Chapter 82: The Wu Family is A Hard Stubble
Madam Qian and the major landlords never thought that Wu Qingyuan was such a hard stubble. Either if he didn’t make a move, or he would anger to death, and he didn’t care about offending all the rich people.
This counterattack was different from the previous incident, but Wu Qingyuan’s long-awaited thunder strike.
Madam Qian and the major landlords not only did not manage to force him to reduce the price of his grain, but they themselves suffered heavy losses, and the grain they sold was basically reduced to the capital cost. Not to mention not earning a penny, but also the wasted labor, and Wu Qingyuan sent people to buy their reduced prices of grain, and at the same time, he revealed the news of the reduction in grain prices in Shiqiao Town, which immediately attracted people from several small towns next door to come and buy it.
Such a lively scene directly led to the grain shops of Madam Qian and the major landlords selling out of grain, and at the same time, everyone bought the fields to prevent Wu Qingyuan from continuing to buy land and expand his industry. But Wu Qingyuan has signed helper contracts with the villagers of various villages, all the villagers will go to the Wu Family’s Tea Garden or Medicine Garden in the second half of the year to help, there is no extra energy to rent their fields, these fields are all wasted in their hands!
Not only that, Wu Qingyuan’s department store also did not lose anything at all, but took this opportunity to directly transform into a unique store selling ‘sea goods’ in Shiqiao Town, and everyone’s coal business this year has also been impacted, the future tea and medicinal materials business will also be threatened. When Madam Qian and others heard the news, they really couldn’t take a breath at all!
“What should we do? This Wu Qingyuan is clearly working against us! Do we really want to sit here and wait to die? I have already let people go to see, this Wu family’s means are not weak, not to mention the medicinal herbs, those tea seedlings they transported back from outside are all top-notch goods!”
The major landlords gathered in the Qian family to discuss, one by one they were all panicking, they are not afraid of the Wu family planting tea, but they are afraid if the Wu family grows better tea than them- good tea seedlings are rare, their tea gardens are not much better, who knew that this Wu family has good means, and actually brought back a large number of top-notch tea seedlings, once the Wu family plants them successfully, what money do they make?
“It’s better if we take those seedlings…”
Someone proposed that they come up with the same bad idea as when they tried to burn grain last time.
But no one echoed him, and glanced at Madam Qian, everyone has heard about the Qian family’s grain burning incident, and the Qian family has lost in Wu Qingyuan’s hands several times, everyone can’t ignore that. Can they start from scratch and fight the Qian family like this with their own strength, no, so how can the other party be so easy to deal with?
“So what to do? Could it be that we do nothing and let him share our silver?” The landlord who spoke was very unwilling, everyone was also unwilling, and Madam Qian was even more uncalm, but the Qian family had lost in Wu Qingyuan’s hands three or four times, and everyone subconsciously had some jealousy in their hearts.
“Tea medicinal materials are not so easy to grow, the Wu family’s tea is not famous, no good craftsmanship of the a known tea master, wanting to intervene in this business is not so simple, everyone first deal with the business in the shops to recover vitality, the Wu family is not simple, instead of trying to deal with him, it is better to prepare for the next official tea ceremony, as long as we get the official tea signboard, the business will not fall.”
After a while, a relatively calm veteran suggested.
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“But if his tea is grown, can we still get official tea? The Wu family’s tea is all top-notch tea! I don’t know where Wu Qingyuan got the ability to buy so many top-quality tea seedlings!” Most people disagree with this.
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Not everyone is working behind closed doors, the old man sees the potential of Wu Qingyuan’s corn and potatoes, just like Wu Qingyuan did, their sales targets are not only in Shiqiao Town, but they can be shipped out, they and the Wu family actually do not have to fight so fiercely, if they cooperate, and Wu Qingyuan is willing to take out the planting method to share with everyone, then it is absolutely beneficial and harmless for them.
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Everyone didn’t speak, but looking at their expressions, it was obvious that they didn’t agree with it. The Wu family is something, but it is still just a small merchant who has just achieved something. Why do they have to visit him and discuss cooperation with their statuses, what qualifications does the Wu family have? Besides, this time Wu Qingyuan’s practice made them have such big losses, such a blatant provocation, he offended them so how could they swallow this grudge?!
“The planting method is so important, how can the Wu family share it with us…..”
“The smelly boy of the Wu family planned against us this time, it is obviously a provocation, now he is so arrogant, and he will not put us in his eyes when he goes higher in the future!”
“It’s true, we can’t tolerate this arrogant brat sitting with us…”
After the crowd fell silent, the reaction became violent.
Staring at everyone’s expressions, the old man who had just proposed cooperation was silent and did not speak again.
Madam Qian thought about it, but in the end she was on the side of the majority. In fact, no matter what reason she said, in the final analysis, everyone could not tolerate the rise of a new force that might threaten their interests.
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Wu Qingyuan has no control over the ideas of the big landlords, no matter how angry these people are, he is not afraid.
Because he knew that these landlords were just some rich commoners, they didn’t have much power at all, and they couldn’t deal with him directly except by using tricks.
