Chapter 13: Generals?
The first teahouse in Beijing, thirteen incense.
Behind the overcrowded lobby, in a small, well-furnished room, there were three people at the moment.
Standing and sitting, both of them stared at the contents of a small tin box in front of them with serious faces.
Opposite them sat an ugly woman with a black birthmark on her face, who sat in a very casual posture but with a majesty that could not be ignored.
It was Shangguan Li.
The seated old man spoke cautiously.
"Can I try it?"
Shangguan Li's head bowed: "The owner, please." ”
The old man nodded a little nervously, and then reached out and poured out the contents of the small tin box.
Then I twisted it with my thumb and forefinger, first put it under my nose and smelled it, then took a little crumb and put it in my mouth and chewed it carefully.
After a long time, he opened his eyes suddenly, and his cloudy eyes burst with a fine light.
The young man who had been paying attention to the old man's condition on the side hurriedly asked.
"Is it Tianxiang?"
The old man nodded busily.
"Yes, it's Tianxiang! It is still the best quality, the old man has been making tea and eating tea for many years, and it is the first time to taste such a high-quality tea! ”
Shangguan Li smiled slightly.
"Is the owner still satisfied?"
The old man looked a little excited, but the young man who was still standing answered her question.
"Tianxiang, we are naturally satisfied, I don't know how the girl wants to make a deal with us?"
The slender fingers lightly clasped on the low rosewood table, and Shangguan Li said slowly.
"I want the price to be thirty percent higher than the market price, and in return, I will provide you with five taels of this tea every month."
The young man's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked tentatively.
"I wonder if the girl still cooperates with other people?"
Shangguan Li secretly rolled his eyes, this kind of thing has a price here, and whoever can get it will definitely make a lot of money, but this person seems to want to monopolize.
It seems that as long as you are a businessman, no matter ancient or modern, you can get ten points and never give up half a point.
But this is also in line with Shangguan Li's mind, after all, she doesn't know the market in the capital, and if she is too involved, there may be unexpected troubles.
"I promise, this tea is only available for thirteen spices."
The young man breathed a sigh of relief, in this case, the girl would open her mouth to raise the price by thirty percent, and it didn't look so difficult to accept.
"Then we'll talk about it in more detail later......"
"Wait." Shangguan Li interrupted him.
"You can decide the specifics, and I'll just deliver the goods and get the money."
As she spoke, she stood up, the sky outside the window had turned cloudy at some point, and with her sensitivity to the weather, she knew that it was about to rain.
The old man, who had been addicted to tea before, finally came back to his senses, and when he saw that Shangguan Li was in a hurry to leave, he asked casually.
"Is there anything urgent about the girl, if there is a need, Thirteen Incense can ......"
Shangguan Li waved his hand.
"I'm going back to cooking for my son. I'll deliver the tea tomorrow, and I'll talk about it when there's something to do. ”
After speaking, without waiting for any reaction from the two people in the room, he left the room with one step.
It's incredibly fast.
In the blink of an eye, the girl disappeared silently.
The old man was a little stunned: "This girl actually already has a child, alas, it's a pity." ”
If this girl is not married, he can pick a few to stammer, so as to further contact the people behind her, and then the stability of Tianxiang's supply will be greatly improved.
Of course, he would not think that such a precious tea was something that she could have.
"But this girl is so good-looking, and she can still find marriage, she must be really outstanding."
The old man touched his white sheep's beard and sighed.
The young man didn't speak again from beginning to end, he just looked at Shangguan Li's back as he left, and showed an interested smile.
After coming out of the thirteen incense, Shangguan Li did not rush back to the quiet hall, but went around to the blacksmith shop.
The things she ordered last time should be fine.
Sure enough, as soon as she appeared at the door of the blacksmith shop, the man immediately recognized her.
One is because of Shangguan Li's impressive face, and the other is because this is a big customer that their small shop has never met in a hundred years!
The man didn't talk much nonsense, he lifted a big bag directly from his feet, and said with a simple smile.
"You've got everything in there."
Shangguan Li opened the bag and saw that the hidden weapon silver needle flying claw ...... The whole nine yards.
It was done a lot better than she expected.
"Guest, don't you know, these strange things are personally typed by an old man in our shop, and he hasn't been out of the mountain for many years."
"Oh? That's a good idea! ”
After Shangguan Li confirmed that there was no problem, he took out the money bag from his arms and gave it to the iron-striking man with the money and the bag.
"I'll come back later."
The bags were filled with neat gold.
The man only glanced at it, and he didn't look at it carefully, he accepted it directly, and said with a bold smile.
"Haha, girl, come now, my boss is always welcome!"
Shangguan Li nodded casually, picked up the big bag of iron with one hand and turned to leave.
When she reached the end of the street and was almost out of sight, Lao Gao suddenly reacted.
Is this girl's strength a little too great?
The whole bag of iron was fine iron, two or three times heavier than ordinary iron, and even a person like him, who had been striking iron all year round, had to use his hands to lift it.
The weather is getting gloomy and the air is full of moisture, and a heavy rain can fall at any moment.
Shangguan Li walked and found that something was wrong.
On weekdays, when encountering this kind of weather, most of the people in the capital are huddled at home.
After all, the rain in late autumn is cool to the bone marrow, and if you are not careful, the wind will chill into the body.
But today, for some reason, people poured out of the door, standing on the side of the road with umbrellas one by one, and even the restaurants and inns on the side of the road were crowded with people.
It's the first time I've seen this kind of battle, so I casually pulled a passer-by and asked.
"Is this some kind of activity?"
Passers-by were taken aback by Shangguan Li's face, but upholding the noble quality of the people of the imperial capital of the Celestial Empire, he still answered Shangguan Li's question.
"Out-of-towners, huh? Today is the day when General Shenwu returns to the dynasty! ”
General Shenmu......
Shangguan Li searched his memory and remembered who this person was.
Shenwu General Xuanyuan Night was an accident in the court controlled by the gate lord family.
I heard that his background is unknown, but he is very amazing, and as soon as he was born, he solved the hundred-year-old hidden dangers on the northwest border for the Great Zhou, and expanded the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty for dozens of miles.
He has won many battles on the battlefield, and he is also very good-looking, and he treats people gently and politely.
is a perfect man, and he is also the spring boudoir dream of thousands of girls in the capital.
The original body actually never saw this person seriously, and it was just hearsay.
Just as Shangguan Li was checking his own memories, a long and desolate horn sound came from outside the city gate.
Regulus is back.