Zhu Nao

Five months later, the first non-traitor grain shop in Mianzhou opened smoothly.

Before it opened, many people in Mianzhou city had heard of the name of the non-traitor grain shop.This non-traitorous food business is just like its name, neither treacherous nor fraudulent, and it is very fair to do business.Not only the price is fair, but also the quality of the goods.Because of this, the grain industry has expanded extremely fast, and in just half a year, it has blossomed everywhere in five of the ten states in Shu.

So before it opened, many people in the city were already full of curiosity and anticipation, wanting to see if the food store was really as rumored.

On the opening day, many people rushed to the gate of the food store early in the morning to queue up.The line got longer and longer, gradually bypassing the long street.

Some uninformed people passed by on the street and saw the grand scene of queuing. They couldn't help being startled, and hurried forward to ask.

"Brother, what kind of team is this?"

"You don't know? Today's non-traitorous food shop opened, and there are opening rewards just after opening, and the price of food is much cheaper than usual!"

"What?! The non-traitorous food line has come to Mianzhou?"

"Yeah, you don't know yet?"

"Hey, I went on a long trip recently, and I just came back yesterday, so I haven't heard about it at all...they are opening a business, how many days will they pay?"

"I didn't say specifically, it shouldn't be too long, right? Anyway, the current price is really affordable, so hurry up and buy it. If it ends, there will be no chance!"

"That's right...then I'll go home and get the money!"

Although this Mianzhou is not like the Yuzhou of that day, where the price of food was raised too high by corrupt officials and profiteers, who doesn't like cheap and affordable food?Ever since, the line outside the store got longer and longer, and they crossed two long streets in a blink of an eye.

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Some people are happy, some people are sad.At this moment, the most worrying things in the city are naturally those former grain merchants.Wang Liu is one of them.

Wang Liu has been running a small grain shop in the city for many years.There are no big grain merchants in Mianzhou City, they are all small businesses like them, and the shops have their own regular customers, not to mention how good the business is, at least all the people in the nearby streets and alleys come to him to buy, which is very stable.Over the years, his life has been a little rich, and he is also very satisfied.

However, all of this was suddenly changed with the arrival of the non-traitor food company.

Originally, a few days ago, Wang Liu was not too panicked when he heard that the non-traitor grain company was going to open a store in Mianzhou City.The grain merchants in this city don't have any treacherous and evil people, everyone does business in an ordinary way, and the price and quality are similar.Therefore, the quality of business depends on the location of the store.For the sake of convenience, ordinary people must find the nearest store to buy.Therefore, he fully believed that as long as the non-traitor grain shop did not open his shop at his door, his business would still be secure.

However, he didn't realize that was the case when the non-traitor food shop really opened.The signboard of this non-traitor food shop is too loud, and the common people like to be lively, even if it is to see the excitement, they are willing to run a few streets.What's more, the benefits of the opening of the non-traitor food shop are also really benefits.As a result, as soon as the grain store opened, the common people ran away without too much distance. Wang Liu's grain store encountered a desertion that had never been encountered in several years, and almost no customers came to the door.

This dealt a severe blow to Wang Liu.

In the evening, Wang Liu closed the shop and returned home. As soon as he entered the door, his wife, Mrs. Liu, asked whether the pot was open or not, "Are you back? How is the business in the shop today?"

Wang Liu said unhappily: "It's not good. From morning to night, I didn't even see a bird's shadow!"

Mrs. Liu was not surprised at all when she heard this, and said worriedly: "It's true... I just saw the old Li next door come back with a basket of rice on his back, and he was evasive when he saw me, so I knew he must be going to rape. The food store lined up to buy food. Even Lao Li went to the non-traitor food store, so I guess your business here must not be very good."

When Wang Liu heard this, he was startled and angry: "What, even Lao Li is going to be a traitor?!"

That old Li was his guest, but not an ordinary guest.Lao Li has been buying food from him for more than ten years. He regards Lao Li as a friend, and usually sells the best goods to Lao Li.Lao Li can credit as much as he wants.Who would have thought that with such a deep friendship, as soon as there was an opening ceremony over there, they would be pulled away in an instant.This is no longer simply the discomfort of being robbed of business, but the feeling of being betrayed, which makes people angry.

Mrs. Liu said again: "It's not just Lao Li, I saw that many neighbors in the neighborhood bought food from the non-traitor grain store. I went to inquire, and the grain price of that grain store is really cheap, plus they are now opening for business. , The selling price is not much different from our buying price. I don't understand, how do they make money by doing this business?"

Wang Liu was quite clear: "What kind of money do you earn? They are just making money at a loss! They are newcomers, and the common people in the city used to have regular shops, so they will not change easily. But when they yell like this, they yell at everyone. It’s over. After people recognize them, it’s time for them to make money.”

