"How much does this kitchen knife cost?"

Chu Mu weighed a kitchen knife and looked at the vendor in front of him.

The vendor immediately smiled: "Hello official, this is a ......"

"Don't talk nonsense, how much!"

Chu Mu glanced at the smiling vendor, and his voice became a little heavier.

"What are you talking about, official, you can take it if you want, where you want any money, just be a small filial piety to you, official......"

That being said, the distressed faces of the vendors are also very clear.

"Tell me the price, don't worry, I won't ask for your knife in vain."

Chu Mu observed the kitchen knife in his hand, and did not raise his head back.

"Four...... No, sir, you can give two silvers. ”

"Two silver?"

Chu Mu raised his eyebrows: "It means, you sell it to others for four silver?" ”

"Official, it's really not that I'm selling expensive, now the iron on the market has risen to thirty copper pounds, and there is still a loss of knives, I still have to hire someone, I really don't have anything to earn, it's all hard-earned money!"

"Is iron so expensive now?"

Chu Mu's eyes moved slightly, glanced at the billowing smoke that was still rising on the mountainside, and said seemingly casually: "The iron on the market is so expensive, is there no other way?" ”

Hearing Chu Mu's words, the vendor's face changed, and he quickly glanced around, then approached Chu Mu a little, and said in a low voice: "Official, if you can get it, the small one will give you this price!" ”

Chu Mu glanced down, and the gestures of the vendors were very clear, one by one, one by five.

"Eat half of it, your heart is a little dark!"

Chu Mu moved away and casually threw the kitchen knife on the vendor's table.

"Official, you don't know, the iron in the county is held in the hands of a few masters in the county, and there is only a little bit on the market, we take it, and we don't dare to get it in our county, we have to transport it to the next county!"

"This time and again, people on the road eat horses and chew, and they have to go up and down, and there is really no profit."

Chu Mu was silent, just looked at the chattering vendors with cold eyes.

"In this way, sir, if you have a large amount, I will give you twenty, and if the amount is small, I will give you sixteen ...... small one."

"Okay, I'll come to you if there's news."

Chu Mu patted the armor, and didn't wait for the vendor to answer, turned around and walked away, leaving the vendor stunned in place, and for a while, it seemed that he didn't react.

"Sure enough, I'm still narrow-minded......"

Chu Mu pursed his lips, the conversation with the vendor just now had already formed a clear vein in his heart.

There is no doubt that no one wants to make a loss-making transaction, and no one will know that it is a loss-making transaction, and still insist on going its own way, if there is, there must be a reason.

And in this Qinghe County, the old men who are high above obviously do not lose money.

Even if the county town takes away the big head, the rest is enough for those old men to eat a lot of money, and the county town takes the big head, which also brings the effect of scarcity and preciousness.

And the old men in the county just paid the price of an order.

The top eats meat, and the people below naturally drink soup.

What the vendor just said undoubtedly proves this.

The mines and ironworks are all inspected and guarded, and it is obvious that they have long been bold enough to take advantage of their authority to drink soup!

And it is certain that this "drinking soup" is definitely not an exception, otherwise, the vendor would never dare to say it so easily.

After thinking about it, Chu Mu seemed to understand a little.

Around the Nanshan Iron Mine, Qinghe County has already formed a large network of interests.

Those who eat meat eat meat, and those who drink soup drink soup, and the collusion between the top and bottom has become deeply rooted.

Obviously, unless there is a big change from the bottom up, otherwise, this big net is basically impossible to shake.

If he wanted to climb up slowly in Qinghe County, it would be impossible to avoid this big net.

Thinking about it, it didn't take long for his house to appear in Chu Mu's field of vision.

It didn't exceed Chu Mu's expectations, Xu Yuan was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard.

"Brother Mu'er, what did you do, why did you come back?"

"Wandering the streets for a while."

Chu Mu responded casually, took out the key, and opened the locked courtyard door.

"I bought a fish, and Brother Mu will make braised fish to eat tonight."

"Okay, you go to the room, and then go get some rice to cook, I'll come over later."

Chu Mu waved his hand, walked directly into the bedroom, put down the books in his arms, and after removing his armor and saber, he walked into the room and got busy.

It didn't take long for three dishes and one soup to be placed on the table, and Xu Yuan, the kid, was still gobbling it up as usual, as if he hadn't eaten in eight lifetimes.

It's just that after the meal this time, Xu Yuan, the kid, didn't rely on the reluctance to leave as usual, as soon as the rice bowl was put down, he wiped his mouth and dropped a word, and rushed out.

"Brother Mu'er, Chief Wu said, let me go to his house to help with the work after eating, I'll go first."

"Okay, slow down."

Before Chu Mu finished speaking, Xu Yuan rushed out of the gate and disappeared.

"This kid ......"

Chu Mu shook his head, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and sat on the chair for a while before Chu Mu slowly got up, simply cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks after the meal, and when he went out of the room again, it was already completely dark.

Chu Mu obviously hadn't reached his leisure yet, so he picked up the schoolbag containing pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and went out again against the night.

The route to the private school, Chu Mu was naturally familiar with it, and he didn't delay anything on the road, after leaving home, Chu Mu went straight to the private school.

Reading every night after dinner, Mr. Chang Lao of the private school naturally does not have such good energy to accompany Chu Mu alone, except for the first two days when Mr. Chang Lao was his teacher, and then he has been a disciple of Mr. Chang Lao Teaching Chu Mu to read and write.

Although he is a disciple, he is also a student who has studied poetry and books since he was a child, and he has ambitions and fame, and it is naturally more than enough to teach Chu Mu to read and write.

In one night, after more than two hours of concentration, what Chu Mu got was more than thirty new words.

The enlightenment book that Chu Mu had stumbled over and read I don't know how many times, with the increase of new words, it was obviously a lot smoother.

When Chu Mu walked out of the private school, it was almost curfew.

The alley was pitch black, and the lanterns on the side were swaying in the wind, although it added a little light, but it was also a little more inexplicably terrifying.

"Hurry up, move quickly!"

In the darkness, a faint voice suddenly made Chu Mu subconsciously slow down his pace.

The alley is narrow and extends in all directions, and in this darkness, although it is a little difficult to identify the direction, Chu Mu is also a person who often walks at night, and soon, Chu Mu locked the direction from which the voice came.

Chu Mu leaned against the corner of the alley, leaning sideways at the frame parked at the gate of a courtyard in the alley, and the figure carrying a wooden box and sack.

In this darkness, the sound of iron in the sack colliding is very clear.

Plus that distinct patrol armor......

What is the scene in front of you is undoubtedly very clear......

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