Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 212 Taking the First Step

The so-called no collection at night is the general term for the horse scouts sent by the Ming army to the grasslands and Liaodong!These people lived in the border all the year round, and they knew all the big things and small things in the border area, the mountains and rivers and geography like the palm of their hands. Once there was any trouble in the Mongolian tribe outside the gate, the Jurchen tribe was responsible for sending the news back as soon as possible to serve as an early warning.

These people are also the enemies of frontier merchants, and they cannot escape their eyes if they want to smuggle out.

However, it seems difficult for people outside the system to go to the sky, but it is a piece of cake for those inside the system.

Qiu Ming inherited his father's garrison duties, and then relied on a little cleverness to climb up to the upper reaches. His father's generation was in the Wanli period, and he only got up when he made military achievements in the pacification of Ningxia Wei. The grassroots faction in the army has made acquaintance with quite a few lower-level people.

These Jiang and Lu are the descendants of his father who planed to eat brothers who lived and died in the same pot.

The Ming-Mongolia trade was originally run by the government, but as Alta Khan accepted the title of King of Shunyi from the Ming Dynasty, the court of the Ming Dynasty continued to be corrupt. It is in the moon market, but there are many people staring at this piece of cheese, and the trade is almost half of the tax. Because of the border trade, the border generals in the late Ming Dynasty were as rich as princes.

But with these no-receipts at night, and even those of the border fortress, smuggling is much easier. Go out from Baiyangkou, go straight to Guihua City, and join other business travelers when you come back. Once, at least 20.00% of the five profits can be saved.

Although Song Qingshu is going to take [-]% of the income alone, but where is his investment, especially because he has infiltrated so many connections in the frontier army, just for these, even if he only takes a little money to make a point, the four businessmen will Had to work with him, let alone now.

The decision was almost made on the spot, and the four companies partnered with Song Qingshu to do business. Although the contract spirit of ancient merchants was extremely strong, some Shanxi merchants had to pay off their debts even if they went bankrupt, and even their descendants continued to repay them. However, Song Qingshu still prepared a Witnessed by the county magistrate Hu Dadian and the general Qiu Ming, they formally wrote a contract, stating that Song Qingshu and these four companies jointly created this firm, the name of the firm, and the name of the firm. After a while, Song Qingshu officially named it Jiaduobao!
Confused, the four of Cao Sanxi boarded the bandit boat. They probably never imagined in their dreams that under the witness of the county magistrate and generals, the wealthy businessman who did business with them turned out to be one of the best anti-thief leaders in Shanxi!

After signing the contract in the morning, at noon we had a meal of Lanzhou ramen at Song Qingshu's newly opened restaurant. Qiu Ming and two nights didn't dare to stay here for too long. The people below walked around in his workshop. He opened a clothing store on East Street. The ready-made clothes made of homemade cloth, cotton cloth and silk woven by himself are just like the clothing stores of later generations. Pairs of boots and cloth shoes are arranged in a dazzling array.

In this day and age, most of the clothes are bought in cloth, and the women in the family make them by themselves, or go to the tailor shop to order. If you want to buy ready-made clothes, a large part of them need to go to the pawn shop to buy those dead old clothes, and make a set like this This is the first time I have seen the four businessmen and Hu Dadian in a clothing store.

"What kind of clothes are these? It doesn't look like Hufu?" Hu Dadian asked curiously as he picked up a jacket with a stand-up collar, narrow sleeves and pockets.

"This is indeed a Hu suit, but it's not those of us in the north, but the French Hu, English Lihu, and Franjihu nobles who are far away on the other side of the sea in the far west. They need to match this kind of white Shirts and long-leg pants to wear!"

Song Qingshu took all the three-piece suits very enthusiastically, and even kicked out a pair of leather shoes. No matter how you look at the smiling face, you can't tell that he is a handsome beggar who kills people without blinking an eye. He is really curious. Next, Hu Dadian turned around with a full set of clothes and went to the fitting room beside him.

However, watching the slightly slender silhouette of the county magistrate Hu, Cao Sanxi thought for a while, and lowered his voice to ask Song Qingshu in a low voice.

"Song Dong's family, you make all the fabrics into ready-made clothes here. This person is fat or thin, tall or short. If they don't fit well, wouldn't they all be sold?"

"Cao Dong's family is really careful!" Song Qingshu himself smiled and waved his hands: "I have considered this too, you see!"

Leading Cao Sanxi to the hanger, Song Qingshu took five pieces of clothes and superimposed them on top of each other, immediately revealing a peak like a pyramid. The five sets of clothes were neatly stacked from small to large, and Cao Sanxi suddenly realized what he saw.

"Wide and narrow, so that customers can choose according to their body shape?"

"That's right! The ones like County Magistrate Hu's are the largest size, and there are also the smallest sizes for skinny people like you. Small sizes are made less often, and large sizes are made more. Those who come to buy ready-made clothes generally like bigger sizes, common people The common people can wear it, the elder brother wears it for the younger brother, and the shoes are the same, so that the workers weaving can be much smoother, and the fabric can be saved, and the goods can be sold according to the quantity!"

