Chapter 14: Yan Qi's Memories
"Consistent money?"
The man picked up the package and flipped it twice, frowning slightly, seeing that Lu Xin's gaze had changed slightly. Lu Xin didn't care about him, still pretending to be unfathomable. The man couldn't take the pulse, and his tone of voice was much more polite.
"The two little brothers are here on behalf of the master of the family?"
"If it's yes or no, don't bother with the big brother, this money is just a deposit. You just have to answer the questions, and if you can get to the point, we will cover all your goods in the future. ”
Lu Xin talked eloquently and looked like a businessman who had been trading for many years. But he is also pretending to be calm, and he actually has no score in his heart. After all, it's a newcomer, and I'm young, so it's too easy to be fooled if I don't pretend.
The man stared at Lu Xin for another moment, then smiled slightly, lowered his voice and said, "It seems that the two little brothers are people who know the goods, so if there is anything you want to understand, just ask me." In Xia Yanqi, a native of Liangzhou Mansion, I don't know what the two little brothers call them? ”
"Liangzhou's? Is it the Liangzhou near the Northern Desert? ”
After Cao An heard Yan Qi's self-report to his home, his face changed suddenly, revealing an incredible expression. Lu Xin asked him what was wrong, but Cao An just shook his head and didn't want to say more.
"Alas, no wonder this little brother is so surprised. Our Liangzhou is located in the northern desert, close to the Turks. There has been drought for many years, and the Turks often enter the customs to plunder, and the common people can be said to be miserable. I, a native of Liangzhou, came to Yuezhou Mansion to do business, which is naturally a little strange. But it's also forced by livelihood, if there is a little other way, it won't be exiled, right? ”
Yan Qi didn't have an obvious change in expression on his face when he talked about his life experience, but Cao An had been a little uneasy after hearing the word Liangzhou. Lu Xin is sure that there is something here, but Cao An doesn't say it, and he can't force people to ask for secrets.
"Forget it, I spent a lot of money to go out of the house just for this dream soul ointment, and it's important to get down to business first."
Lu Xin secretly thought in his heart, and began to ask about the origin of Yan Qi's dream soul ointment. At first, the other party refused to say anything, so Lu Xin had to take out the only twenty cents left on his body and give it all out.
"Don't hide it from the two of you, the world more than ten years ago was far from being as peaceful as it is now. At that time, the Tang Emperor raised troops, and the Central Plains was in flames. The Turks took the opportunity to plunder Ganzhou, Liangzhou, Lingzhou and other places. I couldn't survive in Liangzhou with a few brothers, so I got a few horses, passed through the Yumen Pass, and began to do some small business in the Western Regions to make a living. It's a pity that the whole world was unstable at that time, and trading was getting harder and harder day by day. And a few of us brothers are also going farther and farther. ”
When Yan Qi said this, he turned around and walked to the table and picked up the wine jar, raised his head and drank it, and poured a few big sips in a row. He didn't seem to talk to anyone about the past in a long time, and he seemed a little excited. Lu Xin just wanted to inquire about the sales channels of Dream Soul Paste and whether it was harmful to the body from the side, so how could he be interested in listening to these nonsense. However, he was embarrassed to interrupt Yan Qi's memories, so he could only endure it.
"Do you know the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions? That is, it was Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty who went to the Western Regions and walked through three or six small countries. I haven't been to all of those countries. Later, later...... Later, a few of our brothers went to the Otsuki clan. It was a terrifying place, and it was there that we met the man who sold the ointment of the Dream Soul. But it was also there that several of our brothers got separated. After that, we never saw each other again. ”
Yan Qi was drunk and suddenly became sad. The story he told was very long, and it took half an hour to tell it. Lu Xin was tired of standing and simply sat on the ground. However, when Yan Qi mentioned the word "Da Yue Clan", Lu Xin was interested. He still clearly remembers that in an extracurricular tutoring, the history teacher mentioned the name of the ancient country of the Western Regions. It was a more mysterious place than the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and all records of the Dayue clan disappeared around 200 AD.
"Brother Yan, this Dayue clan seems to have destroyed the country during the Han Dynasty. Now that it's the first year of Zhenguan, have you been there? ”
"You think I'm lying? You know the! ”
Yan Qi's face was red, and he threw away the wine jar in his hand heavily, his pupils dilated, and he looked very angry.
"The Otsuki clan is not dead, she is just hiding in a place where the world can't see. Hahahaha, and you, you, will never find her. No one but me knew of her magnificence, let alone her horror! ”
"So, the Dream Soul Paste is the thing from the Otsuki Clan?"
Lu Xin naturally didn't bother with a drunk person, just asked what he wanted to know.
"Nope! Everyone in the territory of the Otsutsuki clan sucks the dream soul ointment, but this thing is not from the Otsuki clan. It originated in the more distant Western world. At the end of the Western Regions, beyond the Great Moon Clan, there are countless countries. It was the forbidden land of the Divine Cult of Multitantra, where the Great Puppet State had a sacred tree. Living in the abyss, thousands of feet high, covering the sun and the sky. Dream soul ointment is a sacred object made by grinding the fallen leaves of the sacred tree into powder and making it secretly. You say, such a good thing, my Yan Qi only sells two pieces for a penny, is it expensive? ”
Yan Qi really drank too much, and his voice became louder and louder, and in the end, Lu Xin had to cover his ears.
