Chapter 16: Wing Chun
Two women left, and two men re-seated.
Liu Luo said: "Third brother, after you left this morning, I was thinking about the problem you said yesterday about fishing. The north is now freezing cold, not to mention sea fish, they can't even eat freshwater fish. It must be a financial route for us to transport the catch to the north, but the catch produced in Huaixi County is limited, and it is self-produced and sold, do you have any way to get more fish?"
"Also. The caravan sent the catch to the north, and I had a way to get the agricultural specialties of the north, such as animal skins, mountain goods, and wild animals, which were in high demand in more than a dozen counties along our coast. If there is enough catch, the caravan can earn at least this amount by making a trip back. ”
Liu Luo stretched out three fingers, and Li Mu guessed that it should be three thousand taels of silver. If it was three hundred taels, he shouldn't have taken it seriously.
Li Mu thought about it for a while and said, "I've been planning to build a large-scale fishing ground, but I've been a little busy during this time, and I haven't put it on the agenda yet. I'm going to start working on it in the near future, and I'll have to wait for the fishery to stabilize in two years. It's just that I don't have much to do at the moment. ”
Liu Luo also knew that if this problem could be solved now, someone would have done it a long time ago.
Li Mu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Second brother, is the price of the catch the same in the winter and summer seasons in the north?"
Liu Luo was stunned: "You can't eat sea fish in the northern summer." It takes more than 20 days for the catch to be transported from us to the north, so how can the catch be kept for so long?"
Li Mu was overjoyed: "If I have a way to transport the catch to the north in summer, what price?"
Liu Luo straightened up: "The price must be twice as high as in winter!"
Li Mu said: "Second brother, think about it. Let's start digging a large ice cellar now, and then hire a lot of labor to collect ice in the winter, store it in the ice cellar, and then take it out in the summer to refrigerate the catch and transport it to the north...... Well, maybe we can change the policy, let's send someone to dig an ice cellar in the north, and then take advantage of the winter to transport the catch to the north and wait for the summer...... At worst, we sent people to collect the catch in the north and save it until the summer. ”
Liu Luo slapped the table fiercely, his eyes flashed, he really woke up the dreamer with a word!
Liu Luo paced in the living room with a teacup, thoughtful in his heart, sometimes stopping to think about it, and then continuing to walk after figuring it out. Li Mu didn't bother him, ate two pastries and drank tea. He still ate in Liu's Mansion in the morning, and now that it's past noon, he feels empty in his stomach.
Liu Luo re-seated, with a smile on his face, and said, "Third brother, you made me suddenly figure out the problem that has plagued me for many years. Tomorrow, I will send someone to the north to buy land and build an ice cellar, and the second brother of the business in the north will give you a 30% bonus. ”
Li Mu immediately refused, not to mention the cost of buying land, building an ice cellar and other investments, just the money that the caravan fed by people and horses for a year is a terrifying number.
And what about the dart master fee?
Who can guarantee that you won't meet robbers halfway?
Sixty percent of the money left is good. Now that Liu Luo opened his mouth and was about to give Li Mu Sancheng, how could he dare to pick it up?
Liu Luo said: "The third brother doesn't want to say it again, if you say it, you will look down on the second brother." ”
Li Mu was silent, secretly thinking that when the fishing boat was built, he would catch more fish. Maybe...... He suddenly thought of a very crucial question: the fishermen here rely on luck to fish, what if there are some professional means?
Thinking of this, he asked Liu Luo: "Second brother, do you know what professional fishing team our Great Xia Empire has?"
"Professional?" Liu Luo shook his head and said, "Except for more than a dozen counties near us, there are no coastal towns in the entire Great Xia Empire, and fishermen are even rarer. Have you ever heard of 'Demon Wind'?"
"Demon Wind?"
"It's the kind of wind that can blow the whole town into the sky!"
Typhoon!
Li Mu secretly calculated, and asked again: "What about the bait, is there a place to sell the bait in the Great Xia Empire?"
Liu Luo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Third brother, who is going to feed the fish if people can't eat enough?"
"Great!" Li Mu excitedly took a big sip of tea and said to Liu Luo: "Second brother, I have thought of a solution to the current lack of catch!"
"What's the solution?"
"Do you have a caravan ready to return from the north now?"
Liu Luo thought for a while and said, "Yes." Twenty carriages with full staff. There are five days left to reach Qizhou Mansion. ”
"Stocked?"
"Not yet. ”
"Great, send a message at once, let the caravan go to collect the water of the cattle, the butcher will take it and throw it away, and you can buy it with a little money, the more the better. And corn, the more the merrier. ”
Liu Luo looked dazed, Li Mu laughed, and explained: "Second brother, you believe me, when the caravan comes back, I promise that you will catch as many fish as you want!"
Although he still didn't believe it, Liu Luo still called the two servants to give Li Mu's request to the two of them. There is also the matter of buying land and building an ice cellar. And let the two of them ride four fast horses out of the city and rush to Qizhou Mansion as quickly as possible.
Li Mu had already thought that when the caravan came back, he would develop a fishing bait, and then take the bait to the deep sea, and he would definitely be able to catch a sufficient amount of fish. Even if it doesn't work, if you have the golden finger of a second heart, you won't go home empty-handed.
