Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 101 Pinkeye Outbreak

Jinsha was more concerned about the pier at the beginning, and specially recruited two guys to take care of the pier.The warehouses and yards occupied by ships docked at the wharf are clearly marked, so Jinsha doesn't have to worry too much.Before the novelty was over, Liu Tao's second uncle came to the door. After all, he was from the same town, and he could still have close relatives on Liu Tao's parents side. What's the matter with me?"

"Nephew, you are supposed to be my niece's elder brother, and we are serious relatives, so let me ask you, how much do you plan to earn at this pier a year?"

Jin Shaguang knows that the wharf can make a lot of money, but he has no idea how much money he can make, so he can only vaguely say: "Now I have been in business for more than ten days, and I have earned 50 taels of silver. It is estimated that after a year , I can have an income of more than 4000 taels of silver..."

"Nephew, do you think this is okay? I will give you 5000 taels of silver a year. How about you transfer the pier to me for operation? I have a bank note now. If you agree, we can sign a simple agreement." , once the agreement is signed, you don't have to worry about compensation?"

"Are you really giving 5000 taels, or a ready-made bank note?"

"Hey, we are all relatives, so am I going to lie to you? Yes, this is the bank note from Hongtai Bank. After signing the agreement, we will deliver it immediately. You don't need to pay the monthly money of the two hired men!"

Jin Sha was ecstatic in his heart. If he gave half of the 5000 taels of silver to Jin Hao, he would still have an income of 500 taels. Compared with the income of more than ten days, it seems that a year of hard work is so much. Why bother to work hard for a year? ?

"Okay, second uncle, let's make a deal!"

Jin Sha told the second uncle exactly what Jin Li told him when he gave him the pier, and asked to write it into the terms of the contract.The second uncle was also afraid that Jin Sha would go back on his word, and it also involved the taxes paid by Jin Yan, so he happily agreed to write it down.Xiu'e, who was pouring tea next to her at the time, agreed, and immediately brought a pen and paper. Grandma and Liu Jiaojiao, who had heard the news, also came to check.After the second uncle signed the agreement and went to the wharf to handle the handover, the family was very happy.

First of all, grandma was so happy that she couldn't help but praise Jinsha for being so smart that she won 5000 taels of silver without managing the pier.But he knew what was wrong with Jinsha, so he quickly asked for the 500 taels of bank notes, saying that he was going to hurry up and hand over to Jin Hao.The remaining half was taken away by Liu Jiaojiao, and Jinsha coaxed and lied to Liu Jiaojiao to come over for 50 taels, saying that his hands were itchy badly these two days and he had to go to the casino to sharpen his fingers.

The family has been immune to his bad gambling habits, knowing that he took the money and sent it to the casino. He has only seen him lose money, but has never seen him win money, so no one has the possibility of him winning money. I don't care about it at all.

The two yamen of the Shibo Department and the Tax Department saw that the Jinfu Wharf was getting more and more prosperous, and it was too troublesome for people coming from the city every day to manage and collect taxes, so they asked the imperial court to choose a location to build the yamen.When looking for the foundation, the newly built house and freight yard at Jinfu Wharf could not be moved, and Liu Yuanwai, who had made contributions to the imperial court, could not be moved. Of course, two nail households were targeted.Their houses and land were forcibly expropriated at a par price, making them want to cry without tears.

As for Jinsha's private sale of the pier management rights, Liu Guangjun soon found out, because their fourth pier is adjacent to the third pier used by Jinfu itself, and there is no partition in the middle.Liu Guangjun went over to question the Second Uncle, but the Second Uncle did not hide anything, and truthfully told the whole story.Liu Guangjun went back and said that the father-in-law and mother-in-law were so angry that they scolded the gerbil for being short-sighted.

Jin Yan Liutao is too lazy to take care of this matter, anyway, the pier is given to them, and it is up to them how they want to manage it. The two thousand and five hundred taels of silver bills have also been sent by grandma. As long as those four people don't come back to make trouble, they will be happy. up.

