Poor Family Chapter 660

Chapter 660 Joe's Firm

"Probably know a little bit, the officials still remember Zhang Jiu!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I remember, the merchant who is in charge of delivery."

"He was delivering goods in Datong not long ago. The day before I came to Jingzhao Mansion, he just escaped from Datong Mansion and brought some news. It seems that Xixia is about to lose his hold."

"It's so serious, isn't there a thunderstorm in Xixia?"

"It's useless even if there is a thunderstorm. Datong Mansion has been breached by Jin soldiers. Brother Li Cha led 20,000 remnant troops to retreat westward, was caught up by 80,000 Jin soldiers, and surrounded Baidaoban. Negotiations, but just hearsay."

Baidaoban is in the area of Baideng Mountain, with a mere 20,000 people, how could it be possible to withstand the attack of 80,000 Jin soldiers? Brother Cha died at the hands of the Jinren. The key depends on how long the besieged Xixia army can last with food.

Li Yanqing sighed in his heart, history is still advancing according to the original track, Xixia's surrender to the Kingdom of Jin is a foregone conclusion, and there is really not much time left for him.

Although the overall situation is difficult to determine, Li Yanqing is most concerned about the small situation at present. He must have enough money to support the army. After pondering for a while, Li Yanqing asked again: "Qiao's firm is still doing Baoyanzhai business?"

Li Yanqing knows that Baoyanzhai's treasure boxes are very popular in Xixia, and they have been running this line through Qiao's business. If Li Yanqing wants to take this business, then he will grab the business of Qiao's business. He hopes to be able to Finding a compromise solution that can not only bring benefits to Jing Zhaojun, but also make use of the sales channels of Qiao's firm in Xixia, can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Qiao Zhongan smiled wryly and said: "It turns out that we have been doing it all along. Since March this year, your father has stopped supplying us."

"Why?" Li Yanqing asked in confusion: "Could it be that Baoyanzhai has found another cooperative firm?"

"As far as I know, there is no, but I don't know why your father stopped supplying goods. Now we can only buy goods from Baoyanzhai stores in Taiyuan and Jingzhao, but the quantity is too small. There is a serious shortage in Xixia .”

Li Yanqing suddenly understood that his father wanted to give this opportunity to himself! That's why they stopped cooperating with Qiao's firm.

"How much does a treasure box cost in Xixia?"

"The red treasure box is one hundred coins, the blue treasure box is fifty coins, and the ancient white treasure box is thirty coins."

The price of the red treasure box in the capital is fifty guan, the sapphire box is twenty guan, and the old white treasure box costs ten guan, but when it comes to Xixia, the price is not a huge profit. This makes Li Yanqing a little puzzled, Qiao Zhongan understands Li Yanqing was puzzled, and said with a smile: "The price is only doubled, it's really not a huge profit, and the price your father gave us is not cheap, a red treasure box costs seventy guan, minus the shipping fee, we can only earn money from a treasure box." Ten pennies."

"Then why don't you buy directly from the stores in Taiyuan and Jingzhao? The store only costs fifty sticks."

"The key is here. You can only buy one box at a time when you buy it in the store. The quantity is too small. The demand in Xixia is huge. If you want to buy in large quantities, you can only accept high prices. Let's put it this way! Xixia women are so thick For makeup, both men and women like to use perfume. A bottle of perfume is used by Han women for two months, but Xixia people use it up in ten days and half a month. A box of rouge thirty pieces, Han women use it for one month, but Xixia women only use it For ten days, their make-up was very heavy and they consumed a lot."

"How many sales were there in that month?"

"About 8,000 boxes. Among them, the cheap Zhang Gubao box has the largest sales volume. It can sell about 6,000 boxes a month. However, the Xixia nobles and upper-class women only recognize Baoyanzhai, and the sales volume of the red and blue treasure boxes in a month is two. About a thousand boxes."

"Then your firm has made a fortune over the years."

"I made a little money, but the problem now is that it's out of stock!"

