On the second day, after school, Jiang Ding wandered around the city.

"Selling steamed buns......"

"Pancakes...... Ravioli ......"

Jiang Ding's hand pressed the hilt of the sword, it was early in the morning, and the smell of various snacks on the street was fragrant, but he himself didn't have any idea of tasting it, and he wouldn't eat the food of the other world.

Among the crowds of people, there were rich and noble families who wore silk, well-to-do people who wore ordinary fabrics, and laborers of various trades who wore short clothes, most of them had good complexions, and there were beggars, but there were very few.

There are also many people in the rivers and lakes with swords, and occasionally they are scolded by passers-by, and there is no blood.

"According to the point of view of ancient feudal society, this should be regarded as a prosperous era of great governance?" Jiang Ding thought silently: "This Marquis of Zhendong is a capable minister, the kind of person who has won the hearts of the people, and under this kind of productivity, there are warrior gangs, sects, and various local powerful officials to interfere and plunder...... It's amazing to be able to do that. ”

Somewhere, the flow of people gathered, mostly Jianghu people wearing weapons.

Jiang Ding had nothing to do for a while, and he also went with the flow of people.

Before he got closer, the sound of clanging dense metal blades clashing came from a ring, and there was a circle around the people watching the lively Jianghu.

Jiang Ding's eyes looked like two young warriors wearing black and white suits each fighting, both of them had the aura of the beginning of the inner qi realm.

Between the knives and sticks...... It's hard to put into words.

Not to mention that he was much weaker than his classmates in the Inner Qi Realm, and much weaker than Gong Caiyu and even the Iron Spear Martial Artist he had met before.

"It is worthy of the 'mixed river monkey' Yuan Ye, who broke through the internal qi realm at such a young age, and should have the true inheritance of the 'heaven-turning monkey' old man Yuan......"

"I'm the leader of the righteous qi gang, and the 'righteous qi knife' Yang Dong is not weak!"

"These two are all my Dongling Mansion Junjie, if you polish it for a few more years, I'm afraid it won't be the dragon and phoenix list!"

There was a lot of discussion among the surrounding warriors, and the young warriors were envious.

"Why are these two fighting?" Someone asked.

"Hey, what else can I do, one of the two is the young master of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Pavilion, and the other is the young master of the Righteous Qi Gang, who has looked down on each other since they were children, and at the same time pursued the dragon and phoenix list 'Flying Snow Fairy', which is comparable, and I want to raise my eyebrows as soon as I break through today, I don't want to catch up, and the other side also broke through."

"Snow Fairy...... But the one from the Seven Xuanmen? ”

"Naturally, it's a pity that my Dongling Mansion has finally produced a dragon and phoenix list Tianjiao, and he may be able to achieve innateness in the future."

"It's easier said than done......

Bite!

As he was speaking, the 'Mixed River Monkey' Yuan Ye smashed the long knife with a stick, and the brass long stick stayed on the opponent's head, and he was full of righteousness: "The righteous knife is nothing more than that!" ”

'Righteous Qi Knife' Yang Dong's face was ugly.

Yuan Ye then excited.

"This is just the beginning, one day, I will break through all enemies, set foot on Jintie Mountain, and save ......"

"Ahem!"

In the audience, an old man coughed, interrupting his high-minded talk.

"Humph!"

'Mixed River Monkey' Yuan Ye snorted coldly, didn't look at the defeated men on the other side, jumped out of the ring and left.

The crowd lost its excitement and dispersed, and so did Jiang Ding.

Wandering around along the flow of people, after a while, a thoughtful-looking young man in Tsing Yi came to him and saluted in person: "I've seen Gongzi, the small Sihai Chamber of Commerce Huang Gui, you can call me Xiaogui." ”

Jiang Ding is not surprised that the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce has found him, his characteristics are obvious, as long as the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is as powerful as the other party said, it is easy to find someone.

"Brother Huang......"

"It's a little one, you can just call me a little expensive." The little guy in Tsing Yi hurriedly said.

"Brother Huang, I don't know how your Chamber of Commerce handled the matter of the Tiger Village bandits?" Jiang Ding asked with a smile, the other party was about twenty-six or seventeen years young, and it was not appropriate to call Xiaogui.

He is just an ordinary person, he has no ability and financial resources, and he relies on the platform of Xianmen, and he is not more noble than the other party.

"Back to the distinguished guests, the white worship of the Chamber of Commerce has already taken people up the mountain." The little guy in Tsing Yi said carefully: "Bai Xianfeng is a master of internal qi, and he will definitely be able to make Menghu Village compensate heavily, and promise that he will not attack the goods of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce after collecting tolls in the future." ”

"Oh? It's just that, is Tiger Village a big force? Jiang Ding was surprised, according to the news he inquired, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce could be regarded as a big chamber of commerce in the entire Yue country, and it was not Long San who boasted at will.

"Not really."

The little guy in Tsing Yi said cautiously: "The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce, and it has always been kind and wealthy, as long as it does not kill the children of the Long family, there will generally be no blood, at most it will retaliate by blocking trade routes and raising prices, so it is normal to be suppressed in some places." ”

"Your vision is admirable."

"Acting in this way may often be despised by others." Jiang Ding complimented: "But it can be opened everywhere, not envied by the local authorities, and become its name all over the world." ”

Huang Gui smiled reluctantly.

Ponder for a moment.

"I want to rent a shop that sells goods in the front and lives in the back, and it doesn't hurt to be in a remote location, the rent is about ten taels of silver a year, I don't know if there is one?"