But Liu Tao said: "Your brother's IQ is not very good. At that pier, there are people rushing to ask for 9000 taels of silver. If you don't believe me, there are more than 9000 taels of silver. But he gave away 5000 taels for nothing. It's cheaper for my second uncle..."

"Yeah, your second uncle has a trick. The cheapest single dock is more than 6000 taels, and he has to buy one for 5000 taels. That's awesome!" He shook his head and sighed.

These wharves are in the hands of individuals. In order to attract boat owners to stop their ships and purchase merchants, they all use big signs to advertise their respective wharf functions. , Those who deal in cloth write the word 'cloth', some write 'carbon', some write 'oil', and some write the word 'sea goods'... .

Some of the unloaded goods are temporarily stored by the owner of the goods, and some are bought by the dock owner because they are cheap and then wholesale and retail.

The third wharf of the Jin Mansion is next to the wharf of the second uncle. The two wharves are both engaged in condiments. The second uncle is very active, because the merchants who come to pick up the goods pass the road behind his yard first, so he will stop them first. In other words, if it is for seasoning, try to trap it, and even attract customers at a low price in order to ensure the source of customers.Even if a boat transporting goods on the river passed by his pier, he would go up to strike up a conversation, thinking of ways to solicit him.

Now it is Liu Guangjun who is in charge of it, and he is very angry at the second uncle's practice of harming others and benefiting himself, but Jin Li doesn't let him take care of it. He knows that the wharf has just opened, and the huge flow of goods is still behind. There will definitely be times when the pier is saturated.He asked Zhao Zhong to find craftsmen, isn't the condiment dock still free?Then take a break for the time being and stop picking up ships and unloading goods. Let the craftsmen erect tall wooden pillars and build the second and third storeys on the ground. The two-storey storehouse is definitely better than the storehouse on the ground. Store twice as much goods.

The second uncle stopped the docking and unloading of goods because of Jin Li's freight yard, and he immediately piled up his freight yard with goods, earning a net profit of more than 40 taels of silver every day.In mid-November, the year will be over in just over a month, and a large number of goods from the south are coming like a long stream.

At this time, the wharf of the second uncle could not accommodate so many goods. The Jinzhang Seasoning Wharf paid the craftsmen to work day and night, and the construction was completed. Only then did the wharf open to attract ships from various southern counties.

This time, instead of mixing and stacking all kinds of seasonings as in the past, Jinzhang and Liutao stacked the goods on the ground in jars as containers, including rice wine noodle sauce, shrimp paste and hot sauce, and soy sauce and vinegar.The cargo area on the second floor is stacked with white sugar and brown sugar that are afraid of getting wet, more expensive soybean oil and sesame oil, and sesame oil and sesame sauce.The third floor is filled with relatively light prickly ash aniseed, cinnamon and cloves... the combined area of ​​the second and third floors is twice as large as the warehouse on the ground.The roof of the building is covered with tiles, and there are wooden walls on all sides, so it is not afraid of wind and rain.

There are stairs on the front and back of the second and third floors. Even if the passage is blocked by goods in front, the back door can be opened to move quickly. There were even times when the ground goods yard was blocked by goods, and the goods on the ground next to the pier could not get out. Liu Guangjun Tell them: "Move the goods from the other end and go directly to the second floor, and then go down the stairs behind the second floor to load the car..." In this way, after only waiting for a quarter of an hour, the carriage was filled with goods and set off.

Seeing that other wharf shopkeepers also wanted to renovate in private, some even came to find out Jin Hao’s tone, asking him if he spent money to renovate the wharf, if the end of the lease period is reached, if the next bidding fails, the wharf will be replaced In the future, there is another way to dismantle it by itself.This is a thorny issue. If it is not handled properly, it will affect the normal development of the terminal in the future.

After the two did some research, they told them that even if the price of the pier next year rises, it will not exceed the upper limit of 9000 taels of silver. Which company later spent money to renovate the pier? For myself, if I continue to lease on December 31, [-], I don't need to raise a placard to bid, and the Jinfu will give a guide price depending on the situation.

If you continue to lease, those buildings are still for personal use.If you don't continue the lease, the government's evaluation department will review the price and set the price. If there is no objection at that time, the Jinfu can refund you the money.After these people took reassurance, they put their minds at ease and began to transform their wharf yards according to their own wishes.

