protect our patriarch

Chapter 34
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Time passed without surprise for two days.

Wang Shouzhe spent the past two days in the Changning Courtyard to cultivate himself, drink spirit tea, and practice cultivation.

However, in the past two days, the situation changed abruptly. As the wheat grouting intensified, the first wave of the insect plague broke out with lightning speed and spread throughout the entire Changningwei area, and all the families panicked.

Due to the unavoidable reduction in production, the prices of other agricultural and sideline products have begun to rise, except for the staple grains that are strictly controlled by the government.In the absence of staple food, salted and smoked fish that can be preserved for a long time can also maintain the continuation of life.

The commercial and rice shops have stopped selling grain to the outside world.And the rice line of the official camp started to sell in limited quantities. In front of the official camp rice line, there was a long queue, and the city guards had already intervened to maintain order.

Wang Shouzhe was drinking tea and listening to the news gathered from various sources, his heart was full of waves.If it wasn't for a baby bump like Wang Luojing in the family, he would have already started to get overwhelmed, right?
How can I look at the ups and downs in a leisurely manner like now.

"Fourth brother, Qian's firm sent someone to deliver the letter." Wang Shouyi went to the backyard to deliver the letter in person, and at the same time his brows were furrowed, "In addition, the stock of salted fish and smoked fish sent by the sixth uncle has been unexpectedly over the past two days. Half of it has been sold. I see that several fish stalls from other families have already begun to restrict acquisitions or increase their prices significantly. Will our fish stalls also increase their prices?"

Are salted fish also restricted?

Wang Shouzhe frowned after taking the letter. It seems that the news of the large-scale reduction in grain production has caused panic.This scene is not unfamiliar to him. He has seen too many times on earth when ordinary people face disasters or rumors, and they panic buying in a collective panic.

And the salted fish and smoked fish are selling too fast, right?The inventory that has been shipped in successive times has to be about eight or nine hundred dan.Before the price increase, the price of salted fish and smoked fish varies from 20 to 30 cents per catty depending on the quality of the fish, and the price of a load is usually between 20 to 30 coppers.

Now the price has risen to 30 to 40 copper per load, but it has been sold even faster.

"What about live fish and fresh fish?" Wang Shouzhe asked.

"Live fish has not risen, but fresh fish has generally risen by [-]%." Wang Shouyi reported, "Many people buy fresh fish and go home to pickle or smoke them, or eat more fish to reduce the loss of staple food, so salt and firewood also rose. price."

Sure enough, pulling a hair and moving the whole body.

The outbreak of drug-resistant aphids has affected all aspects in an instant. When the price of basic materials such as salt, firewood, and carbon rises, everything will follow.

"Second brother, you can go with the market and increase the price." Wang Shouzhe said, "As for the restricted sales, the salted fish and smoked fish are limited to [-] dans per day, but they are actually sold internally according to [-] dans."

"Fifty dan? That's a full five thousand jin..." Wang Shouyi said in surprise, "Can the sixth uncle keep up? Even if the sixth uncle could, the Dingpu warehouse would not have time to smoke and pickle it."

Now is the peak fish season. If the fishing brigade on Wang Dinghai's side operates according to previous years, if ten boats work hard to catch a few thousand catties, it will be stable. On average, one fishing boat is only a few hundred catties of ordinary fish.

Most of them will be pickled or smoked in the Dingpu warehouse. Under normal circumstances, the limit of drying and smoking fish workshops there is only [-] dan a month.

But Wang Dinghai has fully copied the fixed kite, and that kind of thing can even be operated by ordinary people.The output will continue to rise every day, and it is not uncommon for the entire fishing team to add up to [-] catties during the peak fish season.

"Increase the manpower and space for fish processing, and you can make use of the vacant land in Fenggu Farm's Xingsheng Farm. Also, all the slaves, servants, and idle clansmen will be given to me to ensure that the output of smoked and salted fish exceeds [-] this month. Take charge." Wang Shouzhe instructed, "Second brother, you can fully preside over this work."

"As long as Uncle Six can keep up, I'm not afraid." In an instant, Wang Shouyi was also burning with fighting spirit, [-] load of smoked and salted fish a month.At least three or four thousand dans of fresh fish can be produced, and the weight of the fish will be greatly reduced after being slaughtered and smoked.

