1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 84 Big Business Small Business
This time, the Yazhou working group also brought some glassware for sale in their luggage, but the number was not large, because the Executive Committee believed that the number sold to the two firms last time should not be sold out so quickly, so Only brought a small amount of emergency.The shopkeeper Zhang heard that there was still a little stock in the place where the Haihan people settled, and almost jumped on his feet and begged Malico to lead the way to pick up the goods immediately. After the helpless Malico exchanged opinions with Mu Xiabai, he agreed to the request of shopkeeper Zhang.Shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly ordered to go down, and asked someone to go outside to hire three small cars and a large car, and then dragged the two with wry smiles out the door impatiently.

However, before the group reached the yard of the Zhuya Office, they met another group of people who were also mighty-the shopkeeper Li of "Furuifeng" also took Qiu Yuan and Feng Annan back.The two men and horses met each other so naturally, they all knew what was going on.

The two shopkeepers looked up and saw each other in Yazhou City, but naturally they knew each other. After greeting each other, Shopkeeper Li of "Furuifeng" first turned to the topic: "If Shopkeeper Zhang is here for glassware, please ask Come back, these two Haihan friends have promised to hand over all the goods brought this time to me 'Furuifeng' to sell them."

Shopkeeper Zhang did not show weakness either: "Manager Li's words are bad. The two Haihan friends who just came to this shop didn't say that. The shop has already ordered all the goods this time. I think shopkeeper Li is still invited. Avoid it first!"

Malico looked at Qiu Yuan on the opposite side, and the two looked at each other with a wry smile. Although they had made various preparations in advance, they never expected that it would turn into the current situation.At the moment, I quickly persuaded the two shopkeepers who had started to blush and thick necks, and said that there were other goods to provide, especially valuable mirrors. This time they brought more than [-] mirrors of different sizes.The two shopkeepers stopped arguing immediately after hearing this. Although Haihan's mirror is expensive, the profit is also surprisingly high. Even for the smallest two-inch silver mirror, the sales profit is equivalent to selling ten wine glasses. Or four glass bowls, any shopkeeper with a business vision would never let go of such a commodity.

So the two gangs flooded into the yard of the office in the cliff, but Zhao Xiaoruo who was sorting the goods was startled.The two shopkeepers didn't even bother to take a sip of water, so they started business negotiations on the spot in the courtyard.

The glassware brought by the working group this time included fifty bowls, cups, and saucers.After the two shopkeepers fought each other, in the end shopkeeper Li of "Furuifeng" had the upper hand and ordered 7000 sets, and the remaining [-] sets were directly sold by shopkeeper Zhang of "Anfuhang".As for the mirrors that both companies value, it is the stronger "Furuifeng" that has the upper hand. It has set a hundred mirrors for two inches, ten mirrors for five inches and ten mirrors for eight inches, and a size of one foot. For the two sides of the square mirror, an order of more than [-] taels was placed for the mirror alone, which directly bought more than half of the quantity brought by the working group this time. "An Fu Hong" does not rely on the mainland market like its rivals, so naturally it is not so big. It only ordered forty two-inch mirrors and ten five-inch mirrors, but compared with the first transaction Orders have increased quite a bit.

After the two shopkeepers finished placing orders, the members of the working group realized that they had already made nearly [-] taels of silver in just one morning.This is the second day after arriving in Yazhou. Is such a sales speed really okay?
The shopkeepers of the two firms did not have so many scruples. In their opinion, if they bought more goods from Haihan people, they would be able to seize this wave of business opportunities and earn more money.Immediately, the goods were counted, transported and discharged from the hospital, and then carefully loaded into the cart. The two shopkeepers called their competent subordinates to transport the goods back to the firm first, and then returned to the hospital to discuss the payment with Chuanzhong.

Both shopkeepers said that if you need cash, you can have someone send it here today, to ensure that all payments are made with good official silver, and there is absolutely no need to worry about the quality of the weight.And if you need to use goods in exchange, you just need to make a list, and you must prepare the goods in the shortest time. If the bulk goods need to be transported, you can also send them directly to their station according to the requirements of the people.

It was only at this time that the working group realized that they were forced to buy and sell by indigenous merchants, but these two firms are currently the only major customers of the Cross-border Group, so they had to endure any temper.Besides, it's not that they don't give money, they just plan to get the goods first and then settle the account. At least their attitude is very sincere.

According to the instructions of the Executive Committee, the current commodity transactions are still mainly in the form of barter, and a large amount of precious metal input is not of great practical significance to the Cross-border Group, which has not yet established an internal currency settlement system. It is useful to import a large number of raw materials that are urgently needed for industrial production.Therefore, in the procurement list brought out by the working group, coke, coal, saltpeter, sulfur and other materials still occupy the bulk of the imported materials.

