In the silk shop, Wei Jiao was bored and drinking, and now he has become a businessman who he despised before, and he is ashamed to go out to meet people even when his friends come to buy things.

"Shopkeeper, ......" The guy rushed in panting, and closed his mouth when he saw Wei Jiao's eyes about to kill, Wei Jiao told him, don't call the shopkeeper, he was just sent to take care of things.

The guy sneered and said: "Childe, there is a big customer outside the door, their goods are according to the regulations, and the small ones dare not call the shots, so please go and decide." ”

"Are they from Guanzhong?"

"No...... It's a native of Yizhou, who came here to sell silk. ”

Wei Jiao was relieved when he heard that it was someone he didn't know. As soon as I walked out, I saw the second shopkeeper at the counter arguing with the merchant about something.

"What's wrong? Open the door to do business, come and go, why are you still fighting. Man, why are you so eyeless to show tea to guests! ”

"Eh, ......" Xiao Er hurriedly delivered tea and persuaded the guests to sit down to drink tea.

Although Wei Jiao is not good at business, but he has a good talent for business, as soon as he came over, he criticized his own people, which made people feel a little good, and his emotions were not so excited.

"What's going on?" Wei Jiao pulled the second shopkeeper aside and asked.

"Hey! Childe, the man claimed to be surnamed Zhang, a native of Sichuan and Shu, a native of Yizhou, who transported a large number of silk and silk cloth from Shu. But I heard that there was an accident in his family, and he didn't even want to freight, and he wanted to deal with it cheaply, and he wanted to pay a little bit for it, but the amount was too large, and he asked to eat it all, otherwise he would find someone else. ”

"How much does he ask for a horse?"

The second shopkeeper said excitedly: "Ten gold! One horse of silk has ten gold, and one horse of plain silk cloth has six gold. Childe, this price is a big profit, in the past few years, the money from Shu has become more and more expensive! Don't talk about anything else, as long as we send these silks to Liangzhou, the price will be doubled, and if we send them to the Western Regions, we will compare them for gold! ”

Wei Jiao nodded, he also smelled the business opportunities inside, at that time, the clan asked him to choose two shops by himself, although he was depressed, but Wei Jiao still keenly chose the silk shop.

In ancient times, for a long time, money was not something that always retains value, and food is not something that retains value forever because of the season, but things that always retain value are cloth, salt, and ironware!

For a long time, cloth could be used directly as money. And it's more credible than anything!

In the backward productive forces of ancient times, the demand for cloth was always greater than the supply. The monetary system often collapses due to the messing of the ruling class or natural and man-made disasters. Cloth became a better settlement in the circulation market.

The second shopkeeper touched his head again: "But they all want gold settlement, so it is easy to carry, and the sum of our two villages is not enough for a small half of the required payment." ”

"So many?" Wei Jiao was startled when he heard this.

The guest who sat down to drink tea finally couldn't sit still, walked over, and said in a thick Sichuan voice: "I'm in a hurry to go back to Shuzhong now, so, shopkeeper, I'll take you to see the goods, if it's okay, let's sign the note, and the deal will be decided, if you think it's not good, I'll go to another house to take a look now." ”

Wei Jiao's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's go and see first!" ”

Wei Jiao and the businessman got into the carriage, and after a while, they walked to a warehouse, Wei Jiao saw the strict guards around his eyes, it seems that the strength of this Sichuan Shu trading house is not small, and it is also a big thief and a thief who does not know where to appear in these years.

Wei Jiao walked in with the merchant and saw that the silk and silk cloth were stacked on the ground, and Wei Jiao was distressed, it was all money.

Wei Jiao hurriedly stepped forward and picked up a piece of silk to check. 1 horse is equal to 10 zhang is equal to 100 feet. And the ruler is different with the change of dynasties, such as the Warring States period 1 foot is only more than 21 cm. And in the Tang Dynasty, 1 foot became more than 31 centimeters. That is, during the Warring States period, one horse was only more than 21 meters, and in the Tang Dynasty, one horse became more than 31 meters. If according to the current standard, 1 horse is 33.3 meters again.

Wei Jiao checked it and was immediately excited, it was really a complete plain silk. Pick and choose this, and pick and choose that. It's all the same, the seller is very honest and trustworthy.

