There was only a square table, two stools, and a wooden bed in the room.
On the bed, a child of about ten years old was suffering from a high fever, his face was as red as a charcoal stove, and his forehead was covered with a wet towel.
Hearing his mother's call, his chapped lips made a weak voice, "Mom!"
"Huzi, mom is here. Mom will take you to see the doctor right away."
The woman began to rummage through the cabinets, but she couldn't find anything.
The little girl's eyes were red, and she took out a stack of banknotes, but Lin Bai took them back and only took out some broken silver.
"Auntie, there is some scraps of money here, use it to treat the child!"
The woman was at a loss and wanted to pick it up, but maybe there was something that prevented her from picking it up. In the end, she knelt on the ground with a "bang" and burst into tears.
"Sir, this money should be regarded as borrowed by the women of the country. The women of the country will definitely pay it back in the future."
"Need not!"
Lin Bai said, "These are paid to you in advance. From now on, the Su family will have all your cocoons, and there is no need to reduce the price."
The woman seemed a little unbelievable.
Zhuiyue reminded: "Auntie, take your child to see a doctor quickly!"
"Yes! Yes! See the doctor."
The woman didn't care to thank her, and left quickly with the child on her back.
"Brother-in-law, they are so pitiful, why don't you give them more money, you stingy guy!"
After leaving the village, the little girl's eyes were still red and she seemed very dissatisfied.
Zhuiyue said quickly: "Second Miss, giving them more money will not do them any good."
It’s time to make a career!
Lin Bai touched the little girl's head and said, "It is right to sympathize with the weak, but you must also pay attention to methods when helping others. No matter how hard you work, you will gain."
"Besides, you can help one, but you can't help everyone unless you can solve the problem at its root."
The little girl seemed to understand, and said: "Then you can solve the problem from the root cause!"
Ah!
What you say is better than what you sing.
I really think my brother-in-law is a god. The problem of poverty has been unsolved since ancient times.
its not right!
Although there is no solution to poverty, the problems of these silkworm farmers may not be unsolvable, at least the price...
"Chaiyue, why is the price I just heard from the woman so different from the price at Cloth Shop?"
Before coming, Lin Bai did some homework and had some idea of the price of silkworm cocoons, but it was completely different from what the woman just said.
The purchasing price of Sujia Cloth Store was at least twice as expensive as what the woman said.
"Uncle, it's always been like this."
Zhuiyue explained, "The silkworm farmers' goods cannot be delivered directly to Buzhuang because they are scattered. Usually, the village chiefs collect them first and then go to Sangye Town. During this period, I don't know how many people handle them. In short, they hand them over layer by layer. , the final price to the cloth shop and the price sold by the silkworm farmers is like now."
"The eldest lady once thought about bypassing these people, but in the end it was to no avail. Firstly, it was unrealistic to collect them from door to door, and secondly, the resistance was too great."
"There are connections from Fuguo County to Sangye Town, as well as village chiefs and even Jiangzhou officials. The eldest lady said that the interests involved are too great and cannot be circumvented."
Understood!
Silkworms are the backbone of Sangye Town. They are a big fat piece of meat that everyone wants to take a bite of.
It's not enough to pay taxes. They also have to fight for food from the silkworm farmers' bowls, exploiting them at every level.
Lin Bai asked: "Is this the case for the three major cloth shops as well?"
"right"
Zhuiyue nodded, "The three major cloth shops are larger in scale, so the prices may be slightly lower, but there shouldn't be much difference."
Therefore, most of these profits actually go into the pockets of those moths. If Cloth Village can directly connect with silkworm farmers, not only will the price of silkworm cocoons not need to drop, there will even be a lot of room for improvement.
It's just this resistance...
Lin Bai suddenly understood why the old mother-in-law had to take the merit test herself. In this era, it is too difficult to do something without fame.
However, how will you know if you don’t try?
"Chaiyue, instead of going to the town, go directly to Weijia Village."
…
There are nearly three hundred households in Weijia Village, which is quite large. Plus, they all have the same surname, so they are relatively unified.
The price reduction of silkworm cocoons, and the magnitude was so large, naturally caused a lot of dissatisfaction.
At this moment, under the old locust tree at the head of Weijia Village, a large group of people were gathering around, making a lot of noise.
The chief, Chen Musen, has a big belly.
Zhao Yunlin was also beside him, leaning on the chair and crossing his legs.
"That's the way it is. This is the market situation this year. If you have been to Jiangzhou City, you will know that a large number of cloth shops in the city have collapsed, so the price of this cocoon..."
Chen Musen spoke.
There was a sudden commotion below.
“When business is good, you don’t increase prices, so why should we be blamed for bad business?”
"That's right! Do you want to kill people with this price?"
"Who knows how good the business is, maybe you did it on purpose."
"..."
"Have you had enough noise?"
Chen Musen said with a cold face, "I have said that it is not your village's business. If other villages can accept it, why can't you?"
He looked angry, and everyone suddenly didn't dare to speak. Although the chief was not big, he could stop them in everything.
"This is not a question of whether it is acceptable or not, but everyone needs to eat." At this time, a female voice sounded, with a face of peace and prosperity, dressed like an ordinary farm girl, with an upright look.
Beside her, Wei Jin also echoed: "That's right! This is not letting us live."
"Wei Jin, Wei Qing, it's you two brothers again."
Chen Musen's face darkened.
Zhao Yunlin seemed a little impatient and said calmly: "The market situation is like this. In the next town and Qingzhou, there are plenty of goods waiting for me to collect. I am just too lazy to bother."
"If you can accept this price, then sign it. If you can't accept it, then reject it. I will stay in Sangye Town for three days. You can sign the contract at any time during these three days."
"But if it takes more than three days, then I'm sorry, the three major cloth shops will no longer want your goods. You can sell them elsewhere!"
As soon as this was said, everyone became anxious.
If it could be sold elsewhere, they would have sold it long ago.
In this era, transportation costs are too high and they have no other choice.
The most important thing is that everyone has heard that the three major cloth shops want to unify the market. The other cloth shops will either be annexed or go bankrupt. If the three big cloth shops don't take over, then they really will have no place to sell.
"Don't listen to him. Silkworm farmers in other places are not fools either. This price is equivalent to doing nothing."
Wei Qing said loudly.
Zhao Yunlin glanced at her sharply, "You have a lot of backbone. I'll help you. The three major cloth stores won't want your goods. Not only that, if you make trouble again, the price of the entire Weijia Village will be cut by half a percent."
"Believe me, no one except the three major cloth shops can ask for your goods. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."
Everyone's expressions changed. If the price was lowered by half a percent, it would be even more difficult to survive.
"If you don't want to, just don't..."
Wei Qing was furious and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Wei Jin so that other silkworm farmers could not be harmed.
Zhao Yunlin smiled contemptuously when he saw this.
At this time, a shout came, "What a loud tone. It seems that except for the three major cloth shops in the world, there are no cloth shops. You don't want me, the Su family cloth shop, to accept all the orders."
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