Early the next morning, Li Yao was woken up by Tao'er. Tao'er is a peasant girl, she gets up early, like before at this time, she has already started cooking, but at the post station, it is obvious that there is no place for her to cook, so Li Yao's clothes are washed and dried early in the morning.

The sound of Tao'er going in and out woke Li Yao up, and when he opened his eyes, he found that everything was much cleaner, but what about his clothes?

Calling Tao'er over, Li Yao said, "Tao'er, have you seen my clothes?" ”

Tao'er said: "Master Hou, I saw that your clothes were dirty, so I took them to wash them." ”

Li Yao said: "Then what am I wearing!" ”

Tao'er smiled: "Master Hou, aren't you wearing a middle coat?" ”

Li Yao was depressed: "You go and call the dog head!" Right in the room next door! ”

After Tao'er agreed, she turned around and ran to the dog's room to call the doghead.

After a while, the dog head came over and asked, "Big brother, what's the matter!" ”

Li Yao said: "You go to your house and get a set of clothes for me to wear!" ”

The dog head didn't know why, and asked, "Big brother, what are you doing in my clothes?" ”

Li Yao said depressedly: "My clothes have been washed, and my change of clothes has also been washed, so I don't have any clothes now, you can get me a set of your clothes now, understand?" ”

The dog head smiled awkwardly: "Understood, understood, big brother, you wait, I'll go over and get it right away!" "After that, I ran out to get my clothes!

By the time Li Yao got dressed, it was already dawn. After breakfast, he went out with the dog head to find the county order, at this time the county commander He Tonghe was looking through the county records, and when he saw Li Yao coming, he immediately ran over and said: "I don't know if the Hou Ye is coming to miss the distance, and I hope to forgive the sin!" ”

Li Yao returned the favor and said, "I'm here to ask the county order for help this time!" ”

He Tonghe hurriedly said: "What is this Hou Ye talking about, you have returned a blue sky in Dingbian County, you are the benefactor of the whole county, besides, I just came and gave me such a big gift, if there is anything you need my help with, just say it, I will do my best to help." Oh, by the way, those three have already signed and will be escorted to the royal capital in the near future, so as to wait for the holy judgment. ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "What the county order said, Dingbian County is the county seat of Qi State, and I am the concubine of King Qi, so these are all things within the division, I came this time to rush to the saltpeter here." It's hot weather there, and saltpeter is needed in many places, so I'd like to find a rich merchant here to transport some saltpeter to and from Yi County! ”

He Tonghe County Ling said with a smile: "Master Hou, you can find the right person here, I have also met many rich businessmen in the past few days, one of them is specialized in saltpeter business, I will call him later, and then discuss slowly!" ”

Li Yao nodded: "Then I'll be here to disturb the county order for a while!" ”

"Where is it, Master Hou, you are too polite!" The county magistrate hurriedly found the housekeeper and asked the housekeeper to find the rich businessman.

Li Yao and the county magistrate drank tea, and a wealthy businessman came in at the door, and the rich man bowed down to Li Yao as soon as he came in: "The villain Ji Anzhi visits the Hou Ye and the county magistrate!" ”

He Tonghe smiled and said: "Master Hou, this is the rich businessman I just told you about in the saltpeter business!" ”

Li Yao nodded: "Then thank you for the introduction of the county order!" ”

The county magistrate smiled: "Then I'll go out first, arrange a table of wine and food, and after you have negotiated, let's have a good time together!" ”

Li Yao nodded: "Then there is a Lao County Order!" ”

When the county order went out, he closed the door without a trace, and there were only three people left in this room: Li Yao, Goutou and Ji Anzhi.

Li Yao said straight to the point: "I came here to buy saltpeter, I don't know how much saltpeter you can provide, and I need a long-term supply of a large amount!" ”

As soon as Ji Anzhi heard it, he knew that big business was coming. Said with a smile: "Master Hou, although this saltpeter is not valuable, but the distance from Dingbian County to Yi County is too long, and the freight is comparable to the price of saltpeter itself, I think it is a blessing that I have cultivated in my last life to do business with Lord Hou, so it is ...... in price."

