Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Three

At ten o'clock in the morning, Shouting was standing in front of the office window smoking a cigarette, when he saw the truck that the factory bought came in.As the car approached, he saw half a slice of pork and some vegetables on the car.He put out the cigarette in the ashtray, came out and stood on the landing and shouted, "Stop!" and came down. When the two guys saw it, they immediately panicked and stood there waiting with a look of fear on their faces: "The shopkeeper." Shouting said, "Old Liu, is this Hongju dyeing factory yours?" Puzzled and frightened, Old Liu wiped his hands on his apron: "Boss, what am I doing wrong?"

Shouting said: "I asked Wen Qi to explain to you yesterday that the workshop is working hard and asks you to put more meat and less vegetables when cooking. There are more than 200 people in this factory, so you just cook it." This bit of meat is coming back? Can our workers be happy if they don’t eat well?" The cook smirked, waiting to be scolded.Shouting went on to say, "What are you afraid of if you eat something? Once the workers are happy and work hard, they will have eight slices of meat." Lao Liu said: "Boss, half a slice of pig is enough for this meal. I'm afraid I put too much, if you don't say it, you will scold me in your heart. Hehe!"

Shouting said: "Fart! You have been sick for a long time. In Qingdao, I asked you to stew fish. Once you bought a piece of fish, you made three pots of soup. The factory was full of fishy smell, but you couldn't find where the fish was. Workers They complained as they ate, thinking that I made it so. You bastard, why are you thinking about destroying me all day long? If I didn’t see that you are two years older than me, I would kick you to death!” The cook trembled all over .Shouting pointed at him and said, "Remember, from today on, four slices of pigs will be served every day. After I've been busy for a while, we'll talk about it later. Look at the rice you cook. The soup is watery and tasteless. Go back and buy again!"

The cook fled. At this time, Lao Wu came over with a newspaper.After the two cooks left, Old Wu said, "Boss, Zi's model dyeing factory has advertised to recruit workers." Shouting and Lao Wu went to the small garden and sat down on the stone platform.Old Wu said, "Should I ask Wen Qi to sign up?" Shouting sighed: "You go and call Wang Changgeng, Wen Qi is still too young, don't make any mistakes, then I will be sorry for your brother. It's better Wang Changgeng, he was the next one when we ran Sun Mingzu. maggots." Old Wu said: "Wang Changgeng is now in charge of the entire No. 2 workshop. Besides, almost everyone in the dry dyeing factory knows that Chang is our partner. If the Zi family recognizes it, it will be a mistake."

Shouting looked into the distance: "Yeah, Chang Geng is getting old too. These guys followed me from Qingdao to Jinan. There is also the pillar at home. Alas, I haven't lived a comfortable and good life. The old man Wu, let’s put this on the Zi’s family first. I’ve been thinking about the surname Lin for the past two days. When I get this brother-in-law, let’s talk about the Zi’s family. Don’t wait for the Chinese New Year. I’ll share it with the guys on August 15th. 'Xi Mianer'. It's so fast in one's life!" Old Wu was also a little sentimental: "The shopkeeper, we are good to the workers. Sanyuan Dyeing Factory is good in Jinan. You don't know how many people have asked me to come to our factory!"

Shouting said: "That's it, don't let Wen Qi go. We're doing business, we can't send a child to the wolf's den to find out. Let's deal with Lin Xiangrong first, and the Zi family won't be able to do anything for a while. Son. If there is no bastard like Tengjing, the Zi family will not care about him at all. Let it go first. Although Tengjing’s cloth has come down again, I see that he wants to play with us, and it will go up and down for a while. Come down, so you don’t know what to do. This is also a problem! Our next step seems to be to import gray fabrics from Shanghai. I’m thinking now, how to get through this battle with the surname Lin, so that those textile factories beg us to buy him Let him weave according to our standards. If we simply defeat Lin Xiangrong, I will make him lie down tomorrow."

Old Wu said, "Shopkeeper, what are you going to do?" Shouting said: "I have thought about how to do it, but I haven't thought about how to make it beautiful." In Lin Xiangrong's office in Shanghai, Manager Zhou's face was still swollen, and he looked at Boss Lin with grievances. Mr. Sun stood aside and motioned for him not to speak again. Lin Xiangrong was walking around in the office. He stopped and said to Mr. Sun: "Please come here with some chief editors from major newspapers. I want everyone in the country to know that Chen is a fraud. No one in the world would dare to do business with him."

Manager Zhou said: "Chairman, can we trick him here and beat him up too? Anyway, I dare not go back to Shandong." Lin Xiangrong was so angry that he wanted to say something, but just as he was about to say it, he forgot.He walked around the room twice, and then remembered the words: "He beat you because you said he was a beggar in front of so many people. You should go back to Shandong. If he dares to beat you again, I will kill you." Tell my father to find the Nationalist Government of Shandong Province and arrest him. It will be fine, he will not beat you again. In a few days, the whole of China will know that he is a liar, and all the troubles are enough for him!"

Yuanyi was at home by herself, she was sitting on the sofa reading a book, and brushing her hair back from time to time.At this time, the maid came in with a newspaper and placed it on the coffee table in front of her. "Ma'am, you read all day, be careful not to be tired. You are just pregnant, so you should pay attention to rest as the doctor said." Yuan Yi smiled and opened the newspaper.When she saw the title, she immediately said, "Sister-in-law Yue, go buy another copy, no, buy two." The servant was nervous: "Madam, what happened again?" Yuan Yi said, "It's not the Japanese devils, it's my brother's business."

