Right now, what Zhao Fuxiang has to do is to be one step ahead of others.

Not to mention anything else, while the news of the tax increase has not yet been released, and when others have not received the news, he will first prepare the tax for this year's summer tax and the tax increase.

By observing the five different fabrics in front of him, Zhao Fuxiang also knew the difference between the fabrics in front of him, and it seemed that he was wearing this kind of dirty and wear-resistant coarse cloth.

And the texture of the coarse cloth, at a glance, you can know that this is a cloth woven by the locals.

Zhao Fuxiang pointed to the yellow-brown coarse cloth and asked, "How much does this cloth cost?" ”

"Guest officer, 14 wen and one foot of coarse cloth, and 50 feet of cloth, a total of 700 wen."

"Where's this muslin?"

"Twenty cents and one foot of fine cloth, fifty feet of cloth, a total of one penny."

Zhao Fuxiang was speechless.

I didn't expect that there were only two kinds of fabrics, and the price was so different.

It is no wonder that the cloth used to make their clothes is coarse cloth, and if this kind of fine cloth is used, one person and one person will have to spend a lot of money.

"The remaining three, let's talk about the price one by one."

Zhao Fuxiang said in his heart that even if he didn't buy it, he had to understand it, so as not to be deceived.

The guy didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao Fuxiang asking the price like this, pointing to the remaining three different fabrics, and the guy introduced them one by one, "The cotton cloth is one foot seventeen wen, and one horse has a total of eight hundred and fifty wen." ”

"A horse of silk is thirty wen, and a horse is a total of five hundred wen."

"Water yarn is ten wen per foot, and a horse is a total of five hundred wen."

After listening to the guy's introduction, Zhao Fuxiang summed it up in his heart.

In general, the five kinds of fabrics taken out by the cloth village, the most expensive is silk, the cheapest is water yarn, and the rest of the coarse cloth, cotton cloth, and fine cloth are slightly higher in turn, but the overall price is good.

He silently calculated an account in his heart, only to think that it was really good to weave cloth at home, and just such a coarse cloth was one hundred and fifty yuan more expensive than the one woven at home.

As for why Zhao Fuxiang knows the price?

Or because Zou Lizheng has a mother-in-law who can weave cloth at home.

On weekdays, every time the cloth is woven, this woman has to show off for a while, and the Li family talks to him for a long time, and after listening to it a lot, she will naturally know.

"So get me two pieces of coarse cloth, one yellow-brown and the other gray-brown."

First bought the coarse cloth that needed to be used to pay taxes, and then, Zhao Fuxiang pointed to the water yarn on the side and said, "Water yarn, come to one." ”

Now that the weather is hot, this water yarn is just kept at home to make a yarn tent.

The guy saw that Li Manho was buying boldly, and his tone was even more enthusiastic.

Tearing the remaining three pieces of cloth open five or six feet, revealing most of the inside, the guy put it in front of Zhao Fuxiang,

"Guest officer, take a look at this piece of cotton cloth, it absorbs water and sweat, is light and breathable, don't you pull one for your children and grandchildren at home?"

When Zhao Fuxiang heard this, he thought of the half-grown children in the family, and he was a little moved.

Yes, there are many children in the family, and the new clothes they wear are all made the year before last, whether it is a grandchild or a granddaughter, life is miserable.

Left and right made some money selling fish today, and in the future, they will get the trade of Qixianglou, and it will not be ugly to think about it, so let's buy a horse back today.

Zhao Fuxiang nodded to the guy, "Then take a cotton cloth." ”

When the guy heard this, he naturally smiled.

No matter what kind of cloth he buys, as long as he spends money to buy it, he will make money.

And it's good luck today.

Ordinary people come to buy cloth, they are a few feet to buy, very few in front of the guest is so bold, a buy is several horses.

As for the boldness of buying cloth for this guest today, it is a big deal of several dollars.

The guy is more motivated.

"Guest officer, you see, we still have some good cotton here, which is very cheap, only 20 wen per catty."

"Well, buy ten pounds." Zhao Fuxiang nodded in response, "That's it, you take a look at the total amount of money." ”

After buying it, Zhao Fuxiang beckoned Zhao Shanchuan to come to him and prepare to move things.

Zhao Fuxiang bought a lot, but fortunately he brought Zhao Shanchuan over, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to move back alone.

"Okay, guest officer, please wait a moment."

While the guy was making calculations, he began to calculate the value of the deal.

The final checkout also surprised the guy.

Two horses of coarse cloth, 1,400 wen, one cotton cloth, 850 wen, one red water yarn 500 wen, ten catties of cotton, 200 wen, a total of 2,950 wen.

Nearly three pennies.

The cost of buying cloth and the food expenses I bought before are almost half of the income from selling fish this time.

Zhao Fuxiang couldn't help but sigh, and said in his heart that the cost of the city was still large, and they had only been shopping for a long time, and the grain store had not yet been there.

Lifting his collar, Zhao Fuxiang took out the bag containing the money from it.

In front of the cloth man, Zhao Fuxiang took out the copper plate from the cloth bag without changing his face.

It's all a bunch of silver coins that have been worn in advance.

took out the small six strings, and Zhao Fuxiang stopped.

Pushing it in front of the guy's eyes, Zhao Fuxiang said, "A string of five hundred texts, count." ”

Looking at the copper plate in front of him, what can the guy say?

Naturally, he held one head in one hand and counted it with his head down.

Finally counted the six hanging coins, Zhao Fuxiang took the fifty loose coins he found and put them back in his money bag.

The four pieces of cloth and ten catties of cotton were piled together, and Zhao Fuxiang and the two were assigned and distributed, and one of them walked out of the cloth village with some in his arms.

………

On the other side, the two brothers, Zhao Shanhe and Zhao Shanlin, stood guard around the ox cart and did not dare to move.

