Conwood's caravan set off early the next morning, and Li Zhen and the others gave them a ride, and Jiuzhi began to think that Kang Rui was dark and fat, and he was not careful enough, so he knocked over the milk on him.

Fortunately, Second Uncle Kang didn't promise to marry his daughter to him yesterday, his nonsense annoyed Kang Dazhuang, and the two almost fought.

At noon, while they were eating, they finally waited for the caravan from Chang'an, a huge Sogdian caravan consisting of thousands of camels.

In fact, it was a patchwork of seven or eight small caravans, so that they could resist the attacks of horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor.

The arrival of the caravan made the town of Liuyuan suddenly lively, and all the shopkeepers ran out to compete for customers.

Li Zhen and Kang Dazhuang squeezed through the crowd, and Kang Dazhuang waved at a Sogdian man who looked like an old man and shouted, "Uncle Ban!"

Uncle Madara's real age is only in his forties, but his long business career has made him look very old, he looks like he is sixty years old, his hair is white, and his face is full of wrinkles.

Seeing his old appearance, Li Zhen understood why Uncle Kang made a home in Dunhuang.

"It's Da Zhuang! Why are you here, oh I see, your dad asked you to pick up the goods, right!"

Kang Dazhuang scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My father is in a hurry to deliver the goods, so let me come over first, didn't Uncle Ban say not to go to Dunhuang?"

"Originally, I didn't plan to go to Dunhuang, but there was a temporary change, I had to rush to Gaochang first, and there were people there who were in a hurry to ask for goods, so I still took the southern route of Dunhuang, but I didn't have to go into the city. ”

"Then we went all the way. ”

Kang Dazhuang introduced Li Zhen to Uncle Ban again, "This is my good friend, named Li Zhen, the first in Dunhuang in riding and shooting, and this time he will accompany me over." ”

Although the Sogdians were enthusiastic and helpful, they were strictly disciplined in business, and they were divided into merchants and Zajia, Uncle Ban belonged to the merchant and traveled on the Silk Road for many years, and his father, Kang Maide, belonged to Zajia, and was fixed in a certain place.

Merchants could not do business directly with customers, their goods had to be sold to the Sogdians, who in turn dealt with people of other nationalities, and it was this thousand-year-old rule that allowed the Sogdians to continue their commerce.

Therefore, Li Quan's so-called investors actually bought and sold goods in the name of Kangmaid, and finally Kangmaid gave her the capital and profits.

The Sogdians respect the most people who are good at martial arts, which is directly related to their long risky career, I heard that Li Zhen is the first cavalry archery master in Dunhuang, Uncle Ban's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of respect, they are all realistic businessmen, maybe they will get Li Zhen's help in the future.

Uncle Ban gave Li Zhen a salute and said in fluent Chinese: "Li Shaolang can just call me Lao Ban, I hope we can also become friends." ”

Li Zhen returned the salute with a smile: "Da Zhuang praised me too much, I would like to have a friend like Uncle Ban." ”

Uncle Ban laughed, took out a glass vial from his arms, and handed it to Li Zhen, "This is a must-have awakening bottle for our businessmen, smell it gently when you are sleepy, and your spirit will be there, this is new, I haven't used it, make a meeting gift for Shaolang." ”

Li Zhen had seen this kind of exquisitely made sobering bottle in Uncle Kang's shop, which was actually a salt sniffer, fifty yuan each, although it was not worth much, but it made Li Zhen feel the enthusiasm of the Sogdians.

"Thank you Uncle Madara for the gift!"

"Da Zhuang, you don't know how many things you have extorted from your uncle since you were a child, and I won't give it to you. ”

Uncle Madara laughed loudly, and asked people to lead a camel, and the camel carried two large boxes of goods, this is the musk that Kangmaid and Li Quan bought, and it is this batch of goods that will bring Li Quan her first commercial profit.

Looking at the two large boxes of goods, Li Zhen felt a little regretful in his heart, knowing that one of the four pack horses should be left.

Kang Dazhuang seemed to know Li Zhen's thoughts, and whispered to him: "This camel is also my family." ”

Li Zhen suddenly woke up, no wonder he hadn't seen the Kang family's camel during this time, it turned out that it was transporting goods, and he was overjoyed, so that even the animal power problem of the small return trip was solved

After a day of rest in Liuyuan Town, the huge caravan was on the road again, they took the southern route of the Silk Road to Gaochang, and also passed through Dunhuang, but they no longer entered the city, and went directly south from Yangguan in the west of Dunhuang City.

Li Zhen and the caravan traveled together, and on the way, Li Zhen found Uncle Ban and asked, "Is Uncle Ban familiar with Gaochang City?"

"Hehe! I have to go through Gaochang twice a year, it's been more than 20 years, do you think I'm familiar with it?"

"Then can Gaochang City invite a brewing master?"

