Little husband's market life

Dadezhuang.

Sheng Xue and Fourth Master Dong were led by the bank staff to discuss matters in the main hall of the courtyard, and there were two attendants beside them, each carrying a small cash box.

Such a bright delivery of money made the bank's owner Shi Er's saliva almost drip. After welcoming him out, he stood at the door and exchanged greetings with Sheng Xue and his wife.

Shi Xin: "Isn't this Mr. Dong from Nan County? Honored guest, honored guest, who is this?"

Fourth Master Dong: "This is Mrs. Sheng from Nanxian Xiangxue Sweet Cake, and this is the second owner of Dade Village."

"The surname is also Sheng? That's a coincidence. Recently, a Sheng Yao tea brand appeared in our state capital. He is young and promising, and he is also a formidable young man. The tea and horse company that is in the limelight will give him a little bit of noodles, haha... Mrs. Sheng This surname is good! The limelight is in full swing! Please come in quickly, both of you."

Fourth Master Dong saw that this person was boasting about Sheng Yao, so he started to seek connections, "Master Shi said that this person is her elder brother, his name is Sheng Yao, and he opened a tea shop under his real name."

To the west of them, a young man happened to come out of the house. When he heard the word 'Sheng Yao', his footsteps paused obviously, and his eyes also looked straight at Sheng Xue.

Shi Xin: "Yo? That's because Shi's eyelids are shallow, and he doesn't know Mount Tai with his eyes. Please bear with me, Mrs. Sheng."

Sheng Xue smiled slightly, looking like a lady from all over the world, and sat down with them in the main hall with her chest up and her skirt up.

……

At the door of the west house, the young man said to the followers behind him: "Go and see what they are doing here, I will go and sit in the big boss's house for a while."

"Yes, Master Wu."

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After Sheng Xue and the others entered the main hall and took their seats, Shi Xin asked, "I wonder what you two are here for?"

Fourth Master Dong: "That's it. We are going to open a bank in the state capital, so we are here because we want to cooperate with Master Shi, the bank."

Shi Xin put a smile on his face, "This? Mr. Dong is joking, isn't he? My Dade Village is a bank, which means we are in a competitive relationship. How can we cooperate?"

Fourth Master Dong: "Master Shi, don't worry, listen to me about how to cooperate, and it's not too late to make a decision."

Shi Xin was already about to issue an order to evict the guests. When a person walked in at the door and gave him a look, he shut up, "Okay, then tell me what you want."

"Master Shi should also know very well that my family owns an embroidery shop, and they are involved in everything from cotton and linen materials to cloth and then to ready-made clothing. That is to say, I have both silver and customers. The only thing is that I don't have a semicolon."

Shi Xin said very curiously, "Then you want to buy our Dade Village as a semicolon for you?"

"No." Dong Siye repeatedly waved his hands, "I want to cooperate with you. All Jiaozi issued from my bank can be exchanged for silver at your branch, and I will pay all the storage fees to you, Dadezhuang."

Fourth Master Dong was quite intelligent. He explained the idea of ​​cooperation to Shi Xin in detail, and Shi Xin understood it thoroughly.

"That is to say, you open a bank and only earn interest in Jiangzhou Prefecture?"

Dong Siye explained again: "That's right, it means that I have introduced the distinguished guests of our embroidery shop to you. They deposit money with me and withdraw it from me. The storage fee is mine. If they go out of Jiangzhou Prefecture to go to you to share If you take the number, it will be yours, and I will give you even the capital and interest, we cooperate, I only want the convenience of a semicolon for you."

"The young people nowadays are really smart, second brother, we have to learn how to do business with these young people."

Sheng Xue heard a voice coming from the door behind her, she turned her head quickly, and saw a fat old man with a big belly leading a young and noble man into the hall.

Shi Xin quickly stood up and called the fat master, "Big Brother, Master Wu."

The fat old man's eyes were squeezed into a slit by his eyelids, and he stared at Sheng Xue with difficulty and asked: "Listen to me, you are the sister of Sheng Yao's tea shop? Then you are really amazing, you opened a tea shop , but also to open a bank, hehehe..."

The young man next to Shi Dadong's house, that is, Young Master Wu couldn't help but ask: "Then why don't you see your elder brother come to talk? Don't blame Mrs. Sheng, it is really rare to see an elder brother let a younger sister show her face."

