This time, the merchants of the Western Regions didn't dare to call the price anymore, "One or two silver, what do you think of the silver?" All of my seeds were bought at a high price, and they were basically seeds that Nan Chen didn't have, and you won't suffer a loss if you buy them back! ”

Ning Changrong touched his chin with his right hand, rummaging through his pile of sub-piles casually, as if he was a little reluctant, "Okay, one tael of silver is one tael of silver, but you have to tell me in detail about the war encountered by the caravan." ”

finally opened, but he just told the other party about his previous encounters, and the merchants of the Western Regions naturally would not refuse.

He said continuously: "Okay, okay, no problem." After saying that, he told him what happened when he came.

While the other party listened, Ning Changrong analyzed in his mind.

According to this merchant from the Western Regions, he should have encountered a team sent by the imperial court to exterminate the rebels, and he was unlucky, and he happened to encounter a battle between the two sides.

They didn't have time to protect a truckload of goods, so they could only carry some goods that were easy to get with them, thinking about running around.

The other people from the Western Regions who were running slower had been wrenched into the battlefield and hacked to death.

According to the distance, the nearest thieves to them are already around Taizhou Mansion!

But fortunately, it is only a small group of people, and the army of the imperial court should be able to hold out for a while.

After listening to the news, Ning Changrong gave the other party two or five dollars of silver, and by the way, he bought all the other seeds in his stall.

These seeds are all unique to the Western Regions, and it was not easy to meet them, and he was able to buy all the seeds of the people in the Western Regions at such a cheap price while the other party was in a hurry to ask for money.

……

Li Dafeng's mother's family planted the second round of Chinese cabbage at the beginning, and it was considered to have made some money. Although there is no shortage of food now, no one will be disgusted with the money, and they have a money-making livelihood from Li Dafeng.

After Ning Qingxi discussed with Ning Changrong, he continued to ask the Li family to help them collect saltpeter. Of course, the price is definitely not as high as before, but there is still something for the Li family to earn fifteen yuan a day.

Although they don't know what the Ning family collects saltpeter for, since they have money to make, they don't have to get to the bottom of it.

After the family had finished harvesting the grain in the field, they went to the mountain to dig saltpeter, and finally settled an account, and went to the house of the village who had a donkey cart to borrow a donkey cart.

With the addition of the donkey cart, although there is an extra amount of money for renting a donkey cart, they can pull more saltpeter over, which could have earned fifteen wen a day, and with the donkey cart, they can earn at least twenty wen!

That's a lot of money for a farmer.

The people in Lijia Village didn't know what their family was doing, and some people secretly followed, and found that the family was digging stones in the mountains, and they also dug the stones into their homes, and they gave up after figuring out what the stones were for.

"Dad, that's enough, no more donkey won't be able to pull it." Brother Li saw that the donkey cart couldn't be loaded, and hurriedly said.

Father Li straightened up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Then you can take the donkey cart first." I'll dig some more with your brothers. ”

Brother Li drove the donkey cart towards Xiayuan Village, and according to Ning Qingxi's request, he did not pull the saltpeter from the donkey cart to Ning's house, but directly put it at the foot of the village entrance mountain in Xiayuan Village.

It's just a pile of worthless stones, and others don't know what this is for, Ning Qingxi is not worried that someone will steal it.

Place it at the foot of the mountain so that they can meet the mountain when the time comes.

Of course, there is more to the way up the mountain, but that one is smoother.

Brother Li poured down the saltpeter in the donkey cart, took the copper plate, and drove the donkey cart back.

When there was no one at night, Ning Changrong would take the two brothers of the Ning family to secretly transport the saltpeter to the ox cart and slowly transport it to the mountain.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, and there is a distance where the ox cart cannot pass at all. In the end, the ox cart was unloaded, and the stones were directly loaded in sacks and carried on the oxen, and the three of them also carried a lot on them, and then they were slowly transported to the mouth of the cave in the belly of the mountain.

The pepper seeds that Ning Changrong bought were planted directly behind this mountain, and the other seeds didn't know what they were for the time being, so they didn't move.

……

Except that Wang Xiujuan asked her to wash her hands and cut her nails frequently at the beginning, which made her a little uncomfortable, since she came to the cold drink shop in the county, Lai Pozi has been living like a fish in water and is very comfortable.

was smiling and sending off a guest, when he saw Ning Changrong's figure.

Hurriedly walked over and said enthusiastically: "Evergreen is here." ”

Ning Changrong would drag the taro balls made by Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei to the county every seven days.

Seeing that Lai Pozi came to help, he didn't stop him, he helped unload the goods in the car to the back of the shop, trying not to disturb the guests dining in front.

Speaking of which, after the shopkeeper Lin of the Shiquan Inn knew that Ning Changrong and they were selling taro balls here, he also bought a lot of goods from Ning Changrong and put them in his own store to sell.

Although he doesn't have ice, he can make other sweet waters, and he doesn't lack fruit, and those guests will order a bowl of taro balls to take away after eating.

Ning Changrong finished unloading the goods on the car, went to the Shiquan Inn again, and sent a small bucket of taro balls over, Lin Zhang's cabinet is not as luxurious as them, and it can be kept fresh with ice, so he usually comes to pick it up once every three days.

If they can't be busy over there, let Lai Pozi go over to send it, Ning Changrong thought that he was fine, so he sent the things over first.

"Shopkeeper Lin, how is your business lately?"

Shopkeeper Lin looked worried, "Business hasn't been good recently, and you can still do it." ”

Ning Changrong sighed in his heart, "Shopkeeper Lin, have you heard any news?" Outer. ”

Shopkeeper Lin saw that Ning Changrong seemed to mean something, and his face changed, "I didn't hear any news?" ”

The situation in the north is now known to people in their county. But most people felt that those people could not fight, and many people still trusted the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

After all, Nan Chen has been founded for more than 200 years, and it is not that no one has rebelled before, but it is not as serious as this time, but many people still have luck.

Ning Changrong chatted with Shopkeeper Lin for a while, and left after a while.

He also thought about going to the county lieutenant's housekeeper Feng and asking the other party if he knew anything inside. Who knew that when he went to look for it, it cost a penny to ask someone to report it, and in the end, he couldn't even see anyone.

What the concierge said was that Steward Feng didn't know anything about Ning Changrong.

Ning Changrong left with a wry smile.

That's right, the other party gave him news of a locust plague before, and it can be regarded as returning the favor of the pastry recipe of ten taels of silver.

It's normal to ignore it.

Ning Changrong rubbed his face and cheered up and returned to the cold drink shop.

"Mother, how is business lately?"

Wang Xiujuan replied while busy with the work at hand: "It's okay, but I always feel that the business is not as good as it was a while ago." I don't know if the people in this county are tired of eating. ”

Ning Changrong was chatting with Wang Xiujuan about the past few days.

In a few days, it will be a month, and when the time comes, the people will be picked up directly. It saves him and his daughter from worrying all day long. In the shop, he had already dragged the tooth man to help him find the right person.