Chapter 656 Amazing Sales
Wan Laoer drove his horse-drawn carriage to the door of the shop, and immediately a waiter came up to lead the horse and greeted him.
"Sir, please come in."
Wan Laoer handed the carriage to the waiter and walked into the shop. The shop was much bigger than he had imagined. He wondered if it was the result of a later renovation.
As soon as Wan Laoer came in, he was led to his seat.
"I'm looking for your shopkeeper. Is he here?" Wan Laoer quickly explained his purpose.
"Sir, our shopkeeper is in the back. Please wait a moment. I will go and invite him over."
When the shop is too busy, Wan Laosi will personally help out.
Wan Laoer saw that the shop was almost full of people, and even the seats upstairs were occupied.
Soon Wan Laosi came over.
"Second brother? When did you come back?"
Wan Laosi quickly took off his apron and handed it to the waiter, then put down his rolled-up sleeves and walked over quickly.
"Fourth brother, I came back a few days ago and hurried to the capital city to look for you."
"Let's go, let's talk in the back."
There is a small yard behind the shop, and Wan Laosi usually lives in the yard.
The two brothers went to the back room, and Wan Lao Si poured a cup of tea for Wan Lao Er.
"Second brother, you've been gone for half a year, and it's been really hard on us. The first month you left, we almost couldn't open this shop. Fortunately, Zhengyang managed to open the workshop despite his injury, otherwise all our business would have been in vain, and the rent for this shop would have been in vain. Second brother, what's the urgent matter that you've been gone for half a year? No news from you at all? How worried are mother and second sister-in-law at home?"
Wan Laosi sighed heavily and looked unhappy.
This was the first time someone scolded Wan Laoer since he returned home, but he felt much better.
"Fourth brother, I do have an urgent matter. We were being chased in Qinping County. The other party was from the Kingdom of Yue, and they came to snatch Fubao. I had no choice but to take Fubao to the capital to ask Moer for help. The situation was urgent and I couldn't contact you. I was afraid that those people would find our house and it would be bad for you. I had planned to write to you to report my safety as soon as I arrived in the capital, but later I asked someone to bring you a letter saying that I was going to take Fubao out for a trip. I just lied." Wan Laoer knew he was in the wrong and lowered his head.
"Second brother, it's such a big deal, why did you leave without saying a word? If they can find Fubao, they will definitely find our house. You are really stupid."
Wan Laosi slapped his thigh in anger.
Wan Laoer didn't say anything either. He was stupid and there was nothing he could do. The only person he could think of at that time was Wan Xingmo.
When Wan Laosi saw that Wan Laoer didn't say anything, he knew that anything he said now would be redundant.
"Second brother, since you are back, I guess everything should be resolved, right? Mother and second sister-in-law should not know about this, right?" Wan Laosi expressed his guess.
"Yes, mother and the others don't know about Fubao yet, so you must not let it slip. It was a good decision to go to the capital this time, and things should be stable for a while. We didn't meet anyone from Yue on the way back, which means Mo'er really helped our family. When we passed through Dezhou, Quan'er bought two maids who knew Kung Fu for Fubao, and I brought them back with me. But I just told people that Quan'er found two playmates for Fubao. After all, there are many people in the village, and our family is very popular, so we should be as cautious as possible."
"Well, second brother is right to worry. You've been gone for half a year, and you haven't heard anything else since you came back?"
Wan Lao Si looked at Wan Lao Er and asked.
"The county magistrate came to our house and talked about planting potatoes this year." Wan Laoer came this time to discuss this matter with Wan Laosi and did not hide anything.
"Brother, what the county magistrate did was not fair. We are relatives, yes, but there is another town growing potatoes. Has he ever considered whether our family can afford to buy them? We are just farmers, not philanthropists. We also need to eat and drink."
Wan Lao Er quickly glanced outside and whispered, "Fourth brother, please keep your voice down. Be careful that there are ears on the other side of the wall."
"What are you afraid of? He can do it, but we are not allowed to say anything? Isn't he doing it for his political achievements? But he can't sacrifice our family for his political achievements, right?"
"Alas, I haven't replied to him yet. He said he came to ask about the situation here. If we really don't have the ability, we can only collect as much as we can in our town, and the rest can only be solved by letting the people go to the county government to find the county magistrate."
Wan Laoer sighed heavily. He was a little overwhelmed as there were so many things to deal with when he got home.
"But, fourth brother, you should have an idea of how much potato flour our family consumes in a month, right?"
Seeing that his second brother had hit the nail on the head, Wan Laosi stood up and took out a stack of account books from the cabinet nearby.
"Brother, take a look for yourself. This is all the expenses and income of our shop since its opening."
Wan Laoer felt overwhelmed looking at the pile of account books.
"Fourth brother, you know I have a headache looking at these things, just tell me directly."
"You paid for all this. Although we haven't split up the family business, the split was agreed upon in advance. You got the lion's share. You didn't even look at the account book. Aren't you afraid that I'll falsify the accounts?"
"Old Four, you're telling this to your second brother? Of course, your second brother believes you."
Wan Lao Si gave a bitter smile, took the account book, flipped it open and took a look, saying, "Since you left, in the past six months, we have sold more than 100,000 kilograms of potato flour. This is just from our shop. We haven't counted the sales from Xuanning County and Sansao Town. The total should be about 120,000 kilograms, because the shop in Xuanning County has not been open for long and the population is not as large as here in the capital."
Wan Lao Er simply did some calculations in his mind and sighed, "We purchased several million kilograms of potatoes last year. Excluding those for seeds, we still have nearly three million kilograms. At this sales rate, we have less than one-third of the potatoes left. Plus, this year's potatoes will be harvested in two months. The key is how to get rid of the remaining inventory in these two months."
Wan Laosi has already come up with a few ideas.
"Brother, I have five thousand taels of silver in my hand now, which is the profit of this shop in the past six months. The average monthly income is nearly one thousand taels, which is pretty good. I am thinking of opening a few more branches in the capital city, and it is also time to open branches in various counties. In this way, the remaining inventory can be easily sold. But what worries me now is that there are no available people."
Wan Laosi has to take care of the shop and also worry about expanding the business, so his energy is limited.
"Fourth brother, let's buy some people. We saved a man on the way to the capital this time. I learned from him that if we want to expand our business, we must have our own people. So if we want to open branches in various counties, we have to buy some people, preferably managers. Spending some silver can make more money. What is this called? Oh, right, it's called money making money."
Wan Laoer learned half of what Jia Yanbing said and told Wan Laosi.
However, Wan Laosi was smart and understood it immediately.
"Brother, I understand what you said. I didn't have money before, so how could I dare to use these five thousand taels without your permission? Even if I want to buy someone now, I may not find a suitable one, especially a manager. It's even harder to buy one. This is something that can only be encountered by chance."
Wan Lao Er also knew this, so he did not continue the topic and asked, "Fourth brother, how should I respond to the county magistrate when I get back? You are smart, can you help me think about it?"
Wan Laoer directly pushed the problem to Wan Laosi.
"Brother, wait a minute. You haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go have a drink."
Wan Laoer was in no mood to drink, but Wan Laosi dragged him out of the shop to get some wine.
As soon as the two of them went out, they bumped into a drunk man.
The man also spit out dirty stuff all over Wan Laosi's body. Wan Laosi was so angry that he wanted to punch the man twice, but when he saw the man's face clearly, he was stunned where he was.
"Isn't this my brother-in-law?"
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