The servant agreed to go. Yuanyi looked at it, and the more she read, the more angry she became, and she threw the newspaper on the coffee table: "How shameless!" She then went to Changhe's study, took the envelope and wrote it, and then went back to the living room, and took the paper Put a newspaper in it. The servant returned with a newly bought newspaper.Yuan Yi handed the envelope to her: "Go to the Post Office and send this by express letter! Remember, it must be an express letter!" In the afternoon, in the east of Kongshi Street, Jinan, there is a bookstore that rents books for villains.The house is old and short, and the inside is dark. Against the wall are rows of small bookshelves. Some books are torn, and the front and back covers are pasted with white paper.A young man was sitting at the counter reading a picture book. Since the students hadn't finished school yet, there was only a man in his thirties sitting there on the small stool in the hall reading.At this time, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes came in.From the look on his face, it was clear that something was wrong.He went to the counter and said, "Brother, close the door, I have something to tell you." Turning around, he came to the person who read the book: "Brother Wu, I have something to do with my brother, take this book back and read it." . Just deliver it tomorrow.”

The man stood up: "I happened to finish watching it too, here you are. I also paid the money. Let's go, Xingye. Xingjia, I'm leaving." The young man at the counter hurriedly said, "Come back tomorrow, Brother Wu." Xingye came out and took the door panel, then went back into the house. Xingjia asked his brother: "Xingye, what's going on?" As Xingye said, he took out a newspaper from his pocket: "Brother, the opportunity for revenge has come, and the model dyeing factory of Zi's family is recruiting people!" Xingjia looked at it, and slapped the newspaper on the counter after reading it: "Okay! We throw torches to Zi's house every year, but his house just can't be built. This time it's okay, we will sneak into his factory and work as workers." Gu Kongzi set fire to his warehouse, and burned this bastard to death!" He began to pant heavily as he spoke, "I borrowed some money at the beginning, but Zi Wenhai helped persuade the business The bank took over our tanneries and made our parents mad. God has eyes! Father! Mother! Your two elders blessed me and Xingye to make this happen!" Xingjia burst into tears. Xingye said: "Brother, you can't go. Those bastards from Zi's family know you. Even if I go, I have to change my name and surname and pretend to be from the countryside." Xingjia sat down and fell there crying.Xingye roared: "Why are you crying!" Xingjia raised his tearful eyes: "Xingye, I hate you! Woo—" Xingye yelled: "Don't cry, what's the use of crying, we should be happy!" Xingjia said: "Xingye, if our parents are alive, they won't be fifty this year! Dad——" Xingye couldn't bear it anymore, and sat on the small stool in the shop and sobbed. In the evening, Yuanyi sat in the dining room, waiting for her husband to come back.She was a little anxious, slowly got up and walked out of the small building.The servant followed behind with a cloak: "Madam, it's cold today, you put it on." Yuan Yi blocked it with his hand, came to the courtyard, and looked at the road leading to his home.When the wind blew, her hair swayed on her forehead, with a worried expression on her face. At this time, a military jeep turned around. Changhe saw Yuanyi in the car. After the car stopped, he jumped down before the guards came to open the door, and ran over to hold Yuanyi: "What's wrong with you? Why are you standing there?" here?" As soon as Yuan Yi saw her relatives, she wanted to cry. She and Changhe walked into the house, while the two guards slipped carefully to the west room on the other side of the building. Yuan Yi said: "I wanted to call you this morning, but I was afraid that you would be in a hurry. Lin Xiangrong called our sixth brother a liar in the newspaper!" Changhe comforted her, and the two went to the sofa and sat down, and the servant brought tea. "Is there such a thing?" Yuanyi handed him the newspaper.Changhe took a general look, and threw the newspaper on the coffee table: "I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth! I just go to Shanghai tomorrow to check the material reserves, so I will go find him. What is it!" Seeing this, the servant hurried out and closed the door behind him.Yuan Yi took Chang He's hand, and tears flowed down: "I'm at home these days, and I always miss my sixth sister-in-law and my sixth brother. I read the newspaper in the morning, and I was anxious, so I sent the newspaper to Jinan. I also regretted leaving. The sixth brother has such a quick temper, and he can't get angry when he sees it! But what should I do!" Changhe comforted her: "Brother Six is ​​someone who has seen the storm, it's all right. Don't cry, Yuanyi, I