In the end, both of them took a step back and accepted Xiaocao's proposal. It was getting late, and Liu Hu and his son quickly loaded a cart of watermelons and headed towards Tanggu Town. The father and son thought that they could not sell a few watermelons for five taels of silver a day. Unexpectedly, since they were driving a carriage full of watermelons, as soon as they entered the city, people kept coming to ask if the watermelons were for sale? Is it the watermelon from the Yu family in Dongshan Village? Where to sell it
The carriage soon arrived near Zhenxiu Restaurant, and Liu Hu went in and told the shopkeeper what Xiaocao had taught him, and the shopkeeper not only agreed, but also sent a buddy to help Zhang Luo set up the stall. Then I boldly ordered ten watermelons as a gift plate today!
Before the stall was set up, nearly one-third of the watermelon cart had gone. Holding five ingots and twelve taels of ingots, Liu Hu felt as if he was in a dream.
Facts didn't give him time to be dazed at all. Last year's old customers got the news, and they all sent their servants to buy watermelons, for fear that they would be late and return empty-handed. In front of the stall that Liu Hu and his son had just set up, they were surrounded by more than a dozen people. This one shouted for two, and the other shouted for five. The scene was chaotic!
While protecting the watermelons on the stall, Liu Hu and his son were afraid of being squeezed out by someone, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze! Everyone, don't squeeze!!"
The big shopkeeper of Zhenxie Pavilion couldn't stand it any longer, so he came to help and greeted: "Please line up to buy watermelon, everyone has a share! If this cart is sold out, everyone can register first, and send another cart over in the afternoon." yes!"
Liu Hu and his son heard it, and they all agreed: "Yes! Yes! Line up, everyone line up! Those who don't line up don't sell!!"
Most of the people who come to buy watermelons are servants of respectable families in the town, and some of them know each other. I heard that the manager of Zhenxiu Restaurant has everyone, and they can buy them in the afternoon at the latest, so they will no longer be as crazy as before. Squeeze forward.
Soon a crooked line lined up in front of a simple stall. This street is regarded as a high-quality street in Tanggu Town. There are more rich people here, so there are shops with unique decorations. Everyone has always dismissed the stalls like Liu Hu and his son, which are set up with a few pieces of wood.
Pedestrians on the street cast curious glances one after another. Suddenly, a woman's unsteady scream resounded through the sky: "Wow! Watermelon, watermelon!! Sister Zhuang, I told you that Yu's watermelon should start selling soon! Today is indeed a worthwhile trip!!"
Miss Zhuang took the maid beside her and hid to the side, for fear of being known that she was with this bastard. Isn't it watermelon! It's not that I haven't eaten it, as for it
Miss Zhuang refused to admit that the watermelon brought back by her elder brother from the capital was nothing compared to the Yu family's.
"Qiu'er, go and ask if the watermelon belongs to Yu's family? What's the price this year?" Although Ms. Zhuang disliked the watermelon stand that was not on the table, she missed the taste of Yu's watermelon after all, so of course she was reluctant to leave.
The little girl in the green dress next to Miss Zhuang agreed cleverly, and ran to the side of the stall, waiting to be questioned. Next to him, it was his turn to pick watermelons, the second butler of the Yao family, glared at her, and said, "If you want to buy melons, go in line later! If you don't line up, they won't sell them!"
Qiu'er ignored him, asked the lady what she asked, glanced at the few watermelons left in the carriage on the stall, returned to the lady with a sad face, and said, "Miss, the watermelons sold at the stall are indeed from the Yu family. , but... It seems that we don't have our turn today!"
Ms. Wang held her bulging purse and stared at the dwindling number of watermelons. In order to have a satisfying meal this year, she has accumulated more than half a year's silver taels. In the past few days, in order to check whether the Yu family's watermelons are on the market, she finds ways to find reasons to go shopping on this street every day, and the soles of her shoes are almost worn out.
After finally looking forward to Yu's watermelon, but can't buy it. what a pity! correct! ! Didn’t Yu’s watermelons accept reservations last year? She ordered two today, and she will be able to eat juicy and delicious watermelon tomorrow at the latest! Hurry to line up! !
Ms. Wang didn't go to line up with a group of servants herself, she handed the silver to her little maid and told her to hurry up to line up.
Seeing the queue getting longer and longer, the big shopkeeper proposed a "purchase limit" to Liu Hu and his son - each person can only buy two at most. Even so, a carload of more than 40 watermelons was quickly sold out, and they didn't care about the size. As soon as the watermelons were put on the case, there would be owners immediately. Those buyers moved quickly, I'm afraid If I was slow for a second, it seemed as if I was snatched away by the one behind. Liu Hu just needs to collect the money!
Those who didn't buy it continued to queue up and wait for registration. Both Liu Hu and his son can't write, so the shopkeeper found them a job in the store to help them register. During the registration process, Liu Hu asked his son to wait here, and drove the carriage by himself, rushing back to Dongshan Village.
