After the afternoon, the sand is hot, the Gobi Desert is vast, the sky is high and blue, and the autumn is high and cool.

Zhou Jun is worthy of being a man who has lived in Liangzhou all his life, and he is very good at driving camels, and the three camels are very obedient in Zhou Jun's hands.

Zhu Hongyu sat on a female camel, while Jin Yuanjing and Zhou Jun held their daughter on a male camel.

And just like that, the group hit the road.

Since Lu Ming's resignation, Wuwei County has ushered in the "liberation" of the general, up to the county order of Wuwei County, down to the officers and soldiers who defend the city, all taking advantage of this golden opportunity to rest.

As Zhu Hongyu expected, the guard at the gate of Wuwei County was lax, and the officers and soldiers did not want to make trouble at all, so they found Wuwei County very smoothly.

Out of Wuwei County, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and the young Ya'er didn't know what it would mean if she was discovered.

Then, very quickly, the camels galloped much faster than the horse-drawn carts in the desert, and the group walked two miles along the official road to the house of the old woman who sold fried skewers yesterday.

It is a square house, the yard is not very large, but behind the house, it seems that something is planted in the sand.

Vermilion got off the camel and knocked on the door of the house.

The man who came to open the door was an old man who looked about the same age as the old woman.

Maybe it's a family.

Seeing that there was a girl knocking on the door, the old man asked, "Is there anything wrong with the girl?" ”

Zhu Hongyu looked from behind the old man's arm and found that there was a lot of licorice drying in the house, which was very spectacular. It's really a family that sells licorice.

"I saw an old woman in the market yesterday, and she told me that you have licorice in your house."

The old man nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, that's my daughter-in-law." ”

As he spoke, the old man welcomed Zhu Hongyu into the door with a smile from his heart, and at the same time, he also saw the two men behind Zhu Hongyu and became curious about the relationship between them.

The four of them entered the door, Ya'er was tightly pulled in Zhou Jun's hands, and Jin Yuanjing naturally gathered beside Zhu Hongyu.

"What, do you really want to buy it?" Jin Yuanjing looked at Zhu Hongyu puzzled, "You can't say that things are cheap, you can start them." ”

"If you don't buy it, let's take a look, we can use it ourselves. This stuff works. ”

Zhu Hongyu looked at Jin Yuanjing and sighed, is she the kind of person who has the habit of hoarding bargains?

In desperation, Zhu Hongyu walked to the dried licorice on the ground and squatted down.

The color of licorice is very good, because the store is a perennial licorice buyer, and the preparation method of this licorice is very good.

In the words of the line - this herb is authentic.

After Zhu Hongyu casually checked the licorice, she stood up, clapped her hands, and walked in front of Zhou Jun.

"Zhou Jun, I have a question, you have lived in Liangzhou since you were a child, do you know how much this camel can carry?"

Zhou Jun didn't think much about it, and said: "The ability of camel goods is very strong, and it is not a problem to be able to carry a few hundred catties, especially if you buy a male camel, it is even more powerful." ”

Zhu Hongyu nodded, "um", and then walked in front of the old man.

"Old man, how do you sell this licorice?"

Speaking of this question, the old man's expression looked a little unnatural, he knew that licorice couldn't be sold for much now, but this was the hard work of their family.

"Hey...... Usually, when the price of our family's medicinal materials is good, it can be sold for 20 wen a catty, but now it ...... If you can come and buy and sell, you should know the price. ”

Zhu Hongyu didn't know the specific price, but the price of twenty wen a pound was indeed too high.

"I know this price and this year's market, but I don't think about this year's income, but next year's income the year after, so I can't let you suffer this year."

Zhu Hongyu said so, the old man was beating a drum in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of calculation Zhu Hongyu was playing in his heart.

"I have all this licorice, including the licorice you are drying now, plus the licorice that you haven't dug out of the field yet. But we can't get that much now, I can give you all the money, and you can give me a note. ”

After saying this, Zhu Hongyu's eyes showed a treacherous look.

The old man looked at Zhu Hongyu's dress, although he looked like a young lady from a big family, but who could eat all the licorice in their family? Besides, what does this girl want so much licorice for? Where are so many people sick?

"Girl...... You see...... I'm not too young, is that true? ”

Zhu Hongyu nodded, of course what she said was true.

"But at this price, I'm going to talk to you, and I'll pay the purchase price."

Bawen?

The old man raised his eyebrows when he heard this price.

This year's licorice market is very bad, even if it is the best quality licorice, the price can't be sold for five cents, this girl pays eight cents a catty, or the purchase price, he simply made a profit. But if it is a good year, this price is a bit cheap compared to the price of other people's homes.

The old man was hesitating, but Zhu Hongyu laughed.

