Today is the third day of the first lunar month, Shilinyuan Bookstore opened early, although it is the New Year, but the business still has to be done, except for the first day of the first month of the first day of the day off, the bookstore can not be closed on other days. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Yanqing walked into the bookstore, the bookstore was quiet, Li Yanqing thought that there was no one, but he didn't expect to walk into the store and find that the ground was full of teenagers and children, each holding a book, which was "The Red Child of the Great Sage Monster Hunt" written by himself.

Shopkeeper Luo heard the sound of the store door, looked down from the stairs, but saw that it was Li Yanqing, so excited that he almost stumbled and rolled downstairs, stepped forward and grabbed Li Yanqing, "Brother Qing is finally here!" ”

Li Yanqing's wrist was grabbed by Shopkeeper Luo, so he broke free and smiled: "Shopkeeper, don't worry. ”

"You are my lifesaver now, if you don't come again, I will go to your house tomorrow."

"Is it that serious?"

"Only more serious!"

Shopkeeper Luo invited Li Yanqing to the second floor, closed the door, and said in a pleading tone: "Bodhisattva bless, the little official must send me a manuscript!" ”

Li Yanqing grinned, took out two manuscripts from his arms and put them on the table, Luo's shopkeeper's eyes suddenly shot a strange light, it was actually two, he grabbed the manuscript, and spun in place excitedly, "It's finally here!" I'm saved! ”

Li Yanqing actually understands the mood of the shopkeeper Luo, Wang Gui and Tang Huai sighed every day, and they wanted to watch the next one, as if they had lost their souls.

The other students in the school were similar, they bought Wang Gui's books, just like buying addictive medicine, and shook the copper coins in Wang Gui's ears all day long, urging him to take another book to sell.

This is true of Lushan Academy, and presumably it is the same in other places.

Shopkeeper Luo finally calmed down, ordered a pot of tea for Li Yanqing, sat down and said with a smile: "A few days ago, the proprietor sent people to urge me every day, and forced me out of illness, and I also looked for your father every day and asked him to bring you a message.....

Li Yanqing was stunned, when did his father bring a message to himself, did he forget? As soon as he thought about it, he knew that his father must be afraid that it would affect his studies.

"How do you send this manuscript?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"I'll leave immediately, I'm going to personally send it to the Daimyo's Mansion, the proprietor has repeatedly explained, and I'll send him the manuscript as soon as it arrives."

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Luo suddenly slapped his head, "Look at me, I am so happy and confused, I forgot the money I gave you." ”

He hurriedly took out a paper roll from the cabinet and said with a smile: "This is the cash locker roll of the silver shop next door, which contains two hundred taels of silver, of which one hundred taels is the manuscript fee for your second and third parts." ”

He handed the cabinet scroll to Li Yanqing, and said, "You still need your painting on it, and I will go to the silver shop with you later to make up this procedure." ”

Li Yanqing was very curious, took this paper scroll made of paper and looked at it carefully, of course, this is not a paper money handover, but something like a deposit receipt, as early as the Middle and Tang Dynasty, the cabinet began to have a business of saving money, not to mention the Song Dynasty, where the commodity economy was highly developed.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, this kind of money-saving Jiaozi volume first appeared in the CD area, and then gradually spread to all parts of the country, becoming a disguised paper money, but due to the cash crisis, the imperial court abolished the private Jiaozi and issued it by the imperial court.

However, now the money can only be used in some big cities, such as Tangyin County, which is not available for the time being, and the handover volume given to Li Yanqing by the shopkeeper Luo is the deposit voucher of the Hong registration silver shop in the Daimyo Mansion, which can only be exchanged in the Hong registration silver shop in Xiangzhou, Weizhou, Cizhou, Zhaozhou and the Daimyo's Mansion.

Li Yanqing put down the handover roll and said, "Didn't you say that it was good to pay thirty yuan?" How has it become too much. ”

"This is the meaning of the owner, according to the highest pen fee for ordinary scholars, I also hope that the petty officials can continue to write."

The other party treated him kindly, and of course Li Yanqing didn't care about it, so he smiled and accepted the handover volume.

