Chapter 847: The end of the fritillary season inventory, earned a bit too much (writer's block

Actually, objectively speaking, Jiang Chunlin's proposal has some merit.

Currently, Jiang Chunlin has a sales channel for the outside, and having a channel is very important if one wants to sell the things from here.

After all, without a channel, it is very difficult to open up a new one. The most practical method is to load a truck with such supplies and go to the interior to sell them in small quantities; this is called exploring and opening up a market.

In the eighties, there were no expressways, the crime of speculation and profiteering had not yet been abolished, and agencies like the "Anti-Speculation Office" still existed in various places. Driving a truckload of supplies to other provinces to sell them carried extreme risks.

But Li Long would absolutely not cooperate with Jiang Chunlin. Not only is this person fickle and capricious, but he also has no moral bottom line. If he really cooperated, Li Long worries he would be sold out by him.

He would rather find a way from Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui.

With the addition of Sun Jia Qiang, for the next period of time, Li Long no longer went to the purchasing station to help every day. He only hauled the clean fritillaries collected from the purchasing station back to the large courtyard, sorted and bagged them, and waited for Jia Tianlong to come to his door.

The large courtyard here mainly stores pelts and fritillaries, while other things are kept in the warehouse of the purchasing station.

The items collected are relatively numerous and miscellaneous. Jia Tianlong mainly collects medicinal herbs, and Zhao Hui mainly collects pelts. For some other miscellaneous items, Li Long has not yet determined the direction for sale. Of course, one reason is the small quantity, and second, he has not had time to go to Wucheng or Beiting to inquire about sales channels.

Everything must wait until the fritillary season is over. Because once the fritillary season ends, there won't be as many people coming to the purchasing station to sell things, and then he will be able to free up time to consider other matters.

The last time Jia Tianlong came specifically to collect fritillaries was on June 4th. The June 1st Children's Day had already passed, and students in school began preparing for final exams. The weather had turned hot; some of the early-maturing seedless white grapes in Turpan could already be eaten, and the locally cultivated May fairy peaches had also appeared on the market.

"Little Li, last time you put me in a very passive position by not having your fritillaries collected cleanly. This time I've learned from last time's lesson and am well prepared." Jia Tianlong arrived at the large courtyard with a truck. After getting out of the car, he greeted Li Long enthusiastically and then teased, "Rest assured, this time even if you have three tons of fritillaries, the money I brought is enough."

"There isn't that much." Li Long shook his head with a smile, "I actually hope I could have that much here, but it's still a bit short."

"It's already very impressive." Jia Tianlong and the driver pulled two locked boxes out of the cab. He patted the boxes and said:

"In this one fritillary season alone, the fritillaries you sold to me are over five tons, almost six tons. Now if there are another two tons or so, that's almost eight tons.

Nowadays, a township enterprise can't even sell that much money in a year!"

Li Long smiled and said:

"My costs are sitting right there; I can't actually earn that much money. Besides, I sell so much to your side, you earn a lot too."

"That's true. To be honest, Li Long, since knowing you, I've really had a lot of good fortune. Not to mention family matters, this year alone the fritillaries collected are more than 30% more than last year, and the quality is good and the price is high. I've earned a lot more money this year, all thanks to you."

"Win-win, win-win, we both benefit." Li Long said with a smile, "Although there aren't three tons, there are over two tons of fritillaries. Let's hurry up and grade and weigh them."

"Good, good, good, let's start working." Jia Tianlong took two keys out of the interlayer of the black bag he carried, opened the locks on the boxes, and then began to deal with the fritillary matters with Li Long's side.

This time the fritillaries were indeed a bit numerous. Starting from the morning, Li Long, plus Jia Tianlong and that driver, the three of them were busy for nearly three hours before they finished weighing and loading all the fritillaries in the warehouse onto the truck.

"Total weight is 2,630 kilograms. Special grade is 2,100 kilograms at 65 per kilogram; super-special grade is 530 kilograms at 70 per kilogram. The total price is 173,600 yuan." Jia Tianlong said while pressing the calculator, "Fortunately, fortunately, I didn't lose face this time; I brought enough money."

Although he was paying Li Long, Jia Tianlong was in high spirits. With this truckload of over two tons of fritillaries, he would earn at least 50,000 yuan.

How could he not be happy?

"I have a piece of bezoar here, do you collect it?" Li Long asked, "If you do, I'll take it out for you to see in a moment."

"You can even collect bezoar?" Jia Tianlong was a bit surprised, "Is it real or fake?"

"If you know your goods, I'll take it out for you to see."

"I'm a collector of medicinal herbs; how could I not know my goods? Take it out quickly and let me see. If it's real, I'll definitely collect it." Jia Tianlong was also full of curiosity. Real natural bezoar is not often seen.

"Let's finish calculating this money first." Li Long pointed to the money box and said, "Let's keep things separate."

