Chapter 111: Hu Shang returns
Wei Renshi did not go back to Fuchang.
It's not that there are other special things to do in Luoyang.
It's just that it's troublesome to go back to Fuchang.
Three hundred is not a small number, and it takes a lot of effort to place them.
Even if the piece of land under Pingshan has been taken by Jiao Haiqing, a wooden house has been built, and a coal yard has been built, the first few days when the 300 people have just been resettled in must have been a lot of trouble.
Leave these to Jiao Haiqing to trouble, wahahaha!
Wei Renshi hid in the backyard of a dream building, and every day in addition to teaching Wang Xiaosui to cook, the rest of the time was to draw various patterns with a pen and paper, and draw some of the instruments in his memory in detail.
Naturally, most of them are impossible to achieve, but the principle is there, and some simple instruments, as long as the principle is known, can be flexible, made in this era, and play some role.
But naturally, it takes a few skilled craftsmen to discuss and discuss together to decide whether the things on these patterns can finally be transformed into real objects.
Before the craftsmen were assembled, Wei Renshi had nothing to do.
Autumn is getting stronger and stronger, and even under the midday sun, a single set of cheongsam already feels cold.
The sky was blue, high and wide.
In the crisp and idle days of autumn, looking at the traces of a white bird flying in the sky, Wei Renshi finally found the feeling of idle clouds and wild cranes again.
"Xiaolang?"
Hearing someone shouting behind him, Wei Renshi withdrew his gaze from the sky and turned around, but it was Sun Peng's Hun family standing there and saying, "It's getting colder and colder, and there are fewer and fewer people to buy ice and eat ice drinks." ”
"It doesn't matter, I'll sell it when it's hot." Wei Renshi said: "But you don't have to close the door, you just have to do it if someone asks for it." ”
"Okay." Sun Peng's Hun family nodded.
As soon as she left, a runner came to the front of her, came to Wei Renshi, and said, "Lang Jun, someone came from outside, saying that it was sent by the shopkeeper of the Jiao family's business, Tian, and sent a message to you, saying that you asked Hu Shang to bring back the things he brought." ”
"It's back!" Wei Renshi's spirit was shocked, and he seemed to have smelled cumin.
"That's great!" Wei Renshi turned around and shouted, "Uncle Shi, drive the carriage out, let's go to the Jiao family's business!" ”
It's been a long time since my son's barbecue grill was made, so I'm waiting for you little things!
The carriage went out of the side door, onto the street, and headed for the North Market.
Wei Renshi felt the "greeting" passed by the wheels of the bluestone pavement, and vowed in his heart that when the craftsmen were ready, he would work the wheels of the carriage.
The carriage arrived at the Jiaojia business, and Wei Renshi walked to the door. The people in the store had already remembered Wei Renshi, and as soon as he appeared, someone went to the back and called the shopkeeper Tian.
Shopkeeper Tian appeared in front of Wei Renshi not long after, saluted, and said with a smile: "Wei Langjun is really fast." ”
"Where's the stuff?" Wei Renshi said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Tian, I see that the weather is not bad these days, when do you have time these days?" ”
"Tomorrow and the rest of the day will be fine." Shopkeeper Tian thought for a moment and replied.
Wei Renshi nodded and said, "Then it's settled, let's visit the plains tomorrow, and I'll invite you to eat barbecue!" ”
"Oh?" Shopkeeper Tian said with a smile: "I have long heard that my family Langjun said that Wei Langjun's cooking skills are unparalleled, this is really a taste!" ”
"Exaggerated, exaggerated!" Wei Renshi waved his hand again and again: "I'm the wild road." What about benzoin? Take me to see it! ”
Shopkeeper Tian smiled apologetically: "It's still with Hu Shang Adili, and I haven't had time to send it over yet." I was going to send it tomorrow, but I didn't expect Wei Langjun to come so quickly. I accompanied Wei Langjun over. Just to see what rare things he brought back. ”
The two went out, got into the carriage, and found the previous Hu Shang.
They were pitching tents in Fang City, but there were a lot more than the last time Wei Renshi came.
This piece was set aside by the Fang market for Hu commercial use. Although some of the very wealthy and business-doing Hu merchants also had houses in Luoyang City, many more Hu merchants just built sheds here as a place to live and sell their goods. It's like a tent, and it's also convenient for them to dismantle and take it on the road again after selling a stubble.
If this is a smooth journey, it will be at least half a year to catch up, and some Hu merchants will be robbed halfway.
Besides, these Hu merchants all went all the way to buy and sell all the way, which also slowed down the trip, so what Hu merchants bought was something that I have and what you don't have, that is, something that Datang basically won't have, so that they can be sold at a high price.
Before cumin could see it, he saw a piece of glassware, which was being placed inside the tent.
"Hiss......" Shopkeeper Tian looked at the glassware, revealing a look of admiration. Seeing Wei Renshi turn around to look at him, he smiled and said, "These glass objects are really beautiful!" ”
Oh, it's all called Liuli right now.
"I don't think it's as good as the jade bowl." Wei Renshi looked down at the few wine cups that Shopkeeper Tian was staring at, and said.
"Wei Langjun doesn't know, this glass object is priceless." Shopkeeper Tian said with a smile: "These are all inferior products, and they don't dare to put them out like this if they are really good." That's it, believe it or not, in less than three days these things will be sold out, and they will be able to make money on this trip. ”
"That's all?" Wei Renshi looked at the utensils: "So expensive? ”
"Wei Langjun, just these two wine cups in front of you, you can't take them down without a few hundred yuan." Shopkeeper Tian said with a smile: "The object of colored glass is not only beautiful to look at, but also affordable for people with status." ”
Wei Renshi looked at those things again, and he really couldn't see where their beauty was.
However, the scarcity is expensive, the glass is a good thing to use at the moment can only be bought from the hands of Hu merchants, those Hu merchants will transport the glass from Dashi to Datang, and there will be a lot more additional costs along the way, and these costs will be passed on to consumers, which has led to the high price of glass in the Datang market today. And the extremely high price makes it a symbol of status in addition to its use - how can such an expensive thing be used by people who do not have status and status?
But Wei Renshi knows that the main materials for firing glass seem to be quartz, silica and the like, and to put it bluntly, the raw material is fine river sand.
What is this thing precious?
I know what the raw materials are, and I also know the method of annealing, although I can't burn the kiln, but I have people who can burn the kiln. Although he can't blow, it's not that he can't find a Hu man who can blow.
When this son has his own kiln, he can turn this thing into a cabbage price!
Hiding this thought in his heart, Wei Renshi looked behind him and said, "Let's go see cumin." ”