Lin Quan also felt that his heart hurt so much, and his purse hurt even more, so Lin An pulled him away and said to Lin Qingwan: "Aunt and grandma, don't worry, we will do it for you." ”

He pulled Lin Quan away, lowered his voice and said: "Are you stupid, reluctant to let the children trap the wolf, don't you see the things they brought, there are several horses among them, and two teams seem to be from relatively large tribes, have a good relationship with them, what do you want to buy in the future?" ”

"My aunt and grandmother are all small traders and vendors, and at most they sell some steamed buns and baked cakes, but how much can they eat with their bellies open?" Lin An hated iron and said: "Just a little money, there will be a chance to earn it back in the future, are you stupid." ”

Lin Quan and Lin An could only face the Khitan people who were arguing non-stop, they had been in Youzhou for so long, and they had learned a few words of Khitan language, not to mention these Liao people, they couldn't understand Lin Quan and Lin An's Chinese with a Suzhou accent at all.

The people on both sides compared for a while, and the other party barely knew that Lin Quan and Lin An had no malicious intentions, so they asked in Khitan language: "Do you have food?" Tea is fine, we are willing to exchange cattle and sheep with you, otherwise gold can also be used. ”

Lin An said: "Wait a little longer, the vendors invited by our county lord will come, and you can eat whatever you want at that time, which can be regarded as an apology for our poor hospitality." ”

Liaoren: "Where are your goods and are they expensive?" ”

Lin An: "Don't worry, the accounts are all settled by us, so you don't have to worry about expenses." ”

Wu Shilang couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and said to Lin Qingwan: "It seems that we still have to put some translators in the mutual market." ”

Although Lin Qingwan couldn't understand what the Khitan people said, she could see that Lin An couldn't understand it either.

She couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Okay, you can arrange this matter." ”

Wu Shilang got out of the car and went to communicate with those Liao people, and by the way, appeased them.

Wu Shilang is a Khitan speaker, in addition to him, Yi Han and Jiang Qian and others also understand it.

Wu Shilang didn't say it, the intelligence work he was responsible for knew a lot of languages, and he even knew several languages in the Western Regions, while Yi Han and others had specialized in Khitan language.

This was taught by Lin Zhi when he adopted them, and this tradition has been left over in the escort team, so now the children who are doing escort training in the other courtyard are also learning.

Lin Jiang naturally will, even Sister Wan understands something, but Lin Qingwan doesn't understand it at all.

Fortunately, every time I saw Wen Dihan, the other party used Chinese, and Yi Han and the others never suspected that she didn't understand.

Lin Qingwan didn't go over, but took Yi Han and the others around the mutual market, took the map and compared the planned area, and checked and filled in the gaps.

When she came back from a circle, the guards brought in a number of small vendors, their carts or burdens were all the tools they had brought, and because they were in a hurry, they still had a lot of food in their burdens.

Especially the one who sold steamed buns, he pushed a trolley, on which was flour and various tools for making steamed buns, and the burden carried by the two sons was a cage of steaming steamed buns, and the fragrance emitted attracted those Liao people to look this way.

I swallowed my saliva involuntarily, but I didn't know what these people were going to do, so the Liao people didn't dare to step forward for a while.

The small traders who were called found a place, lined up one by one, took out the guys who were eating and set them up, and then looked at those Liao people in a posture.

Lin An and Lin Quan had already come back to their senses, and dragged a guard from Lin Qingwan's side to help translate, and Wu Shilang also said: "Today, the merchants from our Liang country are having a meeting, so we are late, and it is my fault to let the guests wait for a long time, because considering that everyone came early in the morning, I was afraid that there would be no lunch, so the county lord called these people to cook for everyone." ”

He said apologetically: "Due to the urgency of time, I can only invite everyone to eat these small things, which are a little shabby, and please don't mind." ”

Everyone shook their heads again and again, looked at the big white steamed bun and swallowed their saliva and said, "We don't mind, we don't mind at all." ”

The disaster has lasted for nearly two years, and the lives of all the tribes are not easy, even the status of the people who came is not low, and they have not eaten such pure white flour steamed buns for a long time.

So when they heard that this was all invited by the county lord of Daliang, they all looked at Lin Qingwan in the distance gratefully, put their hands on their hearts and bowed slightly.

Lin Qingwan saw it, smiled slightly, and responded with a bow.

A Liao man asked, "Why didn't the county lord come, did he dislike us for being rude?" ”

Wu Shilang pointed to Lin An and Lin Quandao: "The county lord still has important things to do, these two are the right and left hands of the county lord, and they specially sent them over to entertain you." ”

The guard also smiled and said: "Please forgive me, our county mainly plans to intermarket, so I don't have time to come over to see you for a while, but Wu Shilang is a big official of the imperial court, you can not only ask us if you have any questions, but also ask Wu Shilang." ”

Only then did the Liao people suddenly realize that Lin Quan and Lin An had come to invite them to dinner just now, and they expressed their gratitude.

