After Liu Yan, Chen Xun and others came out of Baihu Official Hall, Chen Xun and others discussed excitedly, this is more than three hundred taels of silver. Several of them have never seen so much silver in their lives. If it weren't for Liu Yan He ordered a few people to be more cautious. It is estimated that Chen Xun and others were already shouting in the street at this time.
"Captain A, since we have got the money, let's go back quickly."
Now Chen Xun couldn't wait to fly back to Dapan Dun immediately and take back more than 300 taels of silver so that everyone in the Dun could be happy together.
But Liu Yan was not in a hurry and said: "Let's go to a few oil mills first. The price we paid for soybean oil before was too high. We have to find a cheap oil mill. There is still room for the cost of soap to decrease. "
Chen Xun had been to Wangjiazhuang several times and was familiar with the place, so he pointed to the front and said: "Chief A, there are two oil mills over there, which are relatively large, but they are both properties of Mr. Xu. We also bought there before. Soybean oil.”
Liu Yan frowned slightly and asked, "How do you know that it is the Xu family's property?"
"What Commander A doesn't know is that the oil shops, rice shops and other shops in Wangjiazhuang are most likely owned by the Xu family. The people around them know the ownership of these two oil shops."
Liu Yan nodded. Unexpectedly, the Xu family had such great power in Wangjiazhuang that they almost monopolized the commercial shops in Wangjiazhuang.
Chen Xun looked at Liu Yan's thoughtful look and asked, "Chief A, shall we still visit these two houses?"
"Go and have a look, at least check out the soybean oil market first."
So everyone drove over in an ox cart and looked at the soybean oil sold by the two oil mills. But the result made Liu Yan very disappointed. The soybean oil sold by these two oil shops was very expensive, and the price had exceeded Liu Yan's psychological expectations.
At this time, prices for people in the Ming Dynasty were soaring, and Liu Yan was already somewhat mentally prepared. You must know that during the Wanli period, the price of a pound of soybean oil in various places in Shandong was only five cents of silver, but now it is generally sold for one cent of silver per pound, which has doubled!
However, Liu Yan and others visited two oil shops of the Xu family, and found that a pound of soybean oil was sold for 1.5 cents. The soybean oil sold was not only of poor oil quality, but also had many impurities, and the price could not be negotiated.
What makes Liu Yan and others even more annoyed is that the clerks in these two oil shops are very arrogant, as if what they sell is not soybean oil or vegetable oil, but jade and antiques, but the door-to-door business seems to be a gift. Who is this guy from the oil shop? He is clearly an evil servant who takes advantage of others. After questioning him, Liu Yan and others were very angry.
"Look elsewhere."
Liu Yan's face was not very good. Although he now had more than 350 taels of silver in his hands, these were all Liu Yan's capital for starting a business. Even if he had more money, he would still want to break a copper plate into eight petals and spend it, so naturally he would not continue to buy. These are high priced low quality soybean oils.
Besides, these two oil mills are still the property of Mr. Xu, and he will not do things that are controlled by others.
So a few people got on the bullock cart again and started walking around Wangjiazhuang.
But just as the bullock cart was about to turn the corner, Liu Yan suddenly saw the door to the backyard of Xujia Oil Shop wide open, and two guys walked out. Behind them were a dozen idlers. At first glance, the gangster is not a good person.
Liu Yan silently memorized the clothes and general appearance of the two men, and then continued to move forward in the bullock cart.
At this time, there were three streets in Wangjiazhuang: east, west and south. The west street was mostly filled with groceries, deli shops, pawn shops, rice shops and other shops, so Liu Yan and others came directly to the west street to wander around.
Not long after, Liu Yan saw a shop called Wanfu Oil Shop, so he stopped the oxcart and took Chen Xun forward to inquire.
At this time, the outside of Wanfu Oil Shop was already crowded with people who came to buy oil. A few guys were busy in the oil shop, and there were some idlers watching the fun in the distance. This was the most lively place in Wangjiazhuang. .
Liu Yan looked around and suddenly discovered that some of the people watching the excitement were obviously the bosses and clerks of the other two oil shops, and they just looked at the situation in the shop with angry eyes. One of them is the guy from Xujia Oil Shop whom he met before.
"Things are getting interesting!"
Liu Yan sneered in his heart, his thoughts began to spin, and he soon had a plan.
At this time, in the oil shop, Liu Yan saw a woman busy, calling the waiters to do this and that from time to time. I saw that the woman was about 21 or 22 years old. She was wearing a pair of armor and looked quite capable.
Although this woman did not have any exquisite makeup or wearing any gorgeous clothes, she was very pretty and had an indescribable sense of beauty between her eyebrows, which made Liu Yan's eyes light up.
"There is such a woman in Wangjiazhuang!"
Chen Xun was already queuing up here, while Liu Yan stood aside and looked at the oil shop.
The soybean oil sold by the previous two oil shops was sold for one cent and five cents, but this Wanfu Oil Shop put up a sign saying that the soybean oil for sale only cost one cent, which was considered a fair price.
Moreover, Liu Yan also noticed that many of the people in line were regular customers, praising Wanfu Oil Shop’s soybean oil and rapeseed oil for their high quality and generous portions.
"This Wanfu Oil Shop is still a conscientious merchant. It's no wonder."
