Spring is melting, and everything grows.

A horse-drawn carriage, from north to south, drove leisurely towards Zhongjing City.

In the carriage, a middle-aged man with his head shaking his head and being leisurely and complacent, named Deng Jinbiao, is a merchant who travels south and north to receive goods.

But the reason why he, a merchant, can afford to wear brocade clothes, hire a carriage, and can be so leisurely, is because he is not a merchant who usually walks the streets and alleys with a small burden, but a subordinate of the Qin family.

The Qin family is rich in the world, and if they want to maintain a huge business empire in these years, they naturally need a large number of merchants to explore the situation of all parties, find sources of goods, inquire about news, buy low and sell high, and so on.

Therefore, the Qin family is quite generous to these merchants, especially senior merchants, and the merchants go south and north, although they work hard, they earn a lot of money, such as Deng Jinbiao, there are still a few half-apprentices and half-subordinates under his hands, which is not much worse than a shopkeeper.

On this trip, Deng Jinbiao was busy with a big business, and all the things had already been sent back to his apprentices, so that he could return so leisurely.

After sitting for a while, he lifted the side curtain and stuck out his head to look at the scenery outside the carriage.

The willow-colored branches quietly dotted the top of his head.

Just when he was tired of seeing the spring light all around, and was about to sit back, he suddenly saw a caravan, riding a tall horse, wearing a costume completely different from that of the Central Plains, and his face changed when he landed.

Beiliang people!

Although there were wars between Great Xia and Northern Liang from time to time, they had been standing side by side for hundreds of years, and neither side could eat anyone for the time being, so it was inevitable that part of the private trade was opened.

Needless to say, every year, some officials and businessmen or caravans that have obtained approvals walk between the two countries and exchange ideas.

Deng Jinbiao watched from a distance as the caravan rushed past him, and then stopped at the tea shop not far in front to rest, and hurriedly urged the coachman, "Quick, go to the tea shop in front!" ”

As a qualified merchant, others look at these as strange, but in his eyes, they are all business opportunities!

Deng Jinbiao stepped out of the carriage, his legs couldn't help but weaken, he turned his head to look at the carriage that was specially hired for a lot of money, and self-righteously sighed that the things that rich people play with are sometimes not as comfortable as the things of their subordinates.

After a little relief, he walked into the tea shop, and after drinking two bowls of tea, he walked directly to the places where the tables of Beiliang people were, and stood in front of the well-dressed Beiliang nobleman in the lead.

"Dare to ask which Beiliang is your Excellency from?"

In the thirteen states of Great Xia, Beiliang is divided into thirteen roads, and Deng Jinbiao feels that when he says this, he can show that he understands Beiliang and can shorten the distance.

But he didn't expect the other party to just glance at him and didn't even reply.

Deng Jinbiao's smile remained unchanged, and he wanted to sit down and say, but he was glared at by the other party, and had to withdraw his actions, "Your Excellency and you don't have to be nervous, you are a merchant who travels from south to north, and what he does is to make a living by buying and selling." If you are here to do business, you may be able to help you here. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people's eyes subconsciously changed, but the noble man of Beiliang was still not salty, "Your Excellency has good intentions, you don't need it." ”

Deng Jinbiao smiled again, "It seems that Your Excellency has a great plan, and the next little merchant will naturally be unable to see it, but what if it is the Qin family behind it?" ”

The Beiliang nobleman immediately stared at him, quickly got up, first drove away the entourage on his left, and then stretched out his hand to ask, "Your Excellency, please take a seat." ”

Deng Jinbiao sat down with a big smile, and the noble man of Northern Liang was respectful, "The Qin family that Your Excellency said is the Qin Prime Minister's family?" Still is? ”

Deng Jinbiao said lightly: "In the next businessman, it is naturally the family of the businessman." ”

The Beiliang nobleman was even more directly happy, and the question that he had avoided before also took the initiative to answer, "I can't hide it, I came from Shangjing in the next line, and I have something important to do in your country, if you can help us, I will be grateful in the next line." ”

The capital of Great Xia is called Zhongjing, and Da Liang calls himself the capital Shangjing, intending to call for battle, but Daxia usually calls Liang Du directly.

This kind of competition is actually no different from a child's anger.

Listening to the other party's request, Deng Jinbiao only had the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, smiling and not speaking.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be a little unreasonable, he had to secretly scold the Northern Liang barbarian for being ignorant, and then said leisurely: "You and I are not relatives, if you need the Qin family as an arm, you have to have some explanation, let me report it!" What do you think? ”

Looking at his movements, with very meaningful eyes, the Beiliang nobleman suddenly showed a look of sudden realization.