What can really threaten him are the rich and powerful of Jiangyi County, but he is not very conspicuous at the moment, and no one will believe that an ordinary person without any background can really rise in such a short period of time
Therefore, what he has to do is to rise before these powerful people pay attention to him, and before that, the landlords of Shiqiao Town are not a threat.
Under the influence of his calm attitude, Wang Dafu and a few slaves were full of confidence and had no scruples in doing things, and according to his orders, when the prices of the major landlords were lowered, they found a few faces to buy them in batches, plus the people who came to hear the news of the price reduction in the next town, Madam Qian and others reacted and bought out all the food that the landlords had harvested this year.
After the grain stores in Shiqiao Town were basically sold out, Wu Qingyuan put the purchased grain in his store, marked the price and began to earn slowly, so that Madam Qian and the others who heard the news were so angry that they did not eat for several days.
However, Madam Qian and other landlords were so angry that they couldn’t eat, while Wu Qingyuan’s side was making a lot of money because Shiqiao Town was buying their grain from his family at this moment.
The school buildings in the village have been repaired, and at this moment it is approaching the New Year, he happily paid their salaries, and gave a little more, the people in the village who came to help him repair the buildings are honest men, working hard everyday, not lazy at all, he is not short of silver, but for these working men, taking a few more taels of silver home meant the family can have a happy year.
In addition to these helpers, the guys in the shop and the servants at home, Wu Qingyuan also all gave out silver rewards, wanting to make people work hard and be faithful. In addition to being strict, the benefits are an absolutely indispensable part of being a good master.
The slaves all couldn’t believe it and they got excited when they got his ‘red envelope’, when they were bought by Wu Qingyuan, everyone was actually very afraid and apprehensive, whether it was a large family or a small family, being someone else’s slave means not only being inferior, wearing what the master does not want, eating the leftovers of the master, being scolded by the master, and being discriminated against by others.
But their master is different from ordinary masters, not discriminating against their identity- he will never be harsh on everyone in terms of food and clothing, although the master is strict, but that is only based on everyone’s mistakes, as long as they are obedient, the master usually treats them very kindly, the master and the old master, the little young master are also very good to them, so long has never scolded them for fun, and when they encounter such a master, they are more than glad in their hearts.
Now there are silver rewards for the New Year, and the amount is quite a lot. They can buy what they like, they can also save it to marry their wife in the future, it is like a dream…
Wang Dafu also received a red envelope, the amount was not much, but also not less, much less than the bribes he used to get in the Qian Family, but Wang Dafu was very satisfied.
However, his wife was a little disappointed, “The boss, how is it only thirty taels, in the past, Mr. Qian used to give us at least fifty taels for the New Year, Boss Wu is usually quite generous, how is he so stingy this time…”
“Don’t insult the master!”
Wang Dafu, who was counting silver, was unhappy when he heard his wife complain.
“Don’t say bad things about our master in the future, what do you ladies understand? The silver I used to take back was taken behind Master Qian, and when he found, Master Qian wanted to break my leg, the silver given by the master is different, this silver can be taken out and used in an upright manner, and the master’s current family business is not as good as the Qian family, and the master who only owns one shop gives us thirty taels, and the man who has the wealth of a hundred families gives us fifty taels, can the two be compared? Besides, the master gave us more than just silver…”
“What else?” His wife was an illiterate village woman, with shallow vision, and she can’t understand so many of his detours, but she only thinks that silver is the most important.
“Nuo, you can open this package yourself, pay attention, don’t be surprised later.”
Wang Dafu knew the character of his wife, so he was too lazy to explain more to his ignorant wife, and directly pointed to a flower bag on the table.
“Look at your smug look, I want to see what Boss Wu has given you and bought you that you are so loyal….. Oh, soap! Perfume!”
Her wife was angry that he acted mysteriously, she carelessly opened the baggage, and as a result, the words on her mouth were not even finished, and she immediately exclaimed when she saw the contents of the baggage, and there was no complaint in an instant.
It turned out to be soap and perfume, this is the luxury product of Wu Ji Department Store- a good thing that money can’t buy, and the rich ladies and gers in Shiqiao Town like these things, the value of these things is far more than fifty taels of silver!
“How? Why is our master so good with us? These things are not comparable to silver, I tell you, the master also said, as long as we obey and do things well, in the future, all our slave children can go to the master’s school to study for free, and the little gers and women can also attend.”
Wang Dafu couldn’t help but be proud when he saw his wife holding the things and being happy.
“Really? But even if they study, a slave can’t participate in imperial examinations…”
“Rest assured, the master is not such a ruthless person, as long as we work hard and win his heart, even if we Bo’er can’t be a scholar in the future, Bo’er’s son, grandson, great-grandson always have a chance, as long as the descendants of our old family can study, then our family will definitely have a chance to rise, even if we are no longer do, we can follow the master to become rich for generations, In the next two days, let’s think about what we will send to the master this year.”
Wang Dafu sees through things and is full of confidence in the future.
Equality!!! End slavery!!!
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