"Of course you can, but if you want to hire a really capable winemaker, the price is very expensive, last year I helped a friend hire a winemaker in Gaochang, 40 yuan a month, which is still the lowest price. ”

"Can't you get twenty a month?"

Uncle Madara laughed, "You can also get five guan money, but this kind of wine made by a winemaker, I guess you don't want to drink it yourself." ”

Li Zhen beat a drum in his heart, his eldest sister planned to open a winemaking workshop, and was ready to hire a winemaker from Gaochang, but the eldest sister could only afford a salary of twenty yuan at most.

If you invite a bad craftsman, not only will you not make money, but you will also lose your capital, but fortunately he met this Uncle Ban today.

At this time, Uncle Ban smiled again: "Is Li Shaolang going to make wine?"

"It's my eldest sister who wants to open a brewery. ”

"Oh!" Uncle Ban thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have a Jianyì, and someone else sued me, I wonder if Shaolang is willing to listen to it?"

"Uncle Madara, please speak!"

"In fact, the key to making wine is the raw materials and climate, and the method of identifying the raw materials and climate must be mastered by yourself, try not to rely on others, and ask the winemaker to make a decision.

You can first go to Gaochang to learn the most basic brewing methods, Gaochang has a special school, and it is easy to learn.

Then you spend a few hundred yuan to buy the secret recipe of winemaking, including how to identify the raw materials and climate, and then you can learn it yourself, and in two or three years at most, you can become a master winemaker. ”

Li Zhen nodded, Uncle Ban said very reasonably, unless a powerful businessman like the Suo family can invite a famous brewer, otherwise the eldest sister will open a small brewing workshop, but the core technology is in the hands of others, and it is easy to have problems.

Li Zhen had enough lessons in his previous life, at least he understood that the core trade secrets of small companies must be in the hands of entrepreneurs.

"What if you spend a few hundred dollars and then buy a fake brewing secret?"

Uncle Madara laughed, "I can't help this, sometimes I have to rely on luck, if you are really deceived, then there is no way, so you must understand a little bit, or someone is willing to help you." ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly, it seems that the eldest sister's great cause of winemaking is not so easy to achieve

Back in Dunhuang City, the rest of the things were as expected, and Li Quan quickly got the capital and the profit of this trip.

The goods were delayed for a month, and Kangmaid couldn't help it, so he gave her a little more profit, and in addition to the capital of 500 yuan, she made a net profit of 700 yuan.

Li Quan was overjoyed, she immediately redeemed the land, and went to the Sogdian-owned mansion to exchange all the copper coins for Roman gold coins, and always exchanged three hundred coins for one Roman gold coin, and Li Zhen realized that Conwood did not actually take advantage of them.

However, Li Quan didn't mention the matter of opening a brewing workshop again, but just told her younger brother that she had a new plan, and Li Zhen was not surprised, his eldest sister has always been like this, and the order changes every day, which is a common problem for women.

The fleeing Tibetan scouts were caught by the cavalry sent by Wang Xiaojie, and received information from the Tibetan scouts that the combined forces of the Tubo and Turkic forces had appeared in the area of Hani Lake, on a plateau about 300 miles south of Dunhuang.

Wang Xiaojie immediately led an army of 50,000 to the south, and Zhang Ting led the Doulu army as logistical support.

Although Wang Xiaojie left, he did not forget Li Zhen, he sent someone to send Dawan BMW and a letter of recommendation, and at the same time left a letter for Li Zhen, hoping that he could continue to practice martial arts and practice literature hard, and be admitted to the martial arts in the military department next spring.

As for the eunuch Gao Yanfu they rescued on the road, there was no news after they came back, and Li Zhen didn't take it to heart, after all, Gao Yanfu repeatedly said that if he was attacked by the Tubo army, he should have never been born.

But Gao Yanfu will remember his life-saving grace, and he will not thank him for his great kindness, and Li Zhen also remembered this sentence.

At noon that day, Li Zhen came back from horse training outside the city, and after several days of running-in, he and Dawan BMW have gradually been able to communicate with each other.

As soon as he walked to the mouth of the alley, Li Quan greeted him in a panic and complained to him, "Why did you come back?"

"What's wrong?"

"In the morning, Li Tingshi sent someone to find you, and asked you to go to the state government after you came back, I waited for you for almost an hour, and my neck was sore. ”

"Now?" Li Zhen hadn't eaten lunch yet, and his stomach was really a little hungry.

"Go, go, go! He asked you to go to him when you came back, but he was a thorn, and when he came back, he would have lunch again, and he would not starve you to death. ”

Li Quan urged repeatedly, Li Zhen had no choice, so he had to turn his horse's head and go to the state office, Li Zhen and the assassin Li Wuqi did not have any intersection, but he said two words when he performed riding and shooting, but Li Zhen also wanted to find out why Li Wuqi was looking for him

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