"Please leave, two."

The shopkeeper Du Maozhen of Derun Bud Village bowed deeply and sent off the third son's father. Although these two people were obviously from the country house, they bought very ordinary flower cloth.

But Manager Du has always adhered to the business purpose of "Sincerity is the most important thing, the real thing is the price, and the old man is not deceptive." He usually pays great attention to the reputation of customers. No matter whether the customers are poor or rich, he insists on treating customers with courtesy, and he usually teaches the shopkeepers like this.

So his Derun Buzhuang has only been open in Wuzhaibao for more than a month, and his business has quickly grown. Even Mrs. Huang and several wives from Qianhu House have been frequented recently.

"Shopkeeper, the various colored floral cloths in our store are almost sold again. Are you going to add some more products?"

An old man named Zhang Wanchu was happy and authentic. As an old man who came to Wuzhai Fort to conquer the world with Manager Du Maozhen, Zhang Wanchuyi has always been a confidant of Manager Du and shared the same relationship with Manager Du. Seeing that the business in the store was good, he was of course happy.

"Yeah, it's not bad." Manager Du stroked his two rat whiskers and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the business of this Wuzhai Fort is so easy. It seems that we have to purchase more goods. Brother Wanchu, you have to do this again."

In the past few months, after the military households in Wuzhai Fort solved their survival problems, they had some spare money in their hands, so they naturally had to decorate their lives and build new houses. Everyone does not have the ability to do this for the time being, but it is still possible for everyone to add a few new clothes to their wives and children.

Moreover, people with this idea are everywhere in Wuzhaibao. In this way, in the past few months, the Gebu store in Wuzhaibao has ushered in a craze for purchasing cloths. The business is booming, which naturally makes the shopkeepers of Gebuzhuang laugh and feel that it is a good choice to set up a store for Wuzhaibao by themselves.

After hearing what the shopkeeper Du said, the old friend Zhang Wanchu was also a little moved. He said earnestly: "What did the shopkeeper say? Isn't this a small duty?" Speaking of this, he suddenly looked a little mysterious. He looked around and lowered his voice: "Shopkeeper, have you heard any wind recently?"

Manager Du took a sip of tea and said strangely: "What's the sound of the wind?"

Zhang Wanchu said: "I recently found out that Mr. Huang, who said he was a thousand-household house, intends to underwrite all the autumn harvest grains to the Qu shopkeeper from Qi County. You also know that Mr. Huang, I don't know what methods to do. This year, the autumn grains in Wuzhaibao will have a bumper harvest. That's hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. Don't you have any idea? We dare not say underwriting, but if we can get a piece of the pie and open a rice shop, the profit will be no less than this Derun cloth shop, right?"

Manager Du's expression moved slightly, holding the teacup and pondering. Zhang Wanchu was even more ignorant when he saw this: "I heard that Boss Li of Dongrongji Tea House in the Wuzhai Fort, Boss Hou of Deji Furry Store, and Boss Pan of Hongji Silk Store, have all visited the Qianhu Lord and the Young Master Huang in the fort. Recently, they have frequently visited the Qi County Association to visit the shopkeeper Quyuan Ruiqu."

"Shopkeeper, we can't leave behind people, otherwise we won't even have a sip of soup at that time. Hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, the young ones have even gone to various farms to learn about it. They have also fed many pigs, sheep and other things, which are another great source of wealth."

Manager Du made up his mind and put down his teacup: "Wanchu, you have prepared the famous sect and gift list for me. I want to visit Lord Qianhu and Manager Qu of Qixian Guild Hall."

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Businessmen are keen to feel business opportunities, and the changes in Wuzhaibao will not attract their attention. First, merchants kept visiting the fields of various farms in Wuzhaibao. After the inspection, they all visited the Qianhu Lord and Master Huang Laifu.

Without exception, Huang Sihao and Huang Laifu entertained them, but when talking about future grain exports, Huang Sihao and Huang Laifu both said that they had signed a contract with the shopkeeper Qu Yuan Ruiqu and asked them to find shopkeeper Qu. In this way, at some point, more people were visiting in front of the Qixian Guild Hall.

