diskusbooks Chapter 155 Start a small business
Chapter 155 Start a small business
Bai Lizheng spoke, and the few villagers who were suspicious of Bai Jingzhou no longer dared to question him. There was a moment of silence on the threshing ground.
Gu Wenxuan tugged at Bai Jingzhou's sleeve and asked, "Is there no other way?"
Although there are indeed a small group of annoying people in this village, the vast majority of people are still very nice. Seeing them so disappointed, Gu Wenxuan felt a little bit sorry for them.
Bai Jingzhou gave her a reassuring look and said, "Yes."
He looked around at everyone present and said, "Everyone, although I can't help you sell your mountain products at a high price, it is still no problem for me to help you earn more copper coins through other means."
Although the villagers came to him for help not long ago, Bai Jingzhou came up with a way to help everyone make more money in this short period of time.
His method is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than selling mountain products and making a profit from the difference.
There are not many mountains to the east and south of Baijia Village, and the market price of mountain products there is slightly better than that in Baijia Village.
Bai Jingzhou planned to conduct preliminary screening and classification of the villagers' mountain products. Once they had graded the goods, they could ship out the good quality ones and sell them.
The goods are of relatively good quality, and the fact that they are rare and valuable after traveling a long distance means that this batch of mountain products will not only make a lot of money, but will also allow the villagers to have a good year and get through the difficult period of the lean season.
Of course, Bai Jingzhou would not let himself, Gu Wenxuan, and those who followed them suffer any loss.
While selling mountain products, they can also pick up some things the villagers need and sell them back.
In addition, Bai Jingzhou also plans to teach his family how to make roasted nuts, persimmon cakes, candied haws, sugar-fried chestnuts, etc.
These nuts and fruits that have undergone secondary processing can be sold at a better price than the original primary products even in towns and counties.
Bai Jingzhou briefly told Bai Lizheng his idea, and Bai Lizheng was overjoyed, "Then I'll pick some people to help you."
"No need." Bai Jingzhou shook his head and rejected Bai Lizheng's good intention. He said, "Each company should do the screening work by themselves. I am only responsible for sending people to inspect and accept the products."
Most of the people in the village are related to him, so he wouldn't be stupid enough to ask the Bai clan members to help inspect the goods.
Bai Jingzhou waved to Bai Jingshan and said, "You and your uncle go and call some helpers to come over."
He didn't say where to shout, but Bai Jingshan knew very well that he was asking him to go to the village to find the survivors who had come out of the bandit camp.
Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan had already figured out the temperament, character, and abilities of those people during this period of time. Bai Jingshan always followed Bai Jingzhou like a little tail, so he naturally knew what kind of person would be most suitable to come here at this time.
He answered yes and went to the village with Fang Youfu to call for help.
Bai Jingzhou watched him squeeze out of the crowd, then smiled and said to Bai Lizheng: "Please help me shout and let everyone divide the mountain products among themselves."
"We won't accept the ones that are broken, stale, or covered with rotten leaves and mud. As for the rest, I'll have to trouble you to classify them into two grades based on size and taste."
"The first-grade ones cannot be worse than the ones I asked people to use as samples. Anything worse than these will be classified as second-grade."
Bai Lizheng nodded as he listened, while the villagers closer to them were more concerned about what price Bai Jingzhou could offer for each stage.
One of the middle-aged men asked Bai Jingzhou, "Jingzhou, what price are you going to give us for your first and second tiers?"
Bai Jingzhou thought for a moment, "The first-tier ones are two to three cents higher than the ones offered by the county town's mountain goods shops. It depends on the type and quality of the goods. The second-tier ones are the same price as the county town's mountain goods shops."
If there were more, they would just be losing money for the sake of publicity. Bai Jingzhou was not so kind as to let his people suffer along with him and Gu Wenxuan.
The villagers were very satisfied with the price, except for a very greedy few who thought it was troublesome, too little money, or were dissatisfied with Bai Jingzhou's so-called "we don't accept broken, stale, or those with rotten leaves and mud", everyone else had a smile on their faces after hearing the price.
They don't mind picking again. After all, farmers have nothing to do with their energy during the winter, so doing this little work is nothing for them.
Everyone had smiles on their faces and turned around to go back with their families to pick up mountain products. When Bai Jingzhou saw them leaving, he hurriedly added, "My place is small, so you can deliver the good mountain products to Wenxuan's doorstep."
Several people nodded and said, "Got it."
As they walked outside, the villagers in the outer circle pulled them aside to ask what was going on. They were in a hurry to go home to work, so they motioned for everyone to look at Bai Lizheng.
Bai Lizheng was now standing on a large rock. He raised his voice and looked down at the villagers, trying his best to make sure all the villagers could hear what he was saying clearly.
As the old man spoke, the villagers in the outer circle also became excited.
Soon, everyone rushed to leave the threshing ground and go home to carry out the initial screening of their own mountain products.
Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, who stayed behind, immediately recruited some of their relatives to help, of course, all for a fee.
Gu Wenxuan's cousins are indispensable. They are strong and have high martial arts skills, and can be used in all aspects.
In addition, the two also hired some women from their own family and relatives' families, who were mainly responsible for technical work, such as roasting nuts, making candied haws and persimmon cakes, etc.
On Gu Wenxuan's side, Gu Wenxuan did not choose her third grandmother, but chose Gu Xing, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as well as her third grandmother's daughter-in-law, her cousin Xiao Wang.
As for Bai Jingzhou, he immediately excluded his weird aunt. His second aunt, eldest cousin's wife, eldest cousin and three cousins were all shortlisted.
Of course, the tasks of his three cousins were different from those of his second aunt and others.
They quickly arranged the necessary personnel, and asked Gu Yongming to lead people to inspect and receive the goods, Bai Chong to be responsible for accounting and payment, Jia Guizhi to be responsible for leading people to roast nuts, Ning Cuizhi to be responsible for leading people to make candied haws and persimmon cakes, etc. Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan turned around and discussed what goods they would take back with them.
The bulk of their money comes from this, the villagers' mountain products, and their goal is to "not lose money."
The two were walking and talking to each other when Jia Yuelan came hurriedly and told them that the five little ones whose elders in the family were killed by criminals were sent here by their uncle.
Gu Wenxuan was surprised, "So fast?"
Jia Yuelan nodded, "They have already found our home at the end of the village."
Jia Yuelan didn't know why these people came so quickly.