Chen Ziang, who was promoted by the Shanghai Shipping Department, is the son of Xiaochang Chen, the local sausage shop owner. This is also the topic he dislikes being mentioned the least. After all, it is not very honorable to tell the family background of small traders. Those bureaucrats in the Shipping Department
We usually don't even dare to mention the word sausage, but now someone actually asked him face to face if he was Xiaochang Chen's son. How could this not make Master Tiju furious?
A brief command came from the sedan: "Get off the sedan." After the green cloth sedan landed, the sedan bearer opened the curtain, and a young man in a python robe and jade belt came out. He was wearing a silver-white coat.
She was wearing a python robe on her shoulders, a jade belt around her waist inlaid with many expensive gems, a black gauze on her head, and powder-soled boots on her feet.
Wife, otherwise I will be so fascinated that my eyes are filled with stars and I scream loudly.
Chen Tiju got off the sedan, and the officials behind him also got off the sedan. Everyone wanted to see who was so bold and dared to stroke Master Tiju's beard. What they saw was a man wearing a blue shirt with a sallow complexion.
But even though her dress is unremarkable, when she talks, she has a certain set of words.
"Chen Tiju, you are from a merchant family. Why can't you put yourself in other people's shoes? Doing business is all about turnover. Your shipping department is closed every day. Isn't this driving people to death? If a shopping mall is like
On the battlefield, if the delivery is one day late, the market may change, and the goods may be unsaleable. Do you care? Do you compensate? Besides, the imperial government gives you a salary to collect taxes, not to hold meetings behind closed doors all day long.
Do you deserve the trust of the imperial court and the great favor of the emperor if you live in such a state?"
Chen Zi was shaking his hands angrily. What an ordinary businessman said was clearly the tone of a high-ranking official reprimanding his subordinates. The officials of the Shipping Department, who were accustomed to other people's flattery and begging, were stunned for a moment. This world
Where did it come from? Could it be that you have eaten the heart of a bear and become a leopard? How dare you speak so arrogantly?
A large number of businessmen were also stunned. The unknown guy said what they wanted to say but did not dare to say. Although they were afraid of clapping and applauding because of the power of the Shibo Division, they secretly admired this daring person.
Good man, the businessman whom Liu Ziguang called his big brother before couldn’t help but secretly thumb his thumbs up: This brother is really good!
"What a sharp-tongued and bold villain! Take it down for me, right and left!" Chen Tiju finally broke out. His weak shoulders were shaking due to uncontrollable rage. He pointed at Liu Ziguang's nose with his raised orchid finger and ordered.
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The guards rushed forward and tried to push Liu Ziguang to the ground. At this time, the fruit merchant who was holding on to the sedan chair suddenly stood up and stood in front of Liu Ziguang and shouted: "Go away, strong man!" How could the guards be stopped by him?
He swung his scabbard and hit him all over the face. Liu Ziguang pulled the fruit merchant behind him, held the guards' scabbards with one hand, and shouted sternly: "Chen Lachang, who gave you the right to beat good people? Aren't you afraid of me?
Do you want me to sue you before the imperial envoy for beating me?"
"Rebellion, come back to me, beat these two madmen to death on the spot!" It seemed that Mr. Chen was really angry, two furious blushes appeared on his pink face, he flicked his python robe and turned back to the sedan chair
, the officers of the Shipping Department and the guards of the adults surrounded them waving weapons, and a dark crowd surrounded Liu Ziguang and the fruit merchant. They raised their knives and sticks at the same time, and were about to beat the two into a pulp. The onlookers watched.
The businessmen did not dare to stop them, so they could only kneel down together and beg for mercy: "Please have mercy on them, sir, and spare them this time."
Of course, Chen Tiju would not buy the favor of these people. Only by seeing the unruly man who dared to offend him being beaten into a pulp could he relieve the anger in his heart. However, things did not go as smoothly as he imagined. He heard a burst of noise outside the sedan chair.
Screaming miserably, he couldn't help but open the curtains and take a look. It turned out that under the siege of dozens of guards, the unruly man was unscathed. He also grabbed a water and fire stick and knocked down a large area of the guards.
The man threw away the stick of water and fire in his hand, picked up a steel knife and twisted it into a twist with three or two strokes. He held it up and showed it and said: "Whoever thinks his bones are harder than iron should come here and die!"
After all, the officers and guards were not soldiers, and this was not a life-and-death battlefield. Who wanted to die? They all cowered and did not dare to step forward. Liu Ziguang threw away the twist knife, pointed at Chen Ziang's sedan and cursed: "You are a five-year-old."
Mr. Pin actually dares to sit in a big green cloth sedan and wear a python robe. Do you think you, Chen Lachang, are a relative of the emperor? I can make you step down just by relying on me. This matter is not over today. Let's wait and see.
." After saying that, he took the fruit merchant and strode away. Dozens of guards did not dare to stop him and automatically made way for him to leave.
Liu Ziguang dragged the fruit merchant through the streets and alleys. After making sure that no one was following him, he stopped and said to the man: "You should quickly find a place to hide. I think those beasts from Shibosi will not give up."
