Passing through the shop where there was not much goods, I came to the house at the back, which was also simple and abnormal, and the yard was messy, which should be used as a warehouse and a residence.

The shopkeeper was waiting in the courtyard, there was still no expression on his face, and he couldn't help but sigh to Li Meng, he really had no sense of service.

Several Yanding guards behind him saw the situation in the house, several people stopped beside Li Meng, their hands were pressed on the weapons, there were more than a dozen men with weapons in the house, talking and laughing quite easily, there was no difference between them and the people outside, and when they saw Li Meng coming in, they were all quite vigilant and stared over.

Li Meng didn't panic, these heavily armed men exuded a fierce spirit, but they looked completely like farmers, and the opponent's posture should be more defended than attacked.

The stalemate between the two sides was very short, and a man came out of the hall, a tall man, with a Chinese face, a very thick appearance, and a thick joint, which could be seen to be a hard-working person, and as soon as he came out, he hugged his fists and said with a smile:

"This is Uncle Li, it's the first time we met, and I invite you to talk in the house!"

Looking at the frost and swarthyness on the other party's face, Li Meng thought that this man had to be thirty or forty years old, but he was quite young when he spoke, and he should not be over thirty years old, and he was older than himself.

Li Meng pushed away the salt ding that was blocking in front of him, hugged his fists and smiled:

"It's not the first time I've seen it, but I don't know Brother Tai's name and surname?"

"It's a high achievement."

The other party replied indifferently, although this man tried his best to speak official language, but his Shaanxi accent was very strong. Li Meng searched in his mind, whether it was a modern memory or a memory of coming to this era, there was no such name, and immediately nodded back:

"Under Li Meng."

However, after the man said his name, the men around him all picked up their weapons and stared at Li Meng, and the salters didn't care about anything, and each took out their weapons to guard up. The atmosphere in the mansion suddenly became tense. The courtyard door to the front shop was closed.

There were more than 20 people in a tense confrontation, and Gao Yigong had been staring at Li Meng's face after he finished saying his name, and seeing that the other party had never heard of this name at all, Mu Ran Guozi finally showed some smiles on his face, waved his hand around, and the atmosphere immediately relaxed.

"The situation is so chaotic, being careful and vigilant is inevitable, Brother Li should not be surprised. There is no one in the house, you and I go in and talk in detail. ”

While speaking, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, Li Meng smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay", ignoring the salt behind him, and followed the man into the house.

The windows are closed, even though it is daylight. But it was still rather sullen and gloomy, with a wooden table, two benches on it, and a clay kettle and a few bowls on the table, though it was poor. It's specially arranged to talk about things.

"The cloth and soju in Uncle Li's hand, I need them very much, but the money is not enough, I don't know if I can replace them with green salt."

Before Li Meng could react, he was stunned at first. Then his eyes widened. Although I had some hunches, I didn't expect it to be delivered to the door so easily. It's really "stepping on the iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get it", before Li Meng could speak, Gao Yigong over there continued:

"I wonder how the cloth and shochu are priced?"

After a little groaning, Li Meng opened his mouth and replied:

"The first time we do business, let's try to have a reputation, these cloths and soju are bought for a total of four hundred and fifty taels, as well as those dozens of catties of medicinal materials, adding up to five hundred taels of silver, no matter how you say it, you have to earn back the money for the boat."

Hearing the five hundred taels of silver, Gao Yigong's face showed an embarrassed expression, patted his forehead and said:

"Don't hide it from Uncle Li, we don't have enough silver in our hands, but there is some green salt, but it is six hundred quintals, and it is less than two hundred taels of silver, which is really not enough, we are in urgent need of this batch of goods, you see if you can be accommodating, it is estimated that there will be a batch of salt in another month, you see?"

Li Meng's forehead was sweating, he was really a little dumbfounded, the person in front of him was too bad at doing business, right? How did he explain all the bottom line on his side as soon as they met, which means that Li Meng's side occupies all the initiative in discussing business, and the other party's capital and price are already known.

In the past, Jining Prefecture and the northern and southern cities of the rich places, brushing teeth and rinsing with green salt is just a daily habit, without green salt, it is not a big deal to replace it with refined salt from other places, after speculation, this green salt has become a must-have for rich and noble people.