"That's only because you brought up the bezoar matter, otherwise I would have given you the money now." Jia Tianlong complained to Li Long and then began to count the money.

The two money boxes, each holding 100,000, were stuffed full.

It was already time to eat. Gu Xiaoxia, Sister Yang, and Han Fang were all in the courtyard, but none of them came over to disturb the goods collection.

The meal was already prepared, and the large courtyard was filled with the aroma of food. Today at noon they were eating hand-pulled noodles. Besides the traditional mutton with spicy pepper skins, there was also a home-cooked dish: stir-fried peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes. This year, greenhouses had appeared near Maxian, and the early-planted peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes were already on the market. Although there weren't many and they were quite expensive, Li Long could still afford them.

Han Fang carried a lunch box to deliver food to Gu Bo Yuan and Sun Jia Qiang. Sister Yang and Gu Xiaoxia ate in the kitchen first; after eating, they each had their own things to do.

Although the food was already cooked and Gu Xiaoxia had come over to remind him, Li Long did not invite Jia Tianlong and the others to eat. The fritillary collection had to be finished in one go; after all, it was in his courtyard, and if there were any twists and turns in the middle, it would be hard to say. It was better to finish collecting before eating.

Today Sister Yang had made quite a lot of noodles. After boiling them, she rinsed them in cold water so the noodles wouldn't stick and would be chewy. When eating, they would just need to be passed through hot water.

Jia Tianlong counted the fritillary payment in front of Li Long and handed it over to Li Long along with the boxes:

"Alright, money and goods are cleared. You hurry up and put the money away, and then take out that bezoar for me to see."

Li Long picked up the two boxes and said:

"I'll take out the bezoar later. Now that the fritillary matter is finished, let's hurry up and eat first. Don't blame me for not inviting you just now. If the fritillaries weren't weighed and your two boxes of money were sitting here, if something went wrong, it would be hard to explain."

"Understand, understand, you don't even need to explain. Fine, let's eat. We'll look at the bezoar after eating." This time Jia Tianlong did not decline and greeted the driver to go to the dining table together.

Sister Yang brought noodles for the three of them, and the dishes were set on the table; they hadn't cooled down yet.

The three of them had quite an appetite and were starving after being busy all morning. They didn't talk much, eating mouthfuls of noodles and garlic, accompanied by the delicious dishes, devouring them greedily.

Sister Yang served everyone a lot of noodles. After finishing a porcelain basin, they were almost full. After drinking some soup to fill the gaps, their stomachs were almost stuffed full, and they didn't want to move. Li Long also rested for a few minutes before entering the room, taking out that piece of bezoar, and placing it in front of Jia Tianlong.

Jia Tianlong held the piece of bezoar and examined it for a while. Looking at Li Long, he smiled:

"Are you really planning to squeeze all the money I have on hand dry? Such a large natural bezoar is truly rare, and the quality is also very high. This piece alone is worth a ten-thousand-yuan household!"

"How much is a gram of natural bezoar now?" Li Long was not surprised and asked.

"Good ones are over a hundred. After all, the quantity on the market is relatively small, but many finished medicines need it for compounding. The quality of this piece of yours is very good. If it were taken to the interior, the selling price would be higher, but if I collect it here, I can only pay 80 yuan per gram."

"That's fine." Li Long did not bargain. Jia Tianlong gave a high collection price for fritillaries, so Li Long didn't mind letting him earn a bit more on this bezoar.

"Alright, let's weigh it and calculate the price." Jia Tianlong was very happy; doing business with Li Long was straightforward.

This piece of bezoar weighed 130 grams, maybe a little more, but Li Long's scale could only weigh that much. 130 grams is 10,400 yuan. Jia Tianlong gave Li Long 11,000 directly. One reason was that the scale's precision wasn't enough, and he felt it would be even heavier. Second, he originally thought Li Long would bargain a bit. As a result, Li Long accepted this price directly, which surprised Jia Tianlong a bit.

Li Long did not decline either. After accepting the money, before Jia Tianlong proposed to leave, he mentioned the channel matter.

"We have some local specialties here that we want to sell to the interior. Old Jia, see if there is anyone collecting them over there?" Li Long said truthfully, "I won't mention the 'Tai Tai Ba Zi' (a type of wild vegetable); I estimate your side doesn't want it. I don't know if your side is short of large brooms, and there's also things like watermelon seeds."

"I think there must be someone collecting watermelon seeds on your side, right?"

"This item is outside my scope of business. If you really want to sell it, I can only help you ask around." Since the business talk with Li Long had been straightforward, Fei Tianlong found it difficult to directly refuse Li Long's request. He said, "I have some friends over there; let me make a phone call and ask."

"Good, good, good, sorry to trouble you. I heard that the range of selling roasted melon seeds in the interior is quite wide. There should be someone collecting these watermelon seeds. You must ask more for me."