"The goods are not a problem. I will supply them in the future. The price is still the same. The red treasure box is 70 pieces, the sapphire box is 30 pieces, and the white treasure box is 25 pieces. They will be shipped directly from Jingzhao, and you will also save on shipping costs." How about it? Can we cooperate?"

Qiao Zhongan was overjoyed, "No problem, I will eat as much as you have!"

Li Yanqing roughly calculated that he could get the goods from Baoyanzhai at a slightly lower price, and earn 20 guan for each treasure box, so that he could earn 200,000 guan from Xixia every month for cosmetics alone, which is equivalent to 100,000. Two silvers, which laid a solid financial foundation for future military expansion.

Qiao's business line has been troubled by the suspension of Baoyanzhai for two months. Unexpectedly, it got a turning point in the hands of Li Yanqing of Jingzhao Mansion. Qiao Zhongan rubbed his hands excitedly, "When do you think the supply will be available? The Xixia side Really rushed."

"I will find a Jinzi to deliver the letter to the capital tomorrow. In addition, there are hundreds of treasures in stock at Baoyanzhai in Jingzhao Prefecture. I can give them all to you. The same is true in Taiyuan. I guarantee that ten thousand treasures will be sold in ten days. Send the box to Baoyanzhai in Jingzhao Prefecture, and you arrange someone to deliver it to Xixia."

At this time, Qiao Zhong'an also understood that Bao Yanzhai cut off his own goods in order to transfer this partner to Li Yanqing, and he quickly clasped his fists and said: "Qiao's firm will definitely go all out to ensure sales, so that Li Tongzhi's expectations will not be disappointed. .”

Li Yanqing nodded with a smile and said, "I will arrange for Liu Canjun to take charge of the specific operation. He will come to visit the Second Proprietor tomorrow. In addition, there is one more thing. I would like to ask the Second Proprietor."

"Don't dare! Li Tongzhi just say it."

"I remember Joe's is in the fur business, the largest fur trader in Northwest China, right?"

“The fur business has been in business since my father's time.”

"That's right. Jing Zhaojun has 200,000 pieces of high-quality old sheepskins. I wonder if I can ask Qiao's Firm to sell them."

Qiao Zhongan was taken aback, there were actually 200,000 copies, and their two-year sales volume was no more than that, but Qiao Zhongan knew that this was the condition Li Yanqing offered, if he didn't agree, or the price he offered was not sincere, then treasure Yan Zhai's business should not be continued. Bao Yan Zhai has been out of stock for two months, but there is no serious shortage in the Xixia market, and there are still red treasure boxes for sale, which shows that Bao Yan Zhai has other channels.

If I don't hug Li Yanqing's thighs tighter, Bao Yanzhai's business may not be my turn.

He thought about it for a while, and said to Li Yanqing: "Although the goods are a bit too much, I can find a few more companies to share them, and I can consume them before the end of this day, but sheepskins are in the off-season now, and the price of an old sheepskin in the market is only two yuan. , it will rise to three pennies in winter, how about this! I bought it at the price of two pennies a piece, a total of 400,000 pennies, I can pay it in two installments, and pay it all to Tong Zhi within a month, it is considered my sincerity Bar!"

This price is not bad. Li Yanqing had contacted two fur merchants before, and they were only willing to offer the usual purchase price, and the money would be divided into two parts. This made Li Yanqing extremely upset. Originally, he wanted to use the two hundred thousand sheepskins. As a mortgage, he borrowed 300,000 yuan from Bao Yanzhai. Now that he has the channel of Qiao's Firm, he doesn't need to bother Bao Yanzhai anymore.

"Then we'll make a deal!"

"It's a deal!"

Li Yanqing got up and said: "Then I will take my leave. Liu Canjun will be fully responsible for Baoyanzhai and Yangpi. You can continue to discuss tomorrow."

Qiao Zhongan got up to send Li Yanqing out. At this time, Li Yanqing remembered something again and asked: "At the beginning, I had four subordinates who followed Qiao's firm in Xixia. How are they now?"

