Chapter 11 A Good Beginning

The provincial capital is different, everywhere reveals that it is very lively, of course this kind of excitement cannot be compared with the modern prosperity.

The three of them only strolled around for half a day, and it was already evening.

It's ridiculous to say that it takes half a day to travel from Songjiang County to the provincial capital, and the three of them take the No. 11 bus. It's ridiculous that a county magistrate doesn't even have a carriage.

Li Mo felt that he was really the worst county magistrate, bar none.

Li Mo looked at the carriages coming and going without slowing down, and scolded angrily: When I have money, I will also buy a carriage, what a big deal, hum.

Seeing such a childish magistrate, the master and Song Min smiled helplessly.

Originally booked three rooms in a not-so-high-end inn. It was too expensive, and one room cost 20 yuan a night. Li Mo felt a little heartbroken, so she insisted on changing from three rooms to two rooms, one for Master and Song Min, and one for herself. .

After dinner, I went to the night market in the provincial capital. It was not as lively as Songjiang County. Only gambling houses and brothels are open at night, which is not a place where ordinary people can go.

The three lost interest, went back to the inn, gathered in Li Mo's room, master: "My lord, did you think of a good idea?"

Li Mo thought about it carefully: "I didn't think of the way to lead everyone to make money together, but I thought of thousands of ways to make money by myself. What do you think?"

Song Min: "My lord, what is the best way? We will make a fortune with you."

Li Mobai glanced at him: "I want to get rich all day long, but I don't have any love at all. Is it worthy of the uniform you wear?"

Song Min chuckled: "My lord, didn't you say that? Let some people get rich first, and then drive other people to get rich, then I get rich, and I can bring people around me to make a fortune together, you say yes no."

Li Mo kicked him: "I learned this very quickly."

The master was anxious: "My lord, do you have any good ideas?"

The master is an authentic local, his family is in the county seat, he opened a grocery store, and his life is a little better than ordinary people, but these years, in order to support him in studying, his parents and wife have worked hard, and the family really cannot afford it. Now the children have grown up I want to build a house, get married, and need money for everything.

The son did not take the imperial examination, nor did he go to court. The master taught them to read and write when he was free. A family cannot afford several scholars.

The yamen is too poor, it is impossible to be corrupt, and the master is also a dead-headed person, so I dare not ask him to be corrupt.

Of course, it is only for now, if one day, the Yamen is really rich, maybe someone sent sugar-coated shells, whether he can still stick to his original intention, it is unknown.

Li Mo: "Master, I remember that your family runs a grocery store, where do you usually buy goods?"

Master: "Basically, we buy goods in the county, so we can't make much money."

Wholesalers in the county town buy goods from other places and sell them back to the county town, and what they earn is the price difference. The master buys goods from the wholesalers in the county town, and everyone else does the same, so there is no advantage at all.

Li Mo also visited the wholesalers in the county seat. Some of them sell rice, flour, grain and oil, candles, pens, ink, paper and inkstone, etc.

So I didn't like the sweet potato and lotus root fruits recommended by Li Mo. It's not that I didn't like the local fruits, but that they simply didn't taste good. Coupled with the consumption level in front of me, I didn't dare to buy them.

Li Mo: "Then have you ever thought about purchasing goods in the provincial capital and selling them back?"

Master: "I have thought about it, but it's not practical. First, the quantity purchased each time is too small, which is not cost-effective. Second, the journey is a bit long, and it will take a whole day to go back and forth. It's okay if you have a car at home. If you don’t have a car, you have to hire one, which is another expense.”

Vendors with conditions have their own cars, whether they are buying or delivering goods, they have their own manpower, but for some vendors, it is like small vendors like Shi Ye’s. Small shops basically have no cars and no people. They are all from my own family, so I can't afford to hire so many people.

Li Mo: "You said, we set up a transport team to and fro between the county seat and the provincial capital, and what we earn is an errand fee. What do you think? We are called a logistics company for the time being."