At this time, "Foolish Melon Seeds" (a famous brand) were already famous throughout the country. It was reasonable to think that watermelon seeds should have a market.

"Fine, since you've said so, I'll give you a definite answer when the time comes." Jia Tianlong saw that Li Long emphasized this, so he nodded vigorously, "With our friendship, rest assured, I will definitely try my best to inquire for you."

After Jia Tianlong left, Li Long took the 11,000 yuan and entered the room. Gu Xiaoxia was watching Mingming and Haohao take an afternoon nap. Seeing Li Long enter, she asked softly:

"Boss Jia left? Is the matter finished?"

"Yes, the fritillaries and bezoar are all sold." Li Long said, "I'll go deposit the money in the afternoon; it's not convenient to keep it at home."

Actually, there is a cellar similar to a secret room at home. The antiques he collected, including some copper coins, were all put in there. The most important thing is some high-quality jade seeds; these things have great appreciation value when stored.

However, it's easy for cash to get moldy when put inside. Li Long feels it's better to deposit it in the bank; it's safer, and the interest rate is also high.

"Finally finished this fritillary season," Gu Xiaoxia said with emotion, "Although the purchasing station makes money, it's really tiring."

"It's worth it." Li Long smiled and said:

"At least it really earned money."

"That's true. Although there are risks and it's busy, the money earned is not small." Gu Xiaoxia smiled, "It's quite worth it."

The two of them were just chatting. After not talking for a few sentences, Gu Xiaoxia went to work. Li Long saw that Mingming and Haohao were still sleeping, so he simply took out his large account book and began to take stock of the money earned from fritillaries this season.

Not counting, he didn't know; counting, he was startled.

In one fritillary season, the purchasing station plus the mountains, plus the forestry team, collected a total of 8,175 kilograms of fritillaries—an unprecedented weight!

At this time last year, if someone had told Li Long that he could collect over eight tons of fritillaries this year, Li Long himself certainly wouldn't have believed it.

Being able to collect so many fritillaries was a coincidence, a stroke of luck, and of course, it was also because of the many good deeds Li Long had done before, as well as a little clever trick he played this year.

Over eight tons of fritillaries had a gross income of over 530,000 yuan.

Half a millionaire!

Of course, this is just a total number; the actual money earned is far less than this number.

8,100-plus kilograms is the total amount sold to Jia Tianlong. In fact, the number of fritillaries Li Long collected was roughly over 9,000 kilograms, but some impurities had to be removed from the collected fritillaries, and some were fresh or semi-dried fritillaries that needed to be dried before being sold.

But because every time he collected fritillaries, Li Long invested a large part of the money earned, and the money sold last time was used to collect fritillaries again, in fact, the total money he earned this fritillary season was about 220,000.

But this money also far exceeded his expectations, more than the sum of the money he earned in the previous few years.

Among this, 20% had to be shared with Gu Bo Yuan, which is 44,000 yuan.

Old Gu finally became a proper ten-thousand-yuan household.

This is just the money for medicinal herbs; the money for pelts hasn't been counted yet. However, the money for pelts will eventually be much less. It might be more in winter.

As long as this purchasing station exists, cash will continuously enter Li Long's pocket. This purchasing station is like a hen that lays golden eggs. Now that he thinks about it, taking over this purchasing station at that time was really too wise.

In the afternoon, Li Long drove the jeep to deposit 150,000 in cash. There is still some cash at home, plus the remaining part of Jia Tianlong's payment this time, which can be shared with Gu Bo Yuan. Some of it must be used as the cash flow for the purchasing station and cannot be moved.

After dinner, Li Long invited Gu Bo Yuan to the east room of the main house and pushed the RMB he had arranged neatly to him:

"Uncle Gu, this fritillary season is over. This is your share."

"So much, how much money is this?" Although Gu Bo Yuan knew that this fritillary season had collected a lot and earned a lot, he didn't expect there to be so much money.

"44,000 yuan," Li Long said, "A total of over 220,000 was earned, your 20%."

"I didn't invest anything, just put in some effort, and I shared so much." Gu Bo Yuan said with emotion, "This money doesn't feel solid in my hands."

"What's not solid? How busy has it been during this time? This is also hard-earned money."

"Compared to farming, this can't be considered hard." Gu Bo Yuan shook his head, "I'll take 10,000. Since I've taken a share, I can't just take it without investing. The remaining 34,000 will be invested as capital. You are the one investing all the capital for collecting fritillaries, and the capital invested back and forth is hundreds of thousands. Then let these be my investment. Otherwise, I don't have the face to take so much money. Fine, that's it."

Gu Bo Yuan counted ten stacks of "Big Unities" (10-yuan notes) from inside and put them away. The rest were returned to Li Long.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade his father-in-law, Li Long didn't persuade him anymore.

All in all, he earned big money.

PS: Why don't the winners join the group to claim their prizes? It will expire after the 7th. Do you think the dried fruit isn't tempting enough?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 848 =====