Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 126 The beautiful hundred-smelted steel dagger, Lin Heng’s plan
  Taking Murakami's certificate, Lin Heng went to the town to go through some procedures.

After finishing the work, it was almost noon. After lunch, Lin Heng asked someone to rent a motorcycle and took him to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in the city.

In fact, Lin Heng can ride a motorcycle, but people will definitely not trust him to hand over the motorcycle.
  When we arrived in the city at around two o'clock in the afternoon, the motorcycle was much faster than the tractor.

After filling out a bunch of information and working around it, it was finally done. In the end, I still had to wait a month to get it.

However, during this period of time, he could open the purchasing station first and wait until the certificates were issued before signing the contract. Lin Heng had already obtained the quotation list for various medicinal materials and furs for opening the purchasing station.

"Go back now or not?" the motorcycle driver asked.

"Take me to the north of the city and I'll show you the way." Lin Heng said as he got on the motorcycle.

All the way to the north of the city, Lin Heng asked for directions and found a cattle dealer's house.

"Buying a cow or selling a cow?" A man in his twenties with a hooked nose walked out, followed by a mute woman.

“Cow buyer, can you get a cow?”

Lin Heng looked at this young guy and asked.

This young man’s name is Liu Shigen, whom he knew in his previous life. Although he is just a calf trader now, his wife is mute.

But his business grew bigger and bigger, and by the early [-]s he was worth tens of millions, and he didn't abandon this mute woman at that time, which was very admirable.

"If you can't get cows, you don't have to ask others. No one in our area raises cows." Liu Shigen shook his head.

"No."

Lin Heng was a little disappointed, but he had expected it.

There is no grassland here, and few people raise cattle. It is normal that there are no dairy cows. It's just that he won't give up without asking about the situation.

"What about the horses? Are there any tamed horses here that can be ridden?" Lin Heng asked again.

"Brother, I have such big words written as "Cattle Trader", why are you asking about irrelevant things. Apart from buying and selling cattle, I can't do anything else." Liu Shigen spread his hands and said.

"Haha, I think you have great powers and you can expand your business if you have the opportunity." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I have no money and no capital." Liu Shigen said, spreading his hands.

Lin Heng chatted with him for a few words, got to know each other's names, and then left.

Then he went to look for anyone selling modern compound bows, and he wanted to get one.

But the fact is that he thought too much, there is no such thing in Changbai City.

He couldn't find a modern compound bow, and Lin Heng didn't buy a Mongolian bow. He thought the one he had at home was enough.

"Let's go back," Lin Heng shook his head and said.

After riding a motorcycle for two hours, we drove back to Huangtan Town.

The motorcycle was fast, and it was only five o'clock at this time, and the students had just finished school.

Lin Heng thought for a while and went to school to find his sister Caiyun, and he would go home with her soon.

When he arrived at school, Lin Heng found that Caiyun was wearing the same set of clothes he bought yesterday. She was as dazzling as a white swan among a group of girls. The little boys in the school were peeking at her in a roundabout way.

Caiyun didn't seem to notice this. She was walking out with Liu Ciwen and two or three other classmates, talking and laughing.

"Caiyun!" Lin Heng called and waved to her.

"Second brother!" Caiyun saw Lin Heng and trotted to his side.

"Second brother, have you finished your work?" Caiyun looked at Lin Heng and asked with a smile.

"It's done. You seem to be very happy today." Lin Heng touched her head and said.

"Yes, second brother, because I ran for class president." Caiyun chuckled.

"So powerful." Lin Heng was a little surprised. But it's not surprising. If it were a show of hands, all the male students would probably choose her.

"It's all the books you borrowed from me, second brother, that made me speak knowledgeable. My head teacher likes me very much." Caiyun said happily.

"This is your own fault and has nothing to do with me. I came to see you today for something. Let's talk while walking." Lin Heng glanced at her and walked forward.

"What's the matter, second brother?" Caiyun asked as he walked.

"I'm planning to open a purchasing station in my town. I'll hire a person to keep an eye on it. You can check the accounts for me every two or three days."

After Lin Heng finished speaking, he looked back at his sister. She looked a little cold in her outfit, with an indigo blue cloth bag slung across her body.

"Of course that's no problem, just leave it to me."

Caiyun agreed without thinking. Compared with her second brother's kindness to her, this matter was too small.

Lin Heng nodded: "That's good. I'll take you to get to know that person later. Then you can also come to the acquisition station for lunch at noon."

