Chapter 019: The plan to make a fortune is blocked
Seeing that his guy was restrained by a black boy, he suddenly jumped up in anger.
Raised his legs and rushed to the front of Li Kui, his shoulders sank, and his powerful fists with the strength of his whole body were like stone cannons rushing to the sky, and he came towards Li Kui with a fierce aura.
Hide, this word can basically be deleted in Li Kui's dictionary. When the road is uneven, don't say draw a knife to help, at least a few roars are indispensable. What's more, he thinks that he has been cheated, and he has reason to go all over the world, where is there a reason to hide?
Li Kui simply faced the opponent's fist and punched it, and the last one came first, and the two fists collided in the air, like a muffled sound of hitting a wall.
Wow
The visitor eagerly took several steps back, his face reddened, but there was a look of horror in his eyes.
Come as fast as you go.
At this moment, the pharmacy guy who was caught by Li Kui took the opportunity to break free from Li Kui's control, hid behind the middle-aged man with a pale face, poked his head out, and said with a fake tiger: "Boy, if you want to make trouble, don't look at this place, as long as our master opens his mouth, you kid will be indispensable to a prison sentence?" ”
In fact, the guy was deliberately let go by Li Kui, and the main owner is here, what's the use of catching a guy?
Li Kui was looking at the other party, and the other party was also looking at Li Kui. Li Kui's appearance is even more plain, completely in the outfit of a mountain boy, but the strange thing is that this guy is wearing summer clothes and looks calm, and now it's winter, isn't it cold? Especially the two giant axes stuck in Li Kui's back waist look like real guys.
But the axe is so big, it can't be a Xibei cargo, right? If it's a real guy, an axe has to be fifty pounds higher!
The person who came asked himself that he would definitely not be able to hold such a heavy blade, and he did not believe that the other party could dance an axe of more than 100 catties on a one-to-one basis. But just now, I made a tough move, and I seemed to have suffered a loss. On the surface, he came prepared, Li Kui responded in a hurry, and it must be Li Kui who suffers. But the result was that not only did he not measure the depth of Li Kui's kung fu, but he lost for a while, and he lost very badly.
The fist of the hand was stinging like a pinprick, and it was mostly swollen.
It's a great outer kung fu.
It can't be a man from the green forest, right?
Li Kui glared angrily and sneered: "You dare to point your finger at the master again, believe it or not, the master will let you have a bloody disaster now?" ”
After all, he is a guy in a pharmacy, and if he doesn't have compassion, he will inevitably be a little snobbish about people. Seeing that Li Kui was not like an ordinary troublemaker to deal with, and under the fierce appearance, he was afraid of being broken. But he vigorously sued in front of the main owner: "The owner, you can be counted as coming, the little one was almost strangled to death by this guy just now...... Woowoo woo ......"
"Don't talk nonsense, this strong morale is high, and his face is like a ......" As a businessman, there is definitely no shortage of praise for people's skills, but only Li Kui has too few advantages, and he is a little poor in words: "Iron Mask, I think that when I was a scholar of Longtuge University, Bao Gong, Iron Mask was selfless and not afraid of the powerful." It is precisely because of the different physiognomy of ordinary people that we can cultivate Haoran righteousness and be respected by the world. Disrespectful and disrespectful, the little brother Han Dahu, the proprietor of the medicine hall here, I don't know what to call Brother Ren? ”
It's been months, it's been months!
It was the first time Li Kui had heard someone praise his appearance, and the kind of joy that a person would have seen an oasis in the desert could not be indescribable. He even softened his eyes a lot, grinned and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, if you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, Li Kui of Baizhang Village." ”
In terms of appearance, Han Dahu is very inconspicuous.
No one thinks it is strange that his unattractive appearance, his unattractive outfit, change of clothes, and work in the warehouse. Fortunately, his face is full of red light and spirit.
To put it bluntly, this man is wearing a black hat, white clothes, and a pair of leather boots. This is also the proper dress of ordinary businessmen. Emperor Taizong once decreed that merchants and criminals, as well as servants, could only wear white and black, and were not allowed to use other colors of fabric. We must strictly abide by the rule of "the noble and the lowly have rules, and the abundance and killing are moderate".
The belt can also be used to show the merchant's attire, because the merchant can only use iron belt buckles, and there are buckles made of ordinary animal horns.
For example, cow horns, cow bones, etc.
No merchant would choose to buckle with an iron belt, because iron is easily dirty, rusty, and undignified.
Although the costume is ordinary, no one will underestimate the financial resources of a businessman, even if Han Dahu is a wealthy owner of a small county town, he may have an amazing wealth accumulation. Sure enough, Han Dahu instructed the steward around him without saying a word: "Shopkeeper Qiu, how much silver is in the account?" ”
"This ......"
The shopkeeper Qiu was embarrassed, knowing that his master wanted to save face, and there was another possibility that his master was weak and couldn't beat the other party. But when it comes to an outsider, the money in the account, no shopkeeper who keeps his duty dares to say it bluntly.
Han Dahu pretended to stare and said, "Go and get twenty taels, and give this good brother Li Kui a strong voice!" ”
These words were bright, and Li Kui was comfortable listening to them, he didn't expect that he could have such treatment with good kung fu. However, he was a reasonable person, and waved his hand and refused: "No, the master is here to sell ginseng, but your guy is too bullying, thinking that I and other mountain people are easy to coax." That's when the quarrel began. ”
Li Kui said without a trace that he almost beat someone as a quarrel, and he had the mind that the big was small and the small thing was small.
