Interstellar female dressed as country dude

After hearing what Xie Huaiyu said, Bai Shu walked into a pharmacy called Jiyutang as he said.

The pharmacy was twice as big as the other shops, and the front door was also opened larger. The interior was lit with lanterns during the day, which looked extraordinarily bright and atmospheric.

When Bai Shu went in, the shopkeeper happened to be away.The goods coming and going by the pier were extremely busy, and there was only one apprentice sitting at the counter in the whole store.

He asked the apprentice, "Little brother, where is your shopkeeper? I'm here to sell medicine."

The apprentice raised his eyes unhurriedly, and looked Bai Shu up and down.

He is used to seeing rich merchants every day on weekdays, and he knows the faces of regular customers very well.

At this time, seeing a tender-faced boy like Bai Shu, and seeing him wearing coarse clothes, he said impatiently: "Jiyutang only accepts big merchants, and we have a stable supply of goods for a long time. People like you We don’t accept individual visitors, so let’s sell them next door.”

At this time, Xie Huaiyu was sitting with Xiaoshu in a grain store not far away. When the person in charge saw Xie Huaiyu, he immediately moved out all the books in the store.

Xie Huaiyu shook his hand and said, "Don't panic. I'm not here to check the accounts this time. Can you find out how many grains there are in total in several shops in Fucheng?"

The person in charge asked, "I don't know if the owner is talking about japonica rice, indica rice or beans?"

Xie Huaiyu said: "Whether it's rice noodles or sorghum, as long as it's food. Give me a total."

The person in charge took out the account book and flipped through it. After a while, he found the page that recorded various grain data, and added up the total amount with an abacus: "Report to the owner, there are a total of 28 shi in each grain store in Fucheng." food."

Xie Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then don't sell it now, and seal it all up. Then go to another house to buy [-] stone grains and come back, and do it in batches and batches. Don't be too obvious."

Fortunately, the lack of food is not much, 30 shi of food, no matter how much he can make up, it is enough to make up for it.

At this moment, what Xie Huaiyu had to do was completed, he went out with Xiaoshu, and walked towards Jiyutang.

After walking a few steps, I saw Bai Shu coming out of it, and was about to walk into a small drugstore next to it.

"Baizhu? The velvet antler hasn't been sold yet?" Xie Huaiyu frowned when he saw that he was still carrying the bundle in his hand.

Bai Shu shook his head helplessly at Xie Huaiyu and said: "That big store has its own fixed source of goods, and won't accept my things. Let's go next door."

Xie Huaiyu's face darkened and said: "No, just sell it to this family, and we will go together again."

Ordinary pharmacies do have their own fixed sources of goods, especially large pharmacies, which have already cooperated with some sources of goods.

But those fixed sources of goods are generally medicinal herbs, such as the antlers sold by Atractylodes macrocephala, which are collected from wild animals. There is no fixed source of goods, and they are all purchased from hunters.

Xie Huaiyu walked into the shop with Xiaoshu, the apprentice saw that he was well dressed, so he immediately greeted him and asked him what he needed to buy?

Xie Huaiyu didn't pay attention, just sat down on the chair next to him, and patted the stool, telling Bai Shu to come and sit quickly.Hearing this, Bai Shu also went to sit down...

The apprentice looked embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything.Looking at Bai Shu at the side, he realized that the young man was with those two people.

He had a bad feeling in his heart, and felt that he might have made a mistake, but he couldn't make up for it at this time, so he could only wait for the shopkeeper to come back.

Not long after Bai Shu sat down, the shopkeeper came in.

As soon as he saw Xie Huaiyu, his face froze for a few seconds, and the next moment his expression changed rapidly, and he ran over with a smile on his face.

Just about to call my boss...

Xie Huaiyu took the lead and said: "Shopkeeper, we are here to sell medicinal materials. But just now, the apprentice in your shop said that the shop does not accept medicinal materials from individual customers. Do you want to accept them or not?"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper glared at the apprentice and said: "If you accept it, of course you accept it. This apprentice is new and ignorant. I will teach him a lesson later."

After finishing speaking, he invited them into the room, and after a while, he walked outside the shop and said to the apprentice: "Even the master can't recognize the insignificant thing! Why don't you hurry up and make a pot of good tea!"

Only then did the apprentice realize that the person just now was actually the owner of Jiyutang, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly went to make a pot of good tea.

In the room, Bai Shu took out a large bag of antlers and antlers in front of the shopkeeper, which made the shopkeeper startled from ear to ear.It was the first time he had seen someone bring so many deer antlers.

Medicinal materials such as velvet antler are already in large quantities in the capital, and wild deer are difficult to catch, so it has always been difficult to find a lot of money.

Even if Orion sends them, there are only one or two pairs, so how can there be so much weight.

Bai Zhu took out seven pairs of deer antlers and three pairs of antlers, and piled them on the table in a big pile.

"Shopkeeper, let's see how much these antlers and antlers can be sold for," Bai Shu said.

A pair of velvet antler can be sold for 50 taels of silver in the county town, so there should be a lot more in this prefecture, right?

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Xie Huaiyu nervously, and turned the deer antler over and over several times.

Dong Xie's family seemed to be familiar with this young man. Since he was a friend of Dong Xie's family, the price he gave must not be lower.The shopkeeper thought about it, and stretched out his hands to make a gesture.

A pair of velvet antlers in Fucheng can be sold for a hundred taels, and I charge him 80 taels for a pair, only earning 20 taels, shouldn't that be enough?

Bai Shu was overjoyed, and was about to nod in agreement.Xie Huaiyu said from the side: "80 taels is really cheap. I remember that the velvet antlers in the capital are sold by slices and sold for money. Antlers cost ten taels for a penny. A pair of velvet antlers here weighs more than two catties right?"

