wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 38 38 [-]. Excellent Items Handed Over to the Armed Forces Academy
Zheng Yuanli spread his hands: "Sir, I didn't lie to you. The store really can't produce a thousand pairs of scissors at once. Now, the store sells almost one hundred pairs of scissors every day, excluding the deliveries to surrounding provincial cities. , there are only three hundred scissors left."

Zheng Yuanfei didn't believe it: "Impossible, I just went to the blacksmith yard yesterday, and saw that there are quite a lot of scissors that have been forged, it's impossible to get only three hundred!"

Zheng Yuanli chuckled: "Third brother, those scissors are used as inventory, and they are to be handed over to the Imperial Armed Forces Institute. At this time of the year, the Armed Forces Institute starts to purchase equipment, and our family must prepare high-quality scissors in advance, so as not to fail to hand over the emperor's errand. You let your friend wait for two or three days, and I can spare him a thousand scissors."

"No, my friend is in a hurry. Second brother, I don't believe that our family can't even get a thousand scissors out. If Long Shunhe is so big, if you can't get out a thousand scissors at once, it means you have no management skills."

Zheng Yuanli was in a hurry: "Sir, don't talk nonsense. I have managed Longshunhe for many years, and my business is booming and well managed. In the past, let alone a thousand scissors, even two thousand scissors can be produced. No Coincidentally, yesterday, Guangjumao of the provincial government added more orders, and ordered 1000 scissors at once, and received another order today, ordering 500 and [-] scissors, plus more than [-] scissors sold in the store , there are only three hundred left in stock.”

Zheng Yuanfei begged: "Second brother, my friend is in a hurry to use the scissors, why don't you first give me a thousand pairs of scissors from other people's orders, and then let those blacksmiths work overtime to make up for the order."

Zheng Yuanli flatly refused: "No, business is first come, first served. If I don't deliver the goods in time, how can others do business with me in the future?"

Zheng Yuanfei saw that he couldn't convince him, so he sat on the counter with his buttocks up: "I don't care, anyway, you have to give me a thousand pairs of scissors today."

"Come down for me! What's the matter with sitting on the counter?"

"Second brother, if you don't give me a thousand pairs of scissors, I won't come down."

Zheng Yuanli pushed him down directly: "Really not. If your friend is in a hurry, let him go to another scissors shop to have a look."

Tian Erya interjected: "Second Young Master, I'm afraid it won't work. I heard that the blades of the scissors in other stores are too brittle and will break. Only Long Shunhe's scissors are of the highest quality."

Zheng Yuanli was praised, and his eyes narrowed happily: "You are right, all the scissors in my family are carefully tempered by blacksmiths, and after being inspected one by one by my elder brother, the quality is absolutely guaranteed to be top-notch."

Zheng Yuanfei paced back and forth in the store, and a bold idea came to his mind: "Second brother, you first give a thousand scissors that were handed over to the Armed Forces Institute to my friends, anyway, the time for the Armed Forces Institute to use scissors has not yet come, and when the time comes, you Prepare it again, won't you?"

Zheng Yuanli was taken aback: "Third brother, the materials and workmanship of the scissors handed over to the Imperial Armed Forces Institute are all refined. The eldest brother selects the best one from each batch of finished scissors and leaves it to the Armed Forces Institute. It took more than a year of accumulation to collect so many scissors. If you are given a thousand at once, and the scissors for Armed Forces Academy need to be forged separately, the quality may not be so good!"

"Second brother, my friend paid 100 taels for a thousand pairs of scissors. On average, each pair of scissors paid 100 renminbi. However, the Imperial Armed Forces Institute only bought our scissors at less than half the price. Do you think it is a good deal for him? Is it worth it for my friend?"

Tian Erya stared, Boss Sai only gave him 100 taels of silver in the intention of refunding more and paying less, not asking him to sell scissors at a high price, but seeing Zheng Yuanfei's warning eyes, she didn't dare to speak out.

Zheng Yuanli blinked his small eyes: "Old man, of course I know that it is cost-effective to sell to your friend to make money, but the Armed Forces Academy is the government office where the imperial court selects equipment, and our family's scissors supply it, which makes it more famous. Besides, this is the completion The imperial servants of the imperial court will lose their heads if they don’t manage well, so they can’t just mess around. Don’t think about those scissors again.”

Zheng Yuanfei approached him, and lowered his voice: "Second brother, if you agree to give me a thousand scissors from the batch of scissors given to the Armed Forces Institute, I will secretly reserve one from the mine for you."

"This……"

"Second brother, let's settle the family bill sooner or later. According to the ancestral rules, most of the property and property in the family will be left to the eldest son. No matter how hard the two of us work, we are just laying the groundwork for the eldest brother. We still have to save more money for ourselves to be safe. "

Zheng Yuanli was worried: "I also want to give your friend a thousand scissors evenly, but if the Armed Forces Institute suddenly requisitioned scissors in advance, the number of high-quality scissors left in our family is not enough, and we may not be able to pay the emperor's errand, and there will be death in prison." risks of."

Zheng Yuanfei saw that he was moved, and further persuaded him: "Don't worry! There won't be such a thing. Our father brings many good things to Kangzhi County every year, and we have a very close friendship with him. He will not touch our family."

"Let me think about it. You can't be careless when working for the court. I see if there is a way to get the best of both worlds."

"Second brother, when buying scissors from the Armed Forces Academy every year, you have to try the scissors first, and then give the merchant one to two months to stock up. I heard that other scissor shops only start preparing forging materials after receiving the order from the Armed Arms Academy. Only our family prepares the ready-made high-quality scissors in advance. Our family’s practice should also be changed with others, and it’s not too late to stock up when we receive an order from the Armed Forces Academy.”

Zheng Yuanli was puzzled: "Really? Everyone else does that?"

Zheng Yuanfei vowed: "Of course, what did I lie to you for? The standard of scissors selected by the Armed Forces Institute is not the same every year! We basically don't look at the standard when handing over the scissors. We always donate the best scissors in the store. If we get verbal praise Besides, what did you get? Let me tell you that the scissors from the Armed Forces Academy meet their inspection requirements, and the scissors sold in our store are completely up to standard. My friend now only needs a thousand pairs of scissors, and you can Send the scissors left for the Armed Forces Institute to my friends first. When the blacksmiths have forged new scissors, why don't you leave them to the Armed Forces Institute?"

"If dad finds out, what should we do if we blame him?" Zheng Yuanli still had concerns.

Zheng Yuanfei disliked his whining: "Second brother, you haven't talked to Dad, how do you know what Dad thinks? Did Dad say before that it's not cost-effective to choose the best products for the Armed Forces Institute, it should be almost enough. "

"You make me think again."

Zheng Yuanfei stuffed the 100 taels of silver into his hand: "Brother, you can do as I say, and you can't miss the affairs of the court. I gave you the 100 taels of silver personally. The scissors bought by Boss Sai, I How about paying you more?"

Zheng Yuanli slapped the bank note on the counter: "No way. Dad trusts me by handing over Long Shunhe to me. For such a big matter, I can't claim it without his old man's consent."

Zheng Yuanfei gritted his teeth angrily: "Let's go find Dad and let Dad make the decisions?"

Tian Erya was very disappointed, thinking that Boss Sai would not be able to buy Long Shunhe's scissors today.Longshun and the scissors prepared for the court must not be moved, Boss Sai can only wait for a day or two.She persuaded Zheng Yuanfei to go to the scissors shop in the provincial capital to choose.

(End of this chapter)