In addition to the bazaar in the big city of the Tang Dynasty, there is also a market, which is to divide the market by industry, the items with large trading volume are separately marketed such as rice market, tea market, horse market, and some small trading volume, it is several items and become a market, Chengdu is the third prosperous city of the Tang Dynasty, the business is developed, the materials are abundant, and the transaction volume is huge, so all kinds of materials have their own trading places, and Chang'an, Chengdu also has the east and west markets, but they are just a variety of markets gathered together, forming two large areas, The east market is the luxury goods exchange, and the west market is the distribution center of daily goods.

The East Market is noisy and lively in the daytime, the crowd is surging, the voices of the people are boiling, all kinds of selling sounds, bargaining sounds, filling the ears, merchants from Jiannan, and even all over the country are looking for opportunities to make a fortune in the East Market, all kinds of shops are densely packed, one by one, the store is not wide, but it is very deep, the back is a warehouse, the front is a store, the store is full of all kinds of luxury goods, such as the silk market of brocade, Luo Yan, silk; Such as the white porcelain of the Xingyao kiln and the celadon of the Yue kiln in the porcelain market; There are even spices, pearls, ivory, and other goods from abroad, and there is a dizzying variety of goods.

But at night, the hustle and bustle of the day was over, some of the shops were closed, some were still ajar, and the men were busy counting the goods, while the shopkeeper was attentive, meticulously calculating the day's profits.

In the northwest corner of the East City, there are two or three shops integrated into a small sugar market, that is, these stores control the entire Chengdu, and even the sugar source of Jiannan Road, the sugar here refers to sucrose, since the early Tang Dynasty from Magadha after the sugar boiling method, to the Middle Tang Dynasty, sucrose has been commonly eaten in the middle and upper class society.

This sugar market is mainly for wholesale, and every day the small traders in its own bazaar come here to buy sugar cubes, and the sugar used by Li Qing to make slush is also purchased from here. At this time, several shops were feinted, and the men had finished their work, and the road in this area was unusually deserted, and there was not a single pedestrian, only the largest door on the side was still ajar, and a dim light spilled from the door, and several dogs fighting for food ran through the door, and in an instant they disappeared into the black fog, and in the distance, there were several long howls.

A gust of wind blew, the flag above the store was blown to hunt straight sound, the word "Lin Ji" was faintly visible in the floating scroll, the shopkeeper was surnamed Lin, a native of Yangzhou, who had come to Shu for many years, and had the intention of returning to his hometown, so he posted two big "transfer" words on the door, and there have been several groups of people to talk about it, either the price is too low, or the words are not matched, in short, there has been no shot so far.

At this time, the shopkeeper Lin was calculating the day's income in the dim light, and suddenly felt something, and when he looked up, he saw a person standing at the door of the store, vaguely familiar, looking at his shop carefully.

"Another person who wants to buy a store."

Shopkeeper Lin pushed away the table and greeted him with a smile, only to see clearly at the door that the person who came was actually his old customer, Li Dongzhu of Wangjiang Restaurant, since he launched the slush, he has been purchasing sugar in his own store, which really made him a lot, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward and smiled: "It's so late, does Li Dongzhu still come to buy goods?"

The person who came was Li Qing, and in his strategy to fight back against the Hai family, sugar was one of the links, but he didn't come here today to buy sugar, but to buy the shop that Shopkeeper Lin was going to transfer.

Li Qing bowed slightly and smiled: "No, I came today to talk to Shopkeeper Lin about this shop." ”

Shopkeeper Lin suddenly closed the door and opened the small door again, "Proprietor Li, please come into the house and talk about this matter in detail!" ”

Li Qing entered the house with him, raised his eyes and looked at the store, it was not wide, about two zhang, but ten zhang long, and the back was divided into two floors, both of which were warehouses for storing sugar, and pieces of sugar were wrapped in linen cloth and neatly stacked.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Shopkeeper Lin opened the city and said, "Proprietor Li wants to buy my small shop?" ”

"Yes! Including the store and all your inventory, shopkeeper Lin, please make a price. ”

"Li Dongzhu takes care of a lot of my business, so I will naturally give the cheapest price." Shopkeeper Lin smiled and said: "The shopkeeper next door wants to use 2,500 guan to buy my store, but I think he is not kind and doesn't want to sell it to him, if the proprietor Li wants, I will sell it to you for 200 guan cheaper, and sell it to you for 2,300 guan, including 1,800 guan of inventory, my store actually only sells 500 guan, if the proprietor Li agrees, we will make a deal." ”

Li Qing didn't answer, thought about it but said with a smile: "Last time I heard shopkeeper Lin say that you also have a store in Yangzhou, and the sugar here is all shipped from the Yangzhou store, if I have been buying from your store in Yangzhou in the future, then you are willing to sell this store to me for 2,000 yuan?" ”

"This—" Shopkeeper Lin hesitated, his face embarrassed.

Seeing this, Li Qing smiled and continued: "Shopkeeper Lin don't worry, I still pay you 2,300 yuan now, and the 300 yuan concession I said will be slowly offset in the future payment, you think this is good." ”

It is indeed a good way to win both sides, Lin shopkeeper admired in his heart, although he gave three hundred yuan, but he got a big customer, according to Li Qing's business skills, in the future, he can still get a piece of the sugar market in Jiannan Road.

"Then let's decide, two thousand three hundred, Ming'er will find an intermediary first and sign a contract."

