"Customer, what are you talking about? How can we not sell it? I asked too much just now. I was a little talkative. I'll slap myself here and apologize to you! Customer, we won't bargain with you for this price. I'm here to please you. If there's such a business next time, you must look for us! I guarantee that you will be satisfied with the quality of our carriages. I will get someone to calculate these carriages for you now and see how much they cost.”
Fifteen minutes later, someone brought over an account book and wrote down everything clearly. In addition, he ordered people to prepare the carriages. Once the money was settled, someone would help send these carriages to the designated place. This was also considered an after-sales service for these carriages.
"After the calculation, 100 carriages and horses add up to 10000 dollars. In addition, I'll give you 100 horses. This way, you can use two horses to pull the carriage. If you use a pair of horses to pull the goods, you can carry 1000 pounds of goods at once, and the horses can run!”
"Shopkeeper, isn't your price a little too high? A carriage and two horses cost 100 dollars. The horses that were given to him by the carriage definitely wouldn't cost more than 20 dollars. Even if your carriage was at most worth 30 dollars, it would only add up to 50 dollars at most. 100 carriages and 200 horses would only cost 5000 dollars at most. The price I'm giving you is already not low. "Even if I give you 10% more, it'll only be 5500 yuan. You've doubled the basic price. In fact, it's not just doubled. It's probably even tripled. You're not doing business. You're simply extorting me. If that's the case, I'll change to another carriage company." Although you are the only horse and carriage shop in this county, I can go to the neighboring county or Beiping City to buy it. Anyway, it won't take long. The price might be cheaper than 5000 yuan.”
"Aiya, customer, don't be anxious! My eyes were wrong just now, so I didn't see it clearly. It's a total of 5000 yuan. The extra 500 yuan is just a small change. I'll make the decision to deduct it for you. You only need to pay me 5000 yuan.”When the shopkeeper heard this, he knew that something bad was going to happen. The other party was not a rich man. He had to hurry up and make up for it. He could not let this big order go. Otherwise, the main family would not forgive him.
"5000 yuan is already enough. I can also get 500 yuan as a commission from it. There's no problem at all. He had wanted to scam him a little more, but it seemed that the price he had just quoted was a little too much. The other party was not a fool. Now, it seemed that he had been rash just now.”The shopkeeper thought to himself. He despised his own greed and almost made the cooked duck fly away.
"Okay, 5000 yuan. Shopkeeper, get someone to count it! Let's settle the money and goods directly. Arrange for someone to drive the carriage to the place I specify. I'll let them come back after that. If you let them do their job well, they will definitely benefit from it. I don't lack money. If anyone slacks off or does a perfunctory job, don't blame me for being ruthless. They must be worthy of the price I offered!”
"Don't worry, customer. The ones I've arranged for you are all first-class. There won't be any problems. If anyone dares to slack off, I will definitely not let them off! Don't worry. I'll arrange for them later. I guarantee that they will listen to your arrangements obediently and carry out your orders without any discount!”
The two of them chatted for a while. After the money and goods were settled, someone drove the carriage behind Number One and headed in the direction of the grain hoarding. Just now, Number One had already asked one of them to leave first to go to the dock to recruit laborers and then gather at the food storage area. Fifteen minutes later, the group arrived at the place where the grain was stored. One to two hundred laborers were already waiting there, ready to load the grain into the truck at any time.
Number One took the delivery slips written by the shopkeepers and stewards. After the servants guarding the warehouse verified them, they opened the warehouse and let people start moving the grain. Before this, the shopkeepers and stewards had already told the people guarding the warehouse that if anyone came to take away the grain with their delivery slip, they would directly let them take away the grain without asking anything else. At that time, in order to secretly transfer these grains, they had come up with some tricks. Even if they died of exhaustion, they did not expect that they would be used by the Spiritual Eye Mountain by accident. This also provided a trace of possibility for this impossible mission.
