Chapter 60 Sweet Harbor Storm - The Storm is Coming
Chapter 60 Sweet Harbor Storm - The Storm is Coming
While Chang Shide was digging holes driven by Bei Kai's indiscriminate coal mining skills, Xuwen's South China Sugar Factory was quietly entering the center of a storm.
The opening of South China Sugar Store was very low-key, so low-key that Wen Tong not only did not use the commercial promotion methods that he was familiar with in another time and space, but also did not even set off firecrackers or perform lion dances in this time and space. The newly renovated candy shop
The store's locker room quietly took off its door panel one day and started to open for business.
As a result, the business situation on the first day was very good. Although many people did not know that there was a newly opened sugar store here, for the sugar cane farmers who came here to deliver sugar cane for processing, they could exchange the sugar for money without leaving the door.
It is much more convenient to sell candy on Hai'an Street than to have to catch a car.
Every sugarcane farmer who sells sugar received a discount for saving two bucks of sugar. This new measure surprised the sugarcane farmers. Many people asked, when can they get the two bucks? According to Mr. Wen, Liao Daxing
The explanation: I just said that we will come to your door and notify everyone when the time comes. Although most people are hesitant about this answer and doubt whether the two deductions for sweets will really be given to them, but for everyone, they have not lost anything.
After a few peaceful days like this, I received nearly one hundred taels of candy every day. Although Wen Tong was not very satisfied with this, considering that he only had a total of ten thousand taels of silver, I was afraid that the business would be too prosperous.
I couldn’t afford food or shelter, so I didn’t take it to heart.
On this day, he just got up and felt light and light. Because he had nothing to do the day before, he took A'Zhu into his care and spent a passionate night. At this moment, under the careful service of the female slave, he was brushing
Teeth, while looking at A'Zhu, I feel that I am really great - I can actually leave a living, ready to sacrifice, and not too heavy-tasting woman aside for a few weeks to be busy with work. My attitude towards my work
And spirit, admiration arises spontaneously.
"Be kind to yourself." Wen Tong washed his face with a towel. He was thinking about when Chang Shide would come back from Vietnam and whether there would be any problems using rice to pay the sugar price. He saw Liao Daxing hurriedly came out from outside.
broke in.
"What's the matter?" Wen Tong was surprised. He has been here for a long time and knows that these people are very strict about the relationship between superiors and inferiors. This is the inner house. If a shopkeeper like him wants to see him, he must first inform him. If you come in without permission, you don't have to ask.
Something big has happened.
"To the shopkeeper: The candy store today doesn't feel right!"
"What's wrong?" Wen Tong felt strange.
"There are too many people..." Liao Daxing panted, with a look of uneasiness on his face.
"The candy seller?" Wen Tong hadn't turned around yet, "That's a good thing."
"Yes, it's a good thing." Liao Daxing couldn't say anything bad. After all, the purpose of opening a sugar shop is to collect sugar. Naturally, the more people selling sugar, the better. But he is a veteran in the mall after all.
There is still a hint of a storm in this sudden change.
"But the number of people increased too fast -" Liao Daxing didn't know what to say, "It's strange!"
"Let's go and have a look." Wen Tong thought to himself that he would go to the scene and have a look. However, Chang Shide was not there, and Bei Wei took people out to conduct reconnaissance again. He had to call Chen Tianxiong so that we could discuss it later.
The two of them hurried to the entrance of the sugar store. Before they could open the door, many sugarcane farmers had gathered in the open space outside the door. Ox carts, burdens, handcarts, backpacks, and various transportation tools were all full.
Sugar, and people kept coming on the road behind. Everyone's face was tense, and everyone seemed to be hiding a huge secret in their hearts, but no one was willing to tell others this secret.
I'm afraid that if this news leaks out, their opportunity to seize the opportunity will be missed.
It did look weird, but neither Wen Tong nor Chen Tianxiong could see anything wrong. Time passed by and it was almost time to open the door. Wen Tong had no choice but to wave his hand and call Liao Daxing:
"Open the door."
As soon as the door opened and the store had just brought out the large scales and other things, the sugarcane farmers gathered outside the door rushed forward. Everyone rushed to the place where the scales were collected. In an instant, four people were weighed.
Everything was crowded. At first there was some order, and people lined up consciously, but people from behind kept pouring into the empty space, and they all rushed towards the weighing area. The order was suddenly chaotic, and the entire empty space was suddenly crowded by the crowd.
It was full, and the cattle neighed in the crowd.
