Three carts were parked in front of Huo's house on Qionghua Lane. The door was busy going in and out.
"Okay, you guys can't even fit it on the truck, so why not put it on?" Xiao Miao'er stared at Qian Xiaoxia. After a while, it fell apart and the dealer had to pay for the repair money.
"I can still pretend."
"Let's install these first." Seeing that Qian Xiaoxia wanted to add more goods, Huo Xi stopped him.
"Let's sell it first. If it doesn't sell well, we'll ruin the presentation by going back and forth. If we can't sell it, we won't be able to return it. If we sell it at a discount, we'll still lose money."
"That's right, greedy bites off more than it can chew." Yang Fu couldn't help but say that to him.
Seeing everyone trying to persuade him, Qian Xiaoxia touched his nose and said, "Let's do this for now."
After all three pallets had loaded their goods, everyone pushed them out into the alley.
Seeing that Yang was about to follow, Huo Xi said to her: "Mom, why don't you stay at home with Nian'er? You may have to get back late tonight, and Grandma Zou won't be able to get Nian'er by herself."
"It's okay. If Grandma Zou can't coax Nian'er well, there's still your Aunt Guan. You guys are entering the inner city tonight for the first time. I won't worry if Mom doesn't follow."
Seeing her insistence, Huo Xi had no choice but to comply with her.
Following the carts out of the alley, I felt a little uneasy when I saw three large carts.
She used to sell goods in Mochou Lake, but some of them couldn't be sold, so she wandered around to inquire about the situation.
After walking for two days, I decided to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to sell again. It was impossible to stop. It was getting cold now and the fish were no longer bubbling.
Freshwater fish are not very tolerant to low temperatures. In winter, their activity is low and they don't like to move much. Most of them close their mouths and don't eat, and like to hide at the bottom of the water. In winter, the upper water temperature is lower and the lower water temperature is higher, so the fish sink to the bottom.
If the fish is not easy to catch, everyone will have no income. The adults in Taoyedu do not earn as much as the half-year-old children who go to the city to sell in baskets. Only the little Miaoer earned several taels of silver in ten days. Everyone
envious.
Huo Erhuai couldn't stand being teased by everyone, so he came over to tease Huo Xi.
Huo Xi couldn't bear Huo Erhuai Mo. Besides, she had some plans in mind.
So he would walk around the city at dawn every day, and then carry goods to his small yard, like a squirrel hiding food for the winter, and take whatever good things he saw to his home.
The more we move, the more we move.
Today, she planned to let Ma Ji, Ma Xiang, Qian Xiaoxia and Qian Xiaoyu sell some daily food and other goods along the moat first, while she took the Zou family's boat and the three families who later joined Taoye Ferry on the single boat.
, prepare to enter the inland river along the Qinhuai River to sell and see.
The boats of these four companies are not big, just a little bigger than the half-meter-wide flat boat. It is not burdensome to enter the inland river.
Although the Zou family's boat is larger, its width is only about one and a half meters, so there should be no problem in passing through the culvert.
When the three carts arrived at the ferry, Huo Erhuai and the Yu family's boat were no longer there.
Huo Erhuai and Yu Jiang took the goods early in the morning and rowed outside the city.
Huo Xi felt that there were probably a lot of people coming to the city to watch the excitement during this period, so she asked Huo Erhuai to lead several families to row the boat to the village along the river.
If fishing is not easy, I can just carry some villagers into the city to watch the fun. I can make a lot of money by picking up villagers going in and out of the city several times a day. If I sell goods with them, I can also earn a few more copper coins.
The city is very lively during this period. There are many good things and delicious food that you have never seen before. They are emerging one after another. If you sell these good things in the city to the villages along the river, there are many rich households in the villages near the capital, so you will definitely be able to sell a lot.
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After listening to Huo Xi's idea, many people in Taoyedu asked the Huo family for goods, and began to carry individual passengers and sell goods at the same time.
In this way, Taoye Ferry's business will be available around the capital, as well as in the outer and inner cities.
Seeing Xiao Miao'er tiptoeing to find her boat, Yang was afraid that the child would be sad, so she called to her: "Your parents will come to pick you up in the evening."
"I know. My parents said they would come to pick up my sister and me in the evening."