Sheng Xue couldn't help it anymore, "It's not that he opened a bank, so why is he here? You won't be afraid to make fun of me if I say it, he is also doing business with money borrowed from Wantaiping Company."

Young Master Wu: "Oh? What's the matter? Mrs. Sheng's words are not easy to talk nonsense. Dong Sheng's family can even get the trading rights of Jiangzhou Yinye. If they don't have strong strength, how can they sell Jiangzhou Yinye? Transported to Ulan safe and sound? How can Master Futai rest assured that Jiangzhou Silver Leaf will be handed over to him?"

Sheng Xue: "Whether it is true or not, you can ask the shopkeeper Sun of Wantaiping Bank."

Fourth Master Dong gave Sheng Xue a warning look, and brought the topic back, "Hehe, today's cooperation really has nothing to do with that person. I have a lot of connections with the Sheng family. Mrs. Sheng's second brother is my own brother-in-law. This bank is The three of us share."

Fat Master Shi Dadong took a look at Young Master Wu, and then said to Fourth Master Dong and the other two: "Okay, Young Master Dong is very business-minded, and I, Dade Village, will take over this cooperation."

After the cooperation talk, Sheng Xue and Fourth Master Dong were in a good mood, and they were still talking about their dream of getting rich while sitting in the carriage.

"When the bank is opened and the people come to save money, we can lend it out again. The money will be rolled over, and the interest will be rolled over. In the future, you can make money while lying at home. Wouldn't it be great?"

Sheng Xue smiled flatteringly: "Fourth Master is amazing."

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The plan to go to the state capital to open a bank was implemented in earnest, and soon Fourth Master Dong rented the storefront, and the next step was to go to the government office to handle the paperwork for opening a bank. Fourth Master Dong did not bring Sheng Xue this time, but Sheng Yan.

Dong Xiaomei went back to her mother's house and wiped her tears in front of Mr. Dong. That night, Mr. Dong called Mr. Dong back to his room to talk.

"Sheng Xue is married with the surname of Su. No matter how good her life is in the future, she has nothing to do with the Sheng family. If so, it has nothing to do with our Dong family! So, the bank must belong to her second brother." name."

"Her second brother is your brother-in-law anyway, and with your sister at his bedside, the relationship between our two families will not be broken!"

No matter how much Dong Siye appreciated Sheng Xue's ability, he couldn't ignore this level of relationship, not to mention his own father was dispatched.

So he had no choice but to persuade Shengxue. Of course, Shengxue disagreed and reacted greatly.

Sheng Xue: "Why? The ten thousand taels of silver is also my share! It's also the state capital where I went to Liai Liao personally, so why should the shop credit him?"

"Because my father opened the mouth! What are you in a hurry for? That shop is not the name of your second brother alone, don't you still have me? You have cooperated for many years, when will I not turn to you?"

"Then what does your father mean?"

"Don't care what my father means, are we here to make money? I guarantee that you will have a lot of money, okay?"

Seeing that Shengxue still disagreed, Fourth Master Dong said again: "Girl Xue, I can tell you the truth. The relationship between the bank, the customers, and the money are not my Dong family's big money? What is your family's [-] taels of silver enough for?" ? How much money can the accumulated customers of your shop save? Besides, your second brother is in Nan County anyway, so he can find someone if something happens, but what about you? You pat your butt with Su and fly away, How can my father rest assured?"

Sheng Xue sounded reasonable. The Dong family had paid so much, so it was natural for her to worry about herself. Besides, after Su Yi went to high school, in a few years, she and Su Yi would go to live in Shengjing City, Jingzhou, at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

"That's all right, fourth master, I only believed in you to wrong myself."

Fourth Master Dong comforted: "Don't worry, we will still be in charge of the shop when the time comes, and I'm definitely looking for you. Do you think I'll take care of your second brother?"

"Yeah." Sheng Xue replied helplessly, her teeth itching with hatred in her heart.

**

Before the end of March, all ten tickets of spring tea were transported to Jiangzhou Prefecture. They were escorted by my uncle Sun Hongrun and Sun Sheng. The Sheng Family Qiao Tea House finally got busy.

The fresh leaves are processed by tea growers and sent to the tea house as raw tea. The tea house then goes through processes such as sieving, fanning, cutting, and grinding. Finally, it is autoclaved and shaped at high temperature, and then it becomes a tea brick that can be sold.

