Huang Jian leaned against the door frame, lazily basking in the sun. Seeing Lu Dalang coming from the opposite side, he asked casually, "How is my brother?" ”

"Okay, okay." Lu Dalang nodded habitually. "If you don't do work in the store, how can you stand at the door?"

Huang Jiandao: "Now leather is too expensive, buy boots, there is no interest, what work is there to do." ”

Hearing this, Lu Dalang felt the same way, and sighed heavily: "Yes, since the Chinese New Year, the price of cooked skin has been rising. The price of leather clothes and boots cannot rise, where can we people still live. ”

As he spoke, he went to Huang Jian's side and stood together, looking at the crowd on the street.

The two of them, one making clothes and the other making boots, both moved from other states after the fur business flourished in the state. It's a pity that within a few months of good business, the price of cooked skin suddenly soared, and the business couldn't go on. Leather clothes and boots are a new thing, just opened the market, who will sell them at a higher price? Recently, it has been difficult to do the business of making clothes and boots in the city of Bingzhou, and the weather is warm again, so everyone has to endure hardship.

Huang Jian sighed: "If the price of cooked skin has not fallen, it will still be the case in autumn, and Bingzhou will not be able to stay." ”

"Not really. It's a pity that I've only been here for a few months, and I haven't earned any money, but this time I'm miserable. ”

The two of them sympathized with each other, standing at the door of Huang Jian's shop, you and I said a word, pouring the bitter water of the past few months.

At this moment, the remnants of the same boot maker came over, saw the two of them, and said in a loud voice: "You two are idle, chatting here." The freight yard has just been unveiled, haven't you gone to see it? ”

Huang Jian said lazily: "Business is not good, how can you be in the mood to see how the yamen is fooling around!" Outside the staff, what did Bangwen say? ”

Yu Yuanwai approached and said to the two: "This is a big deal for us!" According to the article, the price of tanned skins is too high and the price of cooked skins has risen, which has led to a sharp decline in the fur business in the state. In order to solve this dilemma, the government decided to build two more tanning factories. In order to raise the capital, the Yamen of the Prefecture was the guarantee and issued bonds to the private sector. If the factory is completed, two percent of the profit will be given after three months, and if it is not completed, there will be capital. ”

Lu Dalang shook his head: "We have a small business, where is the amount of money to make him two percent of the money!" That's a big deal! ”

"Idiot!" Yu Yuanwai slapped his thigh. "Now the price of cooked skins is rising, not because the raw skins can't be tanned, but because the price of tanned skins has risen. As long as a few more factories are built, there will be more tanning skins, and the price of cooked skins will not come down? Cooked skins are cheap, and our business is all alive! ”

Lu Dalang raised his head suddenly: "What the staff said is that this is really the truth!" A few years ago, our business was doing well, and after the year, a large number of northland furs came over, and the factory could not do it, and the price of cooked leather rose. ”

Huang Jiandao: "What the staff said makes sense, but we still don't have the money to buy any bonds." ”

Yu Yuanwai shook his head and sighed: "You guys, it's really a mouse's eye." Why did the Yamen issue bonds? There is no money for the construction plant! The merchants who sell and tann skins have made enough money from the price of cooked skins, and they will not take the money out, and these bonds will depend on us people. You see, my business hasn't been good lately, and I bought 20 yuan! ”

After speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his body and showed it to the two of them.

Huang Jian took the bond and saw that it was written that it was used for the construction of a tanning factory, and it was written that it was twenty runs, and there was a charge from the state yamen.

Glancing at Lu Dalang, Huang Jiandao: "It makes sense to say that the staff is also reasonable, I think that because there is a tanning factory in Bingzhou, cooked leather is cheaper than other places, so we came here to do business." If a few more factories are built, the price of cooked skins will come down. Instead, we will also subscribe to some bonds. Without so much capital outside the remaining staff, it is also good to run three times and five times. ”

Lu Dalang nodded: "Let's go to the list first, if it's a good thing, you can still get it three times or five times." ”

After speaking, Huang Jian instructed the little guy in the store, and walked towards the freight yard with Lu Dalang.

The rest of the staff carefully put away the bonds, and then went forward and mobilized people they knew to buy bonds. These clothing and boot shops have been opened around the yard in the past few months, and there are no guilds. Now there is something to do, and it is all up to everyone's willingness.

Du Zhongxiao sat in the room behind the trading hall of the freight yard, watching a public official next to him settle accounts. Last month, Xia Zhu patrolled the border and squandered the wealth of several warehouses in Bingzhou, and now he can't afford to build a factory again. Kang Chengdong, who supports this matter, don't say that he can't take out so much money, and Du Zhongxiao doesn't dare to use it if he can take it out, he has too much to do with the Khitan, so he must beware of accidents in the future.

Qi Kongmu came in from outside and bowed his hand to Du Zhongxiao: "Official, in half a day, he sold more than 200 bonds!" If it were all like today, it would only take three or five days to raise money for the construction of the factory. ”

Du Zhongxiao asked Qi Kongmu to sit down and said, "That's not the case, raising money is easy in the front, but it is difficult in the back." The current subscribers are those in the city who are related to the fur industry, not the leather and tanning merchants. When the factory was built, the price of cooked skins fell, and they benefited the most, and they were the most active. But there are no big merchants among these people, so they can only accumulate a lot, which is a bit difficult. ”

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao asked again: "Have Kang Chengdong's big merchants in the north been properly discussed?" They are willing to subscribe to bonds in order to truly solve the cost. Also, although there are few guests in the capital recently, there are always a few in the city, have you ever asked? ”

Qi Kongmu said: "The guests in the capital asked, and they were willing to buy it, but most of them had tea in their hands and no cash. As for the merchants in the Northland, they are bent on building their own factories and are unwilling to buy our bonds. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Most of the merchants in the north are not clear with the Khitan, and it is impossible for them to allow them to build the factory." Even if the capital is insufficient, it is impossible to let this matter have anything to do with the Khitan if you open a small workshop first. ”

Qi Kongmu nodded, thought about it and said, "Official, why don't you let the merchants of the capital negotiate with the merchants of the Northland, and exchange their tea for the money in the hands of the merchants of the Northland to buy bonds." In the field trade, tea is a large quantity, and they can't lose their capital. ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled bitterly: "The merchants in the north want to pinch us and want to build their own factories, how can they agree?" They know in their hearts that they are the ones who will benefit the most from the construction of the factory, but they refuse to buy bonds, don't they understand what they think? ”

Qi Kongmu looked embarrassed: "How is this good?" Without capital, it is not easy to open a factory. It's hateful, they all say that there are no businessmen and no traitors, and the merchants in the north are the most anxious in front of them, and they are bent on building a new factory. Now the officials are going to build it, and they refuse to invest money! ”

There is no way to do this, the merchants of the Northland have suffered once, and now of course they want to build their own workshops. Invest money in, let the state yamen build another factory, and what if the same thing happens in a few months? Du Zhongxiao is not allowed to build factories by the people, but merchants from the north are not allowed to build them. It is clear that Kang Chengdong and those people can't understand the relationship between them and the Khitan, so let them build a factory, and the money they make will go back to the Khitan, not to mention, I am afraid that they will learn from the experience of the workshop here and return to the Khitan to build a factory, and then they will lose a lot.

Each has its own plans, just to see who can't survive first in the end and compromise with the other party.