I was a hunter in ancient times

Zhou Du took the umbrella and took Shen Xi to the Kyoto pier in a carriage.

Kyoto Wharf is not far from Kyoto, away from the bustling city, all the way to travel smoothly, you can arrive in less than an hour.

When passing through the busy city, Shen Xi raised the curtain of the car and looked at Jiang Ji Restaurant, which was more congested than last time, the smile on his face sank, and he pursed his lips silently.

Zhou Du raised his umbrella and hooked the tip of the umbrella over the car curtain in his hand: "Don't look at it."

Last time Zhou Du won 1000 taels of silver at Jiang Ji Restaurant in one go. Although he didn't give Jiang Ji Restaurant any face at that time, the money was indeed real money.

The news was spread word of mouth by the people who witnessed it. Such a huge sum of money brought the reputation of Jiangji Restaurant to another level.

In addition, Jiangji Restaurant has been spreading the word without leaving room for these days. Not only the whole capital, but even people outside of Kyoto have heard about it. This reputation has spread. Everyone wants to come to this Jiangji Restaurant to have a look, which makes the business of Jiangji Restaurant go up to a higher level.

The streets seemed more congested than when they came.

Shen Xi tugged at his clothes irritably, and muttered in disbelief: "A good restaurant doesn't spend its mind on cooking, but concentrates on making these gimmicks that have nothing to do with cooking, and is still a restaurant. It’s better to close down and go to the street to perform.”

These sour words have been muttered all day long since Shenxi went to the capital, but God seemed to be unable to hear his words. Not only did Jiang Ji Restaurant not close down, but it became more and more prosperous.

Not only the people in the streets and alleys know, even the servants in the kitchen will occasionally say in the kitchen that they will go to Jiangji Restaurant to try their luck when they are free. If they win money, they will invite everyone to go to Jiangji Go to a restaurant for a drink.

Not only that, because throwing pots is one of the six arts of a gentleman, and because those who came to throw pots also confiscated their money, Jiangji Restaurant became famous, and many people started to play pitching pots in their homes to help the court promote the six arts. After a few compliments, I sent a brocade flower to Jiangji Restaurant.

The curtain of the car covered the bustling scene outside, Zhou Du heard Shen Xi's murmur, and said softly: "He will let him be strong, and the breeze blows the hills, we just need to be ourselves."

Shen Xi understands the truth, but sometimes he is very angry, and now Zhou Du pulls down the curtain of the car, he is out of sight and out of mind, and slowly calms down.

Nodding obediently to Zhou Du: "You're right, I don't need to waste time on such meaningless things, I should do what I'm doing right now."

Seeing him turning the corner, Zhou Du stopped talking, opened the umbrella in his hand, got off the carriage at a leisurely pace, and stretched out his hand to hold Shen Xi behind him.

Shen Xi's hand fell on his, and he jumped off the carriage neatly, and the voices of people on the pier were heard immediately.

Since the two of them went to Beijing, they no longer wore the ordinary cotton clothes in Taoyuan Village. Qin Yi asked his servants to make silk and satin clothes for them a few times, and the material was no worse than the tributes in the palace.

They thought that when they first came to the capital, the servants of the general's mansion said they were poor, but they didn't refuse. They dressed well, and they also made Qin Yi look good.

Qin Yi also sent someone to send them some high-quality jade ornaments. They took the clothes, but they couldn't accept those expensive jade ornaments anyway, so they all returned them.

Therefore, although the two of them didn't wear any jade ornaments, walking on this pier like a busy city was quite eye-catching.

A pair of extremely eye-catching Bi men passed through the crowd with umbrellas, causing pedestrians on both sides to stop and peep.

Seeing that many people were looking at them, Shen Xi pulled Zhou Du's sleeves unhappily: "Swipe the fan a little bit to cover your face, they are all secretly looking at you, I feel uncomfortable .”

As he said that, he gave Zhou Du an annoyed look: "It's fine if you only show it to me."

Zhou Du's eyes fell on Shen Xi's tightly pursed, unhappy face, and a faint smile floated in his eyes: "How much do you despise yourself?"

Shen Xi didn't understand for a moment: "What?"

Zhou Du looked around: "They are all looking at you, and you are also very good-looking, very cute."

As he spoke, his voice was lowered, and in a voice that only the two of them could hear, he said softly, "I like it very much."

Shen Xi is wearing a bright red brocade today, on the wharf full of people, he looks like a red carp mixed into the pond, bright and lively, very attractive.

Zhou Du was wearing a silver and white brocade today, standing next to him, it was perfect match.

Shen Xi's face became hot uncontrollably, this was the first time he heard the word "like" from Zhou Du's mouth, his heart was numb as if a feather had been brushed against it.

"Who wants to hear you say this now?" Fortunately, Shen Xi still remembered where they were, and after regaining his senses, he dragged Zhou Du towards the pier, "Let's find the Wumei merchant quickly."

Zhou Du responded, and kept the umbrella in his hand firmly on Shen Xi's body to ensure that he would not get sunburned.

After walking a few steps, there were fewer people around. Shen Xi poked the back of Zhou Du's hand again, coughed lightly, and said in a low voice with a blushing face: "What you said just now, go back and tell me a few more times."

Zhou Du raised his eyebrows: "Where will you tell me when you go back?"

Shen Xi looked around, said two words quickly, and ran away quickly.

Zhou Du smiled and followed his pace.