Looking at the continuous flow of people coming and going on both sides of the street, Zhao Shanhe glanced at it and saw a familiar figure in a trance.

Well?

Zhao Shanhe's eyes widened violently, wanting to look more carefully, but as a result, the figure disappeared again.

couldn't help frowning, Zhao Shanhe looked around uneasily.

"Third child, what are you looking at?"

Zhao Shanlin saw that Zhao Shanhe was restless, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Zhao Shanhe turned around and said to Zhao Shanlin, "Brother, I seem to have seen Xiao Si." ”

Otherwise, he wouldn't have lost his senses.

"Little four?" Zhao Shanlin was surprised, he hurriedly looked around, and said in an uncertain tone, "Third child, are you sure?" That's right. ”

"Little four? He should be studying with Mingwei in a private school right now, how can he have time to come out? ”

"You mean, he skipped school?"

Zhao Shanlin gasped, his eyes were shocked and angry.

Zhao Shanhe was frightened enough by his eldest brother's remarks, and he hurriedly interrupted, "Big brother, where do you want to go?" I said that I seemed to have seen Xiao Si just now, and I wasn't sure. ”

"According to what you say, it shouldn't be Xiao Si."

"It's that I didn't see it clearly, I saw it wrong."

It's just a fleeting back, not a front, Zhao Shanhe is more and more unsure of whether what he just saw is true or false, could it be that he really saw it wrong?

It should be wrong, it's obviously the time for the private school to start classes right now, how can the junior run out.

Zhao Shanhe convinced himself in his heart that he had seen it wrong.

And Zhao Shanlin didn't see it, although what he said just now was scary, but it was also a guess.

It stands to reason that Xiao Si is much more honest than Xiao Wu, and he shouldn't cause trouble.

Neither of them thought much about it, and returned to the normal state of looking at the car.

Soon, Zhao Fuxiang and Zhao Shanchuan came back with a big bag.

Zhao Shanlin and Zhao Shanhe started to help put the purchased fabric into the ox cart, and the four of them stopped for a while, and then drove the ox cart to the next destination.

Shortly after the four of them left, a head popped up at the corner of the alley diagonally across the street.

The man was dressed as a scholar, wearing a light blue pure cloth robe, lined with a slender figure, and was handsome.

Glancing at the departing ox cart, the man's beautiful pupils flashed, and he turned around and entered a bookstore next door.

If Zhao Shanhe was still there at this time, I am afraid that he would not be able to recognize that the person who entered the bookstore was the one he thought was wrong.

The fourth child of the Zhao family, Zhao Shanxing.

………

Before going to the grain shop, Zhao Fuxiang went to the butcher shop again.

Before going out, Li told him that when the family's fast meat was finished, he should buy some and go back.

I spent a little eighty wen and bought five catties of lard.

The refined oil is enough for them to eat for half a year.

"Let's go, go to the grain store, buy food, and go home."

Zhao Fuxiang waved his hand and took his three sons towards the grain store.

The grain shop was the last stop of their trip.

Park the ox cart in front of Jiang's grain shop.

Leaving Zhao Shanchuan to watch the car, this time Zhao Fuxiang took Zhao Shanlin and Zhao Shanhe in.

There were a lot of urns with straw mats in the grain shop.

The urn is several people thick, and the mouth of the bottle is wide open, so as to make it easy to weigh the grain.

When Zhao Fuxiang came in, the shopkeeper of the grain shop was in the shop.

Seeing someone coming in, he hurriedly greeted, "The guest officer buys grain?" ”

Zhao Fuxiang nodded, "Well, what about the price of grain?" ”

The shopkeeper, who looked a little chubby, pointed to a few urns in the room and introduced, "One bucket of corn is thirty-five Wen, one bucket of wheat is thirty Wen, one bucket of beans is twenty-seven Wen, one bucket of rice is forty Wen, and one bucket of brown rice is thirty Wen." ”

"Guest officer, don't think that my family's food is expensive, you can take a look, my family's food, it is all new grain, it tastes better than ordinary old grain, and you can earn it if you buy it."

As he spoke, he lifted the straw mat on top of the urn to reveal the grain inside.

"Don't believe me, look at it."

The shopkeeper grabbed a handful and put it in Zhao Fuxiang's hand.

Zhao Fuxiang lowered his head and pinched it, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

The fragrance of new rice spread from his mouth.

The shopkeeper is right, but this grain is new grain, and it is up to standard, whether it is used for food or taxes.

"Brown rice costs two stones, five buckets of beans, three buckets of corn, and four buckets of wheat."

Estimating the amount of money he had left, Zhao Fuxiang set the amount he wanted.

After listening to him, the shopkeeper hurriedly beckoned the guys on the side to weigh the food quickly, while he walked to the counter and bowed his head to settle the account.

Zhao Fuxiang motioned to Zhao Shanlin to follow, and the province was short of two catties.

Soon, the shopkeeper informed Zhao Fuxiang of the calculated price.

One bucket is three catties and five taels, and one stone is one hundred and thirteen catties.

Two stones of brown rice are two hundred and twenty-six catties, one bucket is thirty wen, and a total of nine hundred and thirty-seven coins are hung.

Five buckets of beans, a total of 135 texts. Three buckets of corn, a total of one hundred and five texts.

Mai Sidou, a total of 120 Wen.

A total of two hangings and two hundred and ninety-seven texts.

Zhao Fuxiang took out the money bag, paid the last remaining silver money, and the money bag he brought over was also deflated.

With the help of the grain shop guys, all the grain bought was moved into the ox cart and put it away, and the four of them sat down in turn, Zhao Shanlin flicked his whip and drove the ox cart towards the outside of the city.

This time they entered the city, and they could be regarded as returning with a full load.