It's been more than half a month since he arrived in Ren County, and Xu Qing hasn't gone shopping yet, so he got his wish today.

There are a lot of things for women, rouge and gouache, fine flower satin, gold and silver jewelry, and you can also make appointments with acquaintances in your spare time.

For several years, Xu Qing has not seen this comfortable lifestyle for a long time. However, she didn't go into the gold, silver, jewelry, and gouache shops. And Zhao Lanlan timidly looked at the dazzling real thing, full of excitement, but she couldn't let go yet, so she could only follow Xu Qing closely.

"Auntie, where are we going?" asked Zhao Lanlan.

"Go buy cloth and make clothes for you!"

"To us?"

"Yes, there are children!"

Xiao Yueyue, Goudan, and the six children adopted by Zhao Village, as well as Zhao Lanlan, are all juniors. Xu Qing proposed, and Zhang Weidong agreed. A small amount of money is counted as a benefit, and men are exempt. In other words, since Xu Qing married into the Zhang family, he really hasn't bought jewelry or clothes. Even Zhang Weidong asked her to dispose of her money and spend it casually, but she was reluctant.

"Auntie, I'm not a child anymore!" Zhao Lanlan said reluctantly.

At the beginning, she was malnourished and very small, but after a few months of health preservation, Zhao Lanlan's size began to jump.

Xu Qing touched her head with a smile and said, "Of course you are not a child, but you are also a junior, this time, in addition to the juniors, me, your mother, and Aunt Zhao have all of them!"

was afraid that the Zhao family and Aunt Zhao would not accept it, so when they went shopping, Xu Qing only brought Zhao Lanlan as a companion.

There is a tailor shop 'Dacheng Garment Shop' on East Street, and the proprietor's name is Liu Dacheng. It can be made into clothes, and it also sells linen, linen, cotton, and flower cloth. There is also a small amount of floral satin. The customers are mainly civilians, mainly cotton and linen. Although the price is not high. But the business is not bad, with small profits but quick turnover. It attracted a lot of customers.

Rolls of cloth are stacked on a long wooden platform, and some customers are carefully selecting and haggling for money. These people were women, dressed in ordinary clothes, and were not rich families. The guys here are also women, only one man has a beard, that is the shopkeeper and the proprietor Liu Dacheng, but he is mostly not involved. Collect money behind the counter to settle accounts, after all, there is a difference between men and women. Usually it is the male guest who comes, and he receives it in person.

After Xu Qing and the others entered the door, Shopkeeper Liu's eyes lit up.

It can be seen that Xu Qing's dress is average, dressed plainly, but his temperament is not bad, and he is born beautiful.

"Guests come to choose cloth, we have everything. The price is also affordable-" Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly walked out of the counter and introduced enthusiastically. "The contemptible man is the shopkeeper of the clothing store, surnamed Liu. ”

Xu Qing said lightly: "Shopkeeper Liu, do you have silk?"

"Silk? Yes, yes, I don't know which house the lady is from?" When Shopkeeper Liu heard that someone wanted to buy silk, he immediately became a little respectful. Be careful to find out where it comes from.

You know, in the county. There are very few people who come to the 'big ready-to-wear shop' to choose silk and satin materials, and they generally go to the three more prosperous streets in the north, south and west to buy them. There are also many choices.

"We belong to Yonghetang—" Zhao Lanlan said crisply.

"Oh, it turned out to be Yonghetang, disrespectful and disrespectful—"

In that moment, Xu Qing felt that Shopkeeper Liu's smile was a little fake, and the so-called 'disrespect' seemed to be really disrespectful. However, as a businessman, Shopkeeper Liu will never take the initiative to push guests out of the door.

"Yonghetang, it's that black-hearted medicine hall, and it's not very well dressed!"

"That's it, I thought I made a fortune this time, the silk and satin I wore and the delicacies I ate from the mountains and seas turned out to be as 'shabby' as ours-"

“――”

Without the hypocritical enthusiasm of Shopkeeper Liu, the women on the side ridiculed and said something very unpleasant. Xu Qing frowned, very angry.

