Fight the Giants

  After Huo Xi finished speaking, Shopkeeper Lan and the others all looked at her.

  She just shrugged without explaining.

   "If the delivery cannot be made on time, compensation is normal."

   "One pays ten, how many such contracts have you seen? It's not a tribute."

Lan Qisheng glanced at Huo Xi suspiciously, and then glanced at the shop over there, "But the shop on the wharf is not worth much, even the shop in Beiping is very cheap." what.

   "The shop doesn't have much money, but it pays ten for one. It's not a deposit, but a purchase price. Isn't this money?"

   "But that person does have a boat to go to sea. If you are serious about business, why do you cheat people? It's not like you will stop doing it in the future. Otherwise, you will not see you when you look up..."

  Why bother playing games? With a bad reputation, can the business continue?

   Who knows. Maybe it's just simply not pleasing to the eye, or there is a knot.

  However, "The shopkeeper Lu heard that the family has been in business for decades, has a small amount of money, and there is a shop in Beiping. Now, he can't afford the goods, and can't afford to pay for the money?" Has it reached the point of clearing the goods and paying for the shop?

   Shopkeeper Lan approached Huo Xi, "I heard that last year his son coaxed him and took most of the family's money and went out on a boat with others."

   Tsk tsk, it's a house leak and it's raining overnight. Huo Xi felt more and more that he had been tricked.

   Maybe the boat that went out to sea will not come back.

  The crowd of onlookers dispersed, and the people who came to ask for goods also left. Seeing the other party stooped into the shop, Huo Xi felt a little embarrassed.

  A few years ago, together with the boatmen from Taohuadu, I brought 300 bolts of cotton cloth to Huai'an, but he still favored him and bought them all at the price of six yuan a bolt.

  It was the first time for me to do such a big business back then, and I was feeling uneasy, but I didn't expect that he bought all the 300 cotton cloths he brought without much fuss. The price is also good.

  Huo Xi looked up at the "Lu Jiabu Shop" plaque above the shop, and walked in.

   "I'm sorry, we don't do business today. We have to close the store for clearance." A staff came up to stop Huo Xi and his party.

   "I'm looking for Shopkeeper Lu."

  The guy's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that someone came to ask for a debt again? Unsure of the purpose of Huo Xi and the others' visit, he hurriedly ran to the backyard to inform.

   "Who is looking for me?" Lu Shun frowned and came out of the backyard. Seeing that he was a young man, he was stunned.

   "Young master is looking for me? My shop will be closed for inventory today, so we won't be entertaining you."

  Huo Xi smiled at him: "I heard that shopkeeper Lu signed a contract with someone, but he failed to deliver the goods on time. If he can't deliver the goods now, he will pay ten for one?"

   Lu Shun frowned even tighter.

   There was a commotion at the door just now, and everyone knows about it. Besides, since the past few days, the goods I ordered have not arrived on time, and I have bought goods at high prices from many merchants. The surrounding merchants are also aware of this.

  What is the intention of this person to mention this matter again at this time?

  Seeing that he frowned and said nothing, Huo Xi didn't say much, just said: "I have cloth in my hand, which is enough for shopkeeper Lu to deliver. I wonder if shopkeeper Lu is interested?"

What? This person in front of him has a lot of cloth in his hand?

  My son has just been tricked by someone, and the cloth he ordered couldn’t be delivered on time. I don’t know if he was stopped by someone, but now this person says he has enough cloth?

   Such a coincidence? Could it be that this person in front of him is with them?

   Seeing Lu Shun's unfriendly expression, Huo Xi smiled, "I'm afraid the shopkeeper Lu will not remember me."

"Who are you?"

   "How about we talk in the backyard?" Huo Xi suggested.

   Shopkeeper Lu felt relieved when he saw the shopkeeper Lan from Guangfengshui beside him. But these days I was really scared, and I thought again, could it be that Guangfengshui did it? I heard that Guangfengshui still has two shops in Beiping.

   Feeling like a boulder fell in my heart, but still attracted people into the backyard.

  Huo Xi asked Vanilla and the others to take Ji Chuyi and the others to the pier. She only brought Tayue and Shopkeeper Lan into the backyard.

  Lv Shun's grandson was leading people to settle the accounts in the warehouse. When he saw his grandfather bringing guests in, he stopped, ordered someone to serve tea, and stood beside his grandfather.

  Huo Xi glanced at him. Seeing that although he is not very old, he already looks mature. It seems that shopkeeper Lu taught this grandson well.

   "Young master, do we know each other?" Lu Shun looked at Huo Xi, but had no impression of him.

   Shopkeeper Lan also took a look at Huo Xi, didn't he say it was his first time in the North?

  Huo Xi nodded to Lu Shun: "I'm afraid the shopkeeper Lu doesn't remember me. We met once a few years ago, and we also did a business."

   "I did business with the young master?"

   "Six years ago, at Huai'an Wharf, Shopkeeper Lu bought 300 bolts of cotton cloth from me."

  Oh, by the way, Lu remembered it.

  He has been in business for so many years, has dealt with all kinds of people, and is the first and only one to do business with children as young as he is. I recognize it myself.

   "It turned out to be the young master. I remember you, your surname is Huo, right? You are already this old?" Lu Shun looked at him again, with a smile in his eyes.

   "Yes, the boy's surname is Huo, Huo Xi."

   Lu Shun's grandson, Lu Min, carefully looked at the kid named Huo Xi in front of him.

  When my grandfather came back, he said that he had made a deal with a boy of a few years old, and he often used this to encourage him. He refused to admit defeat, and has been learning hard from his grandfather all these years.

  Now my grandfather says that he is better than his two uncles, but looking at the kid in front of him, it seems that he still has a lot of shortcomings. He pursed his lips.

   With this recognition, the atmosphere suddenly heated up.

   Lu Shun no longer suspected that he was playing the game together, and explained the reason for it in detail.

   This order was signed by his youngest son. At that time, he drank too much and didn't read the terms of the contract carefully, so he signed it.

  By the time he knew that if he could not deliver in time, he would pay ten for one, it was already too late.

  They use the canal to do business, and they all know that because they have to cross ridges, dams and locks all the way, when encountering grain ships, civilian ships and merchant ships all have to give way to water ships. It is very normal to line up at the pier for several days.

  Because of the weather, etc., it is common to fail to deliver on time.

  Normal business owners will reserve ten days and a half months as an extension of the delivery period. Even if the goods cannot be delivered and the other party is in a hurry, at most the deposit will not be returned, and if it is more, the deposit will be tripled.

  According to the shipment amount, you will pay ten for one, which is not the way of normal businessmen.

   "My son was deceived." Lu Shun shook his head and sighed.

  If the goods could not be delivered, he planned to collect some goods from the surrounding merchants at a high price and return them to the top. Even if the price is higher, it is better than losing ten times.

   Who would have thought that the cloth collected was pitifully small. Many cloth merchants are still unwilling to sell goods to him. He knew that this time he was planted.

   "I don't know what kind of fabric shopkeeper Lu needs, and what price can I give you?"

   Who is not selling?

   Besides, shopkeeper Lu is willing to pay a high price for this meeting, so he will definitely not lower the price. Better to sell him than to sell someone else. Large-scale shipments without lowering prices, is it not better than bulk sales?

   Lu Shun looked surprised, "Mr. Huo is willing to sell cloth to us? I am willing to accept 20% higher than the market price!"