will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow, and warn Lin Xiangrong not to let him log in again." Yuan Yi said: "But he said in the newspaper that Sixth Brother is a beggar, now everyone knows, Sixth Brother is so embarrassing!" Changhe laughed loudly: "Fool! Sixth Brother has never felt that it is a shame to beg for food. Lin Xiangrong is helping Sixth Brother to advertise, which proves Sixth Brother's ability from another aspect. Besides, Lin Xiangrong let a beggar buy 8,000 pieces of cloth, is he still honored? You little fool!" Yuan Yi acted coquettishly: "It's not a fraudulent purchase, he sold it to Sixth Brother himself." Changhe quickly corrected: "I was wrong, I was wrong!" Yuan Yi is stubborn: "You are wrong!" Changhe coaxed her: "Okay, I was wrong! Go and wash your face." "I won't!" She snuggled into Changhe's arms. Changhe kissed her on the head: "Okay, no. Yuanyi, Major General James thinks he is a master of China, but there is one word he just can't translate. He asked me many times how to translate it properly. Do you know which one?" word?" Yuan Yi snuggled up there: "How could people know!" Changhe hugged her face: "Get up, let me tell you. The word is 'enemy'! You are my little enemy!" Yuan Yi punched him with both fists, Chang He defended him, and gradually became quiet. "I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm afraid of your tears. It's completely understandable for Wu Sangui to be angry at the crown! Just now, when I turned the corner and saw you standing there, my heart immediately became agitated. Alas, go and wash yourself!" Wash your face, it's not a big deal. If you care about brother Liu so much, write a letter to him. In a few days, we will have a baby, so you can call sister-in-law Liu to help you. I didn't do it before. My child, I don’t know what to do. What do you think?” Yuan Yi said: "The Sixth Brother is fighting now, so don't worry about him." Changhe said: "You, I can't do left or right, I can't help it. In the office, everyone sees me majestic and majestic, and they can't think of anything. I will pay attention to you everywhere at home. You say I am difficult. Not difficult!" Yuan Yi said, "You mean I abused you?" Changhe said: "This is a bit blunt, it should be said to be a sweet torture. Ha..." Yuan Yi leaned on Chang He's shoulder: "Am I annoying you?" Changhe said: "No. It's the kind of pain that breaks my heart. Well, let's not talk about it. I will go to Shanghai tomorrow and ask Lin Xiangrong to write to you and Sixth Brother to apologize." Yuanyi suddenly sat up straight: "Changhe, I don't think so. Sixth brother must have a way to deal with him. If you go, it will appear that we are overpowering others. Anyway, he has published in the newspaper, I don't think he has anything else Recruited." Changhe took the cigarette, Yuanyi clumsily rubbed the small wheel of the tinder box, Changhe just looked at her like that.After ordering it for him, Changhe took a sip, looked outside and said, "I had dinner with Lin Xiangrong's father once, and his father is very nice, he may not know about it. Lin Xiangrong's behavior seems like a villain I think, when we arrive in Shanghai, I'll call his father. It's also a little reserved, so as not to have a bad influence on Sixth Brother." Yuan Yi nodded: "Business is business, why expose others' faults? I'm so mad!" Changhe crushed the smoke: "Okay, let's wash your face and eat. It's just such a small thing, you'll become a teardrop, alas, I've convinced you!" Fu Yuanyi got up while talking. In the evening, Zi Wenhai and Zi Youde were discussing matters at home.After the little girl made tea, Zi Wenhai said, "Go out, don't come in if you don't tell me, I have something to say with the young master." The little girl didn't dare to raise her head, and walked out slowly, closing the door behind her. Zi Wenhai sighed: "Youde, according to this construction method, our factory will be able to start work after autumn. The machines have also arrived in Qingdao, and they are liaising with trains to transport them here. After this recruitment advertisement was published, many people are looking for me. But I took a look and found that they are all young masters, useless. You can contact the Zhao family and see if you can borrow some better workers. This Li Wanqi can be a manager, and he can work on a machine. But he still can't play it alone!" Zi Youde was very embarrassed: "Father, Zhao Dongchu and Lu Jiaju are not answering my calls now. I think it's better for you to come forward and look for Miao Handong, let him help you look for it." Zi Wenhai smiled helplessly: "We haven't had the spring breeze, and we can't expect the autumn rain! You can't count on anyone, so let Li Wanqi teach you slowly." Zi Youde said: "Why don't you try to find Chen Liuzi again?" Zi Wenhai said: "The mechanic Chen Liuzi was hired from Shanghai with a lot of money. First, he refused to lend it to us, and second, we can't afford such a large amount