Listening to Song Qingshu's eloquent talk, Cao Sanxi couldn't help remembering it in his heart, and planned to go back and take pictures of gourds, but unfortunately, he had to suppress it just as soon as he thought about it. Clothing production has always been a labor-intensive industry, and he doesn't have so many Do it manually, think about it, you have to buy from Song Qingshu!
After a while, Hu Dadian came out wearing that suit, looking like a dog. Not to mention, although the long robe was missing, the suit was loose and comfortable, but the waist was tightened, and the suit with narrow sleeves and trousers looked extraordinarily Capable, Mingren's hair ornament and scarf were draped behind his head, and his swaggering appearance gave Hu Dadian a bohemian feeling.

"Okay! Master Hu's face is radiant and full of energy after changing his routine! If the old granddaughter is here, I think Master Hu will be overwhelmed!"

No wonder the business is doing well. This Cao Sanxi is really good at talking. Hearing Song Qingshu, he couldn't help secretly exclaiming. Hu Dadian was even more delighted. Bring your daughter here, let's see if Hu can make the beauty fall in love with you! Qu...Song Dong's family bought this set of Hu clothes in the county, and they will go to the county government to get money later."

For a set of clothes, Song Qingshu naturally couldn't really care about this shield, so he nodded with a smile and said, "BMWs are given to heroes, and red clothes are given to beauties. If Mr. Hu said that, he would be offended!"

"Thank you Song Dong's family, haha, so Hu Mou will be disrespectful."

Looking at Hu Dadian, who is holding his fists and shaking his head, Song Qingshu has experienced the mood of those great entrepreneurs in the later generations. He is not afraid of you talking, but he is afraid that you don't want anything. Once you collect things, you will be able to get them back a thousand times and a hundred times. Well, this collusion between government and businessmen is the way to make money!
Responding to the laughter of Hu Dadian and the leader, Song Qingshu himself raised his head and laughed.

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During this trip, the four Shanxi merchants came to see their horizons, and agreed to go back to do the goods, and then come to Dai County to gather after time. Before leaving, the four also bought a lot of ready-made clothes, leather shoes and soap from Songqing Bookstore, especially One of them also copied a recipe for Lanzhou ramen.

The reason why the secret recipe is so generous is that Song Qingshu is actually forced to. The last time Sun Chuanting saw through himself, it was because of the Lanzhou ramen. Hong Chengchou revealed a lot of his special skills in the letter. Obviously tell Hong Chengchou in the future, is Lao Tzu here?

Still wanting to make money from Lanzhou ramen, Song Qingshu had no choice but to spread it, and it will be everywhere, you Hong Chengchou can eat it one by one, the Lanzhou ramen in that county is the most authentic, you can find Lao Tzu in that county!

"Go back and rent a warehouse. It is estimated that the next time I come, these four bosses will bring a lot of goods. Lao Shi, I will find a way to get the surname Kang to bring more salt. We have a lot of people in the mountains, and eating salt is always a problem. Then We just need to find more craftsmen, and when this shipment is over, our business will probably have to expand a lot."

Standing openly and aboveboard on the building in the southern city of Dai County, watching the four Shanxi merchants head south with their cars, Song Qingshu was really satisfied. This step into the interior of Shanxi merchants was a step forward, thinking , while he casually ordered, unfortunately, Shi Tianfu still looked listless, and replied lazily.

"Understood, boss!"

"Okay, isn't it just a civil servant and a slut?" Hearing his weak words, Song Qingshu couldn't help but turned around and patted him on the shoulder heavily.

"Old Shi, give me another two years. After two years, the Qihuo Army will definitely take this revenge on you!"

This time, Song Qingshu's eyes were full of sincerity, and Shi Tianfu was obviously stunned for a while, before he nodded heavily just now.

"Yes, master!"

All the business affairs were handed over to Shi Tianfu, and eunuch Jiao was also sent to be his teacher, who would play a supervisory role by the way, so that neither of them could be corrupted. His son Zhao Sheng was in charge, Scarface was in charge of the army, and there was still Zhang Haocai in the county. Liu Tichun looked at it, went back to the shop and took off the signboard of Shi Tianfu picking the ball, and replaced it with Jiaduobao's gold shop signboard. For a while, Song Qingshu unexpectedly I feel like I have nothing to do!
Not far from Jiaduobao's shop, the sound of silk and bamboo in a brothel kept coming, and there were two beautifully dressed girls at the door, soliciting customers. They all said that Yangzhou produced beautiful women, but in fact Yangzhou had a big skinny horse. The source is that human traffickers bought girls from poor families at the same price at the border, and brought them to Yangzhou to teach them poetry etiquette. It is said that this is how Chen Yuanyuan, the eight beautiful Qinhuai, was trafficked to the south. Speaking of it, it should be the beautiful women from the border. !

This brothel in the Ming Dynasty is much better than the girls who sell meat in later generations. After all, they are professionals in this business. First, I will tell you about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then you will lose your appetite. Then it will be a spring night. It has a unique cultural connotation. It is said that men are rich Just turned bad, sitting in Jiaduobao, listening to the laughter over there, Song Qingshu's heart was also tickled.

But just when Song Qingshu felt sorry for Caiwei, and Hong Niangzi was still knowledgeable, so she went to have a look, and wandered between not touching it, Zhang Haocai, who was working as an errand in the yamen, came to the door out of breath.

"My lord, it's not good. The man surnamed Sun has been on a hunger strike for two days and is about to die!"

"What?"

Immediately, all feelings were gone, seeing Zhang Haocai sweating profusely, Song Qingshu's face suddenly turned into a bitter face.

If Sun Chuanting died, the loss would be a bit big!

(End of this chapter)