Chapter 18: It's Too Expensive

"Why don't you borrow some from me?" Zhou Jinyan said with a blank eye.

"I knew you kid beat me."

Yan Shigu smiled bitterly: "But I don't have so much money at home, so let's do it, I'll help you borrow it, and you have to pay it back for me when the time comes, anyway, I can't afford to pay it back." ”

Zhou Jinyan was moved in his heart, his friendship with Yan Shigu is just pinyin.

But Yan Shigu admired him because he created pinyin, and even helped him borrow money to do business.

This kindness touched his heart inexplicably.

In the end, the two discussed, and the compilation would be signed by his name in the end. Zhou Jinyan can not go.

He knew that Yan Shigu came over this time, in addition to wanting him to go, it was more of a respect.

Sending Yan Shigu away, Zhou Jinyan turned around and instructed Fu Bodao: "Send someone to send the free chair in front of my door to Yan Gong." ”

Back in the house, Zhou Jinyan moved the ordinary leisure chair back into the house, and then closed the door.

Yesterday I redeemed an excellent type of getaway chair, and today I redeemed this ordinary one.

"Bang!"

The free chair disappeared, and a small box fell in front of Zhou Jinyan.

Zhou Jinyan picked it up and thought secretly: "Sure enough, the types are different, even the volume is different, and I don't know what it is exchanged this time." ”

Quickly opened the box, revealing what was wrapped in paper.

Zhou Jinyan poked it with his hand, hurriedly opened it and looked at it, and was suddenly a little speechless, it was actually a dictionary.

Flipping through it, he quickly noticed that this dictionary was extraordinary.

This is actually a dictionary with pinyin, the Tang Dynasty.

What a magical exchange mall, Zhou Jinyan secretly sighed.

Pinyin, Dictionary...

Zhou Jinyan thought about it, he originally wanted to print dictionaries to make money, but he had just received the great favor of Yan Shigu, and he planned to dedicate this dictionary to Yan Shigu.

It's also good to accumulate some fame for yourself.

Simple pinyin, may not have such a big effect.

But if you add a dictionary in pinyin, the sensation of qi should be even greater.

Put the dictionary away.

remembered that after Yan Shigu borrowed money, he had to buy a shop.

He got up and went out and beckoned, "Seaweed, let's go, let's go see the shop." ”

"Okay." Seaweed obediently followed.

Zhou Jinyan and Seaweed went to Dongshi first.

Most of the goods sold in the east market are luxury goods, all kinds of silk and satin, jewelry, jade, gold, silver and jade, etc., everything, mainly for the princes and nobles, while the west market is to sell ordinary tea, rice, oil and salt, which is a necessity of life.

No matter how you compare, Dongshi is the most prosperous area, and if you do business here, you will definitely be able to sell better and make a lot of money.

However, Dongshi is such a good prime location, no one wants to transfer it at all.

Zhou Jinyan couldn't, so he had to walk to the sparsely populated southern squares.

Because the southern squares are far away from the imperial city, there are relatively few people.

But this is only relatively speaking, the dignified emperor/capital Chang'an, no matter how bad the place, how bad can it be?

Along the way, Zhou Jinyan was tired and half dead, and Chang'an City only walked less than a third.

Zhou Jinyan immediately spent money to hire a carriage to go south.

It's a lot faster, and it's a lot easier.

I don't know how long I walked along the main road, and the coachman said: "Lang Jun, this place already belongs to the south of Chang'an, where are you going?" ”

Zhou Jinyan looked at it and said, "Just stop here." ”

After paying, Zhou Jinyan and Seaweed went one after the other, and he asked casually: "Seaweed, where did your family live before?" ”

Seaweed whispered, "Outside." ”

Zhou Jinyan didn't ask any more.

In front of him was Qu Chi Fang, and Zhou Jinyan said: "Go in and have a look." ”

As soon as the two of them entered, they found that it was indeed much quieter, and there were many fewer people.

and the squares around the imperial city, just like heaven and earth.

For example, Pingkangfang, which is lined with Qinglou taverns, is afraid that the flow of people is more than ten times more than here.

It's hard to find a headless one, so Zhou Jinyan stopped one person and asked, "Uncle, is there any store here that wants to be stored?" ”

"You buy a shop?" The old man looked up at him.

Zhou Jinyan nodded.

"You asked the right person," the old man said with a smile: "I know the general situation of the shops in the entire Chang'an City. ”

Zhou Jinyan was surprised: "Really? ”

The old man was dissatisfied: "It's not true, what are you asking me to do?" ”

Zhou Jinyan couldn't cry or laugh, "Can you tell me where there are shops to sell?" ”

The old man rolled his eyelids up, Zhou Jinyan didn't react a little, but it was the seaweed that pulled him that he reacted.

"Lang Jun, he wants money."

Zhou Jinyan still had dozens of copper coins on his body, hesitated, and took out ten to him.

The old man took it, smiled and said, "What kind of price does Xiao Langjun want?" ”

"What's the price?"

"It depends on the location," said the old man, "an inn next to the imperial city, if you really want to buy it, you can't get it without this number." ”

As he spoke, he held up a finger.

Zhou Jinyan was surprised: "A thousand? ”

The old man was stunned, shook his head and smiled: "Where can I buy a thousand guan?" If you don't say anything, you have to go up tens of thousands, and there is still a priceless market. ”

Zhou Jinyan said expressionlessly: "You always tell me about the cheapest, I want the cheapest." ”

"If it's the cheapest," the old man pondered, "there are actually all the shops in the vicinity, and the overall market price is between 1,000 and 5,000 yuan." ”

He turned back and pointed to a shop not far behind him, "Did you see that one?" ”

Zhou Jinyan glanced at it and found that the market was not bad, so he asked, "How much is this?" ”

"About 3,000 guan, but people don't expect to sell it."

Zhou Jinyan was a little impatient, but he still said patiently: "You tell me which one will sell, I'll take a look." ”

"This."

The old man frowned.

Zhou Jinyan wanted to send him back to the West with a punch, so he handed him five copper plates angrily.

The old man stretched his brows, "Xiaolang Jun is bold, so be it, I'll tell you." ”

Walking to a shop with Zhou Jinyan, he pointed to a red wooden board hanging at the door and said, "This thing means resale." You go in and ask, as long as the price is right, you can buy it. ”

After the old man left, Seaweed said angrily: "Looking at the kind eyebrows and kind eyes, why is the heart so black." ”

Zhou Jinyan said with a smile: "It's just bullying us and not knowing the rules." Let's go, go inside and have a look. ”

Knowing what a resale shop is, the next thing is much simpler.

After running for an afternoon, he took a fancy to two shops, and the market was not bad.

One asks for 3,000 guan, and the other asks for 3,800 guan.

That's a lot of money.

Zhou Jinyan felt that he couldn't just count on Yan Shigu, but also had to pull some people to invest together.

But he had just returned from the palace, and he really didn't know anyone.

The heirs of those princes knew each other, but they were not familiar with them, and it was difficult for him to speak.