Liu asked doubtfully, "Is this going to work?"

Wang Liuqi snorted and said: "I don't think it will work! Now the big guy is only willing to buy from him because he wants to find something new. He can't stop earning money all the time. When his opening bonus is over, who is willing to buy it every time? Traveling so far to buy food? Our guests still have to come back."

After thinking about it, Mrs. Liu felt that it made sense, so she let go of her hanging heart.

In the next few days, Wang Liu's business was still very bad.The non-traitor food business is booming, and there is no mention of when the opening ceremony will end, so there is a long queue at the door every day.

Although Wang Liu was anxious, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and wait.

Tian Wang Liu opened the store until noon, and no customer came to the door.The more he sat in the store, the more he couldn't sit still, and it was useless to sit, so he closed the store in advance.

He was very angry when he closed the door and bolted it. The bolt in his hand looked like a small knife, and the opening of the door looked like the shopkeeper and fellows of a non-traditional food store.He stabbed it in with a "knife", cursed and said, "I'll see how arrogant you are!" After stabbing it back and forth a few times, his anger subsided quite a bit.

After closing the shop, he planned to find a tavern to drink away his worries.

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Wang Liuguai crossed the street and was heading towards the tavern when he suddenly saw many people surrounded in front of him.People looked excited and pointed at a shop.He looked in the direction that everyone was pointing at, and what people surrounded was an empty store that had been closed for two months.

The empty store used to be a pharmacy, and the business was good.Unfortunately, the original shopkeeper died of illness last year, and his son took over the pharmacy.That kid is an idle dude who doesn't know how to run a business at all. He lost all his family property and started thinking of ways to make money.The quality of the medicinal materials is getting worse and worse, and weeds and soil are mixed with the medicinal materials and sold.

As time went by, the common people had suffered and been deceived, so naturally they stopped patronizing the business of the pharmacy, and many people went to the pharmacy to make trouble.As a result, the business of the pharmacy couldn't go on any longer, and finally closed down two months ago.The shop has been vacant since then.

Wang Liu thought something was wrong, so he rushed forward.When he got closer, he realized that the door of the empty store was open, and there were still a few people standing in the store, looking around at the store's furnishings.

Wang Liu was no stranger to this situation, and he immediately understood: it turned out that a businessman came to visit the store and planned to open a new store here!

What kind of new store will be opened here, the people living nearby are very concerned, so everyone gathers here to watch the fun.

People's happy discussions reached Wang Liu's ears.

"It's great to be able to open a store here, and we won't have to travel so far to buy it in the future."

"Who says it's not? It's much more convenient now."

Wang Liu couldn't help being full of curiosity.He found an acquaintance with a good relationship in the crowd, squeezed over and patted that person on the shoulder and shouted, "Xiao Shun!"

The man named Xiaoshun looked back and saw that it was Wang Liu who was talking to him, he was startled and tried to escape in a panic.

Wang Liu grabbed him and asked, "Xiao Shun, what do those businessmen do for a living? What kind of shop do they want to open here?"

Xiao Shun hesitated and refused to answer.

Wang Liuqi said: "What's the matter, don't you know?"

"I know... I know... but..."

"But what? Why are you still playing tricks?"

Xiao Shun said awkwardly: "If I say so, Brother Six, don't be angry..."

"Why should I be angry?" Wang Liuqi was puzzled at first, but suddenly his heart skipped a beat, with a bad premonition.He hurriedly asked nervously, "Say it quickly!"

Xiao Shun had no choice but to say: "These people are not in the food business, I heard that they want to open another branch here..."

"Isn't it a traitor shop? A branch?? Open here???"

Wang Liu was shocked immediately.He hoped Xiaoshun was joking with him.But Xiaoshun didn't mean to joke at all.And around him, the words "grain shop" and "non-traitor grain business" faintly came to his ears-it was true!

Wang Liu's eyes suddenly went dark, and he took two steps back before barely stopping.

Xiao Shun was afraid of being implicated and blamed by him, so he ran away in a hurry.

Wang Liu smelled his mind, looked at the people standing in the shop, and looked at the joyful expressions on the faces of the people around him. He felt that he had been poured cold water on his head, and he couldn't tell what it was like.

He originally thought that as long as the opening ceremony of the non-traitor grain store is over and everyone's novelty wears off, the residents in the vicinity will always have to go back to his shop to buy grain, and their lives can go on as before.Who would have thought that the Feiqiangliang shop was rich and powerful, and the first store had just opened, and it was already planning a new store in the future.Once the new store really opens next to him, how will he do business in the future? !

Wang Liu lost all interest in drinking, and went home in a daze.