"You talk nonsense!" Zhao Lanlan shouted as she pointed at them.

"Lan Lan, let's go, change to another place-" Xu Qing really wanted to go over and slap those women, she had the ability, but she wouldn't do it, because it wasn't necessary.

Shopkeeper Liu was dumbfounded, and hurriedly retained: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding-"

However, Xu Qing was in no mood to stay and simply left. This made Shopkeeper Liu depressed, hating those long-tongued women to death, but he was helpless. If the backlog of satin material can be sold, it will make more money than selling a dozen cotton and linen materials.

Xu Qing and Zhao Lanlan were angry, and Xu Qing seemed to understand that it was all the fault of the 'sky-high diagnosis fee'. 'Yonghetang' is high-end, serving the rich, and is naturally not popular with ordinary people. However, this is not pleasant.

So, they went to South Street, which was much more prosperous and cleaner than East Street, and soon found a cloth village with a big red lantern.

Here, she simply didn't show the signboard of 'Yonghetang', and directly bought a few pieces of cotton, a few pieces of satin and other things, and asked the guy to help deliver them to the door. As soon as the shopkeeper heard 'Yonghetang', he became much more enthusiastic. Because most of the business objects here are middle- and upper-class people, they will not be unable to get along with money.

Zhao Lanlan was finally happy: "Auntie, I will come here in the future, I won't go to the one on East Street, the dog looks down on people!"

Xu Qing's anger has disappeared a lot, and he also feels that it should be like this, Wan'er: "Okay!"

'Yonghetang' still had no business in the morning, so Zhang Weidong simply closed the door and went back to the yard.

Zhao Falcon and Zhao Hound practiced martial arts diligently in a corner of the courtyard, as long as they were free, they would open piles and practice boxing, and Zhang Weidong occasionally gave a point.

Not long after, Xu Qing and Zhao Lanlan came back, the door was a wheelbarrow of cloth, and the guy was rewarded with more than a dozen copper coins as a tip, and everyone moved the things back.

Zhao Lanlan couldn't help but tell what happened to the two, and everyone was very indignant.

Zhang Weidong said with a smile: "This is expected, and I will get used to it after a long time." ”

After a moment of small talk, the crowd dispersed.

Only Zhang Weidong and Xu Qing remained.

Xu Qing couldn't help but glance at him and said, "Brother Zhang, aren't you angry?"

"Why are you angry? After doing something, you are not allowed to say a few words?" Zhang Weidong didn't care. "By the way, why didn't you buy some jewelry you like? Our family is not short of that little money, you can spend it as much as you want!"

Xu Qing's neck, ears, and wrists were empty, and there was no jewelry or accessories. But. Women definitely love these.

Xu Qing smiled charmingly when he heard this. But his heart was sweet, and he said, "I'm used to it." What's more, it is still a burden for those who learn martial arts to carry it!"

"Okay, in fact, the worldly gold, silver and jewelry are not worthy of you in my eyes, and I will give you a set of unparalleled ones in the world when I go back!" Zhang Weidong took her jade hand and said with a straight face.

"Brother Zhang, it's enough for you to have this intention, there's no need to waste it. Xu Qing said softly with a soft look in his eyes.

The two were talking in a low voice, Lang Qing concubine, Zhao Gongjian and Zhao Erbao and Zhao Tiedan, who were excluded from purchasing ingredients, came back together. Zhangfu's vegetables and meat are purchased every day. needs the freshest, which is in charge of Zhao Erbao and Zhao Tiedan, and the procurement time is in the morning. Zhao Gongjian still cleaned Yonghetang early in the morning, sprinkled water, and went out for a stroll, familiar with the county, and inquired about some news, especially for merchants.

The faces of the three were wrong. Seems to be angry.

"What's wrong? Not happy?" asked Zhang Weidong with a smile.

Zhao Gongjian said: "Master, there are some unfavorable words on the street today that are unfavorable to 'Yonghetang', saying that 'Yonghetang' has an elixir prescription, and it can be brought back to life if used. He also said that such a prescription would be very useful to the people and the officials guarding the border, and that 'Yonghetang' should give the prescription!"

