They're not hired by these guys or anything, so there's no need to do these things for them.

Just when Qiu Yan's eyes widened, and she was just about to open her mouth to refute what the leading shopkeeper Liu said, Lu Chiye had already held her hand and replied calmly.

"Then according to what Shopkeeper Liu said, we have to cooperate with you in the matter of express delivery and help you deliver goods from other places?"

"Presumably, a few of you also know that it is not difficult to transport goods, but you have to give us the money in advance, and as for the delay time on the road, we will also discuss it with you in advance."

"I will only guarantee that it will be delivered as much as possible, but I can't completely finalize the time with you now."

"No, how can you say that you will give money now? Buying and selling things are paid on arrival, so what the shopkeeper said is not quite right, right? ”

A man with sharp beaks and monkey cheeks next to Shopkeeper Liu immediately refused, looking at them with a strange look.

"Shopkeeper Lu can't be trying to break the rules of this place, right? We're here to talk to you about business in good faith. ”

"If you come to us sincerely to do business, you won't come to talk about the so-called cooperation empty-handed!"

"How can we trust you without even a contract? Don't think that if we are younger, we can rely on age to exert pressure, and it is you who are bullying people, right? ”

Qiu Yan and his wife were naturally not to be outdone, and rejected their behavior as an empty glove white wolf in one bite.

"Don't toast, don't eat, drink!" The shopkeeper Liu felt that he had said good things for a long time, but Qiu Yan and the others didn't agree, and they lost their temper in an instant.

slapped his hands on the table, "It's your honor that we came to talk to you about business!" ”

"If you don't agree to what we say, don't blame our brothers for joining forces to boycott your business! In this area, we brothers can still speak. Young people don't know the rules. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Qiu Yan contemptuously, thinking that she was a woman, and she dared to take care of business matters, but she really didn't know what to do.

Lu Chiye held down Qiu Yan, who wanted to get angry, and looked at him calmly.

"Just now we just told the truth, and besides, we opened a store to do business, and we chose a fair price, and we didn't deliberately suppress it."

"It is clear that you are deliberately raising prices and affecting the lives of the people, and it is you who are really ill-intentioned!"

"Where are we ill-intentioned? Don't talk nonsense! Don't splash this dirty water on our heads! Shopkeeper Liu was furious.

Qiu Yan glanced at him mockingly, "What are you feeling weak?" Our prices are quite normal compared to other cities, where are you like you, deliberately inflating prices. ”

"I'm going to say it directly, if you think that this Qiguang Mansion is far away from the outside, and things from outside are not easy to come in, and you have to do business that costs money and effort, then you should be polite and take the initiative to cooperate with us."

"Then my husband and I can be a little more generous, and not be as knowledgeable as you."

"You're not thinking we're going to ask you to do business together, are you? It's a dream! What do you know as a woman? Several shopkeepers actually aimed their anger at Qiu Yan.

Lu Chiye immediately stood up, blocked Qiu Yan behind him, and unceremoniously issued an order to expel the guest.

"Since we can't talk about it, let's leave immediately! How to do our business, you can't afford to dictate behind it! ”

A few people didn't get the results they wanted, and they felt that Qiu Yan was too presumptuous, so they flicked their sleeves and left angrily.

Before leaving, one of them turned his head and gave them a mocking look.

"Lao Tzu will put the words for you here today, if you can open the shop here safe and sound, we will come to cooperate with you in the future."

"But I don't think you have that chance."

Qiu Yan and the two glanced at each other, and they both felt that the last person to speak seemed to have something to say, so they quickly asked Ji Feifan to take the number of people to inquire about the news.

She really wanted to find out if something strange had happened in this Qiguang Mansion that would make those merchants so arrogant and bold.

After the shopkeepers left, they really put into practice what they had just said.

According to what Qiu Yan said, the so-called fair price, they immediately lowered the prices in their stores, and at the same time, they also made a lot of so-called preferential activities.

All of a sudden, it attracted a lot of people.

Then, he arranged for the guys in the store to go to inquire in every way, and once they found that there were customers who wanted to go to Qiuyan's store, they would immediately pull them away, and they would never be allowed to go to Qiuyan to buy things.

even arranged for some people to deliberately smear behind their backs, saying that Qiuyan's store was shoddy at all, and all the goods sold in it were fakes.

Even those who eat have problems, and many people say that after buying things from Qiuyan and them, they went back to eat and had an accident, and they spent a lot of money to see a doctor, so they had to make compensation.

