Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

Quanzhou Luyao, I don't know how long it will take to return to Chushan after this trip.

Zhao Huaizhi asked Xu Nuo to go back to Chushan to tell Taohua that they were going to Quanzhou, and arrange some things by the way.

Because the distance was too long, they had to consider taking a shortcut, so that they would have to go through the mountains, and they would inevitably have to worry about encountering robbers.

Several people have kung fu, so naturally they don't worry too much about this, but for the sake of caution, they only walk in the middle of the night, and use the rest of the night to rest.

They left Xiangyang, entered Hanshui, left Yunmeng in the east, and traveled to the territory of Yueyang.

This town is very small, and the outside of the town can be said to be secluded. It is early summer, and the lotus leaves in the lotus pond are lush green, and the bamboo in the bamboo forest is also extraordinarily emerald green.

Walking through the long embankment, the summer cicadas began to sing, as if they were playing music to welcome them.

After crossing the long embankment, it was like entering the town, and it gradually became lively.

"It looks like a festival?" Although Gu Yue said so, he was not sure about the exquisiteness of Song people. After all, many Song people wore exquisite clothes on weekdays.

Qin Juan's horse is always eye-catching, but fortunately he only rode Seventh Brother and stayed in Huhu to play with Songman and Xiao Qu'er in Chushan.

Seventh brother especially likes himself to be the focus of attention. He holds his head high and his chest high, airy and unassuming.

"Go to the inn ahead and rest for one night before leaving." Gu Yue suggested.

They have been driving for a month.

Zhao Huaizhi nodded,

They stayed in this inn,

At this time, the waiter of the inn told them that tonight, there was a lotus festival.

They are foreigners, and they must have never seen the lotus festival here. The waiter introduced the lotus festival to them in detail.

"Then what is this?" Gu Yue pointed to the lotus-shaped bottle on the table and asked.

Waiter: "This is lotus wine. This kind of wine is very popular these days, so every family has it. If you like it, you can buy it and try it."

Gu Yue brought up a bottle: "It's good to have a taste."

During the meal, Gu Yue poured wine for everyone. Qin Juan felt that the wine bottle was novel and wanted to know what it tasted like, so after Gu Yue filled it up for him, he picked up the wine glass to drink, but Zhao Huaizhi changed the glass.

Zhao Huaizhi gave him a cup full of tea, but directly drank the cup of lotus wine...

"..." Qin Juan was speechless, and even swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva...

Not only that, but Gu Yue who was at the table even called it "delicious".

Only Xu Cheng rolled his eyes, feeling that apart from the aroma, there was no smell of wine.

Xu Cheng still likes to drink the baijiu in this inn, this lotus wine is too fruity for him.

Gu Yue drank lotus wine as water, because it was not intoxicating, and he liked the scent. The waiter saw that he drank seven or eight bottles and would still drink it, and laughed from ear to ear. How could he not be happy about the receipt of money and silver.

After a meal, Qin Juan couldn't help reminding Gu Yue with a straight face: "Drink less, it will hurt your health."

Gu Yue was about to refute him, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't drink any more.

The next day, they continued their journey to Quanzhou. When they left the town, a family in the east of the city seemed to be having a wedding.

Xu Cheng frowned: "Throwing a hydrangea ball to recruit relatives is another trick, hurry up."

Xu Cheng didn't know if he was punished by others, or what, he rode his horse and walked to the front quickly.

Gu Yue didn't understand Xu Cheng's meaning, it just so happened that the hydrangea from upstairs was thrown over.

In front of Gu Yue, many people grabbed the hydrangea ball. Seeing that these people were grabbing the hydrangea ball, Gu Yue thought that the ball was a good thing, and suddenly stepped on his horse to grab it too.

But at this moment, there was a tall man in the crowd who looked like a scholar and rushed over frantically to grab the ball in Gu Yue's hands, but he was no match for Gu Yue.

He was kicked away by Gu Yue. Although Gu Yue held his strength to avoid hurting others, the man was kicked back many steps.

Just when Gu Yue was about to hold the ball in his hand, Xu Cheng in front flew over and kicked Gu Yue away: "You mind your own business!"

Gu Yue: "Find out who is meddling now!"

"Do you know what that ball means? It's not something you can grab!" Xu Cheng said.

"I don't want us all to stay here because of you."

Gu Yue doesn't understand what Xu Cheng means now, but he will understand after a while.

A few men over there fought for the ball, and the man who had just been kicked away by Gu Yue quickly hugged the hydrangea and shouted: "I got it! I got it!"

At this time, a matchmaker came down from upstairs and asked someone to put a bright red silk flower on the tall man.

Xu Cheng: "This is a hydrangea ball to recruit relatives. Those who grab the ball will go in and be the son-in-law!"

After Xu Cheng finished speaking, seeing that Gu Yue didn't speak, he frowned and asked, "Could it be that you don't know what a door-to-door son-in-law is?"

It took Gu Yue a long time to understand, and she rode away resentfully.

