shopkeeper Ma wanted to cry but had no tears.
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the other side.
Zhu Hao is taking Zhu Niang to accept the "trophies" obtained after negotiating with Su Xigui.
Zhu Niang's whole person still had a sense of ignorance that seemed to exist in another world.
"Xiao Hao, mother told you that she was going to do the house demolition business, but... what's wrong with Mr. Su? Why did he give us such a big shop? These goods... were all given by him
Ours?”
The collapse of the house here is not a later Internet buzzword, that is, the collapse of the image of idols in the minds of fans, but generally refers to a place where business and travel goods are stored, and the depositor must pay the owner for storage and storage fees.
It was a sudden idea for Zhu Niang to start this business. She wanted to have a stable income channel without having to show up in person. She never expected to be able to do it on the edge of the Han River where various businesses gathered under the control of local officials and gentry.
What a big business.
But now, Zhu Hao directly pushed her to the throne of the Great Shang.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mom, look at this, here are the leases for six warehouses. Four of them have just been signed, and the lease term is five years. Boss Su has paid three years' rent in advance...the other two are from his previous
The used warehouse has a ten-year lease. When we take over this time, the estimated expenses are mainly labor... Dongzhu Su will no longer be responsible for it, and the monthly expenses are about twenty or thirty taels..."
Zhu Niang felt even more incredible.
The business was given away, and even the warehouse space was rented for free to her?
"Mom, don't worry. Mr. Su is so shrewd in business, how can he not distinguish the interests? This time, I actually took advantage of the agreement we had negotiated with him before and gave us 10% of the profits from his official salt business. He didn't want to give us
, I will use these things to pay off the debt, and from now on we will not owe each other anything.”
Zhu Hao explained the reason.
But this reason is difficult for Zhu Niang to believe.
"The people from the palace are here!"
Zhu Hao suddenly pointed to the official road in the distance and said.
When Zhu Niang took a look, she saw that a carriage with a wide axle was coming, accompanied by guards from the Imperial Guards Department riding tall horses for protection. Lu Song, whom she had seen before, was among them.
Zhu Niang asked: "Why does the palace want someone to come?"
Zhu Haodao: "The palace will be our business partner from now on. If they have goods, they will sell them through us. If the palace needs anything, they will purchase it directly from us. We are not just doing inventory trading, we also need to be wholesalers..."
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There are some things that are difficult to explain clearly to Zhu Niang.
The person who came down from the carriage turned out to be Zhang Zuo, who was naturally invited by Su Xigui.
Zhang Zuo is now the veritable butler of Prince Xing's Mansion. Prince Xing will naturally not come forward when it comes to business matters. Zhang Zuo is the plenipotentiary representative.
Su Xigui's purpose in inviting Zhang Zuo here was also because he was afraid of being "trapped" by Zhu Hao, or in other words, he was afraid that Zhu Hao would not keep his word and if Zhu Hao went back to do business with the palace, he would directly leave Su Xigui aside. Wouldn't it be stealing the chicken but losing the rice?
?
Su Xigui didn't bother to care about Zhu Hao's business with others, but for the business with Prince Xing's Mansion, he had to show that he was the big businessman behind the scenes who really supplied the Prince's Mansion.
Since Zhang Zuo came in person, Zhu Hao knew that Su Xigui should have given him a lot of benefits before.
Zhang Zuo estimated that he could recover part of the more than 300 taels of silver he lost from the telescope business after Yuan Zonggao came back from Su Xigui.
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Su? Madam Zhu San, long time no see!"
No matter how greedy Zhang Zuo is for money, on the surface he is a good man who can balance the interests of all parties and wholeheartedly considers the interests of the Prince's Palace.
In fact, everyone knows that eunuchs are greedy for money. Who makes eunuchs have no guarantee for the future? No one can provide for them in old age, so they can only rely on themselves for everything.
We cannot say that Zhang Zuo is a bad person because of this.
Su Xigui stepped forward and bowed her hands, while Zhu Niang just said a long blessing from a distance.
Zhu Hao walked over on behalf of Zhu Niang and looked at Zhang Zuo with a smile: "Zhang Fengzheng, why are you here today?"
"Zhang Fengzheng, Master Zhu Xiao, you both work in Prince Xing's Mansion, so you should be very familiar with each other, so I don't need to introduce you."
According to the process, Su Xigui was supposed to introduce new suppliers to the representatives of Prince Xing’s Mansion and complete the conversion of the roles of old and new suppliers in front of the Prince’s Mansion, but now this step can be omitted. He continued: “That’s it,
After all, I am engaged in licensed business, and the store in this place is unable to take care of all the tasks, so I leave the business to Mrs. Zhu San.
"Mrs. Zhu San is honest and sincere in her business. If there are any missing goods in the palace from now on, just tell Master Zhu. If he can't supply them here, I will try my best to transport them from other places."
Su Xigui would not speak too directly.
I just need to say that I can't stay in Anlu all the time, and sometimes I can't take care of it, so I found a partner to act as an intermediary.
In fact, how could the palace not know the stakes involved?
As Zhu Hao analyzed to Su Xigui before, Prince Xing's Mansion relied on Su Xigui's connections to make several businesses in a short period of time, but all of this was based on the premise that Huang Zan was the envoy to Huguang.
Once Huang Zan entered the court and became the Minister of Household Affairs, or the Sixth Ministry of Finance in Beijing, Prince Xing's Mansion would inevitably draw a clear line with Huang Zan, and the business with Su Xigui would not be maintained.
But if Zhu Hao is the middleman...
Prince Xing's Mansion and Su Xigui can each get what they need. What Prince Xing's Mansion needs is supplies from government merchants like Su Xigui who have strong backgrounds and can do big business.
And Su Xigui also needs to establish a good relationship with Prince Xing's Mansion. If Zhu Houzhao suddenly burps in the future, Su Xigui will make a lot of money from the connection he has established with Prince Xing's Mansion today.
Even if the emperor has an heir later, or if the person who inherits the throne is not Prince Xing, or if this happens decades later, Su Xiguiping buys and sells, he will not lose money, but he has just spent time and energy.
This is called political investment, and you can't put your money aside.
Knowing that a real dragon might emerge from Prince Xing's Mansion, and that Su Xigui had such a relationship with Zhu Hao and Tang Yin, and his brother-in-law was still the current Huguang Chief Envoy, if he didn't place a bet even though he was close to the water, then Su Xigui would be too stupid.
Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao with admiration in his eyes: "Zhu Hao... you are indeed good at doing business."
In Zhang Zuo's view, Zhu Hao is a "good guy".
He was previously given 500 taels of silver to purchase copper tubes, decorations, etc. for the telescope, allowing him to earn 350 taels of silver out of thin air. Although the silver was later confiscated by the palace, it was not Zhu Hao's fault. It was clearly Yuan Zonggao, an old man.
He insists on checking the accounts and goes against me.
Besides, even if the money is confiscated, King Xing thinks that I am a capable person for taking the initiative to save money for the palace. Now, handing me over to take care of the palace's big account is the best reward for me.
You, Su Xigui, found this middleman for the palace.