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After running errands in the county seat, Li Yanqing planned to go back after lunch.

The street where he is now is called East Street, it is the most prosperous street in Tangyin County, there are three taverns alone, as well as inns, teahouses, silver shops, pharmacies, bookstores, all kinds of food shops, etc., all kinds of shops are lined up and compared, shop signboards are stacked on top of each other, today is the third day of the Lunar New Year, the street has begun to be lively, the flow of people is like weaving, and several taverns are basically full.

Although the Song people don't eat lunch, they are not absolute, like the husband who does coolies, and they don't care about noon and afternoon when they are hungry, plus many people get up late during the New Year, and the meal in the morning is delayed, and it is normal to eat at noon.

At this time, Li Yanqing saw a steamed bun shop in front of him, so he walked away, just walked to the front of the steamed bun shop, but heard someone behind him call him, Li Yanqing turned around, only to see a man running behind, it was Li Dongdong who he saw during the clan sacrifice, Li Yanqing was also preparing to go to his house on the fifth day of the new year, but he didn't expect to meet him in the county seat.

Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward, "Why did Brother Dong come to the county seat?" ”

Fortunately, his father told him yesterday that this Li Dongdong was the same generation as him, otherwise he would have called Uncle Dong.

"I came to the county seat to buy something, and I saw the back a little like you just now, so I chased it all the way, and sure enough, it was you."

Li Dongdong was very enthusiastic, pulled Li Yanqing and said, "I haven't eaten yet!" I'll invite you to the restaurant. ”

Li Yanqing pointed to the bun shop, "It's pretty good here." ”

"Hey! What's delicious about the buns, come with me. ”

He pulled Li Yanqing into the Lin Ji Tavern opposite, went up to the second floor to find a seat by the window and sat down, Li Dongdong ordered four or five dishes, asked for a pot of wine, and asked with a smile: "How can the little brother be in the county." ”

"I came to the bookstore to buy some books, why is Brother Dong here?"

"Don't hide it from my brother, I went back to my hometown this time, firstly, to worship my ancestors, and secondly, I want to buy a batch of medicinal materials to return to Beijing."

"Isn't Brother Dong selling tea, why is he selling medicinal herbs again?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

Li Dongdong smiled, "How much money can you make just selling a few bowls of herbal tea, it's not enough to pay rent, you have to do other things to make a living, it just so happens that I know a medicine tooth man, he heard that I want to go back to my hometown, so he asked me to buy a few thousand catties of our Tangyin County's specialty cooked coptis." ”

"How much money can Brother Dong make on this trip?"

Li Dongdong smiled and waved his hand and said: "I don't say anything about ordinary people, but if my brother wants to ask, I won't hide it, that's it!" ”

Li Dongdong stretched out two fingers, and Li Yanqing smiled: "Two hundred!" ”

"Where is it! Twenty runs. ”

Li Yanqing was suddenly surprised, "It takes a few thousand catties of medicinal materials to earn twenty pounds!" ”

"How much do you think I can have, I will only earn a hard fee, the big head is in the tooth people, it is the capital of the tooth people, if it is my capital, I can earn at least three hundred yuan this trip."

The tooth man is the intermediary, matching buyers and sellers, charging commissions in the middle, and some tooth people with capital have become middlemen to earn greater benefits, of course Li Yanqing has heard of it, but he didn't expect that Li Dongdong, who seems to have a big family, actually ran around for twenty yuan, and it seems that he is not happy in the capital.

"Brother Dong said two days ago that Tokyo is full of money, why don't you do something else."

Li Dongdong shook his head, "There is a lot of money in Tokyo, but it is not easy to make money, like salt, tea, wine, alum, iron, and incense are all official camps, if you dare to participate in it, you will lose all your money at the least, and at worst you will go to prison with lawsuits, and even if many livelihoods are not official runs, they are also monopolized by the powerful, turning into heads, setting up various guilds to restrict, in a word, making money requires capital and power, like me, who has no power and no capital, and can only run errands, or sell a few bowls of herbal tea to do small business." ”

"Then why doesn't Brother Dong go back to the county to do business?"

