Zhu Nao

After listening to Mrs. Liu's suggestion, Wang Liu really went to find other grain merchants in the city.

As Liu said, the grain merchants in Mianzhou City panicked when the non-traitor grain trade came, and they didn't know what to do.As soon as Wang Liu came out, the merchants seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. Everyone hit it off and responded positively.

So in the next few days, Wang Liu would go out every morning with high spirits to talk to the merchants.When it comes to coming back at night, I don't look tired at all, but refreshed.He was fully convinced that he was about to accomplish something great.

However, after a few days, this situation changed.When Wang Liu went out in the morning, he was no longer elated, and he came back earlier than before, and lost his temper as soon as he came back, as if he had been overwhelmed.

Liu discovered her husband's change, and hurriedly asked what happened.Wang Liuzheng was full of complaints and had nowhere to vent, and immediately poured out all his thoughts towards his wife.

"Idiots! Those guys are all idiots!"

"Profitable merchants, all profiteers! There is no one good except me!"

It turns out that over the past few days, businessmen have more and more conflicts.Everyone has their own little calculations, and everyone can't use their strengths in one direction.It's fine if you don't put your strength in one place, and some people secretly plot against others.So the alliance has not yet been formed, but everyone started fighting among themselves.

As the leader, Wang Liu originally thought that he had some right to speak, and he also wanted to preside over the overall situation.However, he was neither the oldest nor the best in business among the merchants, so no one paid any attention to him at all.Every time he tried to say something, he would be greeted with a bunch of oblique sarcasm, which made him very angry.

Mrs. Liu was also taken aback when she heard this, and said in confusion: "Didn't you have a good talk a few days ago? You also said that this matter will definitely be accomplished. Why did this suddenly happen in the past two days?"

"Nonsense!" Wang Liu spat and spit, "We didn't talk about how to do things at all in the first few days, but just talked about it, can't we have a good chat? These two days, we started to discuss how much money each person should take. , No matter how much effort is required, those guys will start to hide faster one by one... Can you not turn your face?!"

Liu was dumbfounded.

Wang Liu cursed again, and after greeting all eighteen generations of his ancestors, the anger in his heart subsided.

After the anger passed, he thought calmly for a while, and sighed: "Oh! I would have thought that the non-traitor business was just rich and powerful, and they were willing to spend money to expand their business so fast. Now that I think about it, I don't know what they are doing. Who is his boss? He must be a very powerful person. Just because he can control so many people obediently and do everything according to his wishes is enough to be admired!"

That being said, in the next few days, Wang Liu still held a sliver of hope and continued to find other businessmen to discuss alliances.After all, if they don't try to save themselves, they can only sit and wait for death.

However, before they came up with a feasible plan, the alliance was about to fall apart—several grain merchants suddenly withdrew from the discussion.If others don't mind, these are the biggest businesses in the city.Once they leave, what will the remaining group of small businessmen do?

Now Wang Liu was completely panicked.

Before he could figure out a solution, a worse news reached his ears.

……

"Lao Liu, Lao Liu, wait for me!"

Wang Liu came out of the teahouse and was walking towards home when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.He looked back and saw that it was Zhang Ming, another grain merchant in the city.

Zhang Ming caught up with Wang Liu, and mysteriously pulled him aside: "Have you heard?"

Wang Liu was at a loss: "What did you hear?"

Zhang Ming looked around and said, "Do you know why Lao Li and Lao Ma didn't come to discuss with us how to deal with non-traitors?"

Wang Liu immediately asked, "Why?"

Zhang Mingdao: "I also just heard from old Li's plan - the non-traitor grain company approached them and wanted them to join the grain business! They agreed and abandoned us!"

"What?!" Wang Liu was shocked, "Let them join the non-traitor grain business! How do you join? They are not businessmen from Langzhou!"

Zhang Ming said with a smile: "Do you think that the non-traitorous grain business is run by people from Langzhou? That's not the case at all! The reason why this non-traitorous grain business can expand so fast is that they always look for local grains wherever they go. Local grain merchants joined them, put up their signs, and followed their rules, but in fact they were still local merchants. If you think about it, how could they open their stores to six states in half a year? They How can we open up so many relationships, how can we recruit so many people?"