"They all returned to Taiyuan Mansion later, and Wei Ying was left alone. He is very capable and is now the manager of Qiao's Commercial Bank in Xingqing Mansion. It's just that the military has not contacted him for several years. I guess the military has already put him in charge. forgotten."

Li Yanqing handed over several of them to the plant division, and now the plant division has also been transferred to the imperial court, and they should indeed be forgotten by the military.

"I know about this matter, please stop the second boss!"

Li Yanqing cupped his fists and saluted, then left in a hurry.

When the 150 female soldiers recruited today entered the barracks in a row, the barracks was almost boiling, and 20,000 soldiers ran out of their barracks to watch from a distance. Standing there dumbfounded, with his mouth wide open and his eyes popping out, one hundred and fifty slim female soldiers walked past them.

Today the training officer is Niu Gao. When he saw dozens of soldiers standing still without listening to the command, he turned his head and saw a group of female soldiers. Niu Gao was furious and swung his whip at these soldiers, "You guys A male dog in heat, have you never seen a woman? Get out of here, each of you will run twenty laps in the martial arts arena, and if one lap is missed, I will kill him!"

A group of soldiers were so frightened that they ran twenty laps. They wanted to run to death! But no one dared to disobey the order. Bargaining might turn into running fifty laps. Dozens of people had to lower their heads and run around the martial arts arena.

Niu Gao cursed again: "Others continue to train, whoever dares to look at women, I will dig out his eyeballs!"

The female barracks has been built. It is located in the northwest corner of the camp, close to the intelligence department. It covers an area of about 100 acres and consists of nearly a hundred large tents. It is actually a part of the camp, but it is separated by a fence. There are two There is a camp gate, a camp gate is located in the barracks, there are female soldiers standing guard inside the gate, there is no special badge, even the chief general Li Yanqing is not allowed to enter the female barracks, the special token is in the hands of Mo Jun, generally speaking, only military doctors can Eligible to receive a special token to enter the female barracks.

The other gate is outside. A sentry post was built next to the gate, and female soldiers were also on guard. However, the external gate was not completely repaired, and the first batch of female soldiers passed through the barracks, attracting the attention of countless soldiers.

Although the salary of the female soldiers is slightly lower than that of the male soldiers, the welfare benefits are not bad, and the food is slightly better than that of the male soldiers. Each of them has two sets of soft military uniforms, equipped with a sword, a pair of bows and arrows, a shield and a dagger In addition, each person has an army blanket and two sheepskins, and winter clothes and bedding after the cold weather.

Female soldiers do not go to the battlefield, but they still need to be trained, mainly in formation, knife skills and infantry.

On the empty small school field of the female barracks, one hundred and fifty recruits had already lined up, and Hu Qing'er, the general of the female barracks, gave a lecture.

Hu Qinger's name in the army is Hu Sanniang. She stared at these female soldiers coldly. They were all sixteen or seventeen years old, and they were all full of vigor and handsomeness.

"My name is Hu Qing'er. You can also call me Sanniang. From today onwards, I will be your general and the general of the women's battalion. There will be more than 500 people in the women's battalion. You are the first batch. You may have questions. What is the purpose of recruiting female soldiers? It is true that there is no tradition of female soldiers in the Western Army, but this tradition of not having female soldiers has been broken since today. Female soldiers are also called medical soldiers, whose main duty is to rescue and nurse wounded soldiers. More female soldiers may also enter the intelligence battalion, but whether they are medical soldiers or intelligence soldiers, they are all under my command. They follow my command and strictly implement military orders. The training will start tomorrow, and the next team will start to detach, and then they can go back to their respective camps Rest and tidy up, if you have any difficulties, ask your team leader, I will help solve it, and please call the team leaders to come out.”

The head of the women's barracks is all headed by Hu Qing'er's old department. Today, 150 people will be divided into three teams, with 50 people forming a team, with one leader and one deputy each. There is an **** in charge.

Six captains and deputy team leaders rushed out, and one team leader shouted: "Look at the military cards in your hands, the one with 'one' written on the back is the first team, please come out!"

(end of this chapter)

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