"Fourth Young Master, you are back. Look, many merchants have handed over famous sects and gift lists, all of which are."

As soon as Qu Yuanrui returned to the Qixian Guild Hall, Uncle De, who was in his forties, came up and said to Qu Yuanrui with a smile on his face. As Qu Yuanrui's confidant, Uncle De was responsible for receiving guests in the museum. During this period, the flattery and pleasing of merchants made this honest man quite elated. This is the first time in the years that he has been so pleased and valued.

"A bunch of snobbish things." Qu Yuanrui laughed and cursed, but there was a look of pride on his face. Finally, it was time for someone to ask him for it.

He poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all in one go, then said, "Show me the name sage, who are they?"

Uncle De respectfully handed a thick stack of famous stumps to Qu Yuanrui.

Qu Yuanrui looked through one by one, and after a while, he sneered a few times: "Pingyao Li family, Jiexiu Hou family, Wanrong Pan family, Yang family in Yangcheng Yang family, Yuci Chang family, Humph, they are all big characters. They didn't even look at me in front of me, but now they are begging to come to the door, oh, and this, the Kang family in Linfen... What a good guy... the fish smelled blood and all came to the door."

These Li family in Pingyao, Hou family in Jiexiu, Pan family in Wanrong, Yangcheng, etc. were all Dayu among the Jin merchants in the Qing Dynasty. They were both great merchants and landlords, and they all had extremely strong capital. Although they are not as prominent as later generations, the forces in the north should not be underestimated.

Especially the Kang family in Linfen, which was a big grain merchant and a big pawn merchant, owned a large number of land and houses. The Kang family once threatened: "There is an old heaven above and a million kang below. It doesn't rain for three years, and there are tens of thousands of stones of old grain." Although this big statement was said in the early Qing Dynasty, at this time, their family had been operating the grain and grass in the Jiubian for decades, and they also owned a large amount of land and stored a large amount of grain, which was very powerful.

Although these people who were named Tsar at this time were the shopkeepers of the other branches of the other places or nephews from the clans of various businesses, they were placed in Wuzhaibao, a place that was not conspicuous now, and were not the big names in their family, but when they thought about the power behind them, Qu Yuanrui thought about it and decided to change clothes and meet guests now.

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"Everyone, I will send you my letter of forgiveness not far away."

"How dare you, how dare you... Stay, stay."

After sending away the merchants in the family above, Qu Yuanrui stood at the gate of the guild hall, and the smile on Qu Yuanrui's face slowly disappeared. Today's meeting has initially achieved the purpose of both parties. If the autumn grain of Wuzhaibao is indeed booming, the two parties are willing to cooperate in exporting grain. Of course, today, some intentions have been reached, and the specific terms must be formulated in detail later.

It is Biran to cooperate with these families. In one direction, Qu Yuanrui cannot offend the family forces behind these people. On the other hand, Qu Yuanrui's power and ability are too small, and he needs to rely on the power of these families.

For example, Kang Shiyin, the manager of the Kang family's business establishment in Wuzhaibao, just now, patted his chest and said that if the shopkeeper Qu is willing to distribute the grain to them, their Kang family can even sell the grain to Liaodong Town, which is something Qu Yuanrui cannot do.

Therefore, the cooperation between the two parties became Biran.

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At this time, Qu Yuanrui, who was standing at the gate of the guild hall, suddenly saw Young Master Huang Laifu riding a horse and coming to the guild hall, always following Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu and two close followers, as well as Miss Gu, also rode by Huang Laifu.

Qu Yuanrui hurriedly tidy up his clothes and greeted Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu and others came forward and sharply towards Quyuan. The horse's hooves hit the blue brick board on the street, making a sound. The people on the street were all moving aside and were busy bowing and saluting. However, in the Wuzhai Fort, the military households looked at Huang Laifu with respect and awe, while some foreign merchants and villagers showed a look of congratulation in fear.

Amid the bows and greetings of everyone, Huang Laifu nodded slightly. He walked along the way and saw that the street was quite prosperous, and he was also happy. When he arrived in front of the guild, he had already seen Qu Yuanrui. He stood on the horse and smiled and said, "Zhixin, hurry up and prepare the horse, I will take you to a place." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!