Liang Ziyue and Qingchen followed Wang Feng to the "Sun Family's Old Store", and the two rented a room next to the suspected traverser as foreign merchants, and echoed each other from the left and right directions with Wang Feng's rented room, ensuring that they would not miss any actions of the suspected traverser.

Liang Ziyue and Qingchen tidied up a little in the room, and under Wang Feng's guidance, they confirmed Boss Bai, the principal of the caravan, and the two suspected traversers. Then Liang Ziyue asked Qingchen to keep an eye on the people who were dealing with the caravan in the room, and he himself walked around the room, preparing for his next move.

Under Liang Ziyue's intentional circumstances, he finally bumped into Boss Bai in the lobby of the inn "very accidentally", and then he talked to the other party by asking the other party daoqian, and after saying a polite word, he naturally invited the other party to have a drink together to express his apology.

Because the white boss often deals with the Khitans, his personality has also become very bold and likes to make friends. He saw that Liang Ziyue had a straightforward temperament and spoke politely, so he gladly accepted his invitation, found a table in the lobby of the inn, asked for two pots of wine, and the two of them sat down and chatted.

Through conversation, Liang Ziyue learned that this white boss is called Bai Zhen, and he is a cheerful person, because he has been doing business in Shangjing, Tokyo and other places in Liao for a long time, so he is very familiar with the local Khitan people, and even made friends with several Khitan nobles. This brought great convenience to him to do business in the north, and therefore allowed him to make a lot of money every time he went out of the customs.

While listening, Liang Ziyue kept toasting to Boss Bai, and praised the other party again and again for being able to do business, which made him very impressed. Bai Zhen was flattered by Liang Ziyue, and with a few glasses of wine, he felt a little fluttery for a while. Although he said "Boss Liang has won the award", the color on his face can be seen by everyone. This is exactly the effect that Liang Ziyue wants, after he successfully stunned Boss Bai Zhenbai, he began to follow Jihua step by step to introduce the topic of the conversation to the aspects he needs.

Because when Liang Ziyue introduced himself to Bai Zhen, he said that he was a merchant from the south, mainly exchanging cloth for various specialties from the north. Therefore, he naturally led the topic to the goods that Boss Bai came to Youzhou City to trade this time. He asked Bai Zhen what goods he had brought to Youzhou to trade this time, and said that if there was anything he needed, everyone could communicate with each other, and he would save himself from finding the next family.

Hearing Liang Ziyue ask about his goods, Boss Bai immediately regained his nature as a businessman. He quickly adjusted his emotions and began to concentrate on talking about business with Liang Ziyue.

Although Liang Ziyue is not a businessman, his experience as a criminal policeman in his previous life has made him understand various industries, and under the influence of Fan Wucheng, Zhao Dawei and others, he is no stranger to how businessmen talk about business in this era. Therefore, he and Bai Zhen talked about trading decently, which did not arouse Bai Zhen's suspicions.

The two of them were talking, and Liang Ziyue asked seemingly casually: "Boss Bai, there is something I don't understand and want to ask Boss Bai for advice, and I hope that Boss Bai will give advice." ”

Bai Zhen waved his hand after hearing this, and said, "Boss Liang is too polite, I can't afford to ask for advice." If you have any questions, just ask, and you will know them all. ”

Liang Ziyue asked: "If you want to talk about this, you have to start from two days ago. Maybe it was because he had a fate with Boss Bai, when he first arrived in Youzhou City two days ago, he had met Boss Bai's caravan near Beicheng, and he was also attracted by Boss Bai's goods scattered on the ground, and looked at it for a while. It's just that at that time, Boss Bai was solving the collision with others, so he must not have noticed it at all. ”

Bai Zhen didn't care about Liang Ziyue's mention of the car accident two days ago, but when he heard that he was interested in the goods scattered on the ground, he came to his senses. As a successful businessman, Bai Zhen will not let go of any opportunity to make money. So, he said: "It seems that I do have a fate with Boss Liang, and in Youzhou City, I can meet Boss Liang twice in a few days." For this one, the two of us have to have a toast too. ”

As he spoke, Bai Zhen raised his wine glass and toasted Liang Ziyue. Liang Ziyue happily picked up the wine glass, clinked glasses with the other party, and then drank it all. Bai Zhen also drank all the wine in the cup, then picked up the wine jug to fill Liang Ziyue and himself with wine, and said: "Just now Boss Liang said that he was interested in the goods that were scattered in the car accident two days ago, so in this way, Boss Liang has seen this kind of goods before?" ”,

Liang Ziyue nodded and said, "Yes, I did see it before." ”

Bai Zhen couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "Don't hide it from Boss Liang, although I have been in business for more than ten years and have trafficked countless goods, I have never seen this thing. Zhao Min'an, who joined the caravan with this item, did not explain it clearly to Zaixia, only told Zai Xia that the bags of goods he brought were all good things, and said that he would sell the goods only if he found a buyer who was willing to pay a large price.

At that time, I didn't believe what he said too much, but he was playing tricks. Thinking that although I don't know this thing, I don't know what the value of this thing is. But the world is so big, there are always people who can recognize it. On the way back from outside the Guanwai, Zai also asked some merchants or people from all over the country, but no one knew, which made Zai Xia very surprised, and gradually believed what the shopkeeper Zhao said.