At home, Mrs. Liu was cooking, when she heard movement outside, she went out to check without putting down the kitchen knife in her hand.When she saw Wang Liu come back, she was startled: "Why did you come back so early? You don't care about the grain shop?"

It's okay not to mention the matter of the grain store, but when it was mentioned, Wang Liu was very sad and angry.He sat down on the haystack, stomped his feet and said, "No! You don't need to open it in the future!"

Seeing her husband's agitated expression and red eyes, Mrs. Liu hurriedly put down the kitchen knife in her hand and went up to him and asked, "What's the matter? What happened?"

Only then did Wang Liu tell his wife about the new store on the corner of the street.

Mrs. Liu was also shocked when she heard this, and comforted her husband, "Don't be so depressed. Even if they open a store here, they may not be able to steal our business. We have been operating here for many years, and we have always done business in a responsible manner. Everyone Acknowledge us. You also said that they can keep the price of food so low just to make a profit at a loss, and they have to do business well. When they restore the price, don’t the customers have to come back to us?”

But Wang Liu shook his head and said, "You don't understand, the guests can't come back!"

Everyone seeks profit, how can the relationship between a businessman and a regular customer compare to the benefits of real money?Not to mention the long-term future, in the past few days, all the regular customers should have left.

Moreover, although it is impossible for non-traitor grain companies to lose money and make money all the time, as long as they can persist for a period of time, other grain merchants will not be able to survive.This is probably also the reason why the non-traitor food company wants to offer an opening bonus with no deadline.

You must know that doing business not only needs to make money, but money must also be alive.Where his shop is open, the clerk's salary will always be paid.As long as there is no business, the store will lose money every day it opens.Not only that, once his business is bad and the goods in his hand cannot be exported, he cannot buy new goods.Originally, he was able to buy goods at a cheap price because he sold more, but if he bought less, he would not be able to get the cheap purchase price.Moreover, he originally raised his own caravan to transport goods, but as long as the team cannot receive work and the workers cannot receive wages, the caravan will soon be disbanded.His various costs will be higher and higher in the future.

Instead of rape?The rich and powerful over there are willing to lose money at first, but as long as they can expand their business plate, the cost will become lower and lower.What did he use to compare with others?In less than three months, his grain shop will have to close down.

Thinking of this, Wang Liu felt sad: "I heard that this non-traitorous food business is run by the merchants in Langzhou together, so they are so rich and powerful. Why are the merchants in Langzhou so united? Our merchants in Mianzhou Why can’t it be like this? If things go on like this, not to mention that the business in Mianzhou will be robbed by the people of Langzhou, I’m afraid that the grain business in the entire Shu region will be monopolized by those people from Langzhou!”

Mrs. Liu thought for a moment after hearing this, and said: "The merchants in Mianzhou are not united, just because there was no need to unite in the past. Since the non-traitor grain business is an alliance of Langzhou people, let's also get a grain merchant in Mianzhou." Is it okay to form an alliance and work together to fight against non-traitors?"

Wang Liu couldn't help being taken aback.He only knew how to complain, but never thought about changing it by himself.After being told by his wife, he felt that this was also a solution.He hesitated and said, "This is the truth. But who can unite the merchants in Mianzhou? Me? I'm afraid I won't be able to convince everyone..."

Mrs. Liu urged: "Since no one comes out, why don't you try it. Maybe other grain merchants in the city are also waiting for someone to come forward. As soon as you go out, you will be able to respond immediately."

Wang Liu was really moved by what his wife said, so he hurriedly planned to go

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Inside Langzhou city.

Zhu Nao was reviewing official documents in the house when there was a knock on the door outside.He put down his pen and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a caravan came in.The man entered the room and handed Zhu Nao a ledger, saying: "Zhou Mu, the first grain store in Mianzhou City has successfully opened. This is the cost of the early stage of opening, please have a look at the Zhou Mu."

Zhu Nao took the ledger, opened it and looked at it roughly.He didn't look at anything else, he just looked at the current purchase price of various grains in Mianzhou and the selling price in the city.Then he closed the ledger.

The man said: "Does the state pastor have any instructions to pass on to them?"

Zhu Nao said: "It's nothing else, it's still the same old saying. The grain business is running so fast, it will inevitably conflict with the local merchants. When they should win over the local merchants, they must do a good job of comforting them, so as not to cause panic Those businessmen, let them join hands to fight against the food industry."

The man said: "Don't worry, Zhou Mu. Mianzhou is already the sixth state we have opened. The method taught by Zhou Mu before is very effective. With the experience of the previous states, they all know how to handle it properly."

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "That's all I want to say. For the rest, I trust their abilities."

The man then said: "That Zhou Mu, I'm going."

Zhu Nao said: "Thank you for your hard work. Go."

The man saluted and left.Zhu Nao lowered his head and continued to review the official documents.