When Grandmaster Dao and Gui Ruyuan were planning for their respective futures and money, the eldest grandson Hong was sitting in Rui Fuxiang's backyard, drinking and eating meat with Gouzi and Duan Wu.

"Today, on the first day of the new year, the owner can still buy wine and food, which is really rare, at this time in previous years, all the shops were closed."

Duan Wu took a sip of wine and held a piece of braised pork.

"Hey, by chance, by chance." Changsun Hong picked up the wine jar and poured him another glass, and said with a wry smile: "Come, it's okay left and right, let's have another drink." ”

Duan Wu held the cup in both hands and said sincerely: "Thank you, the owner!" ”

The eldest grandson put down the wine jar: "Where to say, the New Year's Day, eat and drink some people's common feelings, and say thank you politely." ”

Duan Wu raised his glass gratefully and said, "Owner, please!" ”

The two of them craned their necks and drank the wine in the coarse porcelain glass, and the dog on the side smashed his tongue and frowned and squeezed his chin and felt uncomfortable.

"Master Duan, I see that you are very good at fists and feet, you are athletic and know how to use guns and sticks, why don't you go to serve in the army? And came to Hezhou to be a nursing home? Changsun Hong was a little puzzled, and asked while eating side dishes.

"Well, that's a long one." Duan Wu shook his head and said: "The owner knows that I am a barbarian, I learned kung fu in the village since I was a child, and I don't want to live by guarding a few acres of thin fields at home. ”

"At first, I also wanted to join the army, and I went to the places where soldiers were recruited from all over the country, how did I know that whether it was the forbidden army or the box army, when they saw that I was a barbarian, they washed and ridiculed me, and refused to accept me.

"I'm alone, I have no other skills, I have to rely on street performances to make a living, all the way back to Shimenfan, people outside look down on me, I can live back, I can live a life when I go back, and I am bullied along the way, not only the gangsters want to rob the visitors of the money they give alms, but even the government sends people to find fault, all kinds of suffering, nothing to do."

"Years ago through Hezhou, I was performing at the gate of the city, played a fist and kick, happened to be a big boss passing by, saw me, talked with me, learned that I had nothing to worry about, immediately made a deposit, hired me here as a nursing home, now I want to come, it is all providence, otherwise I will not meet such a good Han person as the second owner."

He raised his glass and gave another toast to Changsun Hong.

Changsun Hong shook his head when he heard this, during the Southern Song Dynasty, the policy of ethnic minorities was naturally not so harmonious, and the Han people called the barbarians all over the country.

In the eyes of the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains, it is a foreign vassal who does not respect the royal road and does not understand etiquette, and belongs to people who are similar to orangutans and monkeys.

"What is the situation in Shimenfan? What is the population? How many tribes are there? Changsun Hong asked again, he had the heart to inquire.

"Shimen Fan is between Zizhou and Dali, belongs to the Yao people, is one of the 37 departments of Southwest Yi, hundreds of years ago, is part of the Nanzhao Kingdom. In the five dynasties, Duan Siping was suspicious of the monarch of Nanzhao, cut Dali and founded the country, and we Shimen Fan was separated, and it was faintly separated. Duan Wu didn't hide it, and explained to Changsun Hong in detail, he was not wary of Changsun Hong, and he said it thoroughly.

"Shimen Fan Department is hundreds of miles away, there are more than 10,000 people, relative to the other two Nanguangman and Dong Man of Xuzhou Sanman, to account for the majority, the people make a living from farming, take into account for the tea industry, surrounded by mountains and deep streams, others can not enter, but the road from Shimen Fan to Dali is very smooth."

The eldest grandson Hong asked a lot of questions, so he threw out all the questions that he didn't understand from his father and second uncle.

"What about Dali, who is in charge now? Who is the king? Do you know? ”

Duan Wu looked at him strangely and said, "This naturally knows, we often buy and sell with the people of Dali Kingdom, and we buy things of salt and iron from them, but why are you asking this?" Dali is even more remote than Shimenfan. ”

"Just ask, there are many specialties over there, Rui Fuxiang may go there to do some business, find out in advance, it's easy to do things." Changsun Hong casually found an excuse.

