Chapter 44: Sunrise in the East and Rain in the West
Ye Xipo said in slang that Ye Xipo's biological mother was the daughter of a Lingnan slang commander, and he could also speak a few slang words.
As soon as the man whistled, a dozen slang men behind him brought in all kinds of birds and animals, including pheasants, hares, otters, muntjacs, fawns, pangolins, and all kinds of animal skins.
Ye Xipo didn't understand the price, he knew that the most thing these slang people bought down the mountain was salt, so he told the man that a piece of grilled fish fillet costs two pennies, and four pieces of grilled fish fillet are equivalent to the price of a pound of salt.
That person was overjoyed, patting Ye Xipo on the shoulder and saying good things, it was rare for this handsome Han family boy to be so kind and not pit them.
Ye Xipo also chatted with him enthusiastically, and he keenly discovered that these slang people in the mountains were not very poor, they lived by fishing and hunting, and they would also grow some grain and vegetables, and they would not go hungry.
What they lacked was only salt, cloth and other necessities, and the most lacking was ironware, which was too expensive, so that many hunters could only use bone arrowheads; There are also many mountain people who do not have linen clothes to wear, and even in summer they can only wear animal skin clothes.
Ye Xipo was very happy, he found that these mountain people are all very strong and strong, I heard that climbing the mountain and wading through the water is like walking on the ground, and they are all brave and aggressive, and they do not take life and death in their eyes, if this group of people is exercised well, they will be a fierce mountain army!
"Uncle De, I'm very happy to know you, your life in the mountains will be better in the future, and I will set up a mountain cargo station in Zailai Town and Lianjiang County in the future, and your things will be sold at the mountain cargo station, and I will definitely not cheat you like those profiteers."
When Yang De stall left with more than a dozen hunters in high spirits, Ye Xipo looked at the pile of mountain goods.
"Fifth Uncle Cao, how many pieces of grilled fish have been exchanged for this red fox skin?"
"Four pieces."
Ye Xipo snorted: "What about this clouded leopard skin?" ”
"The man only needed twenty pieces, and I added five pieces."
Ye Xipo smiled bitterly and muttered to himself: "If you say it's good, it's still a pit." ”
Not long after the slang people who came down the mountain left, the more than 120 catties of grilled fish fillets brought were almost sold, and Huang Chengcheng's Kaiyuan Tongbao received a full bag of money.
The other sellers in the market saw that it was hot, and they also bought one or two slices of grilled fish to taste, and it was indeed delicious, but they thought that it was not worth so much money.
The faces of several people who sold dried salted fish were not good, and looking at their appearance, they estimated that they had scolded Cao Xuewen and others more than a hundred times in their hearts.
They are jealous, the dried fish that can be seen everywhere in Lingnan, we sell it for 12 wen a catty, and you dare to sell it for 128 wen a catty, it's really black!
Also jealous are the dozen or so gangsters who came to the town again, seeing that these five people in Peach Blossom Village had made more than ten accounts in less than an hour, and their eyes were red.
They gathered together and muttered for a long time, and finally decided to send a few to test it first, and collect maintenance fees by the way.
So five bare-chested thugs surrounded him, staring at the five people in Peach Blossom Village with fierce eyes, and one of them patted Cao Xuewen on the shoulder: "This brother, the business is very prosperous." ”
Cao Xuewen's heart was furious, and the sweat came out, he knew that these were not good people.
The three Han Chinese with their hair tied in buns were exiles or fugitives from the Central Plains, and the two slang were bankrupt or gangsters who were driven out of the village by the marshal for being traitors.
These people are usually above board, fighting fiercely, extorting and blackmailing, and the mayors of the town do not care about them.
Cao Xuewen glanced at Ye Xipo with a weak heart, Ye Xipo glanced at him, the meaning is not to want me to be a child.
Ye Xipo had already discovered that this group of gangsters had a bad eye, and there was a thief in their eyes, he wanted to see what they wanted, and he also wanted to see how Cao Xuewen would deal with it.
"It's all everyone who appreciates faces...... Cao Xuewen couldn't, so he picked up more than ten pieces of grilled fish and stuffed them into the hands of these people: "A few brothers, you can also taste it." ”
Several people grinned and took the grilled fish fillet, swallowed their saliva, but did not eat, and four of them pulled their clothes even wider, revealing the short knife inside.
The one who took the lead looked at Cao Xuewen, and said with gloomy eyes: "This brother, you think we are called Huazi, so you want to send us away with this little thing?" Do you want to teach you the rules? ”
Ye Xipo sneered in his heart, the little gangster is like this, the more vulnerable you are, the more he thinks you are a bully, at this time Cao Xuewen should be a little tougher, and directly bring out Luo Xiong, the other party doesn't know the inside story, he will definitely not dare to do anything, and he will fool the past today.
When the sale is finished, go to Luo Xiongchang, these little gangsters will inevitably send someone to follow them, see them with their own eyes, and they won't dare next time, Ye Xipo doesn't believe that they will not be afraid of Luo Xiongchang.
Cao Xuewen was not stiff at this time, but his forehead was full of sweat, and he scolded Ye Ren Ye Dalang in his heart I don't know how many times, what are you fooling me, didn't you say that everything was taken care of?
The people around talked about it, and the beginning of the previous jealousy was sympathetic, and more of them were on Cao Xuewen's side, and some people whispered: "The people of Peach Blossom Village are in trouble now, and they are in the dark, and they won't stop if they don't pick up the skin." ”
"I'm still young, and I didn't take care of this group of local snakes in advance."
Cao Xuewen listened to everyone's talk, his legs were weak, he looked at the three families, and wanted to find some strength from them, but the three of them were worse than him, and they were all trembling.
Cao Xuewen gritted his teeth, then turned around and went to the back of the stall to get the money, ready to use the money to send them away.
Ye Xipo is so depressed, so fragile, didn't he inform these gangsters that they ate us? In this way, not only will they be extorted a maintenance fee at the market, but when the five people go back, they will be blackmailed again on the road.
Ye Xipo stood up, looked at the second Laizi who took the lead and nodded and smiled: "It makes sense, we don't know the rules, and I ask this brother to teach me, what are the rules for coming to the town again?" ”
Er Laizi was stunned for a moment, looked Ye Xipo up and down, and saw that it was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old little doll, white and tender, but the momentum was very strong, and her eyes were very bright, staring at her eyes like a wolf.
After staring at each other for two seconds, Er Laizi instinctively avoided Ye Xipo's eyes, and secretly wondered in his heart that this little baby still had some great identity?
Then he cheered me up and said: If he had any bad identity, he wouldn't come to sell grilled fish fillets, and when Manager Luo collected market management fees before, he obviously didn't know them.
After hesitating for a moment, Er Laizi put on a kind look, touched the waist knife with one hand, and pointed at Ye Xipo with the other: "Who are you?" ”
Ye Xipo laughed more and more happily, he shook his head, his voice was not loud, as if he was muttering to himself.