第11章石炭五(1 / 1)

黑金王朝 亦文重生 0 字 2021-03-24

钱掌柜的屋子不算大,内外也就两间房,外间连着灶间,有几张桌椅,旁边靠墙处打开了一个方方正正的缺口,便是方才钟三所见的铺面,临着铺面摆着一张桌子,上面放着一些石炭,桌子下面也放有石炭,另一面靠墙则整整齐齐地堆着不少石炭,里间应该是住人的,钱掌柜没带钟三进去。

二人便在外间餐桌旁坐下,钱掌柜客气地给钟三沏了一杯茶,钟三起身致谢道:“烦扰钱掌柜了!”钱掌柜道:“闲来也无事,方才你说是为石炭而来,究竟是何事啊?”钟三答道:“掌柜果然爽快,那在下就冒昧开口了,”钟三抿了口茶道:“因在下家兄有意涉足石炭买卖,但又不熟悉石炭之事,故遣在下到城中打探,昨日,在下已在城中的集市上见过掌柜手下的二位伙计,向他们讨教了不少石炭之事,回家告知家兄后,他非常高兴,但还有一些石炭开采方面的技巧,仍需向掌柜的讨教,家兄今日本应同来,只因家中今日开始农忙,在下到底不比家兄农活利索,故仍派在下前来讨教,真是十分冒昧!”说罢,钟三再起身揖手。

钱掌柜笑了笑道:“石炭买卖,你们也有兴趣要做啊?我那两个伙计未向你们说起石炭的难处吗?”钟三道:“俱已告知,但家兄仍觉有利可图,故欲尝试,”“有利可图?哈哈哈,你看看你进来这许久,哪来一个买炭的?连买卖都没有,又何谈有利可图呐?”

钟三心想,掌柜外表和善,但毕竟为从商之人,自己这般空说,他未必肯掏心窝里的话,爹娘那里不会再放更多的时间予我,今日必要有所斩获,于是说道:“钱掌柜,在下罪过,真人面前不说假话,实不相瞒,想做石炭买卖的正是在下自己!”钱掌柜眼睛一亮:“我就想嘛,要做买卖的不来,自己去干农活,既干农活,还咋做买卖呢?罢了罢了,你先头不说,也必有难处,你接着说说你的想法吧,我听听看。”

钟三答道:“掌柜的,钟三出身城东贫苦人家,家中爹娘、二哥连同小弟,日日忙在田间地头,可一年下来,吃不饱饭的日子竟占了一半多,在下觉得光靠耕种实在是没有出路啊!”钱掌柜道:“可石炭买卖可能更没出路,我告诉你,阳城这儿做石炭的,和你种地一般,也是辛苦卖命,一年下来,也不见得比你种地的好过多少呢,”钟三接道:“掌柜的说得是,但这石炭买卖做不起,不怪石炭,只怪没人买啊,”钱掌柜道:“对啊,是没人买的问题,你要知道,我每年为了把这些石炭卖掉,得要去跑多少商行铺面,求着人家买点炭,”钟三听了接着道:“掌柜的确实不容易,可现如今,在下探听到一个消息,是能大幅扩大这石炭的买卖的,”“哦?有何见解?”“在下近日听到,省城那边缺石炭缺得厉害啊,很多普通百姓人家在冬日里无炭取暖啊!”“哦?果有此事?”“千真万确!这个消息来源非常可靠!”

钟三于是便将阿兰娘舅所说之事和钱掌柜简单说了一遍,接着又道:“因此在下想,若能将石炭买卖做到省城去,岂不就把市场打开了嘛!”钱掌柜点点头,心想自己怎么不知这些呢,每日里只盯着阳城这一亩三分地,竟还不如一个娃子眼界开阔,但转念又想起其他方面的事,于是说道:“这确实是一个思路,可是石炭的买卖能否赚到银子,你算过吗?”

钟三听了,更觉钱掌柜是精明商人,问出的问题确实切中要害,于是他想了想说道:“在下昨日在钱掌柜伙计处问得,一个炭工一日可开五六十斤炭,一组四个人,两人在井上,两人在井下,这样一天就是一百斤炭,开出来的炭,每日就算都卖了,炭价为一文二斤,每日即可得五十文,四人分五十文钱,咋说也是太少了,在下记得爹娘和二哥曾经说起过,家里那二亩薄田,正常年景时,每亩能收个两石多的谷米,一年下来是四石多,朝廷的赋税是抽一成,这样自家就总共是四石米,这些米如若不吃,全拿去市面上卖,按照现在一石米四两银子的官价,能卖十六两银子,家里三个人在田上耕种,每人每日的实际产出,我听他们说过就是十五文铜钱,这可是比卖炭要挣得多了,难怪咱阳城没人愿意开炭卖炭,钱掌柜,您说在下这样算得对吗?”

钱掌柜听着不住点头,说道:“钟三,你这娃子,身在乡民家里,倒是十分聪明,你确实说对了当前的一部分真实情况,不过,除了炭工的工钱,还有开炭工具的固定投入,这些也是本钱,因此其实实际的结余还达不到‘四人分五十文钱’这么多,另外,这些炭工的工钱其实是固定的,一般每人每天也就差不多十五文到二十文,但他们开炭的辛苦却是比种地还要更强的,而且,石炭开出来以后的销路也确实是个难题,就像你方才说的,一天才卖个五十文,付炭工的工钱都还不够,石炭买卖人哪里还能赚到银钱?我做这买卖八年了,在炭上根本没赚到钱,全靠祖上积蓄勉强度日,这八年里,也是想罢手多次了。”

钱掌柜顿了顿又道:“但按方才你所说的省城的情况,若能打开那边的买卖,每日多卖些石炭,确实应该能提高些收益,现下每日卖一百斤炭,若卖到一千斤、一万斤、甚至十万斤的话,应该会是个不错的买卖,”钟三接口道:“掌柜说得是,在下也正是此想法,一旦打开省城的市场,石炭便会成为金炭!”

钱掌柜想了想道:“但这其中还有三条,一是石炭运去省城的运费成本多少?二是石炭在省城能卖何价?三是石炭的产量能否应付省城的巨大需求?钟三,你对此有过考虑吗?”

钟三深感遇上了投缘之人,急急说道:“此事在下之前亦有所考虑,省城那边的情况,必是要去摸一下,包括炭价、需求量,都要去省城商行打听仔细,运输方面,在下全无半点经验,亦是要了解的,再就是石炭的开采量,在下则更是外行。”

说罢,钟三复又站起,向钱掌柜说道:“钱掌柜,在下有此信念,石炭必能成器,但凡此种种问题,在下实无经验,只昨日听闻掌柜是探矿高人,在下便一心前来,还望掌柜的,多提携在下,在下愿在掌柜的麾下效力,共同做成此事!”说罢一揖到地。

钱掌柜见了连忙扶起钟三道:“钟三贤弟,何出此言,钱某方才听贤弟一席话,亦是有所开悟,凡此八年来,钱某的买卖只限于阳城一地,并无想到省城之事,贤弟一番话,亦是点醒我梦中人,钱某看贤弟思路敏捷,口才不俗,将来必成大器,钱某亦不妄自菲薄,实不相瞒,阳城一带,钱某是时日最长、经验最丰的炭家,你此次初一寻找,便与我相遇,此乃缘分至深,你用智慧,我用经验,你我搭档,必能成其事也,你我合作,从此省城之信开始,钱某为人,不愿独占其利,既如此,钱某倒有一念,你我何不结为兄弟,从此共举大业?”钟三听闻此言,愈发激动,就此跪下,口中说道:“大哥在上,请受小弟一拜!”

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