Da Cang night watchman

Chapter 129 Competition
The next day, the snow finally stopped. A gust of wind blew by. The river beach was as cold as an ice kiln. By the river, everyone was shivering with cold, the sun came out, and it was still so cold. Tonight is the tragic night of the river beach. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have no oil in their stomachs and no clothes around them. In this long night, Who can guarantee to break through?
"Teacher, don't worry. Brother Lin said that two shipments of coal will arrive in a short while. Let's sell one and keep the other. We must let the people in the river beach share one for each household to spend this long night." Zeng Shigui comforted one of the old men.

"Shigui, you have become a master of Juren, but you still think about the people in the river beach. We uncles and uncles are all happy in our hearts, but this is the way of the world. Good people struggle to survive, and bad people are rampant... Some things may not be like yours. Wish..."

The old man who spoke was called Li Pingan. He used to be a teacher in Zezhou. Above the benefactor, it is still called like this.

"That's right, Shigui. Coal balls are a fetish for heating. They have been sold for four renminbi each in the city, and it is hard to find another coal. Even if your brother Lin is very capable, he will never be able to get two ships directly. Even if he If he can really get the coal, he will immediately become a guest of rich businessmen from all walks of life in Jicheng, and they rush to put money into his hands, so why give us mud legs at a low price?"

These common people talked one after another, and Zeng Shigui's daughter-in-law Xiu Niang and sister-in-law Mei Niang gradually became less firm.

These old people are right.

What a tight commodity is coal?In this season, as long as you enter Jicheng, you will be looted by merchants, so you don't have to worry about selling.

Think about it, he can obviously sell it for 2 to 3 renminbi each, so why cut the price by a hundred times and sell it to you Jiangbang refugees?Moreover, you, a refugee on the beach, have no money, so they have to give you credit.

Do people have holes in their heads?
Among the hundreds of people in the audience, only Zeng Shigui was steadfast. His reason was: Brother Lin said it himself, so he will keep his word!
Li Pingan sighed a long time: "Shigui, I'm already half a hundred years old, even if I can't make it through this winter, it's nothing. If there is such a day, I will entrust Pojun to you and let him be a book boy for you. "

"Teacher..."

Li Pingan smiled sadly: "You have called me my teacher for 20 years. In fact, I also know that I have no ability to teach you anything. There are many things that may actually lead you astray. When you grow old, I will leave you with a big burden……"

Suddenly, the crowd over there was noisy, Zeng Shigui suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Brother Lin!"

When he called out, thousands of Jiangtan refugees all stared in the direction he was looking.

Brother Lin?The person who came was the great benefactor that Zeng Shigui said?
He really came?

"Brother Zeng!" Lin Su and An Ye walked through the crowd and came to Zeng Shigui's side.

Li Ping'an's eyes suddenly brightened: "This...is this Mr. Lin that Shigui said? Mr. Huiyuan, who will be tested in Huichang?"

"Exactly!" Zeng Shigui said: "Brother Lin, this is my mentor Li Ping'an. Shigui can have what he is today, all thanks to his mentor and the care of these uncles."

Lin Su bowed deeply: "I met Mr. Li!"

Li Pingan replied tremblingly: "I dare not bother with the respectful title of 'Mr. Yuan'. The little old man has also heard from Shigui that Mr. Lin taught him strategy and poetry, and it is also a half-teacher's benefit to him."

Lin Su helped him up: "Today, thousands of people gathered in the river beach, and things will be easy to handle. The coal has arrived, and everyone should follow the established plan."

He raised his eyes and shot towards the river, suddenly two large boats appeared on the river, galloping towards this direction, the entire river beach was completely blown up...

The boat slowly approached the shore, and a woman was the first to jump onto the river beach, and ran to Lin Su: "My lord..."

There were tears in her eyes.

"Sister Chen, why did you come here in person?"

Sister Chen's heart was overwhelmed, you friend asked me why I came here in person?You don't know what people have been suffering these days?How could I not come here in person?Even if my legs are broken, even if I can't walk, I have to crawl over...

"Look, Deng Bo and the others are here too." Sister Chen pointed to the bow, a row of veterans stood neatly on the bow, and it was Deng Bo, Dai Zong, Qian Songhai and others, all of whom were here. More than 20 people.

Lin Su smiled: "Haha, it's great that all the heads of the coal factory are here, Uncle Dai, come here!"

