Chapter 49

Early in the morning, two carriages suddenly drove into Lingjia village from the junction of several villages. After asking about Ling Jingxuan's residence, the carriage in front of them went to the foot of Yuehua mountain one after another. Along the way, many villagers working in the field saw it, but no one dared to ask. Almost everyone was guessing who the two carriages were looking for.

"Whew?" The carriage stopped at the door of Ling Jingxuan's house. Shopkeeper Zhang of Xinyuan restaurant stepped down from the car behind, motioned to one of the coachmen to look at the carriage, and knocked on the closed wooden door of Ling Jingxuan's house with two assistants.

"Who?" The voice of the steamed bun crackled. Then, only a squeak was heard. The wooden door was opened from the inside. The small steamed bun standing behind the door tilted his head and doubted a large number of them for a moment. Before the shopkeeper Zhang opened his mouth, he turned around and ran back.

"Dad, Dad, the uncle of that restaurant came yesterday, dad?"

"Forehead" see, Zhang shopkeeper's forehead son a black, stiff face silly looking at that small figure of Sahuan.

"Let manager Zhang laugh, please come in!"

After a while, Ling Jingxuan came out of the room, followed by Ling Jingpeng and two small steamed stuffed buns who had just come over. The manager in a daze just came back to his senses. He gave a slightly embarrassed smile and clasped his hands and said, "please, Mr. Ling."

"Ha ha We're welcome. Please Where does the host walk in front of the guests? He still wants to do his business.

"Ha ha?? I'm not polite. To be honest, Mr. Ling, I came to talk to you about jam today. Yesterday?? Eh, how can you catch such a big carp this season? Mr. Ling, this is also yours? "

Only half of what manager Zhang said when he entered the yard, his attention was attracted by the barrels of fish in the yard. Seeing the big and fat carp in it, manager Zhang could not help wondering. There are not only fishermen who specialize in fishing, not to mention the fish in the river, but also a lot of sea fish. But because of the fishing all the year round, and the inability to feed, this season is usually It's hard to see such a big fish, which is the main reason why the price of fish is so high.

"Well, the medicine fish I raised in the nearby stream is not much, just enough to sell for a living."

Ling Jingxuan obviously didn't want to say more. He just fooled around. He didn't think that shopkeeper Zhang would be so easy to cheat as those people in the market. In case he asked him to take him to see the place where the fish was raised, he didn't plan to catch too many fish "medicine fish" before his fish pond was built? Can you support yourself

He was keen to catch the key point, and manager Zhang couldn't help exclaiming. For thousands of years, this is something that no one has ever done.

"Ha ha I'm just lucky to work out a recipe for raising fish with herbs. "

He knew it would be like this, but Ling Jingxuan had no choice. If he said that he caught the fish casually, it would be even more difficult to fool him with shopkeeper Zhang's shrewdness. Now it is not the time to produce a large number of fish, and it is early in the morning. What are so many fish waiting for him to catch?

"Can you ration it every day?"

Seeing that he still had something to hide, shopkeeper Zhang resolutely gave up the topic and made it clear that he was interested in these fish. Ling Jingxuan pretended to ponder before returning: "at present, there are at most 30 fish a day, not necessarily carp, silver carp and grass carp. If the manager wants to, he can only send his own carriage to pick up the goods. I can't deliver them to the town every day."

Since Xinyuan restaurant can be opened all over the Qing Dynasty, the power behind it must be extraordinary. It is also a good thing to cooperate with them for a long time. Now that we don't have our own fish ponds, we can't sell fish in large quantities. If we have our own fish ponds, we have to rely on them to make money.

"Well, let's go in and talk about it slowly."

Finally, with another look at the fish in the bucket, shopkeeper Zhang takes the initiative to step forward. Ling Jingxuan stealthily gives Ling Jingpeng a look, indicating that he should take two small steamed stuffed buns to the backyard before he can follow them. The most important task of children is to read and play. It's all over before. He doesn't want them to get involved in business affairs too early.

"Young master Ling, I'll tell you the truth."

After sitting down in the main room, shopkeeper Zhang didn't talk to him, and looked at him straight to the theme: "to be honest, I launched the cool food after you left yesterday, and the reaction was beyond my imagination. When the rush hour at noon passed, I went to the town in person. The shopkeeper of the town also expressed great interest in it. He even gave a letter of recess to the state manager, explaining in detail the practice and purchase of cool food About jam, I received a letter from the manager of the state capital early this morning. We decided to launch this cold product in all branches of the state capital at the same time. So I want to ask Mr. Ling, can you supply us 1000 cans in ten days? And at least 5000 cans a month? "

This data is very large and frightening, and it is their conservative estimation. He came here in person. To be honest, he did not expect that the general manager of the state capital would attach such importance to this matter.

"Yes, yes, but I'm afraid we'll have to calculate the price differently." It seems to have been expected to have such a result for a long time. Ling Jingxuan meditated a little and then condensed his voice.

"What kind of calculation?"