of money!" Zi Wenhai took a sip of tea, "In the past we I am too thin to people, so social rumors are not good for us. Fortunately, outsiders do not know that we are in partnership with Tengjing, which is better. In the past, I was too pursuing the fairness of the law, and I didn’t know how to accommodate. In between, I chose the legal system. Outsiders didn’t understand, so I called us to scrape the ground. I upheld the fairness of the law, but offended many people, even enemies! When we recruit workers in this dyeing factory, it is inevitable that enemies will sneak in .” After saying that, he sighed. Zi Youde heard what his father said: "Father, the reason why we changed to a dry dyeing factory is to stop offending people. When those workers come, we will treat them well, neither beating nor scolding, but polite." Treat each other like Chen Liuzi, let those workers follow us wholeheartedly." Zi Wenhai agrees with his son: "The name of the factory was wrong at the beginning. Who in Jinan doesn't know that our family is called Model Prison? There is also the advertisement that Teng Jing pointed to, 'There is a thunder on the ground, and the model dyeing factory is not afraid of anyone'." , This is clearly a challenge to my peers—against the Zhao family and Chen Liuzi! Youde, you should think about these difficulties!" Zi Youde nodded, got up and poured tea for his father. Zi Wenhai is still very depressed: "Ever since your mother went to visit Daming Lake last year and was scolded in public, she went back to her hometown in Jiyang and never came back. In the West, a lawyer is the most respected profession; but In China, lawyers’ wives can be abused in public, but the reason is because lawyers defend impartially! This is a mockery of myself, and it is a mockery of China’s backward legal system.” Zi Youde smiled: "Didn't we come out here? It's okay, Dad." Zi Wenhai nodded: "I'm thinking right now, we can't let these two factories combine to deal with us, it's better to let them fight first! Let's take one of the factories and attack the other factory, first defeat the first and then , and clean up the second one, divide and conquer, and finally annihilate them all. After our factory is built, let’s see how we can get Chen Liuzi into a lawsuit, as long as he is dragged into the lawsuit, it will be easy to handle.” Zi Youde's eyes lit up: "Father, this move is sure to work. He Chen Liuzi is an expert in dry dyeing factories, but he is an amateur in litigation, right?" After Mingzu sold the factory, he went to Jinan and was talking in Shouting's office.The two sat there, talking and laughing. Mingzu said: "Sixth brother, after selling the factory, I am really light and my heart is much more generous. If you want to get up early, you can go for a walk on the beach early; if you want to get up late, you can sleep all the time without worrying about the things in the factory." Son." Shouting leaned forward: "Is the price I gave you for the painting okay?" Mingzu was happy: "Yes! I am the one who changed your trick." Shouting asked with interest: "How did it change? Let me learn too." Ming Zu said: "I told Teng Jing, and Chen Shouting told me that as long as 250,000 yuan came down, he would take it. Teng Jing knew about our relationship, and the main reason was that he was afraid that you would go back to Qingdao and make trouble for him, so he agreed Yes. Sixth brother, will my plan work?" Shouting patted Mingzu's hand vigorously: "Yes! I was in a mess at the time, so I didn't think of this trick. We should give him a double spring, and the price may be raised a little bit higher." Mingzu sighed: "Sixth brother, that's enough. Since you left Qingdao, I have no intention of doing it. It's like two people who are not in harmony walking together at night. Although they are arguing and fighting, but they don't like it. Scared. There is only one person left, and no one quarrels with you, and no one fights you, but the more you walk, the more scared you get. Although Teng Jing didn’t shoot at my house, he still can’t stop letting Japanese ronin come to the factory You can't stop throwing dead cats and dogs into the yard, which disturbs my mind. Finally, you left me that car. I'm not afraid that he will kill me on the way. Your younger brother and sister said , which reassured her a lot. When Tengjing bought the factory, he wanted to buy our car too. The new car is only over 9,000 yuan, why did he pay so much? Later he told me that he wanted to buy it and smashed it, and he didn’t want to think about you all day. Sixth brother, you have to be careful, Teng Jing didn’t say anything , I really hate you in my heart!" Wen Qi came over to make tea, and Shouting said, "Go down and call your uncle." Wen Qi agreed and went. Shouting said: "It's useless for him to hate, as long as his bandit soldiers can't break into the pass, Mingzu, you can rest assured that he has nothing to do with Tengjing. The sale of the factory has been done well, the