While talking, the other two sons of the old man Liu Xi also came back, the second son Liu Biao, and the third son Liu Bao, both of whom were burly teenagers, two brothers, one dragging a heavy fishing net, and the other carrying two loads of sea fish, walked in briskly, obviously today's harvest is good!

Seeing the scene in the yard, the brothers were stunned, there was meat, and wine, this is a good thing that is difficult to see during the New Year, not to mention that there is a fairy beauty sitting there, with their brothers' knowledge, even the most beautiful dream has never had such a scene!

"Biaozi and leopards come over to greet them, these are big merchants from Xuchang, and they are specially here to collect sea salt!" Liu Xi hurriedly called the two sons to salute, and at the same time checked their harvest, it was really good, there were not only big yellow croaker, sea catfish, yellow eel ...... in the bamboo basket, but also a few fat saury, this is the best in the seafood, the meat is delicious, and it melts in the mouth, and today is a blessing!

"Liu Biao, Liu Bao, I've seen a few adults!" I heard that it was a merchant who came to collect sea salt, and the brother was naturally very happy, but then he doubted it, they had also seen the caravan from other places before, there were not a hundred people, there were dozens of people, and a large number of carriages and horses accompanied each other, the flag fluttered before and after, and the majesty was ......, these few people were good, there were only six people, and two of them were women, and there was only one carriage, or a float for people, where there was a little bit of a big merchant?

Xiao Yi's eyes were like electricity, and he naturally saw the concerns in the hearts of the brothers at a glance, and knew that he had to show a little strength, and then glanced back, and the chief of the guard~ Xiaobin immediately took a step forward, took out a bag from his arms, and shook it lightly, and more than a dozen yellow little golden barleys fell out and smashed on the table!

"Brush! …… Wow! ”

The Liu family was stunned for a moment, all staring intently at the dozen or so golden barley, their mouths were open enough to stuff three eggs, and the second son, Liu Bao, carefully picked up one and licked it with his tongue, the taste was slightly sweet, "Grandpa, this is really gold, or red gold with full color, it is really a big businessman, and his shot is extraordinary!" ”

It's no wonder that the Liu family hasn't seen the world, but gold is too scarce in the folk, China's currency has always used the 'copper standard', just like the history books recorded: 'Han Gaozu Liu Bang once rewarded the strategist Chen Ping with 40,000 catties of gold', this 'gold' is actually brass, as for the real gold, silver and other precious metals, in this land of China is very scarce, not only the number of mineral deposits is limited, and mining is extremely difficult, the annual production, to the royal family and nobles to play a decoration is barely enough, want to be used as currency to circulate, that's too much worse!

In desperation, the ruler had to settle for the next best thing, using copper with a lot of different values, but enough copper as currency, so ordinary people basically use copper money in their daily life to trade, or simply barter, even if they have never seen gold in their lives, there are many people!

The rarer the thing, the higher the value, a small golden barley is enough for Liu Laohan's family not to eat or drink for a few years, as for the dozen or so golden barley, they can buy all the sea salt in their 'Haiyang Pavilion' and be rich!

"Even if these are deposits, they are at the discretion of the elderly, as for the sea salt, it is still the same sentence, you can collect as much as you want, and after the goods are ready, I will send someone to pick it up!" Xiao Yat pushed those golden barley forwards to show his sincerity!

"My lord, please rest assured, the old man is fighting for his life, and he has to do this thing beautifully!" Grabbing the golden barley, Liu Xi's face was happy, and tears of excitement were about to flow down, in his opinion, these are not money, but the living methods of hundreds of fishermen in their 'Haiyang Pavilion'!

Liu Bao and Liu Biao brothers are also dancing excitedly, with this money, the villagers can eat a few days of full food, but the boss Liu Hu is more calm, as if he has been mentally prepared, and his eyes are brighter when he looks at Xiao Yi and others!

Such a big event, naturally to celebrate, the two baskets of seafood became the best food, at the moment the Liu family took the pot, boiled water, scraped the scales, washed the fish ......, ready to make a 'whole fish feast' to entertain everyone!

It is worthy of the fishermen who live by the sea all the year round, although there are not many condiments available, but these sea fish have been processed by them, and immediately become a delicious dish with color, fragrance and taste, even a boiled fish soup in white water can be boiled into a faint milky white, which makes people drink the aftertaste endlessly!

