Twenty-eighth Shopping II
"Distinguished guests, come and see my spices! Very good authentic food and spice ......" The standard of the shopkeeper's Chinese dialect, if you don't look at the looks, you can't imagine that the person with a high nose, blue eyes and curly hair in front of you is a foreigner.
This shop is opened by a big cannibal, as a neighboring country, this east from the Indus River and the western border of the Tang Dynasty, west to the Atlantic coast, north to the Caspian Sea and southern France, south of the Arabian Sea, the influence of Chang'an is not small, Muawiyah I ascended the caliphate, with Damascus as the capital, established the Umayyad Dynasty, with the establishment of the Umayyad Dynasty, the Arabs began the second great expansion, the east has expanded to the Green Ridge (Pamir Plateau) and the Tang Dynasty; In the west, he had conquered Nice and parts of Spain in later years; south to Nepal; The northern part is besieging the Byzantine capital of Constantinople, but the Great Food is constantly at odds within the country, and the opposition is constantly fighting among themselves. Years of conquest have caused many cannibals to come to Datang to settle in order to escape the war. Big food merchants like this are now ubiquitous in Datang.
The goods in the store are mainly spices, supplemented by gold and silverware, as well as a lot of various wines, and there are actually some rare fruits and vegetables in the Tang Dynasty in one corner.
The reason why Di Feng chose this shop is because Lin Zhihuan once told Di Feng that there are as many as 10,000 foreign businessmen living in Quanzhou, but most of them are maritime merchants, and he can easily establish a silver account in overseas countries. He could not reach the camel merchants who crossed the Green Ridge (Pamir Plateau) to enter Yangguan or Yumen Pass by land, and if he wanted to open up the silver horn in the northwest, Di Feng needed to find another candidate. This big food shop is the largest one in the West Market, Di Feng is here to step on it, and he wants to find a powerful big cannibal as his financial agent in the northwest.
"Cumin is good, you can use it for barbecue, you want ......"
"Cumin can be marinated meat......"
"It's a good set of utensils...... Is silver expensive? …… You are not afraid of expensive! Packing all ......"
"Carrots, broad beans, cucumbers...... And tomatoes? Go and ask someone to bring the carriage over and load it all......"
"The wine is good, so I can taste everything...... What not to taste? I bought so many things, can't you taste some wine? Go and tell your host to come out, and I'm going to reason with him......"
Di Feng gave full play to the image of the evil local tyrant, although the shopkeeper didn't like Di Feng's desper, but this was a big customer, he really didn't dare to offend, and in desperation, he could only turn around and go into the back room to invite his owner according to Di Feng's words.
Unexpectedly, the owner of this store is not a big cannibal that Di Feng thinks, but an authentic Han man, maybe the shopkeeper has explained the situation to him, he came out and said to Di Feng with a smile without asking much: "It is inconvenient to talk here, please talk in your room."
Although the owner of this shop is polite to Di Feng, he is not afraid, and he is neither humble nor arrogant when he speaks, Di Feng buys many things as long as it is reasonable, and the shopkeeper has not refused, but the unreasonable shopkeeper has all refused, for example, Di Feng wants to inquire about the strength of this shop, and the shopkeeper just tactfully told Di Feng that he is not the owner of this shop, and the real owner's surname is Pei.
Di Feng thought about it in his mind, there are a few wealthy families surnamed Pei in Chang'an, but judging from the shopkeeper's attitude towards himself, the Hou Ye, who is neither humble nor arrogant, there is only one that can not put himself in his eyes, Anxi protects Pei Xingjian, this person is a civil and military all-rounder, I heard that he is about to return to the Ministry of Officials, Di Feng doesn't want to provoke him, because he offended Guo Beifeng, in order to prevent Guo Beifeng from retaliating against himself, Di Feng once checked the bottom of Guo Beifeng, that is, at that time Di Feng knew Pei Xingjian's name, Guo Beifeng was promoted by Pei Xingjian, can also be regarded as Pei Xingjian's person.
The relationship between Pei Xingjian and Li Jingxuan is good, Di Feng thought about it and decided to leave this good to Li Jingxuan, and let Li Jingxuan go to Pei Xingjian to see if he was willing to take over the development of the silver horn in the northwest.
With this idea, Di Feng revealed his identity, and brought out in his words that the Banking Regulatory Department was going to set up a silver account in the northwest, and wanted to select a silver judge from among the powerful businessmen, if your family is interested, you can go to Li Jingxuan to discuss.
The shopkeeper is a businessman, so he naturally knows the benefits of the silver horn, but he also has the courage, and immediately said that he would tell the owner of the house to thank him, and gave Di Feng the goods selected by Di Feng as a gift.
It's good to have the right in hand, Di Feng sold favors to Li Jingxuan and Pei Xingjian, and also received benefits for no reason, as for who the silver number in the northwest is given to, it doesn't matter who the silver number in the northwest is given to, it's a big deal to find a family to fight with the Pei family in the future, I am not familiar with Da Shi and Tianzhu Di Feng, and I can't find a suitable candidate for a while, so I can only let it go and wait for it to happen later.
Di Feng, who was satisfied, walked out of the store, and when he was tired of shopping, he couldn't turn around, so he let everyone disperse to buy what he needed, while he himself took Chou'er into a Huren wine shop to wait.
As soon as I entered the wine shop, I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance, Xue Yi was watching Hu Ji singing and dancing and drinking with a middle-aged man, although he didn't like Xue Yi very much, but after all, Di Feng was still in charge of Du Zhilang, and Di Feng of the household department didn't go much anymore, and Du Zhisi was actually in charge of Chen Youlang, the chief officer, and Liu Cong, Jia Sizhong, and others, but he, the chief official, still had to get by in terms of face.
Di Feng wouldn't put on an official stand, he walked over and said hello to Xue Yi, "Coincidentally, I didn't expect to meet Brother Xue here." ”
"Di Langzhong!" Xue Yi didn't expect to meet Di Feng here, let alone that Di Feng would take the initiative to greet him, a little palm. Xue Yi was not grateful to Di Feng for being approachable, but felt that Di Feng was showing off to himself. Show off his progress.
Just now, Xue Yi was still talking about Di Feng with his cousin Xue Yao, and he didn't want to say that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Di Feng appeared, Xue Yi hesitated for a while and immediately said: "It's really a coincidence, if Di Langzhong doesn't dislike sitting together, would it be good?" ”
Before Di Feng could speak, Chou'er said on the side: "Thank you Brother Xue for your kindness, but we are here to find someone, and there are family members waiting outside, so we won't disturb Brother Xue's Yaxing." ”
Chou'er had seen Xue Yi in Xinning, and now she naturally remembers that her words were in line with Di Feng's heart, and Di Feng came forward to say hello because of his feelings, and he didn't want to sit at the same table with Xue Yi in his heart.
But this ordinary shirk aroused the dissatisfaction of the people who sat with Xue Yi: "There are no rules, what do men talk about!" ”
Di Feng was secretly annoyed when he heard this, although it was a bit unruly for Chou'er to refuse Xue Yi, but it was not your turn to speak, he forcibly suppressed the annoyance in his heart, and asked Xue Yi, "Who is this?" ”
Xue Yi hurriedly introduced: "This is my cousin, Captain of the Horse and Fangzhou Thorn Shi Xue Xuan. (To be continued.) )