The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

Now that he knew it, Jia Zheng honestly admitted, "I didn't expect such a thing to alarm my big brother. Jia Zheng is really useless. After reading the novel, I only released Guangzhou Port as a port. To stabilize the local situation, my wife secretly built a large sea ship. It can be said that it is not abiding by the rules when it is small, but it is a violation of government orders when it comes to the big one. Jia Zheng didn't dare to let his wife let go of her courage to build a sea-going ship, but all of this could only be done secretly and secretly, even the eldest brother and the old lady kept it secret, but unexpectedly let the eldest brother know.

Jia Jing laughed, "You don't have to panic, I'm afraid few people can guess it except me." Ning Guogong's descendant, Jia Jing who earned the honor of Jinshi by himself, is really incompetent, but the former emperor When he was alive, he was still wary of them, kings with different surnames and heroes of the old country, but he was cold to give some superficial honors. Even though he has no talent, let him have a good life, but he didn't think about it, or he was too pampered, which almost made him a real slut, not to mention that the Jia family would turn over when things changed. of this day.

When he came to Jia Zheng, he didn't mean to threaten him, but he wanted to let him take care of Brother Rong. Zhen'er was already like this. She was filial, knowledgeable, and well-organized. With him around for a while, he can hold on to this bull's head for a day, but his grandson Jia Rong is still young and can be cultivated, if anything else is fine, since he is returning to repairing boats and seafaring boats, then he must have a foot in it!

"In this regard, I'm afraid you know better than I do! One family doesn't talk about two families, what plan do you have, or come together one by one, and work together!"

After Jia Zheng thought about it for a while, he boldly revealed his wife's plan to participate in overseas trade.

"It's a beautiful idea. The imperial court has long established a thirteen tooth shop for foreign merchants. You will definitely annoy them when you come out." Jia Jing frowned and said, "They have been operating there for hundreds of years. You are here first. If you want to share their profits as soon as you go up, how can you break up with you?"

"Here, big brother, please listen to me." Jia Zheng leaned out and explained carefully in Jia Jing's ear.

Qin Zhuang looked at a group of farmers with hoes and sickles in front of him, and slowed down first. Although he didn't turn his head, he said in a low voice, "Brothers, this time the opportunity comes, so be more vigilant."

"Got it, big brother."

There was still a distance of about ten steps. Qin Zhuang pretended to have come to his senses, took out some money from his arms, and counted them. He put down the burden of goods on his back first, and trotted to these villagers, holding the money with both hands. send it.

"These big brothers, hello big brothers, you are here to ask for tolls, these belong to our five brothers. Please keep them well." Qin Zhuang gestured five with his right hand while raising the money to those in front of people.

Li Shan, a villager in Dongfeng Village, holds 25 copper coins in his hand.Somewhat inexplicably, he returned to his village chief.

"Village chief, I don't think they are here to cause trouble. You see, he gave us money. Could it be that he regards us as robbers?"

Li Hu, a 78-year-old old man from Li, coughed lightly, "Oh, the village chief in Nantou told me that these people are a bit sneaky, walking around the village, asking questions, thinking that They are not good people. Ah Shan, what do you think?"

"Grandpa, the village chief, what do I think? I think they all look quite decent, and what one of them is carrying is a cargo load. There are some rattles, small flower drums and the like on it. I think they seem to be A small peddler who goes into business." Li Shan is a good hunter with sharp eyes.

Now that it's in stock?That's really rare, although everyone can go to the market in the Xiangshan village along the water, it's rare after all, after all, the mountain is far away, "Then you get them all here, let's ask carefully."

Someone reminded, "Village Chief, they don't seem to understand what we are talking about. That person just gestured for a long time, but we didn't understand either."

Li Hu understood, "So that's the case, then it's no wonder that Lao Jiang was suspicious. They may be foreigners, and they can't understand the words. The donkey's lips don't match the horse's mouth. It's just like this. You go and bring Mi Xiucai from our village. .He knows how to speak a little official language." This is also the most proud thing in their village.

"Well, the village chief, I'll find him right now." The young man responded and rushed into the woods to find someone.

Qin Zhuang and the others felt very obedient and waited until a man in a long robe hurried over with the boy.

"Village Chief, what do you want from me?" Mi Xiucai raised his hand.

"Mi Xiucai, look, there are five people there. After a while, you can ask us clearly, what are they here for?"

Mi Xiucai still depends on the village to continue to support him in his studies, so there is no reason why he should not, "Good village chief."

Seeing these people pulling them forward, Qin Zhuang whispered to Jia Fen and Xu Hu and the others, "You are all honest, if I don't wink, you should keep silent."

"Understood. Brother, we will all be obedient."

The last village got off to a bad start.Let them be kicked out in despair, this time they must behave well, as long as they can talk to the people in the village, they feel that this business can definitely be done.No matter what happens in the future, at least they have a chance now. As long as they can make the first business with the people in this village and open up the situation, then this village can become their first base of development.Just like what the lady said, the face is formed by drawing circles with dots.

Seeing that it was getting closer, Qin Zhuang couldn't help turning around and explaining to Xu Ping and Feng Chan, "You guys will play by ear when the time comes. If you feel uncomfortable talking, don't open your mouth."

Everyone gave him a look of affirmation and trust.

A group of people walked up to the village chief.Qin Zhuang led the way, and greeted the village chief, "Hello village chief, hello old man, hello folks."

When Mi Xiucai heard that, fortunately, this man spoke clearly and it was not difficult, so he said happily, "Village Chief, he is greeting us, hello."

The old village head nodded, "Okay, who are they? What are they here for?"

Mi Xiucai then relayed.