Qiao Zhishu and Sheng Yao were both busy, and they only had time to lie down and chat with each other after taking a bath at night.

At night, the room was lit with oil lamps. In the dark, Qiao Zhishu's face was hazy and soft. He had just finished bathing, and his whole body was steaming. He was lying sideways on the quilt at this moment. It must be on Sheng Yao's body.

"Brother went to Silver Leaf Mountain today, did you pick Jiangzhou Silver Leaf tea?"

Sheng Yao was lying on his back, in a regular posture, stretched out one hand to grab Qiao Zhishu's ankle, and pulled the quilt with the other.

Qiao Zhishu just let Sheng Yao break his leg, without any intention of resisting.

After Sheng Yao pulled out the quilt, he put Qiao Zhishu's legs back to the original place - that is, on himself. This process was done skillfully and naturally.

After wrapping both of them in the quilt, Sheng Yao replied: "We will not pick them until after the grain rain in April. Jiangzhou silver leaves must be moist enough before picking, so that the buds will be green like lotus hearts."

"Wouldn't it be that they didn't finish picking until our tea bricks were ready and sent out? Then you'll have to transport them to Ulan and come back later. The year is over..." Qiao Zhishu was unhappy.

Sheng Yao coaxed him, "No, the stops and stops on the trafficking road before were just doing some reselling business along the way, this time Jiangzhou Yinye has a special official road, and I don't do business on the way, I just stay in Wulan for a long time Some time ago, we must come back a year ago."

In the past, for the purpose of maximizing profits, I bought local specialties and sold them in another state when I passed by one state. Now I don’t need it anymore. The total amount of tea sold is more, and I can earn a lot by selling tea leaves as soon as possible.

Qiao Zhishu finds it difficult to say, but the transaction between Yinye and Wulan in Jiangzhou is valued by the court, and he must not let his brother worry, he must be steady.

So he didn't ask any more questions, so as not to pass on his anxiety to Sheng Yao.

"I heard from Brother Sheng that Sheng Yan has also come to the state capital, and he opened a bank with the money you gave Sheng Shaoyuan."

This is also the first time Sheng Yao has heard of it. He grabbed Qiao Zhishu's hand and played with it thoughtfully, "It should be mainly money from his father-in-law's family."

"Well, it should be. Brother Sheng said that Mr. Dong led him there. Sheng Yan is also in his twenties, and he has been supported by his aunt and Sheng Xue. Now he finally has something to do." The more Qiao Zhishu said, his voice became softer. Beating tea during the day is a laborious job, which is really tiring and exhausting.

Seeing that he was sleepy, Sheng Yao stuffed his hands back into the quilt to warm him up.

It's just that Qiao Zhishu is asleep, and Sheng Yao is still half-opening his eyes. The pension money he gave to Sheng Shaoyuan was used by Sheng Yan to open a bank. Butt debt...

At that time, Sheng Shaoyuan's life will be difficult, and he must not think about it either.

Early the next morning, the family sat at the same table to have breakfast. Sheng Ying and Yu Lan went to the back kitchen to cook the breakfast themselves. A steamer of steamed pork buns with kidney beans and a bowl of thick porridge made from corn noodles served on the table. There are also side dishes with porridge, not to mention how rich it is, but it is really rich.

There are as many as seven or eight people at a table including my uncle and Brother Sheng.

Sun Hongrun took a sip of porridge, "The fortune teller told my mother that our Sun family's descendants are rare, and I see that there are not many."

This counts Qiao Zhishu and Gang'er in the Sun family, which is indeed quite a lot.

Sheng Ying: "When Yao'er gets married next year, the family will have more children in the future."

Qiao Zhishu held the steamed stuffed bun in one hand, and held the porridge bowl in the other hand to cover his face, sucking and sucking, making noises to confuse others, hoping that his family would think he didn't hear, so don't mention him!

Sheng Ying couldn't help laughing, and scolded him: "It's just a mischief!"

Sheng Yao glanced at Qiao Zhishu whose face was hotter than a bowl, swallowed the porridge, looked at his uncle and said, "My cousin is eighteen, and my uncle can start preparing to recruit a son-in-law."

Sun Hongrun had always said that he wanted to keep Sheng'er at home, meaning he wanted to recruit a son-in-law, but at that time his two youngest sons hadn't been born yet, so I don't know if he still has this idea now.