There are at least two carts of watermelons picked in the morning. Yu Caifeng, who was weeding in the cornfield next to her, came back half a day after seeing that she was in charge of the house, and came over to ask strangely. When it was known that watermelons worth five taels of silver were being snapped up in the town. She couldn't help but be dumbfounded: the people in the town are really rich. If it was in Dongshan Village, a family would work hard for a month, but they wouldn't be able to earn the money of a watermelon. They wouldn't even be willing to eat white rice and noodles, let alone the gold thing!
Under Liu Hu's urging, Yu Caifeng didn't care to be in a daze, and hurriedly helped to load the car. There are more than 50 watermelons in this car. By the time the second car of watermelons arrived in town, it was already afternoon. Many servants who have registered in front of the stall are afraid that they will not have their share in the afternoon, and they will wait here if they don't eat.
The second cart of watermelons brought by Liu Hu was almost enough for the quantity scheduled in the morning. Some people who got the news late can only make reservations for tomorrow!
When the second car was also sold out, the sun was hanging high above our heads! The father and son, carrying a heavy amount of silver, followed Yu Xiaocao's instructions, and came to the bank opened by Zhou's family. After exchanging the silver for bank notes, they drove the carriage back.
The father and son were extremely excited! They have never seen so much white money in their life! ! Two carts of watermelons were sold for four hundred and eighty-five taels of silver! Fortunately, the bank is not far away, if not just carrying them there, they would be exhausted to death!
"Father, we sold ninety-seven watermelons today. Cousin said, if you give us 20 cents for each, can we get almost two taels of silver?" Liu Junping clenched his fists a little excitedly.
Liu Hu was silent for a long time before he sighed and said: "Junping, you must firmly remember your uncle's affection for our family! In the future, pay more attention to their family affairs. This affection, We owe a lot!"
From Liu Hu's point of view, an adult labor force, who worked tirelessly for a day, only cost thirty or fifty renminbi. The father and son only traveled to the town twice and did not do any heavy work, so they were paid nearly two taels of silver. This is my brother-in-law's family helping me! !
Back home, Liu Hu and his son put four silver bills of one hundred taels, one fifty taels, and thirty-five taels of silver in front of Yu Hai's family. When Yu Hai gave them the share they deserved, Liu Hu didn't pretentiously refuse any more. The family of them engraved this friendship deeply in their hearts. Once the other party needs it, they will definitely give back the whole family!
With the help of her aunt's family, Yu Xiaocao could not be so busy that her heels touched the ground like last year. When watermelons were on the market, merchants and people in the village that had been agreed with before began to wholesale watermelons from Yu's house.
Prince Jing's Mansion sent watermelons as gifts, which also led some people to find business opportunities. After inquiring about the origin of the watermelons, they traveled thousands of miles to Dongshan Village and found Yu's family. They wanted to use their status to suppress Yu's family and let them Only for my own family.
This merchant is inextricably linked with an idle prince of the royal family. With his superior status, even a small peasant family can be easily captured
This merchant also had good ideas. When he was threatening Yu Hai's family, King Yang happened to come to Dongshan Village for an inspection, and he happened to catch him.
King Yang knew that the royal family that this merchant was affiliated with was an uncle who was obsessed with cultivating the Tao regardless of everything, and had a pretty good relationship with Prince Jing's mansion. This merchant is the younger brother of one of his concubines. He uses his cover all day long to bully the market outside, picking up merchants with little or no background and suppressing them. Unexpectedly, he was actually bullied today!
Zhu Junyang didn't realize that he had automatically brought the Yu family under his wing. In his view, the Yu family is currently working for him and contributing to the court. Who did the younger brother of a mere concubine borrow the courage to act wildly here
Due to Zhu Junyang's violent temper, he immediately asked his guards to take this short-sighted guy, escort him to his uncle, and explain the situation. Cheng Wang has long been dissatisfied with this slave, always causing trouble outside as his brother-in-law, and smearing his face! Immediately, someone beat him up, and drove him out of the palace together with his sister who was a concubine.
Zhu Junyang saw that the Yu family picked more than enough watermelons every day, and heard from Xiaocao that the storage period of watermelons was at least half a month, so he asked his guards to transport several carts back and sell them in a fruit shop under the name of the concubine. . Don't say that now is not the season for watermelons to go on the market, it is the time when watermelons are fully on the market. The selling price in the capital is also several times that of Tanggu Town.
Strange goods to live in! In the capital, there are many relatives of the emperor and dignitaries who are not short of money. It has been said that in the capital, officials of the fifth rank can hit a few with just a stick. Not to mention rich merchants. Concubine Jing's melon and fruit candied store, business suddenly boomed.
The shopkeeper of this shop is also a good hand in business. The number of watermelons delivered was limited, and he unknowingly used the "hunger marketing" strategy of later generations and adopted purchase restrictions. Only 20 watermelons are sold every day, and each person can only buy one per day.
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It's over! The five-year-old nephew came back from Hefei, the little guy is super noisy! Who can give me back a clean coding environment