It seems that no matter what era or place, Chinese people have always yearned for entertainment activities such as watching the excitement.
Seeing Mr. Chen holding on to the man in the middle of the courtyard, other people around him immediately stretched their necks and automatically gathered around, starting to watch the excitement.
Xiao Han, who was standing behind Mr. Chen, had sharp ears, and he could hear some guys who didn't know what was going on, whispering to the people around him for information.
"Shopkeeper Qian? Shopkeeper Qian?"
"Oh, it's Shopkeeper Lin! Sorry, disrespectful!"
"Okay, don't be disrespectful, do you know what's going on?"
"Ahem, I don't know much about this. I just heard vaguely. It seems that when the Chen family went to sea, a boat's skin was accidentally soaked by the sea water. As a result, after the Chen family came ashore, they didn't tell the Zhao family and the sea water soaked them.
The soaked leather was washed and sold as good leather to them, and then the Zhao family discovered it, so they were unwilling to pay the Chen family."
"Tsk, tsk, is there such a thing?! The leather has been soaked in sea water, and it has become hard and brittle. Are you selling such a thing? It is also washed and used as a good leather. Isn't this a lack of great virtue?"
"Ahem... Shopkeeper Lin must be careful, the Chen family is not someone to be trifled with!"
"Uh - don't worry, he is far away from here and can't be heard! But having said that, the shopkeeper of the Chen family is indeed rude. You see, he was clearly in the wrong, but now he is forcing him to be like this."
"Discourteous? You haven't seen anything more rude! The head of their Chen family...hey..."
Listening to the whispers around him, Xiao Han's mouth twitched violently a few times. He suddenly felt that following Boss Chen this time was not a wise move.
"Hey, if Baiqi's people weren't so stupid that they couldn't even find out such big things as the Chen family selling saltpeter to the Feng family, I wouldn't have followed him even if I was crazy!"
Rolling his eyes, Xiao Han turned around and saw the angry Boss Chen raising his fist, about to hit the poor guy.
"Hey, don't make too much trouble for me! If you want to scare everyone away, you will die!"
Seeing this scene, Xiao Han was afraid that Mr. Chen would cause some trouble in the Feng family, so he rushed forward and scolded in his ear.
"Hmph! You're lucky!"
After hearing Xiao Han's scolding, Boss Chen's expression immediately changed. He let go of the man angrily, waved his hand, turned around, and said to the people watching around him: "Well, our Chen family has always been fair and honest in doing business.
For Ben! Don’t listen to this man’s nonsense! He just wants to hold on to the money without paying it back!”
"..."
After Boss Chen finished speaking, the surroundings were still quiet!
A group of shopkeepers and stewards stared at the domineering Mr. Chen, and then looked at the poor shopkeeper who fell on the ground. They almost had the words "We don't believe" written on their foreheads.
Mr. Chen naturally also knows that his family has a bad reputation in Lingnan, but he doesn't care about that. It's about doing business and making money. It's just a matter of using some means. It's not embarrassing! As long as the Chen family still has money and people, he won't be afraid.
No one does business with him!
"Well, I won't talk about these disappointing things today. I will take this opportunity to tell you some good news! Our Chen family recently wants to buy a batch of... sulfur? Yes, sulfur! I don't know who is doing this business.
?As long as the quality is high, price is not an issue!”
"Sulfur trade?"
On this day, the only people who can come to this courtyard are either the prominent family stewards from Lingnan or the stewards of large caravans!
Although some of these smart people disdain the Chen family's domineering behavior, their profit-seeking nature still makes their eyes light up when they hear the word "sulfur business".
At this time, sulfur is mainly used as medicinal materials and alchemy, and those with these two names are not cheap!
Although many merchants do not do this business, it is because the demand is not high. If you can find a suitable buyer, you can't say that you will make a huge profit, but you will have to make at least 80% of the profit!
"Our Qian family has some sulfur. I wonder how much shopkeeper Chen wants? What is the price?"
Seeing the flashing eyes of the people around him, the shopkeeper of Qian's family who was whispering at first gritted his teeth, walked out first, and asked Mr. Chen with a smile on his face as he cupped his hands.
"Do you have one at home?" Boss Chen, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, immediately jumped up from his stool when he heard this: "How many are there! How is the quality?"
"The quality is good, but how much..." Shopkeeper Qian hesitated for a moment, then continued: "It's just one truckload."
"A car?"
When Boss Chen heard this number, he rolled his eyes and secretly looked back at Xiao Han, only to see Xiao Han calmly shaking his head.
"No, no, no! It's too little, at least ten, no, one hundred cars!" Carefully observing Xiao Han's face, Mr. Chen stretched out a finger, gritted his teeth and said a number that even he didn't believe!
"A hundred cars?"
Sure enough, upon hearing this number, a buzzing murmur immediately erupted in the courtyard.
For high-end goods like sulfur, in the past, the entire Lingnan could not use ten carts a year, but now the Chen family needs a hundred carts at a time. Even if they guard a sulfur mine, they probably won't be able to get so many?
"Hiss... a hundred cars, that's too much! I wonder how soon Shopkeeper Chen will need it?" Shopkeeper Qian, who stood up at the beginning, was also breathing in cold air as if he had a toothache. He had a channel to get the sulfur, but
With that small mine, I guess I won’t be able to produce a hundred loads of sulfur in three years!
"Half a month, just half a month!"
Xiao Han looked at the weird looks of the people around him and didn't bother to instruct Boss Chen any more. He took a step forward, stretched out three fingers and shook them in the air: "We can deliver at a price that is 30% higher than the market price!"
"boom……"
Now, most of the yard is boiling. The price of sulfur is already high, but if we add another 30%...
"Who is this?" Amidst the eyes that were either shocked or greedy, Shopkeeper Qian swallowed hard and asked Boss Chen.
He wants to know who this person is and whether he can keep his words!
"He..." Boss Chen was on the verge of crying at this time. One hundred cars of sulfur was 30% higher than the market price. This was going to bankrupt the Chen family!
However, after crying and thinking about the "poison" in his stomach, Mr. Chen still took two deep breaths and replied: "This is the new manager of our Chen family. The head of the family has given him full authority to take charge of the sulfur matter.
"
"Oh~"
After Boss Chen finished speaking, the others immediately looked like they were suddenly enlightened, and then looked at Xiao Han. They all became excited!
In fact, they saw this unfamiliar face just when they entered the door.
At that time, they thought Xiao Han was just a boy who followed Boss Chen, but later when they saw that he could make Boss Chen give up beating people with just one sentence, they already knew that Xiao Han was by no means just a boy.
Now, after hearing Boss Chen say that Xiao Han was also a steward of the Chen family, no one else had any doubts at all.
