Jingrunfang is in the east of Jincheng, not as rich as Mingshaofang, and not as lowly as Fengyinfang. There are two main types of people living here, one is a solid businessman, and the other is a scholar who has not become a big official for the time being. In other words, a middle-class enclave.

Some families declined, from Jingrunfang in the east to Fengyinfang, where the three religions and nine streams lived, to the south, where the three religions and nine streams lived, or Xuesenfang, where farming and cultivating land in the north. And their house was empty.

There are also some people who climb up the branches, and have a place in Mingshaofang in the south, and the original house of Jingrunfang is idle, or rented out, or asked someone to watch, empty in vain, or simply sold.

The house that Lin Dai bought is the first type.

It's not the Xie family's self-righteous mansion, but it's also very decent, with the tin bag gate, the red brick wall with bluestone plaster joints, and the large oleander exposed on the wall, which is not inferior to the postcard. When Lin Dai moved in, he saw a puppy drilling into the dog hole, and his posture was skillful. Yi Li wanted to chase, but after hesitation, the figure of the puppy was gone, and his face was complacent. Lin Daiwan commanded: "Put some meat in the wall." When it comes again, I'll leave it for the little boy to play with. ”

The servant agreed.

Lin Dai was refreshed: now she finally has her own house. She's in charge!

The house was built decades ago, and it was a bit old, but sturdy and spacious, with tall green pines and eaves. Clusters of plum blossoms dot the dots.

The original owner of the house heard that it was the legendary girl who left the city to take over the house, and suddenly thought about not selling it, but instead selling it for rent! Such. Every time I collect rent, I may have the opportunity to get close to Miss Lin. The intermediary saw through his careful thoughts at a glance and told him: Don't dream!

Miss Lin doesn't have much money, but she has strictly ordered the grandmothers around her to tell the intermediary that it doesn't matter the size of the house, it must be strong, and even if she loses food and clothing, she must take out all the money she has to buy a house, and she must buy out the deed. Rather than renting or paying in installments. Just because she was an unmarried woman. With a weak brother, he is afraid of having a tongue, so the door and wall must be tightened, and he is unwilling to communicate more with outsiders. I don't want to find a landlord for myself.

"If you don't sell it. We'll look elsewhere. The intermediary told the landlord.

The landlord groaned. admired Miss Lin's Bingxin and sold the deed.

Long before that, there was a small businessman who was in the warehousing business. quietly rented a small courtyard next to it. It is adjacent to the wall of this old house.

After Lin Dai moved in, Mama went to the neighbor's house to beg for fire.

At this time, there were no lighters, not even matches, and the more commonly used ignition appliances were flints and fire sickles. For the ancients, it was obviously not so easy to light a fire with these things. Therefore, most people will keep fire. When the fire is extinguished, it may be easier to go to the neighbor's house and ask if there is a fire than to make another fire yourself. Of course, it's also a great way to connect with your neighbors.

An elderly grandmother, with a little girl, went to the neighbor's house. The two families were so close that as soon as the door opened and closed, it passed.

The people over there greeted them attentively and gave a salute to the eldest grandmother and a bigger salute to the little girl.

The young girl in the girl's outfit nodded in reply.

Yinggu took out a hat and put it on for the girl.

The so-called curtain is a hat with a curtain added. The function is to cover the face of the rich and noble ladies so that others will not see them. The hat curtain can be long or short, short to shoulder, long to the heel, it is simply a moving curtain, or a mosquito net.

This hat, the curtain dragged all the way to the ground.

Why is this girl just a little girl when she walks over, and she has to wear a hat when she enters someone's yard?

She disguised her identity with crude clothing, faked a sturdy figure to hide her originally delicate figure, covered her cheeks with a dangling wig, and smeared pot ash to hide her delicate complexion. Finally let people recognize her identity:

Miss Lin.

Lin Dai.

Of course, the one who rents the yard next door is not an ordinary person. The first to greet was a pair of women, who advanced and retreated in a certain way, like raised by a large family. After they helped Yinggu put on Lin Dai's hat, the so-called warehouse merchant greeted him, looking like a young man, and a young man who finally met the big boss, so enthusiastic that he was almost at a loss, and welcomed Lin Dai into the inner courtyard.

Cui Shuanghui is here to greet you. Seeing that Aunt Ying was serving Lin Dai, he made a big gift on his head, but he didn't feel that the old tears were in his eyes.

Lin Dai deeply bowed and returned the courtesy.

Cui Shuanghui was about to kneel on the ground: "How can the old servant be worthy of such a big gift from a girl!" ”

Lin Dai said: "I will guard this property for my mother Xie Da Butler. ”

Hey! Didn't you say that Cui Shuanghui absconded with the money? The account books that Xie Yunjian and Zhou Kongmu got also showed that the Lin family's property was in deficit. How did Cui Shuanghui keep the industry?

Ying Gu smiled beside her: "I also invited the girl and Steward Cui into the house to talk." ”

Cui Shuanghui said repeatedly: "Yes, yes!" "It's really inappropriate to stand up and talk. He welcomed Lin Dai indoors.

