Li Yuanba and the others followed the shopkeeper Xiao to a well-groomed and extremely clean house in the back hall of the Jiangzhou granary.

It is not so much a house as a Buddhist hall, because in the middle of this house, there is a bronze gilded statue of Maitreya Buddha, and in front of Maitreya Buddha, there is an incense burner, and under the incense burner is a yellow futon.

Coupled with the extremely simple decoration in this house, it is indeed no different from the Buddhist hall.

"I didn't expect that Shopkeeper Xiao was still a Buddha, and the businessman actually devoted himself to worshipping Buddha, which is really interesting!"

Li Yuanba walked around the room, but when he saw this Buddha statue, he was suddenly happy.

"Let Li Gongzi see and laugh!"

Xiao Shilang smiled all over his face, and while leading Li Yuanba to the chair, he said to Li Yuanba:

"In my early years, I had benefited from the great monk Wujing of the White Horse Temple, so I was determined to worship the Buddha and worship the Buddha all my life, so as to repay the wish of the great monk Wujing of the White Horse Temple!"

"It's okay!" Li Yuanba sat on the chair and waved his hand, and said: "Knowing kindness and retribution, it is the humanity and kindness of Shopkeeper Xiao, if it is on others, I am afraid that it will not be like Shopkeeper Xiao!" ”

After the maid served the fragrant tea, Li Yuanba lightly touched the tea cup with his hand, the edge of the tea lid gently crossed the tea surface, put it under his nose and took a breath of hot air, and then drank it all in one gulp, regardless of the fact that the tea was still hot.

Xiao Shilang always cared about Li Yuanba's dynamics, and saw that he drank tea like a cow, so he smiled and said:

"Li Gongzi's words are too high! But Li Gongzi, since this big leaf tea was improved by His Royal Highness King Wu, it has spread to my entire Tang Dynasty, and I have never seen anyone drink tea like this, it seems that this tea art has come to the forefront in our Tang Chang'an. ”

Li Yuanba smiled and said, "This is just a habit, so why should Shopkeeper Xiao care?" Besides. I'm just a rough man, and I don't know much about the art of tea tasting. ”

Yes, is this a show of weakness or excessive modesty?

"Li Gongzi is too modest, it's really a little disrespectful!"

Xiao Shilang shook his head noncommittally about looking at Yuan Ba's words, and then said directly to the point: "Okay, Gongzi Li, we can talk!" ”

"Shopkeeper Xiao, this time I went all the way south, and I originally planned to purchase some medicinal materials and tea products to sell in Beijing."

Li Yuanba knocked on the table. To continue:

"It's just that this time I went south, but I met some scammers, shoddy, and I had no choice but to return to Chang'an all the way. How did I know the path to the land of Jiangzhou, but I found that this place was very prosperous, so I came in and walked around. Later, when I saw that the rice quality was excellent, and all the grain and salt from the north and south were transported here, I planned not to buy medicinal herbs anymore. Instead, they turned to the purchase of grain and salt. ”

"Childe is in the right place, our grain and salt in Jiangzhou are very good, and the price of grain is not expensive, if you buy it now and take it to Chang'an to sell." It's sure to have a good sale! ”

As soon as Xiao Shilang heard Li Yuanba's words, his eyes suddenly flashed with excitement, as if he had seen the color of a beautiful woman. Wolf-like:

"It's just that our rice grain can't be sold to whoever you want. Does this Li Gongzi know? ”

"And this?" Li Yuanba pretended to be deep and said, "But I have done this grain and salt business, Chang'an Cui family." I don't know if Xiao Shopkeeper is familiar? ”

"Cui family, Yonghe grain, Yongping salt?" Xiao Shilang's eyes brightened, "Gongzi Li and Grandpa Cheng also know each other?" ”

Cheng Yanjin's wife was originally a member of the Cui family in Qinghe, but because the officials in the court could not do business on their own, the Cui family pushed herself to the front and started a salt and grain business, and it did well.

This Yonghe grain number, Yongping salt number is the Cheng family's industry.

"Sure enough, I took the bait!" Li Yuanba laughed secretly in his heart and said, "This shopkeeper Xiao doesn't have to ask, right?" ”

"Ahem...... Li Gongzi is right, but he is over! ”

Xiao Shilang hurriedly said that he was not, if what Li Gongzi said was true, then this cash cow really couldn't run away, so it was better to tie it up quickly.

"Since Li Gongzi has such a channel, why do you want to buy in the next grain number?"

Xiao Shilang couldn't figure it out, as for spending so much effort, to put it mildly, Yonghe and Yongping were officials and businessmen, and even in some cases, they didn't have to care about the price of the imperial court, and if there was such a channel, why did they have to go outside to buy goods.

"Shopkeeper Xiao's words are really interesting, who still thinks that food is cheap?" Li Yuanba smiled.

"Got it!"

Xiao Shilang also laughed, this guy is an old fox, and after hearing Li Yuanba's words, he suddenly understood in his heart:

According to what he meant, it was nothing more than that this Li Gongzi wanted to buy some rice and grain at a low price, and then sell it to Yonghe Grain at a price lower than one or two yuan lower than that of Chang'an City.

