Chapter 59
Listening to Ling Jun asking them, is there such a thing as "dark clouds covering snow", a famous horse that can be worth thousands of taels, the horse merchants immediately became excited, looking at his eyes, they all seemed to bring out the golden light, completely, just regarded him as a cash cow.
"Dark clouds cover snow", as the name suggests, this kind of horse, all over the body is azure or pure black, only four hooves on it, there is a very small slip of white hair, because of the good looks, and the body is well-proportioned, the foot is good, and it has become the object of many rich and noble young masters, competing for purchase.
When the year is not good, and there are few foals produced by this kind of horse, in the imperial capital, it is even sold for a high price of 1,500 taels, which is a real "good horse to sell, half a life of wealth and wealth" for horse merchants...... It's just that this town is small, even if they get such a good horse, they can't sell it for that price, usually seven or eight taels of silver a horse to buy back the foal, put it in their hands for a few days, then increase the price to two or three hundred taels, and sell it to those big Malaysian merchants who have business in the imperial capital, so as to make a "lucky" money for themselves......
"Yes! How not! There are hundreds or thousands of foals a year, how can there be more than a dozen or twenty! ”
Seeing that Ling Jun really understands horses and has the money to buy good horses, the horse merchant Liming, the oldest one, stood up on behalf of the horse merchant and discussed with him the problem of "dark clouds covering snow", "I don't know...... What does the lord want? Green clouds, or black clouds? ”
"If there is a black cloud, then it is naturally a black cloud! If not...... Qingyun, it's okay! ”
"Dark clouds cover snow" has always been an extremely precious resource in the army, in addition to scouts and elite barracks, only people at the level of generals will be rationed, a huge Jiangnan battalion. In a year, it may not be possible to give birth to seventy or eighty foals, and the supply is lost and retired every year. Not at all, a lot of the time. It is also necessary to buy from outside, and these horse dealers actually say that in their hands alone, they can get ten or twenty horses a year, which is ...... It's definitely not a trivial matter!
Even if you leave aside these ten or twenty horses of "dark clouds and snow", not to mention, a year. Hundreds or thousands of horses fell out of the country and became the "private house" of no one in the Jiangnan camp, and I am afraid that it will be ...... Half a year ago, when he left the imperial capital and went to Jiangnan to investigate the salt affairs, Chen had already been checked by the imperial doctor, saying that he had a body for two months. If there are no accidents, at this time, it should be a big belly. It's time to prepare for production!
If Chen gave birth to this child and was still a son, his already embarrassing identity would undoubtedly be even worse......
The fact that the Jiangnan battalion sold military horses privately would be a good opportunity for him, an excellent opportunity for him to bring down the Chen family and her family!
"I see it. It's going to be the New Year, and I'm waiting for the New Year. At the beginning of spring, when the mare is about to give birth to a foal. The master is looking for us! I don't dare to say more, ten foals, black clouds and green clouds are whatever you choose, three hundred taels of silver, let's make a 'lucky' money, so that the price given to the horse dealer, to you! ”
When the big horse merchants buy "dark clouds and snow" with these horse dealers, they usually have to lower the price with them, saying that they are two or three hundred taels of horses, but in the end, what can really be given to these horse dealers is more than two hundred taels of silver, and the foals have to be sent to the city.
In other words, this old horse merchant and Ling Jun "made this wish", in fact, they also had a different heart, and wanted to earn dozens of taels of silver by selling the horse to him, and Ling Jun, the buyer, could also get benefits because of this, and in the future, maybe he could introduce him to the business again, and there would be no damage to anyone.
"Okay, then let's decide, in the spring of next year, I will come to you to buy the foals of 'Dark Clouds Cover Snow'."
Ling Juntan heard what he wanted to know, and he had no interest in buying horses, so he casually agreed to the horse dealers with the same expression on his face, and then turned his head to look not far away, he had already redeemed the scattered silver, carried a silver box with some peeling red lacquer, and walked back to the coachman Lao Wang.
The coachman Lao Wang walked very easily.
It's as if the people who stared at him in surprise and whispered didn't exist at all.
Like most people who practice martial arts, when he walks, his heels hit the ground first, and then he reaches the center of his feet and the soles of his feet.
This person can't help but know martial arts, and he should also be a master.
For the coachman Lao Wang, Ling Junzhong made a conclusion again, but in this way, the worries in his heart were even heavier.
