Wei Cheng didn’t know that these people were frightened by Wei Hu’s behavior. He smiled and greeted Zhang Shao with an easygoing attitude, which made Zhang Shao and the others stunned again.
What’s happening here?!
Wasn’t he dissatisfied with them and wanted to make trouble for them?!
Wei Cheng focused on the imported seafood this time. He looked at the goods on display and found that the quality was better than last time, and they were also bigger. He was very satisfied.
“The seafood this time is better than the last batch.” Wei Cheng asked Zhang Shao, “Apart from these, have you brought any unusual seafood?”
Zhang Shao was the first to come back to his senses. He breathed a sigh of relief, then inadvertently glanced at Wei Hu standing behind Wei Cheng, still in a bluffing manner.
Wei Hu was keen and noticed it when Zhang Shao looked over. He complained in his heart when he saw Zhang Shao’s gaze, were they questioning his master? It was he who was not clever at all in how he did things.
“We have some!”
Zhang Shao asked the people behind him to bring him the other two baskets they brought, and Zhang Shao placed the baskets in front of Wei Cheng. Wei Cheng saw something black like meat strips in the basket.
Isn’t this sea cucumber?!
Wei Cheng looked at the other basket.
Largehead hairtail? Cuttlefish? Squid?
“Boss Wei, look at these, do you want these two baskets of strange things?” Zhang Shao pointed to the baskets. “We ate this fish but it tasted very fishy.”
Hairtail fish is only delicious if it is braised in soy sauce and deep-fried. The fishermen who found them would cook it directly which is why it retained its fishy taste.
Wei Cheng was speechless from the beginning and it took some time for him to calm down.
Wei Cheng looked at the seafood. Apart from shell foods and shrimps, there are also a lot of fish, many of which have very valuable fish maws, with some fish very suitable for making fish balls, and squid is also suitable for making fish balls. He’ll put them in the ice cellar first, and then make them into fish balls, which would be the most suitable ingredient when cooking hot pot in winter.
There were several cellars in the workshop, and one was an ice cellar made by him- it was made secretly in the darkness of the night and was done by a trusted and loyal servant of his family.
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Wei Cheng ordered Uncle Mao to start weighing the seafood.
Zhang Shao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could accept it, the price was not important, as long as it was a little bit, he could live up to his uncle’s trust.
*
In the private room.
“I made you come here this time to discuss the signing of the contract. The contract has been drawn up. After you read it, you can immediately agree to sign it. If you don’t agree, our cooperation will end here. I will find other fishermen to supply me. As a businessman, signing the contract is to ensure that you can supply me exclusively and to make it clear that I don’t want you to supply the goods to others privately in the future, which makes signing the contract necessary.”
Not only does Zhang Shao’s side have to sign a contract, but also Hei Zi’s family in the fishing village of Nanshan County signed a contract with him. The seafood is unstable though and they still have to be farmed and stored for continuous supply.
“Sign the contract, and there will be a supply list in the contract. The price I’ve set will not make you suffer. The price of all seafood supplied to me will increase.”
Wei Cheng’s words made Zhang Shao think.
Wei Cheng asked Wei Hu to give the contract to Zhang Shao and also attached the adjusted price of the goods.
Zhang Shao had also delivered goods with a former employer, he could understand a little bit of the contract, his parents had taught him some characters, and later, he taught himself— although he could not completely understand, there were still some parts that he could get.
Zhang Shao saw the prices of seafood, and each type of seafood increased by a few pennies. When he saw the sea cucumber, he was shocked. The color of the seafood was placed right after the word ‘sea cucumber’. If he hadn’t seen the word ‘black’ after it, Zhang Shao would not have known what it was. This thing was so valuable, Wei Cheng was paying forty wen a catty. There are also several kinds of fish which were at least thirty wen a catty.
Zhang Shao was stunned for a moment.
Sea cucumbers and fish with fish maws are very valuable. Wei Cheng gave such a low price because there is currently no market and it is unknown how much he can sell in the end. He wants to use this batch of goods to test the water which is why the price was set not to be too high, setting it too high would make it hard to explain.
Zhang Shao saw the contract’s indicated amount for liquidated damages, he exclaimed, “So much!”
The default amount is one thousand taels!
Hearing Zhang Shao’s shock, the others were all nervous but because of Wei Cheng’s presence, they sat still and dared not move.
Wei Cheng explained, “After this cooperation, and when the contract is signed, I will provide a method of breeding and preserving seafood. Every time I buy seafood from you, you can only purchase and deliver it on the same day. With the breeding and preservation method, the seafood can be preserved as long as it is harvested in advance. .”