Dai Zong jumped off the boat and arrived at Lin Su's side in one fell swoop: "My lord."

"Sister Chen has always been in charge of the affairs of the coal factory with you. I have never expressed my opinion. I am in charge today. Do you have any objections?" Lin Su said.

Dai Zong laughed: "My lord is joking, please give me an order!"

"That's good!" Lin Su said: "The refugees on the river beach will select ten representatives to form a business team, and the coal factory will sign an agreement with them..."

Lin Su's orders consisted of three orders.

Article 2: The price of coal is 20 renminbi per hundred, and the first batch of [-] coal briquettes is owed on credit.When the second batch of coal arrives, pay off the first batch of arrears.

Article 20: After that, every three days, [-] briquettes will be supplied, and the price will also be implemented accordingly.

Article [-]: Regarding transportation, considering that the refugees in Jiangtan have no transportation capacity, the coal factory will deliver coal ten times, and the freight will be borne by Jiangtan. After that, Jiangtan will find a transport ship and transport it to Haining by himself. Coal, forming a long-term cooperative relationship.

After the order was announced, everyone was silent and their hearts were beating wildly. Is this true?is it possible?

Zeng Shigui was also surprised: "Brother Lin, are there more than these two boats? There are more behind?"

Lin Su said with a smile: "Since it's a long-term cooperation, how could it be just two ships? Let's sign a three-year agreement based on the standard of 20 briquettes every three days!"

Zeng Shigui laughed, Li Pingan burst into laughter, Meiniang jumped eight feet high, almost went crazy with joy...

Dai Zong was surrounded by them, signed the agreement, and thousands of refugees unloaded coal from the boat. The cold river beach suddenly became bustling like a busy city...

Zeng Shigui was so excited that he wanted to talk to Lin Su, but he stopped when he saw Lin Su walking on the embankment with the sister Chen who came.

Sister Chen walked across the river embankment, her mind was complicated: "My lord, this river beach is almost exactly the same as the former Haining river beach."

"No! Haining Jiangtan is much better than here."

"Because there is a young master there!" Sister Chen's wonderful eyes moved gently.

"No! Because there are resources!"

resource?Coal, cement?
Yes, coal does not appear out of thin air, and limestone is not Chinese cabbage. Haining Jiangtan has two treasure mountains, so it can be different every day. Without these, Lin Su has the ability to deal with it.

But here is different, the river beach here is very narrow, the refugees basically live in the middle of the mountain, the bare mountain, even the trees are few (probably cut down), there is a limited long river beach, once the flood season comes It's all soaked in water, and you can't even grow scapes. Even gods can't do anything in this kind of ghostly place.

"Then... what should they do?"

Lin Su said: "This is a typical place that is not suitable for human habitation. For places that are not suitable for living, the best way is to relocate. It is the most stupid way to live with nature."

"My lord wants to move these people to Haining River Beach?"

"There are problems with moving all of them. The Haining River Beach can't accommodate too many people. There are still too many refugees in the world. If millions of refugees are moved in one day, there will be big problems in the Haining River Beach, so , this opening cannot be opened casually, the people here should be second-rate dealers first, and try to get by..."

This is the only way to go. Giving them the right to sell coal is equivalent to adding a little extra source of income. This amount of money cannot make a hundred thousand refugees live a good life, but it also gives them the most basic way of life. Line, this point, is actually the best result that the refugees can think of.

Sister Chen didn't worry about it, she looked around quietly: "What about her?"

"Who?"

"The person who accompanied you all the way..."

Lin Su smiled: "It may be behind you, or it may be behind me. Anyway, when she doesn't want people to see her, we can't see them all."

Sister Chen curled her lips lightly, and I knew I was nearby, otherwise, with no one around, you would have put your hand inside my clothes long ago.

The refugees on the river beach started a new day of changing their destiny.

Lin Su bid farewell to Zeng Shigui and his wife and returned to Haining with the boat.

Then it's fun.

Jiangtan, a refugee in Jicheng, set up a sales team headed by Li Pingan to receive the coal transported from Haining. They divided the coal into two, and half of it was distributed to the entire Jiangtan. There are more than 2 households in Jiangtan. 4 to 5, this is the guarantee that they will not be frozen to death in the coldest days in the next few days.

As for the remaining [-] briquettes, they directly entered the Jicheng market.

