It was almost time for dinner in the afternoon, and guests came to Dingxianglou.

"Shopkeeper, I'll give us two taels of wine today and another dish of donkey meat. We'll celebrate it well." The two old customers said excitedly as soon as they entered the door, with an unconcealed look of joy on their faces.

"Oh, it's so bad." The shopkeeper agreed, busy at work, and did not forget to ask the two old customers what good things they had made them so happy.

The old customer wearing a navy blue cotton jacket felt a little novel: "Shopkeeper, this happened in your Dingxianglou, don't you know?"

After saying this, Sun Youfu understood, "Oh, you mean that Jia Gui was beaten up, that was worth having fun."

"Yes, Jia Gui's grandson was finally cleaned up. Although the gold mark is not a good thing. Anyway, they bite the dog's mouth and we'll just watch the show."

"I heard that Jia Gui was beaten to his nose and face, and many people on the street saw it, and they almost applauded."

"It's just a pity." Sun Youfu brought the wine to the table and said a little depressedly.

The two old customers were puzzled, and one of them asked, "What's the pity?"

"It's a pity that he wasn't beaten to death! Even if he was beaten to death halfway."

Sun Youfu's interesting twist caused the guests to laugh, and the room was filled with joy.

The old customer picked up the wine pot and was about to pour it into the cup, but the feeling of the hand over the years made him realize that the pot was not two taels of wine.

"Shopkeeper, you have made mistakes, I'm afraid there are three taels of wine in this wine pot!"

Sun Youfu's shrewdness and the old customers knew very well that they were not the kind of careless people!

You shouldn't make such a mistake.

Sun Youfu laughed and explained: "Two, the extra one or two are given away by a small shop."

He leaned over and whispered: "I have to celebrate Jia Gui's beating, and I have to celebrate."

"The shopkeeper is open and bright." The two old customers gave thumbs up, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled.

Treating customers like friends and sometimes giving up some small profits is Sun Youfu's business wisdom.

I was busy, and I walked out of the backyard by one person.

"Shopkeeper, one bowl of porridge, two firewood without meat."

"Oh, that's great."

Sun Youfu agreed and saw the person who asked for the food. He wondered, this customer was quite generous, why did he pick it up today?

By the way, Yuan Chenming, under the guidance of Sun Youfu, found a local cigarette workshop and visited their factory.

It is said to be a factory, but in Yuan Chenming's eyes, it is a township workshop, several simple cigarette machines, and five or six workers who work hard.

The cigarettes produced are also cheap local goods and are sold in Anding County and surrounding townships. The surrounding counties do not account for much market share.

The owner of the factory thought they were buying goods at first, so he blew up at his ragged machines and several workers, praising their cigarettes so much that it seemed that he could make a fortune by selling a batch of goods.

But then after hearing Sun Youfu say that they also want to make cigarettes, inquire where to buy the machine and how much the machine costs.

The factory owner immediately changed his face and cried with tears in his eyes.

Machines are too expensive and business is difficult to do. The little money earned every day is only enough to pay workers' wages.

According to him, this small workshop will go bankrupt tomorrow.

Only those who are careless will believe his nonsense.

Without investigation, there is no right to speak. With his one-sided words, he will no longer do business?

On the way, Yuan Chenming started inquiring about Sun Youfu.

Sun Youfu drove one of the best restaurants in the city. He basically recognized the merchants in this county as the familiar local snake.

Speaking of these business matters, Sun Youfu is a clear family.

The factory that produces cigarettes was started four years ago. The owner of the factory was named Huang. He has several business deals, pawn shops, taverns, and oil mills in the county. The business is even bigger than him.

The factory owner named Huang said half true and half false. Compared to the previous year, his cigarette business was a bit worse. It was not that he didn't make money, but that he just said that he made less.

I used to sell 5,000 cigarettes a day, but now I sell 4,000 cigarettes, of course I earn less.

But the factory owner named Huang has a good ability to save costs, and reduces costs from all aspects.

The worst tobacco leaves are used, and they are choking when they take a sip. Only those poor people who are reluctant to spend two more children will buy their cigarettes.

There were ten workers in the factory, working from nine in the morning to six in the afternoon. Now there are only six working people left, with the same salary, working from eight in the morning to ten in the evening.

It is purely to treat people as animals.

With so many such methods, the factory owner named Huang is fat and strong. If the cigarette factory really doesn’t make money, will he continue to drive it?

Capitalists are not charitable people, they are smarter than anyone else.

Yuan Chenming thought that this is true. Anyway, the factory owner named Huang could have opened the factory until today, it would definitely not be because the factory lost too much money.