Li Dongdong smiled bitterly, "If you go to the capital to see the world, you won't look down on this kind of small county, to be honest, although the county is good, but the money is too little, the steamed bun shop just now, I know the owner, a family of five people get up early and are greedy for darkness, tired and tired to work a month to earn six or seven yuan, and can't hire a guy, now Tangyin County hires a guy, and it takes at least three times a month."

The capital is a little more expensive, it costs five yuan, and my tea shop can't afford to hire it, I am responsible for ordering tea and boiling water, and the Hunjia runs the hall to sell tea, and I earn a maximum of more than ten yuan a month, but I slap my swollen face and become fat, and return to my hometown to pretend to be a big guy in the capital. ”

Li Dongdong originally just wanted to say that Tangyin County was too poor, but as he spoke, he pulled himself in, and after he drank a few glasses of wine, he couldn't talk about it, and shook out his old bottom.

This is actually the bitterness in his heart, and he usually doesn't dare to say it, so he can only find a half-understood child like Li Yanqing to pour bitter water, and he is not afraid that Li Yanqing will preach to him, anyway, few people believe what children say.

Li Yanqing has a little idea, he also knows that it is not easy to make money in Tangyin County, and it is even more difficult in Lushan Town, like Uncle Hu killing pigs, transporting goods, selling coolies, and he still has to farm, and he has only saved dozens of dollars for so many years, and his father is even more pitiful, only saving ten yuan in four years.

The price of the Great Song Dynasty is not expensive, Tokyo is only 30 yuan for rice, and it is cheaper in the Great Plains area rich in grain, and a bucket of wheat in Tangyin County is only 15 yuan.

If you want to make money, you have to fight the idea of the capital, so he is quite interested in this Li Dongdong, it just so happens that Li Dongdong has no capital, and he Li Yanqing has, if the two sides can cooperate, it is also a way to invest, and more importantly, Li Dongdong is a member of the same clan, and there is a family line to lead, Li Dongdong does not dare to pit himself.

"How much money did Brother Dong spend on buying medicine this time?"

"Actually, it's not much, about 1,000 yuan, and then deduct the manual ship fee, and finally make 30% of the profit."

Li Yanqing has two hundred taels of silver on him, but he can invest in it, but he can't do this in a hurry, it's best to talk to the patriarch first.

"When does Brother Dong plan to return to the capital?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"It's still receiving the goods, and it's probably going to be the end of the month."

Li Dongdong is an extremely shrewd person, the reason why he wants to woo Li Yanqing is not because Li Yanqing can write a few couplets, but because he heard from the clansmen that the patriarch values Li Yanqing very much, and if Li Yanqing is willing to say a few good words in front of the patriarch, maybe he will be able to borrow money from the patriarch.

Li Dongdong doesn't want to open a tea shop anymore, his customers are all rough people who sell coolies at the bottom, and they can't make a lot of money, and the Hun family is always molested by those rough people, he has gradually found a way in the capital in recent years, he wants to change his career to be a tooth man, and if he has the capital, he will earn more.

Thinking of this, Li Dongdong gave Li Yanqing a chopstick dish, and said with a smile: "Brother Qing'er, can you say good things to the patriarch for me." ”

"What good words do you want to say?"

"This time I want to charge more medicine, but I don't have enough money, I want to ask the patriarch to borrow five hundred yuan, but the patriarch doesn't believe me, hey, I'm at a loss!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "If you just want to make money yourself, I guess the patriarch will not agree, you should think about making money with the family, and you will also benefit, isn't it better?" ”

Li Dongdong was silent for a long time, and sighed lowly, "You are right, I have been working hard outside all these years, and I have seen that many people around me have made a fortune and found a way, but I don't have the capital, and I can't borrow money everywhere, but I have never considered cooperating with the family, but you reminded me in one sentence." ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "That's it! I'll go to the patriarch's side and say, I also have some capital here to invest in, you, me and the family, let's work together, and all three parties will benefit. ”

Li Dongdong's spirit also rose, "Then we will make a decision, if the elder brother and the patriarch say that they are good, come to my house the day after tomorrow, and we will talk about it in detail." ”