"Also, because people from Songjiang County want to come to the provincial capital, and they don't have a car at home, it takes half a day to walk, and they have to rush home at night, so they don't have time to go shopping, let alone sell the agricultural products Take it to the provincial capital and sell it."

"We organize a oxen or horse-drawn caravan to go back and forth between the county seat and the provincial capital, so that everyone can have a chance to travel far. How likely do you think it is?"

The two of them didn't understand, so they looked over together.

Li Mo had no choice but to patiently explain. After listening, the two were silent for a long time.

Song Min asked a question: "My lord, I think it's feasible, but I don't know how the road conditions are."

They were talking about bandits and the like. In the past, someone was robbed on the road and reported to the police, but they ran away long ago, so they couldn't be caught at all.

Master: "Why don't we find out first."

The road from Songjiang County to the provincial capital is an official road, and the safety is good.It's just that they don't walk every day, and they really don't understand the situation.

The master used to come to the provincial capital to take the exam, but only occasionally.

So the three of them decided to find out the road from Songjiang County to the provincial capital starting tomorrow.

The main problem now is how to market agricultural products.

Li Mo decided to go around again tomorrow.

The next day, the three of them went to the grain store and chose the one with the largest storefront.

When the shopkeeper saw the three big men coming in so early, he thought they must be big customers.

The shopkeeper was very enthusiastic, and led Li Mo to look around the store: "Guest officer, what kind of rice or noodles do you like?"

Li Mo: "Shopkeeper, why didn't you see the sweet potato flour?"

Shopkeeper: "What is sweet potato flour?"

Li Mo: "The noodles made from sweet potatoes can be eaten boiled or fried."

Shopkeeper: "I'm very sorry, no."

Li Mo continued to smirk: "You don't have it, I have it, do you want to try it?"

The shopkeeper was not happy, thinking that a big customer came, but it turned out to be a salesman: "Young man, it's fine if you don't buy rice, go and stay where it's cool."

Song Min quit, this is their county magistrate of Songjiang County, so what if you are the provincial capital.

Standing in front of Li Mo: "Shopkeeper, please be more polite to me."

The shopkeeper: "Oh, I'm still in a temper, so I won't be polite, what's the matter?"

Song Min was angry: "You."

Li Mo was not annoyed, but took out the vermicelli: "Shopkeeper, look, this is vermicelli, are you sure you don't want it?"

This time I brought very few vermicelli, only two catties, because I didn’t have any better props, so I just cooked them in a pot at home.

The shopkeeper was surprised for a while, and when he touched it with his hands, it felt hard, and he wondered in his heart, can this thing be eaten?

Seeing his doubts, Li Mo said: "The shopkeeper doesn't believe it? Stewed pork and cabbage vermicelli is delicious in the world. Do you want to try it? If you don't want to try it, forget it. I'll sell it in a restaurant."

The reason why Li Mo looked for grain stores first was that they would sell them faster, so that no matter ordinary people or wealthy families, they would be able to buy them conveniently, and the sales would be huge.

If you take it to a restaurant, only rich people go to the restaurant to eat, and ordinary people have no chance to get in touch with it, so the sales will be greatly reduced.

The shopkeeper: "Are you sure this stuff is really edible?"

Li Mo: "Why don't you borrow your kitchen? You haven't had breakfast yet. I'll make you a bowl of cold sweet potato noodles."

The shopkeeper didn't believe it at all, thinking that Li Mo was a liar.

Just about to send them away, at this moment, a servant girl ran over: "Master, the old lady has lost her temper again, saying that she is tired of eating breakfast every day."

The shopkeeper waved his hand to show that he knew, his old mother was getting more and more angry as she got older.

Li Mo: Isn't this a good opportunity?
Next, just as everyone imagined, Li Mo went to the backyard to cook sweet potato flour, made a cold salad, and a boiled one. The old lady ate very happily, and then the order came.

The shopkeeper saw that his mother ate deliciously, so he secretly paid for two mouthfuls. Not to mention, it was really delicious. When his mother saw it, she beat it down with a chopstick, saying that he ate it secretly, and insisted on protecting him so that he would not pick it up again. .

(End of this chapter)

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