However, once again, to Deng Jinbiao's expectation, after seeing this situation, the other party did not immediately hold the money and beg him to accept it as expected, and even recovered a little bit of his previous arrogance, "As long as Your Excellency is willing to help us, after the matter is completed, your benefits will be great." We are looking for you to cooperate, just knowing that the Qin family is the richest man in Great Xia, many things are much more convenient, and we can save a lot of convenience. In fact, on our terms, some people beg us to cooperate. ”

Deng Jinbiao's gaze swept carefully over the other party's face, admitting that he had not let go of a single detail, and the final conclusion was that the other party seemed to be telling the truth.

So his expression finally became serious, and he arched his hand and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, what is the big deal?" ”

The Beiliang nobleman said solemnly: "We came from afar to buy ducks from your land." ”

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The corners of Deng Jinbiao's mouth twitched, "Your Excellency, don't entertain me." This is really not the place to talk, let's talk in detail in the carriage? Or go directly to my Qin family's Zhuangzi. ”

The Beiliang nobleman made a look, and a group of entourages immediately stood up, formed a circle, faced the outside of the circle, and protected the two in the middle.

The Beiliang nobleman whispered in his ear: "I am indeed here to buy ducks, only to buy live animals, buy as many as you want, and each one can pay a high price of sixty yuan." ”

If it is someone else, hearing such words, it may not be able to react, but who is Deng Jinbiao, that is the person who travels south and north to meet all kinds of profiteers, and from the two pieces of information about how much to buy, and sixty wen, he heard great benefits.

However, out of the instinct and steadiness of a qualified merchant, he did not believe it, but also lowered his voice and said: "Now the meat duck in Zhongjing City is only about forty Wen, and Your Excellency directly gives a high price of sixty Wen, and you still say that you will not refuse, don't you think this is really unreasonable?" ”

The nobles of Beiliang pondered for a moment, as if they also knew that if they didn't confide in things, they couldn't be convinced, so they had to sigh, "I can't hide it, my young lady has a serious illness, and famous doctors from all over the country have invited all over the world, but they are helpless. Imagine if a duck only takes a few drops of blood, how many ducks will have to be consumed in one medicine? Although this duck meat can also be eaten again, it will not be extravagant and wasteful, but you also know that most of our beams are black sword ducks, and there are few white ducks, so we can only buy them from your country. ”

The corners of Deng Jinbiao's mouth twitched again when he heard this, "Your mansion's hand is a little too big, right?" ”

The nobleman of Beiliang quietly puffed up his chest, "My master said that if you can save the young lady's life, even if it costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is nothing." ”

Immediately, he looked at Deng Jinbiao, "We will only stay here for five days, and no matter how much we can buy, we will have to go back, so if Your Excellency really has the Qin family's door, you will be willing to help, and you will naturally see the benefits." ”

Deng Jinbiao thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay." I'll report it when I go back, how can I find you? ”

"In the next line, I will not enter Zhongjing City, but I will settle in Huilong Town, and Your Excellency can send someone to the town inn to find me."

As soon as he heard about Huilong Town, Deng Jinbiao believed a little more in his heart, because Huilong Town, Liuyun Tianxiang Pavilion and Yangliu Street in Dongcheng, where a number of green buildings are located, are called the two major chicken nests in Zhongjing.

In Huilong Town, more than half of the farmers have a lot of poultry, and if they really want to buy ducks, that is the best place to go.

A moment later, the Northern Liang caravan set off, Deng Jinbiao looked at the dust they had gone, squinted and thought for a while, and drank all the tea in the bowl, "Let's go!" ”

About an hour later, the carriage arrived at a village on the outskirts of the city.

Seeing Deng Jinbiao coming down, Zhuang Ding immediately greeted him and took the initiative to say hello.

As soon as he walked in, he heard the sound of shouting and drinking in the village, which were all merchants like him under the Qin family who had a little leisure and drank and had fun in the village.

Seeing Deng Jinbiao, he wanted to pull him to drink some together, Deng Jinbiao took a lot of effort to get rid of these colleagues who were half drunk and half awake and difficult to communicate, came to Zhuangzi, and found the steward of Zhuangshang.

The chubby steward looked at him with a smile, "This errand is good, it's rare to come back, why don't you drink a few more glasses?" ”

Deng Jinbiao arched his hand, "Steward Wu, there is something important to report below!" ”

For the sake of convenience, I don't set the language problem, and I speak Mandarin by default (manual dog head)

(End of chapter)