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179. Frustration

On this day, Qiao Junlin went out for an outing with several classmates to enjoy the autumn. On the way, he met a classmate's uncle, as well as some of his uncle's friends. So the people on both sides gathered together and drank and wrote poems by the river.

When he was in high spirits, one of Qiao Junlin's classmates said that Qiao Junlin was good at dancing swords. He asked him to dance a song to cheer everyone up. On the other hand, the children of the aristocratic clan who were older than them were also quite interested. Some people asked the servants to come up with the piano and said that they wanted to play the piano.

If Qiao Junlin refuses in such an atmosphere, it will be disappointing, especially the one who wants to play the piano. He will definitely feel that Qiao Junlin doesn't give him face. So he doesn't say anything, and dances with his long sword.

In the changes in the moves, the faces and expressions of those present were all in front of him, some were admired, some disapproving, some were contemptuous, and some were lucky to gloat.

If the same behavior is placed on some gentry children, it is straightforward and elegant. If it is placed on him, it will become flattering and flattering, and has no character.

It was just like that, between offending someone and being despised, he made a decision after a brief measure.

So what if you are despised? In this environment where everything is related to origin, every breath he breathes must be despised.

Can he not breathe in order not to be despised? He will not do anything because of these people's contempt. On the contrary, there are many things he wants to do.

"Okay! It's a good dance!" After the song was over, someone present clapped and applauded.

"I'm laughing!" Qiao Junlin slightly put away the coldness in his eyes, smiled, and bowed to everyone present.

"Come on, I need to pay homage to Hashidaro's cup."

"What do you want to respect him for nothing?"

“…”

After the song was finished, the river bank became lively again, and everyone was talking and drinking, and it was so uncomfortable.

At this time, Qiao Junlin had already put away the coldness and combing in his eyes, and spoke to everyone present with a smile, and his words and demeanor were quite graceful. When he encountered some slightly contemptuous treatment, he had no joys and sorrows on his face, as if he didn't care very much.

There are also some rumors in the Four Schools that Qiao Junlin is a man with deep scheming and narrow mind. Even if you offend him in person, he will not let you see it. He will only find opportunities behind your back.

In fact, Qiao Junlin is just enduring. As for whether he will mess with them behind their backs, if he sees some opportunity, he will naturally have to mess with them. He will spend time and energy specifically to mess with them. Then forget it.

It is not entirely false to say that Qiao Junlin is a narrow-minded person. This kid has a good memory. If he offended him, he basically doesn’t have to expect him to forget it if he has a bad mind.

Just like the classmate who suddenly made trouble today called him out to dance swords. It was because he was not as good as Qiao Junlin when he was in Xipo Village. Dr. Chen praised Qiao Junlin for being more than him, or he wanted to come over and establish a relationship with the coffin board, but the other party did not give him face. At this time, he actually had such a scheming, which was really worse than a woman.

Perhaps it is hard to say that I learned it from a woman. I heard that many people in Chang'an City are not very peaceful in the back houses of their homes.

Qiao Junlin picked up the wine cup and covered the smile on the corner of his lips.

·

And here in Lishi County.

In fact, it was not just Luo Yong. Zhao Chen was also a little worried whether the previous Hunter was sent by a thief.

So he changed his mind temporarily. Most of the subordinates he brought to Ningshuo County this time, leaving only two, and he himself continued to acquire pears in Pingyi County.

After this batch of canned pears were delivered, the other canned food stopped moving for a moment and were all left in Lishi County, waiting for the Zhao family members from Liangzhou City to come and carry it. He would ask his subordinates to take this back to the people from Liangzhou during the delivery of the goods in Ningshuo County.

The porters were soon in place, with a team of 20 people and ten cars per team. Because the cans delivered this time were all filled with porcelain bottles, they used two-wheeled cars this time.

In this era, two-wheeled unicycles are common. Wheelbars are lightweight, but they cannot transport too much heavy goods. There is often a risk of overturning. Two-wheeled unicycles are more bulky and harder to push, but they can hold more cargo, which is mostly pulled by livestock and hand-pushed by humans.

The group of people rushed from Lishi County to the west. Luo Yong was still a little worried and asked Zhao Chen if they would be targeted by evil people.

Zhao Chen waved his hand and said, "Walking outside, you can't deal with evil people. As long as these porters are fine, my subordinates are escorting them all the way. Such a large team is not lucky enough to be gold, silver, money, and silk. Why do those evil people fight with their lives?"

