Chapter 1139

Finally, Wang An asked Qiao Xiaohu about the problem of transporting goods to other places. After all, the transportation capacity in this era was really lacking, and land transportation mainly relied on trains.

Who knew Qiao Xiaohu would say:

"When we have enough for a train car, I'll call him, and he'll send someone over. At that time, the transportation problem will also be solved by them."

Wang An asked casually:

"Who is this person you know? Is he that awesome? He can even arrange train cars?"

Wang An in his past life hadn't dealt in mountain goods from his hometown; mainly, by the time he realized that dealing in mountain goods could make money, he had already gone to the south.

And by that time, the entire mountain goods acquisition market had already been carved up. If you wanted to enter, small-scale operations were still possible, but large-scale trading was completely impossible.

Therefore, Wang An really didn't know much about mountain goods transportation.

Wang An had originally wanted to ask Wu Dong and Zhang Shuya to help find connections and study it with the railway department, but he didn't expect Qiao Xiaohu to have already handled it.

This really surprised Wang An, even shocked him.

Mainly because no matter when, people who can charter train cars are definitely not ordinary people.

Qiao Xiaohu smiled and said:

"His name is Li Xinhao, he's from Yandu, and he works on the railway."

After clinking glasses with Wang An and taking a sip of wine, Qiao Xiaohu continued:

"Once, a few of us were bringing goods back and met a group of peers from out of town on the train, and they were bringing goods to Yandu."

Speaking of this, Qiao Xiaohu suddenly became shocked and said:

"Big brother, you don't know how fierce that group of people was. At that time, I thought I was pretty tough bringing six or seven people to get goods, but look at them—they bring goods once, and an entire train car is theirs."

When Wang An heard this, he asked quite puzzled:

"With that many goods, doesn't he have to check them? Otherwise, if a whole train car of goods enters the carriage, is there any room for others to stay?"

Qiao Xiaohu said plainly:

"Yeah, one train car couldn't hold it, so they occupied the space in the passenger section too. Otherwise, how would I know they were peers?"

Wang An nodded without speaking, but in his heart, he already admired those people.

You have to know that Wang An only knew that trading goods from the south could make money because he was a reborn person, but they had already started doing it long ago, becoming the first wave of people to eat the dividends of the era.

Seeing Wang An nod without speaking, Qiao Xiaohu continued:

"We just chatted like that. Later, when it got dark, this guy named Li Xinhao came out, and I realized that the whole group was working for him."

Seeing Wang An listening, Qiao Xiaohu suddenly said with a laugh:

"At that time, as soon as Li Xinhao entered the carriage, the whole group greeted him and called him 'Hao Ge.' But our group didn't make a sound, and no one paid him any attention. Big brother, you didn't see the scene back then; it was so funny, hahahaha..."

Before he could finish, Qiao Xiaohu started laughing first. One can imagine what kind of expression that so-called Hao Ge must have had.

Seeing Qiao Xiaohu laughing happily, Wang An couldn't help but laugh along. After Qiao Xiaohu stopped laughing, he continued:

"That Li Xinhao was also quite puzzled, so he asked us, 'Who are you bringing goods for now? Don't you know who I am?' When he asked that, it baffled us too. Then I said, 'These guys are all bringing goods for me, so what? Why should I know you?'"

Wang An imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Mainly because Northeasterners speak quite directly. Although the accents of the three provinces are similar, there are still differences in tone. Combined with Qiao Xiaohu's tone just now, it was clearly the "What are you looking at? What are you looking at me for?" stance.

Qiao Xiaohu continued:

"Big brother, you don't know, as soon as I said that—mainly because my thick Northeastern accent came out—that Li Xinhao was also damn baffled. He stared at me with his big eyes, and after a long time, Li Xinhao finally said, 'Damn, a brother from the Northeast!' Hahahaha..."

As soon as he finished, Qiao Xiaohu continued to laugh, slapping the table, and tears even came out.

However, from Qiao Xiaohu's words, it could be heard that this Li Xinhao did a very large business because he couldn't even recognize all his own employees.

After laughing for a while, Qiao Xiaohu calmed down and continued:

"Just like that, we got to know each other, exchanged ages and names, and so on. He said he was 22 this year, and we started chatting about the small commodity business, and then we talked about mountain goods."

"Later, I don't know what he was thinking, but he was so yearning for our side, always asking me about things in the mountains. If he hadn't had work to do that time, he would have followed me straight to our county..."

Following that, Qiao Xiaohu told Wang An some more things about Li Xinhao, mainly regarding the decision to trade mountain goods.

Through Qiao Xiaohu's narration, mainly the dialogue between the two, Wang An couldn't help but feel a bit curious about this Li Xinhao.

Most importantly, Wang An didn't find any problems with Qiao Xiaohu, so Wang An believed that this Li Xinhao should be someone who could be cooperated with.

Finally, Qiao Xiaohu suddenly said:

"By the way, big brother, I even mentioned you to him. I told him that you were the one who let us do this business, and I told him some things about you. Then he said that when he comes, he must drink with you and have a good chat."

Wang An nodded and said:

"Yeah, a chat is fine. Just hearing you say that, I also want to meet him."

Following that, Wang An chatted with Qiao Xiaohu about the mountain goods business. After calculating how much money a train car of goods could make, Wang An very generously took out 3,000 yuan, handed it to Qiao Xiaohu, and said:

"For the money earned from this business in the future, we'll still split it half and half. I'll put up more money, and you do more of the work. By the way, if we set up a company in the future, it will involve many things. If we run into any major issues, you have to listen to me."

After Wang An finished speaking, Qiao Xiaohu immediately expressed his stance seriously:

"Big brother, we don't need to run into major issues. As long as you speak, I'll listen to you in everything. If it weren't for you, I'd still be struggling to eat today."

Before Qiao Xiaohu could finish, Wang An smiled and said:

"Alright, alright. If you weren't like that, I wouldn't be taking you with me. But people change, so we have to say the ugly things first. Otherwise, if that day really comes, hehehehe..."

Although Wang An's words weren't complete, the meaning was very clear: Wang An wouldn't be soft-hearted.

Thanks to "Hei A Niu Ge" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

(End of chapter)