Chapter 1811, business in the mountainous area of ??southern Gansu
On the country road in the mountainous area of southern Gansu, Xiong Laosan was riding a three-wheeled motorcycle at a fast pace. From time to time, he would say hello to people he met on the road, or he would stop to brag about his motorcycle to others.
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The three-wheeled motorcycle behind is also filled with various goods, including salt, sugar, tea, dried cheese, dried salmon, beef jerky, raisins, dried red dates, flour, distilled liquor, clothes, shoes, sickles,
Kitchen knives, pots and other goods.
These goods were all purchased from Gan County and were planned to be sold in various villages and small towns. The small villages and small towns in the mountainous areas of southern Ganxi had inconvenient transportation to the outside world. They were relatively isolated and it was not convenient for business transactions.
This also provides business opportunities for small traders like them who travel from village to house.
In the past, I couldn't carry much goods on a bicycle, I could only carry some salt, sugar, etc. The quantity was small and I couldn't sell it for much, so the amount of mountain goods I could buy was also limited.
It's different now. With this three-wheeled motorcycle, not only has it become easier to go from village to house, but you can also carry more goods and buy more mountain goods.
This makes it much easier to do business and you can make more money.
"Yangjia Village is ahead. It's a big village with a population of several hundred households. Let's go and see it."
Xiong Laosan knew all the surrounding villages within a hundred miles and came to Yangjia Village with familiarity.
"Dang~dang~"
As soon as he arrived at Yangjia Village, Xiong Laosan kept ringing his bell and shouting at the same time: "Let's do business, let's do business~"
"Salt, sugar, tea~"
"Clothes, shoes, cloth~"
"Sickle, hoe, big iron pot~"
Following Xiong Laosan's shouting, people in the village slowly gathered around. Soon, many villagers gathered next to Xiong Laosan's three-wheeled motorcycle.
"Xiong Laosan, what kind of car is this?"
"This is a big cart full of dazzling things. Did you bring a lot of goods this time?"
Everyone knows Xiong Laosan. In this relatively closed mountain village area, there are relatively few businessmen who travel from village to village, so everyone basically knows him.
"Let me tell you, this is called a motorcycle. It's the latest thing that comes out. It's fast and powerful. It's different from a bicycle. Bicycles need to be pedaled hard, but this one doesn't."
Xiong Laosan smiled and introduced his motorcycle to the people around him.
"real or fake?"
"You can run by yourself without using anything?"
Someone said in disbelief.
"Why did I lie to you? It can't run. How did I drive it to your Yangjia Village?"
Xiong Laosan quickly replied.
"That's true~"
"This car doesn't cost a lot of money, does it?"
"Not much, not much. You can go to Gan County and see where they can be found. This thing is really convenient. It is very suitable for walking on mountain roads. It is much more convenient than riding a bicycle."
"Come, come, I have brought a lot of good things for you today. You can get whatever you want. You can bring over any herbs, wild products, etc. that you have on hand. This cart of mine can pull a thousand kilograms at a time, so I will give it to you."
You collected them all."
Following Xiong Laosan's words, everyone gathered around and looked curiously.
"Oh, it's true. We have everything. How can we sell this hoe?"
"I'm telling you, this hoe is a hoe produced by the Hanyang Branch of Miyun Iron Works. It's very good. Look at the weight. It's heavy. This alone is worth mentioning. A hoe costs 200 yuan. If you want it, take it.
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"200 Wen? That's too expensive for you. One hundred Wen in town is enough."
"Can the hoe in town be compared with mine? It's half the weight, and it's made of scrap iron. Mine is a high-quality hoe made in one go from Hanyang Iron Works. I'll pay for it."
It costs more than 100 pieces."
When Xiong Laosan heard what the other party said, he became anxious and said quickly.
"Dang~dang~"
"The iron is good, and the weight is indeed sufficient. The 200 Wen is still too expensive."
"If you want to love me, there won't be a shop like this after passing this village."
"I want, I want, two hoes~"
"What is this white and round thing?"
"This is called cheese. It's something that comes from Europe. People in the city like to buy some for their children or pregnant women. It's very nutritious and very useful to children and pregnant women. Children in the city watch it.
It looks good because they eat better food than we do. This cheese and this dried salmon are often given to their children by city dwellers."
"I'll give you a taste~"
Xiong Laosan carefully cut off some from a large round piece of cheese and gave it to the people around him to taste.
"It doesn't have much flavor, it just smells like milk and a bit sweet."
"Yeah, this thing doesn't have any special taste, does it?"
"That's right, because this cheese is made from milk. It takes hundreds of kilograms of milk to make such a piece of cheese. Why are the people in the grassland mountains so strong? It's because they drink milk every day.
