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"I'm Su silk, how can his Shandong cloth be compared!" Someone muttered unconvinced. The silk of the Central Plains has been preferably Suzhou silk since ancient times, followed by Zhejiang silk. Ludi is cold, the silk of silkworm soil is brittle and thick, and the silk woven is the worst, and the rich have never worn it, and only the middle family sewed clothes to fill the façade. Therefore, the prices of the three kinds of silk in the market are also very different. Others, such as color, pattern style, width and narrowness, etc., will not affect the transaction price of the satin. However, the price set by Sun Jiu and others, but the difference between the silk and satin in the three places is limited, which naturally makes people with high cost of bringing goods dissatisfied.

"If you have the ability, you can explain the difference between Su silk and Lu silk to the people of Xia!" Uncle Zhang San's face instantly turned cold and scolded. "Otherwise, you set a high price for yourself, and finally smash it in your hands, and everyone won't stay here and wait for you to find a buyer!"

"Stay, stay, whoever leaves can't live!" The satin merchant shouted angrily, and finally sat down in despair. Discussing the difference between silk and satin with the people of Xia is similar to discussing the texture of mutton with the people of Jiangnan. Whatever you say about it, in the eyes of others, it's all the same thing.

There were also a few people with lacquerware and painted pottery, and they were also dissatisfied with Sun Jiu's decision. Seeing that the silk merchant couldn't make sense, and he was afraid of provoking Zhang San, a black-faced man, to get angry on his return trip, he had to give up. On the contrary, the vendors who brought exclusive goods were elated, and they were full of joy and thinking about how to make a lot of money tomorrow.

The goods brought by Li Xu's goods are relatively simple, except for dozens of catties of coarse tea, which is a few horses of Shu brocade. That coarse tea is a popular commodity on the grassland, and both buyers and sellers know its market. Even if the vendors want to take the opportunity to raise the price, they can't raise it much. And Shu brocade is not produced in the north, and the price is already ridiculously high in Shanggu County, and no one will sell such thick, heavy, and high-cost things as traders who want to make quick money. Seeing that he had no conflict with the crowd, he withdrew from the crowd early and sat down by another fire to drink and relieve his boredom.

"Don't mix with them tomorrow, those few Shu brocades, find a way to sell them for silver!" While people were not paying attention, Xu Dayan leaned into Li Xu's ear and admonished.

Li Xu was worried about this matter, frowned, and asked in a low voice, "How to change it?" Everyone is in exchange for raw hides! ”。 He knew almost nothing about the way of doing business, and the original plan was to fold all the brocade in his hand according to the price of brocade and silk in Shu in the Central Plains, and bring it back to Shanggu by Sun Jiu, and then his father would exchange it for copper money to make up for the family's shortfall. But judging from the price set by everyone tonight, the amount of hides that can be exchanged tomorrow far exceeds the estimate before the stopper. Entrusting others to bring such heavy goods back is a bit too unkind.

"Fold the Shu brocade into silk cloth at the price of the Central Plains, then fold the silk cloth into raw hides at the price of tonight, and then fold the raw hides into silver pieces at the price of the Xia people. The people here are decorated with silver bells, and it is estimated that the price of silver will not be too high! According to his observations in the past few days, Xu Dayan took a blackened branch and wrote on the ground.

Soon, he calculated the price ratio of Shu brocade and raw hides. Let Li Xu memorize the number, and then wipe it off the ground with the sole of his boot.

Li Xu silently recited the numbers given by Xu Dayan twice and agreed with the other party's suggestion. If Uncle Tuo Jiu brought money to the family, it would not be too tiring. And with Sun Jiu's character, no matter how much silver taels he gave him, he would not swallow him halfway.

"I have to change one or two horses tomorrow, otherwise there will be too many hides, and Uncle Nine will not be able to help me bring them back!" Then change some cheese and fried rice for them, and if you live here, you can't always eat and drink for nothing. Li Xu said to Xu Dayan very frankly.

No matter how enthusiastic the people are, there is a limit in the end. In the Central Plains, a person who lives in his relative's house for a long time will be disgusted, not to mention that at the moment, he and Xu Dayan have no relatives and no reason.

"I asked Uncle Jiu to help inquire, every year at the beginning of winter, all the men in the tribe have to go out hunting in groups. This year, the wind and rain are smooth, and there are many yellow sheep nearby. So, what we eat shouldn't be a big problem! "As for how to survive on the grassland, Xu Dayan has long been prepared. But for Li Xu's talk about buying a horse, he made a very ridiculous suggestion: "It's okay to buy a horse, try to buy a horse that is small and slow." You can carry the goods, don't buy the tall ones! ”

"Why?" Li Xu asked in surprise. Xu Dayan refused to explain to him, but just asked him to do it no matter what. Li Xu was originally easy-going, but when he saw Xu Dayan speaking solemnly, he had no choice but to agree.

The next day, the people of several nearby tribes rushed to hear the news and packed the camp of the Su Si tribe. This place is too far away from the Great Wall, and there is a Xi tribe in the middle, and the Central Plains goods have always been in demand. In addition, the trade routes are cut off every year when the snow falls, and other caravans may reappear until May next year. Therefore, many tribes actually led the team by the elders of the clan, on the one hand, to express their gratitude to the leaders and elders of the Su Si Tribe, and on the other hand, to prevent their own Erlang from falling into the hands of the Central Plains traders because of their lack of experience.

