Chapter 777: Mysterious Xiucai
The short journey of hundreds of miles from Jeju Water Town to Bianliang in Tokyo is not only the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the sphere of influence of Yangsan. Just because neither side can tolerate those characters who are not on the stage to develop a climate in this area, it is because unless the imperial court and Liangshan turn the tables on each other, at any other time, this is the most stable area of social security in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no one.
However, although nothing worth mentioning happened on Wang Lun's way to Tokyo, not long after he left the island, something happened on the edge of Shuibo that seemed insignificant, but in fact contained a lot of things.
"I said Xiucai, you scholars are very high, but why did you come to learn this copper-smelling method from me? Aren't you afraid of insulting Sven! Seeing that it was getting closer and closer to the delivery location, the middle-aged merchant who led the team was in a good mood, and casually teased a free labor force who joined the team halfway.
This person is a good topic for chatting during a boring trip. This show is only in his forties, and he usually doesn't smile, but he treats people kindly, and he doesn't have the stinky temper that readers look down on. I heard him say that he was tired of teaching in the village, and wanted to come out to learn some means while he could still move, so that the food and clothing of the children of the Hun family could be guaranteed.
When the caravan met this person halfway through, he was already sunburned on the side of the road, and the merchant who led the team was not bad-eyed, plus he was in the medicinal herb business, and he had a little common sense of Chinese medicine, so he was rescued before going up. After being rescued, this Xiucai begged the merchant to take him up, he could work, and he didn't need to be paid, he just asked the merchant who led the team to teach him some means to make money. The merchant thought for a moment, and then took him with him. After all, he has a strong laborer, and his business alone is thousands of theories, and he is not afraid that this poor person will become his competitor.
Most of the time, this showman is a stuffy gourd, and no matter how the merchants and the guys in the escort team tease him, he doesn't respond much. It was because of the ridicule of the merchant at this time, but he was still silent. The merchant was not surprised, and smiled at the moment. He knew how to make this show speak.
"Ten miles ahead, there is the acquisition point set up by Liangshan Bo, let's unload the goods, and this trip will be done!"
Hearing the words of the trader, sure enough, this show came to the spirit, squeezed to the side of the trader and asked, "How can there be a good business in the world?" If we traffic it, they will accept it? ”
"Hey, hey!" The merchant smiled quite proudly, "Don't hide it from you, this deal is really easy to do!" Since the year before the fight, this white-clothed Wang Xiushi has established himself in this water pool, and has been buying grain, grass, livestock, medicinal materials, cloth, animal skins, timber, pig iron, sulfur and other goods all year round. Not only is the price fair and tight, but it is never short of two catties. If the merchant who comes to trade sells valuables, you can also ask for a small flag from his cottage and put it in front of the car, and half of the thieves and thieves will not dare to disturb you. You see that I have thousands of goods, and I don't even need to invite the bodyguards, so I know that this business is easy to do! ”
Seeing that the other party was stopped talking by himself, the merchant laughed and said, "Xiucai, it's rare that we are all from Mizhou." If you can meet outside, it's fate! Why don't you run a few more round-trips with me and recognize the road first. In the future, I will have some capital with you, and you can also sell some things by yourself to sell in this Liangshan! ”
"What can I sell alone? Besides, how can this Liangshan's money be exhausted? It's like buying the world! Xiucai looked very unconfident. It just stimulated the businessmen who talked about sexuality, "So, let's take advantage of this moment to sell more things!" I'm talking about you readers. I can't do big things, and I don't want to do small things! To do something, I can't wait to think about it at home for three years! ”
Speaking of which. The merchant also felt that his tone was a little heavier, so his tone softened a little, but he also said something about his experience: "The best thing to sell to this Liangshan is grain, whether it is new grain, old grain, wheat, rice, they collect as much as they want. The other is pig iron and wood, but it seems that wood is not as much used to be used now. Their demand for medicinal materials is quite stable, but it depends on whether you can control the pulse! If it was around the war, the purchase price of medicinal materials such as Panax notoginseng would definitely not be low, but other medicines might not. In the case of livestock, they like to buy cattle the most, followed by mules and donkeys, and they are not very interested in horses, unless they can go into battle......"
Xiucai has been following the caravan for so long, and for the first time he has heard the merchant talk to him about the market, all his attention is focused at the moment, and he listens carefully to the businessman's details, and he refuses to miss half a sentence.
As soon as the attention was concentrated, the road under his feet seemed to be shortened, and when this show was still unfinished, the caravan had already arrived at the acquisition point on the east coast of Liangshanbo.
Although the scorching sun is in the sky at this time, but the shore is still a busy scene, Liangshan wrote the purchase price of all kinds of materials on the notice to the public, many merchants stand in front of the notice looking for a chance to make a fortune, on the other side waiting for the delivery of the team is more complicated, columns of convoys, livestock and small workers are mixed together, most of the team is tens of zhang long.
The shopkeepers, who wait until checkout, escape the heat in the nearby hotel, which has free tea. But most people are willing to pay for a few bowls of the hotel's own wine. After all, the sentence "I drank wine in the Liangshan Hotel back then" is still very bluffing.
