"Dare to ask Your Excellency, where are the grain merchants in Jiangnan?"

Cui Zhi changed the way of questioning again, Wei Ming couldn't help laughing, could she call the right person?

Sure enough, Wen was suspicious, "Who are you two?" ”

“...... Good. Cui Zhi hurriedly explained, "Our third uncle was taken away by a grain merchant in Jiangnan, and the two of us are here to find someone!" Little brother, if you know, hurry up and talk about it! ”

Wei Ming was noncommittal, but Wen Chuan believed it, "Oh! I knew that a grain merchant, invited by Master Tao next door, seemed to be from Yangzhou! ”

"Where do you stay?"

Wen Chuan stretched out his hand and pointed, "That alley is the old residence of Master Tao after all, just live there!" It seems to say that he is leaving, but whether he is going or not, I don't know! You two go check it out! ”

When Wei Ming and Cui Zhi heard this, they hurriedly thanked Wen and turned around and went to the grain merchant's place.

When I got to the door, I saw a person dressed as a steward, pulling the little girl's ear, "The slang boy is not doing things properly, don't come next time!" ”

Wei Ming saw that Cui Zhi's face immediately showed a playful expression, and he was just about to ask her what she was going to do, but she pulled her wrist.

"Let's sit down under the tree behind the steward and the little servant, and listen to what he both says, and don't talk nonsense."

Of course, Wei Ming didn't talk nonsense, and asked her, "Can you understand the Yangzhou dialect spoken by those two people?" ”

"Half listening, half guessing!" Cui Zhi answered here, and his footsteps paused, "How do you know that the two of them can speak Yangzhou dialect?" ”

Wei Ming saw that he had inadvertently revealed his stuffing, and he was not in a hurry, "Didn't you say that you were a grain merchant in Yangzhou?" ”

"yes." Cui Zhi shook his head and ignored it again.

The two walked over like passers-by and sat down under the tree. Cui Zhi also took out half a pancake from his arms and ate it piece by piece.

If you don't eat it, this pancake is too tough, and she chewed it until her cheeks hurt before she could barely swallow it.

She can be regarded as understanding why Shandong people's faces are so big!

She ate slowly, and gave some to Wei Ming from time to time, but the steward really ignored the two of them, only grabbed the little girl's ears, scolded half a cup of tea, and finally scolded back to the yard, Cui Zhi also listened to the same thing.

It turned out that the steward disliked that this little guy was not doing things properly, because the little guy made a mistake when he was measuring rice.

The grain merchant from Yangzhou is surnamed Sheng, and the two brothers who came came were indeed invited by Master Tao to trade grain. However, the Tao family only asked for rice, which was not enough for the family's travel expenses, so they invited several wealthy families in the county to buy it together.

A bookseller surnamed Hao in the county asked for six buckets of new rice, three stones and five buckets of rice every other year. As a result, when this little guy weighed the new rice, he misremembered the number and measured two more buckets of rice in the next year to send to others.

Fortunately, the Hao family was really not cheating, and Tete sent someone to retreat. You have to know what the price of two buckets of rice is in Anqiu every other year!

The proprietor came to the door to thank him personally, and the little guy naturally had to be scolded by the steward.

This Sheng family is not a big family in Yangzhou, it is not a grain business, and the family opens a restaurant and a sauce shop, because it has some friendship with the rich Tao in the county, so it was invited by Tao to go north.

Listening to the steward's meaning, the grain brought by the Sheng brothers this time did not expect to be sold smoothly, if they could not make a smooth move, and then bring the grain back to Yangzhou, this trip would be in vain.

The steward of the Sheng family was worried about the main family, and he was beating and scolding the little girl, but this matter fell into Cui Zhi's ears and made her eyes shine.

"Muzi, our chance has come!"

