The prosperity of the Song Dynasty was closely related to the waterways, and in this era, land transportation was all by horse-drawn carriages, and there were horse thieves on the road, so it was necessary to hire a dart board. In the case of water transportation, as long as the ship is large enough, it can be completely disembarked at the starting point and disembarking at the destination. After all, you must have your own boat for water robbery, and a good boat is not something that poor thieves can get. The development of water transport will inevitably lead to the development of water conservancy.

In ancient times, the most important thing was always agriculture.

Water transportation is developed, and water conservancy is profitable. This is not the same as the development of land transportation and the crowding of farmland. Road construction involves building mountains and bridges, but more often than not, it is built on existing flat land, that is, on dry land. Moreover, in addition to being beneficial to business and convenient for people's travel, the benefits of building bridges are not greater than harms to agriculture.

Therefore, in this era, can we refer to the great Liao in the north, even if there is no shortage of horses, it is still not as good as the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty relied on water transportation to develop.

Beyond Song City, there are countless bodies of water. There are the Yangtze River, there is the Wujiang River, and there are many unknown rivers.

Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water. The town is inhabited by the river, where people have been fishing for a living for generations, and over time it has formed a fishing town, where merchants from all over the world come to buy fish and sell it to various places.

Even the best fish will be offered to Bianjing.

There is an old fisherman in the fishing town, and legend has it that he is a devotee of the dragon king, because he can always get the most fish in the shortest time.

For example, in winter, if someone wants to eat carp, he will have it in his fish cage. Autumn longing for perch, he also has.

In short, if anyone wants, it is right to look for him.

On this day, as usual, he returned from fishing on the river, carrying a load of fish to the market to sell.

"Drink, old fish head, you opened a horse again today, where did you catch such a big mullet, I'm afraid it weighs hundreds of pounds, such a fish can also be caught in the river?"

Anyone who knew the old fisherman knew that he always had strange goods, and now that he looked, he did. That is, he is the same, otherwise if someone catches such a big fish, it must be a demon and a monster.

However, the old fisherman has been fishing for decades, and there are many big fish and strange fish from his hands, and nothing has happened, but it is abnormal nourishment. So this time, he got a big fish back, not only did everyone not hide in fright, but hurriedly stopped him, and added jokes to himself: "Old fish head, sell me this mullet, I will buy it at a premium of 20%, it just so happens that my daughter-in-law is waiting to give birth, I will buy this black fish and go back to stew soup to make up for her." ”

"Go, go, your daughter-in-law gave birth half a year ago, I don't sell this black fish, I'll keep it for myself." The old fish head said angrily.

These two are also drama spirits. One used his daughter-in-law as a pretense, but the other said that he ate it without shame.

Eat it yourself?

This doesn't look small, if it weren't for the lack of two legs, it would definitely be a big guy of three hundred pounds. Eat it yourself? You old stick dish, are you done eating?

You must know that this is not modern, and you can put it in the refrigerator if you can't finish a meal. This is ancient times, if you can't eat a meal, this fish will stink.

It can only be sold to big mansions, rich and noble families. There are many people, and they can only eat in one meal.

Of course, there are also gluttons in the world, who are unwilling to share, can't eat, and hide in their own ice, but also can.

Of course, the price is even higher.

Ice mining is generally in the north, and the current north is not the territory of the Han people, and the cost of making ice is naturally high.

But the more families like this, the more they can sell for a high price! And the fish with the head of the old fish is a famous nourishment, and the rich are naturally willing to pay a high price.

Thinking of this, the vendor smiled: "Sancheng, how about I pay a premium of 30%, in the past few days, I happened to meet a person who bought black fish, and it would be a waste for you to take it back to stew soup, why don't you sell me, and then use the money to buy something else, isn't it better?"

The peddler knew that the old fisherman could not eat the fish, but he did, and instead of telling the truth, he went along the way.

The old fisherman would not eat such a big fish, but he had good fish goods, and he also knew what his market was: "I already knew that there was a rich merchant who bought black fish here this morning, and if you paid a premium of fifty percent, I would sell you this black fish, otherwise I would give it to me." ”

Old fishermen who spend less time fishing than others have more time to gather intelligence. Although it had only happened in the morning, the old fisherman already knew about it.

"Look at the old fish head, you are the same as in the drama text, waiting for the price to sell. ”

"Hey, what is to be sold at a price, rough man, I don't understand. But it was only after listening to this letter that I went to catch this black fish. The old fisherman smiled, very proud. His skills are indeed something to be proud of.

The hawker made a rough estimate in his heart, the premium is fifty percent, and there is still a profit, except for the old fisherman's brand, the rich man did give a high price. Such a high price is never hard to come by.

After all, fish are no better than others. If you sell it expensively, others can not buy it, and when your fish dies, you will have to sell it as cheaply as possible.

You say that your fish is good, and you want to sell it for a sky-high price, which is simply impossible. So the old fisherman only added fifty percent, and didn't dare to add more.

And the hawker has a rich man as a base, and after calculating it, he has made money, so he immediately added drama for himself, gritted his teeth and said: "Cheng, the premium is fifty percent, go over there to weigh it." ”

"Wait a minute, I don't feel at ease with your name, I have to use mine. The old fisherman said shrewdly.

"Okay, okay, by your name. "The peddler was helpless. Yes, it's a white play, and he doesn't fall into the trap at all.

And this name is not a hundred catties of fish at all, but more than two hundred catties.

"Do you want to believe it, and use your name to weigh it again?" the old fisherman didn't expect it to be so heavy.

"Okay! I admit it. ”

What the hell is that he called, he doesn't have a little A number and C number. That is to say, add a piece of iron under the plate, how much does it weigh? one catty, or two catties.

In the face of more than 200 catties of fish, is this a bit of a fart?

If you let this shrewd old man get entangled with him, it will be even more troublesome! After all, he is not the only one who collects fish.

The peddler gave the money happily, and the old fisherman got a sum of money from selling the black fish, and went home in a good mood.

After the peddler bought the big black fish, he hurriedly took the black fish to the inn in the town, and prepared to sell it exclusively to the rich merchant who had come to the town early this morning to buy the black fish.

By the time the hawkers arrived at the inn, there were already quite a few other fishmongers selling black fish here.

But look at the size of their black fish, and then look at their own, more than two hundred catties, I'm afraid they are all fine. Immediately full of confidence, he shouted loudly: "I have a black fish that is more than a hundred years old, come and take a look." ”

"You just blow it, although your black fish is bigger, it will last for more than ten years, how can there be hundreds of years. ”

"Go and go, just know to brag, don't delay the business I am waiting for. I've been to the sea, and I've seen bigger fish. When the fish is big, the meat will be firewood, and it will not be delicious. ”

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Peers are enemies, and when peers come up with fish that they can't compare. Nearby fishmongers immediately banded together and attacked this common adversary with their "professionalism".

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will blow it.