The guys were frightened and overwhelmed by the crowd. Some stood dumbfounded, not knowing how to respond, while others hurriedly weighed the people who crowded in front of them.
In the chaos, someone's candy basket probably fell apart, and he let out a desperate howl: "My candy--my candy--"
His cry was immediately drowned out by the surging crowd and the impatient neighing of the cattle.
Wen Tong saw that the momentum was not good, and knew that there must be something wrong with today's affairs, but now was not the time to look for reasons, so he quickly informed Wen Qing: "You run to the Wei Escort Agency and ask Liao Dahua to bring all the escorts who have not gone out to me.
!quick!"
"Yes!" Wen Qing turned around and ran out.
"Come back!" Wen Tong thought again, what's the use of relying on bodyguards alone, there are too few people, "Pull some militiamen out along the way!"
Liao Daxing quickly climbed onto a table and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Don't crowd, please line up and come one by one. South China Sugar Company is doing shopping all day long. There is plenty of time -"
He yelled at the top of his lungs, but no one in the crowd responded to him. A terrible thought flashed through Liao Daxing's mind: Although he didn't know why these people came to sell candy, he had experienced similar things.
Yes, there was an unexpected heavy snowfall in Leizhou a few years ago. After the spring started, the government was selling rice. This was the case with the people who came to the grain store to buy rice. Men, women, old and children almost crowded the counter room. The bluestone shop
The counter was completely collapsed, and more than a dozen people were squeezed to death before the government officials arrived to maintain order.
It wouldn't be the same today. Liao Daxing was so frightened that he stood on the table and didn't know what to say.
Chen Tianxiong said anxiously: "Shopkeeper Liao, please keep shouting. If you don't shout, it will be more chaotic!"
"Yes, yes." Liao Daxing straightened his throat again and began to shout, "Don't be chaotic, everyone, take your time..."
Wen Tong also stood up to comfort people. However, he knew nothing about Leizhou dialect, so it was useless to go up. Just as he was running around anxiously, Zhou Shizhai had already arrived with a militia team of factory employees. The militiamen all held rattan sticks and wore
helmet.
They rushed forward and quickly separated the crowd. This made the chaotic order somewhat improved. The waiter who was originally squeezed to the point of being unable to stand was finally able to return to the table where he was squeezed and continue to collect and weigh sugar.
Already working.
After a while, the people from the Qiwei Escort Bureau also arrived. They were few in number but experienced. They quickly blocked the incoming crowd at the intersection and only allowed people to line up to enter.
Chen Tianxiong came up with a plan and said: "Shopkeeper Liao, please immediately take the people in the counter and move the money exchange place to the other side of the yard."
This can prevent crowds from staying at the entrance of the candy store for too long and facilitate evacuation.
"Yes, little one, let's go now -" Liao Daxing's legs had already become weak, so he quickly took the people away.
Here Zhou Shizhai led the militiamen and bodyguards to clear all the access roads, and the crowd began to slowly disperse. The empty field was no longer crowded, and the queues were restored. However, the chaotic situation of more than ten minutes just now has already
Tragic traces were left behind: dozens of tattered straw sandals, more than a dozen crushed and crushed baskets, and candy sprinkled all over the floor. Some people were crying while taking their clothes to check.
"What's going on! It's incomprehensible!" Wen Tong said anxiously. Fortunately, there were no personal casualties, but didn't this appearance greatly damage the image of the sugar store? He quickly told Wen Xiu who came over: "Go,
Take some women to collect all the candies and return them to them."
"It's weird, it's so weird." When Chen Tianxiong saw this, he knew something was wrong. Something must have happened that they didn't know about. This mess was definitely not a good sign. He was moved in his heart and hurriedly said to Wen Tong: "Hurry up.
Go to the sugar factory, there are too many people here, I’m afraid there will be chaos inside the factory!”
Wen Tong broke out in a cold sweat: The bodyguards and militiamen were all here at the sugar store, wouldn't they have fallen into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain? If someone set fire to the sugar factory... He quickly informed Zhou Shizhai and took several bodyguards back to the sugar store.
When going to the factory, always pay attention to the situation.
But things were normal at the sugar factory. The number of sugarcane farmers who came to process sugarcane did not increase much. This news made Wen and others relax a little. However, more and more sugarcane farmers came to sell sugar, and the guys were in a hurry. Several people had expressions on their faces.
They were gloomy, but they didn't know what to do. They asked the waiters to ask, but they couldn't find anything. Each of these sugarcane farmers looked nervous, but unexpectedly they refused to say why they came here to sell sugar.
