The fat shopkeeper saw that the eldest lady was in low spirits and wanted to please the eldest lady, so he waved his hand and asked the little maid who followed behind to pick up a box: "This is the profit of this transaction, please see it, madam." When the little guy opened the box, he saw that the golden light was dazzling, and it was actually a box full of gold.

The fat shopkeeper said proudly: "The two boys in Houlong Village don't know how to do it, they use gold to buy sugar, and I will pay it into silver at the official price, which is one and a half times lower than the gold and silver exchange price of the people, so that inside and outside, our boat of brown sugar has earned nearly fifty percent more profits, and it will be good to make a few more profits in the future." ”

The eldest lady looked at a box of gold, a little in a trance, she is not a shallow person who has never seen gold, but the country people, taking out a box of gold to buy candy is really a big deal, obviously the other party is prepared, aiming to get it.

Her heart jumped suddenly, and she hurriedly asked the fat shopkeeper, "Has snow candy ever appeared on the market?"

The fat shopkeeper was stunned: "I haven't seen the so-called snow candy in the market, but there are many people who come to our store to ask if there is snow candy to buy, and even many people come to ask." ”

The eldest lady's heart was beating sharply, and she faintly knew that she had done something wrong, and at this time, a personal maid sent a letter, and said in a low voice: "This is sent by someone from the yamen." The eldest lady nodded, there are people from all families in the Yamen of Yinxian County, although their status is not high, but they can often send news in time.

The eldest lady opened the letter, only glanced at it a few times, and stood up with a sigh, "Oh no! I've fallen into the way of others! Not only has the reputation of the family been ruined, but also let Snow Candy take the opportunity to become famous all over the world!"

The fat shopkeeper didn't understand the meaning of the eldest lady's words, and the eldest lady had already hurriedly entered the backyard and asked the old lady to plead guilty in person: "Old lady, the daughter-in-law didn't notice it for a while and made a big mistake." ”

The old lady asked carefully about the reason before and after, and sighed: "Daughter-in-law, get up, it's no wonder you, the price increase was set by me, but I didn't expect that there was a master behind the opponent, and he actually pushed the boat down the river and put my family together." Unexpectedly, this matter also attracted the covetousness of several dogs in the county, hmph, they are also worthy of fighting with all families? Well, let me think about it, Houlong Village--This boat of brown sugar was finally transported to Houlong Village, which shows that the rival's nest that robbed my family of sugar is in Houlong Village. When I first saw these two methods, I knew that the person who spread these two methods would be extraordinary, and this person must have the world in mind and be compassionate. That's it, daughter-in-law, let's stop the matter of sugar, and in the future, when the people of Houlong Village come to buy sugar again, we will sell it to them at a fair price. ”

Although the eldest lady was unwilling, she had no choice but to respond.

But I didn't expect that the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, from Yinxian County to Fucheng, on the land of eastern Zhejiang, the reputation of snow sugar became more and more evil, and everyone added oil and vinegar, and in the end, this matter has been deduced into a script:

It is rumored that on the coast of the East China Sea, there is a Houlongzhuang, and there is a sage in the village, who has the help of heaven and has obtained the magic method of making snow sugar, and originally wanted to benefit the people. Who would have thought that there was a greedy businessman surnamed Zhu, who forgot his righteousness when he saw profit, and made a black hand to the sages in the countryside, delusionally trying to win the method of snow sugar. Later, there were immortals to help, so that the sugar mold of the merchant surnamed Zhu became rotten, but the sugar of the sages in the countryside was as sweet as honey, and ordinary people ate snow sugar, which can prolong their lives.

This script is actually very crudely compiled, and even the composition of primary school students in the 21st century is not as good, but people talk about it, first, the people of the Great Li Dynasty lack literary and artistic life, and even the books spoken by storytellers have been talked about over and over again for more than 2,000 years, and they are tired of listening to it. Second, this Shinong businessman, the merchant is ranked last, the merchant values profit over righteousness, and is the most despised by the people, and it has almost become a matter of course to scold the businessman, which can be called a joy to see. Because of this, this word spread more and more widely, correspondingly, the fame of snow candy is also getting bigger and bigger, and later, everyone knows the name of "Houlongzhuang" snow candy.

After hearing this script, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhu family was so angry that she almost vomited blood, and the merchant surnamed Zhu in the book was actually alluding to the Zhu family, and Houlongzhuang was alluding to Houlong Village, and this remark was originally to destroy the reputation of the Zhu family! However, it was impossible for the Zhu family to refute it everywhere, and even find a way to ban the script. The old lady has repeatedly instructed that in an eventful autumn, all forbearance is the best.

Suddenly, Yinxian County, Fucheng of all sizes of sugar shops, received an invitation, on the book "this month's three city days, Yinxian outside the city held a snow sugar auction meeting", this did not pay for the invitation, immediately caused a sensation of large and small merchants, this snow sugar name has been circulated for a period of time, until today, only to reveal the true face of Lushan, immediately have a quick report to the eldest lady, the eldest lady came out of the words "how to do business, how to do".

It's the day of the Three Cities Fair again.

Outside the city of Yinxian County, the center of the bazaar, set up a grass shed, surrounded by reed mats, there are many small benches in the field, the facilities are extremely simple, but it is such a place where the wind leaks everywhere, but there are many merchants wearing gold and jade, the horses and servants outside the shed are in groups, and the merchants in the shed talk loudly, and there is only one topic to talk about, that is, snow sugar.

The fat shopkeeper of Zhujia Jiangxia Street was also at the scene, he sat on the bench uneasily, looking left and right, he was surrounded by large and small sugar merchants, some wholesale, some retail, and even a few came from other provinces, in addition, he also saw some housekeepers of rich and noble families, obviously to buy snow candy for the master's family to taste.

Suddenly, he frowned, pointed to a five-short businessman and said, "Lou Dalang, you are in the rice business, how did you come to our sugar business?"

Lou Dalang said with a smile: "Your family is engaged in the franchise business of brown sugar and rock sugar, but this snow sugar is not included, why can't my Lou Dalang come?"

The fat shopkeeper said angrily: "Snow sugar is also sugar!"

Lou Dalang sneered: "Since you said that snow sugar is also sugar, then you can let Mr. Houlong let this snow sugar business be done by your family." ”

--Mr. Houlong, this is Guo Dalu's new title in the folk, with the spread of the snow sugar business book, the common people gave the sage who invented the snow sugar a folk title - Mr. Houlong, but, no one knows, Mr. Houlong is a young man, in the book, Mr. Houlong is a white-bearded, kind old man.

The fat shopkeeper was choked in one breath, yes, you have the ability to let Mr. Houlong touch the snow sugar business, the snow sugar has broken the monopoly of the family, as soon as the back door opens, there will be more people with a heart to squeeze in, Lou Dalang is just one of them, behind him, countless businessmen of all sizes are staring at the families like hungry wolves, and they all want to pounce on them and eat a mouthful of meat. This piece of meat has been eaten by all families for more than 2,000 years, and it is time for someone else to taste it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks to the tips of book friends such as Wei Xiao ˊ, Phantom Angel, and Heavy Snow in the sky, on May 1, the book classification is strongly recommended, and the four watches of the same day are welcome.