The same is a slave and a maid, such as Gu Zhong can be redeemed, and after redeeming the posthumous, the descendants can become civilians, and those who are ambitious can get ahead through the imperial examination or the army.

No matter how bad it is, even if it is like the original body, it is implicated by the family and reduced to a lowly status, but it can also get rid of the nationality and regain its freedom.

However, once the Xiyi people were naturalized, they were enslaved for generations, and their descendants were not educated, nor could they join the army, so they could only be reduced to the lowest slaves from generation to generation

It was this strict and clear hierarchy of dignity and inferiority that made Gu Zhong feel superior to them when he mentioned Xiyi slaves.

Zhang Zhishu didn't comment, but secretly thought to herself, no wonder countless Xiyi people would rather flee for life than return to obedience.

However, the Great Wei Dynasty explicitly forbade the people to intermarry with the Xiyi people, and the original biological mother could conceal her identity and marry into the official eunuch's family, which must not be simple!

She has half of the blood of the Xiyi people on her body, will there be thunderstorms in the future?

Zhang Zhishu was only slightly distracted, and quickly retracted her thoughts, and raised her eyes to meet the inquiring gaze of the shopkeeper Cao, she smiled faintly, and looked at her friendliness.

"I can see that the lady is familiar, but her mother's family is from Han Qianhu's family?"

"Exactly, Mrs. Zhang's righteous act of begging for food saved the people of our county, let us raise a glass, replace wine with tea, and toast Mrs. Zhang."

Gu Changheng was the first to get up, and Zhang Zhishu hurriedly stood up with a teacup.

After a lamp, the shopkeeper Cao hurriedly took the shopkeeper to retreat and no longer bothered.

In the private room, Gu Changheng couldn't wait to get straight to the point.

"Since Mrs. Zhang knows the tea horse road, Gu will not be verbose, I don't know if you think it is feasible to reopen the tea horse road?"

"Where do people come from? Are we just the three of us? ”

Zhang Zhishu also spoke directly, and without waiting for the loss in Gu Changheng's eyes to expand, she dipped her fingers in the tea and simply drew a topographical map on the table.

"The main peak of Mao'er Ridge is steep, but as long as you climb over this mountain, it will belong to the south."

"Southside? The south is rich in copper and iron ore, but that's not a livelihood that civilians like us can get their hands on. ”

"No, there are a lot of good tea hidden in the 100,000 deep mountains in the south, and the reason why it is not as famous as Jiangdong tea is because the mountain roads are blocked, the transportation is inconvenient, and the tea on the high mountains cannot come down at all."

"Selling tea from the South? I've never heard of this! ”

Seeing that a small flame had already ignited in Gu Changheng's eyes, Gu Zhong hurriedly reminded him.

Zhang Zhishu only asked indifferently: "What the predecessors have not done, can't the future generations do it?" The road to the south is nearly half the distance less than the Tea Horse Road. ”

"Well, there are many places where the tea horse road passes, don't hide it from the lady, and now I am shy in my pocket, if I really go on the road, I have to pawn the house first."

"What! The owner is going to sell the house? So where do we live in the future? When Gu Zhong heard this, he was so excited that he couldn't sit still.

Gu Changheng glared at him with a straight face before saying: "After the house is sold, you can buy it again, the business opportunity is fleeting, and if you miss it, you will never have it again." ”

"Now that the common people are so poor that they sell their sons and daughters, the owner should think about it, even if he can really get the tea back, who will he sell it to?"

"You don't need to worry about this, you don't understand if you want to break your head, since Zhang Niangzi has mentioned it, she must have already thought of a market." Gu Changheng said and turned his gaze to Zhang Zhishu.

Otherwise, it's easy to talk to smart people.

The corners of Zhang Zhishu's mouth hooked up a satisfied arc, she didn't answer immediately, but took a piece of red bean cake and handed it to Han Yu, who had been sitting quietly in the corner, turned around and gently rubbed the teacup in her hand, and didn't drink tea, as if she was contemplative.

Gu Changheng is a good person, and immediately said loudly: "If you go south to sell tea this time, all the expenses on the way will be paid out, and the profits will be fifty or five points with Zhang Niangzi?" ”

It's a tentative tone.

Seeing that Zhang Zhishu still didn't react, Gu Changheng said again: "Sanqi, Zhang Niangzi accounts for seventy percent, and Gu Mou accounts for three percent." ”

"No, why, the expenses are all called out of us, why does she account for seventy percent!"

Gu Zhong's strange scream almost scared Han Yu so much that the red bean cake in his hand fell, Zhang Zhishu was displeased, raised her eyes, and just one sharp look frightened Gu Zhong shut her mouth.

"It's not a bad thing to be outspoken, but it's not a good habit to shout at every turn."

"Gu Zhong, you go out!" Gu Changheng pushed Gu Zhong out with a dark face, turned around and bowed respectfully to Zhang Zhishu.

"I will discipline him well in the future, he is actually kind and has no bad intentions, but he saw that I had lost all my family business before, and he was anxious for me, so he was vigilant for me everywhere, Zhang Niangzi forgives her sins, and bears with me."

"Gu Dongjia doesn't have to be so polite, if the tea seller in the south can make the trip, you and I will be partners in the future."

Zhang Zhishu stood up and made a gesture of raising her hand to help Gu Changheng up.

"But business is business, and the profits from selling tea in the south can only be opened with you at most."

As she spoke, Zhang Zhishu took out a gold leaf.

"This is the principal, this time I went south, what I fancy is the character and ability of the Gu Dong family, if you and I can cooperate for a long time, I will ensure your comeback."

That's the gold leaf that the family specially uses for rewards!

Gu Changheng only felt heavy in his hand, his heart should have been rewarded by the prince when he asked for food last time, and he really didn't choose the wrong path!

"Mrs. Zhang can be trusted, and she will definitely go to the soup and fire in the future."

"Don't be so excited, let's find a way to replace the gold leaf with broken silver, go south on the mountain road, and prepare some dry food."

"This, this ......" Gu Changheng couldn't believe it: "You mean that this gold leaf will be handed over to me to exchange for broken silver?" ”

"Of course, Gu Dongjia is a famous merchant in the Western Plains, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, it's not strange that you still have a gold leaf in your hand, if I go out to change, I have to explain the way to explain for a long time, a waste of time."

"But isn't the lady afraid that I will roll up the gold leaf and run away? This is pure gold, at least three hundred taels of silver! ”

"If you run away, you will die for three hundred taels, if you don't run, you can earn more in the future."

Zhang Zhishu has this confidence, not to mention that she still has two gold leaves in her pocket.

I have to say that a little bit that falls out of the fingers of the rich can sometimes really change the life of the poor.

Gu Changheng's heart was full of excitement, and the feeling of being appreciated and trusted made his body surge with blood and energy.

"Lady don't worry, wait a minute, Gu will come when she goes." With that, Gu Changheng hurried out.

Han Yu's eyes widened, and he anxiously leaned on the windowsill to check, until he saw Gu Changheng running into the money village at the end of the long street, and his heart at the mention of his throat was slightly lowered.

However, the scene downstairs quickly attracted Han Yu's attention, he first rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then rushed downstairs anxiously as if he was going crazy, whimpering as if he was shouting something......

Zhang Zhishu vaguely heard: Uncle?