Cui Zhi stood up, and Wei Ming immediately asked her, "Are you going to Shixiang Building?" ”

The steward mentioned that the Sheng family brothers were grateful for the high righteousness of the Hao family, and invited a few wealthy masters to Shixianglou to rub them, in fact, the original intention was to ask each family if they still wanted food, or introduce some people to eat the Sheng family's food.

"Yes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, a hundred battles will not be defeated, let's go to Shixianglou and listen to the wall!" Cui Zhi said excitedly, and after speaking, he was surprised that Muzi could also understand Yangzhou dialect, "You understand everything?" ”

Wei Ming naturally understands it, and after Daxing retreats to Jiangnan, he has to understand these Wu Nong's soft words if he doesn't understand them.

He explained randomly, thinking about the situation of the Sheng family, it was really the most suitable, but he was poor and white, how could he open up the situation and exchange the surplus salt of the villagers for the grain of the Sheng family.

He didn't care how much he earned, it would be nice to let the rest of the salt work.

Cui Zhi looked at him a few more times.

She can understand because she went to Yangzhou to make a special topic of Yangzhou cuisine, and she stayed for more than half a year. Muzi, a kid who hasn't even been out of Anqiu County, how can he understand?

There is also his habit of emptying at every turn, Tian said that he did not have it before.

That's it, he coaxed himself to tell the origin! She said that she was worn by the future generations, and although he was surprised, he accepted it after a night!

Isn't it weird?

It's all to blame for her dizziness from hunger for the past two days, and she didn't have time to investigate, but now she wants to investigate, but Shixianglou is still waiting for her.

"If you don't go, just wait for me here, and I'll go back." Cui Zhi said tentatively.

Wei Ming was thinking deeply about the issue of opening up the situation, and agreed with Cui Zhi's proposal, "Okay." ”

Cui Zhi raised his eyebrows, and wanted to leave and come back to see what he did, but the information could not be delayed, so he had to run quickly.

Shixianglou is not far from here, it is the most high-grade restaurant in Anqiu County, but in this famine year, there are not many people who eat and drink, the upper and lower three floors of the restaurant are empty, only the first floor of the private room, entertaining the Sheng family brothers.

The first floor is a good place, Cui Zhi looked at the location before and after, sneaked out of the restaurant, and lay under the outside window to listen to people.

The smell of hot soy products wafting from the window made her teeth chatter.

"The two nephews ordered this tofu, but they ordered it right, this is the authentic Confucian taste, the signature of Shixianglou."

Confucian cuisine is a taste of tofu!

Cui Zhi swallowed his salivation, and he didn't have to think about it to know how white and tender the tofu was, and how fragrant the sauce was!

This kind of tofu is indeed a must, especially in this foodless territory.

The second master of the Sheng family, Sheng Qi, will be eighteen next year, which is the age of appetite, and he has eaten porridge and side dishes for a few days, and now he is like a wolf, and he can't take care of etiquette, and he said while eating: "It's a pity that I didn't come when the year was good, otherwise I would have tasted all the delicious Qilu dishes!" ”

The eldest man of the Tao family said yes, "The nephew will come over in two or three years, and I will be the east, and I will invite the nephew to eat for three days." ”

Master Tao was so polite to a junior, Sheng Qiming didn't buy his account, and said with a smile, "Shibo is right, I'm afraid that my brothers will return in vain, and they will be taught by their father, and they won't be able to get out of bed for two or three years!" ”

Master Tao and the gentlemen of Zhong'anqiu County all looked at each other, and they all smiled awkwardly, and then diverted from the conversation and talked about others.

Sheng Qiming's face was displeased, and his eldest brother Sheng Qixian poked him and asked him to restrain himself, and the business could not be benevolent.

Sheng Qixian played a round for his younger brother, talked about it, and mentioned leaving.

"I've been staying in Guibao for some time, and there are also a few old acquaintances of my fathers in Laizhou Mansion waiting for rice and grain, and my two brothers have discussed leaving the day after tomorrow, and there are many disturbances these days."