Chapter 34: A Single Move Affects the Whole Body

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Time passed calmly for two days.

Wang Shouzhe spent the past two days cultivating himself in the Changning Villa, drinking spiritual tea and doing exercises. It was rare that he lived a relatively comfortable life.

But in the past two days, the situation in the outside world has changed suddenly. As the wheat filling intensified, the first wave of insect plague broke out with lightning speed, spreading throughout the Changningwei area, and all the families were panicked.

As production cuts are unavoidable, except for the staple grains that are strictly controlled by the Daqian government, the prices of other agricultural and sideline products have begun to rise. Even Wang's fish stall's salted and smoked fish business has suddenly improved a lot, and prices have also increased significantly. In the absence of staple food, salted fish and smoked fish that can be preserved for a long time can also maintain the continuation of life.

Various commercial and rice shops have stopped selling grain to external parties. The rice store in Dagan Guanying began to sell limited quantities. There was a long queue in front of the official store, and the city guards had stepped in to maintain order.

Wang Shouzhe drank tea and listened to the news gathered from all walks of life, and his heart was in turmoil. If it weren't for the fact that there was a baby bump like Wang Luojing in the family, I would have already started to suffer, right?

How can I look at the wind and clouds as leisurely as I do now?

"Fourth brother, Qian's Trading Company sent someone to deliver the letter." Wang Shouyi went to the backyard to deliver the letter in person. At the same time, his brows were furrowed. "In addition, the inventory of salted fish and smoked fish sent by Uncle Six has been reduced in the past two days. Half of them are sold. I see that several fish stalls from other families have begun to restrict acquisitions or significantly increase prices. Will our fish stalls also have to increase prices?"

Is there also a restriction on the sale of salted fish?

Wang Shouzhe frowned after taking the letter. It seemed that the news of a large-scale reduction in grain production had caused panic. This scene is not unfamiliar to him. He has witnessed too many times on earth when ordinary people go into panic buying when faced with disasters or rumors.

And salted fish and smoked fish sell out too fast, right? The inventory that has been shipped over these few times must be about eight or nine hundred tons. Before the price increase, the price of salted and smoked fish was 20 to 30 cents per pound depending on the quality of the fish, and the price per load was usually between 20 to 30 coppers.

Now the price has risen to 30 to 40 tons of copper, and it is selling faster.

"Where are the live fish and fresh fish?" Wang Shouzhe asked.

"Live fish has not increased, but fresh fish has generally increased by 20%." Wang Shouyi reported, "Many people bought fresh fish to pickle or smoke and grill themselves, or to reduce the loss of staple food and eat more fish, so salt and firewood also increased. The price is high.”

Sure enough, one move affects the whole body.

The outbreak of drug-resistant aphids has instantly affected all aspects. When the price of basic supplies such as salt, firewood, and carbon increases, everything will rise accordingly.

"Second brother, you can just increase the price according to the market." Wang Shouzhe said, "As for the sales limit, the sales limit of salted fish and smoked fish is 20 dan to the public every day, but in fact, it is sold internally to 50 dan."

"Fifty dan? That's a full five thousand kilograms..." Wang Shouyi said in surprise, "Can Uncle Six keep up? Even if Uncle Six can, the Dingpu warehouse won't have time to smoke and pickle it."

Now is the peak fish season. If Wang Dinghai's fishing brigade operates as in previous years, if ten boats work hard to catch a few thousand kilograms, it will be stable. On average, one fishing boat can only catch a few hundred kilograms of ordinary fish.

Most of it will be pickled or smoked in the Dingpu warehouse. Under normal circumstances, the limit of the fish drying and smoking workshop there is only 800 tons per month.

But Wang Dinghai has fully replicated the fixed moving kite, and even ordinary people can operate that kind of thing. The output will continue to increase every day. During the peak fish season, it is not uncommon for the entire fishing team to add up to tens of thousands of kilograms.

"Increase the manpower and space for fish processing, and we can use the vacant land and rooms of Xingsheng Farm in Fenggu Farm. Also, all the domestic servants and idle clan members at home will be provided to me to ensure that the output of smoked fish and salted fish exceeds 2,000 yuan this month. Take responsibility." Wang Shouzhe ordered, "Second brother, you can take full charge of this work."

"As long as Uncle Six can keep up, I'm not afraid." In an instant, Wang Shouyi also ignited his fighting spirit. He was making two thousand tons of smoked and salted fish a month. It takes at least three to four thousand tons of fresh fish to make it. After the fish is slaughtered, smoked and dried, the weight will be greatly reduced.

