Daming Grocer

Broken, tea bricks fell apart, buyers and sellers are holding the porter accountable.

Qijian squatted down and picked up a piece of tea brick while everyone was watching the fun, and it was indeed the tea brick she had seen before that was shipped from Hunan.But when she looked at it, she could tell something was wrong. The broken tea brick would be broken when it was dropped, and there was no golden flower on it. The smoked branches have been covered up, if she hadn't stayed in the tea shop for more than ten years, it would be difficult to smell it all at once.

After observing the buyer and seller carefully, Qijian suddenly held up the tea brick and said, "It's a good fall. If these goods were not dropped by this brother today, the buyer may have lost a lot." She said that the seller was already vicious. The bully came forward: "What nonsense are you talking about!" They are all shrewd businessmen. When the buyer heard this, he was wrong, so he went to pull the seller away: "What are you in a hurry? Let this little brother finish talking!"

Qijian explained the cause and effect, and then said firmly: "If this tea hadn't been soaked in rain and mildewed in the early stage and then smoked and dried, then I would let this seller take my life. I think the tea they let you see and These must not be from the same batch, boss, be careful when receiving the goods." After the buyer heard this, he immediately asked his people to take samples from each load for inspection, and in the end, Qijian agreed.

In the evening, the buyer, Boss Wu, listened to his housekeeper's detailed explanation, and held a banquet in the restaurant to thank Qijian.If this batch of goods really came in, his loss could be as high as more than four hundred taels.Later, it was found that the seller's "tea introduction" (the government issued a tea business license, and those without a license will be punished as selling private tea) was also a counterfeit, and was taken away by the government on the spot.

After chatting for a while, Boss Wu knew that he had met an expert in the industry. After careful inquiry, he found out that Qijian had been in the tea shop since he was a child.Qijian thanked him indifferently, with a sense of honor and disgrace, which made Boss Wu nod his head appreciatively.In fact, how did he know that at this time, what she was thinking in her heart was not about changing to an easy job, but about the fragrance of that piece of saponins.

In the palace of the Prince of Shu, a pigeon landed on the window sill, and someone took the note from the letter box in the corner of the pigeon and walked towards a woman in a goose-yellow spring shirt.The woman took the note and read it with a soft smile, "My sister is really interesting. She stares at a dock worker and refuses to let her go. Forget it, record all the recent records and let the pigeons take them away." The person next to her retreated in response. Next, he saw the words Shen Qijian written on the first line of the paper he was holding.

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Qijian recently got a leisurely job at Boss Wu's firm, and when he has time, he takes a copy of Song Dynasty's "Old Stories of Wulin" and reads it. Volume [-] has an article "Little Broker", which tells how people in the Song Dynasty managed the saponin group business.It's just that there is no specific formula in it, and the few items mentioned are all common things. I don't know the exact proportions, and I don't know the manufacturing method, which makes her very distressed.Moreover, the saponins at that time and at this time could not be stored, and they could be used as soon as they were made, which did not conform to the business model of buying and selling.But this thing is really good, rich people use it a lot, if you get the right way, it must be a good thing that can make money.

Boss Wu's wife's uncle, Dr. Liu, is a medical officer in the Shu Palace. He often comes to the shop to sit and have long talks with people when he has nothing to do. Qijian knows him well.The two of them were talking about the epidemic situation in Nanyang Prefecture a few days ago. Dr. Liu stroked his beard and let out a long sigh: "According to the notes from my colleague, I can vaguely conclude that the epidemic is caused by the skin. As long as the daily cleaning is proper, the Nanyang epidemic It really shouldn't have happened." Qijian stopped writing the bookkeeping pen and said, "How do you call it clean?"

"For example, this saponin, if you add proper medicinal materials to make people get used to it, you can avoid many unnecessary diseases." After speaking, Dr. Liu picked up the "Old Forest of Wulin" and sighed again: "It's a pity Medicinal soap can only be used by rich families, and it can be used immediately after cooking, and the medicinal materials are all rare medicinal materials. If there is a kind of medicinal soap that can be stored and is not expensive so that people can use it from time to time, it will benefit my Ming Ziming."

Qijian stood up with a cry: "What the doctor said is very true! I don't know if the doctor has the intention to develop this thing with Shouxin?" Doctor Liu was taken aback when he heard this, looked at the kid in front of him for a while, and nodded with his beard : "If you have this ambition, I will support you with all your strength."

The two hit it off right away. When Boss Wu heard about this, although he felt it was absurd, he had always admired his wife and uncle, and these days he felt that Shen Shouxin was a talent.After thinking about it again and again, I nodded and agreed to invest in research and development, but the funds given are limited. If there is no result after the silver is used up, then let it go.Both he and Qijian are businessmen, so they drew up a contract immediately. If they succeed, the profit will be divided into [-] points, Boss Wu [-], Qi Jian [-], and Doctor Liu [-].