In just two or three days, their store began to be boycotted by many people.

When they first got the news, the two didn't take it to heart.

I don't think there is any need to pay attention to these rumors, and after a while, they will definitely disappear.

But who knows, they greatly underestimated the ignorance and backwardness of this Qiguang Mansion.

The merchants who came to them before had been operating here for many years, and they had some collusion with the local landlords.

Under their deliberate smearing, Qiu Yan's shop was attacked very badly.

There are even many people who believe that there is something wrong with the things in their stores.

The so-called good quality and low price are only valid for the first few days, and the things sold later are all shoddy.

In addition, there are other stores to suppress prices, but in just a few days, the store's business is getting worse and worse.

From the very beginning, it has become a crowd at the door, even if the guys encounter a guest passing by the door, and actively want to greet them in, those guests are particularly difficult to get along with.

Even if you want to come in and buy, you will bargain with them in various ways, and even bargain very badly, and the store will be gloomy for a while.

Everyone is worried that the newly opened store will not last long and will have to close down.

After calculating the recent harvest and finding that there were some losses these days, Shen Fengxing was a little worried.

But Qiu Yan and his wife didn't take it to heart, and smiled at him soothingly.

"It's okay, do business, where is smooth sailing."

"After we investigate why Qiguang Mansion has become what it is now, we can prescribe the right medicine, you just need to read books and learn medical skills, and you don't have to worry about anything else."

"I know, brother, sister-in-law, the matter of the store is hard for you." Shen Fengxing bit his lower lip, desperately hoping that he would grow up soon, and then he would be able to help his brother and sister-in-law in the future.

A few days later, Ji Feifan, who had been arranged to go out to investigate the news, finally brought back more specific information.

After rushing back to the store with people, Ji Feifan immediately poured three cups of cold tea in a row, and then covered his pounding chest and said in a low voice.

"The head of the family, madam, I have already found out, this Qiguang Mansion is indeed hiding a cat."

"Don't worry, sit down first and speak slowly." Qiu Yan pulled her to sit down beside her.

It wasn't until his breathing became stable that Ji Feifan said slowly.

"In fact, regarding the construction of Qiguang Mansion, someone from above has arranged it a long time ago."

"After all, the area here is quite large, and as long as the road is built, the places involved will be relatively wide, so it is quite suitable for doing business here."

"Because of this, in the past few years, many people have suddenly poured into Qiguang Mansion and offered relatively favorable prices, saying that they are willing to let nearby villagers cooperate with them to buy poultry, livestock or fruits from the villagers' homes."

"But in the end, it didn't work out well."

"Those outsiders offered so many favorable conditions, they didn't want to deceive those villagers, right? Where in the sky is there a pie good thing? Lu Chiye glanced at her and asked worriedly.

"The head of the house is right, that's it." Ji Feifan frowned, and made the follow-up things clear and understood.

"At that time, the conditions in Qiguang Mansion were even worse than now, and the villagers were eager to make a little more money."

"Therefore, when I found out that those outsiders were coming, I cooperated with them, and as a result, those outsiders simply drew a big pie for them to hang the villagers."

"There are many people who sell a lot of things in their homes to those outsiders, but in the end, they don't get a penny, and in serious cases, they will even be deceived and their families will be ruined."

"No wonder, after encountering such a troublesome situation, it is estimated that many villagers will collectively resist outsiders doing business here, right?" Qiu Yan made a final closing remarks.

Ji Feifan nodded, his face full of worry.

Now the situation is quite unfavorable for them, and I don't know how the head of the family will deal with it.

The couple looked at each other and sighed in unison.

Yes, once bitten by a snake, I was afraid of the well rope for ten years, especially these villagers who are still struggling with food and clothing, and they regard their savings for many years as more important than anything else.

It is no wonder that even the local basic rice, flour, grain and oil are very expensive, and the villagers are willing to buy them.

But as they said, no one is willing to accept the way of paying money in advance for remote shopping, and everyone is afraid of being deceived.

"Also, the most critical point is that after I came over, I didn't find that there were relatively large academies in Qiguang Mansion or anything like that."

"The local people have a low level of education, and they haven't seen the world much, so they naturally don't know that there are such a fresh and convenient thing as express delivery, and they are bewitched by those merchants, so it is naturally easy to believe such rumors."

"Therefore, it is reasonable for our store to be boycotted." Lu Chiye said calmly.