Wang Da didn't follow Lin Rui's leaping thoughts and said without thinking, "We're short of everything. We're short of food, water, and clothes, but what we're short of the most is oil and water. You've been eating bean dregs for three meals straight. Many soldiers in the camp have complained to me that their tents stink at night. They're full of farts! They haven't had a single drop of oil or water in their stomachs all day, and their shit is bleeding."
Lin Rui tried not to laugh, as he almost forgot that soybeans are good for promoting defecation.
Wait, there's no oil or water!
Lin Rui seemed to have found a way to show his courtesy. He looked at Wang Da, patted his shoulder happily and said, "Brother Wang, I got it!"
"Hey? What did you think of?" Wang Da was confused by his incoherent words.
But Lin Rui kept it a secret: "A secret. Maybe you'll know tomorrow if things go well!"
"Ah?" The question mark on Wang's forehead almost turned into reality.
The horse-drawn carriage dropped Wang Da off at the gate of the military camp and then rushed towards Baituo Town as if there was a fire behind it.
Wang Da rubbed his head, feeling quite puzzled, "It's so mysterious."
Lin Rui was sitting in the carriage at this time and was already thinking. If the military camp was short of oil and water, he would go to deliver it. He would give whatever was needed. Major General Xing would definitely see his goodness, and it would not be impossible for them to become sworn brothers with him.
He wasn't a qualified businessman, but he was close to being one. A businessman, who spent a penny to get the most out of his money, was even more different.
Therefore, the word "send" is very particular.
"Master, where are we going now?"
Lin Rui: "White Camel Town."
Even though Huangmoguan has become bustling now because more people are reclaiming the land, it cannot be compared with Baituo Town, which is supported by the Xing family army as a commercial pilot. Now the people of Huangmoguan have to go to Baituo Town if they need needles and thread or see a doctor. The peddlers have changed their careers to sell tofu from Lin's workshop.
Each area has a unified price. Anyone who disrupts the market will be put on the blacklist of Lin's Workshop's partners. Therefore, as long as you are a tofu vendor, you can make a minimum profit of two cents for each piece of tofu. If it is sold out in less than half a day, you can make money very quickly, which is better than carrying a box of goods around the village.
What is Lin Rui doing in town?
The ending is obvious, of course it is to prepare for the oil and water.
What has the most fat and water? Of course it’s meat!
So he rode non-stop to Baituo Town without taking any detours, and asked Sanliang to pull the carriage directly to the pork shop.
"Boss, how much meat is left in the shop? I'll take it all!" Lin Rui said loudly.
The butcher turned around and said with a smile, "Don't make such boasts. I just received twenty pigs. If you want any, I'll kill them for you today."
He had been speaking with a smile, but when he saw the familiar figure standing in front of the pork shop, the owner couldn't help but call out, "Are you Chief Lin?"
Know him? Lin Rui also looked up at him and smiled. Hey, it turns out to be an acquaintance!
Aren’t these the Gao family members who traveled with them for a while when they were fleeing famine?
The one selling pork in the pork shop at this time was Gao Yumin. He was assigned to Baituo Town and started his old business again. He used all his family's wealth to buy this shop. His brother Gao Yuliang also bought a smaller shop in the east of the city, and their sons rented small stalls in the west and south of the city respectively. In short, although the Gao family's wealth is still small now, they have big ideas. They plan to set up a chain of pork shops!
"It's me, Gao... Now it's time to call you Boss Gao!" Lin Rui greeted him with a smile.
"How could that be? The Lin's Workshop that's been so much talked about in Baituo Town lately must have been founded by you, right?"
Lin Rui waved his hand: "It's a bit arrogant to say it was founded. It was the brainstorming of the clan members who came up with it. Everyone has contributed."
The pork shop was not so busy at the moment. It was already afternoon and everyone had bought the vegetables they needed. Even the stock in the pork shop had been sold out, so he really came at a bad time to buy meat.
Gao Yumin invited Lin Rui to his shop. Because they were in the pork business, the shop was inevitably stained with blood and oil, making it look extremely dirty. "It's a bit messy, Chief Lin, please don't be disgusted!"
Lin Rui's attitude was gentle, as usual: "What kind of dirt and mess can be compared to the situation we're on the road fleeing from famine?"
Gao Yumin was stunned by the question, shook his head and smiled, and couldn't help but admire Lin Rui's generosity: "Does Patriarch Lin really need such a large amount of meat?"
Lin Rui nodded, "Indeed." Before coming to buy the meat, he had thought of using ox carts and horse carts to deliver the sliced meat to the barracks for the soldiers to eat and drink. But when he reached the pork stall, he had another idea.
What could be more spectacular and eye-catching than twenty fat pigs being driven to rush towards the Huotou Camp? Wouldn't this achieve his goal of making a splash? He was a marketing genius!
"Boss Gao, can you sell live pigs here?" he asked.
"A live pig? Does Patriarch Lin plan to buy it and raise it or kill it for meat?"
"Kill the meat eaters."
"I don't recommend killing live pigs for eating. Killing the pig, scalding the skin and separating the meat are all physically demanding tasks. Buy some freshly slaughtered pigs so you can save yourself the trouble and effort when you get home." Gao Yumin advised truthfully.
Lin Rui shook his head: "No, I want the pig alive to be useful."
Gao Yumin didn't ask why, but nodded and said, "We have live pigs too. Which one do you want?"
"The ones that are ready for slaughter are edible. The heavier, fatter and more meat they produce, the better." Lin Rui said. Nowadays, there are actually methods for sterilizing and breeding pigs. Domestic pork is not so tough and fishy, and is fat and lean. However, due to insufficient feed and food, pigs are usually slaughtered before they grow too big.
Gao Yumin nodded: "We do have live pigs, how many do you want?"
"Twenty or thirty?" He was also considering whether twenty or thirty pigs would produce a better effect.
Gao Yumin wanted to do this business, but he couldn't supply so many. "Chief Lin, the live pig business is really not profitable. I can only receive 30 pigs a day at best, and they are shipped by caravans from outside the province. You have to leave us at least 10 pigs to maintain the business of the shop."
"That's fine." Twenty heads have their uses, at least all the soldiers in the Flying Tiger Camp can have a meal of meat.
The next morning, Wang Da, Deng Hui and Xie Yang were still working in the Fire Battalion of the Flying Tiger Battalion while discussing what happened to Lin Rui yesterday. Xie Yang couldn't help but curse the Fang family for being inhumane and daring to do whatever they wanted in Huangmo Pass, showing that they really didn't take the Major General seriously.
At this moment, there was suddenly a burst of noise outside!
"What's wrong?"
"What happened!"
At this moment, a soldier opened the tent of the Fire Head Battalion, his face flushed, "Manager Wang, Manager Deng, quickly go out and take a look! There are a lot of live pigs outside the barracks!"
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