Han Dahu also heard that Li Kui was not arrogant and rude, and he was reasonable, although he was not very good at it. Before he was the first person in martial arts in Yishui County, of course, before he fought against Li Kui, and after that...... He should have withdrawn from the race for the first place. He glared at the guy angrily and whispered, "I'll settle accounts with you later." ”
"Li Zhuangshi, please come here."
Lao Qiu ordered someone to serve tea and go to see the ginseng brought by Li Zhuangshi. The price must be fair. ”
Shopkeeper Qiu immediately rushed to the edge of the counter, looked at a pack of ginseng, and was dumbfounded: "Very ordinary ginseng." "Turning his head to look at the man, he asked in a low voice;" How much do you value? ”
"Two hangings."
It's less, but it's almost the same, these are the words of the shopkeeper Qiu, but the owner seems to have the intention of wooing Li Kui, and giving this price again is a slap in the face. So after pondering for a while, I had a plan in my heart: "Back to the owner, the ginseng sent by Li Ye is of the highest quality, and it is worth five times." ”
"Go to the counter and get five taels of silver."
Silver is precious and is not yet a currency in circulation. However, it is often seen in the private sector that it is used for money. The main reason is that the copper coin is too inconvenient, and although Jiaozi is easy to carry, it needs to be exchanged at the designated trading house.
At this time, gold and silver became the biggest winners of the transaction because of their rarity.
And a tael of silver is far more valuable than the usual money.
Although Shopkeeper Qiu has already given a price higher than the sky, Li Kui is not satisfied! Two catties of wild ginseng, just sell it for this money? Bullying him for not seeing the world, how can it drop?
Li Kui shouted to the shopkeeper Qiu: "Wait." ”
"You see, this is wild ginseng. How can it be worth only five times? ”
Shopkeeper Qiu was dumbfounded, wasn't the other party very good at talking before? Why do you want to play tricks again now? His thief's eyes went back and forth between his owner and Li Kui, and finally he realized one thing. It turned out that this black master didn't know the price of wild ginseng at all. Only then did his heart brighten, and he said to the guy: "Changsheng, go to the pharmacy and carry a bag of ginseng." ”
It didn't take long for Li Kui to be dumbfounded.
He did not think that it was possible for people of this era to grow ginseng, and it was predictable that all the ginseng he saw was wild. Not only wild, but also the best vintage.
But when a sack of ginseng was placed in front of him, he panicked for no reason.
"Master Li, you have long eyes, this is Shangdang ginseng, middle and upper quality, always a catty."
"This is the top grade, five through one catty."
"The middle and upper grades are the ...... Li Ye, which ones did you take? No defects, five hangs a catty. ”
"As for the lower grades, forty or fifty big sons are a catty, regardless of the quality, it is just a little more expensive than jujubes."
"Shangdang also produces a kind of purple group ginseng, which has a soft but effective medicinal effect, and many serious diseases need to be insured for life. But there are too few of them, and there are no such precious medicinal materials in the shop. If Li Ye brought purple ginseng, Xiao Lao'er was in charge, and he could give five hundred guan one or two. It's just that this thing is a rare treasure in the capital, and the princes and ministers may not be able to enjoy it. ”
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The corners of Li Kui's mouth trembled: "In other words, the ginseng I brought can be sold for two dollars?" ”
"More than two hangs, except for the difference in quality, three or four hangs are still worth it." Shopkeeper Qiu also felt that he was quite unbearable, what a strong person! I was stumped by a few hangs of money, the world is difficult!
Li Kui looked at the half-pound ginseng in the other party's hand and was speechless, could it be that this thing is the price of cabbage in this era?
Ginseng!
The status of the holy product in medicine in the Northern Song Dynasty is too low, right?
He still knows the quality of the bag of ginseng he brought. Compared with the one in the hands of the shopkeeper Qiu, half of the weight of the middle and upper grade utensils is inferior. At this time, he will not feel discouraged. He originally thought that the market of wild ginseng should be at least similar to that in "Dream of Red Mansions", two taels of ginseng, more than 100 taels, and most of the ginseng he took could be sold for thousands of guan. Moreover, the ginseng in "Dream of Red Mansions" is Changbai Mountain ginseng, which belongs to the second-class land. The best is Shangdang ginseng, if it weren't for the fact that the ginseng was exhausted after Shangdang, it would not be produced, and there would be nothing to do with Changbai Mountain ginseng.
He originally planned to use the money to open a workshop, and the business of food, clothing, housing and transportation can be the same, to be able to make money!
Unfortunately, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. I didn't expect the ginseng market to be so miserable in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The fact hit him hard, the moment he left the pharmacy, his eyes were dull, he refused Han Dahu's hospitality, sold the good-looking ginseng, and left half of the unflowing, with two fluttering coins in his arms, and walked out of the door of the pharmacy with a long sigh.
It's also that Li Kui has read too few miscellaneous books, if he has seen a letter from Su Dongpo to a friend, with a few catties of ginseng and jujubes. He should know how cheap ginseng was in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Although Su Dongpo is talented, he is also really poor. He can send a few catties of ginseng out in one go, which shows that the price of ginseng is not much more expensive than jujube in the Northern Song Dynasty.
On the contrary, Han Dahu stood on the street, looked at Li Kui's down-and-out back, and sighed: "What a good mountain man!" It's just a little less insightful. ”