At this moment, Gu Yue ran very fast, leaving them all behind.

Xu Cheng inevitably felt a little funny.

Apart from the town, Gu Yue was waiting for them by the small river outside the town.

When they caught up with him, Gu Yue asked Xu Cheng: "Why is there such a thing as hydrangea recruiting relatives?"

Xu Cheng looked at him and said in a deep voice, "In the end, it's all business."

Gu Yue was even more puzzled.

"Whether it is martial arts competition or hydrangea recruiting, there are two advantages. One is to gain fame within the radius, and the second is to establish trust. In short, no matter whether you are a businessman, a famous scholarly family or a family of martial arts, you can use this to make money. It’s good, and generally the person who grabs the ball is already determined.”

"As long as the village helps to spread the word, which one has done the recruitment, and it goes smoothly, without breaking its promise, as long as the person who snatches the ball enters the door and becomes a son-in-law, they will have credit, and they will be talked about by the village after dinner. The merchant’s business will be easy, and the family’s reputation will grow.”

Gu Yue thought that this Xu Cheng always spoke one or two sentences because he didn't know how to speak, but he didn't expect that this person not only could speak, but could also speak like this...

But he also understood.

Xu Cheng was right, it was all business.

"Song people are really flexible." Who would think of using this to make money.

Gu Yue thought again, is the tall man kicked by him the one chosen to grab the ball?

Gu Yue thought in his heart: Fortunately, Xu Cheng stopped him, otherwise he would have been too hungry and walked away.

If Xu Cheng didn't kick him back, they should have been invited upstairs to drink tea at this moment.

They escaped the hydrangea recruiting, and they were able to walk thirty miles east of the town, but they encountered a few robbers near a large lake.

Gu Yue: "It's really interesting, there are robbers everywhere, let me see if you can fight them."

While speaking, Gu Yue drew his sword and rushed over.

Those robbers seemed to know that they knew martial arts, they first avoided Gu Yue's attack, and then joined forces to besiege Gu Yue.

At this time, the eyebrows of the three people not far away were slightly lowered.

"My lord, they know that we are equipped with knives. Since they dare to rob, it seems that they are also prepared for us to know martial arts." Xu Cheng looked at Zhao Huaizhi.

Zhao Huaizhi looked at the forest on the other side. Except for the lake on one side, the dense forest on the other side, there may be robbers in the forest who haven't come out yet.

It's just that it's only [-] miles away from here, why did the robbers dare to be so rampant?Don't the town officials care?

"Ask how much money they want to let us go." Zhao Huaizhi said.

Xu Cheng rode over and said to the robbers, "How much do you want?"

The robbers seemed to be stunned for a moment, but they did not let go of their attack on Gu Yue: "Hand over all the tickets."

After they said this, Xu Cheng vaguely understood: "Wait a minute."

Xu Cheng returned on horseback, and Zhao Huaizhi and the others also heard what the robbers said.

It's just that Qin Juan didn't understand, he looked at Zhao Huaizhi.

Zhao Huaizhi took out a few sheets and handed them to Xu Cheng: "Give them."

Xu Cheng took it without hesitation, and rode towards the robbers again.

"Everything is here, let us go there." Xu Cheng held up those "tickets".

The robbers were slightly surprised, and they took a look, and there were three or four of them!

They were both happy and excited: "Let them pass first, and you give me the ticket."

Xu Cheng gave them one, and then withdrew his hand: "Let them go away."

The robbers didn't understand what Xu Cheng meant, and said, "Let them go quickly."

Zhao Huaizhi and Qin Juan rode over and glanced at them.The two quickly walked to the east of the official road...

"Let at least half of your people leave." Xu Cheng explained what he meant just now.

Only then did the robber understand what he meant before.

The robbers made half of his people leave, and Xu Cheng only gave him another one when the robbers were gone.

The robbers had already checked it carefully, and it was stamped by the government. It was the real thing, and it was a big profit.

The robber smiled and said, "Give me what you have left, and you can go."

Xu Cheng winked at Gu Yue, and when Xu Cheng crumpled up the "ticket" and threw it away, he and Gu Yue rode away.

The robbers went to pick up the paper balls, but it was too late to react and chase them.

After reacting, they also disappeared at the end of the road like a black dot.

Run for more than twenty miles.

After recovering, Qin Juan had a chance to ask Zhao Huaizhi and the others, what is the ticket?

Zhao Huaizhi: "It's an exchange. Merchants can use this to find goods or even money from the government for exchanging rice, grain, tea, and silk. It was originally abolished, but some places still exist."

Qin Juan: "What do the robbers want this for?"

"They were robbed by others."

"Then for them?"

Xu Cheng: "It's fake." Gu Yue: "Then they are stupid, they don't want money, they want some fake paper."

"Because if it's true, they can make a lot of money." Xu Cheng's low voice came.

Gu Yue still didn't understand.

Xu Cheng's smile darkened: "If you talk too much, it's business. In the Song Dynasty, everything you can't touch is business."

Gu Yue: "What you said is too absolute..."

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