Huo Xi glanced at her and saw her face was excited, feeling that her mother was thinking too much.
So he called several ships to load the goods, and when the goods were loaded, they started to divide the people.
There were nine people in four boats. The Zou family's boat was slightly larger, so Yang took Huo Xi on the Zou family's boat. Xiao Miaoer, Yu Ya and Zou Sheng each chose a boat.
Chang You, Qi Defu, and Mi Mancang are all single young men. They are eighteen or nineteen years old and are not burdened by young families. If they earn more, they can provide more support for their families. If they earn less, the three of them can survive.
This is the person Huo Xi wants to win over.
I just took this opportunity to see their character. Huo Erhuai went hunting with them at night and shared the money. He thought the three of them had good character, but Huo Xi wanted to see it in person.
This time, everyone in Taoyedu asked her family to help them purchase goods, and Huo Xi felt very excited. Suddenly, the previously hazy plan began to become clear.
How long can one person save money alone?
If she has a fleet and everyone gets goods from her for distribution, then the sales channel will no longer be single. Once the sales channel is opened, goods will be sold continuously...
Although we have to share profits with everyone, as sales increase, won’t we make more profits?
And why bother to sell goods by yourself? There are so many channels that you can’t even go through. Wouldn’t it be better to let others help you sell goods, and just find and distribute the goods yourself, and become a general distributor?
"Sister Xi'er, you don't know what you're thinking about anymore?" Xiao Miao'er covered her mouth in amusement.
Yang glanced at Huo Xi and sighed, this child is too thoughtful.
The family can live a good life now. Not only do they have nearly an hectare of land, but they still send money to the family every day these days. Sometimes there are dozens of taels in a night, and sometimes there are more than a dozen taels in a night.
Sometimes she and Huo Erhuai would get cramps in their fingers as they counted copper plates.
Now she and her husband have two to three hundred taels of silver in their hands, and they are thinking about whether to buy a house in the outer city if they cannot buy fertile land.
But I was afraid that Xi'er would need money.
Xi'er's grandfather didn't know where she was exiled, otherwise she and Erhuai had discussed sending some things there. But they were afraid of ruining Xi'er's affairs. Seeing that Xi'er didn't mention it, they both covered up the money.
I didn't dare to use it.
"Sister Xi'er, we are almost at Dongshui Pass." Seeing that Huo Xi was still thinking about something, Xiao Miaoer hurriedly raised her voice in Huo Xi's direction.
Huo Xi came back to her senses and looked around. The boat had reached Tongji Bridge.
Seeing the setting sun shining on the river, the water is sparkling and making light waves. After passing Tongji Bridge, you will reach Dongshui Pass. After passing Dongshui Pass, you will reach Qinhuai, which is ten miles away.
It makes people feel heartbroken.
The Qinhuai River has two sources, the north and the south. The north source flows out from Baohua Mountain. When it reaches the capital, it divides into two streams. One stream flows along the outer city, forming a moat, and finally flows into the Yangtze River. The other stream flows into Jinling City through Dongshuiguan.
Dongshui Pass is the entrance where the Qinhuai River flows into Jinling, and it is also the starting point of the ten-mile Qinhuai River.
Huo Xi couldn't help but straighten up and look at the tall building ahead.
The three characters "Dongshui Pass" come directly into view.
It was excavated by Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty to divert water into the city. In this dynasty, when Taizu built the city wall, it was expanded on the original foundation to become what it is today.
Dongshui Pass is the only ship lock entrance to the Jinling City Wall. Jinling City has two water gates, the East Shuiguan enters and the West Shuiguan exits.
The building in front of you is a masonry structure with three floors, each with 11 coupons. The coupons are also called "Yanyue Cave". The upper two floors house the soldiers who defended the city and stored supplies, and are also called Tibetan Soldier Cave.
The bottom layer regulates the water level of the Qinhuai River and controls floods. Only the culvert in the middle is open to ships, and the rest are equipped with iron fences to prevent enemy troops from sneak attacks from the waterway.
Looking at it from the boat, it is tall and majestic, and the water gate buildings and the city wall are integrated into one. People can't help but be in awe.
Although Yang and others fished in the Qinhuai River every day, they had never been to Dongshuiguan. They were all stunned.