Wang Liu was dumbfounded: "This, this... how do you know?"

Zhang Ming explained: "I have relatives in Longzhou, and the non-traitor grain shop opened in Longzhou two months ago. My relatives know that I run a grain shop in Mianzhou, and they also know that the non-rape grain shop will come to Mianzhou soon. So I wrote to inform me in advance. Sure enough, the non-traitor food business is still this trick."

Wang Liu was surprised at first, but then fell into deep thought.

His whole family is in Mianzhou, and he doesn't have any friends in other states, so he has never heard of these things.He only knew that the grain business was run by merchants from Langzhou, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be such a business method.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Did those people from Langzhou come to look for you?"

Zhang Ming waved his hand and said, "Looking for me? All they are looking for are big grain merchants. I just open such a small store, how can I win their attention? Besides, even if they look for me, I don't want to." Join them. You said that I used to do business freely, but now that they come, I have to hang up their signs and follow their rules. Why? They have so many rules! I don’t Happy!"

Wang Liu thought for a while, and said, "That's right. Why should we listen to them? ——No, since this is the case, I have to find Lao Li and Lao Ma and the others quickly."

Zhang Ming nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, you should go and persuade them. If they really join the non-traitor food industry, it will be useless for us to form an alliance."

Without saying a word, Wang Liu turned around and left, heading straight for Lao Li's shop.

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Li Fu was reading brochures in the backyard, when the clerk suddenly came to report: "Boss, Wang Liu came to our shop and said he wanted to see you. Can you let him come?"

When Li Fu heard Wang Liu's name, he knew that it might be related to the alliance with the grain merchants in the city again.He waved his hand impatiently: "tell me I'm not here, let him go back."

The man got the order and turned around.

Not long after, the clerk came again, with a troubled face: "Master, Wang Liulai refused to leave, saying that he must see you. We dare not force him to leave, but his presence in the store will affect the business of the store." .”

Li Fu was taken aback, he didn't expect Wang Liu to be such a rascal.He thought for a while and said, "Okay, then you can bring him here."

The clerk left again, Li Fu put away the brochure he was reading, straightened his clothes, and sat and waited.

Not long after, Wang Liu was brought in by the staff.

Li Fu didn't want to see Wang Liu any more, so he couldn't save face.He stood up with a big smile on his face, and went to meet Wang Liu: "Oh, isn't this Lao Liu? I was here to read the accounts just now, and the guy didn't dare to disturb me. Only tell me you have been waiting outside for a long time after I finish reading." , This is too outrageous! I will definitely scold him later."

Wang Liu knew it well, so he didn't bother with him, and said straight to the point: "Lao Li, if you haven't come to discuss with us these few days, is it because someone from the traitor business is looking for you?"

Li Fu was secretly taken aback.

In fact, the operation method of the non-traitorous food company is not a secret, but many people are not so well-informed, and they don't have the opportunity to travel outside on weekdays, so there are only a few people who know the situation.He didn't know how much Wang Liu knew, so he pretended to be stupid and said, "Looking for me? Why are you looking for me?"

Wang Liu sneered and said, "Lao Li, the merchants in Langzhou are so united to steal the business from our Mianzhou people. Ordinarily, our merchants in Mianzhou shouldn't be so bad. Let's work together and let them see our business." It’s great. But it’s fine if you don’t participate, but you turned against each other, isn’t it kind?”

Hearing what he said, Li Fu knew that he probably knew everything.Li Fu could only sigh and said, "Lao Liu, it would be boring if you talk like that. We are from Langzhou and Mianzhou, we are all from Shu and Han, so there is no need to make a clear distinction, right?"

Without waiting for Wang Liu to refute, Li Fu continued: "Furthermore, let's do as you said, we businessmen in Mianzhou want to fight... Am I just trying to fight for everyone? It is impossible for us people to fight I can’t beat those Langzhou people. If we all fight against the non-traitorous food company, then we will all be squeezed out by them, and they will earn all the money! On the contrary, I joined the non-traitorous food company, and I hang their signs, But I’m still doing business, and I’m still earning money, so what’s wrong with that?”

