Chapter 13: A Preliminary Exploration of a Foreign Land

When he was at home, although he was not the most diligent one, he had to get up early every day to open his shop.

This time, though, he slept very deeply.

I don't know how long it took for the road to pass, but Du Le Fan heard a lot of footsteps in a daze, and there were more and more noisy people, until he couldn't sleep anymore.

There was really no way, so Du Le had to stretch his waist, but unexpectedly, the whole person fell on the road full of sand and dust at once. Du Le exclaimed, opened his eyes, and the scene in front of him reminded him of what happened yesterday.

What catches Du Le's eye is an ancient street market scene, a street that can accommodate four cars walking side by side, and all kinds of ancient costume characters come and go, wearing silk, brocade, and linen cloth of various colors; There are also all kinds of professional people, who open shops, set up stalls to sell things, fortune tellers, writers, and carry burdens to sell along the streets.

Du Le, who was worried that he would be regarded as an outlier, found that there were many beggars like him, sitting on the corner of the street, holding a rice bowl and almost stretching out his hands, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot. The clothes he was wearing now were at least in line with the local beggar's attire.

Du Le saw all kinds of people in front of him, all of them had yellow skin and black eyes similar to him. Somehow, Du Le felt a little safe. Humans are naturally social creatures and can easily find security in groups.

Du Le looked around for a moment, and only when he made sure that no one was surprised by his dress, or even too hostile, did he stand up and pat the dust off his body.

As a would-be businessman who decided to enter the business industry, Du Le was ready to work in an unfamiliar place. A businessman must understand the market, and in short, DΓΌle must know where he is. Of course, if he could teleport home immediately, Du Le would not stay longer, for the simple reason that he felt terrified by the corpse last night. He needed time to buffer the excitement, but he couldn't just sit on the side of the road. Du Le, who had just graduated, had a pride in his heart that did not allow him to squat on the side of the road like a beggar, and he didn't even want to do it if he was a beggar.

Du Le didn't know where he had come, and everything around him only reminded him of a costume drama on TV. It's unfamiliar, but it's also a little curious. Du Le carefully observed the people walking in the streets, and their faces were almost full of sorrow, except for their busy business, as if a great catastrophe was coming.

Du Le looked left and right, and quietly walked over to the people who were talking, and he found that the people here were not very different from his own way of speaking, and he could understand them. As soon as Du Le's heart was relieved, he began to intervene in people's conversations, wanting to understand the local cultural environment. It's just that every time Du Le spoke, somehow, the people in the conversation stopped talking and dispersed.

After several attempts, Doile finally gave up. After thinking about it, Du Le decided to watch and listen more first.

After nearly an hour, Du Le roughly understood that the city where he was now located was called Jinyang City, which belonged to a country called Chu. The state of Chu is similar to the empire of ancient China on earth, and is a feudal imperial state.

Now, the state of Chu is being attacked by the joint attack of the state of Qi and the state of Jin, and countless refugees from all over the country rush to Jinyang City, the capital of the state of Chu, to take refuge. This is also the reason why Du Le saw that the streets were full of beggars, after all, in a feudal country, the rich belonged to the minority. As soon as a peasant leaves the land, he is a vagrant, not much different from a beggar.

In addition to ceramics, jade and other exquisite crafts in the store, the city has also deliberately divided an area for buying and selling goods, specializing in buying and selling all kinds of goods, from daily necessities to luxury goods. …,

Perhaps it is because when the country is in crisis, the prices of grain, vegetables and other agricultural products in Jinyang City are extremely high, while the prices of some things that cannot be eaten as food are extremely low. Even a person like Du Le, who is not usually a particular study of art, can see that the craftsmanship of several ink paintings is extraordinary, even exceeding the tens of thousands of Chinese paintings he has seen in art museums, but the price of these treasures is only enough to buy a handful of cabbage. Du Le really wanted to buy a few and take them home. It's a pity that he has no money on him.

The coins used here are easy to detect. Gold coins, gold coins are used here. Gold coins are the general currency here, the most common currency. Gold coins of different sizes represent different values. It is roughly classified as a one-dollar gold coin, a five-cent gold coin, a one-cent gold coin, etc.

There was still some time, so Du Le thought about it and walked around.

He walked to a small fruit shop. On the fruit table in front of the fruit shop, there are only a few kinds of fruits, which look like bananas and apples, and they look very poor and there are not many of them.

Du Le glanced at the people in the shop, there were two people inside, one was a middle-aged woman in her 40s, some of whom were blessed; The other is a skinny man in his 50s. The two of them were sitting in the store and sighing, and they didn't even notice that Du Le had walked in.

"Those who have fled, the road in the north is broken, and the south cannot transport goods, and our fruit stall is estimated to be unable to open, hey! Why don't we close the shop and go to my brother-in-law's house in the south, if we wait until the Qi State and the soldiers of the Jin State arrive, we won't be able to leave. Besides, although the city is very well guarded, I also believe that our Chu State will win, but we can't stay here and suffer. You see, the grain has risen to three catties per one yuan gold coin, and it was only one pound last month. The middle-aged woman babbled at the thin man.

"Hmm," the thin man replied, bowing his head as if thinking about something.

"You're still not a man, and when you make a decision, you're still so sluggish!" The middle-aged woman shouted at the thin man.

"Wasn't that what I was thinking?" The thin man shouted impatiently, "I know what you said!" However, we bought this shop for fifty yuan gold coins, and now no one will take over even fifty yuan gold coins, even ten yuan! ”

Du Le thought about it together and looked at the shop. The front shop is not large, about a dozen square meters, and the back shop should be a place for the store to stay and store goods.

"Hello two." Du Le spoke up to stop the argument between the two inside, "There's business coming to the door!" ”

"It's out of stock, that's all." When the middle-aged woman heard this, she stood up apologetically and said in a businessman's unique tone, "And the price is not cheap, three gold coins per yuan, you can choose." ”

"I have a batch of fruits, and I want to ask you to sell them on behalf of you, I don't know if I can do it?" Du Le approached and whispered.

"Consignment?" The thin man looked puzzled.

"I want to rent your bunk and sell the fruit I brought." Du Le explained.