Liu Luo did not ask about the specific fishing plan, for him, a caravan of twenty cars was insignificant, and there were countless cases of empty cars running one way every year. He only cares about the catch, if it is really as much as Li Mu said, how much is the most ideal, even if there is none, it doesn't matter.
The two talked again, and Li Mu went back to his room to rest, he felt extremely tired. Last night's fight consumed a lot of internal strength, and he didn't rest all night, so he can now fall asleep with his pillow on his head. However, when he returned to the room, Li Mu did not sleep, but ran the Da Luo Nei Sutra to regulate pranayama. Pranayama is easier to relieve fatigue than sleeping. As he had expected, all his exhaustion was swept away after twelve small weeks of operation and one great week.
Now that there is still some time before dinner, Li Mu wants to go out for a walk. As soon as he arrived at the courtyard, he was amused by the wooden stakes in the courtyard. This is a very simple wooden stake, straight up and straight down the bare one, Li Mu laughed. He remembered that in the dream world, there was a wooden stake in his house, and he would hit it for a while every morning when he got up......
Thinking of this, he asked Yahuan to find a few wooden sticks, and he measured the distance on the bare wooden stake and used a dagger to cut four holes, and when Yahuan found a wooden stick, he simply made three pile hands, a pile foot, and used sawdust to nail the pile hand and pile foot into the wooden stake, and this simple wooden man stake was made.
Li Mu walked around the wooden stake twice, and he was quite satisfied. Take off your shirt and start practicing the little thoughts of Wing Chun, and then play the bridge after the small thoughts...... Slowly, he closed his eyes, as if he had returned to a dream......
Liu Luo was instructing the kitchen to prepare a dinner party, when he heard the sound, he knew that Li Mu was boxing, his hands were itching, and when he came to the courtyard, he happened to see Li Mu beating a wooden stake with his eyes closed, and he was suddenly interested. Waving his hand and holding back the ring, he stood next to Li Mu and watched him fight, and nearly half an hour passed after this look.
Suddenly, Li Mu felt a fist wind, he didn't want to open his eyes to destroy this hard-won martial arts epiphany, so he closed his eyes and fought with the other party. The enemy was defeated by him and retreated, Wing Chun paid attention to close combat, the enemy retreated and he advanced, and the enemy retreated and he advanced...... He gradually felt that he had come to his senses, stopped what he was doing, and slowly experienced the feeling. I don't know how long it took, but he didn't open his eyes until he had absorbed all the things he sensed.
"Second brother?"
Liu Luo circled around the wooden stake several times, making a 'tsk' sound in his mouth, and then came to Li Mu's side, lowered his voice and pointed at the wooden stake: "Second brother, this thing is your practice method of Tianya Haige?"
Li Mu's eyes widened, how could this guy think that he was from the End of the World, didn't the eldest brother tell him? It's just that his expression confirmed Liu Luo's psychological guess. Then, no matter how Li Mu explained, he didn't believe it.
"Third brother, is this set of boxing techniques the secret of your Tianya Hai Pavilion?"
"That's not ......" Li Mu regretted it after speaking, isn't this guy going to learn? He remembered that he had practiced hard in his dream for fifteen years before he could be considered a beginner, and forty years before he became a small success.
This guy ......
Sure enough, Liu Luo showed an extremely excited expression, "Third brother, I won't tell you, if you don't stop just now, my brother will run away." This kind of boxing ...... No, it should be a finger...... That's not right, this kind of kung fu is simply too strong, you must teach me!"
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Second brother, it's not that my younger brother refuses to teach you, it's that it's too difficult to get started with this Wing Chun." ......" he was interrupted by a voice outside the door.
"Sister Man'er, this sachet is so beautiful. ”
"This is not bad, well, it's so fragrant, Sister Wanniang, you smell it. ”
"Well, it's really fragrant. I really don't know what kind of pollen this sachet is made of. Pollen? Oops! I forgot to buy a potted plant. The back garden is bare, and I want to buy some potted plants to decorate. ”
"You don't need to buy potted plants, there are many in my garden, and I will have someone bring them to you when my sister goes back. ”
"Okay, thank you, Sister Man'er. ”
......
The first to appear in front of Li Mu and Liu Luo were Wanniang and Man'er, and behind them were the people of Liu's house, each holding a lot of things in their hands, and even furniture and beds brought in...... As the subordinates walked into Liu's mansion one after another, Li Mu's jaw was about to fall to the ground. Liu Luo also felt a little headache, these two women seemed to have moved the entire bazaar back. Even if you don't, you're almost done. Moreover, looking at their appearance, it seems that there is still some unfinished business.
Sure enough, Wan Niang waved at him when she saw Li Muhou and continued to talk to Man'er: "Sister Man'er, will you accompany me to the market tomorrow, I still have a lot of things to buy." ”
Man'er nodded excitedly, "Okay, okay." Yucuixuan is said to be new tomorrow, and I want to buy two hairpins, so let's go tomorrow after breakfast?"
Wan Niang clapped her hands and applauded, and said, "Let my husband accompany us tomorrow, my husband has great strength and can take a lot of things." ”
Li Mu twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, turned back to Liu Luo and said, "Second brother, let's talk about Wing Chun, I feel that you are quite suitable in all aspects." Don't worry, I'll draw you the Wing Chun moves when I go back. ”
Liu Luo was overjoyed, took Li Mu's arm and walked to the wing, completely forgetting the two little ladies who had just come back.