For Liu Ze, who likes to travel since childhood, the beautiful scenery of the Three Gorges cannot be missed, and the natural scenery of 2,000 years ago is completely different from the Three Gorges under modern human interference. Whether it is the majestic and precipitous Qutang Gorge, or the deep and tortuous Wu Gorge, as well as the Xiling Gorge full of dangerous shoals, all of them are the ingenious works of nature, the majesty of Kuimen, the beauty of the Goddess Peak, and the sinister of Kongyu Beach, which makes people marvel at the masterpieces of nature. It's a pity that Jian Yong and the others almost crossed the Three Gorges with their eyes closed, and such an opportunity for free travel was wasted.

Boss Bai admired Liu Ze and threw himself to the ground, and twenty boats passed through the Guò Gorge River unscathed, and he had never had such a record after decades of wandering in the wind and waves of the Gorge River. Holding that navigation chart, like holding the emperor's holy decree, he wanted to hand it back to Liu Ze, but he was a little reluctant, and he hesitated between advance and retreat.

Liu Ze saw it in his eyes and said with a smile: "Boss Bai, I'll give you this picture, I hope this picture can benefit the people of Yizhou, and from now on, the natural danger can change the way." Boss Bai was so grateful that he almost knelt down for Liu Ze. What is held in his hand is not a picture, but life, which is the life-saving charm of countless Xiajiang boatmen.

After unloading, Boss Bai insisted on only collecting half of the ship's gold, and said: "Liu Gongzi is a true god, Bai has this chart, and the Xiajiang River can be crossed smoothly from now on, even if it is a daughter, it can't compare to this map." After the delivery, the two sides parted hands and cherished each other.

Zhang Fei was dumbfounded, and said, "Big brother, what kind of silk is the roll of silk you gave him, and he can actually save half of the boat fare, which is 500,000 yuan!" ”

Liu Ze smiled: "That's their life, even more precious than life." ”

Zhang Fei was very curious. "Big brother, where did you get this thing from?"

Liu Ze smiled and didn't answer, and said, "Well, keep this secret for the time being, and I'll tell you later." ”

Guan Hai praised: "The prince is a genius, and the ghosts and gods are not as good. Liu Ze hated him for calling him a master, as if he had really become a slave owner, so Guan Hai changed his name to Gongzi, and called Zhang Fei and Jian Yong Zhang Ye Jianye, and Zhang Fei happily agreed.

After a day of rest in Jiangling City, Liu Ze hired fifty or sixty carts, loaded with Shu brocade, and marched towards the capital Luoyang. From Jiangling to the north, take Xiangyang and Nanyang are the official roads of a horse and Pingchuan, all the way is safe and sound, only need to travel for more than 20 days, you have seen the tall city of Luoyang, the capital city, only a finger counts, from April left Luoyang to the end of June to return, it has been more than two months.

Liu Ze was not in a hurry to enter the city, but found an idle house in Nanguan in the south of the city, rented it at a high price, unloaded all the Shu brocade from the car, stored it in the house, and ordered Guan Hai to take all the men to guard it, and he went to Luoyang City with Zhang Fei and Jian Yong by car.

Liu Ze's trip is always amazing, Jian Yongguan Hai has long been accustomed to it, and Du Zhang Fei wants to break the casserole and ask to the end.

"Big brother, what the hell are you doing? Shu brocade has been pulled back, why don't you just pull it all to Luoyang City, sell it all, and take advantage of the shortage of Shu brocade in the capital now, and make a big profit? ”

"We can sell iron tools and farm tools like this, do you think that Shu brocade is also a stall, just find a place there and sell it all? Shu brocade is expensive, and only high-ranking officials and nobles can afford it. These owners who can afford it, the place to visit is not a grocery store, we have to go to the city to rent a good storefront. ”

Liu Ze knows that good goods have to be packaged, that brand-name store is not richly decorated, not to mention whether the things are good or not, but looking at the shopping environment, it makes people feel refreshed, really put Louis Vuitton's bags on the stall, and the real goods should be regarded as copycats. In the Han Dynasty, Shu brocade was naturally a high-end luxury, only dignitaries could afford it, and high-end stores could bring out the quality of high-grade Shu brocade.

Not long after entering the city, I found a shop pù that was being transferred on the most prosperous Suzaku Street, with three entrances inside and outside, spacious and bright, and even better because this store was doing cloth and satin business. Liu Ze fell in love with this place at a glance, and inquired in detail to know that the shopkeeper of this house was a native of Qu'a, Yangzhou, and his father died of illness and wanted to return to his hometown to mourn and keep filial piety. After some bargaining, it was sold for 300,000 yuan, including the store's courtyard and furniture, cloth and satin. If such a shop is worth at least five or six hundred thousand yuan in normal times, Liu Ze picked up a big bargain, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

Subsequently, Liu Ze redecorated the store, replacing the old tall counters, and changing the two sides into open display cases, so that customers can get in close contact with the goods as soon as they come in.

