Chapter 8 Making Money
Hou Shan's work is very level, especially with the money driven, he brought Li Meng and these people to the so-called Wang family salt merchants, Li Meng's salt is not mixed with sand and stones, it can be regarded as a very good quality sea salt, and the salt merchants are not willing to always control the supply of goods in the hands of Mu Patrol Inspection, and new sources of goods are very welcome, especially Li Meng, who directly boil the sea and boil salt.
The salt merchant felt that he should give some sweetness, plus Hou Shan's eloquence was good, a load of salt was a tael of silver, Li Meng and they brought eighteen taels of salt this time, and they directly gave twenty taels of silver regardless of the fraction.
Twenty taels of silver, Li Meng's reaction was okay, Zhao Neng and Chen Liuzi's eyes were already round, it seemed that they had never seen such a large amount of money, the salt merchant was very satisfied with their salt goods, and directly said that if it was all sea salt of this quality, then they were welcome to come again next time.
Walking out of the gate of the salt stack, Hou Shan followed Li Meng's side and stopped talking, just laughing, Li Meng was stunned for a moment before reacting, smiled and took out a small piece of broken silver and handed it to him, this small piece of broken silver, Li Meng couldn't calculate how much it was worth, but when he saw the other party's thanksgiving appearance, he knew that it should be enough.
In Hou Shan's eyes, Li Meng and these people are undoubtedly generous financiers, and they must make good contact and strive to do business with them next time, Li Meng and Zhao Neng are all dressed in tatters, and their manners and behaviors are a little rustic, but Hou Shan has no intention of being deceived. The person at the head is Li Meng, who is very unfathomable, and the single-knife iron rulers pressed on the car are also awe-inspiring.
Sent away Hou Shan, looking at the sky was still early, I estimated that I could rush home after shopping, and a group of people simply walked around and relaxed.
Seeing Hou Shan walking away, someone approached him and asked:
"Li Meng, we have all sold salt goods, just give that Chinese man a few pennies, why bother to give so much."
Li Meng smiled, stopped and replied:
"You and I are not familiar with life, come here, if the salt merchant has the intention of lowering the price and deceiving him, whether you sell it or not, can you still push it back to the Xue family, it is better to find a Chinese person and give more money, then the Chinese person is more familiar with the market than us."
The questioner scratched his head, and Li Meng continued:
"Actually, I'm not sure, if Hou Shan and the salt merchant partner to be deceived, I have no choice but to gamble like this."
"What Brother Li said is, hehe, my father said that if it weren't for Brother Li's frightened brain when he was five years old, he would be smarter than us!"
Everyone was convinced by these words, and Chen Liuzi shouted loudly, "What does Brother Li do, naturally he has his reason", in a group of people, the most powerful and intelligent people will naturally get the support of their peers to become the leader, everyone didn't find out, and unconsciously changed the title from "Li Meng" to "Big Brother Li".
Li Meng was a little surprised, thinking that his change was too sudden, in the guard, the so-called change from stupid to smart is just a month's time, today he has done a lot of things on the road, and afterwards he showed such a clear mind, but don't show any flaws.
Although these companions are all honest military children, they don't suspect anything, but they still have to be cautious, Li Meng has heard that it is light to deal with demons and sprinkle dog blood these days, and they are generally burned to death on the fire, or thrown into the sea and sunk in the pig cage, but don't show too much.
And the past that the young man who asked the question said happened to make up for the flaws, in the memory after the fusion, about how to be stupid, is very vague, listening to this person mention, I remember in a trance in my mind, that Li Meng saw the tragedy of his parents being killed by pirates, and he was frightened.
Seeing that Li Meng was in a deep groan, Zhao Neng stepped forward and flashed the back of the young man's head, and said in a rough voice, "What are you doing when you are unhappy", walked up to Li Meng, hugged Li Meng's shoulders and said with a smile and whispered:
"Li Meng, quickly take the silver out and divide it for everyone, these people are thinking about buying something to take back home, take advantage of the morning, let's rush back after we finish buying."
Li Meng looked back, everyone was stunned, even the most stable Zhao Neng was eager, the people in the salt stack directly handed over the money to Li Meng, who seemed to be the leader, and he didn't take it out all the time, Li Meng hurriedly smiled and came to the street with his companions, took out the silver and distributed it one by one.
The other party gave some broken silver, originally the salt stack said that it was to give more copper coins, but Li Meng refused, this is not historical knowledge and experience, but the idea that precious metals are better than copper coins, if it is not for the scattered silver to divide the money, it is really difficult to divide.
Everyone almost got one or two or five dollars of silver, and they all happily went to wander around, Zhao Neng pushed a lot of salt, and got two taels of silver, Zhao Neng was just about to turn around, but was stopped by Li Meng, Li Meng took Zhao Neng's hand, put his own one or two more silver in Zhao Neng's hand, and said with a smile:
"Brother Zhao, I don't know what to buy, you can buy something for your aunt!"
One thing that is very clear in the memory of fusion is that almost all of the food and clothing over the years have been taken care of by Zhao Neng's mother, this kindness really cannot be forgotten, even if the current Li Meng is not the same person as before, but he is still very moved, the two sides have no kinship, but the other party is enthusiastic and helpful.
Zhao Neng looked down at the silver in his hand, everyone knew that it would take a lot of money to buy something, but Li Meng mentioned his mother, and he also understood what Li Meng meant, he was a little moved for a while, and he didn't say much, he reached out and patted Li Meng's shoulder, turned around and went to buy something.
Fengmeng Town is a prosperous place for these military children, but for Li Meng, who is from modern times, he really has no interest.
There are hundreds of families here, there are not a few brick and wood houses, and there are those salt stacks, the rest are some rammed earth walls, straw roofs, pedestrians on the road are dressed stronger than their own guards are also limited, the road is naturally a dirt road, it rained a few days ago, and the road surface is not so dusty.
There are a few thatched huts that are brushed with chalk clay, that is the shop in this town, what else can a small town expect, and it is because of the salt merchants that it began to prosper, as for what to really look for, the nearby Jiaozhou is also a rich place, wouldn't it be better to go somewhere.
Li Meng found a random stone on the side of the road and sat down, looking at the dilapidated streets and houses, the pedestrians with vegetables on their faces, and the laughter of his companions could be clearly heard from a long distance. Li Meng closed his eyes, and the smell of sea in the air was particularly strong, which was a sign that the sea breeze was blowing.
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