At the beginning, you can still use ordinary refined salt to confuse, and then there is an experienced master to distinguish the real from the fake, not to mention, there is indeed a means, Li Meng adulterated and faked several times, before selling, he specially invited these masters to come and identify, and they were not fooled.

Fortunately, salt merchants and shops are unwilling to collapse the market, and they are controlling the price, even so, the price of salt is eleven taels in Jining Prefecture, fifteen taels in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and eighteen taels in Beijing.

But this high level of skill has 600 quintals of green salt in his hands, but he said that it is less than 200 taels, even if it is not green salt, these 600 quintals will be transported to Luoyang Kaifeng, and Li Meng can earn about 300 taels after deducting the shipping fare.

After Li Meng's surprise, he looked at Gao Yigong sitting opposite, there was not much expression on the other party's national character face, but it didn't seem to be a fake deception, could it be that this cheap was really falling from the sky, Li Meng took a few breaths, calming his mood, if it is said that the man on the other side will not do business, Li Meng is also a second knife, those speculation techniques are just some tricks in modern times, and when it comes to face-to-face bargaining, he has no experience and means.

The other party explained his bottom line so clearly, Li Meng was a little at a loss, Gao Yigong on the other side was not in a hurry, his hands were clasped, and he looked at Li Meng quietly.

Li Meng also wondered, the other party's age should be about the same age as himself, why is there such a calm atmosphere, the precociousness of people in this era may be one of the reasons, fifteen years old is already considered an adult, can marry a wife and have children, Li Meng is still a bachelor at the age of twenty-five, that is, it is not uncommon in those poor military households in the Lingshan Guard.

After a few turns in his mind, Li Meng was a little confused, but he suddenly thought of the people in the grocery store, what he said that day, "Qingyan is coming over there in Shaanxi, it's so messy, how can there be", Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi provinces are at the junction of either officers and soldiers or chaotic people, and the appearance of these people is obviously not officers and soldiers, so ......

Li Meng's nervous expression calmed down, and he asked:

"I just listened to my brother's meaning, the sale of salt goods for silver is secondary, the key is to ask me to have this batch of goods, right?"

Gao Yigong's eyes finally showed a hint of surprise, his expression was still unmoving, he nodded slowly, and said:

"At present, there is a shortage of materials in Henan, and it is not easy to buy cloth and soju here in western Henan, and it is rare to meet such a large amount of goods as Uncle Li, so I am in a hurry to eat it."

There is a shortage of materials, it also depends on where it is, several big cities in Henan are prosperous places where many merchants gather, relying on the waterways of Cao Yun and the Yellow River, there are no goods that cannot be bought, and the price is not much expensive, why bother to find a foreign businessman who suddenly came to Lushi County.

Since the other party is not untruthful, Li Meng thinks about himself, but there are no good means and techniques to continue to talk deeply or play Tai Chi with the other party, so he simply tells the truth, and immediately speaks aloud:

"Brother Gao may not know, this green salt in the canal and all the prosperous places are soaring in price, brother Tai's six hundred loads of salt, if it is transported to Jining or Nanzhili, it is also six thousand taels of silver, this is still less to say, brother, some of these cloths and shochu were bought in Shandong, some were bought in Kaifeng Luoyang, plus medicinal materials, that is, five hundred taels of silver, Brother Gao said that the hundreds of loads of green salt are not enough, isn't this a joke?"

After talking eloquently, Li Meng laughed a few times, Gao Yigong's eyes obviously lit up when he heard the words of six thousand taels of silver, but then he shook his head, from meeting Li Meng, Gao Yigong didn't have any extra movements, and subconsciously shook his head, this is the first time.

"The price of this salt is really good, but the salt under the next must not be sold at this price, Uncle Li is so frank, I can't hide anything here, transport the green salt to Henan, there are some ways to transport it, it can only be sold to the salt shop of King Fu, a load of five dollars of silver is already a good price, there are many things that can't be bought with silver, it's really breathless, and today I know the way."

Li Meng's mood finally relaxed, and the other party finally clearly said his original intention, and he could talk about it in a real way.

"A load of green salt sells for ten taels of silver, I don't dare to expect extravagance, but I have a whimsical idea, I don't know if Uncle Li is willing to listen?"

Li Meng smiled and nodded, the atmosphere in the room was much milder, Gao Yigong picked up the bowl and took a sip of water, and continued:

"Uncle Li wants to buy this green salt, how about two taels of silver?"

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