Chapter 714 Can be used
Bai Shan said, "Because there are no car dealerships in Luojiang County."
Zhou Silang was silent.
There is a car agency in Yizhou City. What is a car agency? It provides services for hiring and renting cars.
Luojiang County is very small. People take a ride by basically waving on the official road or at the city gate, asking where they are going, and then paying a little money to get on the bus and ride for a while if it's going in the same direction.
Of course, everyone also calls this a car dealership.
Zhou Silang used to think that he could just call a taxi, and there were people who specialized in matchmaking.
But when he arrived in Yizhou City, he realized that it didn't count at all.
The real carriage dealerships occupy an entire street, with ox carts, mule carts, donkey carts, horse carts, and everything else. You can rent a car or hire one.
If you are going nearby, you can wander around the city. If you are going far away, even if you shout that you want to go to the Western Regions, there will be brave people who will take your order. As long as you can afford it, they can even hire guards for you.
Of course, there are also cheaper ones. Some small businesses need a car, and when they can't afford to buy one themselves, they will go there to rent or hire one.
Bai Shan didn't know this before, but Zhou Silang and Zhou Lijun both went to the car dealership to find a job, and when he went home and told them about it, he remembered it in his mind.
So now he said, "One car is too slow to go back and forth. Even if you add your family's ox cart, it's not cost-effective to have so many people guarding two cars back and forth. It's better to spend some money to rent a car, do this business a few times, and get the money in hand."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, which meant the same thing.
Zhou Silang was conflicted, thinking that this cost was unnecessary, but he also felt that they were right. What if he was robbed again?
It is obviously more expensive to have so many people guarding only two cars.
Before he could figure it out, Manbao reached out and pushed him down on the bed, saying, "Don't worry about these things. Just focus on your brain. I'll help you fix it."
In fact, it wasn't just her, there was also Zhou Lijun, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang who helped her calculate the cost.
Zhou Lijun had a fairly good understanding of the wages in the city. After all, she had been looking for a job for several months.
As for the cost of renting a car, Zhou Lijun said, "Aunt, I'll go to the car dealership and ask."
"Don't ask about the price of a horse-drawn carriage; it must be very expensive. Ask about ox-drawn and mule-drawn carts instead."
Zhou Lijun agreed and asked, "Do you want my dad and the others to come over and take these cars and people back? Otherwise, what if they run away with the cars?"
Bai Shan: "...It has the dealership's stamp on it. Where could they go? We can find some workers who have families in Yizhou City."
Manbao said, "Let's write a letter to my elder brother and his friends first, and ask them to go and collect the wheat seeds. That way, they can bring the wheat seeds over as soon as the truck arrives."
No one has any objection to this.
Manbao began to write a letter.
Zhou Silang was injured, so of course he had to ask someone to take the letter back. Daji had a familiar business, so he took the letter directly to find someone and guaranteed that it would be delivered to Qianji Restaurant in Luojiang County tomorrow.
Before Xiao Qianshi received the letter, Zhou Silang started to worry. It was such a huge amount of money, and he was the one who initiated this business in the beginning. How could he not worry about it?
So after taking three doses of medicine and thinking all night, he finally found Manbao and said, "You can hire people from the city, but you can't just hire them randomly on the street. I just remembered that our wheat seed business has never been big. We have always been doing it quietly. If we bring these strangers back to the village and let them know where our wheat seeds come from and what the price is, will our family still be able to do this business in the future?"
Manbao was stunned, scratching his head and asked, "What should we do then?"
"I have a few friends who can use it, and I'm sure they won't steal our business or betray us." Zhou Silang paused and said, "And Chen Erlang, he and his gang of brothers can also use it. By the way, didn't you say you were treating his wife's illness? What's wrong with her?"
Manbao: "Yes, I took the time to go to Jishiditang yesterday to give her acupuncture. I also gave her some cakes as a thank you for saving you. You can go back with the rest after you get better. I can't buy them drinks."
Zhou Silang said, "Chen Erlang is a man who knows how to repay a favor. I think he can be useful. You don't know that when we met, they actually wanted to snatch me away too."
Manbao widened his eyes, but Bai Shan was not surprised at all. When he asked Chen Erlang and the others before, he asked a few more questions, and they were vague and seemed a little guilty. He had vaguely guessed something at that time.
"They were dressed in rags, and many of them didn't even have shoes. They were obviously refugees. People like them could just steal a horse, lose their registration documents, and run away. They could then secretly sell the horse somewhere else and then move to another place to change their names and live their lives," Zhou Silang said. "I was scared to death at the time, but luckily I was smart and told them that if they were willing to save me, my family would reward them handsomely. Then I told them that I had a younger brother studying in the provincial school, a younger sister who was a doctor in the Jishidi Hall, and a brother-in-law who was a high-ranking official in the military camp..."
Bai Shan: ...
Manbao: ...
Zhou Silang was nervous at the time. Although he had a head injury, his mind and eyes were extremely clear at that moment. He could feel that when he said that his sister was a doctor in Jishidiang, Chen Erlang obviously hesitated.
Although he didn't know why, it didn't stop Zhou Silang from immediately praising his sister to the point of describing her as a fairy figure who only existed in heaven and not on earth.
Then Chen Erlang asked him what his name was, and Zhou Silang replied, "My last name is Zhou, and I am the fourth child in my family. You can just call me Zhou Silang."
He added, "My youngest sister is the eighth child in the family. Her name is Zhou Man. She's not only from Jishitang, but if you ask around in Yizhou City, you're sure someone knows her. Do you know the young master of the Ji family? He fell off his horse and had his stomach cut, and it was my sister who saved him."
Then Chen Erlang brought him back to Yizhou City and went straight to the courtyard. When Aunt Rong saw him, she screamed in surprise and quickly welcomed him in. Then Chen Erlang and his group became restrained and were especially respectful to Zhou Silang.
Zhou Silang didn't mind at all that he was almost robbed by Chen Erlang and his men. He actually thought that Chen Erlang was very grateful for saving him as soon as he heard about Manbao, so he said, "Manbao, you should take good care of his wife. He has no money, so you should pay for her medicine and deduct the money from his wages later."
Manbao: ...
Bai Shan directly pulled Man Bao out and said, "Let's go. If we want to invite people, we have to talk to them properly. Do you want to buy some gifts? After all, they saved Zhou Si."
Manbao said: "Send some rice and flour, these things are most useful to them, as well as medicinal herbs."
Zhou Silang watched the two people leave. He called out to them several times, but they ignored him. He felt pain all over his body, so he hesitated for a moment but still didn't get out of bed.
Forget it. He's not as smart as them anyway, so they shouldn't suffer any loss.
(End of this chapter)
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