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The man replied: "Thank you for your heroic rescue. In fact, Li wanted to die in the shipping company today, but they didn't give me a public certificate. The boat of fruits has started to rot. I borrowed it from relatives and friends to get it together."
I bought the goods with the money, but now I can't even pay for the ship. It's better to die. I didn't expect that it would attract the strong man to take action, but it would hurt you. I'm really sorry."
Liu Ziguang pondered for a moment and said: "Boss Li, right? I'm just a good person and will do my best to the end. Just sell your boatload of fruit to me. I'll find someone to unload the goods. You only need to take care of the cash and don't worry about anything else."
"How can this happen? Without a public certificate, no one dares to buy the goods even if they are thrown out of the dock. This is a serious crime of smuggling."
"It doesn't matter, I have my own way, you come with me." Liu Ziguang took Boss Li to the dock where the Ax Gang is located, and asked Lin Sheng to find a sampan to take Boss Li to call the cargo ship carrying fruits.
Some of the fruits in the boat full of fruits in Lusong have begun to rot. Lusong has a monsoon tropical rainforest climate with high temperatures and rain, and is rich in fruit and product resources. The bananas, coconuts, pineapples, mangoes and other fruits produced are of high quality and the prices are reasonable.
It's cheap. It's already late autumn in the Ming Dynasty, and fresh fruits can still be sold at a good price when shipped. However, because they can't get a public license to land, they have been anchored on the water for a long time. As a result, all the mangoes in the ship have gone bad.
Yes, the pineapples have been stored for a longer time and have not gone bad, otherwise they would have lost everything.
Lin Sheng gave an order, and hundreds of coolies hurriedly moved all the fruits. Boxes of fruits were piled up next to the trestle. The anti-smuggling patrol boat of the shipping company wandering nearby came to check the official documents, but was blocked by Lin Sheng.
After receiving a big red envelope, I left with a smile.
Lin Sheng was a fruit dealer, so he naturally knew the price of seasonal fruits. After fiddling with the abacus for a few times, he estimated the approximate price of the ship of fruit. Liu Ziguang paid the full amount of money to Boss Li according to the current price. Boss Li received the white money.
, tears rolled down her cheeks, and she knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Liu Ziguang: "My great benefactor, you have saved our whole family. I also ask my benefactor to leave your surname and name so that we can have a title when we meet in the future."
"My name is Xu Wenqiang. I just make a living on the dock. Some things are not important. Ocean business is not easy to do and the risks are unpredictable. I will not make fruit next time. I will buy some tobacco leaves from the Song Dynasty to sell and send them to this dock.
Just go to Gang Leader Lin." Liu Ziguang appeased Boss Li with his kind words and sent him away.
"Brother, why did you get so many fruits? These fruits can't be sold at high prices." Lin Sheng was a little strange, thinking that the eldest brother was really old-fashioned and spent money to buy a lot of garbage.
"Ask Mei Lin to organize the neighbor sisters-in-law and pick out the better fruits. She will know what to do next." Liu Ziguang smiled confidently.
Shanghai is a big city. As long as you have money, you can buy anything. Liu Ziguang took out a hundred taels of silver and sent someone to buy a lot of wide-mouthed glass bottles. He also bought a lot of iron pots, salt, sugar and other items, as well as picks.
The fruits were sent to the shanty towns together. The sisters-in-law set up iron pots, boiled concentrated salt water and concentrated sugar water, removed the skins of the fruits, cut them into moderately sized pieces, put them into jars, and then added concentrated sugar water.
Boil the sugar water, seal it while it's hot, and seal it with wax to make canned fruit.
"How much does this bottle of can cost?" Liu Ziguang asked Lin Sheng.
"The total cost of all costs does not exceed twenty copper coins." Lin Sheng calculated for a while and came to this conclusion.
"We sell it to sailors for fifty cents, do you think they will buy it?" Liu Ziguang continued to ask.
"Sailboats often involve long journeys. It would be great if there were fruits and vegetables that would not rot for many years. I think they would buy them even if they were more expensive," Lin Sheng said.
"Then if it is shipped to the bitter cold land in the north, how much do you think it can be sold for?" Liu Ziguang saw that Lin Sheng was starting to get on the road and continued to induce him.
"Including shipping costs, it's probably one hundred and fifty copper coins."
"Haha, you underestimate the northerners. These fruits are something they have never seen in their lives. I think they will be out of stock even if they cost one or two silver a bottle." Liu Ziguang said with a smile.
"Great, we can become prosperous just by making cans!" Lin Sheng slapped his thigh and exclaimed, admiring Brother Xu's intelligence to the extreme.
The finished cans should be branded with our brand, let’s call it “Meilin Brand”. Later, you can find a few painters to make a plate and print a batch of trademarks. Do you know the trademark is just to draw the appearance of the fruit and write the “Meilin Brand” on it?
Three words. These three words can only be used by us. Others are strictly prohibited from using them. If someone counterfeits our trademark, you will bring people to knock on the door and demolish their shop. Do you understand?" Liu Ziguang said.