"Where are we going now?" Caiyun asked, looking at the increasingly remote road.

"Here we are, let me get the kitchen knives and daggers we customized before." Lin Heng said and walked into the blacksmith shop with Caiyun.

"I'm here to get the kitchen knife and dagger, are you ready?" Lin Heng asked loudly.

"Okay, okay." The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and responded quickly.

He and his two sons who were blacksmithing were stunned when they saw Caiyun.

"It has been prepared a long time ago and is waiting for you to pick it up." The middle-aged uncle said with a smile.

He walked into the house and took out the forged kitchen knife and dagger and put them on the table for Lin Heng to check.

It is easy to see that Baisheng Steel is formed by repeatedly folding and forging a piece of steel. The texture of the mille-feuille cake can be clearly seen on the finished iron.

Lin Heng first picked up the kitchen knife and looked at it. It had a rectangular blade and a handle made of a whole piece of rosewood. The overall shape was also rectangular, but the edges and corners were trimmed so that it felt good to hold.

Although the layers of texture on this forged steel blade are not as obvious as the acid-leached Damascus pattern, they are still very beautiful.

Lin Heng picked up a branch as thick as his little finger from the side and cut it off easily without any effort.

The middle-aged man next to him said with a smile: "We are folding, forging, and weighing the steel every time, and it doesn't end until the weight no longer changes. There is no doubt about the sharpness."

"It's indeed not bad." Lin Heng nodded and picked up the dagger again.

This dagger is more than thirty centimeters long, and it also has a wooden scabbard wrapped in yellow cowhide.

There is a brass guard installed on the handle of the knife. The handle is made of dark red jujube wood with a copper wire inlaid on it.

Although the exquisiteness was still a bit inferior to the top daggers Lin Heng saw in the knife forging competition, it far exceeded his expectations.

I pulled it out and slashed it in the air. It felt extremely comfortable in my hand.

"The ratio of the blade to the handle of this dagger is three to one. It took a lot of effort to add the handguard and the inlaid copper wire." The middle-aged uncle said with a smile.

He strives for excellence in forging swords, and Lin Heng will definitely not disappoint him if he gives him so much money.

"Indeed." Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction. No man can refuse a handsome short knife.

"As long as you're satisfied," the middle-aged uncle said with a smile.

Lin Heng took eight yuan from his pocket and gave it to them. Adding the previous deposit, the total was nine yuan.

After receiving the money, the uncle was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. It's rare these days to have such a arrogant customer as Lin Heng.

One yuan is too expensive for ordinary people to buy a kitchen knife.

"Find me a bag to put the knife in." Lin Heng nodded and stood up.

"Okay." The uncle first found a piece of cloth to pick up the kitchen knife, then put it in a paper bag and handed it to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng took Caiyun out and the uncle didn't go back until he got to the gate.

"It's so expensive, second brother." Caiyun complained after coming out. Both knives were almost as much as her tuition.

"It's okay. It's not easy to make steel and forge it. It's all hard work."

Lin Heng shook his head and said, "Let your parents know that I'm talking about you again." Caiyun shook his head.

"It's okay if you don't say no." Lin Heng replied with a smile, and then said: "Let's go see what Wang Zhou thinks."

I took my sister Lin Heng and went straight to Wang Zhou's residence. When I came here, Wang Zhou and the driver uncle had just gotten off work, and they happened to meet in front of their home.

"Lin Heng!!" Wang Zhou greeted Lin Heng quickly when he saw him. His eyes stayed on Caiyun for a second and then quickly moved away, without even seeing the details of Caiyun's face.

"Boss Lin." The driver next to him also said with a smile.

"Let me introduce, this is my sister Lin Caiyun next to me, she is still in school." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Hello." Caiyun greeted politely.

"You're such a beautiful girl," the driver said with a smile.

Wang Zhou next to him lowered his head and hummed, not daring to look at Caiyun. Caiyun was much more dazzling than any girl he had ever seen before.

Lin Heng glanced at Wang Zhou and was not surprised by his appearance, nor was he worried about what he thought about Caiyun.

He was too self-abased. He was probably denying himself in his heart right now. He felt embarrassed to even look at him, let alone contact him. Even if I like it, I would never dare to express it.

If it were those gangsters, Lin Heng would have been extremely careful and would not have introduced his sister to her at all. Those bullies were the most courageous and the best at lying.

