Now that Zhao Hui can get out of bed, Yu Shu is not so nervous. She keeps thinking about the job at the Thai Heng Chamber of Commerce, so she discussed with Zhao Hui and got her permission to invite Auntie Hu next door to accompany Zhao Hui when she goes out. At noon, Auntie Hu cooks a meal for Yu Xiaoxiu and gives her two strings of copper coins. Auntie Hu is idle at home, so she doesn't want Yu Shu's money. It's not until Zhao Hui says that she is sorry that she accepts it.
This morning, Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu go out together and separate at the street of Changmenpu. One goes north and the other goes west.
As soon as Yu Shu enters the main hall, she sees Pei Jing coming out with two people. When he sees her, he stops and says in surprise: "Why are you here today?"
"My aunt's illness is not serious. I asked someone to take care of her, and then I come here to work. Mr. Pei, are you going out?"
"That's good. I'm going to the south of the city. Let's go. It's good for you to come with me." Pei Jing beckons to her and points to the carriage parked at the door. He gets on first, and the two people behind him follow. Yu Shu puts the umbrella under her armpit and gets on the carriage last.
Pei Jing sits in the innermost seat. When he sees her holding an umbrella, he teases: "The weather is so good today. Why do you bring an umbrella? Are you going to shade yourself from the sun? Are you afraid of getting tanned? "
The two people in the carriage laugh, and Yu Shu embarrassedly says: "It's better to be safe than sorry."
Pei Jing asks her a few more words and then goes to talk to the other two people. Yu Shu quietly listens to them and doesn't interrupt. Because she has been in the Chamber of Commerce for a while, she is not confused by their jargon.
It turned out that the prices of Chinese medicinal herbs in the city had been high recently and the demand for them had not met. The Thai Heng Chamber of Commerce had found a way to purchase a batch of medicinal herbs that were in short supply from other provinces. As soon as they arrived, Pei Jing brought the two of them to inspect the goods.
Yu Shu was the first to jump off the carriage. She heard a noise and saw seven or eight wagons parked on the opposite side of the road. The front of the wagon was pulled by a horse, and the boards of the wagons were covered with tarpaulin. Some of the tarpaulins were uncovered, revealing large wooden boxes with yellow strips. Presumably, the boxes were filled with medicinal herbs. There were more than a dozen people standing beside the wagons. Three of them were obviously in charge, and they were looking in their direction. Among them, there was a fat man wearing a yellow shirt, which made her take a few more glances.
Yu Shu looks left and right. She only knows that this is the south of the city, but she doesn't know where exactly it is. While she was observing, Pei Jing had already led his men to talk to the man. Yu Shu also followed them. After listening to their conversation, she realized that the middle-aged fatty was one of them.
Pei Jing pointed to a row of wagons and gestured for them to open the boxes. The boxes were opened, and the medicinal herbs inside were divided into packets. Yu Shu saw the two people brought by Pei Jing. One of them went forward to check the herbs, and when he came back, he said to Pei Jing: "Chief Pei, 80% of the herbs inside need to be dried again, and the quality is average."
The foreign businessman who brought the goods was listening on the side. Without waiting for Pei Jing to speak, he interrupted: "You are the one who asked for it in such a hurry. Can you wait if it is really dried and sent here?"
This time, the responsibility was pushed to others. Yu Shu was still thinking about how Pei Jing would bargain with them, but she heard him say: "Seventh Line, give them the bill."
"Okay." The fat man, 'Seventh Line', walked forward with an abacus, approached an accountant, calculated the bill, and took out a stack of banknotes to count.
Yu Shu stretched her neck and saw that the first note in the stack was printed with '100'. This stack should be worth over a thousand taels of silver. She was secretly shocked. Only now did she realize that this was a big transaction.
In the end, Pei Jing asked them to unload the goods by the roadside and sent one of his subordinates to lead the group of foreigners to their accommodation. When the foreigners had all left, he looked at the accountant named 'Seventh' and smiled. Yu Shu did not know what they were so happy about. She looked a little confused. When Pei Jing saw this, he asked, "Do you know why I didn't take the opportunity to lower the price just now?"
Yu Shu thought about it and chose the safest one: "I see that you are familiar with them, so you should have been in contact with them before. This is not a one-off deal. They came all the way here. If you blackmail them, it will damage your reputation, and it will be difficult to do business in the future."
After listening to Yu Shu's opinion, Pei Jing laughed, pointed at her, and said to the surprised 'Seventh Line', "What do you think? This child is good, isn't she?"
Seventh Line nodded and said to Yu Shu: "You are right about one thing."
Yu Shu was curious: "What else?"
Pei Jing patted her on the shoulder, took out a handful of herbs from the box at the back, and spread them out: "They are unorthodox people, and the things they pick are good, but they don't know how to dry the herbs. If they really 'dry' the herbs, I won't accept it even if the price is reduced by 20%."
It turned out that he thought that their processing skills were not good and damaged the herbs.
"Xiao Yu, remember, doing business is the same as being a person. It is obviously the same thing, but the way you do it is different."
Indeed, Yu Shu nodded modestly: "I understand."
At this time, Pei Jing introduced to the two of them: "Seventh Line, this child is the one I told you about previously. She is good at learning, and her temper is also to my liking. Xiao Yu, this is Fatty Xing, nicknamed Seventh Line. He is the head shopkeeper of the thirteen shops under me. You guys meet him. "
Yu Shu then bowed to Seventh Line: "Shopkeeper Xing, I am Yu Shu, please take care of me in the future."