only pity is that , Ms. Jia became the manager of Tengjing, and used her name as a brand - Siya brand. Alas!" Ming Zu was also helpless: "This woman is not bad in her words, but her heart is too wild. Counting this year, she is already forty, but her enthusiasm for fighting the country has not diminished at all. Now she is in charge of two factories, Dahua and Yuanheng in the past, I finally got over the addiction of being a shopkeeper." Old Wu came in, he had already met Ming Zu, and after coming over, he bowed to Shouting first: "Shopkeeper, what's the matter?" Shouting said: "You call the third child and tell him that shopkeeper Sun is here, and ask him to call his brother and his wife, and then call the piece of Jerusalem artichoke at home, which is Lanzhi, and then call your sixth sister-in-law. Phone call—you can also go at night, let’s have a good drink together!” Old Wu said, "Okay, I'll call right away. Shopkeeper, which restaurant should we order?" Shouting said: "Jufengde! Mingzu, we have lived by the sea for so many years, and we haven't eaten any good food! Jufengde's cooked shrimp section is really good. Old Wu, tell the restaurant to let him once Serve four plates, let's eat enough!" Old Wu said: "Shopkeeper, don't make fun of me when you serve the food like this." Shouting said: "Tell the shopkeeper that this is still the first step. If the food is good, maybe you have to add two more plates! Ha..." Old Wu also smiled: "Okay, let's call now. Shopkeeper Sun, my sister-in-law just called from the hotel, let you talk to the shopkeeper in a down-to-earth manner, don't rush back." Ming Zu nodded, Lao Wu out. Shouting said, "Mingzu, this factory has also been sold, what do you plan to do next?" Mingzu said: "I'm here to discuss with you! Sixth brother, I have a house by the pier. Although it's not too big, it can be used for business. I want to open a trading company. Do you think this can be done?" ?” Shouting thought for a while: "I can do it, I can do this job. The so-called trading house takes things from one door and sells them to another door. It doesn't need water, electricity, and employs fewer people, and it makes money quickly. You have been working in the dyeing industry for many years, and you are familiar with all the cloth shops in Jiaodong. You don’t need to do anything else, just sell cloth. We don’t work in the dyeing factory anymore, but we still make Teng cloth. If we do this, my printed cloth will be very fast. Just a large number of listings, I will give you the area from the east of Weixian County to Yantai and Qingdao. In this area, you are the general manager of Feihu brand. As long as Jiaodong comes to pick up the goods, I will send them to you. Tonight After dinner, I'll tell Dongjun again, and ask him to give you this place too." Mingzu was very happy and grateful, and took Shouting's hand: "Sixth brother, I won't say thank you, you are helping brother with dinner! I have to toast you two wines tonight. Sigh! If I had known today, How did we fight in Qingdao back then!" Shouting smiled: "Mingzu, we only mentioned one thing just now, and there is another one that I can do. You can also buy gray cloth on behalf of me and Sanyuan. I will help you contact a few dyeing factories in Jinan. The entire Jinan If the dyeing factories all buy gray cloth from you, the volume will be quite large. Faced with such a large volume, whether it is Tengjing or those textile factories in Shanghai, they dare not underestimate it. Even if you finish increasing the profit, you have to compare with these It’s much cheaper to buy it yourself. How about it?” Mingzu was happy: "Okay, now the ship from Shanghai to Qingdao runs once a week. Sixth brother, with your guidance, this trading company is capable and big, and it may not be less profitable than Yuanheng. Sixth brother, I feel so sad now. It's settled." Shouting teased Ming Zu with the local cigarette: "I have not let you smoke a local cigarette for so many years, but I just gave you a trick, you have to smoke one." Mingzu smiled: "Okay, smoke one." The two smiled and lit cigarettes.Shouting said: "Mingzu, let's not talk about the money we have earned these years. Just sell Yuanheng's more than 200,000 yuan, and it will be fine for two lifetimes. But remember, this money can't make it grow old. Lie down and sleep obediently, let it turn back and forth. With this turn, profit will come. Mingzu, it is taboo to do this business." Ming Zu asked, "What's the matter?" Shouting said: "Hoarding goods. Out of ten closed trading houses, at least nine of them are hoarding goods. If you stock up well, you can make a lot of money; if you don't stock up well, all your money will be turned into goods." , If you hoard the goods to death, Mingzu, it will be too late to cry!" Mingzu nodded.Shouting said again: "Mingzu, when you want to stock up, call me first and ask me. I don't understand the goods other than cloth, but in this business, I won't miss it." At this time, Jin