Liu Yan looked at the guys from the two oil mills outside again, and he had a problem in his heart, so he came to the crowd and whispered to Chen Xun: "You take your two brothers and stand aside and remove the wood on the ox cart. Get the stick and wait for my order."
Chen Xun was stunned for a moment, then he understood and turned around to greet his two Dunjun soldiers.
Liu Yan waited in the crowd for a while and then came to the oil shop. The woman in charge was holding a wooden spoon for oiling in one hand and an oil can in the other. She asked with a smile: "Does this military master want to buy soybean oil or not?" Canola oil?”
Liu Yan looked at the oil shop and did not answer, but asked: "May I ask this girl, who is the shopkeeper? Who is the shopkeeper?"
The woman looked at Liu Yan in surprise, thinking that Liu Yan was a frivolous and shabby warrior, and felt a little unhappiness in her heart. However, the woman was not willing to cause trouble, so she replied: "The shopkeeper is the little girl's father, and my father's name is Wang Jing. I wonder what's going on with Master Jun?"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "I think your business is very good, much better than the other two oil shops, so out of curiosity, I wanted to get to know the shopkeeper. It's a bit abrupt, but I hope the girl will be honest."
The woman was slightly startled, her face looked better, and she said hurriedly: "Where is it? I wonder what kind of oil the military master wants, and how much?"
"Soybean oil, twenty pounds first."
"good!"
The woman ably oiled, weighed, filled, and packaged the oil. After completing each procedure, twenty kilograms of soybean oil was quickly prepared.
Liu Yan gave him two taels of silver and took the oil can that had been carried with a hemp rope.
"Master Jun, you had a good meal. Please come again next time."
"I will."
Liu Yan glanced at the woman again, then turned and left the oil shop, leaving the woman feeling a little strange. Then he was interrupted by the customers lining up behind him.
Liu Yan did not go far here, but came to the corner of the street. Chen Xun and three others were already waiting here, and the bullock cart was also parked nearby.
Liu Yan put the oil tank on the bullock cart. Chen Xun had already prepared thick hemp rope and a lot of sawdust. He squatted on the bullock cart and carefully tied the oil tank in place.
Then Chen Xun asked: "Chief A, is there someone who wants to cause trouble for us?"
The other two Dunjun soldiers also took the wooden sticks and looked at Liu Yan nervously, not knowing who they were going to conflict with.
Liu Yan looked in the direction of the crowd. At this time, the guys from the two oil shops had left, leaving only one person hanging among the crowd to keep a lookout. Liu Yan understood that those people were making preparations. It seemed that the Wanfu Oil Shop was going to suffer a disaster today.
"It's not us who are in trouble, it's them!"
Liu Yan pointed at Wanfu Oil Shop. Chen Xun thought thoughtfully for a while, and then said with a smile: "Could it be that Chief A wanted to be a hero to save the beauty? I think the girl from Wanfu Oil Shop is really beautiful, and she just happened to marry him." Long greenhouse.”
Liu Yan laughed and cursed, saying that he was not going through this muddy water just for a woman, but to win a long-term and stable supplier, so he still had to make the necessary investment.
At this moment, Liu Yan suddenly caught a glimpse of a group of idlers coming to the west, about twelve or three people in number. They were the same group of people who came out of Xujia Oil Shop, but the guys from Xujia Oil Shop had disappeared.
At this time, the idlers all came with sticks and were cursing, and directly dispersed the crowd outside Wanfu Oil Factory.
"Get out of here, get the fuck out of here!"
"Listen to me, you are not allowed to buy oil here from now on. If anyone dares to buy it again, I will break your legs!"
"This Wanfu Oil Shop will be closed to customers from today on, so get out of here!"
Just as the idlers were dispersing the crowd, a man in his forties came out of Wanfu Oil Shop. Judging from the man's clothing and age, Liu Yan guessed that this man was the woman's father, Wang Jing.
The man stepped forward with his fists clasped, and after saying just a few words to the leader of the wanderers, he was knocked to the ground by several wanderers, and the people around him suddenly became a mess.
At this moment, the woman rushed out of the Wanfu Oil Shop in a hurry, holding the wooden spoon for oiling in her hand, waving it around herself, trying to protect her father.
But those idlers were not afraid, and they all surrounded Wang Jing and his daughter with evil smiles. Some of the more vulgar idlers harassed the woman, causing the idlers to burst into lewd laughter from time to time.
Seeing this situation, Liu Yan's expression turned grim, and Chen Xun cheered up upon seeing this.
"It's your turn."
Liu Yan said to Chen Xun in a cold voice: "You go over and protect the two of them, and I will take care of the rest."
When Liu Yan saw this, he waved his hand violently, and Chen Xun and the others rushed forward with wooden sticks: "I have the order!"
Although Chen Xun is usually inconspicuous in the big game, he can still rise to the top at critical moments.
I saw Chen Xun roaring and rushing forward with two Dunjun soldiers. The three of them used Chen Xun as an arrow and formed a triangular formation and directly ran into the crowd of idlers. The three of them kept yelling and waving their sticks, beating them hard. A group of unsuspecting loafers were caught off guard and stepped aside screaming in pain.
Although the three of them had not practiced for a long time, they were still junjuns after all, and they were much better at fighting than these idlers. The three of them quickly rushed to the side of Wang Jing and his daughter, and then roared and confronted the group of idlers.