Duan Wuxin thought it was true, nodded and said: "The current monarch of Dali is called Duan Zhixiang, the year name is Tianpu, this year is the second year of Tianpu, he has succeeded to the throne for twenty-two years, he has practiced Buddhism, and has a reputation for being virtuous, but he is not the most powerful person in Dali. ”

"Oh?" The history of Dali, Changsun Hong, is not very clear, only knows that it will be destroyed by Kublai Khan with thousands of soldiers, but the rest, but he doesn't know.

"Dali is a prime minister with a high surname, and the monarch is basically a decoration, which has a origin, and the previous generations of monarchs are like this. Now this prime minister is called Gao Yu Chenglong, Dali has eight mansions, four counties, four towns, plus thirty-seven departments, almost all of which are in the hands of the Gao family, and the monarch's troops are pitifully small, but the prime minister has heavy troops, and the thirty-seven departments also have their own troops. ”

"Dali has millions of people, there are 100,000 soldiers, thousands of miles, since the collapse of Nanzhao, Dali basically replaced the position of Nanzhao, in recent years, with the Great Song Dynasty as the state, in a corner, but also peaceful."

Speaking of this, Duan Wu seemed to think of something, and said to the eldest grandson: "The second owner has an excellent idea, Dali admires the Great Song Dynasty very much, and likes all kinds of things here, and the paper is also very fond of it, I heard that the nobles over there are not far away, go to Xuanzhou to buy paper, if Rui Fuxiang sells the paper, it will definitely be a great harvest!" ”

Changsun Hong nodded and said with a smile: "And the tea and Yunnan horses over there are all lacking in Jiangnan, one in and one out, they are all profits." ”

Duan Wu laughed and arched his hand to the eldest Sun Hong: "That Duan Wu is here, I wish the second owner a wide range of wealth and a fortune!" ”

Changsun Hong waved his hand and said, "It's not just me, but also you." ”

Duan Wu was stunned and pointed to his nose: "Me? ”

He raised it and smiled unnaturally: "Duan Wuyi is a barbarian, he doesn't know business, what kind of wealth do you make?" The proprietor laughed. ”

"It's not a joke, you know, if you want to go to Dali, you must pass through Shimenfan, and if you manage Shimenfan well, the road will be smooth, and there are many specialties in Shimenfan, if you do it well, you can get rich and make a fortune."

The eldest grandson Hong said solemnly, staring at Duan Wu seriously: "Commerce does not distinguish between high and low, anyone can do it, you are from Shimenfan, people and geography are occupied, as long as you sell suitable goods, such as salt and iron necessary items, you can become the richest man in Shimenfan." ”

Duan Wu smiled wryly and touched his head: "The second owner doesn't know, we are very poor there, and people don't have the money to buy ......."

"I don't have the money to buy it!" Changsun Hong patted his thigh: "Exchange it for tea, negotiate fairly, Tong Su is not bullied, the tea is shipped out, and it is sent to the north and south of the river here, basically making several times the difference!" There is no need for us to sell, the tea merchants will automatically come to the door to buy, such a good thing, but no one dares to do it, as long as it is done, it must be profitable! ”

In the barbarian realm, naturally no Han people dared to do business, firstly, the language was incomprehensible, secondly, there were cultural differences, they looked at each other wrongly, and from time to time there were murderous actions and oversold goods, and many bold merchants died in the mountains and could not even find their bodies. Third, it is the idea of respect and inferiority, I am in the heavenly kingdom, and I still want to go to your barbarian land to do business? If you say it, others will laugh off your big teeth if you know it.

But Changsun Hong is different, he won't care about these, so Duan Wu was more and more excited by what he said, and the more he said, the more he felt that it made sense, and in the end, Duan Wu himself felt that why didn't he think of this layer before? It's just stupid!

(End of chapter)