Biao came in.He saw Shouting talking to Mingzu, and retreated again.Mingzu stood up and said, "Sixth Brother, the factory is so busy, we can talk about it tonight if we have anything to say. I'll go back first." Shouting sent Mingzu downstairs, and was just about to use the foreign car in the factory to take him off, when Dongchu drove the car into the factory.Shouting smiled: "Mingzu, the businessman in Jinan has two cars in total, one belongs to Mr. Miao, and the other is Dongchu's float. I'm thinking, in foreign countries, this car may be specially used for singing operas Prepared and colorful. I was in Shanghai, and I saw that there were some cars like this at the entrance of the brothel. Maybe they went out to pick up clients. Ha..." Dong Chu jumped out of the car, took Ming Zu's hand and shook it vigorously, very kindly.Shouting stopped him: "Old man, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it tonight. First, drive your fancy car and take Mingzu back to the hotel. By the way, turn a corner and pass by Taikang Dim Sum Shop to buy two catties of good dim sum for Mrs. Sun. Try our famous food in Jinan." Dongchu happily agreed, and got into the car with Mingzu.The car was almost at the gate of the factory, but Mingzu's hand was still stretched out of the car window. Old Wu stood beside the shouting, watching the car leaving the factory together, he was also very emotional: "In the blink of an eye, the shopkeeper has been fifteen or sixteen years. From the original enemy to today's friend, some There’s really no way to guess.” Standing there, Shouting also had a lot of emotions, and he sighed several times.Then he said: "During the Chinese New Year, Brother Miao sent me four bottles of Fenjiu. I didn't want to drink it. I went to Brother Miao's house that day, and he entertained me with this Fenjiu. We drank a bottle, It’s so delicious! I’ve earned so much money for so many years, but I’ve never had such a good wine! I’m going straight from the factory to the restaurant, and you turn around and get these four bottles of wine at home, and we’ll drink together.” Old Wu said: "Okay." Then he tentatively said, "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper Sun is also a famous person on the island, and I know Mr. Miao. Take a look, shall we invite Mr. Miao?" Shouting shook his head: "Brother Miao will definitely be able to go if you please. However, Ming Zu's background is still a bit small. Don't let Brother Miao keep silent and say in his heart that I am causing trouble for him. I think it will be avoided. "Speaking of Shouting went upstairs. Jia Kui ran in with a newspaper and an envelope: "Sixth Brother, Ming Zu is gone?" Shouting said: "Just left. Let's have dinner together tonight. What are you holding?" Jia Kui said, "Brother Six, just now I went to a foreign firm to sign a contract, and saw a letter from me, but when I opened it, it was a newspaper, sent by express mail from Nanjing." Shouting stood up: "Ms. Shen?" Ka Kui said, "I don't know, only the newspapers have no letters." Shouting sat down again: "What did the newspaper say?" Jia Kui sat next to him: "It's someone surnamed Lin who scolded you in the newspaper. Do you still read it?" Shouting smiled: "Why are you scolding, I want to hear it, read it!" Jia Kui looked up at Shouting cautiously, and then read: "'Chen Shouting fraudulently bought, Lin Xiangrong fulfilled the contract'. Sixth brother, this is the title. You listen to, 'At the beginning of November last year, Jinan Hongju Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd. Chen Shouting, the owner of the factory, went to Shanghai Liuhe Dyeing Factory to discuss with Mr. Lin Xiangrong about jointly printing calico in Jinan. The owner of Liuhe Dyeing Factory Lin knew that Mr. Chen was born as a beggar. He made a fortune by cheating. He once sabotaged the boycott of Japanese goods and bought cloth from Japan's East Asia Trading Company. He also disregarded national dignity and coveted small profits, and sold the Qingdao Dahua dyeing factory he ran in Qingdao to the Japanese at a high price. Faced with such rascals , Mr. Lin Xiangrong couldn't bear to be with him, and refused the joint matter. Chen became angry, and the same trick was repeated. He used his housekeeping skills, disguised as a beggar, sneaked into the wholesale office of Liuhe Dyeing Factory, and defrauded 8,000 pieces of floral cloth, which is about six. More than 140,000 meters..."' Shouting listened, the expression on his face fluctuating. He slapped the table and stood up, startling Jia Kui: "Brother Six, you..." Shouting snatched his newspaper: "I haven't been able to think of any good tricks to deal with the surnamed Lin these days, this time it will work, he gave me a trick. You go to the newspaper office now..." In the office, Dong Jun took the cloth sample sent by Lin Xiangrong and looked at it with a magnifying glass. The cloth was more than 20 meters long.He opened the drawer, took out the scissors, made