Lin Quan and Lin An took them over, put a sum of money on each vendor, and said, "You can deduct as many things as they take, and I will add if they are not enough." ”

The vendors bowed down and worked hard to make food for these Liao people.

A month ago, they were also Liao, but now they are Liang.

There were Khitans and Han Chinese among the traders who came, and no matter which country was defeated this time, they were very satisfied with the current peace and stability, so they were all grateful to Lord Lin for making this happen.

Lin Qingwan's guards shouted on the street, and most of them were willing to take the stalls, while others were unwilling to take risks and remained in the city.

In that place outside the city, the birds don't poop, so who does they pull out the food to eat?

These Liao people haven't eaten a full meal for a long time, and seeing that there are so many delicious foods at this time, the atmosphere is even better, so they simply let people squeeze goat's milk and come to Wu Shilang and Lin Quan to drink together.

They took out the blankets they had brought and spread them on the ground, and invited everyone to sit down with them, and with food and goat's milk, they could have a feast.

The Liao people said very regretfully: "It's a pity that there is no tea, otherwise put a small pinch in the goat's milk, and the milk will be more delicious." ”

Wu Shilang looked in the direction of the city gate and said with a smile: "The tea is here." ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and then they saw that many mule carts were coming here, and Chen Merchants had brought their goods.

Lin Qingwan handed over the revised drawings to Yi Han to put away, and as soon as she turned around, she saw them coming, and said with a slight smile: "It seems that the deal is going to be made, let General Su send some soldiers to maintain order." ”

"Yes."

Chen Keshang and the others came up, and first greeted Lin Qingwan and Wu Shilang, and then apologized to the Liao people: "We are in the parliament this morning, so we are late, please forgive me." ”

There was a translator he invited to help translate, and the Liao people were full of food and drink, and there was less resentment in their hearts.

Lin Qingwan stood in the middle of the two sides and said: "I hope that in the future, everyone can treat each other sincerely and push together." ”

After that, he nodded slightly to Wu Shilang and said: "Arrange for them to set up stalls to trade, although bartering is possible in the mutual market, but I still hope that everyone can use more gold and silver transactions, so that the value of goods can be measured more accurately." ”

However, everyone is just listening, and they are not going to listen.

For the Liang merchants, bartering was cheaper and more convenient, while for the Liao people, the gold and silver they brought were limited, and the trade with gold and silver was not only complicated, but they also had to sell the goods first, so it was better to barter directly.

So after saluting Lin Qingwan, they ran back and put out the things they brought.

Lin Qingwan nodded slightly to Lin Quan and Lin An, and said, "We are not in a hurry today, you guys get the relationship done first, this transaction goes well, they will definitely come again." ”

Lin Quan and Lin An responded, and they didn't call the guards anymore, and went to find the friends they had just made.

They don't understand Khitan, but they have a tacit understanding when they ate and drank milk together just now, and now they can barely communicate even without relying on translation.

They went to take their newfound friends to shop for the goods brought by the Liang merchants.

A Khitan young man gestured and asked Lin An, "Don't you have any goods?" ”

"Yes, but most of our commodities are in Dingzhou, I know you are in a hurry to buy food, why do you ask you to wait for us?" Lin An said: "I know several grain merchants, I know that they have brought grain, let me take you over, let him give you cheaper." ”

The Khitan youth was moved, "Thank you Lin An, you are really my good brother." ”

Lin Quan was also walking out with the two brothers, "You have to buy a lot of things, if the price can't be cut, you can ask him to give you some things to make a raise, such as tea and the like, even if it is only a small packet, it will be enough for you to make a lot of milk tea." ”

The bearded Khitan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, my mother-in-law told me the same thing, but I don't know how to speak." ”

"Don't be afraid, I'll help you carry it when the time comes." Lin Quan patted his chest in response.

The bearded Khitan looked grateful.

After a day's work, the two sides traded a lot of things, and Lin An and Lin Quan were completely recognized by this group of Liao people, and they sincerely invited Lin An and Lin Quan to participate in their evening carnival.

Of course, they also invited Lin Qingwan and Wu Shilang by the way.

However, both of them politely refused, except for a general on the Liao side today, no one appeared, obviously the weight of this group of Liao people who came was not very good, so it was not worth Lin Qingwan and Wu Shilang to come forward in person.

The Liao people didn't care, they took the newly bought grain to cook, killed two sheep, and then lit a fire here in the mutual market at night and carnivaled, and many Liang merchants were also invited to stay.

Of course, they also provided a lot of things, this can be regarded as a way to contact feelings, one night passed, Lin An and Lin Quan had already roughly explored the strength of the other tribes, this time they were just here to test the waters, so there were not many things to bring.

Now that there are so many good things in the market, they have decided to send someone back to get more goods to exchange.

As for Lin Anti's desire to change horses, the other party said that there was no problem, not only could they exchange the horses for them, but they could also persuade people from other tribes to exchange horses for Lin An as well, as long as the price they gave was fair.