“The one thousand taels in the contract is to prevent you from disclosing the method of breeding and preserving seafood. You don’t need to sign the contract together. Zhang Shao can sign the contract with me. I will provide you with the method and in the future, you’ll need manpower. You’ll have to sign a confidentiality contract with the ones you hire. Any mistakes that your employees make would also be your responsibility.”
“Think about it first before signing it.” Wei Cheng got up and walked to the door, “You haven’t eaten lunch yet so I asked the servants to prepare some food and drinks. You can tell me your decision after the meal.” After speaking, he strode out of the private room and gave these people some time to think.
Zhang Shao told several people about the contract and the price and then discussed them together. During the discussion, the food was served, there was fish and meat, and when they smelled the aroma, everyone except Zhang Shao swallowed their saliva. They all looked at Zhang Shao, and waited.
He spoke, “Let’s eat first.”
Everyone gobbled it up and thought that they could talk about it after eating.
Wei Cheng arranged for people to pick some seafood in the workshop and send them to the ice cellar, and he saw clam shells with his sharp eyes. Thinking about whether pearls would be hidden in them, he laughed in his heart at how could he have such good luck. He still ordered for the men to keep it, they’ll need to raise it first, and he’ll let the workers who handle the sea goods inspect all of them and put them aside.
After the selection was done, someone sent a batch of the sea goods to Yun Chengfeng and sent the rest to the ice cellar.
At the same time, Zhang Shao and his companions have finished eating.
Not long after, Wei Cheng returned to the private room.
Zhang Shao agreed directly, and Zhang Shao signed the contract independently while the other four signed the confidentiality contract.
After signing the contract, Wei Hu settled the accounts with Zhang Shao and also gave Zhang Shao fifty taels of silver.
Zhang Shao: “…”
“My housekeeper will tell you the purposes of those fifty taels.” Wei Cheng said, “I’m done with things here, and I still have something to do. If you have any questions, ask Uncle Mao.”
Since he is done with his work, why keep prolonging it? Of course, he’ll go back and find his wife.
Wei Cheng brought Wei Hu back to Xian Manju, and also brought a batch of seafood for dinner tonight.
—
Uncle Mao taught Zhang Shao the method of breeding and preservation. After he finished speaking, Zhang Shao realized that Wei Cheng’s purpose for giving him fifty taels was to let him buy land near the sea, dig ponds, and use mariculture to preserve seafood.
Uncle Mao told him that he could arrange whatever he wanted for the fifty taels, and he wouldn’t have to pay it back.
Zhang Shao is an upright and courageous man, and he is honest and not greedy at all. He bought the land on the left side of the village by the sea with fifty taels, and the place where fishermen went to sea on the right. He spent all fifty taels and bought many places, which would later become the best and largest place to farm seafood.
This breeding land would become more than a hundred times profitable in the future.
But this is something that won’t happen until later.
Zhang Shao has been working under Wei Cheng since then because Uncle Mao conveyed a message from his master, which gave him a certain understanding of Wei Cheng.
“My master asked me to tell you you can return the contract. If you feel that the contract is unfair, he will give you a chance. The next time you deliver seafood, you can cancel the contract without any liquidated damages.”
Zhang Shao was startled- it seemed that Wei Cheng saw through his concerns, he looked at the contract, but he didn’t understand some words, he was worried that Wei Cheng would cheat him and that he may be villainous.
He had more than 80 taels in his hand. Excluding the purchase cost and charter expenses in the village, the harvest this time was more than 20 taels. It was Wei Cheng who raised the price of seafood, and his uncle’s seafood, which sold at the highest price. The most surprising thing is that with this money, his uncle’s livelihood is hopeful.
Several people were even more shocked when they heard that they made more than twenty taels.
It was agreed before coming here that Zhang Shao would take 40%, 50% would be divided between three people, and his brother-in-law would take 10% because it was Zhang Shao who bears the responsibility and risk from the contract alone.
This was also because the purchase of seafood from the village was paid for by Zhang Shao alone, the other three families were unwilling to pay for it because they took the silver earned by their sons. Anyway, their families wanted to let Zhang Shao pay the costs first, and the three of them could take out their money to buy the seafood for themselves now. Giving 10% to his brother-in-law means that his future mother-in-law will have money to help purchase seafood from the village.
The three of them were not jealous of Zhang Shao, but they were worried that Zhang Shao would be separated because of that matter. The contract signed now clearly shows that Boss Wei values Zhang Shao.
In order to prevent the villagers from thinking that their profit was too great and coveting it, they all decided to hide it for now.
There will be more cooperation in the future, and they will reveal it slowly.
As for the purchase price of seafood, it will be adjusted appropriately.
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