Early the next morning, Zheng Bang borrowed an oxcart from Zhou Yuandong's house, took Xiao Qiongzhi, pulled tiger meat and the remaining wild boar, and rushed to Dingzi County.

The journey was smooth, and when I arrived in Dingzi County, it happened to be at the right time.

Xiao Qiongzhi thought it was too noisy to go to the vegetable market to sell meat.

When she entered the city, she inquired about the addresses of several famous restaurants in the lower county, the shopkeeper was a person, and the addresses of several famous and wealthy families, and found a pharmacy and inquired about the price of tiger bones, so that Zheng Bang pulled the ox cart to the first destination: the Fuguijia Restaurant on East Street.

She chose this place mainly because she felt that she was a very stylish person when she dreamed back, and she definitely liked to go to the place where she was pulling the wind.

Fuguijia Restaurant is not only famous in the county, but its "Fuguijia" name itself is also enough to pull the style.

In addition, there are many people who say that the shopkeeper of the "rich family" is good, has a good temper, and is very easy to deal with.

Soon, Zheng Bang found the Fuguijia Restaurant and parked the ox cart at the door of the restaurant.

Xiao Qiongzhi took out the jade plate that Zheng Bang asked for before going out and returned it to him in the dream, got off the ox cart, walked into the restaurant, and shook the jade card at the front desk.

At this time, no one was eating breakfast, it was still early for Chinese food, and the restaurant was very quiet, only two guys were cleaning up the table, and there were no guests.

The shopkeeper was bored, and when he saw the jade plate, his eyes immediately became bright.

Things are just as Xiao Qiongzhi thought, Menghui did come to his restaurant to dine yesterday, and he was invited by the magistrate and the master to eat Chinese food here.

He personally participated in the personal service throughout the whole process, so he noticed that he had a jade plaque like this hanging in the dream of returning to several cronies around him.

He asked politely, "Little girl, did you help Hui Jun order food?" ”

Xiao Qiongzhi shook his head: "No, I'm here for his subordinate, my uncle." ”

"What's that?" The shopkeeper was a little curious.

Xiao Qiongzhi immediately pointed to the ox cart outside the restaurant and Zheng Bangla, and said, "Look, the big tiger and the big wild boar on that ox cart were all shot by my uncle yesterday evening, do you want to buy some tiger meat or wild boar?" ”

"Yes! Absolutely! The shopkeeper was pleasantly surprised.

The rich people in Dingzi County like to eat rare things.

In Dingzi County, in recent years, no one has ever beaten a tiger.

If he buys tiger meat and sells it as a signature dish, it will be very popular.

"Big hero, this tiger has to have six hundred pounds, right?" After going around the ox cart and taking a closer look at the tiger, the shopkeeper skipped Xiao Qiongzhi and asked Zheng Bang directly and enthusiastically.

Zheng Bang is tall, handsome, and extraordinary, even if he is dressed plainly, he still looks very eye-catching whenever and wherever he appears in front of people.

The shopkeeper has good eyesight, and it is estimated that he has already seen that Zheng Bang is the "uncle" in his mouth.

Xiao Qiongzhi immediately made a look of admiration and admiration, and looked at Zheng Bang as well.

Zheng Bang glanced at the shopkeeper with a faint expression, and replied briefly: "I have already weighed it, it is six hundred and twenty-seven catties." ”

"I want to buy two hundred catties, how are you going to sell them?" The shopkeeper hurriedly asked again.

"Four taels of silver a pound." Xiao Qiongzhi knew that Zheng Bang would let himself be in charge of this matter and answer directly on his behalf.

"Little girl, I buy pork in its entirety now, and it costs one tael of silver a catty, but your tiger has to sell it for four taels of silver a catty, it's too expensive!" The shopkeeper shook his head.

I felt that Xiao Qiongzhi, a little girl, in front of her uncle, rushed to answer, and asked for a price, she didn't understand the rules too much.

"Uncle shopkeeper, scarcity is expensive. Tigers are a rare thing that has been rarely hit for ten and a half years. ”

"Moreover, its fur and bones are more valuable than meat, I have inquired, in the pharmacy, tiger bones are sold for two taels of silver, twenty taels of silver, and twenty taels of silver."

"I'm seeing how much you buy now, so I sold you four taels of silver a catty, and if I sell it for nothing, I will sell it for four taels and five dollars a catty." Xiao Qiongzhi was prepared and explained very well.