I originally planned to look for a connoisseur after going to Youzhou City, but because I was busy with the trading of other goods in the past two days, the matter was delayed. I don't want to, but I know this thing when I meet Boss Liang today. Dare to ask Boss Liang what this thing is, how did you recognize it? ”

Liang Ziyue said: "When I was doing business in the Zhou Kingdom, I once met a maritime merchant surnamed Wu. This man has been doing business with foreign countries for many years, so he often brings back some rare goods from foreign lands that are not available in Middle-earth. Because of his friendship with him, he often goes to his house to sit as a guest, so he has seen a lot. If I remember correctly, the Chinese name of the goods brought by the shopkeeper Zhao should be called corn. It is a grain of overseas origin, which is rarely seen in Middle-earth, and no one grows it. Therefore, it is not surprising that many people do not know each other. ”

"Corn? Grain? Bai Zhen was puzzled, "If this corn is really a kind of grain, it is just the same thing as rice and white flour, then Weishenme Zhao will say that this thing is rare in the sky and a good thing that is not available on the earth." If nothing else, just by looking at the expression on his face when he cleaned up the corn that had been scattered on the ground two days ago, you could see that he really regarded this thing as a treasure. ”

As far as Liang Ziyue's limited knowledge of agriculture is concerned, he really doesn't know what advantages corn has as a food crop. He only knew that it could be used to extract oil, to feed livestock, or to grind it into flour and steam it for people to eat, and nothing else was known. However, although little is known about the benefits of corn, Liang Ziyue is not worried about being seen by Bai Zhen. The reason is simple, he knows very little about corn, and the other party knows even less than him, and it can even be said that he knows nothing. In this case, whatever he Liang Ziyue says, the other party will take it seriously.

So, Liang Ziyue said: "This is not simple, as the saying goes, 'rare things are expensive'." Although this corn is only a grain, it is rare to see in Middle-earth. Moreover, from the appearance of the shape, it is golden and round, and it is very rich. If it is seen by those wealthy dignitaries, just by its beautiful appearance, they will be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it. ”

Bai Zhen nodded when he heard this, and said, "This is reasonable. It seems that this shopkeeper Zhao is really not a deceptive trick to treat these corn as treasures. ”

As he spoke, the expression on Bai Zhen's face became a little weird. The guy slowly stroked his beard and rolled his small but shrewd eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

Liang Ziyue knew very well what this Bai boss was thinking at this time, and he was even a little worried that Zhao Min'an, who had not yet met, would be calculated by this Bai Zhen. So, he picked up his wine glass and interrupted: "Come, Boss Bai, I will toast you a glass." ”

Seeing this, Bai Zhen hurriedly collected his thoughts and refocused his attention on drinking and chatting with Liang Ziyue.

Because he was worried that Bai Zhen would be unfavorable to Zhao Min'an, a suspected traverser, Liang Ziyue persuaded Bai Zhen to drink in the following time. In the face of Liang Ziyue, who was once recognized by his colleagues as a massive criminal policeman in his previous life, Bai Zhenbai, the boss who has always boasted of drinking countless Khitans, can only bow down to his subordinates. After several jugs of wine, he fell asleep on the table, and the innkeeper had to pay a lot of money to carry him back to his room.

poured Bai Zhen down, but Liang Ziyue was not drunk. He took the opportunity to carry Bai Zhen back to the room with his companions, and met with the rest of the caravan, including Zhao Min'an, a suspected traverser, and his daughter, who was disguised as a man. After greeting everyone a few words, Liang Ziyue called Zhao Min'an aside, claiming that he was also a businessman, and when he chatted with Boss Bai just now, he heard that his shopkeeper Zhao had some rare goods to sell, so he hoped to take a look. If it is indeed a good thing, he is very willing to make this deal with Shopkeeper Zhao. ,

Although Liang Ziyue's request was very sudden, Zhao Min'an, who was bent on finding someone who knew the goods and sold the good things in his hand, didn't care, he nodded and said that there was no problem. Then, he took Liang Ziyue to the room where he and his daughter lived, and was going to take out the things for Liang Ziyue to see.

However, Liang Ziyue did not want to communicate with Zhao Minan here. After all, this is the residence of the caravan, and there are many people, and the conversation between him and Zhao Min'an is easy for others to listen to, thus bringing unnecessary trouble to himself and Zhao Min'an. Therefore, when Zhao Min'an was about to unpack the bag of corn, Liang Ziyue stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Shopkeeper Zhao doesn't have to bother, I saw the things in your bag two days ago." ”

"Boss Liang met two days ago?" Zhao Minan was a little puzzled by Liang Ziyue's words, "I don't know where Boss Liang met?" ”

Liang Ziyue said: "Two days ago, near Beicheng, the car of your caravan collided with someone else's car, and the things in Zhao's shopkeeper's pocket were scattered all over the ground. At that time, I felt that this thing was not owned by Middle-earth, so I kept it in my heart. Today, I met Boss Bai in the inn and talked about the events of the day. I heard that Shopkeeper Zhao's things haven't been sold yet, so I want to come over and talk to Shopkeeper Zhao about business. It's just that there are a lot of people here, and it's not a place to talk about business. If Shopkeeper Zhao has time, why don't you go to the next room to talk? ”

Zhao Minan also felt that there were too many people here, and it was inconvenient for him to introduce the benefits of the goods to the other party, so he agreed to Liang Ziyue's request. After explaining a few words to his daughter, he followed Liang Ziyue away.

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