"There was a fire all the way along the border. You saved my little girl. You have done a great service. The harvesting of grain is already considered a reward." Li Shuomo said in a calm tone.
The little boss's lack of knowledge made him a little angry. If he had been more sensible, he would have quit at this time.
Exactly.
The little boss still stood steadily, looking calm and composed.
"Your Majesty, I would like to negotiate a good business deal with Mr. Chang." After a pause, Xu Mu slightly raised his hand.
These words made Li Shuomo even more angry.
"Talk about business? Aren't you ashamed of doing business with only two taels of silver?"
Xu Mu's expression remained unchanged, and he raised his head high and bowed.
"Be upright and upright, never ashamed. The nine-story platform starts from the tired soil. The trees that hug each other are born from the smallest moth. The river carp dares to leap over the dragon's gate, and the flying bird can cross thousands of mountains. Those who are masters can do it regardless of their origin. I heard that I often remember
In the grain store, my ancestor was once a rice seller, so he should know about it."
These words only made Li Shuomo sneer again. How could a veteran of the court for many years be fooled?
He got up and prepared to call the guards to drag Xu Mu out. Even if his precious daughter made trouble again, he would admit it.
"Uncle Shi, let's have a cup of tea." Mr. Chang suddenly spoke, with a playful smile on his lips, not out of surprise, but because he found it interesting.
"I will give you time for a cup of tea, please start."
Xu Mu was not in any hurry, but his tone became calmer. This scene made Li Shuomo, who was serving tea, feel uncomfortable again.
"My business in Xujiazhuang with Changji Grain Store requires one hundred carts of rice every month."
"What about the price?"
"We will charge it according to the market price. After three months, our Xujiazhuang needs will reach 500 cars per month."
Mr. Chang leaned on his chair, his eyes a little disappointed.
"There are many people in the inner city who want food. Do you think five hundred carts of rice is a big business?"
"It can be seen that the four major households in Tangjiang City need a thousand cars per month."
"These thousand carts don't seem to be the business of Chang Kee Food Store."
Xu Mu smiled. The matter of harvesting grain had been troublesome for a while. Earlier, he had inquired about various grain stores and larger farms.
Mr. Chang paused for a moment, then started laughing.
One of the key reasons why the Changji Grain Store has been able to expand its business is that it controls a small half of the farms near the inner city. Even the household department in the court needs to start from Changji when it comes to disaster relief.
Purchase grain at the grain store.
Of course, on top of Changji Grain Store, there were two other large grain stores, which almost monopolized the rice and grain business for half of the Ji Dynasty.
Among the three, Chang Ji Liang Xing is the weakest.
"In half a year, if the wines of the four major households in Tangjiang City cannot be sold, they will not collect grain. And I, Xujiazhuang, will only buy grain from Changji Grain Store. The four major households previously collected a thousand carts from elsewhere, so I will buy grain from
Always remember that the grain store collects two thousand carts."
puff.
Li Shuomo squirted out a mouthful of tea, took out his handkerchief in a funny way, and wiped his face clean.
In the inner city area, the four major families in Tangjiang City have been able to stand for a hundred years, so there is a reason for it. Even he is not easy to mess with these centuries-old aristocratic families.
Good guy, the young man in front of me actually dares to talk so brazenly that he will take over the four major households in half a year?
Mr. Chang also smiled, but his eyes quickly flashed.
"You said earlier that in the first three months, you would need one hundred carts of grain per month?"
"Exactly."
"Wanwan is also my sister. This time, I will repay my kindness." Mr. Chang was silent for a moment, took out a jade plaque from his arms and handed it to Xu Mu.
"If you want to get grain in the future, just ask your village servant to bring the jade sign to Changji Liang Store. If you want to buy less than 2,000 cars in half a year, I advise you not to open this wine shop."
White faces and black faces sing together, this has always been the way of businessmen.
Xu Mu took it calmly.
He understands in his heart that this is not only a business, but also a cooperation. Of course, the relationship is not equal, at least not now.
Until one day, Xujiazhuang overcame all obstacles and took over the liquor business in the inner city. At that time, the cooperation with Changji Food Store could truly sublimate to another level of strong relationship.
"Business is done! Why don't you go out yet!" Li Shuomo scolded angrily with a cold face. He was becoming more and more disgusted with this little boss who found his way out.
Mr. Chang yawned and had no intention of being a peacemaker. One hundred carts of grain, in exchange for a slim chance, was not a huge loss.
Xu Mu was neither humble nor arrogant, he cupped his hands, turned around and walked out of the main hall.
…
He did not go to the inner room, but stood silently on the bluestone path. After only waiting for half a stick of incense, Jiang Caiwei and others hurried out.
Si Hu, who was walking at the end, was obviously not full yet, and his arms were still bulging. You didn't have to guess that he had packed meat hidden inside.
"Xu Lang!" Jiang Caiwei stepped on her steps and shouted from a distance.
Xu Mu smiled and walked forward in a few steps.
"Deng Tuzi, why don't you go to the banquet?"
"I'm not hungry. By the way, thank you Miss Li." Standing opposite Li Xiaowan, Xu Mu rarely thanked her.
"You, why do you want to thank me?" Li Xiaowan's face was filled with grievances.
"You don't know, this will make you look raw."
Xu Mu was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that even though neither of them liked him, he had done such a big favor, so he might as well lower his profile or find a way to get off.
But what's going on with this little ancestor? He's still not logical.
"That's all, you are also a fool." Li Xiaowan puffed up her face, brushed her thin sleeves twice, and turned around to leave inexplicably.
Xu Mu was startled, and his face suddenly became angry.
"Brother Mu! Hold on, hold on! This is the Li Mansion, and her father is an official! She's inviting you to dinner!" Afraid that Xu Mu would scold him again, Si Hu hurriedly dragged Xu Mu's arm to the Li Mansion.
Pull it outside.
Walking out of the Li family's mansion, it was an unreasonable humiliation. As the grain collection was completed, Xu Mu had already smiled.
"My boss, have we reached an agreement with Changji Liang Store?"
"We've reached an agreement. At the beginning of this month, we will send a hundred carts of food."
"One hundred cars? Boss, here, there is no need to go around looking for food?"
"certainly."
Everyone present cheered and jumped.
Harvesting grain is indeed a terrible thing, especially when Xujiazhuang is powerless and powerless.
Fortunately, it was finally solved.
"Let's go back to Tangjiang first."
While there is still daylight and the horse power is faster, we should be able to get back to Tangjiang City in time.
"Xu, Xu Lang, there is something going on in Chengcheng tomorrow." Jiang Caiwei was a little anxious, and she was afraid that Xu Mu would be angry, so she didn't explain the matter clearly for a while.
"My boss, it's like this. The little ancestor said that tomorrow happens to be the Cultural Festival in Chengcheng, so he asked me to stay one more day."
"Literary sacrifice? Those scholars are fooling around, what are we going to do?" Xu Mu was startled. The flames of war at the Daji border were still vivid in his mind, and he had no time to spare, accompanying a bunch of scholars to complain about everything.
"My little ancestor said that my boss knows poetry and would like to invite him to learn poetry so that he can become a more refined person in the future."
"What am I going to do!" Xu Mu was not interested, but suddenly he remembered that Li Xiaowan really helped a lot with this grain harvesting business.
"Then she didn't say anything before?"
"Boss, you were quarreling earlier..."
"She scolded me, but I didn't scold me back." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead, wondering what Li Xiaowan meant.
"That's all, I'll stay one more day and watch the monkey show."