The little guy in Tsing Yi thought for a while: "Distinguished guest, please come here." ”

……

The two turned left and turned, crossed the clean and tidy stone street, and stepped on the dirt road, and the clothes of the people around them began to become shabby, with many patches, and there were small puddles of water on the road from time to time.

Soon, the two came to a blacksmith shop with a closed door.

"Distinguished guests, please see."

The little girl in Tsing Yi whispered: "This Mojia blacksmith shop is exactly what you need, the door of the shop is more than three feet wide, with a small courtyard at the back, melons, fruits and vegetables are planted, in the past, fifteen or sixteen taels were rented, but now you only need five taels to rent." ”

"It's just some ...... at the end of the hand"

"Brother Huang, please speak." Jiang Ding said lightly.

"There is a small gang nearby, called the Wild Wolf Gang, and there is a small leader named Liu Qi in it, he wants to buy this property at a low price, and he has repeatedly sent people to the door, forcing the shopkeeper to blacksmith business to continue, if you open a shop here, you may also face this person."

"Do you know each other?" Jiang Ding smiled.

"Forgiveness of sins!" The little guy in Tsing Yi panicked: "Little ......"

"No, it's okay."

Jiang Ding waved his hand: "Let's change it, it's okay to be smaller." ”

Even if there is a suspicion of exploitation, people will talk about it first, and the price is indeed much cheaper.

But he didn't want to be troubled.

The two went around and around and came to a more remote shop, where Huang Gui took out the key and brought Jiang Ding in.

The door is long, and the backyard is only two small rooms, barely able to accommodate a few people.

"The main price of this shop is nine taels, and in a small way, seven taels should be able to be sold." Huang Gui said with a smile.

"Yes, so be it."

Jiang Ding asked again: "In this market, how much does it cost to hire an experienced grocery store manager?" ”

Huang Gui thought for a while: "Five hundred Wen up, the more experienced, the better the past performance, the more expensive the monthly money, and it depends on the size of the store." ”

Jiang Ding took out an ingot of ten taels of official silver and handed it to him, and took about two or three taels of silver.

"The original shopkeeper is gone, you can bring the deed to me, and you can deal with it from the government, and I need to clean, decorate, hire a shopkeeper or something for this grocery store, how many days will it take to get these done?"

"One day."

"Okay, so be it, whatever you have left, it's for you."

Stuffing the silver into Huang Gui's arms, Jiang Ding walked into the dusty shop.

……

The next day, when I opened the door of the store, a little dust was scattered.

Outside the door, there were two people standing, covered with morning dew, and I don't know how long they had been waiting.

"I've seen the guest (the owner)." The two of them saluted separately.

"Hello two."

Jiang Ding was a little satisfied, his whereabouts had always been uncertain, and it was naturally very good for others to have a sense of proportion, so he looked at a short and fat middle-aged man behind Huang Gui.

"Brother Huang, who is this?"

"I'm about to introduce you to your guests." Huang Gui hurriedly said: "This is the little clan uncle Huang Deyou, who was previously in the Sihai Chamber of Commerce as a manager for the purchase of medicinal materials, and after the shopkeeper Long came, he changed the descendants he brought, so he was idle." ”

"The asking price is one or two silver a month, I used the silver you gave me to pay three months' monthly money in advance, if you are not satisfied, the small one will be exchanged for someone else."

The short and fat middle-aged man arched his hand and said, "The little one is yellow, and he has seen the owner." ”

Jiang Ding didn't see anything and nodded.

"Okay, that's it, Brother Huang, thank you."

Huang Gui nodded and left.

"Steward Huang used to be a dry herb, which is the right ......"

Jiang Ding pondered for a moment and said his request: "I want to buy some plants, I want a copy of any plant, the rhizomes and leaves are intact, and that's pretty much it." ”

He took out a herbarium of grasses that he had made yesterday and handed it over.

"Can this be done?"

Huang Deyou took the specimen board, doubting in his heart, but he didn't ask much, and looked at it carefully for a long time: "The owner, yes, the medicine picking boys of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce can easily do this, and ordinary people can do it, but they need to be taught more." ”

"If you buy this kind of specimen, how much should it cost?"

Huang Deyou thought for a long time and said: "The owner, if it is a small one, a skilled medicine picker can dig and make more than a dozen copies in half an hour, but it takes time to find it, and we will not repeat the purchase...... In the early days, two copies for a penny were sufficient. ”

Jiang Ding was stunned: "Two copies for one penny? Will it be too little? ”

"Quite a few, host." Huang Deyou said: "One liter of rice is only twenty-one or two liters, and you can earn two liters of rice by working for five or six hours a day!" We are not collecting medicinal herbs deep in the mountains, but also the weeds that can be found everywhere on the roadside. ”

"Let's take one copy."

Jiang Ding sighed, casually took out the remaining seventeen taels of silver from his purse and handed it to him: "From now on, I will ask for it tomorrow, and I will get the façade of our store." ”

Huang Deyou touched the silver, and his heart was shocked.

This is the first time we met, and I didn't know much about it, so I put this large sum of money in my hand.

"Just a little."

Jiang Ding said lightly: "Every specimen must be complete, and there must be no damage to the rhizomes and leaves, understand?" ”

Huang Deyou's face was solemn: "Don't worry, this little pair of eyes has looked at the medicinal materials for so many years, and there will be no mistakes!" ”

"Hmm."

Jiang Ding stopped talking, his hand caressing the hilt of the sword, not knowing what he was thinking.

Huang had to bow slightly, and he went to recruit people to get busy.