Chapter 18 The snail trolley
Gu Huai didn't quite understand why Boss You let him familiarize himself with the goods in the morning, and then immediately transferred to another venue.
Shouldn't it be right under the soup to receive and receive guests, which is more conducive to the work in the warehouse?
He took the silver, and first put it directly into his pocket, but after thinking about it, he took it out again, put it in his hand and looked at it, and was a little surprised.
Because the silver is the currency of the human world.
Since it is the same as the currency of the human world, it is difficult to ......
Thinking of this, Gu Huai was a little excited, but he felt that he shouldn't be happy too early, after all, it was just speculation.
When Sha Er saw the silver in Gu Huai's hand, he seemed to think of something, and asked You Qiu:
"Shopkeeper, there are a lot of things today, and it may take some weeks to deal with the aftermath, do you want to go to the shopkeeper Bai another day?"
"Shopkeeper Bai?" Gu Huai heard Hei Zai muttering in a low voice on the side.
"I'm going. You Qiu replied, "Time is running out for profit." What's more, we always have a word first. ”
What a "profit-seeking trip, time is not waiting for me"!
But who is this shopkeeper? What does it mean to say something first every time?
When he was about to arrive at Shen, Sha Er led Gu Huai to the beast pen according to You Qiu's instructions, and took a car to Gu Huai's destination in his previous life.
According to Blackboy, the reason why it is called an animal pen rather than a stable or camel shed is because the cars in Shakun City can be pulled not only by animals such as sheep, horses and camels, but also by all kinds of exotic animals.
Different species have different characteristics, some are fast, some are slow, some are psychic, some are not, some are expensive, and some are small.
Therefore, many wealthy car owners will keep different species in captivity according to their own needs, hence the term animal pen.
You's corral was next to the backyard, a large open space, a thatched canopy, and a fence of many parking spaces.
The smell in the whole pen is strange, I can't tell if it's stinky or what, it's like a lot of strange smells mixed together, in short, it smells unpleasant.
However, in this enclosure, except for a skinny black and brown horse, there were no other beasts, not even camels.
Sha Er covered his nose with his sleeve with one hand, and pointed to the horse with the other and said:
"The other cars have something to go out, you use the snail first." ”
"The snail is its name, right?" asked Gu Huai.
Sha Er nodded:
"In Shakun City, all the animals that pull the vehicle have names, one is easy to drive, and the other is to prepare the bottom in the city government building. ”
Gu Huai remembered what Liu Zhutou said, it turned out that there were not only personnel files in the city government building, but also records of various animals.
He walked up to the pony and looked at it, and called out a snail to see if the horse would react.
Tian Luo also raised his head and glanced at Gu Huai carelessly, and then continued to bow his head, eating the weeds on the ground.
Seeing that the horse's food is not very good, it is no wonder that it has no energy.
Not to mention Boss You's majestic big sand camel, even the horse used by Gu Huai in the imperial city, it is much stronger than this little beast.
"I heard that staying in Shifang is quite far away, is this little guy really okay?" Gu Huai asked Sha Er.
"This car, it's better than nothing-" It wasn't Sha Er who answered, a deep man's voice came from behind Tian Luo, startling Gu Huai.
Behind the little black horse, a man came out, wearing a groom's hat and an old linen clothes, somewhat hunchbacked, and looking about fifty years old.
"Ah, his name is Taylor, and he's our groom here. Sha Er introduced, "He is familiar with the road to stay in Shifang, so I won't accompany him much, you can do it yourself." After saying that, he went to the store with a cigarette, as if he was afraid to stay here a little longer.
"Hmph, useless things, I can't stand the smell of this!" Tai Lai scolded in the direction that Shaji was running.
"Hello Taber, my name is Gu Huai. Gu Huaixing greeted him.
"Hey, what kind of uncle, it's just an old groom who is over half a hundred years old, just call me by my name!" Tai Lai waved his hand, temperamental.
"Is there really some distance in the time shop?" asked Gu Huai.
"Yes. ”
"How far?"
"When there is no wind and sand, an hour and a half," Tai Lai said, "it is difficult to say if there is wind and sand, and it takes about two hours to lay the foundation." ”
"Then why are we going to the outskirts too?"
"Definitely," Tai Lai waved his hand, "Two hours each way, and it's still in the hinterland of the sand kun!"
Gu Huai was taken aback, according to the scale of the Imperial City, one way for an hour, it was almost to a relatively remote place, and a little more, it was simply a remote place, and this Shakun City was really too big.
He looked at the flywheel again, and calculated in his heart that it would take three or four hours to come and go and stay in the time shop, and it was late at night when he returned.
What is it about the goods that need to be so troublesome and need to travel so far to pick it up?
The seller is not responsible for home delivery?
In short, there are many things he doesn't understand.
Before leaving, Tai Lai took Gu Huai to another open space behind the courtyard, where two carriages were placed.
Both are wooden, boxy, and very small. One is a single head, and the other is larger enough to seat two people.
Tai Lai hung the larger one behind the snail, skillfully stepped on the wheel, and then pulled the rope, and after making sure that it was secure, he jumped into the car first.
The whole movement was done in one go, very smooth, and even made people wonder if he was really half a hundred years old and whether he was really hunchbacked.
"You're just a groom, how can you know how to drive so well?" Gu Huai also got into the car and asked.