When crying poor, it is crying for outsiders to see. After earning money, he is going home and having fun secretly!

After breaking up with Sun Youfu, he went to find Xiao Shitou again. Xiao Shitou sold cigarettes every day and must have his own opinions on cigarettes.

Xiao Shitou did provide him with a lot of information, such as a local dealer, such as Lao Daopa, Hardmen, Daqianmen, Camel, etc., a series of foreign cigarettes.

This dealer purchased the goods first and then sold them to their half-old children who sold cigarettes at a higher price.

The factory cigarette brand named Huang is called Daanmen, which is purely local cigarettes. There is almost no shipping cost, and there is no price increase for second dealers.

Their people are cheaper to buy and sell cheaper. They are most popular among local people and their market share accounts for more than half, and the main reason is that they are cheaper.

After understanding this, even if Yuan Chenming understood, the cigarette business is a good business in ancient and modern times.

The cigarette business in the new era was monopolized by the state in a major country, the same as the ancient salt and iron monopoly, contributing trillions of taxes every year to fill the holes in national defense expenditures.

No one could monopolize cigarettes in the old era, nor did they have such an exaggerated cigarette tax, and they also had a wide mass base.

Making money is very likely.

You said, can you let go of such a good deal?

Yuan Chenming’s main problem now is nothing more than lack of money. Although cigarette machines and packaging machines are simple, they can be solved by just finding a township factory in modern times.

However, China in this era was still an agricultural country and its industry was not well developed. Machines like this had to be imported from abroad and were a lot of expensive.

Yuan Chenming asked someone to find out and bought all the machines he wanted, and the little money on him was only enough to pay a deposit.

How to get a lot of money and buy the machine is not only the biggest obstacle to the start of his business.

"Slowly turn around, your food is here." With a shout, Cai Shuigen brought up the rice porridge and firewood.

From yesterday to today, Yuan Chenming has a lot of meat every meal, obviously a carnivorous. The light meal this meal also aroused Cai Shuigen's curiosity.

"Kei, why did you eat so vegetarian and light today? Is there any reason?"

Cai Shuigen is also his own person. When Yuan Chenming heard Xiao Shitou say that he already knew him and could just say anything.

Fortunately, I said it straight.

"There's no way. I've been thinking about opening a cigarette factory recently, and the money I spent on buying machinery and equipment was a big difference. I spent one cent less on my money, so I have to save some money!"

Yuan Chenming cleared the whole story and asked with a smile: "Brother Shuigen, I heard that you are the young shopkeeper of Dingxianglou, so you should have a lot of money. Are you interested in investing and participating in a share? We have a share after making money!"

Cai Shuigen has no money, and he is not really a shopkeeper. But the organization behind Cai Shuigen is not lacking in money.

In other words, although they don’t have enough money, it’s for their size. If they concentrate some money, they can still make a lot of money.

As long as they are willing to pay, it may be enough to buy a machine.

Cai Shuigen obviously understood his subtext, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Customer, you really look down on me. I don't have any money. But our shopkeeper may have some money, so I'll ask you."

Yuan Chenming nodded, and he had to give people a time to discuss and consider. In addition, even if the Eighth Route Army did not agree, he could understand.

After all, he has some understanding of the poverty of the Eighth Route Army, and it is normal that he cannot make up this money to invest.

But in that case, he had to consider other ways to make money, and there were a lot of twists and turns.

"Old sword card new highs, ten books, can you buy cigarettes?" The small figure arrived before the person could hear it.

Cai Shuigen knew that something must be wrong when Xiao Shitou came here now. Hearing the sound, he ran over from the backyard: "Hey, why are you here again?"

"Go and go, there are no cigarettes here, so don't make trouble here."

"Why am I going to make trouble?" Xiao Shitou glared at his little eyes, and flexibly flashed over Cai Shuigen and grabbed his palm, and smiled and changed positions with Cai Shuigen.

"Or you come and catch me, and I will leave obediently. If you can't catch me, you have to let me sell cigarettes."

"Come on, come on!" Xiao Shitou hooked his fingers, and the teasing intention was obvious.

The guests who were dine-in laughed when they saw it. One of the guests said, "Shuigen, you've met your opponent this time!"

"This kid is very smart and powerful, and most people are really no match for him."

As the guests were making excuses, Cai Shuigen followed their wishes, pretended to be angry, and played the trick of catching an eagle with Xiao Shitou.

The two chased and ran to the backyard of Dingxianglou.

"Hey, boy, I've caught you."

Even though there were no guests in the backyard, Cai Shuigen did not forget to act and grabbed Xiao Shitou.

He whispered again: "There is no one in the backyard, what's the matter with you looking for me?"
To be continued...