Chapter 12 Survival of the fittest
"This is the most prosperous place in my Datang shop! There are so many people! ”
Li Hao's restaurant is not on the main street, and there are already a lot of people there. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info And they are now on Main Street, which is the time for trading, the peak of the crowds. The two wanted to move forward, and they squeezed all the way through.
Datang is divided into the East Market and the West Market, and the East Market is roughly equivalent to the domestic market. The West Market is a truly international market, and there are no duty-free shopping malls here. You have to pay honestly, you can't pay less, maybe Hu people will have to pay more.
Don't pay? If you don't pay it, get out! Want to protest? No way! When I come to Datang's place, I have to abide by it, and if I don't comply, I'll get out! Datang people are so bullish! He will only reason with his fists, and never reason with his mouth.
There are merchants from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Goryeo, Baekje, Silla, Fuso and other countries and regions in the West Market, among which the "Hu merchants" from Central Asia, Persia and Dashi are the most, and most of them live in the West City or some workshops near the West Market.
These foreign merchants sold the spices and medicines they brought to Datang, and then bought jewelry, silk fabrics and porcelain from Datang and returned to China for resale. At this time, the things of my heavenly kingdom are high-end goods that are sought after by all countries, and they can be eaten for a few years with a single sale.
The spices of foreign merchants are also used by the Tang people to make food or daily life. Our people in the Tang Dynasty are not short of money, and they have always been the heavenly kingdom that those Hu merchants yearn for. When a lot of guys come, they simply don't go back and settle here.
Therefore, there are not only shops of the Tang Dynasty in the West Market, but also many shops opened by foreign merchants, such as Persian mansions, jewelry stores, warehouses, wine stores, etc. Among them, there are many orchid wine shops where foreign girls sing and dance and serve wine, and they are patronized by Tang teenagers from time to time.
There are poems in the "Youth Xing" of Li Bai, a generation of sausters, what "Wuling Youth Jin Shidong" and "Laughing into the Orchid Wine Shop". It can be seen that the hobby of playing with foreign girls has existed since ancient times, and the men of the Tang Dynasty have made a lot of contributions to enhancing international exchanges.
And compared with later generations, the Tang Dynasty boy at this time was the most popular object in the orchid restaurant. If they could, those orchids wished that any Tang boy could sleep with her and marry her home.
But this obviously can't be, it's not so easy for Orchid to be my Datang person. This is not the future generation, sleeping with a foreign girl can boast for several years, marrying a foreign wife can make trouble The whole world knows, it seems to feel very glorious for the country.
At this time, marrying a foreign girl is not only envied, but it is estimated that she will be looked down upon, and even the identity of her descendants will be lowered. At this time, the bloodline of our Datang people is the most noble bloodline, and the others are lining up!
Li Hao followed Uncle Zhong to run here, they didn't have the energy and time to "laugh into the orchid restaurant", they had a lot of things to do. I can only have the opportunity in the future, and then come to experience the style of foreign girls, and exchange international feelings by the way.
It's actually okay to do the lotus root coal machine and the furnace in one place, but Li Hao doesn't want to do it, so the risk of leaking secrets is too great. Although Li Hao didn't expect to make much money from these, he was still not so reluctant when the secret was leaked out.
Therefore, these two things must be done separately, which Li Hao also explained to Uncle Zhong. Otherwise, with Uncle Zhong's thoughts, it would be easier to put this thing in one place, so why bother to tidy it up, it's too troublesome.
The practice of the lotus root coal machine is not difficult, after finding a reputable iron shop. Li Hao drew a sketch and then explained it to the iron shop. After hearing this, the shopkeeper patted his chest to ensure that this would be done soon, and Li Hao ordered a few together.
The stove was a little more particular, and Li Hao even signed a contract with the iron shop, stipulating that this thing could not be leaked out. Although Li Hao knew that this thing would not be kept secret for a long time, if he could keep it for a while longer, he would be able to earn an extra amount of money.
Naturally, he is more concerned about this thing, no matter how the owner of the iron shop says that his reputation is reliable, he still has to go through the formal process, and the contract is indispensable. made the shopkeeper extremely depressed, feeling that his personality was insulted.
It's just that Li Hao's list is too big, and he has to make 100 sets in advance. That's a few hundred times of business, enough to keep the blacksmith busy for a month. The little depression of the blackshop owner is all gone after seeing the deposit, such an insult, please come again.
After dealing with these two things, Li Haocai followed Uncle Zhong to find the coal merchant. Because the place where that guy is located is relatively remote, and he is not mainly engaged in carboniferous things. On the West Market, there are rules about what can be sold and where it is sold.
"This little Langjun needs coal? Don't know how much you need? "The man who sells the charcoal is a middle-aged man, but he doesn't have any of these things in stock in his shop, and he sells more pig iron and other things.
The Tang Dynasty allowed private mining of minerals, but this resource was generally in the hands of the family, and ordinary people could not play with it. Li glanced at the middle-aged man, and estimated that this guy should be the representative of which family.
"This depends on the quality of the charcoal you give? If it's not good, I probably won't use it at all. If the quality is good, the quantity I need will be large. ”
There are also grades of coal, and some coal is not very suitable for making honeycomb coal. This coal contains too many impurities, has a particularly unpleasant smell when burned, and may also be toxic.
"Oh, it seems that Lang Jun has a certain understanding of this thing. I have some charcoal here, Lang Jun can see how the quality is. After listening to Li Hao's words, the middle-aged man's attitude changed a lot, this is a person who understands coal!
Follow the middle-aged man to the back of the shop, where there is a mud stove with coal burning. It's just that it's all a whole piece, and the whole piece is burned, and it's not even a briquette.
Li Hao walked over quietly, sniffed the smell of burning coal with his nose, and then carefully looked at the coal ash after burning next to him. The quality of this coal is even better than he imagined, and it is just right to make honeycomb coal.
"How much can you provide such coal? I want pulverized coal too. After confirming the quality of the coal, Li Hao turned his head and asked the middle-aged man. Uncle Zhong on the other side was confused, he had only heard of the charcoal, and he didn't understand it at all.
The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect this business to be closed so quickly, and the mining industry on their master's side was not based on this, and the coal was just an incidental product. After hesitating, he gave a rough amount to Li Hao.
Li Hao didn't continue the discussion with him after hearing this, saying that he had eaten all the amount. However, the demand for quantity will increase in the future, which is not enough! Then a contract was made at the agreed price, and the deposit was paid, and the deal was negotiated.