"Old man, I'm not lying to you about this price, everyone knows that Longdi licorice is of the best quality, but if it comes from the Western Regions or Qinghai, the price of this licorice is only half of the price of Longshang licorice. I'm a businessman, and I'm willing to use licorice in the Western Regions or Qinghai licorice on weekdays. But if you can agree to my price, you will definitely make money this year, even next year, and the harvest of the year after next will be guaranteed. I'll give you this price no matter what the market price is, you can't hold on to death but you can't go hungry. How is it? ”

The old man nodded again and again, admitting that what Zhu Hongyu said was very reasonable.

In fact, even if it can be sold at a good price when it is a good year, what if it is a few years, there will always be a year when licorice cannot be sold at a low price, so on average, it is better to do business with this girl now.

The girl is still knowledgeable and knows that the licorice on Longshang is of the best quality, at least such a person buys licorice, and will not let such a good quality licorice be ruined.

"Girl, I thought about it, and the price you gave was also very suitable, so I won't bargain with you. I would even like to thank you for offering me such a price at such a time this year. Let's not chat in this courtyard anymore, let's go to the guest hall and sit down and drink some tea, right? ”

Zhu Hongyu nodded, and led the other three people into the guest hall together.

Most of the buildings in the northwest are flat-roofed, and the pouring roofs are as flat as possible.

Because the northwest is hot at noon and cold at night, such a house is built in such a way to retain the heat to the greatest extent.

In particular, the roof is flowing inward, not outward, and is also for water storage.

Zhu Hongyu raised her head to look at the characteristics of the northwest building, and then finally walked to the guest hall with the owner of this family, sat down, and talked to the old man about business.

The old man looked at Zhu Hongyu, looking at Zhu Hongyu from top to bottom, like looking at Zhu Hongyu like a byte daughter-in-law.

After a long time, I smiled again.

Soon, the maid in the guest hall poured water for the guests, and Zhu Hongyu found out that this family is also a high-gate compound and can afford to raise maids.

But the old woman and her son can only sell fried skewers in Wuwei County, maybe the servants and the old man of this family are responsible for digging licorice and concocting licorice.

Hey, it's hard.

"Boss, I think you're very interesting here, why do you let your wife and son go to Wuwei County to set up a stall together?"

The old man laughed and said: "In fact, with our family's family business, of course, we can also let two people eat and wear without worry, but my daughter-in-law doesn't know where she learned this craft, so she has to say that she is self-reliant, especially to set an example for her son, I have no choice but to agree." It just so happens that they make a lot of money, and this year it just so happens that licorice can't be sold at a price, so it's a good year. ”

Zhu Hongyu thought to herself, she is really a woman with vision.

After the average woman gets married, she is willing to go out of the door, and if her husband's family has some money, even if she is nervous, she is willing to eat less and use less.

But this lady is quite a bit of a woman.

Moreover, the folk customs of the Western Regions are indeed open, and married women can still go out to sell fried skewers, and it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

Let's hope it all lasts.

"It's good, it's good. So let's talk about the specifics of the business? Zhu Hongyu raised her eyes and looked at the old man with a smile.

The old man nodded again and again, which was also what he meant.

"Girl, the licorice dried in my yard weighs thousands of pounds. There are tens of thousands of catties in the field, and you have to give me hundreds of taels of silver, can you afford to eat this price? ”

Zhu Hongyu nodded, of course the price can be eaten, it is only a hundred taels.

"I'll give you a hundred taels of silver as a deposit, and then I'll give you more money, and I'll have someone come and get it within three months, how about it?"

When the old man heard it, this was naturally possible.

"And how many are you going to take out of the customs? I'll prepare it for you tonight. ”

"I'm going to take five hundred catties of licorice out of the customs, and you can give me the title and put it away."

After speaking, Zhu Hongyu took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from her purse and put it in front of the old man, with a smile on her face.

The old man took the silver ticket, looked left and right, and only relieved himself after making sure that it was a real silver ticket.

"You're from Ganzhou?" The old man looked at Zhu Hongyu with a confused look in his eyes.

Zhu Hongyu nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, I came from Ganzhou, how do you know." ”

The old man unfolded the silver ticket in front of Zhu Hongyu, and then pointed out the five words "Ganzhou Mint", and Zhu Hongyu saw that the original silver ticket of this era would write the name of the ticket number.

It can be regarded as a very advanced management method.

"When I was in Ganzhou, I was selling medicinal materials, and most of the medicinal materials sold from Ganzhou at that time were related to women's rouge gouache or diseases at that time. After that, he stopped doing business. ”

Zhu Hongyu did not hide her past, which attracted praise from the old man again and again.

"I heard that most of the women after entering the customs are raised in the deep boudoir, where is there a woman like you."

That's right, what this old man said is not wrong, the women of the Central Plains are indeed strict in etiquette.

Her Ganzhou is quite good, but it is especially worse if it is the Bianjing generation.

"My parents are dead, and I can't do anything. Otherwise, I would like to be raised. ”