"No, I can trust Shopkeeper Lin, I have already brought the money." Li Qing took out two deposit tickets and half a jade pendant from his arms, and pushed it in front of the shopkeeper Lin, "This is a deposit ticket of two thousand guan and one three hundred guan, Wang Baoji cabinet shop, Yangzhou also has a branch, with this half of the jade pendant to withdraw money, Wang Baoji has not closed the door yet, we will confirm it now, and then the shopkeeper Lin will give me the store." ”

Shopkeeper Lin was slightly stunned, he didn't understand why Li Qing was so anxious, he couldn't wait even a night? But he only hesitated, and finally agreed.

Li Qing overnight and Lin shopkeeper handed over the shop, and then appointed Pei Rou as the new manager of the sugar store, the next day, he used various means to buy a large number of sugar stores around the sugar store to hoard up, the main production area of cane sugar in Yangzhou, Chengdu sugar is also from Yangzhou regular trafficking, because it is not suitable to preserve, the store inventory is not much, Li Qing suddenly purchased, plus the new goods have not been sent, it has caused a temporary shortage of cane sugar in the Chengdu market, sugar prices soared suddenly, although soon there will be new sugar to calm the sugar price, but Li Qing wants the time difference of these days.

That night, the moon was white, the sky was full of stars, a sandalwood incense was lit in front of Li Qing's window, the incense head flickered brightly and dimly, a wisp of green smoke swirled, and Li Qing was quietly waiting for his bodyguard to appear.

"Is he really around?" Li Qing suddenly doubted that he hadn't found anyone around the yard at all these days, where could he hide?

"Could it be that he ordered sandalwood by himself, and he didn't adapt to it for a while?"

But before he could finish his thoughts, he heard a very slight and rapid footsteps on the roof, and the footsteps became faster and louder, and suddenly there was a 'thud', and suddenly a foot fell from the top of his head, and then the foot disappeared, and a stream of moonlight came in from overhead, and a few stars could be seen shining in the new hole.

Then a black shadow swept down from a somersault on the roof, like a drunken tanuki, and fell gently and skillfully, but when he saw the ground, he staggered again, swayed twice, and barely stood firm.

"You're looking for me?"

His voice was low, a little hoarse, he was about the same height as himself, wearing a black night suit, his face was covered with a black scarf, but three long strands of long beard were revealed under the scarf, Li Qing This was the first time he saw Gao Zhandao, his eyes were cold, and he seemed to have experienced Cangsang, but there was a faint hint of silence in the middle of Cangsang.

Li Qing hesitated in his heart, this was the first martial artist he met when he came to the Tang Dynasty, he thought he was a chivalrous warrior with extremely high martial arts, he was full of confidence, but now, his confidence has been hit hard, is he, is he really reliable?

Gao Zhandao seemed to understand Li Qing's thoughts, his old face was slightly red, and he said with a dry smile: "Wei Laoji's Cuitao ten-year old wine is half price today, and the opportunity is rare, I drank a few more glasses, and I just rushed back, and I was in a hurry, which made Brother Li smile." ”

The arrow was already on the string, and had to be sent, Li Qing was helpless, took out the map sent by Haizhongtian from his arms, pointed to the three pockets on the ground and said to him: "You first find the place according to the marks on the map, that is the slush workshop, the warehouse is next to each other, and then the thing to do is to mix these bags of salt in the powdered sugar, remember, not only the powdered sugar on the site, but also the powdered sugar in the warehouse, do not show traces, what to do, I will write in detail on the back of the map, you follow the steps I wrote." ”

Suddenly, another thing worried him appeared in his wavering faith, and the fox asked, "Are you literate?" ”

"I've been in a private school for a few years."

As soon as Li Qing's hand was loosened, the map and the salt bag disappeared immediately, and a black shadow quickly swept up the mountain rock, looking to float up the roof with his strength, but he didn't see him move for a long time, he hesitated, checked the bag, maybe the weight was too heavy, and finally had to jump off the mountain stone, carry the salt bag on his shoulders and walk away from the gate.

The next day, Haijia's slush was shipped as usual, as usual, the Haijia restaurant was crowded with people, and the slush was selling hot, but Haiji's popularity only existed for a moment, and the person who bought the slush couldn't help but stick out his tongue to add it to the edge of the bowl, but immediately frowned, took a small bite gently, and then savored it, suddenly jumped up, and shouted at the guy who sold slush: "No! You're bad, you have to get me another one! ”

But there seemed to be more than one bad one, and immediately someone shouted loudly, from one person to a group of people, from one restaurant to another, all the customers shouted, and all the slush they bought today was salty.

Chengdu life is dull, this kind of thing is undoubtedly the salt of life, like a hurricane, instantly spread throughout the city, in Chengdu's teahouses, restaurants, in the streets and alleys, almost everyone is talking about the 'salty slush incident' with relish.

As if premeditated, a piece of extremely unfavorable news to the Hai family, quietly circulated throughout Chengdu, 'the Hai family is shoddy, using inferior raw materials to make slush', everyone was skeptical at first, but this news is getting more and more intense, and even the Hai family's past bad deeds, all were turned out, rumors have always been three people into tigers, more people said, people gradually believed, no wonder it only sells at a low price of five cents, reasonable plus the public mouth gold, the reputation of the Hai family began to be damaged, and gradually spread to other businesses, Hai family's teahouses, restaurants, The brothels, the business are obviously deserted.

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