Hearing the play, the shopkeeper was resolute and enthusiastic. At this moment, Ling Jingpeng came in. Ling Jingxuan raised his hand and motioned to him not to be impatient. He raised his head and said to Ling Jingpeng, "go to the cellar and help me get a jar of jam."Ling Jingpeng nodded, turned around and went out. Shopkeeper Zhang was puzzled. When he came back again, he held a jar of jam sealed with a white cloth in his hand. Ling Jingxuan took the jam and opened the white cloth and handed it to the shopkeeper: "yesterday, we talked about a can or two of silver. I thought you didn't want much, but there are hundreds of jars a month, but now you have the quantity If you keep using this kind of small jar, I'm afraid it won't be long before the jar will be out of stock. As you can see, I'm a village man with two children, and I can't go to other places to buy jars. So I thought, this kind of jar can only hold one kilo at most, or we can just use a big jar If I lose a little, I'll charge you one or two kilos? "

Obviously, it is a business without capital. He can also say that he has a painful look. This is no one else.

"It's OK, but it's better not to exceed one hundred catties for one jar. We're going to send it to the restaurants nearby. It's hard to distribute too much. It's not good to make a trip if it's damaged during transportation."

His requirements are not too much. Indeed, one or two catties are more cost-effective than one can or two. Shopkeeper Zhang has no reason to disagree, but their contract will be rewritten.

"Don't worry about it. My expectation is that 50 Jin per jar will be enough for you to distribute. But shopkeeper Zhang, have you ever thought about selling jam to the outside world?"

At present, he doesn't know whether wine can be sold. If he wants to make enough money to buy land and build houses in three months, he can only rely on jam. Although the quantity given by shopkeeper Zhang is amazing, he thinks it is not enough. After yesterday's incident, he decided to make it in the shortest time, so that those who look down on them will regret to death.

"For sale? What do you mean

The person who can become a shopkeeper must have a lively mind. The doubts of shopkeeper Zhang only hovered for a second, and then gradually came into full bloom. Ling Jingxuan nodded in front of his eyes and said, "well, for sale, the ice product doesn't have much technical content. The experienced eaters can know how to do it at a glance. As far as I know, the ladies and daughters of rich families are in general You can't just show up outside, can you? If you let your family pack it back, it's estimated that the ice has melted. If you have ready-made jam, you can't solve this problem. "

No matter what era, there is more money than women's money?

"That's right. But if you want to sell it to a big family, a big jar is not suitable. You have to use a small jar, and it needs to be more exquisite. Don't you say there are not so many?"

"This one."

The thief climbed up his cheek with a smile. Shopkeeper Zhang looked at him suspiciously, and then he could not help pointing to him and laughing: "you boy, you really know how to do business."

Only then did he know that he had planned for a long time, waiting for him to jump inside.

"Hey, hey? The shopkeeper is serious. I want to make a living. "

Ling Jingxuan humbly clasped his hands, folded his smile and continued: "because you want a large amount, I suggest using a big jar. It's not a trick. The shopkeeper can rest assured. I'll sell you one or two silver jars of jam. As for how much you want to sell, it doesn't matter to me. I won't disclose the reserve price to anyone, and certainly I won't sell it again Others, these can all be written into a new contract. "

"It's natural, but the quantity will be large. Are you sure you can supply it?"

Looking around, it's not that he doesn't trust him, but that the family is so big. Before he came, he also heard some rumors about him. He knows that he is now alone with two children, and occasionally his parents and brothers will come to help, but the amount they want is too large. It should be difficult for them to maintain this number?

"Shopkeeper Zhang may rest assured that since I dare to make this proposal, I can guarantee the quantity of fruit. However, I still say that, no matter how much you want, I will only supply it until the end of September, and it will no longer be supplied in October when it is cool."

he has already thought about it, and has joined Zhao Dalong's family to work together. Of course, it is not cooperation, but employment In the future, he can also hire some long-term workers. It's said that he can buy people. How can we do that then? In order to earn enough money to buy land and open up wasteland, he has to go out and work hard.

"Yes, you have said that. What can I worry about?"

The shopkeeper is also cheerful. He turns his head and asks the man beside him to take the brush, ink, paper, inkstone and silver in the car. Regardless of the change of the contract, he will take back the 100 cans today.

"Let's talk about the fish. You can sell it for ten Wen a kilo at most. I'll give you all your fish at the same price."

Taking advantage of this period of time, the shopkeeper opened up again. Ling Jingxuan shook his head helplessly: "Cheng, it's the same sentence. At about this time in the morning, you send someone to pull it. For the time being, I can only supply you with 30. Later, I plan to dig a two acre fishpond in my backyard and try to raise it by myself. If you are interested, we will talk about it when we survive."

I'm afraid the fish pond can't be delayed any more. We can see from the jam that Xinyuan restaurant is so rich that he doesn't make money because of his brain."OK, brother, I can trust you. We will not write a contract for the supply of fish for the time being. We will negotiate a contract when you raise a large number of fish."

While talking, the man with the bag has come back. The shopkeeper took the bag, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone inside and pushed the rest to Ling Jingxuan: "I think it's not convenient for you to use silver tickets in the village, so I made the decision without authorization and changed it into 100 Liang silver coins. You can see the quantity first."

"Thank you, manager Zhang." Taking over the burden, Ling Jingxuan didn't really count one by one, so he threw it to Ling Jingpeng standing behind him.