The furnishings in the door are fine, the windows are clean, a set of beech tables and chairs under the window, and a cabinet of the same texture next to it, and there are some pictures and statues in the cabinet.

Cui Shuanghui held the lamp high and asked Lin Dai to admire the statues.

They are all clay sculptures, there are tigers, dolls, monkeys and peaches, etc., all take auspicious shapes, each shape, size, color is completely the same.

"As the girl instructed, the mold has been successful. Now there are eighteen molds, and more can be added. This is a sample, please look at it. Cui Shuanghui said.

Lin Dai smiled.

Clay sculpture is one of the most important handicrafts today. But to make a good clay sculpture, it takes a very high artistic attainment, so masters such as "Clay Man Zhang" are so sought after and worth a thousand gold.

Generally speaking, the more high-end the goods, the easier it is to make money. When Lin Ruhai and Lin Xie's family were concerned, they also took the high-end route, otherwise it would be difficult to promote Lin Ruhai to the official position of Xunan Weaving. Today, the high-end market of the Daling Dynasty is mainly controlled by two kinds of merchants: one is the official businessman and the other is the Rong businessman.

It goes without saying that the government and businessmen have the backing of the government to have a better source of goods and customers. Even Lin Ruhai originally had connections in the officialdom, but after Lin Xie's help became bigger, he directly became an official himself, which is called cultivating a positive result.

but the merchants came from Xirong. The Rong Guolian followed Daling and the small countries in the West to transport the goods at both ends, and finally developed the big force of "Rong Shang". If you take a map, from the Rong realm to the Daling Dynasty, you can see a road, which gradually spreads out after entering, like the roots of a big tree, deeply rooted in the whole territory of Daling.

Merchants gave it a name: the Golden Road.

In foreign transactions, paper money is difficult to trust, copper coins are not good, and the real ones are only gold and silver. In gold and silver, Tianzhu and other countries are far more believe in gold, and the Rong realm also respects gold, not only the things that worship the gods are mostly gold inlaid treasures, and women also judge the status of the other party by the number of gold objects they wear, and the Rong merchants will transport all kinds of rare things from the Western Regions to the Daling Dynasty, and they are more willing to exchange for gold and return to the country, but the precious metals circulating in the Han realm are still mainly silver, and the shrewd Rong merchants will first collect silver in the business, and then exchange it into gold and transport it back to the territory, and the officials of the Han Dynasty, who attacked the most fiercely against the Rong merchants, also held on to this point, claiming: " If you let Rong merchants trade, then the west side of the obscene and small things will flood indiscriminately, and my gold veins will be exhausted! He also called the main trading road a bloodsucking artery, describing the continuous flow of gold and silver in the Han Realm to the west, like human blood being drained by monsters. At that time, it was still the reign of the first emperor, that is, Shu Zong, for this reason issued a decree, the Rong border and the Han border trade port into one, in this trade port strict inspection and registration, according to the export value of Han goods, to determine the import amount of Rong merchants, at the same time the export of Han goods also required Rong people to pay in gold. In this way, the accounting work of large traders is more painful. When they do business in the Han realm, they mainly use copper coins and silver taels to calculate, and in the Rong realm, there are special coins in the Rong realm, as well as gold and silver ingots, and even coupons with livestock, crops, and even salt as the unit of measurement. The big traders and the port management officials fought wits and courage, and finally everyone was troublesome, and the big traders proposed a way, when the Han side settled, converted into thousands of gold, but did not directly take the gold to the officials to see the scales, just to the family property as a guarantee, there will be these gold, the end of the Rong side of the settlement, how much gold, with the Han side of the offset, the insufficient part, and then take cash to make up. When the officials on the Han family's side heard this, they had operability and reported to Shu Zong. Shu Zong is an accessible and considerate emperor, and he thinks it is feasible, but it must be negotiated with Rongjing, and the two sides can jointly supervise, otherwise it is just a piece of paper.

At that time, King Rong's name was Pu Ba Rong, known as King Rong, and he was also a legend, but at that time, he was restraining his energy for a little beauty, ignoring government affairs, and what the ministers said was what he said. The ministers said that it was convenient for everyone, so King Rong waved his hand and said: It's done!

And so it was. Vouchers made by several big traders are all the rage. During the prosperous period of the Rong-Han trade, the road at the trade port was called the Golden Avenue. Later, King Rong and Emperor Shu both died, the trade port was abolished, and the merchants were basically free to trade. Ronghan Business Travel is still mainly on the Golden Avenue, half of which is out of habit, and half of it is that the geography and commercial location of this avenue are really convenient when combined. The vouchers, developed into today's treasure tickets, are jointly issued by large merchants around the country, and have a particularly good reputation, not only in the Han country, but also in foreign businesses.

Jincheng happens to be on a branch road of the Golden Avenue. In addition to the official businessmen, the most well-known merchants are the "Kesi Pavilion" opened by Rong merchants. These big merchants have a monopoly on the sales of the most exquisite silks, the most reliable antiques, and other top-level high-end goods, and it is difficult for ordinary people to compete. (To be continued......)