Liu Ze was satisfied with his transformation, and lived out of a brand store, the only regret was that there was a little bit of dreamlike lighting. Many people are confused by the blurred lights when they buy things, and they only find that the famous brand is nothing more than this when they actually get it under the sun. But where did the electricity come from in the Han Dynasty, and the lighting at night was only a dim oil lamp, and it was really necessary to light a few oil lamps in the daytime not only did not have the slightest effect, but made people wonder if there was something wrong with the brain.

As for the signboard, Liu Ze also changed the gold-lettered signboard, but he did not change the original name of the store, the first is that the name of "Fuyuan Silk Village" is quite loud, and Liu Ze didn't think of a better name to replace it for a while. Secondly, the original shopkeeper has been operating silk here for many years, and naturally there are many old customers, and keeping the time-honored brand can retain these old customers.

The shop was properly arranged, and Liu Ze sent people to pull dozens of horses of all kinds of Shu brocade, and divided the guys into two groups, one to the shop, and the other was still guarding the warehouse led by Guan Hai.

Zhang Fei was confused again, he didn't have Jian Yong's patience, and he always tried his best to figure out what he didn't understand.

"Big brother, the house here is very spacious, and it is not a problem to save 10,000 brocades, why do you have to divide them into two places, it is so troublesome."

Liu Ze smiled and said: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." ”

"What's your guilt?" Zhang Fei was confused.

Jian Yong smiled and explained to him: "This sentence comes from "Zuo Chuan", Uncle Yu has Yu Yu Gong begged for it, and then repented and said: 'The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. I use this to harm Jia also. 'It's a offering.' Brother Liu means that Shu brocade is precious, and it must be prevented from being coveted by villains. ”

Zhang Fei snorted disappreciatively and said, "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, is it possible that there are still bandits?" ”

"Just a few bandits, how can I be afraid, but this high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, eunuchs are often among them, relying on power, and there are countless things to forcibly seize and rob, if I pile up a 10,000-horse Shu brocade here, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will have a bad idea, or be careful." The methods of those powerful people, Liu Ze is very clear.

Zhang Fei stuck out his tongue and said, "It's still the eldest brother who thinks about it thoroughly, but I can't think of it so much." ”

Shu brocade has been out of stock in Luoyang for a long time, has long been priceless, so when the news of "Fuyuan Silk Village" listed for sale of high-grade Shu brocade spread, people who came to buy Shu brocade are endless, although the price is higher than the market price, but it is also difficult to resist the enthusiasm of customers to buy goods, not yet after noon, Liu Ze prepared five varieties of five varieties of Shu brocade totaling fifty horses all sold out.

The next day, Liu Ze only shipped over 50 horses, and raised the price by half again, from yesterday's 725 yuan to 721 yuan, but the sales were still hot, and they were still sold out.

On the third day, Liu Ze still loaded fifty horses, and the price was eight taels and one yuan.

Zhang Fei was puzzled and said: "Big brother, I'm even more confused, I can sell more, why do I only sell fifty horses a day, if I really want to sell like this, when will the more than 10,000 horses be sold out?" ”

Liu Ze said confidently: "Don't worry, within a day or two, all of them will be sold, and the guarantee is a high price." ”

Early the next morning, Liu Ze was practicing swords in the backyard. He has never interrupted the habit of practicing martial arts in the morning, and even during the journey, except for special circumstances, he has never fallen behind every day. At this time, Jian Yong hurried over and said, "Brother Liu, there are merchants outside the door who want to see and want to buy Shu brocade." ”

Liu Ze stopped his sword and said, "The Chenshi store has just opened for business, you let him come back to Chenshi." ”

"This merchant is a little strange, it's not our Central Plains people, blonde and blue-eyed, and he wants all of our Shu brocade when he opens his mouth." is obviously a big customer, Jian Yongke can't be the master.

Liu Ze said to Zhang Fei: "The people who should come are here, go." ”

The person who came to report his home was the merchant Lukaz of Persia (note: in the Han Dynasty, Persia was called rest, and Rome was called Daqin, in order to avoid ambiguity, the names of the foreign countries involved in this book are all translated into Chinese in later generations, the same below). The merchants of the Persian state almost monopolized the business of the Silk Road from Luoyang in the east to Rome in the west, so there were many Persian merchants in Luoyang City, specializing in silk business, especially the high-quality Shu brocade, as many as they wanted. This year, the Shu road is not passable, Shu brocade can not be transported, so anxious that these Persian merchants turn around, as soon as they heard that Fuyuan Silk Village has high-quality Shu brocade for sale, Lukaz immediately rushed to Fuyuan Silk Village, as soon as he opened his mouth to buy all the Shu brocade in Liu Ze's hands.

Liu Ze said politely: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Rukaz is a wealthy merchant of the first class in Persia, and he came to our store today, which makes the small shop flourish. ”

"There, there, just eat with a mouthful of food." Lukaz has been in the Central Plains for a long time, and his Chinese is a little stiff, but it can be regarded as a correct word.

"I wonder what advice Mr. Rukaz has come to our store?"

"I heard that Shopkeeper Liu has newly entered a batch of high-quality Shu brocade, I wonder if it can open my eyes?"

"What does Mr. Rukaz say about this, our store is open for business, and it welcomes customers from all over the world. This side please. ”