Chapter 46: Tongzhou Salt Merchant
There is a small shop on the dock, the small shop is just a small shed, and there are only three tables in it, two of which have customers, and only one empty table, the owner and chef are really stir-frying, and Xiao Er is salvaging wine in the wine jar on the side.
The guests at the two tables were Zhang Tie and his party, Zhang Tie and others had already visited the dock, and they had set off to go to other places, but they thought that two of them were tired and needed to rest.
Everyone else will not be tired after walking for a day, and their physical fitness is passable, but Luo Fei and Liu Zaishi are really 'weak' talents.
Unlike Zhang Shun and Liu Yi, one has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and the other has obtained attribute bonuses, and his body is leveraged.
Seeing that his younger brother was already a little tired, Luo Long said at that time: "Since some people are tired, and it is getting late, just have a meal at the pier, and it's not too late to go back to the inn. ”
So Zhang Tie and other 8 people came to this small shop, and one table could not fit 8 people, so they were divided into two teams and occupied two tables.
There is only a fence around the shed built, and the height is not very high, so that people can perfectly enjoy the scenery of the pier and sit here without feeling bored.
The shopkeeper put the wine and peanuts, and then asked, "Slow use, do you need anything?" ”
Luo Long waved his hand, signaling that he didn't want anything and let him go down, and the shopkeeper saw the gesture and turned around to help the boss.
Zhang Tie looked at the environment, looked at the busy crowd on the dock in the distance, and said with emotion: "It's really a lot of traffic, and business is booming!" On this day, I am afraid that there will be thousands of taels of silver flowing! ”
"Isn't it, now the tax revenue of the Yan Kingdom is completely supported by this waterway, and thousands of taels of silver are less, not to mention tens of thousands of taels."
Luo Long, as a member of the Flying Tiger Battalion, knew much more than Zhang Tie and them.
"Didn't we stop fighting with Zhao State, now, the merchants of Zhao State also came to our Yan Kingdom to do business, and now the circulation of this silver is even greater."
Zhang Tie was surprised when he heard that there were still merchant ships of Zhao State, and he was a little puzzled: "Although there is a truce now, but the merchant ships of Zhao State will be changed?!" ”
Zhang Shun, who was eating peanuts on the side, heard this, and said speechlessly: "Brother, I usually let you read more government notices, but you are just troublesome, and the government has a notice on this matter." ”
I also said the government's notice with me.
Trade has always been an important component of national development, and through the circulation of goods, it can not only solve the needs of one's own country, but also exchange what is not used for something useful for oneself.
And the trade between Zhao and Yan was like this, exchanging excess things for things that were in short supply.
For example, the salt of the Yan Kingdom, the cotton and silk of the Zhao Kingdom.
Therefore, when the government was still fighting, it stipulated that trade could be carried out normally, but that was said, but during the war, there was really no fool who would swagger to trade by water, and trade was done by land.
Of course, there are also those who are bold and take the waterway to do business, but the result is naturally eaten by some 'unknown' forces, and naturally no one dares to swagger by the waterway.
Seeing that the war had stopped and peace had come, some merchants had an idea again, after all, land trade was always less convenient than water trade, and waterways made more money, so there was the first person to eat crabs.
In peacetime, both sides need the economy to heal their scars, and they still need face, so they will naturally be safe.
Zhang Tie smiled awkwardly, he really didn't like to read the official announcement, and when he saw that Zhang Shun was still going to say, he immediately stopped him: "Okay, okay, my brother knows that he is powerful, he is going to be a big official in the future, you see, the dishes are all up, eat and eat." ”
It happened that the shopkeeper came over with two dishes, and Zhang Tie interrupted Zhang Shun's words.
Seeing this, Zhang Shun had no choice but not to say anything, the dishes came up one after another, and everyone who felt hungry began to eat.
At the same time as Zhang Tie was eating, a group of three people walked into the shop, led by a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing clothes made of silk, followed by two guards dressed in strong clothes, both holding large knives in their hands, and the three of them went directly to the last spare table and sat down.
There are actually a lot of small shops in this row, but because this small shop has Zhang Tie and others, the tables are almost full, so I naturally think that this place is better than other small shops.
After the three of them sat down, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward, wiped the table with a cloth first, and then asked: "Do you have any needs, do you have crayfish, sliced fish, hot and sour shredded potatoes, boiled beef, home-cooked stir-fry, and good local wine." ”
The person who came was Li Dagua, a salt merchant from Tongzhou, Zhao Guo (the book friend Zhendonggua is not played by winter melon), Li Dagua came to Yanguo in a hurry, and wanted to get more salt to return to Tongzhou, which Cheng wanted to sell salt The person who wanted to sell salt heard that he was from Zhao State, and immediately reduced the sales by more than half, which made Li Dagua angry.
Fortunately, Li Dagua knew that this was the Yan Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom that had been fighting with the Zhao State for ten years, so he could only swallow his anger and accept this unfair condition.
"Let's have a boiled beef, hot and sour shredded potatoes...... That's all" Li Dagua ordered 5 dishes in a row, and ordered a local wine by the way, so he stopped.
"Okay, boiled beef, hot and sour shredded potatoes...... A bottle of local wine. The shopkeeper first hugged the name of the dish he ordered, and said to Li Dagua and the three of them: "Three guest officers, please wait a while, this will call the chef to stir-fry." ”
After waiting for the second child in the store to serve the local wine, a plate of vegetarian dishes, Li Dagua poured the local wine for himself and the two guards, raised his glass and said: "I originally came here to make a lot of money today, but I didn't expect it to end like this, come!" Cheers! ”
The three of them clinked glasses, they all drank it all, and after drinking, one of the two guards stood up, looked a little excited, and said indignantly: "The shopkeeper, this Yan people are really too deceitful, not trustworthy, obviously they have already handed over, and they will sell us 7,000 catties of salt, but after knowing that we are from Tongzhou, they immediately reduced it to 3,000 catties, which is too deceptive." ”
The other guard also looked uneven, and was also dissatisfied with this encounter, so he first pressed the guard who stood up back to the stool, stopped him from continuing, and whispered, "Summer, be quiet." ”
However, the voice of the guard had already attracted the attention of many people, and the other small shops were all looking over, not to mention Zhang Tie, who was also in the same shop.
Zhang Tie's eyes lit up when he heard that it was to purchase salt, it had stored a lot of salt, and now the salt used at home is from the system grocery store, and the system salt is very different from other table salt, it is pure white particles, and the taste is much better than the salt sold by the government.