Lord Shoufu, your wife has escaped!

Regarding the imperial examination, Gu Mingzhou was a little more calm than others.

You know, when he was poor and had no books to study, he was still able to pass the examination of scholar, and then his value rose, he got more resources to study, and he was admitted to Jinshi, all thanks to a smart head.

After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, Gu Mingzhou even served as an examiner several times, and when he came back to take the imperial examination, it was almost not difficult.

So, while others were eager to break one day into three days, Gu Mingzhou used copying books as a review for several months in a row, earning a lot of money.

But just when he copied three more books and handed them to the bookstore owner, the boss told him that the price of the books had to be reduced.

The reason turned out to be that Gu Mingzhou was too efficient, he copied a lot and quickly, and in addition to the fact that the autumn is approaching, the books that scholars should buy have already been bought, and there is no time to read idle books such as gossip, the market is suddenly saturated .

"Somebody wants this solitary collection recently, so you can copy it."

Gu Mingzhou went back with the book, although he was regretful, but he also understood that copying the book was not a long-term solution, so why not see if there are other opportunities.

While walking on the street, I suddenly heard a loud noise in front of me.

When I went up to it, I found that it was a group of Huns who were buying and selling things, but the translator who accompanied them was not good at Mandarin, and the translation was messy.

There was a fierce quarrel on both sides, and the crowd of onlookers was getting bigger and bigger. The Huns couldn't bear it any longer, they slapped their waist sabers on the counter, and murmured something.

The shopkeeper only thought that he was picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and shouted loudly in fright: "Report to the officer, report to the officer quickly, these savages are going to kill people!"

The Huns couldn't understand anything else, but they knew that the word "barbarian" was a curse, so they got angry and shouted in a raised voice.

Both sides are on fire.

At this moment, a warm voice sounded: "This shopkeeper, please be safe, they have no malicious intentions."

A young man walked out of the crowd, with a smile on his face, and comforted the outsiders in the Hun language.

It turned out that the Huns just wanted to bargain with the shopkeeper, but unfortunately the original translator died of illness on the way.

Gu Mingzhou is polite, handsome, and ironic everywhere he speaks, quickly calming down both parties.

Afterwards, the Huns breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Gu Mingzhou was about to leave, he hurriedly stopped him.

The leader bowed to him: "This boy, my name is Attila, a businessman from the north, may I ask you to be our accompanying interpreter?"

Gu Mingzhou said: "It's Qiu Wei soon, I don't have much time."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can help out in Yangzhou, we are also looking for other translators, and the delay won't be too long."

Gu Mingzhou looked at the worn book in his hand, feeling embarrassed.

Attila immediately understood——for a scholar from a poor family, as long as he is given enough money, is he afraid that he will not agree?

"Ten days and ten taels of silver, how about it?"

"But..." Gu Mingzhou's attitude was a little loose, still hesitating, "I still have to study..."

"20 taels!"

Gu Mingzhou didn't speak.

Attila gritted his teeth and said in pain, "30 taels!"

Gu Mingzhou shook his head and sighed: "It's not about money."

30 taels was already a large amount for them, and Attila really couldn't increase the price. The faces of the other Huns also showed anxiety, and their eyes could not be fixed on the faces of Attila and Gu Mingzhou.

"But since Xiaosheng has read this book of sages and sages, he naturally cannot be a ruthless person." Gu Mingzhou took the money in his hand with great difficulty, and said righteously, "Xiaosheng can't do things that are in the middle of water and fire. .”

Then secretly turned upside down.

30 taels of silver, he copied the books for several months and only saved 20 taels!

The Huns were also overjoyed. Attila slapped Gu Mingzhou's shoulder vigorously and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! Little brother is so loyal!"

The Huns are tall, with wider palms than ordinary people, and they are also martial arts practitioners. With such a slap, they almost sent Gu Mingzhou into the ground.

This body is too weak.

Gu Mingzhou was extremely dissatisfied, and decided to let the Huns teach him to practice a few more tricks when he had time, so as to strengthen his body so that he would not be able to hold his wife in the future.

The Huns obviously felt sorry for the 30 taels of reward, and immediately took Gu Mingzhou to Mihang.

They only regarded him as an ordinary scholar, and they didn't hide too much when they spoke. Even so, they didn't reveal too much information.

Gu Mingzhou had a pure and generous face, but there was a flash of light in his eyes.

Huns, are you buying rice?

Bai Yuxin, who was thousands of miles away, also found a group of people buying rice a few months ago.

It was still Chunri at that time, he didn't have the political sense like Gu Mingzhou, but he had an instinctive intuition that kept warning that things were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

Although the status of merchants in the Xing Dynasty was low, it was much better than before. Moreover, the Xiongnu, the Central Plains, and the Southern Kingdom were three kingdoms, and merchants had to rely on merchants to travel between countries in exchange for the daily needs of the people.

It was only after Bai Yuxin came out that he found out that the things that the Gu family bought with the rich merchants in Yangzhou were sold to the northern border, and then they bought fur spices from the north and returned to the Central Plains.

In this season, the common people are busy with spring plowing, and there are not many people selling crops, but there are a lot of handicrafts made by the female relatives in the winter when they have nothing to do. Bai Yuxin walked around the streets with Gu's family to collect these things.

After observing for a period of time, Bai Yuxin gained certain confidence, and put forward his own views to Mr. Gu.

"Tun rice?" The bong in Mr. Gu's hand almost fell to the ground, and he asked him directly, "Do you know that it's just spring plowing, and the price of rice is high now!"

"I know, but in a few days' time it will be summer, and every family will use up all their food reserves, and the grain in the fields will not be ripe yet. The price of rice will be the highest when the grain is not harvested," Bai Yuxin said calmly, "That's when the big money will be made. Chance."

Gu Yongde on the side suddenly sneered: "You are the only one who is smart, who doesn't know this truth? Who has the time to stockpile food and stop working with the caravan?"

Bai Yuxin looked at him calmly: "If you have the skills of your boss, why should you be a buddy?"

"Yu Xin, it's good for a man to be ambitious, but have you ever thought about how many copper coins you can earn by buying rice?" Gu Yutang also frowned, "Although our journey to the north is long, we can share it with everyone. There are at least six or seventy taels of silver!"

Bai Yuxin said: "Recently, several groups of people have been buying large quantities of grain and rice. They may be planning to suppress the price of rice at that time, and wait for the price of rice to rise before selling. As long as we have enough capital, we are not afraid that we will not be able to make money."

Mr. Gu took two puffs of his pipe, frowned, and took a long time before opening his mouth.

"Our odds and ends add up to only two hundred taels. How much do you plan to use to stockpile grain?"

Bai Yuxin looked straight into his eyes: "All of them."