Luo Yong thought it was true that those who rely on robbing their families and making a living, how could there be such a good channel to sell these canned pears at a good price? Even if they have that channel, they would not dare to easily sell this batch of canned stolen goods. Once the matter is exposed, they may even be pulled out by others.

After the first batch of canned food was sent away, the subsequent processing and production were not as nervous as it was at the beginning.

Seeing that the operation of the canned workshop was also on track, there was no need to keep staring at it, so Luo Yong went back to his Xipo Village. In addition to the acquisition of pears in Pingyi County, Zhao Chen and others also planned to go to other surrounding areas to take a look.

In Xipo Village, Luo Yong was greeted by the two little guys Siniang and Wulang.

The reason is that recently, various woodblock printing brochures appeared in Lishi County, such as "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Songs", and there are more than one or two versions.

Luo Yong had expected such a thing, as it was profitable, but it would be a matter of time before competitors appeared.

However, the two Siniang and Wuro could not accept it. They were worried about the piles of booklets in the shop over there all day long. Because they sold well before, they had never been worried about sales, so they increased the number of prints.

The consequence of this was that they took a lot of money from Luo Yong, bought a lot of paper, ink and dye, and printed a lot of brochures. At this time, they didn't even know how to get back their capital.

The siblings scratched their ears and faces, and could not think of a good way to sell books. In the end, they had to come and ask Luo Yong. Unexpectedly, Luo Yong could not give them one or two useful suggestions, so they asked them to either sell slowly or lower the price. This was also impossible.

Si Niang and Wuro were reluctant to sell the price, so they hesitated for several days, but finally decided to lower the price slightly and then sell it slowly.

"How much does this book cost?" On this day, a group of merchants from other places went to Xipo Village to purchase goods. After buying some goods from the sheep house, they came to the entrance of the village to take a look, had lunch at the Xu family's hotel, and then went to the bookstore next door to visit.

"A booklet costs eleven cents." Si Niang looked at the people of this group with anticipation. These people looked like big business stocks. Will they buy their own booklets? Will they buy a lot at one time?

"Please drink water, gentlemen." Goro enthusiastically brought a few bowls of water from the back room. He really wanted to make this deal.

"I heard that the booklets from Fenzhou are similar to those of yours, and only cost eight cents." Someone among the merchants in that line said that businessmen like them are the most basic things to buy when shopping.

"Then they are not the same paper as us." Si Niang replied casually. She had heard a lot of such words in the past two days. As for how to deal with it, she had also sorted out a little idea.

"What kind of paper does it matter? As long as you can see the handwriting clearly, you will be fine." The other party said with a smile.

"If you want a cheaper price, you only need to use a kind of hemp paper that is slightly better than ordinary hemp paper, cut it and print it into a book, and you can buy one for only five cents. Do you want to order it?" Si Niang asked them seriously.

"Hahaha, we are not trying to buy those poor quality booklets, but we are just suspicious that your booklets are slightly more expensive than others." Everyone present laughed.

"It's more expensive, but it's not that it's not worth it." Luo Siniang replied.

Although these merchants did not do such booklets, they saw the Luo family's fourth wife at such a young age and could look at the shops themselves with adults. They were also very wise and were a bit impressed while being novel.

So everyone took out some copper coins from their bodies and bought twenty or thirty booklets from this shop. After all, these were booklets made by the Luo family themselves, and they were a little different from those outside. They bought a few and gave them to their family members, and then told them about the deeds of the Luo family in Xipo Village, which is also very good.

Siniang and Goro were both very happy to make this deal. During dinner that day, they talked about this matter with Luo Yong, and their joy was beyond words.

After hearing this, Luo Yong just laughed and said nothing except to be happy for them.

In fact, when Si Niang and the others published a large number of such pamphlets, Luo Yong had already realized that in the days to come, there would definitely be few people who followed the trend and carved out the woodblock printing. If there were more people, the price would definitely decline and sales would also become a problem.

The reason why they were not reminded was that they wanted these two children to feel the taste of setbacks, and at the same time, they also knew that in this world, in addition to success, there was also the possibility of failure, and in addition to making money in business, there was also the possibility of losing money.

However, this matter cannot be explained to these two children in person.

"You two have become a little hot recently. I stewed some pear water with you. Let's eat it while it's hot."

"Wow! There is pear water!"

"Brother is so nice."

At this time, Si Niang Wuro really felt that the people in the world were not as good as his brother. They took so much money to buy paper, ink and dyes. They printed so many booklets but couldn't sell them. They were not bothered. They even ate pear water with them...
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