If Uncle Liu can really increase production, it will be a great opportunity to make money. How can Wang Shouyi hold him back?

In previous years, the catch during the fish season was the cheapest, so a large amount of ordinary catch would be made into smoked and salted fish, which would then be kept and sold slowly. In previous years, the total output and sales of smoked and salted fish were only about two thousand and a few hundred tons. The total sales volume of fresh fish and live fish is only about 2,000 tons per year.

The overall turnover is difficult to exceed one thousand gold, of which about half has to be allocated to the accounts of the fishing brigade.

But it's different now.

If we can really produce more than 2,000 dan this month and sell 1,500 dan of smoked and pickled fish, then based on the increased price of forty coppers per dan, we will have a turnover of 600 dry gold.

This does not include the sale of fresh and live fish... This month is very likely to reach the normal annual turnover.

Therefore, Wang Shouyi felt that his blood was burning! If you don’t fight now, when will you fight?

"Okay, then everything is done. Second brother is running around." Wang Shouzhe wrote an order from the clan leader, signed it, stamped the clan leader's seal, and handed it to him, saying, "With this, you can mobilize your generals and servants to follow the clan's orders." The dry gold is withdrawn from the accounting room."

"The dry gold is not needed for the time being." Wang Shouyi took the order letter and said excitedly, "The salted fish in stock sold out too fast this time. I still have a small two hundred dry gold in my account, which is enough for operation."

"Second brother, you're busy, but don't make any mistakes and omit any omissions in the accounts." Wang Shouzhe warned casually.

Wang Shouyi's body trembled, his eyes became serious and he hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, don't worry, as a member of the family, I will never violate the family rules. Every month, I will hand over the accounts with the accounting office hosted by the fifth aunt. I dare not There were omissions.”

"Second brother, thank you for your hard work." Wang Shouzhe saluted him solemnly, "This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. Whether our Wang family can escape the fate of decline depends on the whole family trying their best."

Wang Shouzhe is still very satisfied. Although his second brother has mediocre cultivation talent, he is very dedicated to the family business. Compared with the old and rough Sixth Uncle Wang Dinghai, he is much more careful and steady.

"Fourth brother, you are serious. These are all my duties." Wang Shouyi hurriedly returned the gift and said, "In that case, Brother Yu will leave first and deal with various matters."

After he left, Wang Shouzhe composed himself, then opened Qian Xue'an's letter and asked him to meet at the [Jucai Manor] outside Changning Guard City. The secret note left on the letterhead showed that Qian Xue'an had completed the agreement.

However, although he believed in Qian Xue'an, he did not dare to take risks this time, and he focused on safety in everything.

Immediately, he dressed up a little and left the city directly. Instead of going to Jucaizhuang first, he rode a black horse in the direction of Shanyang. After walking for a while, I saw Wang Zhong outside a small manor a few miles outside the city.

"Wang Zhong, how did things go?" Wang Shouzhe asked.

"Master of the family, fortunately, we have fulfilled our orders. Young patriarch Gongsun has come as promised and will be waiting in the manor." Wang Zhong said slightly excitedly. He had been waiting outside the manor for seven or eight hours.

The Wang family's power is mostly on the south bank of Anjiang. If they want to find multiple transport carriages on the north bank, they can only rely on the Gongsun family of Shanyang. Now that his relationship with Gongsun was in the honeymoon period, his little request would not be refuted.

Entering this small leisure estate belonging to Shanyang Gongsun's family outside Changning City, he met Gongsun Qiang and said, "Shouzhe has met my uncle. I'm tired of waiting for you for a long time."

"I haven't waited long, Shouzhe, you mysteriously requested twenty carriages this time, or a heavy-duty carriage to transport ore. What is your intention?" Gongsun Qiang is an impatient person with low emotional intelligence, and he was curious when they met. .

"It's nothing special." Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "It's just transporting 50,000 to 60,000 dans of old grain." Since he was involved, he naturally couldn't hide the quantity.

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At this moment, Gongsun Qiang's eyes almost popped out of his head. "Cheap nephew," don't you know that it's hard to find food now? You still have 50,000 or 60,000 dans in one breath...

That's it?

He had the urge to swear. Compared to his eldest nephew, the patriarch, he felt that he, the thirty-eight-year-old "young patriarch", had lost all his age.

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