Chapter 82: Business (2)
Dabao's words reminded Banniang that at any time, there is a market for fake certificates. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Banniang said to Jiu Niang, "There must be someone who sells the road, but we don't have much money, so we have to keep it and buy horses." After speaking, he sighed, is a penny a hero, let alone a lot of money.
Banniang took out the money bag and counted it, five taels of gold, 25 taels of silver, and 760 copper coins, and Jiuniang also took off the money bag on her body, less, two taels of gold, 15 taels of silver, and 238 coins.
"Strive to buy three horses!" Banniang said, and she had to set aside the travel expenses.
Jiu Niang was not sure, "Why don't you sell my hammer? It's iron! Iron is not cheap." ”
"Then you might as well sell my dagger. Banniang said, "Keep the hammer, if the road expenses are not enough, you can still sell your art." ”
Dabao pouted, "Then why don't you sell the horse first?"
Banniang glanced at Dabao and ignored him, Jiuniang said, "Banniang means not to sell hammers, not really to sell art." As he spoke, he scratched his head, "Oh, there are jewelry! Alas, I knew that I would have brought gold hairpins and gold earrings." ”
Banniang and Jiuniang often practice martial arts, wear less headdress, and there is no bracelet, which is in the way, and the earrings are only studs, or silver.
Eight Niang and Jiu Niang have a silver hairpin, a pair of silver earrings, and a drop in the bucket.
"You don't have a longevity lock or anything like that, isn't your family rich?"
Dabao puffed up his chest, "Yes, it's golden!" Ba Niang Jiu Niang's eyes widened, and the next second he was stunned, Da Bao said loudly: "It was snatched by human traffickers!"
"I still have this!" Seeing the frustration on Banniang Jiuniang's face, Dabao thought about it and raised his foot, "I have an anklet, grandma said, it can tie me, but I was still abducted!
Banniang Jiuniang looked at it, the chain was thin, and it looked like silver, but it was definitely not pure, because the color was not very different.
No wonder the traffickers gave up.
Jiu Niang took it and pulled it gently, and then the chain broke, Jiu Niang was embarrassed, didn't she say that the traffickers couldn't take it off, she just wanted to try it, why couldn't the traffickers take off such a thin chain... But, what does this make people say? Can you blame the traffickers for being too weak?
Dabao admired his face, "Jiu Niang, I eat a lot, why don't you have as much strength?"
"You put it away. Jiuniang handed over the chain to Dabao, still a little embarrassed.
Dabao shook his head, "Take it together!"
If it's gold, Banniang will definitely be happy, but it's not worth it, judging from the broken mouth, it's not pure silver... Dabao's family is worried, don't expect to thank you, and make some money seriously.
Dabao insisted very much, "You can always change a few nests!"
So, Dabao's anklets were sent to the pawnshop together.
Then everyone went around the market many times, but still didn't find a fake certificate, and finally solved the matter with the help of the shopkeeper.
Walking around the market, I naturally found a lot of news.
For example, although Song Liao has not fought now, but has not concluded a friendship treaty, it seems that it is not up to standard, but the vigilance of both sides is very high, the Great Song Dynasty is not allowed to flow silver, copper money and iron, gunpowder into the Great Liao, the Great Liao is not allowed to enter the Great Song Dynasty horses and grain, the official permitted trading goods of the Great Song Dynasty are tea and silk and other unrelated military technology, and the Great Liao is mutton and sheepskin and other necessities that have nothing to do with military and people's livelihood.
Yes, the residents of the Great Song Dynasty border will buy grain from the Great Liao, because the terrain of the Great Song border is not very good, the grain output is small, and it is convenient to buy from the Liao State.
Moreover, there is a place in Liao that produces salt, and border residents will also buy salt from the Liao people.
Salt is a state-controlled product of the Great Song Dynasty, and the imperial court is naturally not allowed to do it, but the border residents don't do it, and they have bought it for many years, so why don't they buy it?
In the end, the court had no choice but to turn a blind eye, as long as it was not reselling and buying a pound or two, it pretended not to see it.
However, there was a limit to the amount of silver that could be taken out of the city, and this rule was strictly enforced, so there were truckloads of goods lined up at the gate of the city.
"Why don't we change it to tea and silk?" Jiu Niang hesitated.
"We can't tell the good from the bad. Banniang shook her head and vetoed, and finally decided that she and Jiuniang would bring enough silver, and the rest would be hidden on Dabao.
After some preparation, he walked towards the city gate.
How do you know that since the soldiers guarding the city only took a rough look at the road guide, and then released the people, they didn't search their bodies at all, but only verbally reminded, "Salt can only buy one catty!"
It seems that there is still an advantage to being young.
Out of the city gate, follow the flow of people, 5 miles did not take much time, Dabao did not call tired.
The venue is very large, crowded and lively.
However, the three of Banniang were stopped.
The small merchants had to be insured by 10 people, and there were people in the Song Dynasty who specially inspected the goods to see if there were any prohibited items, and the last procedure was to collect taxes.
The three of Banniang had no choice but to look outside the field.
"There is definitely a black market. Banniang whispered.
"We can't find it. "Jiu Niang is also at a loss.
Just as he was worried, a person dressed as a Liao person quietly came over to say hello, "Do you want salt?"
Usually children come here to buy salt.
Ba Niang took a look, "Han people?" The Chinese dialect is very authentic.
The man nodded, "My ancestors have been Han people for generations, but I don't know that one day I will become a Liao countryman, do you want salt?"
"Is there a horse?" said Jiu Niang squirrelly.
The Han people of Liao were shocked and waved their hands, "This is to kill the head, no, no." Turning around and about to leave, Banniang grabbed him, "Uncle, we only buy 3 horses, not much." ”
"Not half a horse!" the Han people of Liao shook their heads with a clank.
"Do you know anyone?" Banniang said, "We will give you money." ”
"Little lady, people who buy and sell horses are not ordinary people. "I don't recognize it, and you can't find a way." Why do you buy horses?"
"His father is in trouble," Banniang pointed to Dabao, "I want to lose money, my father said that the horses are profitable, let's take a look." ”
The Han people of Liao shook their heads, "Listen to me, hurry up and stop this thought, there is no background in horse trading, you can't do it, and you have to get into it." ”
Ba Niang Jiu Niang Dabao wandered around outside the city for 4 days, not to mention the horses, and I didn't even see a horse dealer.
"Why don't we buy salt?" Banniang said, "The salt in Liao is cheap, let's sell it along the way, and we can make money." ”
"It's a shame to be caught by the government. Jiu Niang disagreed, "Buy ginseng." ”
"We don't know if the goods are good or bad, or the salt is good," Banniang said, "Bianjing salt seems to be 20 wen a catty, and the salt here is 8 wen, you calculate, how much profit is there." ”
"How did you bring it into the city?" Jiu Niang still disagreed, "Besides, 8 wen a catty, 100 catties is only 800 wen, 8 taels is a thousand catties, how can we get lucky?"
Forget about logistics, Banniang lamented, salt dealers are not easy to be..."Buy fur! Just buy ordinary fur, you can't lose anything if you look away! Even if you don't know the ginseng, you can't tell the difference between the real and the fake, don't buy ginseng but buy it as a radish!"
"The fur is not lucky, the ginseng is easy to take!" Jiu Niang insisted, "I don't know if the ginseng is real or not, but I can smell the radish!"
"I can also smell turnips. Xiaobao also sniffed his nose vigorously...