Chapter 23: Bag of Salt

Hou Jian is a monkey spirit, Su Ren opened his mouth several times to ask for help, but Hou Jian always diverted from the topic.

Leaving the Hou Mansion, Su Ren was very depressed. These cannibalistic things don't spit out bones, they just want to make money and don't want to do anything at all, they don't want to tear their faces with Liu Wen, and they don't want to lose the power and money in their hands. Su Ren had already walked to the gate of the county government and turned back.

"Since you don't care, okay! Let's look at Lao Tzu's methods. ”

Su Ren scolded all the way, and only returned to Laojunguan angrily in the middle of the night. I kicked open the door, went back to my room, and fell asleep, tossing and turning, but I couldn't sleep, and my mind was full of the faces of those bastards. Cruel words, to deal with those people is really no way to start, people are powerful, they are a rootless and bottomless person, in addition to these thousands of years of knowledge, what should be done?

That night, Su Ren's eyes widened and he thought about it all night, but he still didn't come up with a reason when it was dawn.

Leng Jun knocked on the door outside, but Su Ren ignored him. Leng Jun pushed the door and walked in: "What? I didn't seem happy when I came back last night, and now I seem even more unhappy, what's wrong? ”

"I'm just thinking, why are you people here so unruly, since you want to make money, you should pay something, you don't want to pay but enjoy the benefits, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"

smiled coldly: "Did you touch a nail in Hou Jianna?" This is the reality, people are officials, we are people, even if we make trouble with the county government, we have to beat our board first, as the so-called punishment is not a doctor, and the courtesy is not a common man, otherwise why would everyone sharpen their heads to be officials? ”

"You can see it thoroughly!"

"It's not a thorough view, it's the reality, since we have made an appointment with Hou Jian, we have to follow the rules of others."

"It's an unequal treaty!" Su Ren turned over and knelt on the couch, his eyes were on fire.

"So what are you going to do? Can you beat people or can you beat people? If someone wants to crush us, there is no difference between crushing us and crushing an ant. ”

"No, we must pull Hou Jian into the water, otherwise we won't be able to bear Liu Wen's revenge."

The second batch of people who boiled salt, Huo Laosi has already found it. The salary is still the same, and it is also said that as long as they are willing, they can work for a long time, and it is not impossible to do a good job. This time, Su Ren still personally went out and led a large group of people into the mountain. A month passed quickly, and five or six thousand catties of salt were brought back from the mountains again.

The salt dealers who came out of the salt quickly were already waiting at the gate of Laojunguan. First of all, he recovered the payment from these people and settled the accounts with the people. Those who are willing to stay will enter the mountain again, Su Ren will just let them get the coarse salt back, he doesn't want to go into the mountain again.

While receiving the payment, the salt is released. For this young shopkeeper, these salt dealers still admire it very much, not to mention the superb means of salt production, and there is no shelf. No matter who spoke to him, he always had a smile on his face.

"Childe, you have to be careful lately!" Seeing that there was no one around, Sun Lao Er of Sunjiabao in the east of the city lowered his voice and reminded Su Ren: "Our salt is selling very well now, I heard that Liu Xiancheng has been angry, and the salt from the salt shop of the county Cheng's family last month was not 500 catties, this Liu Xiancheng is a cautious eye." ”

With a smile on his face, Su Ren gave a deep salute to Sun Lao Er: "Thank you, second brother, I will." ”

Sun Lao Er nodded and walked out. His salt had already been weighed, and when he opened the cloth bag outside, there were small pockets inside, and he grabbed one and weighed it, and it was only about a catty.

Huo Laosi frowned when he saw Sun Laoer: "Second child, this is the new rule, this bag of salt is exactly one catty, these cloth bags are for you, see clearly, what is written on the cloth bag is the signboard of our Wenshui Salt Industry Company, and the names of the two major shareholders, one is the county order, and the other is the county lieutenant, see who dares to say that our salt is not authentic." ”

Sun Lao Er scratched his head: "Fourth brother, is this okay?" The names of the county order and the county lieutenant are not called casually. ”

Huo Laosi smiled: "If the master says yes, then it will definitely work, our salt is good, the price is fair, this is also for the county order and the county lieutenant to make a name, they are naturally happy, you just do it." ”

This move was not Su Ren's temporary idea. In the past month in the forest, Su Ren has not been idle for a moment, and he pondered for a long time before he thought of this trick. The things printed on the salt bags of later generations were originally advertisements, for fear that those who bought salt would not know that the salt came from formal channels. Since this is to reassure the people, it is not necessary for me. Chang Shi and Hou Jian want to hide behind their backs to collect money, how can there be such a good thing in the world, don't let you take risks, it's always okay to use your name.

The women who came back in the early stage haven't done anything these days, and they are making cloth bags in Laojunguan all day long. More than 5,000 cloth bags were made for several days, and a gentleman who knew how to write and hyphenation was invited from the vicinity, and he worked hard overnight to write the signboard of the hot spring salt company and the name of the deputy director Hou Jian, and then packed the salt into one pound per bag, and even saved the name when selling.