After all, he had often hung out with people like this before and knew it all too well.

The uncle driver next to him glanced at Wang Zhou, sighed and opened the door. This guy is so worthless, no wonder he can't find a wife.

"Wang Zhou, how are you thinking?" Lin Heng looked at him and asked after entering the room.

Wang Zhou nodded and said, "Brother Lin, I have made an agreement with the boss, and I can come to work with you anytime now." It's funny to say that he thinks he is very important and the boss thinks highly of him. As a result, when he mentioned this matter, the boss paid him his salary and drove him away without saying a word.

"That's good. You pack your things and I'll help you move to my rented house." Lin Heng nodded.

"Okay, I'll go pack it up right now." Wang Zhou agreed and turned around to pack things.

He had very few things, and four people helped move them easily.

It took more than ten minutes to arrive at Uncle Gao's side. Lin Heng thought that the uncle had gone fishing, but he didn't expect that he would be at home today.

"Uncle Gao, this is the Wang Zhou I told you. He will show me the store here from now on."

Lin Heng looked at Uncle Gao and said with a smile.

"Hello, Uncle Gao." Wang Zhou greeted quickly.

"Hello, Grandpa Gao." Caiyun also greeted.

"Haha, okay, except for the two houses owned by the old man, you can live in the rest as you like." Uncle Gao said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Heng took Wang Zhou in and found a house to stay in. This house was very big, with seven or eight empty rooms, and there were also some on the second floor.

After arranging a place for Wang Zhou, the uncle driver was about to say goodbye and leave. Lin Heng looked at him and said, "Uncle, ask me who has horses for sale. I'll buy one."

"Okay, I'll go back and ask you." The uncle nodded and said.

Wang Zhou sent him far away before returning.

Lin Heng and Uncle Gao talked about the plan and the situation.

When he drove his tractor into the city before, he had already bought some supplies such as a scale and a metal cabinet for keeping money.

After cleaning up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we can open the business the day after tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow is September 7th in the Gregorian calendar and July 23rd in the lunar calendar. It is a very auspicious day and it is also a market day, so it is perfect for opening.

"As long as you finish it, the place has been rented to you, you can do whatever you want." Uncle Gao said nonchalantly.

"Brother Lin, can I just be responsible for collecting things according to the price?" Wang Zhou asked about his job.

Lin Heng nodded, looked at him and said, "That's about right. Collect things according to the price I give you. Keep an account of each item collected and summarize it once a week.

Also, when selling things, the sales prices are also recorded and summarized once a week. Caiyun will check regularly and help summarize. "

Wang Zhou was stunned: "You still want to sell something? What are you selling?"

"Of course it's a department store. They sell everything." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After a pause, Lin Heng continued: "You can't make much money just by collecting things, let alone competing with Liu Qicheng.

I plan to put it up in department stores and do bundled sales. Not to mention that the price of medicinal materials here is higher than [-]% to [-]% higher. If you buy from me again, you can still enjoy certain discounts.

Even if my profits are low, as long as I bundle them together, I can not only increase customer flow, but also quickly recover funds. Liu Qicheng is just collecting things, what can he use to fight me? "

If he didn't take action, he would definitely kill Liu Qicheng if he did.

His location is good, in front of Liu Qicheng's house, which is a good location.

Liu Qicheng is not allowed to negotiate the price when he collects things. He often talks harshly, which has long made many people hate him. When Lin Heng opens a new store, many people come for the same price.

So he and he also accounted for it.

Coupled with bundled sales, what could he, Liu Qicheng, do to fight with him?
  "Xiao Lin, you are so clever, you are really a good businessman." Uncle Gao couldn't help but applaud Lin Heng after hearing this.

This is really what a little sow wears, one set after another.

"Awesome!" Wang Zhou gave a thumbs up. No wonder Lin Heng could make a fortune. He couldn't learn this skill.

Caiyun also showed admiration.

"It's nothing." Lin Heng smiled. Rural sales methods are still too backward, and he can kill a large number of people with just a few moves.

No need to think about it, just copying the sales routines of later generations, he can play the same thing every day.

"Then it's settled like this. You will stay here from now on. I have bought rice and noodles for you, so you can make them yourself." Lin Heng said after the negotiation.

"Okay, brother Lin, don't worry." Wang Zhou nodded.

Lin Heng looked at his watch, took his ID card, turned around and left.