Li Yao interrupted his nonsense and said, "I need you to tell me clearly now how much it is a load, and how many loads of saltpeter you can give me now!" ”

As soon as Ji Anzhi heard that Li Yao was serious, he immediately put away his smile. "The saltpeter in my store is sold all over the country, and even the ice used in the royal palace is made of my saltpeter!" So I definitely have a lot of saltpeter here. I don't know how much saltpeter you need? ”

Li Yao calculated: "According to the proportion of military black powder, saltpeter accounts for seventy-five percent of the total, that is, three-quarters of the amount. There were 20,000 catties of sulfur transported back to the fiefdom last time, and it was necessary to cooperate with 150,000 catties, that is, 1,500 quintals of saltpeter, to consume them at the same time, and it seems that 15 million quintals of saltpeter need to be transported back this time. ”

Li Yao said: "I need to take 1,500 loads of saltpeter back this time!" I don't know if Boss Ji can make it up? ”

Ji Anzhi nodded: "Fifteen hundred quintals is not a problem, but I don't have so many people to transport them over!" ”

Li Yao asked, "Then how much can you transport each time?" ”

Ji Anzhi said: "There are more than 200 carts in my workshop, each with a load of five loads, except for the 100 carts that are necessary for delivery to various places, I only have 100 carts at most to go to Yi County!" I don't know how much saltpeter Hou Ye needs? ”

Li Yao thought for a while and said, "In the days to come, I need you to give me at least 1,500 quintals of saltpeter every month!" ”

1,500 taels per month, this amount really made Ji Anzhi very excited, so he could earn 4,500 taels per month according to the three taels of silver for each load of saltpeter sent to Yi County. You can earn 54,000 taels of silver in a year!

Ji Anzhi smiled and said, "Now the saltpeter sold everywhere is 4 taels of silver per load, but Master Hou, you want more, I can be the master to give you three taels of silver." ”

Three taels of silver per load, Li Yao calculated, he needed to spend more than 50,000 taels a year, fortunately he just copied out more than one million taels of silver this time, otherwise the money would really be stretched!

Li Yao said: "I can accept three taels of silver per load. But this time you are going to send me 1,500 quintals of saltpeter for free, and I don't need you to transport this 1,500 quintals of saltpeter to me. Do you think you can make a deal with us! ”

Ji Anzhi thought for a while: "Saltpeter mining only requires manpower, even if you send out 1,500 quintals of saltpeter, you won't lose anything, but the benefit is that you can exchange it for a business that can earn more than 50,000 taels of silver a year, and this business can be done!" ”

But Ji Anzhi didn't immediately agree to Li Yao, but pretended to think, Li Yao looked at Ji Anzhi's expression and felt that he was a little ruthless when he opened his mouth, but doing business has always been bargaining, even if it is not suitable, you can talk about it, but looking at Ji Anzhi as if he was constipated, his expression changed back and forth. But he never spoke.

Ji Anzhi didn't speak, Li Yao naturally couldn't speak, and Li Yao, as a marquis, definitely couldn't negotiate the price with the merchant in a low voice. In this way, the scene was at an impasse for a while.

Ji Anzhi saw Li Yao sitting firmly on Mount Tai, and naturally knew that it was impossible for the Hou Ye to negotiate the price with him, and he could let himself give him 1,500 quintals of saltpeter, which was the biggest bottom line, and he couldn't offend this God of Wealth. So he opened his mouth and said: "Just do what Hou Ye said, 1,500 quintals of saltpeter will be ready tomorrow, please come and get it tomorrow!" ”

After getting Ji Anzhi's answer, Li Yao put his mind at ease and said, "Since the business has been negotiated, let's go and see what delicacies the county order has prepared for us!" ”

Ji Anzhi said with a smile: "Master Hou, I won't tell you anything, I have an altar cellar in Xinghua Village for fifty years at home, which was buried by my grandfather back then, and he said that he could only open it when he met a distinguished guest." I am looking for my family to do business, how can I meet a nobleman? When I met Master Hou today, I knew that you were my nobleman, so please let me send someone to take out my family's cellar wine and present it to Lord Hou! ”

Li Yao smiled: "Okay, then let's not get drunk today!" ”