"Huh...... I have to say, Li Gongzi, you are so shrewd! Xiao Shilang said, "It's just that if you do this, aren't you afraid of offending Grandpa Cheng?" ”

"Then I won't worry about the shopkeeper."

Li Yuanba smiled, "I can get low-priced official food and sell it to the Cui family, and the Cui family has also reduced the cost of sales, so why should Grandpa Cheng blame me?" ”

"Low-cost official food!"

Hearing these four words, Xiao Shilang trembled and said, "Li Gongzi's words made me not understand. ”

"Buying and selling, buying and selling, buying land to sell!" Li Yuan said domineeringly, "We do business, who doesn't want to buy something at a low price and then sell it at a high price?" ”

“……”

Xiao Shilang was silent for a long time and asked, "Then how much rice and grain does Gongzi Li plan to buy?" ”

Li Yuanba didn't speak, just smiled and glanced at Su Dingfang beside him.

Su Dingfang also smiled, directly stretched out a slap, and said, "Shopkeeper, our son-in-law wants this number!" ”

"A hundred stones?"

Xiao Shilang looked at Su Dingfang's outstretched finger and said with some hesitation.

According to the consumption power of Datang nowadays, the general grain number, under the condition of good business, can be sold for about three or four hundred stones per month.

After all, the current Datang is not as good as the early Tang Dynasty, when the Tang Dynasty was first built, the four seas were determined, and the people did not have rice and salt to eat, which naturally increased the purchase of salt and grain.

At present, most of the people in the Tang Dynasty live on farming, and they can be self-sufficient, but there are not so many official grains sold, and two or three hundred stones per month will reach the sky.

Su Dingfang grinned and said, "Guess again!" ”

"A thousand stones?" Xiao Shilang was pleasantly surprised.

"I said, your store is known as the 'Jiangzhou granary', and the entire grain in Jiangzhou is in your store, so you can't let go of your head?"

Su Dingfang furrowed his brows, as if he was very dissatisfied with Xiao Shilang's attitude.

"More than that!" Xiao Shilang was shocked, he trembled and said, "One, ten thousand stones? ”

"Huh!" Li Yuanba laughed, "Shopkeeper Xiao, how much money do you think I will take all the way down to Jiangnan to buy medicinal herbs?" What I want to buy is high-grade medicinal materials such as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, and I have less money with me, can I buy them? ”

"So, how much is that?" Xiao Shilang felt that his legs were trembling, this nun was going to be haired.

"One million, as long as you have enough food, I want one million stone rice grain, and it must be of the highest quality!"

Li Yuanba, this is really not amazing, and it is endless!

"One Hundred ...... Ten thousand! ”

Xiao Shilang was shocked, only feeling as if his little heart was about to jump out in the next moment, and he said, "Li, Li Gongzi...... You, you're not kidding, are you? ”

"Just kidding, do you think I'm joking?"

Li Yuanba clapped his hands and said, "Since the words have come to this, then I will no longer hide it." The Cui family has a big family, and there are many people who need to be supported, and there are more people who naturally share more money...... After that, you should understand, right? ”

"Forehead ......"

If he, Xiao Shilang, didn't understand the meaning of Li Yuanba's words, then he had been in the shopping mall for so many years, and he really lived to a dog.

'There are more people, and there is more money to be distributed', this is not to tell him Xiao Shilang, only with the two salt and grain stores in Chang'an City, the Cheng family will not be satisfied at all, they need to make more money, then there is only one way, salt and grain are sold privately, which is the so-called 'smuggling'!

Well, it sounds a little appalling that the dignified Guogong Mansion has to rely on 'smuggling' to make money, after all, the Guogong is a lord, which is blatantly trampling on the country. Isn't the law of the family a negative emperor?

Of course, this matter was just made up by Li Yuanba, but such a thing does exist among those nobles in the Tang Dynasty, which is why Li Yuanba wants to make a big effort to investigate this matter.

After all, if you don't pull these moths out, Datang will never be able to become truly powerful.

Seeing that Xiao Shilang was like a fool and didn't speak, Li Yuan said domineeringly: "Shopkeeper Xiao, shouldn't you go back to your soul?" ”

"This ...... I'm really sorry, it's rude! ”

Xiao Shilang shook his head a few times, then took a deep breath and said:

"Li Gongzi, there is really no reason to refuse such a large business at the door, but you need to know where you plan to sell these grains?"

Before Li Yuanba could speak, Su Dingfang was the first to frown and said, "Why, don't you do this transaction sent to the door?" ”

Speaking of this, Su Dingfang turned his head and glanced at Li Yuanba, and said, "Son, since people don't do our business, why do we stay here?" Let's go find the next one! ”

Saying this, this product also deliberately pulled Li Yuanba's arm, looking like you don't stop Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't do your business.

"Alas...... This gentleman, this son, don't worry, don't worry! ”

Su Dingfang's impromptu move to retreat into advance really worked, but he was stopped by Xiao Shilang in a hurry after taking two steps. (To be continued......)