After returning home, Lin Heng told his parents about the matter and asked Lin's father and eldest brother to go down to help tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the family used an ox-drawn cart to take Xiulan Xiaoxia, Lin's father, Caiyun, and Xiongba to the town.

"Lin Heng, we can just give you a fight, right?" Lin's father asked. Lin Heng's career was a bit big this time, and he was a little nervous for a moment.

"Yes, you and your eldest brother go to the carpenter's house in the town to buy some wooden boards and build some cabinets. They don't have to be pretty, they just need to be able to place things." Lin Heng nodded.

"Okay." Father Lin nodded.

"Brother, are you so confident this time?" Lin Yue was a little worried.

"Of course, it's not difficult." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Brother Lin's father came down to help. As for Xiulan and Xiaoxia, Lin Heng asked them to come to town to have fun.

When they arrived in Huangtan Town, Caiyun went to school, and Lin Heng brought others to Uncle Gao's house.

When we came over, Uncle Gao was carrying a bucket and preparing to go fishing in the river.

"Uncle Gao, I brought you a fishing rod I made myself. It has a seven-star float on it. You can try it today."

Lin Heng smiled and handed the purple bamboo fishing rod he got from home to Uncle Gao, and told him how to use the seven-star float. The seven-star float on this line was made by himself out of colored plastic.

"This fishing rod is good and beautiful." Uncle Gao took it in his hand and touched it, unable to put it down.

This is more than ten years old purple bamboo, and with Lin Heng's blending, it feels much better than ordinary bamboo poles.

"How much does it cost? I bought it, but I can't take it directly." Uncle Gao shook his head and said.

"Don't be polite. It's just a piece of bamboo, worthless. I wasn't polite when you gave me fish before." Lin Heng shook his head.

"Haha, okay then, I'll accept it shamelessly." Uncle Gao said with a smile and accepted it.

Then Lin Heng introduced him to his father, eldest brother, Xiulan and others.

After getting to know each other, Uncle Gao went fishing, and Lin Heng brought Father Lin and others to the store.

"Brother Lin!"

When Lin Heng arrived, Wang Zhou was cleaning.

After introducing his father and elder brother to Wang Zhou, Lin Heng began to arrange today's tasks.

After the arrangements were made, Lin Heng took [-] yuan from Lin's father and asked him to go to town to buy wooden boards.

He rented yesterday's motorcycle and asked someone to take him to the city.

He didn't know the wholesalers in Changbai City, but he knew the general situation. After talking for a whole morning, he finally reached an agreement with a family named Li.

Then Lin Heng wholesaled a variety of things that could be sold in rural areas for [-] yuan at a time.

If bought separately, these items cost [-].

The gap between wholesale price and retail price is generally between [-]% and [-]%, and the gap is different for different products.

The things were loaded into the car lightly, and the wholesale market used a truck to pull them up for him.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the truck arrived at Huangtan Town.

Before, the people around Uncle Gao didn't know what Lin Heng was going to do. Now that the truck came, a group of people understood that it was about to open a store, and they all ran over to watch the excitement.

"Dad!" Seeing Lin Heng, Xiaoxia trotted over and hugged his legs like a baby.

Lin Heng held her around and gave her a candy and handed it to Xiulan.

"Come here to help move things. The cars are all ours." Lin Heng said, looking at his father and others.

"Okay!" Father Lin and the three of them came over to help move things.

Lin Heng entered the house and saw that there were still some shelves that had not been finished, but they should be finished tomorrow.

Six hundred yuan worth of various things filled a [-]-square-meter room. These items can be sold for at least two or three months.

"Are you running a canteen?"

When Lin Heng came out, Liu Qicheng and a group of people gathered around the door and asked.

Lin Heng glanced at Liu Qicheng and said with a smile, "Yes, he sells things."

Hearing this, Liu Qicheng breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that this boy also wanted to collect the skins of medicinal materials, so this position would be great.

But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that his worries were unnecessary. Opening a shopping mall requires connections. How did Lin Heng, a young boy, get the connections?

He couldn't help but smile. There were many shops in the town now. It was not that easy for Lin Heng to open a shop and make money.

I thought to myself: "Even if I become a nouveau riche by selling mulberry, I still have no brains. If the canteen can really make money, I would have opened it long ago."

Shaking his head, he returned home briskly, thinking of playing cards to celebrate today.

This Lin Heng is still a young boy, so there is nothing to worry about.

(End of this chapter)