Number One didn't waste any time and immediately ordered people to quickly move the food. At the same time, he asked the people guarding the warehouse to understand some of the situation. He wanted to see if he could get a batch of carriages from the other party. From the other party, he knew that the Lin family's grain transport team was in the courtyard near the warehouse. After hearing this news, Number One was very pleasantly surprised. With the help of the Lin family's grain transportation team, the grain here could basically be transported away.
According to what he had learned, the grain transportation team next door had more than 300 carriages, not to mention some ox carts. The two added up to nearly 500 carriages. Especially in the past two years, the investment in the grain transportation stables was huge. About half of the ox carts were replaced with horse carriages, greatly increasing the efficiency and ability of grain transportation.
If he used all these carriages and oxcarts, it would not be a problem for him to transport all the grain he had stored. However, what was more troublesome was that an ox cart could not run as fast as a carriage. If there was an unexpected situation, the carriage behind could very likely be intercepted by the other party. Whether or not to use those oxcarts became a headache for Number One. In the end, he had no choice but to move the food to the carriage first. If it was not enough, he would use the ox cart.
Number One went to the Lin family's carriage and explained the situation to the other party. The other party seemed to have received the news long ago. These people thought that the grain was going to be transported to the northeast army. These people, who had already received benefits, hurriedly agreed and began to drive the carriages out of the warehouse and towards the direction of the grain hoarding. He did not expect that he would run into a dead rat by chance. He had fooled so many cattle carriages. The first step of the impossible mission was considered to have been successfully completed. Next, as long as they could transport the food out, the mission would be at least half successful.
Seeing the carriages being filled with food and following No. 8 out of the city, No. 1's heart gradually relaxed. After an hour, all the carriages were filled, but there was still a portion of food left in the warehouse. Under the command of some people, they began to load the ox carts with food. In less than 15 minutes, all the food was loaded onto the ox carts, leaving most of the ox carts unused.
According to what the shopkeepers and stewards had told him, the Lin family still had a warehouse that stored a portion of grain. However, that place was relatively far from here, and the amount of grain was not very large. Usually, it was mainly used to supply the shops under the grain trading company, so there was not much grain stored there. It turned out that Number One thought that these ox carts might not be enough. He did not expect that they would not be used up in the end.
As for the food in the other warehouse, Number One decisively gave up. If they delayed any longer, there would be more trouble. They did not know what was going on at the Lin Mansion. It was fine if they were not discovered. If they were discovered, they would not be able to leave. Just him and the other person would definitely not be able to suppress the situation. Moreover, if they went to the warehouse to transport the food, it would definitely arouse some people's suspicion. It was better to leave the food and transport it safely to the Lin Family Village first.
After making up their minds, Number One asked them to drive back the ox carts that were no longer needed. He gave the money that had been agreed upon in advance to the leader of the coolies and let them distribute it themselves. Apart from that, he also left a few hundred yuan for the Lin family's steward who transported the horse team. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they took their leave.
Number One and Number Nine followed behind and escorted the food towards the city gate. When they reached the city gate, they were not checked and directly passed through openly. The soldiers at the city gate must have been alerted by the people in front, so they turned a blind eye to it. After they left the city gate, Number One finally felt a little relieved. As long as nothing happened during the escort journey, this batch of food would reach the Lin Family Manor at night.
An hour after Number One bought these carriages, a man in military uniform who looked like an officer came to the carriage shop. As soon as he entered the carriage shop, someone went to report to the shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper heard that there was an officer outside, he immediately ran out. The two met in the living room. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they went straight to the main topic.
"I want to rent a carriage from your horse carriage shop. Give me the best carriage and the best handle. Help me send someone to Beiping City. Tell me how much money you need, and I'll pay you now!”
"General, I'm really sorry! We have already sold all of our carriages. Now, other than the carriages that are being built, we don't have any other carriages. Even the old-fashioned carriages from before have been sold. General, are you in a hurry? If it's not urgent, can you wait for two days? By tomorrow afternoon at the latest, we will be able to build a new batch of carriages!”
"What? You don't even have a single carriage in your big carriage shop? Are you sure you're not teasing me? Before you speak, you have to think about the consequences of lying to me!”
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