Dr. Liu was originally a medical idiot, and the Shu Palace already had a lot of salary, and he never valued money very much. In the end, he gave back one to Qijian.The account sharing contract for May [-] was drawn up. Boss Wu picked up the contract with his fingerprints on it, looked at it again and again, and patted Qijian on the shoulder: "Your boy is a businessman. How can I say this thing? It’s like real money. You really are a talent.”

The three of them agreed that the research and development site would be located in Dr. Liu's country house, where there are few people and a large house.Boss Wu and Dr. Liu took care of collecting materials, while Qijian went to the book market to search for books, trying to find out how to make soap.When doing this business, the first thing she thought of was not how to divide it with Boss Wu, but the formula. The formula is the most valuable thing, so this thing cannot be handed over to others casually, so she immediately wrote a letter and asked the horse team in Yunnan to bring it back to Kunming , it's time to pick up Erxi and Ford.

The day was just right, Hua Niang and Aunt Sun delivered a batch of Shu embroidery yesterday, and they were resting at home today, so they scrubbed and washed in the yard early in the morning.

Aunt Sun saw that Hua Niang didn't seem to have done these tasks, and her movements were a little clumsy, so she smiled and taught her for a while, and said again: "How long have you been with your husband-in-law?" Huicai replied: "It's been a while, why did the aunt think of asking this?"

The little tiger came over and wanted to play in the water. Aunt Sun opened him and said, "It's good after a while. Seeing how he loves you, I thought you were just together. As a man, if you get a wife and you don't Daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, it seems that my trustworthy brother is a loyal person and capable. You see that your life is easier now, should you prepare to have children?"

Hua Niang was stopped by the question, she lowered her head and rubbed the quilt cover without saying a word. Seeing her like this, Aunt Sun said earnestly, "Don't think I'm too strict, Hua Niang, it's time to have a baby. You must have been drinking all the way here. I didn't get pregnant with the decoction. Drinking too much of that thing will hurt your health. Don't drink it anymore. Your family is trustworthy, you can read and write, and you can do business. It looks like someone who is going to make big things. He is still young at this time , you hurry up and have a baby to stabilize him, it's the right thing to do, sister."

After she finished speaking, Qijian pushed open the courtyard door and walked in. He said "I'm back" but didn't get an answer, so he looked carefully at Hua Niang's face, something was wrong.So he put the things in his hands in the room, came out and rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me wash it, you go to rest."

Aunt Sun had finished washing at this time, and she let out a cry: "Brother Shouxin, this job is not done by a man. I know you love your wife, but this will make people laugh at you if you don't tell it, and you will talk about Huaniang behind your back." " Qi Jian didn't know why, so he groaned, but still took the work from Hua Niang's hand and began to wash.

Aunt Sun coughed again, Huaniang came back to her senses and grabbed the clothes from Qijian's hand: "Why are you back at this time?" "Hua Niang cried out, seeing that Aunt Sun was still there, she swallowed the words again.Seeing that the two of them had private things to say, Aunt Sun laughed a few times: "Then I'll go to the stream to clean up the clothes, Hua Niang, you're about to wash up, hurry up."

As soon as Aunt Sun left, Qijian hurriedly took off her shoes and socks and stepped into the laundry tub: "It's faster to wash like this." Hua Niang was amused by her, and she forgot what she was thinking just now, and helped wash some small items aside.

After the two of them washed their clothes, Qijian carried them to the stream, Huaniang followed.Everyone in the village is familiar with this scene. Women often scold their own men when they see it. The man doesn’t feel sorry for others, and the man will spit in a low voice. Living a good life is a fact.well.

The dishes Qijian brought back were all braised meat from the tavern, and there was also a jar of miscellaneous grain wine produced in Yibin, which the literati called Yao Zixue Qu.This wine has a strong fragrance, Hua Niang has heard of it for a long time.Called Aunt Sun and Xiao Huzi to have dinner together. The little Huzi smelled the wine and wanted to drink it. Qijian touched Xiao Xu with his chopsticks to tease him. He licked it and spit it out again and again. Now he ate quietly.The adults all laughed.

At this time, Aunt Sun gave Hua Niang a meaningful glance, so Hua Niang could only avoid it and turn around Qi Jian: "How long will you be going this time? To collect the land rent?" Qi Jian said with a smile: " It will take some time. Aunt Sun, after I leave, Huaniang will trouble you to take care of me." Huaniang understood that she was worried about Aunt Sun's presence, and she had some things to say, so she stopped asking.Aunt Sun had already drank five or six cups in a row, and at this moment she let out a cry: "What are you talking about, I'm afraid our mother and I will bother you a lot in the future."

After Mrs. Sun left, the two drank together for a long time after bathing.

Feeling drunk, Hua Niang nestled in Qijian's arms and stroked the scar on her hand: "As soon as you want to leave, I panic, keep my word, I really can't leave you for a moment." "I have written Letter to Boss Jin, asking him to send Er Xi and De Lai, and begging him to redeem Hong Er, I don’t know if he can help again.” Qi Jian’s breath became heavier as he spoke, and Hua Niang at first It's because he was attracted by Erxi and Hong'er's affairs and didn't pay attention to it.