The second uncle also wants to follow suit to transform the freight yard, but it is difficult to get rid of the goods piled up in the freight yard, and there is nowhere to move the goods for construction, and the status quo must be maintained without construction.Seasoning goods from the south kept coming along the river, and most of them came to the fourth wharf in Jinfu.He was unwilling to watch, whenever the owner of the goods came to pick up the goods, even if he vacated a palm-sized space, he would invite the cargo ship to unload the goods, a very busy and prosperous scene.

Although Jinsha and grandma didn't care about their ability to treat their own family members, they didn't dare to make trouble with people who held a contract they signed.Grandma Jinsha asked the man in private: "How much profit can the current dock make?"

The clerk replied: "The shopkeeper Liu Da lost the opportunity compared with the Jin family. It only costs about 60 taels a day. The wharf next to the Jin family earns no less than 200 taels a day."

They are not envious of the family, but they are jealous of the second uncle, 50 taels a day, 500 taels in ten days, 5000 taels in a hundred days, and 6000 taels a year.Half of my family was divided by the gold calamity, and only 500 taels were left behind. In the end, what was left was only a fraction of others.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt that they were at a disadvantage. After the pink eye disease broke out in Jinsha's house, the whole family went to a showdown with the second uncle.

They were nothing more than asking him to compensate the family for the losses caused to the family because of the second uncle's opportunism.The second uncle saw that he had indeed made a lot of money, so he promised them that he would definitely give them some more compensation, but he had to wait until the New Year's Eve was over.However, before they reached a new agreement, a sudden winter rain came.After a day and two nights of continuous rain, the second uncle's cargo yard was poured into a mess.

The seasonings in the jar are okay, as long as the mud seal is not damaged, the pepper aniseed, cinnamon, cloves and sugar in the hemp package are miserable. What about water droplets?

As soon as those shopkeepers arrived at the warehouse, they stopped working when they saw the goods they had stored here, and clamored for him to guarantee the loss.The second uncle saw that he couldn't handle it, so he ordered a fellow to call Jinsha's family quickly so that they could share some of the burden.They can't just think about subsidizing money for them by themselves, just do it and watch, even thieves are not all smooth sailing, and there are times when they eat meat and get beaten?Even if they came to persuade these people, it would be good.

He stayed at the pier with a buddy by himself, and it was tolerable for a shopkeeper to be angry with him, but seven or eight shopkeepers and the buddy were arguing and arguing together, which made his head dizzy, so he had to deal with it carefully by saying good things with a smile on his face.

Grandma Jinsha and Jinsha saw it after being called, and felt a little more comfortable in their hearts, hoping that he would lose all his money.Seeing that the second uncle broke through the siege of these people and called them to go over, grandma and Jin Sha didn't want to go through this muddy water, so they just twisted their buttocks and went home with the two granddaughters-in-law.There was still arguing and arguing here, and the thoughtful guys rushed to the Jin Mansion to report the news. Fortunately, Liu Tao's grandparents arrived in time and quickly pulled them away.

These shopkeepers all know the second elder, and this is the old lady Dongweng of the Jin Mansion. Since they have come forward, even if the second elder can't guarantee all the losses, the reduction is still necessary.After the second uncle paid more than 400 taels of silver in compensation, and after two days of closing the freight yard, the wharf began to operate again.

After the dispute between the two families came to an end this time, he also learned Jin Yan’s dock management method this time. If the dock adjacent to Jin Yang can build a third floor, I can build a second floor. Anyway, plagiarism is not easy these days. breaking the law.After a few days of assault by invited craftsmen, a brand new second floor rose from the ground, and a connection to the third floor was left above the second floor.

He could see from his own side the way Jin Lian placed the goods in their wharf yard. This time he learned Jin Lian again and put the goods in an orderly manner.

After watching his pier flourish again, Jinsha and his grandma came to cuddle him again.The second uncle compared them to brown candies in his heart, and it would be fine to let them stick to it. We had to think of a good reason to stop their unrealistic ideas...

(End of this chapter)