The next morning, Guo Song hurried back to Qingxuguan, carrying a heavy leather bag in his hand, all the way to his room, where Gan Lei had carefully soaked the tiger skin into a large wooden barrel.

When Gan Lei saw Guo Song coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How much did it cost?" ”

Guo Song poured his leather bag on the bed, "Wow! With a bang, dozens of silver ingots poured out.

"A total of four hundred taels, I ran to four pharmacies, and sold them all."

Gan Lei's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Hunting is so profitable? ”

"It should be said that poaching makes money!"

Guo Song blinked and smiled: "The shopkeeper of the pharmacy said that no one has sold tiger bones and tiger meat for many years, especially tiger bones, the price is very expensive, even if it is a hunter, it is extremely difficult to meet a tiger, and it is terrible to be able to hit a tiger in a lifetime, so tiger meat and tiger bones have been very valuable in recent years." ”

"What about the tiger skin?"

Gan Lei asked, "Is there any way to sell it?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I may have a channel, I'll go out later." ”

Guo Song pushed the silver to Gan Lei, "You take the silver back, quickly dispose of the store, and then the family comes to the capital." ”

Gan Lei only took twenty ingots, and the rest was pushed back to Guo Song, "My brother also has to settle the account, and half of us are one and a half." ”

Guo Song smiled dumbly, "Senior brother, why do you think we went hunting?" I'm pooling money for you to buy a shop in the East Market, and you give me the silver. ”

"But"

"Nothing!"

Guo Song interrupted him, "It's not easy for me to want silver?" There are two white tigers in Beiyuan, and a black panther! Maybe I'll go to the inner garden tonight and cut off a few pairs of deer antlers, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy said, give me fifty yuan for a pair of deer antlers, and there are at least a few thousand deer in it! ”

"I'm so embarrassed about this brother!"

"What's embarrassing about my brother, besides, Master has repeatedly told me to take care of you, I can't help you become an official, it's not easy to help you make money?"

Gan Lei was moved in his heart, he has such a junior brother, I really don't know how much high incense he burned in his previous life?

Gan Lei rode a donkey back to Xinfeng County, and Guo Song also left the Taoist temple and came to Wubenfang.

Wubenfang is the place where the imperial court magnates live, there are countless wealthy mansions in it, ordinary houses are difficult to see, there are more than a dozen restaurants and shops along the street in Wubenfang, the restaurant is mainly for the business of the court officials.

Wubenfang is close to the Imperial City Vermilion Bird Gate, and at noon, all the officials have to come out to eat, and they generally come to Wubenfang, so every day at noon, the business of Wubenfang is very prosperous, and in the evening, the officials go to Pingkangfang and Xuanyangfang, and basically do not eat in Wubenfang.

Some people will also wonder, didn't the Tang Dynasty have two solar eclipses? Why do you have to eat at noon?

In fact, two eclipse meals have always been for the people at the bottom, before the Song Dynasty, the grain output was not high, the food was not cheap, and the people at the bottom could not afford to eat three meals, so they could only eat two meals a day.

But where the rich will only eat two meals, all three meals a day, and the wealthy and powerful families have more than three meals a day, and often have afternoon tea and supper.

It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty introduced and popularized Champa rice that agricultural science and technology advanced, grain production greatly increased, and food prices fell, and the people at the bottom gradually could afford to eat three meals a day, until today.

Before Guo Song came to a small trading house, which generally refers to the station of a trading caravan, which has warehouses, account rooms, stewards, deacons, etc., which mainly plays a liaison role.

Comptoirs generally do not occupy a large area, but they have a lot of energy, and many of them have shops and warehouses in the East and West Markets.

There is a sign on this firm, which reads the four big characters of Li's firm.

This is the residence of the imperial merchants, Li An is usually here, Guo Song came once a few days ago, and it happened that Li An went out, which made him pounce.

There was a doorman standing outside the gate, Guo Song walked to the front of the steps and arched his hand: "I'm looking for Uncle An, please inform me about it." ”

"Does Childe have an appointment?"

"Uncle An asked me to come, my surname is Guo, he knows."

"Guo Gongzi, please wait!"

Menzi went in to report, and after a while, Li An walked out with a smile.

"Guo Gongzi, I finally see you again."

Guo Song hugged his fists and smiled: "Uncle An's health is fine!" ”

"I'm in good health during this time, come on! Please come in. ”

Guo Song followed Li An into the trading house, and the two sat down in the guest hall, and a maid brought iced sour plum soup.

"It's too hot, so Childe will drink some ice drinks and go to get rid of the heat."

Guo Song saw that the cup was full of Xiaoice cubes, and he asked curiously: "This ice was preserved in winter?" ”

"Exactly! Almost all large households in Chang'an have ice cellars or ice wells, which are the same as the charcoal houses in winter, indispensable. ”

"It's true, I feel a cold breath when I come in."

