Chapter XVII
"Being able to run is about physical strength, and being able to run is about endurance."
The villagers listened in the fog. They all said that they didn't understand, what physical endurance, where did they understand this.
"For example, you Uncle Zhou Cheng." I saw Zhang Rui casually pointing to a young man beside him and said
"If an ordinary person can only run 60 miles, but you can run 100 miles in one go, it means that you can run. But the next day after the run, your feet were weak and you had to lie in bed. This means that you can only run, not that you can run. If you can continue to run a hundred miles tomorrow after you finish running, that's how you can run. It's about stamina, stamina, rhythmic balance and recovery. ”
The crowd still didn't understand. Zhang Rui wanted to explain again, but looking back, with their ability to understand, no matter how much they said, they would probably play the piano to the cow. I had to say to the villagers: You just need to know that what I need is someone who can run fast and far.
As soon as they heard Zhang Rui say this, everyone immediately understood, isn't it a person who wants to run fast! This can also tell the truth paragraph by paragraph, which is really the same as the master of Wenqu Xing in the Yamen.
"Next, if you want to rest, you can go to rest, if you are interested, you can apply for three o'clock in the afternoon (about four o'clock) will be formally assessed, the same is a stone lock, the same running. At the same time, if the number of assessment places exceeds 50, the assessment will not be repeated. ”
It was only noon, and there were still nearly three hours before Shen Shi. Zhang Rui sent everyone away, and was thinking about going back to prepare the stone lock for the assessment. In fact, there are no martial arts practitioners in the whole village, and there are no professional stone locks. He was going to take a walk around the town to see if he could get two dumbbells of about the same weight from the blacksmith in the town.
When Zhang Rui was about to leave, the workers of the Li Mansion came over and called Zhang Rui. Tell him that the shopkeeper of the Li family's grain store has something to discuss with Zhang Rui, and asks Zhang Rui to come over.
As soon as Zhang Rui heard it, he guessed that it was related to the grain purchase he told Li Ming, so he went back with the workers in Li's house. I was worried about whether to keep up with Li Niushi, looking at Zhang Rui's figure getting farther and farther away, and followed without thinking too much.
After Zhang Rui left, in the shade of the tree, except for some people in the village, they were still discussing and digesting Zhang Rui's words, and most of them went to talk to their wives and children about it. People in the vicinity of the neighboring villages left one after another, rushing back to bring the good news to their relatives and friends. It's something you haven't seen in decades, so you have to try to take advantage of it.
The entrance of the Lee Mansion
A middle-aged man in his thirties with a melon hat on his head, a dark green robe beside him, and a shrewd look in his eyes was walking slowly towards Zhang Rui. Some people notice and may ask, why does he wear a hat on hot days? That's because the rat tail on his head is so ugly and hurtful that most people who think they are elegant will cover it with a hat.
I saw him holding an abacus in his hand and arching at Zhang Rui
"Presumably, Your Excellency is the sixth brother mentioned by Steward Li and Master Li!"
"Don't dare to be, just call Zhang Rui next. I don't know what this uncle is called? Zhang Rui also asked back with Shi Shili
"In Xia Pang, a single name is a unified word. It has the same name as the Pang Tong in the Three Kingdoms, and he doesn't have that ability. At present, Mr. Li is taking care of the grain trade for him in his grain store. Pang Tongyi looked at Zhang Rui as he spoke, this young man in Li Ming's mouth had risen too suddenly, and he actually frightened a wicked person like Li Ming.
At the same time, Zhang Rui also looked at Pang Tong, and being able to be the shopkeeper of a grain store at the age of thirty shows that he has some skills.
"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Pang, who was rude and rude. I don't know what good news the shopkeeper brought to me Zhang Rui? ”
"After listening to Steward Li's brief description, our Master Li Decai learned that the sixth brother needed to buy a large amount of food. That's why I was ordered to discuss with Sixth Brother to see if it was suitable. I don't know how much food the sixth brother is going to want? Pang Tong showed the eyes of a businessman at this time.
"If the price is right, I will ask for more, and if the price is not right, just take a look!" If it was last night, Zhang Rui might have gone to the sea indiscriminately, but now he knows that money is not easy, so he decided to see the conditions. Only when you have money in your hands can you be an uncle.
"Then it also depends on how much the sixth brother wants, so I can give the price."
"Then you can give me the price of your grain store!" Zhang Rui thought for a while and said
"We have three staple grains in our store: rice (rice), yellow millet (millet) and wheat, and the main grains are soybeans. The sixth brother also knows that there is a drought this year, so the price of food has risen a lot. At present, each stone of chestnut rice is two taels or three dollars of silver. Broken rice costs 221 yuan per stone, white rice costs 225 yuan, and polished rice costs 229 yuan. The wheat was a little higher, and it cost four taels or six cents per stone. Soybeans are cheaper, only 129 yuan per stone. Pang Tong said to Zhang Rui one by one
"No corn?" Zhang Rui has some questions? Isn't it said that it was the abundant sweet potato and corn production in the Qing Dynasty that made this dynasty not so turbulent?
"Corn?" Pang Tong was a little incomprehensible
"Oh! It's the bud. Zhang Rui said in another way
"There are very few people who plant, and if there is no harvest, there will be none." Pang Tong explained.
In fact, Guangxi and its surrounding provinces only began to grow corn and other crops on a large scale after the 32nd year of Qianlong. So when Zhang Rui asked, Pang Tong could understand that he also had a wide range of knowledge.
"If I want everything, how much can I sell me?" Zhang Rui looked at Pang Tong and asked
"Do you have enough cars to pull away?"
Hearing Pang Tong's words, Zhang Rui was a little surprised, is there a difference?
"You just take me as you have!"
"You can only sell you ten stone each. If you want to increase it, you have to increase the price. Pang Tong replied naturally without thinking, as if he had received an order in advance.
"And what if there is no car to tow away? Did you send it? Zhang Rui asked again
"If we send it, we will sell you a maximum of ten stones per piece, but the shipping fee needs to be paid by you, and the price will be increased according to the distance." Pang Tong swallowed his saliva, and then said naturally
"The sixth brother also knows that our Master Li and the sixth brother are in the same village, and there is a granary of the Li Mansion in the village, and there are nearly thousands of stones of grain stored in it."
"Master Li told me when he sent me over. If the sixth brother buys too much, he can't move it all at once. Our lord said that we can lend you the granary for two months without rent, and the price of grain can be appropriately reduced. ”
"How much do you mean how much you buy?"
"At least 300 stones."
As soon as he heard Pang Tong's words, Zhang Rui understood. Obviously thinking that I would definitely be killed by the bandits, they were going to get rid of my money before the bandits killed me. When the time came, they took the money, and I was killed. The grain is still in his granary, not missing at all.
Sure enough, it is the means of the white wolf with empty gloves, and he is not afraid of being held to death.