The dealer rested in the hotel for a while, drank a dime of wine, and then walked out of the hotel. Lucky today, the other teams are crowded, but there are not many people in the team selling medicine, and seeing that the next one is about to arrive at his caravan, this merchant hurried over.
"Alas, Leader Du! How do you work today? Still see the goods in person? The merchant rushed to the front of the team, and was surprised to find that the person who was looking at the goods had a broad face and square cheeks, big eyes and ears, and an ugly appearance.
"Lao Sun is in a hurry, I'll take him for a while!" Du Xing obviously knew this businessman as well, "Shopkeeper Tian, do you say that there is a better pharmacist in the world than you?" You don't sell notoginseng all year round, but when the imperial army comes, you sell notoginseng. Now that the heat is in full swing, your licorice is just in time! Yo, there is even dipterocarp, this is a rare thing! ”
The shopkeeper Tian did not have a sense of superiority in front of Xiucai, but looked at Du Xing with a respectful smile, and only heard Du Xing say at this time: "Dipterocarp is not often available, and we don't expect to receive it, because the price is undetermined at this time." In this case, I will ask someone to go back and ask a doctor to come down, first see the condition of your goods, and then how about we negotiate the price? ”
"Make, make!" In the face of this huge return and return, time is not so precious, let alone waiting for an hour, what about waiting for a night? Dongshan Hotel in Yangsanbo is not only safe, but also comfortable.
"Let's go, let's not wait here, let's go to the hotel for a bowl first!" Duchenne invited. This Tian shopkeeper dared to secretly come over to sell medicine when Gao Yu's soldiers came to the city, which can be said to be not an ordinary "supplier", and it is worth befriending.
Of course, the shopkeeper Tian was also willing to have a good relationship with the gold owner, and rushed to invite Du Xing to drink, but when the two of them went to the hotel, they suddenly heard the shopkeeper Tian shout: "Xiucai!" ”
At this time, Xiucai was silently remembering the prices of various items before the announcement, and judging the most scarce materials in Liangshanbo, he was surprised to find that the price of cattle was already incredibly high, but Liangshanbo was still trying his best to buy, what the hell is this? Could it be that the people on the mountain are addicted to beef? Can't miss a meal?
Hearing the shout of the shopkeeper Tian, he came back to his senses, and saw a strange ugly man beside the shopkeeper Tian looking at himself, this Xiucai hesitated a little in his heart, could it be that he showed a flaw somewhere?
After a moment of silence, this Xiucai still walked over quietly, and the shopkeeper Tian introduced with a smile: "This is the Du Xingdu leader of Liangshanbo, if you want to make a fortune in the future, you have to rely on the Du leader!" ”
When Xiucai heard this, he finally put his mind at ease, and squeezed out a jerky smile on his face that was not smiling, Du Xing went south and north to see countless people, and when he heard the tone of the shopkeeper Tian, he knew that the two people were not very related, and asked: "Mr. I'm afraid that he is not doing this business?" ”
"I've taught the naughty boy in the village for half my life, and now I can see through it, and I can't let my old wife and young son suffer with me anymore!" Xiucai showed a look of pain on his face, "So I want to come out and learn some means to support my family, so I want to follow the shopkeeper Tian here!" ”
Du Xing was obviously very interested in this show, looked at this person from top to bottom, and asked casually: "Is Mr. willing to vote for me Liangshan?" ”
This Xiucai obviously didn't expect the other party to suddenly invite him up the mountain, what should I do? He quickly weighed the gains and losses in his mind.
Seeing that Xiucai hesitated, the shopkeeper Tian said on the side: "Xiucai, interlacing is like a mountain, you are a scholar, you want to be a businessman, you have no capital, and you have no experience, so you may not be as ...... as you imagined."
When Xiucai heard this, he suddenly glanced at the shopkeeper Tian, and the flashing edge in his eyes made the businessman feel shocked, just when he thought that this stuffy gourd was going to be angry, he heard a cowardly voice in his ears: "You Liangshan heroes do the right thing for the sky, do chivalrous righteousness, I am a down-and-out Xiucai, I don't know how to help?" ”
"People must not be arrogant, put the example of my family's big leader, who dares to say that the show is useless?" Duchenne shook his head. If you want to say that there are several leaders who are scholars in the cottage, not to mention the demeanor of several major military advisors, it is Wu Yong, who is also a professor of village studies, and his aura is more than a dozen streets away from the person in front of him, it seems that this person in front of him is not a great sage.
"The leader is also a scholar? This is the ...... in Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's teacher's table" Xiucai's table of dropping the bookbag made Du Xing estimate the weight of this person, and his enthusiasm retreated slightly: "The cottage used to have a special teaching gentleman, and it was a sentence or two!" ”
"And now what about these gentlemen? Is it reused? Does the leader want to take their place at the top of the mountain? Xiucai suddenly became active.
"Of course, it's reused, and now everyone is an official...... Alas, what am I talking to you about this, if you want to go up the mountain, I can introduce you! Du Xing didn't expect to almost ask this Xiucai to "hook" the truth, and he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, why can't he keep his mouth shut?
"If you get the leader's recommendation, you are willing to go up the mountain!" Xiucai had already seen that Du Xing had woken up a little, and did not continue to talk about it, but very simply agreed to this invitation from the culprit who had harmed himself to "have a country and a family". (To be continued......)