Li An proudly knocked on the wall behind him, "The middle of this wall is empty, and there is a layer of ice in it, and it is very cool in the room all day, and so is my study, so I usually stay in the study." ”

"Uncle An is very good at enjoying it!"

"No, the main thing is that there is this condition, and you know that once I go out, I will have to suffer."

Li An said again: "The letter you sent last time has been received, I handed it over to the prince of Jinyang, he is very grateful to you, with your letter, his grassland report will be detailed." ”

"The prince of Jinyang is to summon His Royal Highness!"

Li An smiled, "At that time, you didn't know who the famous prince of Jinyang in Chang'an was, I was also surprised, but His Royal Highness Zhaowang didn't let me say much, so I didn't say it explicitly, but at least you know that he is a royal family, right!" ”

Guo Song nodded, it doesn't matter to him whether Li Jinyang summons Wang Li Si or not, but if it is Li Shi, maybe it will be different.

"Is there something wrong with Uncle An looking for me?"

"Actually, I just want to ask you, where do you live in Chang'an? What do you do to make a living, do you want me to do something for you, I don't like to owe others a favor, even if it is a big favor that is difficult to repay, I want to try to reciprocate. ”

"Does Uncle An still collect fur?" Guo Song asked with a deep groan.

Li An smiled slightly, "I'm not interested in ordinary sheepskins, but if it's a white wolf king skin, I'm very interested." ”

"There is a white tiger skin, which I got from the warehouse of the Albus Department, it is a plate skin, which has not been tanned yet, and I am asking someone to tann it."

"White tiger skins are a rarity! Guo Gongzi really plans to sell it to me? ”

Guo Song smiled: "It doesn't make sense to me, the main reason is that one of my senior brothers has been in trouble recently, and I want to help him, so I want to sell the tiger skin." ”

Li An thought for a while and said: "I won't hide it from you, I resell these rare animal skins to the royal family, they have money and like this kind of thing, but I don't make your money, I will help you sell them to them." ”

Guo Song was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "How much can it be sold?" ”

Li An laughed, "It depends on the quality, the price of the colorful tiger skin of the general grade is about 1,000 yuan, and I haven't sold the white tiger skin yet, I estimate that it is much more expensive, or you can show me the tiger skin first." ”

"It's still soaking in the nitrate!"

"It doesn't matter, I know the best tanner in Chang'an, let him handle it, and the quality will be better."

Guo Song is right to think about it, animal skins have been three points of skin and seven points of tanning since ancient times, Gan Lei is a wild man after all, it is better to find a professional craftsman to do it, and besides, Li An owes himself a big favor, even if he sees something, he will not talk much.

Guo Song immediately agreed, "I'll go and transport it over now, and I only soaked it in nitrate this morning." ”

He got up to leave, but Li An hurriedly stopped him, "Don't worry, Childe, I haven't finished talking yet!" ”

Guo Song sat down again and drank a few sips of sour plum juice, and Li An smiled again: "Do you want to find something to do in Chang'an?" I know a lot of people, maybe I have a way to help. ”

Guo Song was not polite, so he asked, "Can Uncle An get a shop in the East Market?" ”

Li An said with a smile: "The shop in the East Market is only rented and not sold by the Imperial Court, and it is impossible to buy it, if you want to rent a shop, maybe I have a way, but the East Market is also divided, what kind of business does the son want to do?" ”

"It doesn't matter, but it's better to be wine."

Li An thought for a while and said, "If it's a fur shop, I know that there is one to be transferred, but I'm not familiar with the wine, so I have to inquire." ”

"Then please Uncle An, I'll go and bring the white tiger skin now."

Guo Song hurriedly said goodbye and rushed back to the Taoist temple, he didn't soak anymore, and directly put the tiger skin in the bag and returned to the trading house.

In the yard, several servants helped unfold the tiger skin, and Li Anxin was stunned, how could it be a fresh tiger skin? As soon as he thought about it, he understood that where was this brought back from the grassland, it was clearly hunted in Chang'an, and there was only one place in Chang'an where there was a white tiger, this kid was so daring!

Guo Song had a life-saving grace for Ang Lee, and Ang Lee wouldn't say anything even if he saw it, he looked at the condition carefully, and there was no scar, it was flawless, as if he was beaten to death with a stick.

Li An praised it, "Good skin, this is the best quality, Guo Gongzi, so be it!" I will first accept it according to the four thousand yuan, and if I lose it, it will be mine, and if it is excess, I will make it up to you. ”

"Can you sell it for four thousand yuan?"

Li An laughed, "Childe is joking, thousands of dollars are like a drizzle for the royal family, the price of a piece of jewelry, I am the chief steward of the imperial merchants, I don't know how much money they make?" ”

"How much does it cost to sell a shop in East City?" Guo Song asked again.

"The rent is not expensive, but it also involves inventory, as well as purchase and delivery channels, without 10,000 yuan, you don't have to think about the stores in the east and west markets."

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said, "I still have a black panther skin, can Uncle An accept it?" ”

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