"Brother Yan, since you said that everyone in the Dayue Clan sucks Dream Soul Cream, then this thing won't kill people, right?"
"Dead people? Of course it won't die, but ......"
"But what?"
"Yan fell in love with the two little brothers today, so you might as well tell the two the truth. If this dream soul ointment is taken once every three days, it not only has the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep, but also strengthens the muscles and bones. However, if you take too much and use too much, you will become depressed and delirious. As for this hurting people's lives, I have never seen it. ”
"It's good if you don't die......"
When Lu Xin left Qingshui Lane, it was already midday, and in Xu's Mansion, it was almost time to eat. However, he and Cao An did not return home immediately. Instead, he went out of the city and buried most of his dream soul anointing on a barren mountain.
This time, I bought a total of two thousand Dream Soul Paste from Yan Qi, which was the amount of two whole boxes. So many goods were moved into Xu's Mansion at the same time, which was too eye-catching. Moreover, there are the largest number of people in the house, and just a western courtyard can be said to be mixed. Just in case, Lu Xin decided to bring only five hundred pieces into the mansion at a time, and the two burdens were just enough to fit. He and Cao An carried one by one, and they were not afraid that others would be suspicious. As for the rest of the goods, Lu Xin can get them back at any time as long as he asks the dumb Wu for help.
Cao An was still doing business for the first time, and he was both nervous and excited, and his cheeks were red all the way. Not to mention Lu Xin, if he is still modern at this age, he is still the little hairy child who is addicted to mobile games. But after traveling to the Tang Dynasty, he actually started a business, and even he felt like he was in a dream.
After returning to the city, the two were in a good mood and began to wander around the city. Cao An paid for a lot of things, and invited Lu Xin to drink. It stands to reason that Lu Xin is not good at this age. But the place where Cao An took him was a century-old shop. The plum sake sold at the store is not only famous, but also tastes excellent. Lu Xin drank a somewhat modern concocted cocktail with juice. There is sweet in the sour, sweet and spicy, and it is particularly comfortable to sweat all over the body after drinking.
And through a whole afternoon of purchasing, Lu Xin finally had some understanding of the purchasing power of Kaiyuan Tongbao. In Yuezhou Mansion, a bucket of rice costs only four yuan. In other words, a Kaiyuan Tongbao can buy about three catties of rice. For ordinary people, this penny can make the whole family of six or seven people eat a full meal for a day.
If calculated according to the price of rice, then it is indeed a bit extravagant to smoke two pieces of dream soul ointment for a penny. After all, in today's world, people who don't have enough to eat abound. When Lu Xin was still living in Grandpa Tu's house, he couldn't afford to eat rice every meal.
When Shen was approaching, Cao An decided to go home early in order to have money for dinner left. Lu Xin is penniless now, so naturally he has no opinion. When the two of them returned to the house, the west courtyard room happened to be open for dinner. Ding and other subordinates gathered in the corners of each courtyard to eat, and it was also lively.
However, as soon as Lu Xin returned to the West Courtyard, he found that many people looked at him with hostility. He could guess some of the reasons, there were seventy or eighty people in the West Courtyard who smoked Dream Soul Cream, and these people had always taken turns sending people out of the house to buy it. But this month, a few people who could have gone out of the house to buy goods were replaced by Lu Xin, so those who did not have inventory naturally hated Lu Xin.
"Hehe, let you stare twice. In a few days, you will have to come and beg me! ”
Now that the plan has begun to be implemented, Lu Xin has no reason to stop. He was also afraid of offending people, but the rules of the Xu Mansion were strict, and smoking Dream Soul Paste was a shameful thing. Lu Xin was not worried that anyone would dare to risk being kicked out of the Xu Mansion or even beheaded.
After experiencing things like my cousin leaving, Grandpa Tu dying, being bullied by Feng Li, etc. Lu Xin has long understood a truth, in this world, only by being that person can live.
Three days have passed in a flash, and Lu Xin is still doing the work of cleaning the latrine. Although the mute Wu lent him the usual money, he never asked about the dream soul ointment. Lu Xin had tried to let the mute Wu teach him martial arts many times, but he was refused.
"Uncle Wu, your martial arts are so good, if you don't leave a mantle to inherit, it's a pity. It's okay if you don't accept apprentices, you can teach me a trick and a half, maybe I can be famous all over the world in the future. ”
"If we are unified today, we will gradually become peaceful, and the world will not have to practice martial arts. This martial arts sword, for me, only sad old things. For you, it may not be a blessing. It's better not to learn the art of killing. ”
"Alas, if you don't learn, you won't learn, and I'll find someone to teach me in the future......"
Just as Lu Xin and the mute Wu were arguing, Cao An suddenly ran into the toilet compound in a hurry. From a distance, he could be seen holding several strings of copper coins in his hands, clanging bells.
"Xiao Xin, half of the Dream Soul Paste has now been sold. The remaining half is estimated to be sold out tomorrow. Rich, let's get rich. ”