The shopkeeper was a smart man, and he didn't dare to underestimate her at once.

He thought for a while and said seriously: "Although tigers are a rare thing, but this year, the Qi State and our Chu State were defeated, causing us to work hard and lose money, and most of the people who can afford to buy pork to eat are less, and there are definitely not a few people who are willing to spend money to sell tiger meat to eat." ”

"If you sell this tiger meat for four taels or five dollars a pound of silver, I am afraid that you will not be able to sell much for two or three days."

"If you are willing to do me a small favor, I can pay three taels or six dollars a pound of silver to buy all this tiger."

"And what do you need us to help you?" Xiao Qiongzhi was a little curious.

The shopkeeper replied truthfully: "My 'rich family' restaurant is just a semicolon, in Nancheng, there is also a general number, which is much bigger than this, and there are many more distinguished guests who come to eat rare things every day." ”

"I need you to help me send most of the tiger meat to the old number in Nancheng after I buy this tiger."

"Zhi'er, Nancheng is one hundred and twenty miles away from here, the distance is too far, and the road is not very peaceful." When Zheng Bang heard this, he suddenly reminded Xiao Qiongzhi with a serious face.

Xiao Qiongzhi immediately understood that he was hinting to himself that he didn't want to go to Nancheng.

She didn't plan to help the shopkeeper with that.

Nancheng is a big city, and there must be far more rich people than people in Dingzi County.

Tiger meat should be sold at a better price than in Dingzi County.

Instead of selling tiger meat to the shopkeeper and then helping him send tiger meat to Nancheng, it is better to directly pull tiger meat and go to Nancheng to sell it.

She turned her head and said to the shopkeeper with a regretful face: "Uncle shopkeeper, you just heard what my uncle said, and we can't help you." ”

"Then if I only buy two hundred catties, three taels and six dollars a pound of silver, will you sell it?" The shopkeeper didn't give up and asked again.

"If you want to buy it for three or two or six dollars a pound of silver, unless you can find a way to get someone to buy this tiger with you." Xiao Qiongzhi said seriously.

This shopkeeper just wanted to buy the whole one, which fully shows that tiger meat should still be relatively marketable in Dingzi County, and it can't be sold cheaply.

After all, there is only this one tiger in Qilu Mountain, and after this village, there is no shop.

"That's fine. I have a friend with a lot of money who really wants to eat tiger meat, and you wait here, and I will go to him and tell him if he is willing to buy your tiger with me. The shopkeeper was inspired and hurriedly said.

Since Xiao Qiongzhi can think of and find him, a "rich family" restaurant, to sell tiger meat, he will definitely be able to think of and find several other restaurants to sell tiger meat.

Scarcity is expensive, and he can only buy tiger meat by letting other restaurants have no chance, and the tiger meat he buys can produce the greatest value in his hands.

After about a quarter of an hour, the shopkeeper returned to Xiao Qiongzhi with an obese man in his forties.

This man was not only willing to buy the tiger at a price of three taels or six dollars a pound of silver, but he also offered to buy all the wild boar meat at a price of one or two or three dollars of silver.

But as the shopkeeper said, he is a man of deep pockets.

Xiao Qiongzhi naturally had no opinion, and immediately made a deal.

The net weight of the tiger was six hundred and twenty-seven catties, and three taels of silver were sold for two thousand two hundred and fifty-seven taels of silver each.

The wild boar was five hundred and thirty-nine catties, one tael or three coins of silver per catty, and it could have been sold for seven hundred and seven taels of silver, but Xiao Qiongzhi took the initiative to erase the fraction of the seven coins of silver, and only sold for seven hundred taels of silver.

It is equivalent to saying that the total amount of silver obtained from the sale of tigers and wild boars was two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven taels.

She asked the shopkeeper to pay for the fifty-seven taels directly in cash, and the remaining two thousand nine hundred taels were exchanged for five silver bills of five hundred taels and four silver bills of one hundred taels of denominations.

After the transaction was completed, Zheng Bang immediately drove the ox cart to the city gate, planning to take Xiao Qiongzhi out of the city immediately and return to Zhoujia Village.

"Uncle, wait, don't rush back to the village first, I still have something very important to do." Xiao Qiongzhi had other plans.