Wang Liu frowned and said, "You can really boost other people's ambitions and kill yourself. Before we fight, you know that we can't beat them?"

Li Fu said with a smile: "You may not like to hear me say this, but it's really true - we can't beat them! Let's not talk about how much wealth they have, how much wealth we have, I will just say one thing - we In Mianzhou, who has the ability to gather everyone together to do one thing? Who has the ability to come up with a good idea to convince everyone? Wang Liu, it's not that I don't agree with you, it's that you really don't have the ability. Neither do I, neither do we. But the merchants in Langzhou have this ability."

Wang Liu was silent.

If this had been said a month ago, he would have been unconvinced.But now, he was not surprised at all.Many things look easy, but people who know they can do it only after doing it are really extraordinary.It is also because of this that Na Feiliang came all the way to fight against the invincible opponents in the world. It is not that there are no businessmen in other states who thought of joining forces to fight against them, but they all ended in a disastrous defeat.

After a while, Wang Liu hummed, and said slowly, "Lao Li, how did Fei Jianliang cooperate with you? I heard that they have many rules. What rules do they have?"

Li Fu was taken aback, stared at Wang Liu up and down for a moment, and finally understood.He pointed at Wang Liu, angrily and funnyly said: "You boy, so you came to see me today with evil intentions in your mind! Thanks to the fact that you spoke just now, why don't you spy on me?"

Wang Liu spread his hands and said, "As you said, instead of letting them earn all the money, it's better for us to earn it ourselves. This is indeed a good idea."

Li Fu laughed.

In fact, Wang Liu had already made up his mind after hearing about the business model of Feijiaoliang from Zhang Ming.When he came to Li Fu, he really wanted to try Li Fu's tone.Li Fu is the best at doing business among these grain merchants, and even Li Fu has recognized the non-traitorous grain business, which shows that the non-traitorous grain business must be good.So Wang Liu had nothing to hesitate, and hurried to inquire about the news.

Li Fu was a little displeased at first, but after thinking about it, the rules of the non-traitor industry are not a secret, and if he doesn't tell him, Wang Liu can still find out about it elsewhere.It would be better to do this favor.So Li Fu cleared his throat, and said everything that was not a traitor.

If these small grain merchants want to join the non-traitorous grain business, it is not such a simple matter.The people in the food store will select in the city, and only the merchants who have done a good job in the original business and have decent conduct will be favored by them.After the cooperation between the two parties, the grain merchants have to put up the signboard of the non-traitor grain bank, the pricing and the quality of the goods must be supervised by the grain bank, all operating accounts must be submitted regularly, and part of the operating profits must be handed over to the grain bank. But the money is not a lot, within the acceptable range.The benefits that Liangxing can give them are firstly the reputation of the non-traitor Liangxing, secondly, Liangxing will send people to improve their business strategies, and thirdly, if they encounter any difficulties, Liangxing will also help them.

There are indeed many rules, but the benefits seem to be less than the rules.But if there is an account, it is clear after a calculation: the purpose of the non-traitorous grain industry is to monopolize the grain business. If you join them, you can still earn money. If you don't join them, you can only change your career.Furthermore, the non-traitor grain company does not cooperate with all the grain merchants in the city, but only cooperates with some people.Wang Liu himself originally ran a small shop. If he could join them, the scale of the business would naturally be much larger than before.In this way, the trouble is a bit more troublesome, but the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages!

As for the alliance of Mianzhou grain merchants?Come on, if you don't have the ability, don't take this job.Besides, they are all from Shu, so why are they from Mianzhou and Langzhou?

Wanting to understand this point, Wang Liu was so excited that he couldn't sit still for a moment, so he bid farewell to Li Fu.He had to hurry up to find someone from the non-traitor food business and recommend himself. If he went late and the other party had found enough people, he would not be able to catch up!

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Liu Luonai is the steward of the Feiliang Food Company in Mianzhou.At the moment he is leading the buddy walking down the street.