Dark plums are not a food that is in short supply. The black plum merchants brought a large ship of dark plums to Kyoto for sale. In addition to supplying to the suppliers of previous years, there were still more than half of the boatload of dark plums left, so they docked at the pier to look for other merchants.

The wharf in Kyoto can be said to be the largest, largest and most prosperous wharf in Daqing other than the seaport. Therefore, the wharf is not only a place for mooring ships, but also a gathering place for business negotiations.

Before Zhou Du and Shen Xi approached the pier, he saw many small cloth sheds one by one on the side of the pier. There was nothing in the cloth sheds, and there was only one person sitting. All kinds of objects are all points set up by various merchants on the wharf, which is convenient for merchants traveling from south to north to find people.

The market was huge, and there were all kinds of merchants mixed in. Zhou Du asked many people in succession, and finally found an ebony merchant in an obscure corner who was chatting enthusiastically.

The Wumei merchant probably didn't expect anyone to come to his door, so he didn't pay attention to Zhou Du and the others.

If it wasn't for Shen Xi who had bought his family's ebony plums on the boat, the chattering people around would really not be able to recognize who the businessman was.

Seeing the ebony merchant who was chatting with others, Shen Xi cleared his throat and shouted: "Boss Gao, do you still have ebony in your house?"

Hearing someone shout, Gao Qing immediately turned around and replied: "Yes, yes, as many as you want..."

Gao Qing turned around and saw Zhou Du and Shen Xi were obviously stunned, obviously he still remembered Zhou Du and Shen Xi.

With a smile on his face, he was stunned, quickly got up, and approached kindly: "Master Shen still remembers the villain."

"Remember, remember." He was no less enthusiastic than Shen Xi, and said sweetly, "Boss Gao's ebony plum tastes really good. After eating it, people want to eat it again. I'm looking for you again."

Being praised by Shen Xi, Gao Qing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Since Young Master Shen likes it so much, I will ask someone to send two more baskets to Young Master Shen. It is rare for Young Master Shen to miss such worthless things."

"Forget it as a gift." Shen Xi waved his hands, not taking advantage of others, and bluntly expressed his intentions, "Today I came here specially to talk to Boss Gao about some business."

As soon as these words came out, Gao Qing knew that Shen Xi wanted a lot of black plums, and the attitude on his face became more serious, but his enthusiasm remained undiminished: "How much does Young Master Shen want to buy?"

Shen Xi straightened his face: "Naturally, I want as much as you have."

Boss Gao didn't dare to take these words seriously, and tentatively said with a smile: "That's a good relationship, I still have more than half a boatload of ebony plums here, if Young Master Shen can wrap it up for me, I don't have to worry about the boat fare to Beijing."

Black plums are cheap, and Kyoto does not need many merchants. The reason why Gao Qing pulls a whole boat is to earn the fare for the round trip, and also wants to try his luck to see if he can meet a big buyer. Anyway, the ebony plums can be stored in the sun, so he is not very worried.

For his temptation, Shen Xi is not to be outdone: "I'm afraid one boat is not enough."

Hearing Shen Xi's words, Gao Qing's heart trembled slightly, and she restrained her smile a little, and hurriedly and respectfully invited them into the small table in the small cloth shed for a detailed discussion.

When Zhou Du and Shen Xi came out again, they had two contracts in their hands. They bought all the ebony plums from Boss Gao at a price of five cents per catty, and asked him to help buy them from other ebony merchants. of ebony.

Dark plums are cheap, and there are not many people who plant them. They are all concentrated in the provinces south of Daqing, and they all know each other well. It would be best to let Boss Gao be the middle lobbyist.

They have just estimated that the output of Daqing ebony plums this year is only 40 million catties. They first gave Boss Gao a deposit of 1000 taels, which is the price of [-] kilograms, and the rest will be made up after all the ebony plums arrive. .

Boss Gao agreed very readily. This ebony is not necessary at all. It can only be sold out every year if it is half-sold and half-gifted. He promised that he would not bother to sell this year and every year in the future. He is happy that someone will send money to the door Before it was too late, how could someone push the money out.

As for what Shen Xi wants to do with so many ebony plums, this is not something a small person like him can ask.

Leaving the cramped little shed, Shen Xi raised eyebrows frequently.

Zhou Du held up an umbrella for him, and when he saw this, he asked aloud, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried about money," Shen Xi didn't hide anything, and said directly to Zhou Du, "What about thirty or forty kilograms of ebony plums, now we can only get a fixed amount of 23 kilograms, and the remaining [-] kilograms what to do?"

Shen Xi said this, but he wasn't very worried in his heart. He had an extremely strong backing behind him: "It seems that I can only borrow money from my aunt."

Two 3000 taels of silver, if they go to borrow it from Qin Yi, he will naturally borrow it.But right now his and Shen Mu's wedding is coming soon, at this time, they go to borrow money, no matter how you look at it, it's a bit funny.

Just in response to the phrase "poor relatives" in the General's Mansion, they don't cause trouble for Shen Mu, and they don't embarrass him.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Du objected: "Don't borrow from Qin Yi."

Shen Xi was dumbfounded: "Then where are we going to earn these two thousand three taels of silver?"

Boss Gao went to buy wumei, and he could buy all wumei to the capital in at most two months. He and Zhou Du had no valuable property and no family property. How could they earn these 3000 taels of silver in two months?

Zhou Du's deep eyes moved slightly, and he said without thinking, "Of course I went to my father-in-law to ask for it."

Shen Xi froze for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed, "Wonderful!"