a small cut, then tore off a piece vigorously, and then looked at the cloth with a magnifying glass.Then he shouted loudly: "Old Zhou!" The tea house Lao Zhou came in: "The shopkeeper." Dong Jun handed him the piece of cloth: "You go to the workshop and give it to Mr. Li, let him get wet, pull it on the wide machine, and then pull it on the long machine, don't dry it, let it dry. Let him write it down Count, measure the fineness of this cloth in an all-round way, and let me know tomorrow morning." "Okay, I'll go right away." Lao Zhou took the cloth and left. Dongjun read Lin Xiangrong's letter again.At this time, Dongchu came in. Dong Jun asked: "Why didn't you take Ming Zu over to play?" Dong Chu said: "He said to go back to the hotel to have a rest first, and have dinner together in the evening. Sixth brother asked you to bring your sister-in-law. What are you watching, big brother?" Dong Jun smiled: "Lin Xiangrong wrote back, quoting 78 yuan a piece, 800 meters. After conversion, it is more than 7 yuan cheaper than Teng Jing's. I think the quality of this cloth is not bad. Take a look." Dong Chu took it and twirled it with his hands, and then took a magnifying glass to find the flaws on the cloth: "Well, this new machine weaves well. The same cotton, but two colors." Dong Jun smiled: "This is not domestic cotton. Lin's family uses Indian cotton. This cotton has long hairs. I just tore it very vigorously." Dong Chu said: "When you have dinner at night, show this cloth to Sixth Brother." Dong Jun took the cloth and put it in the drawer, Dong Chu was a little surprised.Dong Jun said: "Look at Lin Xiangrong's letter. He scolded Chen Liuzi in the Shanghai newspaper. Well, it's still a question of whether your sixth brother can continue to work in this way!" Dong Chu took the letter and went to Look, Dong Jun continued, "I told him several times that the opening of the port has failed, and Lin Xiangrong's next target must be our side. Now it's all right, the whole country knows that he lied to the Lin family. If Teng Jing Once the cloth on the side is broken, who dares to do business with him! If you can’t read, you can’t do it! I don’t understand the principle of ‘If you can’t bear it, you can make a big conspiracy’. How will you mess around next? Let’s see how he cleans it up!” After reading the letter, Dongchu looked angrily: "Brother, isn't Lin Xiangrong a bit shameless for doing this? Brother Six asked him to come to pick up the cloth many times, but he just didn't come, which in turn put a pot of shit on Brother Six's head. What is this?" Dong Jun took the letter and put it in the drawer, and persuaded the third brother: "Third brother, we and your sixth brother are both relatives and friends, and the relationship between brothers is also good. We can't just ignore death! But this rescue, How to save the score, we can't save it openly!" Dong Chu listened carefully and thought that what his brother said was reasonable.Dong Jun went on to say: "Your writing is better than mine. You wrote back to Lin Xiangrong, saying that we have broken up with Chen Shouting, and made him feel that we are with him, but no one will sell you Six Brothers next. We can also buy it on his behalf. Don’t let outsiders know about it! We have dinner together tonight, so don’t mention it! First, everyone is happy when Mingzu is here, but when you mention this, your sixth brother is so irritable, don’t make everyone unhappy. Be happy. Besides, if your sixth brother knows about this, he will definitely have nothing to do with Lin. If he acts quickly, Lin Xiangrong will know that we have given him the letter, which is not good. You remember gone?" Dongchu said hesitantly: "Brother, this is not good, Brother Six is ​​not an outsider!" Dong Jun said: "Third brother, this is the end of the matter, I have to say this. Although Chen Liuzi is very kind to us, he is a colleague after all. He has come to Jinan Prefecture again, and our two factories are next to each other. Lidi. We have been suppressed by him now. He opened his business, went to Ms. Shen, and went to Miao Handong, what a momentum! Third brother, this mountain and two tigers, we have to be on our guard! Merchants arrive Jinan came to pick up the goods, the more people bought his goods, the less people bought our goods. The third brother, the sixth son is a good person! But he really became a big tree, and he covered us under his shade. Under this tree, we can’t grow well. Tree, we are in trouble!" Dongchu said: "You are right, but why do I think we shouldn't do this? If he is really afraid that we will grow up, can he give us a business of 200,000 horses? Brother, we have to think about it. !" Dong Jun was a little anxious, he put his hand on Dong Chu's hand: "Third brother, he is not afraid that we will grow up, but we are afraid that he will grow up!" In the early morning, there were many people lined up in front of Hongju Cloth Store, most of them were middle-aged women.Some sat on the