The clerk persuaded: "Brother Luo, I don't think we really need to go to find that Wang Liu, the trip will probably be in vain. I heard that he has been trying to make an alliance in Mianzhou City recently, against our grain store. This guy is quite ambitious, and he will definitely not join us."

Liu Luo didn't take it seriously, and said: "It's okay to be a little ambitious in business. We still have to go. We investigated for several days. Wang Liu is a responsible person in business, and he won't smash our brand. If he If you don’t agree, it’s not too late for us to find someone else.”

He laughed again: "Besides, he wanted to form an alliance earlier, but he had no choice. Now that we are looking for it, maybe he will happily agree to it when he hears about our purpose?"

The guy had just entered the food store not long ago, and when he heard this, he smiled on his face, but he murmured in his heart: Is the name of the non-traitor grain store so bluffing?I don't see it...

The two finally reached the door of Wang Liu's grain shop, but they saw that the door of the grain shop was closed.The two couldn't help but looked at each other.

Fortunately, they not only found out the address of the grain store, but also found out the address of Wang Liu, which was not far away.So the two turned around and went to Wang Liu's house.

Arriving at the door of Wang Liu's house, the clerk was about to knock on the door, but before his hand touched the door, the door was suddenly pulled open from the inside, which surprised the clerk.

Wang Liufeng rushed out of the house in a hurry, and was taken aback when he saw two people standing outside the door: "Who are you?"

Liu Luo said: "We are right and wrong..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Liu waved his hands impatiently: "I'm in a hurry to go out. If you have anything to say, go talk to my wife!" As he spoke, he jumped over the two of them and rushed out.

It was getting late, and he was afraid that if it was too late, it would be time for non-traitors to rest.Therefore, I don't even have the patience to listen to people's words.

Liu Luo: "Crafting food..."

Wang Liu: "...Gah?!"

He slammed on the brakes, his upper body was still rushing forward, and he fell headfirst.There was an exclamation behind him.However, before everyone came forward to support him, Wang Liu got up nimbly.Before he even had time to pat the ashes off his head, he turned around and rushed back in front of Liu Luo and his buddies.

"What are you guys?!"

Liu Luo: "...It's not, it's not rape..."

Wang Liu's eyes widened, the man was taken aback and thought he was going to hit someone.However, in the next moment, a warm smile full of creases appeared on Wang Liu's face: "You two distinguished guests! Hurry up, please come inside!"

Liu Luo, buddy: "..."

They were dumbfounded and said, "Don't you have something urgent to go out?"

"Go out? What door? I'm not going anywhere because the distinguished guests are here!" Wang Liu repeatedly waved his hands and pulled them in. "Come in quickly, have you eaten dinner? Are you thirsty? What do you want to eat?" , I will tell my wife to do it right away!"

Liu Luo and his buddy were dragged into the house by him with blank faces.

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half a month later.

When Wei Yue came outside the Langzhou mansion, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate already recognized him, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Wei, please wait here a moment, I will go in and report."

Wei Yue said: "Go, let's go."

Not long after, the officers and soldiers came out after the briefing, and made a "please" gesture to Wei Yue: "Young Master Wei, come with me."

Wei Yue walked carelessly into the official residence.

Pass through the corridor, bypass the official house, and you will arrive at Zhu Nao's house.The door was already open, Wei Yue walked in and sat down opposite Zhu Nao.

Zhu Nao put down the pen in his hand: "What's the matter?"

Wei Yue cut to the chase: "Give me another two hundred catties of grain."

Zhu Nao was very straightforward: "Okay. Do you send someone to pick it up, or should I send it over?"

Wei Yue said: "You have someone bring it to me. My people don't dare to enter the government."

Zhu Nao nodded, took out a blank piece of paper, and said, "Tell me where you are going to send it."

Just as Wei Yue finished reporting the location, another official came to inform him: "Zhuzhou Mu, the people from the grain store are asking to see you."

Zhu Nao said, "Let him in."

Wei Yue didn't know whether she should avoid it or not.But Junao didn't let him go, so he just sat on the chair and didn't move.

After waiting for a while, people from the grain store came into the house.Seeing other people in the room, he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Nao.Seeing that Jun Nao said nothing, he began to report on the business.