Rawhide is a cheap thing on the grassland, and every autumn, the tribe culls out a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled animals according to the amount of hay accumulated near the pasture. These skins can't be used up, and the people don't have the patience to remove them one by one. If you keep it in your hand for a year or two, the hides will be full of worm holes and become worthless. Therefore, although the price of the goods in the hands of the traders was a little high, it was still within the affordability of the Xia people. Moreover, the vendors brought all new goods, and even the worst quality was far more high-end than the second-hand goods trafficked by the Xi merchants.

Wang Mazi, Du Scarqi and others made a smile, and even the tone of voice when talking to people was three points more polite than usual. As Uncle Nine said, with a surplus, the traders' hands and feet are much more generous than before. Especially Du Scar, Li Xu saw with his own eyes that this miser secretly wrapped a large tea brick when closing the stall on the first day, and stuffed it into the hands of the woman of the Xia tribe who helped him take care of the stall.

The woman thanked each other repeatedly, although she and Du Scarqi didn't have too many words to communicate with each other, but in a moment's eyes, they were extraordinarily gentle.

That kind of gaze Li Xu has also seen. At that time, Yanyan was carrying a bowl of medicine, complaining that her uncle's body was not strong enough, and she was always sick and dragged her to suffer. The words in his mouth were very ugly, but the gaze he looked at his uncle was no different.

For a moment, Li Xu was a little distracted. Wang Mazi's face was no longer so disgusting in his eyes. And with a knife in one hand and a chicken neck in the other, the image has also become warm. What's even warmer is the oil lamp at home that never lights too brightly, and the appearance of my father and mother flipping under the oil lamp to and fro for me before leaving.

A soft, warm feeling enveloped him, intoxicating him. So much so that a late guest asked about the price of Shu brocade, but he couldn't answer in time.

"Han family, didn't you hear Sister Eru ask you? What's in a daze? A crisp rebuke woke Li Xu up from his memories. This is an authentic Central Plains dialect, in which the slightly delicate taste has long been indelible traces in his memory. So, don't be even more afraid to look up.

"Tao Kuo Desi, don't be so rude to the guests!" Another slightly gentle voice came, which stopped the girl's nonsense in time.

Trying not to look at the eyes of the guests, Li Xu stared at the Shu brocade in his hand and replied, "You, do you want to buy brocade?" This is the best Shu brocade! ”

"When you Han people talk about brocade clothes and jade food, you mean this kind of fabric. Is it really thick? The soft Chinese praised again. Out of politeness, Li Xu had to look up to say hello. A goose-yellow curly dress immediately appeared in front of him. Next to the goose yellow, there was a dazzling water blue, which shook so much that he didn't dare to look at it directly.

"It's not silk, it's brocade, and we usually wear it there on very important occasions!" Xu Dayan's concentration was far better than Li Xu's, and he quickly turned his mind after being amazed, and replied in a very professional tone.

"Sister Eru, why don't you buy a piece and wear it on your body when you get married, and the flowers on the entire grassland will lose their color!" The voice of the blue-shirted girl was as crisp and bright as a yellow warbler out of the valley.

"Really? I'll take a look! The girl in the yellow shirt known as Eru listened to her companion mention her marriage, and her face did not show the common twisting color of a Central Plains woman. Instead, he pulled up the corner of Shu brocade more happily and gently put it on his shoulder.

She is tall, her skin is fair, her pale blue eyes and white gold hair look very bright, and at this moment, she is set off by the brightly colored Shu brocade, which immediately makes the evening sun a little more gorgeous. Looking, watching, Li Xu had unconsciously forgotten the embarrassment, and looked at the girl quietly with his eyes, as if he suddenly understood what appreciation was.

Appreciation, without any dusty appreciation. Xu smiled widely, watching the girl wrap half of the brocade back and forth on her body. The moment he heard that the girl in the yellow shirt was ready to get married, he felt a little lost in his heart. But soon this loss was replaced by pure appreciation.

From the day he was born, fighting for the glory of his family has become the most important thing in his heart. All other things are like a cloud of smoke, and they must not bring any fetters to the firm mind of the young man.

Li Xu felt a little sorry for Xu Dayan. In terms of appearance, the woman in the yellow shirt looks more durable than the girl in the blue shirt, and her tone of voice is gentler. Xu Dayan is clean, elegant, and well-cultivated, and he is originally a dignified character like Pan An. If he marries the woman in the yellow shirt in front of him, the two of them will definitely become the most eye-catching couple within a radius of hundreds of miles, whether they are outside the Saiwai or in the Central Plains.

"I'll do it too!" After the blue-shirted girl saw her sister wearing Shu brocade, she added a little brightness. Not to be outdone, he stepped forward and grabbed the other corner of the brocade. The two girls who exuded the breath of spring fiddled like this, and immediately attracted the attention of countless people around them. Some people who came from afar had already finished buying the things they needed, but they stopped and asked about the market of Shu Jin.