2 cents a piece of silver!
Merchants in Jicheng are huddling together, and the briquettes are rising in the fire cooking oil. In some places, they have broken through four renminbi a piece, and a large number of briquettes suddenly appeared, and they only cost 2 fen a piece.

What is this concept?The price of coal directly hit one-twentieth of the market price!

Not one-half, but one-twentieth!

The news spread all over the streets and alleys in a short time. People in various coal buying spots stopped trading at the same time as if they had been immobilized. Suddenly, with a bang, the flow of people turned and rushed to the river beach.

On the river beach, hundreds of refugees stood in front of a large pile of coal balls. Li Pingan announced in public that coal, life-saving supplies in severe winters, we take life-saving as our criterion, and we dare not raise prices indiscriminately. There is a limit of 2 yuan per person for emergency, and it is not allowed to eat too much.

Even if each person can only buy 10 yuan, but there are millions of people in Jicheng, surrounded by tens of thousands of people, it only took less than two hours for 10 yuan of briquettes to be sold out, and the merchants in the city did not react.

The Jiangtan coal was gone, and a large group of people came one after another. Zeng Shigui personally came forward and explained to the villagers that the coal this time was only 10 yuan, and it was gone. There will be another batch three days later, and the price is still the same. Everyone insisted a few days...

The Lei family, a big family in the city, was dumbfounded when they heard the news.

When the head of the Chen family heard the news, he jumped, C!There is still 3000 yuan of coal in my warehouse, which was bought for 2 cents and now the price is 2 cents, which means that I didn’t move my butt, and I lost [-]% of the original place?

The He family was even more furious. His family finally signed an agreement with Haining to supply 5 yuan of coal a day. He still wanted to make a fortune from this single business. What a mess, his price of 2 cents of silver is there, and he announced that there will be more goods in a few days, who would pay ten times the price to buy from him?

You mud legs, this is not how business is done. If you disturb my fortune, I will kill your people!
He Cangjin, the head of the He family, rushed into the prefect's mansion...

In Jiangtan, Li Ping'an's home, Zeng Shigui, Xiu Niang, Mei Niang and others all blushed, and the rest of the people jumped with excitement. In just two hours, they received a full 2000 taels of silver!
The white silver is placed on the table, full of three bags!

"This pack is 5 taels!" Zeng Shigui said: "This is the cost of the first batch of coal, 400 taels of coal, plus 100 taels of shipping, and the remaining 500 taels, teacher, what do you think?"

"We still need to keep 500 taels as the second batch of payment. Although Mr. Lin said that we can delay the payment, it is his benevolence and righteousness. We can't feel at ease to take advantage of this. In the future, the payment will still be settled in the current period. We must not owe them a penny to the coal factory."

"Yes!" All the refugee representatives next to him nodded.

"These 1000 taels are today's profits. There are a total of 2 households living in the river beach, and each household will be given 4 cents of silver to overcome the difficulties. Everyone has had heating for the past few days, but heating alone is not enough, and there must be some eat..."

Suddenly, a young man rushed in from outside: "Uncle Li, Mr. Zeng, Mr. Zhang, the magistrate, came with a group of yamen servants, followed by Boss He from the city..."

The faces of several people in the room changed at the same time.

Boss He raised the price of coal to 4 cents a piece, and Jiang Tan beat the coal to 2 cents a piece, which of course cut off his fortune. As the saying goes, cutting off a person's fortune is like killing one's parents Boss He will definitely come to make trouble. This is a consensus among everyone, but when things come to an end, they are still afraid, because the magistrate has also come.

"Don't be afraid! The magistrate is here, so you have to make some sense." Zeng Shigui stepped forward.

As soon as the yamen servants arrived, all the refugees on both sides avoided, with fear on their faces. The magistrate took the lead in striding forward, striding towards the coal sales point in front. When the thatched curtain of the coal sales point was lifted, Zeng Shigui strode out: "Student Zeng Shigui, I have met the magistrate!" He bowed deeply.

He is already a juren, no need to bow down, just salute.

"Zeng Shigui!" Zhang Zhifu said coldly: "Ten merchants in the city jointly sued you for disturbing the market order, maliciously suppressing the coal price, and causing them to lose everything. Is there anything wrong?"

"Suppress coal prices, the students admit it! But malicious or good intentions, how can adults ignore it?" Zeng Shigui was neither humble nor overbearing.

(End of this chapter)