"Obediently, the whole fish feast, the dream of the two lifetimes before and after, I finally copied it today!" When the delicacies were served, Xiao Yi immediately turned into a glutton, shook his cheeks, opened his front teeth, and quickly wiped out seven or eight percent of the sea fish on the table, and others didn't even have a chance to raise chopsticks, only the startled Lu Ling'er was stunned, her little brain really didn't want to be in vain, how did Xiao Yi's brother hold so much food in his stomach, Diao Chan covered his mouth and chuckled, "It's really a hungry ghost reincarnation~~"

Even Liu Xi's family looked at each other, good guys, this is too good to eat, no wonder there is a famine in the Central Plains, if they are all such first-class foodies, no matter how much food they have, it will not be enough!

"Well, when I was a child, my family was too poor and I always couldn't eat, so when I grew up, I could eat a little, see laughter, see laughter!" Looking at everyone's strange eyes, Xiao Yi was also slightly embarrassed, but fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough, and immediately made an excuse for himself!

"It's okay, there are still a lot of sea fish caught, just make some more!" The Liu family continued to boil water and cook fish, and just now they all went into the belly of this black-faced boy, and the other guests hadn't moved their chopsticks yet!

As for the excuse that Xiao Yi said, the Liu family didn't believe a word, in their opinion, how could a person with chariots and horses, guards, and a bag of gold casually starve?

And they have also repositioned Xiao Yi's identity, this should be a rich son, who has nothing to do at home, so he took the housekeeper (Chen Gong), the guards (Xiaobin, Cao Xing), and the lady of the inner room (Diao Chan) out to play together......

The only thing that puzzled them was Lu Ling'er, she called Xiao Yi her brother, but Diao Chan called 'Erniang', what is the relationship?

"Could it be that this black-faced boy seduced his father's concubine, and he was afraid of being punished, so he sneaked out of the house, and that courage was too big, or ......" For a while, the Liu family speculated, and their eyes turned back and forth between Diao Chan and Xiao Yi, no way, looking at the demeanor between the two, saying that they don't matter, who believes it?

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"Patriarch, patriarch, the big thing is not good, the 'fishing skin' is here again!" While everyone was eating and drinking, several swarthy fishermen ran over, with anxious looks on their faces!

"Fishing Skin!" Hearing these three words, Liu Xi's expression suddenly darkened, the three brothers Tiger, Biao, and Leopard were full of resentment, and the little girl Liu Yuer looked even more afraid, as if a fierce beast had entered the village!

"Dare to ask the old man, what is this 'fishing skin', could it be a monster that climbed up from the sea?" Xiao Yi now knows that Liu Xi is actually the patriarch here, according to the local customs of the Han Dynasty, he should also have the errand of the 'pavilion chief', no wonder he talks well, it turns out that he is also a small cadre!

"The fish peel is not a thing, he is a leech lying on us fishermen to suck blood!" The old man Liu Xi's face changed a few times, and then he spoke carefully......

It turns out that "fishing peel" is a person, his real name is "Dongyu", he is a steward of the Chen family in Guangling, usually responsible for buying sea salt and salted fish from fishermen, as for this guy's character, it can be described in five words, "treacherous, lazy, gluttonous, slippery, bad", it is not generally bad, it is definitely so bad that "sores on the top of the head, pus under the feet", forced to buy and sell, bullying men and women, abducting and deceiving ......, there is nothing he can't do, if there are three thousand bad things in the world, this kid accounts for at least two thousand nine, But everyone was afraid of the power of the Chen family, and they didn't dare to offend him, so they had to give him the nickname of 'fishing skin' behind his back!

This time, the 'fishing skin' came to Haidun Pavilion, and it must have come to forcibly collect sea salt, so everyone was so resentful, but there was no way to deal with this person, a typical dare to be angry and dare not speak!

"Dongyu? …… What a strange surname, such a strange name! Xiao Yi touched his chin and pondered for a while, since he has met a peer who collects sea salt, according to business principles, then compete according to his ability, right?

"Old man, immediately bang the gong and tell the surrounding villagers that from now on, this little brother will start to collect sea salt, 800 Wen and one stone, no deception, cash on delivery, I want to see who has more capital!"