Chapter 058: Zhen Yi's Surprise
Driving the carriage, Liu An returned to the Zhen family's house again, and this time the little guy at the door didn't wait for Liu An to speak, so he took Liu An directly to the side door.
There was a threshold at the main entrance, and the carriage couldn't pass, so the little guy took Liu An to the side door to enter.
There were already servants waiting here at the side door, and when the servants saw Liu An, they led Liu An's carriage to the backyard to see Zhen Yi.
After Liu An and Zhen Yi greeted each other, they took the lead and said: "Brother, my brother's carriage is insufficient, but he can't take 20 pigs, and he also feels that it is inappropriate to bring such filthy things to such a beautiful courtyard as my brother, so I put them all in the distance, and I ask my brother to send someone to pick them up with my nephew." ”
Zhen Yi agreed, arranged for someone to go to Liu An's yard with Liu Bei to pick up pigs, and found someone to unload all the things in Liu An's car, and checked them one by one.
When Zhen Yi finished counting the sauce, he found that the contents of a jar were not sauces, but some exquisite round objects, so he asked Liu An: "Brother Xian, what is this?" ”
Liu An picked up a piece of candy, unpacked it and put it in his mouth, the familiar sweetness flowed into his mouth, and then opened a bag and handed it to Zhen Yi for him to taste.
Zhen Yihu suspiciously took the candy and put it in his mouth.
The initial feeling was not obvious, but after the tip of the tongue touched, Zhen Yi's face gradually became suspicious.
"There is such a sweet thing in the world!"
After this, Zhen Yi became more curious about what Liu An brought, and after taking Liu An to introduce the paper, instant noodles, milk tea, and luncheon meat to Zhen Yi, Zhen Yi was already shocked and a little suspicious of life.
Thinking that he is a giant businessman in the world, he is now twenty-six years old, and he has never seen anything rare, but he has never been shocked many times in a day like today.
The paper silk is smooth, soft and delicate, although it cannot be written, but if it is used to go to the toilet according to Liu An, it must be extremely comfortable.
Instant noodles are even more magical, no need to steam, just boiling water to brew, you can eat, very convenient, and I heard Liu An say that the taste of things is also good, Zhen Yi was a little looking forward to its taste after hearing it.
Liu An rejected Zhen Yi's proposal to buy a pack and taste it immediately on the grounds that it was open and brewed on the spot during the auction, and on the grounds that its fragrance was tempting to bid, the same is true for milk tea.
Luncheon meat, on the other hand, can be stored for three years without opening the package, which breaks Zhen Yi's cognition.
However, like instant noodle milk tea, Liu An suggested that Zhen Yi open another one in person at the auction.
Liu An only has these at present, and now he will have one less copy when he opens one.
Of course, there are more than ten or twenty copies of instant noodles and so on, and it is impossible to auction them one by one during the auction, so Liu An suggested that Zhen Yi decide how many copies to auction at a time.
Zhen Yi looked at the item in the square bag again, at first Zhen Yi thought that this fine and beautiful granular object was the same decoration as the glass porcelain bottle, but under Liu An's signal, Zhen Yi put it in his mouth to taste, only to realize that this thing was actually salt!
This salt is completely different from the salt in Zhen Yi's impression, not only white and exquisite, but also almost no bitter taste in the mouth, unlike the salt that is usually eaten in large chunks, with a dull luster, and debris in between, and it tastes bitter and astringent when eaten.
Zhen Yi can almost imagine that once this salt is known by those big families, this bag of salt will only be sold short in an instant, and most of it will be bought by a family.
It's just that the imperial court stipulates that it is not allowed to sell salt privately, and this salt must not be sold at auction.
Liu An saw that Zhen Yi had recovered from the shock, so he whispered to Zhen Yi.
Roughly speaking, he was asked to divide it into multiple shares and secretly sell them to the family.
Zhen Yi shook his head and refused: "This move is inappropriate." The virtuous brother knew that the sale of illicit salt was forbidden by the imperial court, and he should also know it...... Knowing the law and breaking the law is a taboo in business, and if you are not careful, you will implicate the whole family, resulting in a century-old business that will be ruined. This salt is so exquisite, once it is present, it will attract the attention of all directions, and it will ...... I'm afraid that my Zhen family is in danger! ”
"This ......" Liu An didn't expect it to be so serious, and hurriedly apologized: "It's my brother's thoughtfulness, and I almost trapped my brother in the ...... of the catastrophe."
"It's okay, fortunately, this matter has not caused a major disaster, you and my brothers should discuss how to deal with these exquisite salts." Zhen Yi waved his hand, looking at the refined salt in front of him, he was indeed a little distressed.
Liu An couldn't think of how to deal with it for a while, and the two looked at each other and were silent for a long time.
After a while, Zhen Yi sighed and said: "The salt of the imperial court is very strictly controlled, if this salt is revealed, there will be an uproar, and once the imperial court intervenes, this matter will be serious." I think it's my brother's intention, why don't I sell my brother as a brother? Collect this salt for my brother, and only give it to those close to me, and I will never pass it on. ”
Liu An thought that the amount of salt was not much, and the family of five could basically eat it in a year, so he agreed.
After selling these ten kilograms of fine salt to Zhen Yi for 100,000 yuan, Liu Anzhong also decided to come down and never take out the salt again in the future, and kept it for himself.
Finally, Zhen Yi picked up a treasure knife, asked the servant to put it away, and thanked Liu An for giving the knife.
At this time, the person sent by Zhen Yi to receive 20 pigs had also returned, and Zhen Yi used the calculation to calculate the amount of money to be paid to Liu An in this transaction.
Ten kilograms of fine salt, 40 Liguang porcelain bottles, 80 cans of sauce, 20 pigs, of which the Liguang porcelain bottle was bought at twice the original price, and the pigs and sauce were the original price, totaling 2.16 million yuan.
Liu An introduced Liu Bei to Zhen Yi and asked him to assist Zhen Yi in holding an auction, and Zhen Yi responded and promised to take Liu Bei with him when he went to Luoyang.
Although Liu An asked Liu Bei to assist, the intention of preventing surveillance was extremely obvious, but Zhen Yi could also understand it.
After all, the two have no relatives and no reason, they have only known each other for half a month, and they have only traded twice, how much trust can they have between them? Brothers are commensurate, but interests dictate.
At noon, Zhen Yi warmly entertained Liu An, seeing the strange things brought by Liu An, coupled with the auction method provided by Liu An, Zhen Yi saw a huge wealth, and his dissatisfaction with Liu An's previous request for thirty-seven shares also disappeared completely.
The guests and hosts who had lunch were happy, and after the meal, Liu An did not stay for a long time and said goodbye and left.
Back at his house, Liu An gave Liu Bei 100,000 yuan for his future living expenses, and instructed him some details of his trip to Luoyang, and then arranged a dead soldier for him as his subordinate, and ordered the two of them to go to Luoyang with Zhen Yi.
Then Liu An gathered the rest of the people, packed his bags, and set off again.
Before leaving, Liu An was a little worried about Liu Bei's safety when he went to Luoyang, so he called him to the room alone, took out two sets of gold silk silkworm armor in the inventory, and handed Liu Bei one.
This golden silk silkworm armor is worthy of its name, it is made of gold wire, the fabric Liu An can't see what kind of material it is, and its toughness, Liu An can't stab it with his own sword, but it is extremely light and thin, and it is not even the same as the weight of a piece of clothing in his hand.
However, the shortcomings are also obvious, the golden silk silk armor can only protect the body parts above the waist and below the neck, just like the underwear of later generations, and there is even a slight warmth function on the body.