If the sixth uncle can really supply the output, this is a great opportunity to make money, how can he, Wang Shouyi, hold him back?

In previous years, the catch during the fish flood was the cheapest, so a large number of ordinary catches were made into smoked and salted fish, and then they were kept and sold slowly.In previous years, the total output and sales of smoked and salted fish were only two thousand and several hundred dan.The total sales volume of fresh fish and live fish is about [-] dans per year.

The overall turnover is difficult to exceed one thousand dry gold, and about half of it has to be allocated to the book of the fishing brigade.

But it is different now.

If this month can really produce more than [-] dan, and sell [-] dan of smoked fish and kippers, after the price increase, [-] copper dan will have a turnover of [-] dry gold.

And that doesn't include the sale of fresh and live fish... This month is very likely to reach a normal year's turnover.

Therefore, Wang Shouyi felt that the blood was burning!If you don't fight now, when will you fight hard?
"Okay, then it's all up to Brother Lao." Wang Shouzhe wrote a patriarch's order, signed it, stamped it with the patriarch's seal, and handed it over to him, "With this, you can mobilize the servants and servants of the family. Withdraw dry gold from the account."

"Dry gold is not needed for the time being." Wang Shouyi took the order letter and said excitedly, "This time the stock of salted fish sold too fast. I still have a small two hundred dry gold on my account, which is enough for operation."

"Second brother, you are busy, but don't make mistakes while you are busy, and make some omissions in the accounts." Wang Shouzhe warned casually.

Wang Shouyi's body was shocked, his eyes became serious and he hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, don't worry, as a member of the family, I will never violate the rules of the clan. Every month, I will hand over the accounts with the accountant presided over by the fifth aunt. There are omissions."

"Second brother has worked hard." Wang Shouzhe solemnly saluted him, "This kind of opportunity is a rare opportunity. Whether my Wang family can get rid of the fate of decline requires the whole family to do their best."

Wang Shouzhe is still very satisfied. Although his second brother has a mediocre cultivation talent, he is very dedicated to the family business.Compared with the old man, Wang Dinghai, the sixth uncle, he was much more careful and stable.

"Fourth brother is serious, these are my duties." Wang Shouyi hurriedly surrendered and said, "If that's the case, Brother Yu will retire first and deal with all matters."

After he left, Wang Shouzhe calmed down, opened Qian Xue'an's letter, and asked him to meet at [Jucai Village] outside Changning Fortress.Through the secret note left on the letterhead, it shows that Qian Xuean has completed the agreement.

However, although he believed in Qian Xue'an, he did not dare to take risks this time, and everything was safe.

Immediately, he dressed up slightly and left the city directly.Instead of going to Jucai Village first, he rode a black horse towards Shanyang.After walking for a while, I saw Wang Zhong outside a small manor several miles outside the city.

"Wang Zhong, how are things going?" Wang Shouzhe asked.

"Reporting to the Patriarch, fortunately not to be disgraced, the patriarch Gongsun Shao has come as promised and will be waiting in the manor." Wang Zhong was slightly excited, he had been waiting outside the manor for seven or eight hours.

Most of the Wang clan's forces are on the south bank of Anjiang River. If they want to find multiple carriages on the north bank, they can only rely on the Gongsun clan of Shanyang.Now that his relationship with the Gongsun family is in the honeymoon period, his little request will not be refuted.

Entering this small leisure manor outside Changning City belonging to the Gongsun clan of Shanyang, meeting with Gongsun Qiang, he cupped his hands and said, "Shou Zhe has seen Uncle, I have been waiting for a long time."

"It didn't take long, it was Shouzhe who mysteriously asked to call [-] carriages this time, or was it a heavy-duty carriage for transporting ore, did you want to do it?" Gongsun Qiang is an impatient person with low emotional intelligence, and he became curious as soon as they met. .

"It's not a special thing." Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "It's just [-] to [-] load of old grain." Since he was involved, he naturally couldn't hide the amount.

"..."

At this moment, Gongsun Qiang's eyes almost popped out, "cheap big nephew", don't you know that food is hard to find now?You still have fifty or sixty thousand dans in one breath...

That's it?

He had the urge to swear, and compared to this nephew patriarch, he felt that the 38-year-old "young patriarch" was a dog's age.

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(End of this chapter)