"Sir, madam, the silver has been redeemed, I am afraid that the silver bag will not be strong, and it will fall on the way, so I borrowed a silver box from the man in the money village and told him that when we run out, we will send it back to him."
As he spoke, the coachman put down the box on his shoulder, and the shallow dust on the ground, at the moment when the box fell, was quickly lifted to the side, which shows that the weight of this box cannot look as light as when he carried it on his shoulder, "Hey, you guys, all come here to settle the silver!" My lord and wife still have important things to do, so I don't have time to spend with you! ”
The town is only so big, and the people who make a living in this town can only stick to this acre and three points of land, and they have no choice but to leave.
It is precisely because of this that the merchants who do business in this town only dare to operate diligently and earning their share of the money, and do not dare to give people a short catty or a short two, or shoddy...... In case you smash your own job, you will have no way to survive in the future......
The same is true for horse merchants.
After the coachman Lao Wang settled the silver for the horse merchants, he left them the address of his home and asked them to send the horses directly to his home, and he quickly carried the remaining silver and the box on the inside of the rafters of the carriage, moved the footstool and put it in front of the rafters, took a step forward, grabbed the reins of the two horses, and waited for Ling Jun and Liu Qingxin to get on the car.
Although the skills of the coachman Lao Wang surprised Ling Jun and Liu Qingxin, they still had to go to the place before they could return home.
"Go to the gold family silver shop."
Liu Qingxin took the hand handed over by Ling Jun, carefully climbed into the rafters, and before entering the carriage, he turned his head and instructed the coachman Lao Wang, "Let's go and see Xiaobao's longevity lock, have you made it?" ”
With the hearing that the driver Lao Wang showed just now, the conversation between her and Ling Jun in the car must not be hidden from his ears, but there are some things that are known to be known, and it is a little unsightly to say them clearly.
Ling Jun is right, there are some things that you still have to ask to understand in order to feel at ease.
Liu Qingxin planned that if Ling Jun questioned the coachman Lao Wang, he would come to the conclusion that he only had martial arts skills in his body and did not say anything, not that he had a plot on the side......
The coachman Lao Wang, she still plans to continue to use it, but she has to re-determine what kind of remuneration to pay him for the month.
Listening to the way Liu Qingxin talked to the coachman Wang, Ling Jun understood her plan, but after what he did just now, his impression of the coachman Wang also instinctively improved...... This man is very good at doing things, at least, he knows very well how to be a good coachman, or, a subordinate.
As long as he doesn't have other plans, he will continue to use it, and he should add a plus to his monthly money.
The carriage went all the way, and soon, it arrived at the door of the gold family's silver shop, and saw that a carriage stopped at the door of his shop, and immediately a young man of seven or eight years old, who looked like a primary school apprentice, trotted out to meet him.
"It's unfortunate that the distinguished guest came, my master specially confessed, and he couldn't take over business for nearly half a month."
The elementary school apprentice who came out opened his mouth, and what he said made Ling Jun, who had just jumped out of the carriage and was about to reach out to hug Liu and get off the car, was stunned, but then, what he said next was to make Ling Jun instinctively smile and continue to move, "A month ago, my master just took over a big business, and now, he is busy working day and night, two distinguished guests......"
"What your master is busy building is my son Chang Luo's longevity lock, before, I ordered a few mothers-in-law to come and see, those mothers-in-law went back, and I couldn't tell why, I happened to pass by today, so I came in with my lady to see what happened."
Carefully hugging Liu Qingxin to the ground, Ling Jun turned around and looked at the junior apprentice of the silver shop who was nervous and didn't know how to convince them, "You go and report to your master and tell him that Chang Luo's father and mother are here, and they want to see how far the longevity lock he has built." ”
The apprentice followed the goldsmith all day long to help, and naturally knew that for more than a month, his master was busy with something, at this time, when he heard Ling Jun say that they were Chang Luo's father and mother, and they came to see the degree of silver locks, they immediately became respectful to them, especially to Liu Qingxin, who he had heard from his master's mouth, casually, he could draw exquisite patterns, so that his master had been a silversmith for decades, and he couldn't help but be amazed by the woman.
It's so beautiful, it's like a fairy coming out of a painting.
This was the first impression of the junior apprentice of Liu Qingxin, and after a short period of stagnation, the junior apprentice seemed to suddenly understand something, trotted all the way, and ran to the innermost part of the shop, shouting at the inside as he ran, "Master! Master! You tested me, I figured it out! Figured it out! (To be continued)
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