After all, Chen Tianxiong had a lot of experience in society. After thinking about it a few times, he came to some understanding. He quickly called an escort and asked him to go to Hai'an Street to find out, especially those sugar shops, to see what happened there.
Just as the escort left, Liao Dahua came and trotted into the yard.
"Several... shopkeepers... shopkeepers, please... please..." Liao Dahua looked flustered and could hardly breathe, "Hai'an Street -"
"What happened to Hai'an Street?" Wen Tong's mind has already figured out that Hai Yitang must be causing trouble! "Hai Yitang?!"
Liao Dahua nodded desperately: "They have raised the price of sugar to one to two to five cents since yesterday!"
Now everyone was a little stunned. How did these sugar merchants get their heads around when the price was raised to one or two and a half yuan? No wonder sugarcane farmers flocked to them. The difference of one or two yuan per stone is not a small amount! They don't
Are you planning to do this business? No one had a clue for a while.
Wen Tong's face turned pale. No one else here knew how much silver there was in the sugar factory, but he knew it clearly. When Chang Shide left, it was just a fraction of more than 10,000 taels. He had been there this week
More than a thousand taels were spent on the acquisition. If everyone follows this trend...
He could no longer imagine it. Wen Tong had never thought that he would encounter such a thing in this time and space, and he was not a business person.
"I'm obviously a technician at a sugar factory." He thought painfully as he looked at the group of people with big eyes and small eyes waiting for him to make up his mind.
Although the few people didn't know how much money they had, they knew something was wrong when they saw Wen Tong's appearance. Chen Tianxiong whispered: "Old Wen, how much foundation do you still have now? Tell us, so that we can all add up."
"It's only ten thousand taels." Wen Tong unconsciously laid an ambush.
Liao Dahua also understood now. It turned out that his boss didn't have enough money! He hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, I'm going to see how much money is out in Daxing now!"
"Okay, go ahead." Wen Tong was already a little angry at this moment.
The news came back quickly: An hour after the market opened, South China Sugar House had already received more than one hundred shi of sugar. South China Sugar House had to do business for five hours every day, which was 600 to 700 shi a day.
, you have to pay more than one thousand taels of silver. Nine thousand taels of silver can only last you six or seven days in the best case.
Then there is the terrible financial chain break...
Wen Tong could only tell Wen Xiu to send a message, asking the guys to take their time when purchasing, not to go too fast, just maintain the current average speed, and try to slow down the speed of sugar storage.
But this is not a long-term solution. As more and more sugarcane farmers come, too slow a speed will inevitably cause crowds to be squeezed. When the chaos breaks out, they will not be able to suppress it.
Liao Dahua whispered: "My boss, I passed it today, let's change it to one, two or five cents tomorrow."
"That's the only way." Wen Tong thought about it and had no other choice. Although this was a blow to the reputation of Huanan Sugar Company, fortunately everyone had lowered their prices, and Huanan was not the one to stand out.
Chen Tianxiong said: "It is better to report to the Executive Committee and Guangzhou as soon as possible and request countermeasures."
Wen Tong agreed and hurriedly wrote a report. He sent carrier pigeons to Guangzhou and sent people directly back to Lingao to report the news.
However, the crowds did not decrease at all. Finally, the crowds accumulated on the road. The faces of those who came had anxious looks. The price of sugar had dropped, and it had dropped so low. For the sugarcane farmers who had worked hard for a year, it was like a bolt from the blue.
, If you really want to sell it at this price, not to mention making money, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get your money back! Especially those who have borrowed money are even more anxious. They have transported the sugar themselves, and they have even called their wives and children to inquire in front of them.
Is the market still selling for 20-25 yuan in South China? When they heard that it was, they all breathed a sigh of relief. They just hoped that their turn would come sooner and they could sell off the sweets they had worked so hard to make.
Although Liao Dahua was flustered, he was more or less calm. He quickly asked Wen Tong to recruit some women and children from the sugar factory employees, make hay grass tea, and deliver it in buckets, and provide it to the sugarcane farmers in line for free to drink "to relieve the heart fire".
We also set up some pavilions along the road for people to rest. The weather is already hot enough now, and if we continue to do this, we will inevitably lose a few lives. In order to avoid disputes about queuing, we quickly purchased a batch of bamboo sticks and adopted the queuing method.
Bamboo sticks, the system of calling people on the scale, and the bodyguards and militiamen also maintained order in the team, and finally the order was maintained.