For the handover of these materials, the working group decided to let the two firms directly organize ships to send the goods to the Sanya base camp.This is because the sea transportation capacity of Trans-Trade itself is not enough, and secondly, it saves the time and money spent on transshipment of goods in Yazhou.In the future, large-scale transactions will follow this model. The content of the transaction will be negotiated in Yazhou City, and then the firm will go to Shengli Port to deliver the goods with the order signed and sealed by the working group.And Chuanzhong has a radio station as a means of communication, which can naturally effectively ensure that there will be no loopholes in this transaction method.

The input of materials is only part of the needs of the Executive Committee. Another important input item is population.Although Luo Shengdong said that he would try his best to transfer the prisoners from Yazhou to Victory Harbor, the executive committee would not put all the chips on him.After talking about the physical transaction, Malico mentioned the introduction of the population: "Two shopkeepers, our Haihan residence in Yulin is still in the initial stage, and there is a huge shortage of labor. I don't know how the two can help. Us? If we can recruit some skilled craftsmen, that would be the best."

Shopkeeper Zhang took the lead and said: "If you need ordinary labor, you can spend money to recruit in Yazhou City. If the cost is reasonable, it should not be difficult to organize several hundred people within ten days."

Shopkeeper Li also said: "But if you need a specific craftsman, I am afraid that Yazhou is very limited, and you need to recruit it from Guangzhou. If you don't give up, I am willing to serve on your behalf."

The shopkeeper Zhang was not willing to lose the battle, and immediately added: "I can also recruit the craftsmen you need in Qiongzhou Fucheng and Danzhou on your behalf."

Malico originally just wanted to inquire about the situation, but he didn't expect the two to agree so readily, so he directly took over the job, and it seemed that he wanted to leave a good impression on himself in this competition.Malico immediately greeted the two of them with fists and salutes: "Then trouble the two of you to work hard, whether it is a plasterer, a carpenter, a blacksmith, or a boatmaker, as long as there are craftsmen with craftsmanship, regardless of the number, I, Haihan, will all accept them and bring my family. We also came with a set-up fee. As for the expenses incurred in the recruitment, we shall bear all of them.”

Two shopkeepers were sent out here, and Zhang Guang also came back with two carts loaded with coal, lime, and yellow mud and other materials used to make briquettes.So everyone collectively played the role of porters again, moving all the things on the car into the courtyard.

At this time, Malico and Qiu Yuan, who were weak in physical strength, couldn't bear it, so they could only help out.Zhang Guang and two veterans took shovels and mixed various materials together in a certain proportion, and then poured water from the well, slowly mixed this large pile of mushy things, and then shoveled them into the mold. Vigorously beat it, and finally pull out the briquettes, remove the mold, and pile the briquettes under the eaves. After drying, they can be used as fuel.

Rao is that these three people have outstanding physical strength, and they are exhausted after doing this hard work.Zhao Xiaoruo hurriedly brought a few glasses of cold boiled water, and the three of them sat on the patio and drank.

"I found that coming to Yazhou is no different from when I was at home. It's the same as doing physical work!" Feng Annan complained while rubbing his sore arm.

"It's all for myself, so why complain so much!" Although Mu Xiabai was tired enough, his revolutionary will was obviously much stronger than that of young people, and he taught him at the moment: "If you are afraid of suffering, then you will be tired. Don't come to this era!"

"Should we make honeycomb to sell?" Zhang Guang was afraid that the two would continue to argue, and quickly changed the subject: "I went to the market today to see that the price of firewood in this city in Yazhou is not low. Calculated, the cost performance of using briquettes is better than burning wood."

"How much can you earn from a piece of honeycomb?" Malico asked casually when he heard about business-related matters.

Zhang Guang scratched his head and said, "There are always two or three pennies..."

"Then why are you so useless!" Maliko couldn't listen anymore: "The five of us worked hard for a long time to make so many hundreds of briquettes. Two taels of silver. Do you know how big an order we negotiated today? More than 9000 taels of silver, comrade! Time is money, so let’s think about other ways to make money if we have the time.”

Zhang Guang's face turned red, but fortunately, he was already dark-skinned, but he couldn't tell.

Zhao Xiaoruo said next to him: "It can't be said so absolutely, small money is not money? If the money is too small, we can hire workers to do it. If we can sell thousands of briquettes every day, the basic living expenses of our office in the cliff are came out."

"This method won't work." Qiu Yuan shook his head and retorted: "The technical content of briquettes is too low, and imitation products will soon be available on the market. Unless we directly use automatic coal making machines with higher production efficiency, we will Humans can't beat the opponent in terms of production cost. Do you think the base camp will build us a machine for making briquettes for this purpose?"

Now Zhao Xiaoruo doesn't say anything anymore. After all, her major is medicine, not business. She really doesn't know much about this kind of thing.Although his heart was a little depressed, but seeing Zhang Guangchao smiling kindly to himself, Zhao Xiaoruo felt that he was right to help Zhang Guang speak.

(End of this chapter)