Because, this cheese is made of milk essence, and eating it is good for the development of children."
"If you want your children to grow taller, stronger, smarter, and more beautiful, you should feed them regularly. If there are pregnant women in the family, you can also eat this to repair the fetus, and the children born will be healthier.
Healthy, white and fat, easy to maintain."
"I heard this from my son during the Chinese New Year. He said that people in the city often feed their children this stuff. I heard that this dried salmon was shipped from some Golden Continent."
"That's right, look, it's different if someone in your family goes out to see the world."
"If you want it, hurry up and buy it. This dried cheese costs 10 cents, and this dried salmon costs 20 cents. They are both good things. Although they are expensive, you should give them to your children."
"Isn't this too expensive?"
"As I said, this thing is expensive, but it is very useful. Yang Chaoyang, you are short yourself. Do you want your son to be as short as you?"
"Look at yourself, they are all the same size. Your son is a head shorter than others. If you don't buy more, will it be difficult to find a wife when he grows up?"
Hearing Xiong Laosan's words, the man named Yang Chaozi was immediately furious, but after thinking about it, it made sense, he shook his head and said: "I bought all this piece, and this dried salmon, give me ten kilograms
, if my son doesn’t grow taller, I’ll see if I don’t destroy your sign in the future.”
"That's right. If you don't grow taller after eating it, you can come to me."
When Xiong Laosan heard this, he immediately laughed happily and quickly weighed this Yang dwarf. The weight of a whole piece of Spanish dry cheese is the standard 100 jins. This 100 jins is based on the current measurement standards of the Ming Dynasty.
One pound is 10 taels, which works out to 1,000 taels, which is a full 10,000 yuan. 1,000 yuan is one tael of silver, which works out to 10 taels of silver.
"Yang Chaizi, this cheese costs 10 taels of silver~"
“Ten taels? It’s so expensive!”
When Yang Chaozi heard this, he couldn't help but retreat.
"It's only 10 taels of silver. It's a bit expensive, but if your son can grow taller, become smarter, become better at reading, and be promising in the future, it's a good deal."
"Okay, ten taels is ten taels."
When Yang Aizi heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth and bought it. He had been laughed at for a lifetime. He didn't want his son to be called a dwarf too. Silver is much easier to earn now than before. Although ten taels of silver are
It was a large sum of money, but for the sake of his son, he was willing to give it up.
"Xiong Laosan, this dress is pretty good~"
"That's right, these are clothes produced by Nanchang Li's Textile Factory. Look at the fabric and the workmanship. Take this piece of clothing for 300 yuan."
"300 Wen, why don't you go grab it? You can buy 3 pieces of cloth with this money."
"How can you make such beautiful clothes by buying cloth? This is what city people wear when commuting to and from get off work. It is the most popular clothes in the city now. I haven't made any money from you even with 300 yuan."
"Look at this pattern, this color, this workmanship, this design and shape. It looks like a city dweller. It's fashionable and trendy. Look at those people in your village who go to Nanchang to work. Do they look like this?"
Are they all dressed nicely?"
"That's because the clothes they wear are all bought from the store. Who would make their own clothes now? It's a waste of time and the clothes don't look good."
"There are also these shoes. Everyone, take a look. The soles of these shoes are made of rubber, which is very wear-resistant. The cloth is also made of high-quality cloth. It is comfortable to wear and looks good. Nowadays, the shoes in the city
Everyone wears these, especially young people, and no one wears old cloth shoes anymore."
Xiong Laosan was very eloquent, and the goods he brought were all good, so the business was also doing very well. After his fooling, the villagers also paid for the purchases one after another, and there were a lot of them.
Cars are sold at high prices in Yangjiacun.
"Look at these raisins, dried red dates, and dried meat. This is beef jerky. It comes from Hezhong and Central Asia. It is good for children to eat more beef. They will grow stronger. Nowadays, it is very cheap. One pound of beef
It only costs 50 yuan, so it’s pretty cheap.”
"This is flour. The fine wheat grown in the black soil of Liaodong is ground by a machine. It costs 5 cents per pound. It is used to make dumplings and eat them during festivals. It is also very good to make steamed buns and so on. You can't always
It’s just free rice, isn’t it?”
"Everyone can bring over whatever mountain goods they have. As long as they are good goods, I will collect them all here. I will take as much as I can."
Xiong Laosan kept shouting, but he was calculating the income of this trip in his mind. This transaction will earn at least more than ten taels of silver. The piece of cheese bought by Yang Chaozi alone will earn three taels of silver.
silver.
"This business is OK. With more goods, the business becomes easier. There is always what they need."
"Tsk, tsk, I really didn't buy this car for nothing."