Seventh Line was not interested in her, so he just smiled and did not fight with her. Yu Shu thought that he was in charge of thirteen shops under him, and it was natural for him to put on airs. Not everyone was like Pei Jing, who took care of her because he appreciated her quickness. Pei Jing turned to the people around him and ordered: "While it is still early, you guys send these goods to the medicine field now. Pick a few more medicinal workers to spread them out and dry them together. It will not rain these two days, so don't be afraid. Deal with this batch of herbs as soon as possible so that we can sell them."
"Yes, Chief Pei."
Yu Shu was taken aback when he heard Pei Qian's words. He saw a few horse carriages coming from the south, and someone was busy loading the goods onto the carriages. Yu Shu hurriedly said, "Mr. Pei, why did you ask someone to dry the medicine? What if it rains?
There were so many herbs out to dry, no matter if it was in the shade or the heat. If it suddenly rained, wouldn't they be unable to harvest them in time?
Pei Jing explained unhurriedly, "That won't happen. Yesterday, I specially asked the Kong Family's Barter Shop to calculate that it won't rain for the next three days. Otherwise, how would I dare to let them take out all the herbs to dry? This batch of herbs is very precious. If it rains, even a little bit of it would be enough to choke."
Yu Shu furrowed her brows. What do you mean it won't rain? There will be a rain this afternoon, and it will be a torrential downpour that will last until night!
Looking at Pei Jing's carefree expression, Yu Shu started to worry. How should she explain to Pei Jing so that he would believe her? He had calculated it at the Dayi Trading House. Would he listen to a child like her? But if she did not say anything, would she just watch as the medicinal herbs that were worth so much money go down the drain?
Seeing that the carts were loaded and about to be taken away, she could not care less and hurriedly shouted: "Don't go!"
The carriages stopped, and everyone turned to look at her. Pei Jing asked: "What's wrong?" "Mr. Pei, I think it will rain today. Do you think we should wait until tomorrow to dry the medicine?" Yu Shu advised. Pei Jing had treated her well. Not long ago, Zhao Hui could not afford the medicine because of his help. Now that he was going to lose money, she could not just stand by and watch.
Pei Jing glanced at Xing Qi, and Xing Qi frowned at Yu Shu: "Don't worry, we have looked for the Kong Family's Dayi Trading House to calculate, how could —"
"There are times when the calculations are wrong. What if they are wrong?" Yu Shu interrupted him and raised the umbrella in her hand. She braced herself and said to Pei Jing: "I'm not speaking carelessly. Sir, you know that I know a little about Yi, and I occasionally ponder over it. If there's anything that I'm good at, it would be Qingyu's prediction. I pushed a few rounds last night, and it was raining today. That's why I brought an umbrella and wore a pair of old shoes when I went out to see the weather."
Pei Jing and Xing Qi looked at the umbrella in her hand and the shoes on her feet. The former hesitated, while the latter smiled and patted Yu Shu's shoulder: "Young man, you are quite cautious. You know that you know how to calculate, and you have ambition. Not bad, not bad. But we can't wait any longer for this batch of medicine. Other chambers of commerce are also looking for the goods. If we wait for another half a day, it will be a loss. "
Yu Shu's face darkened. She looked at Xing Qi waving his hand to let the carriages leave. She was about to be thick-skinned again when she heard Pei Jing shout: "Wait!" The carriage stopped again after two steps. It turned to listen to Pei Jing's order: "Send the goods to the medicine field and carry them into the warehouse. Don't touch them today."
"Yes, Chief."
Hearing this, Yu Shu was happy. Xing Qi hurriedly said: "Second brother?"
Pei Jing shook his head and said: "Listen to me."
He had been doing business for many years, and he could be better than many people not only because of his shrewdness and brain, but also because of his sensitivity. He was not sure whether Yu Shu was accurate, but he had a feeling that this child was not talking nonsense.
Pei Jing's words made Xing Qi shut up. He turned his head and glared at Yu Shu gloomily.
Yu Shu stuck out her tongue at him. Anyway, the medicine was saved. When it rained in the afternoon, they would thank her. — — *
Yu Shu's guess was not wrong. After sending the batch of medicine, she followed Pei Jing and Xing Qi back to the headquarters. At noon, she ate fried food with the two managers. After lunch, Pei Jing and Xing Qi left the headquarters.
In the afternoon, when she was looking at the account book in the accounting room alone, she heard a thunder outside. Then, a gust of wind rolled in from the window, and she heard raindrops falling on the windowsill.
Yu Shu put down her pen and got up to close the window. Looking at the sky outside, she didn't feel like she had won the lottery. If she made a mistake one day, she would be surprised.
Not long after she sat down, the door was pushed open from the outside. Xing Fatso stepped in. His hair and shoulders were wet, and he smiled too brightly. When he glanced at the place where Yu Shu was sitting, he strode over: "Boy, you did a great job today. You helped me a lot!"
Yu Shu stood up and said to him: "Manager Fatso."
"Sit, sit down. I'll leave after a few words with you." Unlike the coldness he showed to Yu Shu in the morning, Xing Qi looked friendly, but he was still afraid in his heart. If it wasn't for this child's suggestion, they would have spread all the medicine out to dry. After such a heavy rain, they would lose half of their capital, not to mention making a profit.
"Old Pei is in the west of the city, he can't come back in the afternoon. Otherwise, he would take you to a restaurant for a meal. But it's okay. When he comes tomorrow, he will definitely thank you again. Haha, Old Pei is the most loyal person. This time, he will give you a big red packet."
Yu Shu said shyly: "Manager Fatso, don't laugh at me. This matter is Mr. Pei's own idea." She was not being modest. Last time, Pei Jing helped her buy cheap medicine and saved her a lot of money. She didn't have time to prepare a gift to thank him. This time, it was to return the favor.
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