mat, and it seemed that they had lined up all night. Fat woman: "It says in the newspaper that poppy poppies cost five feet a penny, is that accurate?" Thin woman: "It was said in the newspaper that it should be different from the ones in ordinary cloth shops, and I am willing to be punished! Sister, when did you come?" Fat woman: "I came last night." The tall woman broke in and said, "The newspaper says this poppies are only for diapers, not clothes." Fat woman: "I bought this poppy's cloth before. It is not strong and can only be worn for a year. But it can't be said that it can only be used as a diaper!" Tall woman: "Each person can only buy one zhang. Sister-in-law, how many people are in your house?" Fat woman: "I didn't believe what the newspaper said, so I came here. My daughter won't let me come!" Thin woman: "The newspaper says it sells for 100 days in a row, and sells 200 horses every day. As long as we can buy it today, we will come back tomorrow and ask more people to come." In the teahouse opposite Hongju Cloth Shop, Shouting drinks tea and eats sesame seed cakes, holding a salted egg in his right hand.The old man from the tea shop came to refill the water: "Sir, if you buy cloth, it's useless to sit here, you have to queue." Shouting said, "It's okay, I know the people inside." The tea house said: "It's not good to know people. This cloth shop has been fetching water from me. I went to them last night to get some cloth in advance." Shouting immediately turned his head to look at the old tea house: "Have you got it?" The tea house shook its head: "They dare not sell it, and they said that if the shopkeeper finds out, they will break their legs!" Shouting smiled: "Oh, he's quite a shopkeeper. Have you heard of him as a shopkeeper?" The tea house said: "But I have heard of it. I heard that this man is called Chen Liuzi. He started from scratch. He was a beggar. He was not afraid of the sky and the earth. He turned a small business into a big one. Now he runs a dyeing factory." Shouting said, "Brother, do you know why this cloth is so cheap?" The tea house hesitated for a moment: "It is said that the cloth is too thin to make clothes, so they sell it as diapers." Shouting laughed out loud. The door of the cloth shop opened, and the crowd was in chaos. Lu Dengbiao came out with the notice board and stood in front of the door.小伙计递过一个凳子，登标站了上去，大声讲演：“各位大嫂大姐，大家不要挤，今天头一天卖，不限二百匹。”下面一阵欢呼。 “掌柜的说了，卖到掌灯就停下。咱现在就定个点，春天，天黑得晚，可是我们也得吃饭，卖到晚上八点吧！我们已经把布裁好了，一丈一块。大家每人准备二分钱。咱先说好了，这布不能做衣裳！这布太绡，如果是大闺女小媳妇做成衣裳穿上了，人家就能看见里头你那套营生。” 下面一片大笑。 登标接着喊：“看见不要紧，就怕一不小心撕了裤裆，跑了光，麻烦就大了。”下面的人笑得更厉害。“咱先说好了，这布买回去只能给孩子当尿布，千万不能做衣裳！如果因为做衣裳惹出事端来，本店概不负责。” “别说了，快卖吧！” “都看了报了，都知道。你快下手卖吧！” 吕登标又喊：“各位，咱这里不仅卖，还送。我家掌柜的原是要饭的出身，他说了，天下要饭的全是他同行。我们每天送一百个叫花子。只要是叫花子，就不用花钱买，但是也得排队，从那边的窗户领。今天怎么没有叫花子呢？” 下面的一个女子对另一个说：“嫂子，这要是满街的叫花子 都披上这花布，咱可怎么穿呀！ " 另一个说：“要是那样，咱就不能买，就是买回去，也只能当被里。” 中年女甲说：“当被里也合适！二分钱一丈布，这就是白送！他这是为什么呢？” 布开始卖了，门口一片混乱，金彪带着四个大汉维持秩序。女人们买完了布出来，都兴冲冲的，多数人是把刚买到的布藏在身上，再排到队伍后面，继续买。 寿亭坐在茶坊里哈哈大笑。 白志生手里拿着一根极细的文明棍进来了，还有一个喽啰在后头跟着。茶坊赶紧招呼：“白爷，上坐，我这就给你沏茶。” 寿亭连头都不回，就当没听见茶坊的话。白志生一看寿亭，忙转到正面来作揖：“陈掌柜的。” 寿亭淡笑一下：“是白先生。坐。” 白志生小心地在寿亭对面坐下，涎着脸说：“陈掌柜的，你的手真大！那都是好布，就这么个卖法儿，志生从来没见过！你这是想干什么呀？” 寿亭冷冷一笑：“玩儿！我这人好看热闹，这不挺好嘛！你孩子缺尿布吗？白先生，如果不嫌，你就到厂里来拿，我有八千件。我从这卖到年底。” 茶坊过来了：“我早就看着你不像买布的。掌柜的，你卖给我一丈吧。茶钱我不要了。” 寿亭笑着说： “老哥，茶钱照给，回头我让人给你送两丈来！两丈不够，五丈！” 茶坊作揖，白志生嫌他过来添乱，一挥手：“去去去！” 寿亭转脸，表情温和地说：“白先生，对人不能这样，不能因为他是个茶坊，你就小看他。我当初还不如他呢！”白志生点头哈腰。寿亭接着说： “白先生，你多次想请我吃饭，我都回了，今天借着这个空，我得说你两句。这世道乱，干你这一行的人就多。可是，不管干哪一行，都能干出个子丑寅卯来。咱就说 你这一行，往好处干，你就是为民除害的侠客；往坏处干，就是地痞恶霸！天津运河帮和你是同行。可是人家，不管是说相声的，还是说大鼓书的，甚至拉车打草绳的，谁要是饿得实在撑不住了，找上门去，宁五爷保证帮忙。在天津，那是一呼百应。日本人厉害吧？那日本浪人在街上调戏中国女人，警察都不敢管，大白天，就让宁五爷的手下，把那日本浪人一刀砍死了！砍死还不算，还把头给割下来。日本人在天津有驻兵权，也驻着兵，那又怎么样？也是拿他没法儿。前几天我和赵东初去天津，和宁五爷一块儿吃饭，宁五爷多次问到你，东初没少替你说好话。我说，白先生，要是东初那嘴稍微一歪歪，我觉得你就不能在这里坐着了。 " 白志生脸蜡黄，站起来给寿亭躬身作揖：“全靠陈掌柜的美言，全靠陈掌柜的美言！” 寿亭说：“我不认识宁五爷，你得谢赵老三！” 白志生忙说：“是是是是！多靠陈掌柜的点拨，志生明白了，要和宁五爷学。” 寿亭说：“我知道你后头有警察，可警察不是你姐夫，是你花钱买通的。警察认的是钱，白先生，是你的钱多，还是干买卖的钱多？”寿亭端起茶来喝一口，白志生赶紧给倒上。寿亭接着说：“白先生，咱俩也算认识了，我这是为着你好，才说你两句儿。快喝茶吧。” 白志生端过茶，轻轻沾了一小口，想走。 寿亭笑笑：“白先生，你会写字吗？” 白志生忙起身：“会，写什么？” 寿亭对茶坊说：“老哥，你找块板子来，写上，只要买布，免费喝水。我一个月给你两块大洋，你就供着买布的人喝水吧！咱不仅布卖得便宜，还外带管喝水。白先生，有点意思吧？” 白志生更不解了：“陈掌柜的，你这是要干什么？” 寿亭坐着没动：“给，这个月的钱我先支上。把炉子全捅开，使劲烧！白先生，你问这是干什么？我这是玩儿个心惊肉跳。这才刚开始，热闹还在后头呢！”他把两个大洋放到桌子上，白志生盯着看。寿亭笑笑：“白先生，没有钱，给我说。开个茶坊不容易。劫皇上，日娘娘，那是好样的，我佩服！别总盯着干小买卖的！” 街上，叫花子裹着花布要饭，过路的人都笑…… 寿亭在办公室里回答记者：“这些布，当初是我一块钱一件买的。现在我卖一分钱五尺，还是十几倍的利。因为这是废布，不能做衣裳穿。回头诸位走的时候，我送每人三丈本厂的花布，你们比一下，看看这两种布有什么不一样。” 几天之后，布铺门口，都有这样一景——大板子上贴黄纸，红字写着“本店所售花布，均为本埠宏巨染厂出品之飞虎牌，本号不经营虞美人牌花布”或“不售虞美人，只售飞虎牌。买尿布去西门里”。 寿亭和家驹出来看市场，他俩看着布铺门前的那些招牌笑。 布铺掌柜的迎出来，寿亭问：“我那布卖得怎么样？” 布铺掌柜说：“还行，现在有身份的人家都买你这布，都说颜色也好，布也瓷实。你这飞虎牌可是叫开了。” 寿亭大笑：“你那虞美人退回去了吗？” 布铺掌柜说：“全退了，就是还没退钱。现在外埠也有地方知道了这事，退货的很多。我得着信儿后就告诉了天津我四弟，他退得早，钱要回来了。” 他俩和掌铺的打了个招呼，继续向前走。 寿亭对家驹说：“你准备一下，明天发给天津三百件虞美人，我让他全面开花。让金彪去盯着办。往南嘛，沈小姐就在南京，我得让她知道这事。家驹，发南京二百件。但是，告诉南京的外庄，不能再往前走一步。派出人去看着，如果镇江、常州、无锡、苏州出现了咱这虞美人，告诉南京外庄老马，就不用回来了！这事，家驹，得派上人盯着办。回去之后，告诉老吴，南京来的那客商在这里磨叽了好几天了，想做飞虎牌的南京总办理。那就先给一百件，条件也一样，不准卖出南京去，合同也只签三个月，不能签长了。如果把布卖出南京，保证金不退，当时取消总办理资格。” 家驹问：“这是为什么？林祥荣能在报纸上骂了咱，咱为什么不能同步进上海？” 寿亭笑笑：“家驹，干买卖能怄气吗？”