Qin Zhuang understood that the man in the poor gown was someone who could speak well, and hurriedly said, "Hello, big brother, my name is Qin Zhuang, we are all a small caravan with good logistics, and this time we are going to the Fragrant Hills Market. On the way, I brought some goods along the way, to see if I can buy and sell needles, threads, brain salt tea and other small gadgets with the people in the village, and I can also have a place to sleep by the way, so I don’t have to sleep in the wilderness.”

After listening to Mi Xiucai's report, the old village head asked Li Shan and others to check the bags of several people. It was true that besides the burden of goods, it was their clothes, road signs, dry food and other things.

"Lead them to the village, Ah Liang, and tell the girls in the village to see if there is anything they agree with." The old village chief said wisely, the village lacked these things, and it was under their noses Under the hood, they can't play any tricks, this time the transaction is successful, the businessman is after profit, and will come here in the future.Somebody is better than nobody!

Qin Zhuang and the others were overjoyed. The last time they failed, everyone was a little discouraged and disappointed. They thought that this time they would definitely lose to Maicheng.

"You guys put things here, do you understand?" Mi Xiuzi pointed to a few square tables brought together outside the ancestral hall. Guys, what goods have you bought, and what is Tongda Logistics?Is this the name of a big guild?

"I know, I know." Qin Zhuang hurriedly led them to take out the goods one by one and arrange them one by one, "Put all the women's household items here, seasoned salt and marinade in the middle, and some sugar, tea, paper and pens, etc. ..."

Seeing that he acted quickly, Jia Fen and the others had no choice but to stand by and act.

"You all remember that when the time comes, the women will talk all over the place. You should write down a few things and check the quantity. Don't we sell the goods at a loss, even though Madam's It means let's just let go and do it, but if we don't do business seriously, it will make others suspicious. Here, the handkerchiefs are five yuan each, and a roll of thread costs fifteen yuan, and a needle is given away! This needle You can’t give away more! And this... the price of one category is about the same, do you all remember it?”

"I understand."

Feng Chan and Xu Ping are alright, they are usually called apprentices, one needs to get started with seasoning and the other needs to divide medicine and back prescriptions, Jia Fen is anxious, while Wang Hu simply stands on the pen and ink, anyway It costs two hundred dollars, which is regarded as a valuable item, and it is not easy to sell.

After a while, more than half of the women in Dongfeng Village who were notified by beating Luo and drums had come, and some of them had children on their backs, which really scared Jia Fen into sweat. After talking, he finally yelled with a straight voice, "Don't grab it, this handkerchief is five yuan, and you can only take it away if you give it!"

The old village head looked at his daughter-in-law who was so furious that her hair was a little loose, stood in front of him respectfully and said, "Father."

"How about it?"

"The price is neither expensive nor cheap. It's a fair price, but it's in good condition, better than the ones we bought back in Xiangshanji." Adi gave the old village head a thread, a needle, and a small bag of salt, "They still Selling salt, although it is expensive, is not coarse salt, but fine salt.”

The old village head opened the small yellow oil paper bag, and saw that the salt grains inside were as fine as snow, he tapped a little bit with his hand and put it in his mouth, he couldn't help but praise, "Good salt!"

Looking at the bustling business, I saw a child jostling around, and for some reason accidentally fell to the ground, and stepped on it when it was crowded, and the child's hands and feet were trampled firmly In several places, the pain was so painful that they burst into tears, and everyone dispersed in a hurry. When Xu Ping saw that someone wanted to hug him, he immediately stepped forward, "No, he doesn't know if his internal organs are injured, don't move, let me take a look. "

"who is he?"

"Isn't it possible to go to the witch doctor?"

"Don't really step on it."

"Little brother, little brother." A young girl was about to rush forward, but Wang Hu stopped in front of her. Xu Ping knelt on one knee beside the crying child, "Is it a relative of the child?"

Mi Xiucai hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and at the same time repeated loudly.

"Yes, yes, I am a baby and his mother."

"Tell her not to touch the child, just hold the child to stop crying, and let her come over."

Xu Ping touched the place where the child's footprints were stepped on with his hand, "Does it hurt here?"

The child sobbed under the comfort of his mother and shook his head.

Seeing that it wasn't here, Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay if it wasn't an organ injury, but I'm afraid it's an abdominal disease, it's not to be expected, and children don't know how to describe their illnesses, so it's difficult to treat them.

In the end, it was only his lower leg that was broken. Xu Ping asked the villagers to find a few straight wooden sticks that were as thick as two fingers, and then tied him up after setting his bones.

"Don't move around casually. The leggings can be removed after one month, but don't let this leg be injured again within three months." Xu Ping said, "There are ointments, but no herbs."

Mi Xiucai hurriedly said to everyone, and many people ran home to get some medicinal materials they had collected. Xu Ping picked up some usable ones from the inside, and looked at the taste, and then looked at the sky, " Why don't you find someone who knows the place and lead me up the mountain to gather herbs." What a god-sent opportunity!In this way, it is possible to keep a good record of the medicinal materials here.

The old village chief nodded and motioned Li Shan and Li Ge to accompany him, and then asked Mi Xiucai to translate his words to Qin Zhuang, "You are not just small vendors, are you? Although your business is genuine, you are nothing like ordinary businessmen. The difference, but there is no small caravan who dares to sell snow salt, and even bring a doctor's!" His eyes were like a torch, could it be that they are a family of criminals who escaped from disaster?

The author has something to say: Qin Zhuang: How could it be!We have obviously been very careful!

Old Village Chief: Hmph, you are like fireflies in the dark, you have already exposed your shiny buttocks~

When the book is used, there is less hatred, and geography is the place where I have the most painstaking work...