"Zhou Mu, there is news from Mianzhou that business agreements have been signed with six grain merchants in Mianzhou, and all grain shops in Mianzhou will be able to open smoothly next month."

Junao smiled and said, "Well done."

Mianzhou is already in the southwest of Shu, and a little further south is Chengdu Mansion.

The person from the food store went on to say: "The manager of Chengdu has also sent a letter, saying that the location of the store has been selected, and the supply of goods and the caravan are almost ready. The only difficulty now is... that is, there is no Got the approval document from the Chengdu government..."

After the opening of the first grain shop in Mianzhou, Zhu Nao sent people to Chengdu to make preparations.Right now the preparations are almost done, but the most critical step is stuck.

Before opening a store and doing business, the merchant must first obtain the approval from the local government to operate.When they opened their business in Yuzhou earlier, they were also saddened by the approval. At that time, Zhu Nao bribed Yuzhou Mu's wife to successfully get the approval.Now in Chengdu Mansion, we have encountered the same problem again.

Zhu Nao seemed to have expected this incident, and said in a leisurely manner: "The team I sent to give gifts to Xu Shaoyin is already on the way. After a few days, ask the steward to go to Xu Shaoyin to see if he can get a gift from Xu Shaoyin. Get the approval."

The person in the grain store hurriedly said, "Yes!"

What should be reported has been reported, and the person withdrew.

After the man left, Wei Yue asked curiously: "Zhuzhou Mu, what exactly are you planning for this food business?"

He has known Zhu Nao's ambition for a long time, and opening a food business will never be as simple as making money.It's a pity that he doesn't know much about business, so he can't figure out what purpose Zhu Nao's food business can achieve.

Zhu Nao said leisurely: "You want to know?"

Wei Yue said without thinking, "Of course!"

Zhu Nao smiled, but he didn't want to keep it any longer, and replied openly, "The grain industry is my eyes."

Wei Yue was stunned.Eye?

He's also a smart guy and understood what Jun Nao meant right away.The so-called eyes means that Zhu Nao can find out a lot of information through the grain store.News is the most valuable thing in the world, and the success or failure of many things often only depends on how much news you get.

However, different sources had to be inquired from different sources, but Zhu Nao chose Kailiang.What news does he want to grasp?How should these messages be used?This is not what Wei Yue can figure out at the moment.

"It's just the eyes?" Wei Yue smacked her lips, feeling a little pity.He originally thought that this food line would be of greater use.

Zhu Nao calmed down and said: "The eyes are the most important thing. Whether it can be turned into a fist or not will be known later."

Wei Yue was taken aback again.

However, Zhu Nao had no intention of further discussing the matter with him, so he read the address he had written down just now, and said, "Send two hundred catties of grain to this place, right?"

Wei Yue nodded: "That's right."

Zhu Nao then put the note on the corner of the table, and later ordered his men to go down and finish the matter.

This is the fifth time Wei Yue has come to Zhu Nao to ask for food and money in the past six months, and every time he asks for it, Zhu Nao will give him as much as he wants, and he has never had any objections.Although he also reported his plans and progress to Junao, but he was illiterate and did not know how to keep accounts, so the details of the report were not exhaustive.If he was greedy and deliberately wanted more to hide for himself, Jun Nao might not be able to find out.

Wei Yue couldn't help but said: "Zhuzhou Mu, don't you worry that I will run away after taking the money and food?"

Zhu Nao said indifferently: "You only asked me for a thousand catties of grain and a hundred taels of silver."

The corner of Wei Yue's mouth twitched, and she secretly said in her heart: Dead rich!With so much money and food, what came out of his mouth turned out to be "nothing but" and "nothing more"?

But Zhu Nao continued: "You are worth more than this little money in my heart."

Wei Yue was taken aback.

Zhu Nao said again: "I am in your heart, is it only worth this?"

Wei Yue: "..."

He was silent for a moment, but the corners of his mouth kept rising.After a while, he stood up carelessly, waved his hands and said, "Okay, there's nothing else to do. I'm leaving first, you wait for my news!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked away.