In ancient times, it took at least two workers to make a horse of plain silk and work for five days. If it is a jacquard fabric, a loom needs 4 workers to operate at the same time, such as Shu brocade, which does not include preparation processes such as warp drawing and weft rolling. Such a complicated labor cost, plus the cost of silk (silk was once called soft gold!). Think about how much work it takes to weave a piece of cloth.

"Well, Shopkeeper Wei, can you eat these things?" The merchant looked at the excited Wei Jiao and asked leisurely.

Wei Jiao rubbed his hands and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, you can eat it, but you ask for all the gold knots...... We'll ......."

"What can I do?" The merchant surnamed Zhang did not flinch and said: "We must take this money back to pay the difference, copper money, how many horses do you have to crush to be transported back to Shuzhong?" We can only trade with gold. ”

"I didn't mean that...... Wei Jiao said with a smile: "But there aren't many families in the entire Guanzhong who can take out so much gold at once, or you can reduce one or two points......

The merchant seemed to be an impatient person, waved his hand and said, "That's it, don't you know what to do, you go to the market to sell, whose silk sells so cheaply?" We don't have a hurry, how can we do such a loss-making business, farewell, you go back......"

The fat is in his mouth, how can Wei Jiao let him run away, the loan shark he borrowed before has not been repaid, plus he has made a little money, exchange it, and it is not very easy to eat these silks.

"Don't, don't ......" Wei Jiao was a little panicked when he heard that he was going to drive him away, and stopped: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, I'll eat them all!" I'll eat them all, but Wei has one condition! ”

The businessman surnamed Zhang paused, and after a few seconds, he turned his head and asked impatiently, "Say something quickly!" ”

"You give me a day and a half, and I'll find someone to redeem the money...... You want all the gold, and you have to give us a little time to prepare, don't you? ”

"Half a day! I'll go back to Yizhou after taking the money! The businessman surnamed Zhang said.

"This ......" Wei Jiao hesitated.

The merchant waved his hand, and several guards came over and were about to drag Wei Jiao away: "One day! Just one day! I'll bring you all the money one day! ”

But the merchant remained unmoved, and continued to walk away.

Wei Jiao was even more anxious when he was about to drag his hand out when he was clamped by the guard, and said loudly to the merchant: "I stand up!" I stand up, I dare say, there is no one in the entire Jingshi except me who has gathered so much gold for you in one day! ”

The businessman surnamed Zhang stopped. With a wave of his hand, the guard bowed down and went down, and the businessman, who was in his early thirties, smiled and patted Wei Jiao's sweaty shoulder: "The future is terrifying, we don't dare to feel so much money at your age, okay!" I'll give you a chance, one day, scrape together enough of the 9,000 gold for me, if you can't make it, triple it! Do you dare to bet? Youngster? ”

Wei Jiao swallowed his saliva, three times, that is 27,000 gold! It is estimated that the entire Wei family will have to be sold to get it. But as long as you take out these brocades yourself, you can use them directly as money! It's like someone taking 100 yuan for 70 yuan of gold and exchanging 100 million yuan for you! Change it within a day, otherwise you will lose 300 million yuan, and you will be crazy if you change it! This is a business with no foundation at all, you can make money by changing hands, who is not crazy!

"Good! Deal! Wei Jiao has the bottom in his heart, there will be no store after this village, Wei Jiao won the gamble before, and this time he was also full of confidence that he could win, but he didn't know that all this was a dream prepared by others.

The two came out of the Luoyang Yamen, Wei Jiao's palms were full of sweat, and he had just made the biggest order in his life. If this is successful, this is enough to worry about it for a lifetime, and it is estimated that it can be talked about for a lifetime.

Wei Jiao looked at the merchant and the note in his hand, and the jade pendant, and opened his mouth to say something. The note he set up just now was the Luoyang Yamen, and the name of the merchant was not Wei Jiao's name, but the entire Hedong Wei clan!

"Alright!" The merchant asked the guard to give him a horse: "Tomorrow, at this time, at your shop, I will carry the goods, pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." Go and scrape together the money! ”

"Xie Minggong!" Wei Jiao turned over his horse, bowed deeply, and galloped away.

"Hehe......" He didn't hear the whisper of the businessman surnamed Zhang when he put away the slip with peace of mind: "Play, the entire Wei family is estimated to be finished...... Look at him upstairs, he upstairs down......"

(End of chapter)