Chapter 51: The Carriage
Li Xin and his entourage walked all the way, and it didn't take long to arrive at the livestock market. Cattle are often divided piece by piece, some selling horses, some selling cattle, all kinds of things, but almost all kinds of livestock. The people who buy and sell are also divided into areas, and they do not go out, but they look orderly.
There were a little more other animals, but there were very few horses, just a few. Shopkeeper Sun said that most of the horse farms are in the north, and in the south, although the emperor also asked everyone to raise horses, but there are not many of them, and occasionally there are one or two horses, and there is no real horse farm. Generally, it is not very useful, that is, it is used for the carriage of money, or the camel goods in the hands of merchants. It is used to pull carts, but in fact, horses are not used much, and many people use cows, donkeys and the like.
There are many waterways in the south, and if you want to transport goods, most of them still take the waterway, so there are very few horse caravans, unless it is a caravan heading north.
Therefore, not to mention the few horses sold in the south, they are really not good horses, that is, the pulling cart is okay.
Entering the market, a few people went directly to see the horse, although the shopkeeper Sun is not a horse, but he has also seen a lot of horses, and he will always go to the capital, he is a well-informed person, but he helped Li Xin choose a good horse, and bought it with fifty taels of silver. After buying the horse, I went to buy the carriage again.
Not far from the livestock market, there are wagons, and when you walk in, you can see all kinds of carriages on display, different styles, different woods, different sizes, it seems that the craftsmanship of the carpenter master of this shop is still very good, and it looks very exquisite. In such a shop, there are generally few people who come to buy directly, they are all custom-made, what style they like, choose the shape and size, wood, and the store will help to make a satisfactory appearance. However, on weekdays, there will still be some beautiful ones to show, and Li Xin watched all the way.
There is still some distance between Sanshi Town and Nanbai County, and Li Xin is also waiting for the carriage, so he doesn't want to do it, so he chooses one for display, negotiates with the shopkeeper, and buys it. The shop was very careful, and even the curtain was prepared, and the carriage was connected to the horse, and the carriage could be used.
However, the horse was still newly bought, and Li Xin didn't dare to take his two younger sisters up to sit, so he just asked the servant who came with him to try to catch up first, and it was not too late to sit down when it was safe. The servant who came with him was surnamed Zhu, called Zhu Yong, and he was only in his twenties. Li Xin heard Wang Fu and his wife say that Zhu Yong's skills in driving the car are very good.
It's rare to come to the county, and the group will walk around. Li Xin saw that Yueting was envious of the beautiful clothes others were wearing, so he also went to the silk village. I don't know if there is no cotton in this world, and there is no cotton cloth, there are only two types of cloth, one is woven with silk, and the other is woven with twine. When there was no money before, Li Xin's family naturally wore linen clothes, and they didn't weave very good linen, at most, it could wrap the body, and it didn't keep warm. Later, although he slowly got some money, Li Xin didn't want to be too ostentatious, and he only bought fine linen. And good fabrics are not easy to wear in the countryside, so you can't wear silk and satin to the field!
And in Sanshi Town, it is true that you can't buy any good fabrics. There is only one shop in the town that sells fabrics, and most of the ones sold are just linen, but by grade. I will also sell a little silk woven fabric, but it is all inferior, and the color is not bright.
The silk village in the county is different, and the fabrics inside are dazzling! Those who look are dazzled. There are all kinds of names that can't be said, and even the colors are very numerous, but the main color is obviously not the main color, and it does breed thousands of changes, different shades, and the shades are appropriate.
Although there are only two types of fabrics in essence, there are so many kinds of fabrics. The intelligence of the ancient people is really not to be underestimated! Looking at it all the way, Yueting's eyes were dazzled, and she wanted to touch it, but she didn't dare.
"Miss Li, Shopkeeper Sun, why are you here?" Li Xin and a few people are looking at the fabric! But someone came out of the side of the counter with a curtain. Li Xin looked over, but it turned out to be Zheng Xing! Previously, the shopkeeper Sun also said that he was opening a silk village in the county, but Li Xin didn't care about it, and he didn't expect to separate early in the morning, but he met again at this time.
"It turned out to be Boss Zheng's shop! It's rare to come to the county, so I want to buy some fabrics and go back. I didn't expect to see each other again so soon. "Li Xin also got up, this world is really small! Or maybe it's a kind of fate! It is a small world.
"It's rare that everyone has come to the shop, come in and have a cup of tea! I'm going to let people go back and tell Mrs. Sรน to pick up the good dishes on the table, you have to appreciate your face! Why don't you stay at my house for the night and go back tomorrow! Zheng Xing beckoned Li Xin and his entourage to the back hall, and behind the shop was a row of houses, which were for the guys to live on weekdays. There was a hall in the middle, and the group walked in, and Zheng Xing hurriedly ordered the men to serve tea.
"Boss Zheng, don't be busy, let's just take a stroll, buy something and go back."
"No matter how this works, it's all coming to my door, and I have to eat a meal no matter what I say. Besides, it's this time, and it's time for dinner in a few hours, and if you still rush back, you won't be in town when it's dark! Don't be polite to me, no matter how you say it, it's also an acquaintance, you treat me as a friend! โ
Zheng Xing repeatedly retained him, and it was difficult for Shopkeeper Sun and Li Xin to refuse again. After getting acquainted, they also knew that Zheng Xing was a bold person, not the kind of person who said one thing and did another, since he kept it again and again, it was not false, but sincere, so naturally it was not good to refuse, and what Zheng Xing said was right. If you have to rush back to the town, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to walk when it gets dark.
After sitting in the back hall for a while, Li Xin's sisters picked out some fabrics again, Zheng Xing originally didn't charge money, but this time Li Xin would definitely not accept such kindness again. Zheng Xing is also a businessman, business is business, friendship is friendship, one yard is one yard. The cattle in Zhuangzi are worth a lot of silver, and her family has accepted Zheng Xing's kindness once, and there can be no next time. She also said that if she didn't collect the money, she wouldn't want the fabric, and Zheng Xing would have to accept it.
Zheng Xing handed over the shop to the shopkeeper to watch, and then took Li Xin and a few people to Zheng's house. The Zheng family is also very wealthy in the county, and the big mansion occupies a large area. In this country, the imperial court did not have all kinds of restrictions on merchants, so in this era, the status of merchants was still very good. Some dynasties restricted merchants from wearing silk and satin, and they could not sit in sedan chairs when they went out, but there were none here, so the merchants' lives were still very comfortable. There is already money, and there are no restrictions in the imperial court, so you can naturally enjoy it.
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