But Sheng Yao didn't care, what he cared about was that Zhishu's face wouldn't burn out.

Sure enough, all the people at the table looked away from Qiao Zhishu's face, and turned to staring at Sun Sheng in unison.

Sun Hongrun: "Well, let him be his temper when he was young, but now he is old enough to be difficult to control. He is looked down upon by every household in our four counties."

"Cousin, I won't go back with my father this trip, can you let me live in the state capital for half a year?" Sun Sheng begged anxiously.

Seeing that Sun Hongrun didn't stop him, Sheng Yao agreed.

Qiao Zhishu held the bowl and smiled foolishly, "It happens that there is no one to make tea."

"I won't beat you."

Sun Sheng and Qiao Zhishu grew up together, and they were closer than brothers. They bickered, but they were willing to help out.

Sun Hongrun warned his son, "What's wrong with you?"

Sun Sheng quickly said, "I'll beat Gang'er!"

Qiao Zhishu and Gang'er laughed at Sun Sheng. Sheng Yao was in a good mood and stared at Qiao Zhishu with a smile in his eyes. The whole family helped him to pet this little thing. He didn't have to worry about knowing that he was not at home when he was away in business. How comfortable is it?

The meal was so lively, Xiao Huansheng patronized to watch the excitement, and when the adults had finished eating and it was time to put away the bowl, she still held half a big bun and gnawed slowly.She has the most free time in the whole tea house. If Mother is busy, she will accompany her uncle to oversee the work. If the uncle is afraid of danger and drive her away, she will go to Madam Yu. If it is not good enough, she will wait until the uncle comes back at night and hug her. Riding a horse around the periphery of the tea house.

After breakfast, Sheng Yao planned to go out by himself to accompany Wang Jiangwei to inspect the Jiangzhou tea market and expand his contacts.He also assigned a task to Mao Jian, "Go and inquire about the bank owned by Sheng Yan, and see what forces are behind it, whether it is reliable or not."

Mao Jian was stunned for a moment, "Master Biao, you want to take care of them? What if you can't get rid of them?"

"It doesn't matter, if something happens, can the old man not look for me?" Sheng Yao straightened his cuffs, raised his eyes to look at the big tree outside the courtyard, his eyes gradually darkened, "You go and watch, there is something wrong, I can make plans .”

"Alright then, I'll touch the door today."

Satisfied, Sheng Yao stepped out of the courtyard, hoping that he was just worrying too much this time.

Every time he has long-term worries, he will pray in his heart that there will be no immediate worries.

Two days later, Mao Jian passed the news to Sheng Yao.

Under the moonlight, Mao Jian lit a lantern to accompany Sheng Yao to inspect the tea house, and servants guarded the steaming room all night to control the heat of steaming tea.

After inspecting the steam room, Mao Jian said, "Master Biao, I have inquired about it. The bank owned by Sheng Yan is related to Dade Village managed by Mr. Dong's money."

"I remember that Dadezhuang's main business is a bank. Why did he give convenience to the Dong family?"

Mao Jian: "I asked the folks at Dadezhuang, and they said it was a friendly cooperation between the two parties. The old customers of Dongjiaxiuzhuang put their silver in Dongsheng Bank in exchange for a deal. If they want to go to other states, they can ask Dadezhuang for a seal. With the help of the semicolon on this seal, thirty cash will be deducted for every thousand cash, and this rebate will all belong to Dadezhuang.”

Sheng Yao nodded, still feeling weird, "Dadezhuang is also a time-honored brand, so it's not troublesome to earn such a small amount of money?"

"Then I don't know, anyway, that's what I found out."

Sheng Yao still felt something was wrong, and ordered: "Keep watching."

"it is good."

With one thousand catties of new tea and four hundred catties of sub-tea, nearly a hundred people in the whole workshop have been busy for two months. It happened that half of the caravan dispatched by Sheng Yao from Bingzhou had arrived in Jiangzhou.

At the end of May, the spring tea in Bingzhou and Jiangzhou started simultaneously.

The next step is to wait for Jiangzhou Yinye, which Sheng Yao personally transports to Ulan, and brings back some popular Jiangnan spices from Ulan.

So far, the one-stop operation mode of the Shengyao tea house and the caravan has been initially unimpeded.

The only thing I didn't expect was that Sheng Yao and Jiangzhou Yinye were about to leave, but they made a prophecy that something happened to Sheng Yan's bank...