"So you don't see that I'm also a coachman?" said Taylor, smirking.
"In this way, you know both horses and cars, and you can receive two wages?" asked Gu Huai.
When Tai Lai heard this, he said "tsk" twice in his mouth, and said:
"The young man is wise, shouldn't he use it like that?"
Gu Huai was stunned.
"Figuring out how to do more work to make money is just the idea of us hired workers. Taylor smiled meaningfully, and said, "You should be wondering whether you should hire a groom and a coachman, or whether you should hire a man of both." ”
Gu Huai seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he always wrote it down.
Gu Li had told him more than once that even a groom, even a slave, had something worth learning from him.
Tai Lai is full of the smell of horse manure, but for Gu Huai, it doesn't matter, what matters is what kind of value this person can bring to himself.
The two sat down, and Tailai shouted:
"Tian Luo, let's go—"
The little black horse took a step and walked.
I can't see how tough it is, but it's a bit slow.
Slow to Gu Huai, he can clearly see the wanted notices posted on the walls along the street, and see the head of the black boy on the wanted notice.
Gu Huai was a little worried about Heizai, not because he was caught, but because he was worried about how he would pass through the full moon night one after another.
"I just forgot to tell you," Tai Lai's voice interrupted Gu Huai's thoughts, "According to Tian Luo's urine nature, it may take at least two hours each way." ”
Gu Huai was not disappointed when he heard this, because when he saw Tian Luo's appearance, and compared with Boss You's car that he had sat in before, he didn't have any expectations.
"Buy a car by yourself when you have money!" said Tai Kan Gu Huai a little gloomily and encouragingly.
I don't want this encouragement to be of some use, Gu Huai actually had a bit of fighting spirit in his eyes when he heard it.
As a man, who doesn't love cars?
However, he suddenly thought of something and asked Taylor:
"When will the time shop close, and will it be too late to get there?"
He was afraid of disturbing the other party.
Tai Lai glanced sideways at Gu Huai, revealing a hint of appreciation:
"The king's shopkeeper is there, it's only wonderful to go at night!"
It can be seen that he appreciates Gu Huai for knowing how to think about others.
If you want to come to Tailai to be a coachman, I have also seen many people. This is a lot of contrast, and he can quickly see the good and bad of a person's character.
"The shopkeeper Wang that Tai Lai said must be the boss of Liushifang, right?"
"That's him. Tai Lai nodded, then sighed again, and said, "Hey, he's a man with a story." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Gu Huai asked, "And what is the Liushifang selling, why do you want to send someone to get it?"
However, after asking, Gu Huai felt that he had asked too much, and he must not have been able to get any answers.
Sure enough, Tai Lai glanced at Gu Huai again, smiled hehehe, and said:
"These interesting people and things should be left to you, the newcomer, to explore on your own, right?"
That's right, it's not a good thing to talk about others behind your back.
As for what the store sells and what the business is, don't you have to know sooner or later?
So Gu Huai didn't talk any more.
However, he continues his curiosity:
"What kind of car dealers are there in this Shakun City?"
As soon as Tai Lai heard that he was in the rice bowl, he introduced it with great interest:
"The difference between the car dealers in Shakun City is mainly in the types of animals used for pulling, and there are two categories: those that walk on the ground and those that fly in the sky......"
When Gu Huai heard that there were still flying in the sky, he was more energetic than anyone else, and he listened with his head sideways like a child.
"There are more than ten or twenty kinds of things that walk on the ground, from cheap to expensive, and from bad to good-looking. Sand camels like You Qiu should be regarded as high-end goods, which can pull very heavy carriages. If it is combined with the method of qi magic, the amount of drag of the sand camel is even more considerable. However, his car is not top-of-the-line.
The top-level car dealers are generally pulled by strange beasts, such as ......"
Sure enough, there was a strange beast pulling the cart, Gu Huai's eyes opened wider and wider when he heard it, and he didn't bother to care about it when the sand fell into his eyes, and let the tears flow out.
"The carriages in the sky, no matter what level they are, are mostly pulled by alien beasts, and they must also be equipped with qi magic to lift the carriages.
Among the Sky Beasts, the more general ones are such as Sand Bird, Sand Night, etc., and the more advanced ones are like Sha Peng, etc., ......"
He had never heard of any of these Gu Huaizhen, but it didn't hinder his surprise:
"Why do I rarely see a car in the sky when I come?"
"As I just said, the heavenly carriage must be equipped with qi mana before it can be lifted. Tai Lai pointed a finger at the sky and said, "And the power of qi magic consumed to do so is far greater than the mana used to drive on the ground." ”
"So......" Gu Huai thought for a while and said, "Too expensive?"
Taylor nodded:
"Only when there is a big pomp and circumstance in the city, or when the city government building is a sacrificial celebration, the rich bosses will come out in empty cars to show off. ”
"Will the Chengfu Tower also do sacrificial celebrations?" Gu Huai asked.
He remembered that there would be similar events in the imperial city, where the ideology of the ruler would be announced to the people with ceremonial pleasures.
"Not really!" replied Tailai, "that Shakuncheng is so rich, that it is the desire of the people, and that it is also the desire of the people of the rulers. ”
Since the rulers have such ideas, they have to express them accordingly.
For example, if the emperor wants everyone to make more money, he will deliberately hold various big celebrations, and then let everyone sing some mercantile music at the celebration, and so on......