Chapter 233 You should really think about whether Liujiatun can still accommodate you!
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One day in mid-November, snowflakes fell silently.
Li Shiyue wasn't dressed very warmly. Before she left, her mother told her to wear more clothes so she wouldn't catch a cold.
Li Shiyue verbally agreed with her mother's words, but in reality, she still did things her own way.
The main reason is that after practicing the internal energy cultivation technique that Li Shiyue redeemed with her points for so long, she is no longer afraid of the cold in winter or the heat in summer. It's like she has a portable air conditioner on her body.
Since discovering her true nature, Li Shiyue has started browsing the system's exchange shop for half an hour every night before bed. If she sees a good item that costs a certain number of points, she will not let it go and will directly exchange it for it with her points.
Thus, she had spent almost all of the points she had accumulated.
This made Li Shiyue want to go to the prefectural city and into the Prince's mansion to find Liu Shu and do some tasks.
However, the trade fair was about to begin, so she could only think about it; she didn't have the time to actually go to the prefectural city to find Liu Shu.
Moreover, given Li Shiyue's temperament—she can't stand the slightest grievance—she'd probably want to slap Liu Shu across the face before they even exchanged a few words.
Liujiatun is located at the foot of Daheishan Mountain, and it gets cold earlier than Qingsong Town and Sanshan County.
This isn't the first time a few snowflakes have started falling. Li Shiyue exhaled a breath, and you could see white smoke rising from it. The temperature is already below zero; it's really quite cold.
There were quite a few people standing behind Li Shiyue; it was more than half of the people in Liujiatun.
As for why they were standing at the village entrance?
This was because Liu Tan and Yan Jiuniang had sent word that the various caravans, large and small, preparing to participate in the trade fair had already crossed the sea to Sanshan Port a few days ago.
It should be around today; the first caravan should be arriving soon.
Li Shiyue and his group were waiting here for the caravan to arrive. They had finally been waiting for this good day of making money right at their doorstep.
A few days ago, all the men and women in the village went up the mountain to collect dry branches, which provided a lot of firewood for the two large inns on both sides of the road at the entrance of the village.
Li Shiyue had it all planned out; their Liujiatun would be a transit point on the trade route!
In addition to providing accommodation and food, they also act as a market for buying and selling, which includes not only local mountain products, but also food and daily necessities.
There's also the paper produced in the paper mill, and the charcoal kiln managed by Ma Zi already has various grades of charcoal available for sale. The rabbit farm managed by Er Dan's mother now has more than two hundred rabbits. The rabbit meat can be eaten, and the rabbit skin can be sold.
They can also rent out the houses built by caravans at the entrance of their village and on the riverbank.
It has shops, warehouses, and livestock sheds—everything you could need!
More than half a year ago, the dogs raised by the people of Liujiatun had all grown up. Li Shiyue was thinking that when the snow fell heavily in December and the temperature dropped low enough, he would set up a dog sled transport team.
Transporting goods and people for caravans is a profitable business, and they can make some money from it.
After all, people are idle in the winter, and who doesn't want to make some money?
Some time ago, Li Shiyue held a meeting in the ancestral hall for everyone in Liujiatun, and talked about all the important and minor matters of receiving the caravan.
Several points were emphasized: "First, never be greedy for small gains and waste big money!"
Aside from the items I mentioned that have a fixed price, I don't care how much you sell to others, but you absolutely cannot shortchange them or pass off inferior goods as superior ones!
Our business is a family business passed down through generations. If any family tries to take advantage of others and ruins the reputation of our village, I, Li Shiyue, will no longer concern myself with your family's affairs!
Remember this!
After Li Shiyue said this, she looked towards her eighth uncle and the others. The women from those families who had been glared at by her all lowered their heads guiltily.
Those women were always looking for a way to get something for nothing. They were the kind of people who liked to steal vegetables from other people's fields in the village, and they were Li Shiyue's main targets.
"Secondly, forced buying and selling is prohibited!"
This business isn't just a one-off transaction. As long as there's no war, we can continue doing business indefinitely!
If you can't agree on a price, then part ways amicably; there should be no forced buying or selling!
Doing business is about making money. You don't have to be obsequious to others, but you also can't be arrogant!
Some people still didn't understand the meaning of these two words. Zhou Lanhua had been learning very well in Jiang Huai's little class these days, so she quickly explained it to Li Shiyue.
"What October meant was that we shouldn't look down on ourselves just because we're from the countryside. Those merchants aren't any more noble than us."
But we're in business, we're making money off others, so it's only right that we give them a smile.
"October, is that what you mean?"
Li Shiyue gave Zhou Lanhua a thumbs up, and Zhou Lanhua was so happy that she could hardly see her eyes.
"Finally, even if a deal falls through, we should still be on good terms!"
You can't give people the cold shoulder just because they didn't buy your stuff!
You shouldn't be sarcastic or unfriendly to people just because you didn't make money from them;
Furthermore, you must not get into arguments with others; you should always talk things out calmly!
If you can't explain it, quickly ask someone to find Uncle Wangshui. He absolutely cannot take advantage of the fact that he's in our village and has more people to start a fight!
If any family violates these three rules, then they are not taking what I, Li Shiyue, said to heart!
If my words, Li Shiyue's words, don't carry weight with you, then you'd better think carefully about whether Liujiatun can still contain you!
So, right now, all the people behind Li Shiyue were genuinely smiling, though those smiles looked somewhat fake.
The swirling wind whipped up a gust of snow and slapped it against people's faces. Li Shiyue touched her slightly cold nose and looked ahead. She could already hear voices.
Sure enough, a short while later, Ma Zi came running over.
When they were not far apart, Ma Zi shouted to Li Shiyue and the others, "Two families, about fifty people in total, and more than twenty large animals!"
Having received Ma Zi's message, Li Wangshui looked at Li Shiyue. Seeing Li Shiyue nod, Li Wangshui quickly gave instructions to the people behind him.
"...Go boil water. Even if people don't take a bath, there will be a lot of water for both people and livestock to drink."
Hey, hurry up and get all the fodder out of the livestock shed. Didn't you hear there are about twenty large animals?
And you, tell the women in the kitchen to start the fire and wait. Even if they have brought dry food, they can't go without eating something hot. They can always order a pot of vegetable soup, right?
"Thirteen, it's you. You're quick on your feet, go to the inn and tell Old Man Liu."
After a while, a large group of people, driving oxen, horses, and mules pulling carts that stretched as far as the eye could see, turned off the main road from the village entrance.
The one leading the way is none other than Mole, who was with Pockmarked Man before.
Just then, you see the man with the mole sitting on the shaft of someone's cart, chatting and laughing with the driver.
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