As soon as Huo Laosi explained this, many people were relieved. The salt, which was packed in cloth bags, began to circulate in Wenshui County. The people gave it a name, which was Budai Salt.

When everyone in Laojunguan sat in the room and counted the money, the atmosphere of Hou Jian's house was not very good. The housekeeper Hou Si took a special bag made by Su Ren and placed it in front of Hou Jian. After reading the words on it, Hou Jianyi frowned: "This is the popular cloth bag salt now?" ”

Hou Si nodded: "It's only been three days, the whole warm water has begun to be discussed, many people are vying to buy it, it is said that this kind of salt is very popular now, Liu Wen's salt is almost no one to buy, even if it is reduced, there are few people." ”

Hou Jian smiled: "This kid still has this hand, this is to drag me into the water!" What does Liu Wen mean? ”

"Liu Xiancheng has already gone to find the county honor, and the people in the county government came back and said that the two of them seemed to have quarreled!"

"Not to mention, this cloth bag can not only hold salt, but also put common things in with me, I thought I could stay out of it, or was I swept in, what do you say we should do next?"

"In the villain's opinion, this Su Ren can't stay any longer."

"Shhh Hou Jian gasped, was silent for a long time, and shook his head: "To be honest, I like this kid very much, he is cheerful and speaks decently, but he has a little more heart, if he kills this person now, Liu Wen will definitely think that we are killing people, not only is there no 5,000 yuan a month, but he also turned his face with Liu Wen in vain, since this matter has come out, let's take a look and say, if we can hold up on ordinary things, why can't we stand it?" Could it be that I'm really afraid that he Liu Wen won't succeed? ”

"Childe, I think this Su Ren is not an ordinary person, I'm afraid it will be difficult to control, this bag of salt has been proven, this son has some means, I am afraid that he will ...... in the future"

Hou Jian waved his hand: "Don't worry about this, I think what Su Ren said is very right, there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests, as long as our interests are tied to him, this kid will not target us." ”

Hou Si took a deep breath and said no more.

Leng Jun flew into the pile of copper coins, lay on it, grabbed the copper coins with both hands, and felt the feeling of the copper coins under the body and in the palms of the hands. One by one, the copper fell from the cold hand and fell on the belly, which was very comfortable.

"So much money! So much money! Leng Jun sat up suddenly, his eyes staring at Su Ren: "Su Ren, how are you going to spend this money?" ”

Everyone's eyes were on Su Ren. Su Ren stretched his waist and threw the money in his hand into the money pile: "How about you say we divided the money?" Here 10,000 yuan, five of us, 2,000 yuan each, and then each go their own way, no one knows anyone, how? ”

"Good, good!" Leng Jun's face was excited, and he said three good words in one breath. When he turned his head to look at the others, he realized that the rest of them were all looking at him with disdain.

Su Ren had a strange smile on his face, and Leng Jun realized that he had been tricked by Su Ren again, so he angrily grabbed a handful of money and was about to throw it at Su Ren, Su Ren was ready, but Leng Jun didn't throw it over.

"Master, those cloth bags we made really won't make the county commander and the county lieutenant angry?" Huo Laosi was still a little worried.

Su Ren grimaced at Leng Jun, and then said, "I can't take care of it, how can I be angry?" It's a big deal not to do this salt business, with this first pot of gold, even if a few of us leave the warm water, with my wisdom, we can live anywhere. ”

Several people nodded their heads one after another. Although Su Ren said big words, several people felt that it was true. Since seeing this large pile of money, these people have no resistance to Su Ren's words, as long as it is what Su Ren said, it must be correct. Even if Su Ren said that was fragrant, they would nod without hesitation, this is the simple understanding of the ancients.

Everything is on track. Half of the salt boilers left behind were in the forest, and half were in Laojunguan, and the advantage of separating the work was that Su Ren didn't have to do the filtering work himself. Find a few honest people, explain the working methods, and let Huo Qian look at it. Leng Yue is in charge of the account room, Huo Laosi is in charge of the warehouse, and Leng Jun, as a spectator, takes Hawking around to patrol and act as a security guard. This is the prototype of a company.

Su Ren got up every morning and moved the rocking chair made of Leng Jun to the tree, and immediately Huo Laosi's daughter, Huo Zhilan, stood aside with a kettle and waited, and the small life was very comfortable. The salt dealers who came in and out of the courtyard passed by Su Ren, and they would bend down and shout Su Gongzi, and Su Ren always smiled and nodded. If he is in a good mood, Su Ren will go to the kitchen to cook a meal, which can be regarded as a benefit for these employees given to him.

At noon that day, Su Ren sat under the big tree and drank water leisurely, always feeling that there was something shortcoming, and then remembered that there was no tea. Just as he was about to ask the salt sellers where they could find tea, Zhang Hu came. Su Ren hurriedly instructed Huo Zhilan to get the money, although Zhang Hu was a public head, he was Su Ren's only eyeliner in the county, and the informant fee could not be less.

Zhang Hu's face was worried, and when he saw that Su Ren wanted to open his mouth to speak, he swallowed it back.

Su Ren smiled: "Brother Zhang, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, you and I don't need to be polite." He casually stuffed a handful of copper coins into Zhang Hu's arms.

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