Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 15 Business 1
"Crackling!"

With the sound of firecrackers on the streets of China, Zhu Chuanwen's business in Bingcheng was opened.

"I heard that Lao Lin's shop was taken down by a boy from Sanjiangkou? Isn't the shop looking for death at this time?" Jin Yuanchao is the owner of a restaurant named Zhengyangzhai on China Street.

"He's so smart. That day I saw that young man talking and laughing with Russians in Russian." Old Li said in a thief-like manner, with his small eyes and mouse-like thin beard, he was alive and well. Tuo is a landlord who "the landlord's family has no surplus food".

"No wonder people dare to take over Lao Lin's shop at this time." said the shopkeeper of Wu Ji grocery store.

"Just how much is Lao Lin's low house worth?" Jin Yuanchao said with great wealth, but he really looked down on Lin Zhengrong's low house.

The three of them all heard noises on the streets of China, old acquaintances gathered on the streets, a few of them were discussing, and sometimes there was a "tsk tsk" sound in their mouths.

Obviously curious about this new business.

They all came here when the ice city was still called Songhuajiang City, and they followed the Russians to turn this place from a village into a city.

So more or less, the businessmen who can stay have a little friendship with the Russians.

"Lao Jin, it seems to be a restaurant." Lao Li said when he saw the sign.

Colleagues are enemies, and Lao Li found a rival for Zhu Chuanwen just after he opened his business.

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[Mai Xiang Ji] is the new name of Zhu's business.

In the kitchen, Zhu Chuanwen and Zhu Chunshan were meeting.

Xian'er stared at the shop at the door, and notified Zhu Chuanwen if there were any customers.

Zhu Chunshan followed He Laosi to deliver the flour, so he stayed in Maixiangji. Although people in this era are considered independent when they get married, Zhu Kaishan was still worried and sent his younger brother over.

Come and give Zhu Chuanwen a hand.

And Zhu Chunshan has a monthly fee to stay in [Maixiangji], he is the number one employee in the store, 2 taels a month.

Zhu Chunshan kept refusing to accept it, saying that it was enough to take care of the food, but Zhu Chuanwen still insisted on giving it.Zhu Chunshan couldn't resist passing on the text, and took advantage of He Laosi's presence to testify, and the owner of the mill was returned to Zhu Kaishan.

This time Zhu Chunshan was at a loss, Zhu Chuanwen thought, but he didn't say anything, at worst, he will be compensated later.

Although the Zhu family now only has one mill and two shops, the division of property rights is very clear. The shop and mill in Sanjiangkou belong to Zhu Kaishan and his brothers, while the shop in Bingcheng belongs to the three brothers Zhu Chuanwen, the farmer. People are very taboo about dividing the family, so the profit of the Bingcheng shop is considered to belong to the Zhu family, and it will be discussed and used by Zhu Kaishan and his eldest son.

The grain store in Sanjiangkou sells flour to [Mai Xiangji] for 2 taels per [-] catties.

But in Zhu Chuanwen's grain shop, the price is 25 Wen per catty,
Of course, this is not the brothers of the Zhu family who are cheating Zhu Kaishan. After all, Zhu Kaishan has never asked them to pay any money, nor has he asked them to pay for the members, and he has not even asked for wages. It is to earn money by working hard, just like panning for gold, except that there is less fear and constant vigilance.

"Uncle Chunshan, this is the yeast I made myself. It is made of raisins and used to ferment the flour. The fermented flour can be baked in the bread oven to look like Leba." Zhu Chuanwen taught Zhu Chunshan the bread-making skills .

"Chuanwen, is our Lieba too expensive? Add so much sugar." Zhu Chunshan asked.

The Lieba made by his nephew was indeed delicious, but it really hurt him to add white powdered sugar.

"Uncle Chunshan, this is a high-end product. The ones baked yesterday were not added? Bran was also added. After all, these beautiful Lebas are not sold to those railway workers." Zhu Chuanwen explained.

His market positioning is very clear, Da Lieba is the ration of railway workers, and the softer bread is for those who have a little money in Bingcheng.

【Maixiangji】The shop has changed a lot.

Quite a bit like a bakery in later generations. Due to the innate conditions of this shop, it can only be regarded as a low-profile simplified version.

Baskets are used to store the bread, and oiled paper is used to pack it away.

There are two main businesses here. One is two huge grain hoppers filled with a bucket of white flour. This is the retail of flour. A catty of flour costs 25 renminbi, which is 1 renminbi more expensive than the market price, but the huge The flour produced by the stone mill looks good, but it is worth the price.The second is the sale of bread.The big Lieba with the length of the forearm weighs five catties and costs 2.5 rubles each.Small Leba 1 catty, 50 kopecks each
The kopek is the auxiliary currency of the ruble, and 100 kopecks are equal to 1 ruble.

Baking bread is not difficult. After teaching it a few times, Zhu Chunshan learned it so well that he even wanted to try it with Xianer next to him.

"Xian'er, help Uncle Chunshan make all the 50 catties of flour into Liba! I'll go to the front to take care of it, see if anyone is there?" Zhu Chuanwen said, wiping his hands with a rag.

Originally, I wanted to arrange for Xian'er to take care of her in the front shop.

But don't look at Xian'er's carefree character in front of him, it's okay to meet Chinese people, but he hesitates and says nothing when he meets Russians.

In vain, Chuanwen taught Xian'er foreign languages ​​every night.

Isn't this a waste of effort.

"Go, Brother Chuanwen, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw the Russians. Why are they all so high in the bridge of their noses, and they still look the same." Xian'er said while putting on her protective sleeves, but couldn't stop Laughed, in her opinion, the face of the Russian was really funny.

Zhu Chuanwen also couldn't laugh or cry, what kind of reason is this.

Three days passed like this.

The surging mood of the opening was smoothed out by this idle time.

"It's better to keep things simple." Zhu Chuanwen was annoyed.

The shop has been open for three days, but only a handful of breads have been sold. He doesn’t make any bread. He instructs Zhu Chunshan to make two fresh ones every day. The previous ones have become the staple food for him, Xian’er, and Zhu Chunshan. , all have lived a hard life, and eating Leba every day has become an enjoyment.

The two of them felt that it was nothing, and they were quite motivated to work every day.

But Zhu Chuanwen became worried.

He knows best how much his family has saved, counting the money from the shop, he only has 12 taels left on him.

He had to figure out what to do next.

Thinking back on my actions over the past month, is it because I didn't understand the market that I lost the Zhu family?Also owed a lot of money.

In Zhu Chuanwen's view, opening a mill and a grain store was a business that could be sold if there was a source of goods in this era, but now it seems that he has failed in starting a business.

Zhu Chuanwen was at a loss as to what to do next.

The water mill can produce 30 stones of flour every day, which is 3750 catties. Before leaving, I told my father not to stop the water mill. So far, nearly 500 catties of flour have been stockpiled in the warehouse of Sanjiangkou. There are more than [-] catties on the side, but the sales have been delayed.

The Zhu family didn't have that much capital, but it contained the 1000 taels of silver that Zhu Chuanwen had borrowed from the shopkeeper Chunhe Shengxia.

Zheng'er Bajing wrote down the IOU, and wrote down the interest of 3 points, half a year.

In fact, there are more than 2 Russians living here, and they have already had their own channels, so don't worry about Zhu Chuanwen.

(End of this chapter)