Zhao Erbao added: "It seems that many people are spreading it, and they believe it. It is said that 'Yonghetang' has this prescription. Only then did he save thousands of soldiers, but no one died. But there are many wounded soldiers in the Seven Great Medicine Halls who have not been saved, just because they don't have this elixir prescription-"

"It's too much!" Zhao Tiedan said angrily.

Zhang Weidong frowned. said, "You are not in the same place, and you have all heard this rumor?"

"Yes, I was at the gate of Nancheng, and when I heard this, I hurried to find Erbao and Tiedan, but they also heard these rumors in the vegetable market, so we hurried back. Zhao Gongjian said.

Zhao Erbao and Zhao Tiedan nodded in agreement.

"Master, what should I do about this?" Zhao Gongjian asked.

Zhang Weidong said: "It is estimated that someone is red-eyed." ”

What kind of elixir prescription, 'Yonghetang' naturally does not have it, but there is a prescription with miraculous curative effect, and Zhang Weidong is constantly combining and compatible. Moreover, eighty percent of the people revealed the 'money' of the prescription, and of course some people were red-eyed.

The price of a dose of 'Yonghetang' is more than ten times or dozens of times that of other people's similar medicines. However, many of the wounded soldiers accepted by Yonghetang are seriously wounded, and if they don't do well, they will be crippled and die, which can be understood with expensive medicine. However, the rumor-mongers will not see this, or deliberately ignore it, only see the high price, and the profit.

And who cares so much about the odd side?

The Seven Great Pharmacy, the Hu Cavalry Camp, the County Office, the two major gangs, etc., seem to be suspicious!

Now that the wounded soldiers are gone, the 'Yonghetang' has lost its protection.

"Brother Zhang, what do you say, who is it?" Zhao Erbao said.

Zhang Weidong shook his head and said, "I can't be sure who it is." ”

"You can do whatever you should do, but you must be careful in your heart to keep up with all changes. For Ren County, we are newcomers and passers-by, so it's best to have less trouble, and if something comes to the door, then you don't have to endure it!"

The three of them nodded and wrote down, Zhao Erbao and Zhao Tiedan were busy, unloading the vegetables and meat on the carriage and giving an account to Xu Qing.

"Bow and arrow, what news is there about the merchants?" Zhang Weidong changed the subject.

He was concerned about the customs clearance time of the merchants, mainly the issue of medicinal materials. The medicinal materials needed for 'Yonghetang' are secondary, and some precious medicinal materials used to refine medicine are the main ones. It is important to improve the strength of the people around you as much as possible.

Zhao Gongjian hurriedly said: "Master, there is really news." ”

"Oh?"

"The customs clearance of the business is once every half a month, and the last customs clearance was ten days ago, and it happened that the master was busy during that time, so I missed it. The next customs clearance is five days later, and the merchant can stay in Ren County for up to three days to replenish and sharpen, and these three days can be traded, fur, medicinal materials, grain, porcelain, tea, salt, etc., except for forbidden materials such as war horses and weapons, the rest are available. ”

"However, there are many merchants in the north, and there are very few in the south. If you want to find good medicinal herbs, you have to go to the north gate. ”

Qingguo is in the north, Qi is in the south, the climate is warmer, the rain is relatively more, and the output of many medicinal materials is higher, so it is sold to the north, the price is also much higher, and the profit is very large.

Zhang Weidong nodded and said, "That's good, you and I will go then!"

"Yes, sir!"

Late at night, there was silence on the streets of Renxian County, except for the watch.

More than twenty people poured out of the alley on the side of Yonghetang, dressed in black and pants, still masked, and each with a bright sword in his hand.

"Big brother, everyone is together, the goals are all there, sleep!"

"Okay, everyone, be quiet when you climb over the wall, no matter how big or small, don't leave a single one, and then set a fire, give me some profit!" The big brother's suppressed voice was full of hatred and cruelty.

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )

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