When the shopkeeper heard Xie Huaiyu's words, he immediately turned bitter. That's the capital city. How could he sell such a high price for his shop in Fucheng?

He had no choice but to say: "The selling price in Beijing is higher than ours. That's because the shops in Beijing also have high labor costs. In Fucheng, antlers are mostly sold in pairs, and a pair only sells for a hundred taels of silver."

"Since that's the case, a hundred taels should be a hundred taels." Xie Huaiyu said.

Hearing what he said, the shopkeeper couldn't refute, so he took the antlers in Bai Shu's hands and said to him: "Little brother, I'll give you a total of 800 taels of silver for your antlers and antlers."

Those antlers were originally purchased for only 15 taels a pair, but because of Xie Huaiyu, he deliberately raised the price and bought them for 100 taels for three pairs.

Bai Shu didn't know that Xie Huaiyu was the owner of this shop, and thought it was Xie Huaiyu who would bargain, but the shopkeeper was persuaded by him, so he raised the price for himself.

After he received the 800 taels silver ticket from the shopkeeper and walked out of the store, he excitedly said to Xie Huaiyu: "Xie Huaiyu, you are really good. !"

Xie Huaiyu smiled without saying a word, happily enjoying Baishu's flattery.

The little tree at the side was extremely speechless, the young master is so eloquent, he is obviously giving away all his profits to Bai Shu!

And the shopkeeper in the pharmacy was reprimanding the apprentice, saying: "In the future, you will put on a bright cover, and when you meet that little brother who comes to deliver medicinal materials, you will give him all the medicinal materials at the selling price. Since he is a valued person by our boss, you must not." Slack."

After selling the velvet antlers, Bai Zhu also disposed of some wolf skins.

He sold four wolf skins to the North-South Store, one for ten taels of silver.

40 taels of silver was still a huge sum of money for Bai Shu last month, but this month, he has made two big sums of money in a row.

Compared with these two sums of money, 40 taels of silver does not seem to be much.

The 40 taels of silver Baizhu did not have a cash register, but took cash directly.

At this time, all the things in his hands were over.

Now it's just past time, since they have arrived in Fucheng, of course they won't just go back, they still have a lot of time, they can take a good stroll in Fucheng.

The place they were walking at this time was still the commercial street near the pier.After walking for a while, Xie Huaiyu heard a somewhat familiar ringtone.Sweeping his eyes to the right, he saw a few familiar bells hanging at the door of the shop, and they were the dragon and phoenix bells given to him by Bai Shu.

Bai Shu noticed Xie Huaiyu's gaze, and his face became hot, so he said to Xie Huaiyu, "The pair of dragon and phoenix bells were bought in this shop last time, and all the things sold in this shop are wedding things. .”

Xie Huaiyu twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, but he became more interested.Walking towards the shop: "In that case, let's go in and have a look together."

In the past when he was in the capital, there were quite a few such shops specializing in wedding items, and the types were more and more luxurious.But most of the shops are also women, and there are very few men.

Not to mention Xie Huaiyu, who didn't care much about the matter of Fengyue, so how could he possibly take a look around in person.But I never thought that today I would enter such a small shop on the street of Fucheng.

Seeing Xie Huaiyu, Bai Shu walked in directly, and had to follow behind him, but felt a little embarrassed in his heart, feeling that such a shop, even if everything was put together, was not worthy of Xie Huaiyu.

The shop owner has been in business for decades, and he has already developed the ability to remember with a photograph.When I saw Bai Shu at this time, I remembered that he was the handsome gentleman who asked me to buy a dragon and phoenix bell last time.

Therefore, seeing that he not only came by himself, but also brought a noble young man with a very noble status, he was very happy, and immediately stepped forward to greet him: "Little brother, you are here again. Last time you said you would send me The dragon and phoenix bell for my little brother, but gave it away? Come again this time, could it be for the dowry gift?"

As soon as he said this, Xie Huaiyu raised his eyebrows and gave Bai Shu a half-smile.

Bai Shu's ears were red at the moment, he only said that he was going to give it to his sweetheart, but he never said it was for his brother, and he didn't know why the shop owner misunderstood it.

He was extremely embarrassed and wanted to explain immediately.

Unexpectedly, Xie Huaiyu interrupted him, and said to the store owner: "The person who received that gift liked it very much. You even asked me to personally pick out a token for him. Boss, if you still have Such tokens of love can also be taken out.”

After hearing what Xie Huaiyu said, the shop owner knew that this was another business.Immediately enthusiastically led Xie Huaiyu to the counter, and took out everything from the bottom of the box.

Bai Shu stood where she was, a little stupefied.What Xie Huaiyu said...was he trying to give him something?

He was so happy for a moment, he felt like he was stepping on cotton, and he felt that he hadn't accomplished anything yet, but Xie Huaiyu had treated him so well, so he had to work harder to live up to Xie Huaiyu's love for him. His camaraderie.

"Little brother, what are you still doing standing there?" The shopkeeper waved to Bai Shu and said, "Since it's a gift that brother wants to give you in return, it must be something you like too. It's even better that you are here." Now, you can choose for yourself.”

Just then Bai Shu walked over and saw a lot of things on the counter.

"Which one do you like?" Xie Huaiyu asked.

"I... I don't know..." Bai Shu looked at a lot of things and touched his head. He doesn't like to wear jewelry, and he can't appreciate these objects, but since Xie Huaiyu wants to give him a token, no matter what All excellent.

"Since you can't choose, I'll help you choose." Xie Huaiyu said with a smile, looking at the items.

The shopkeeper was sure that Xie Huaiyu was a noble person and would not be short of money, so what he took out were the bottom of the box in the shop.

There are finely carved white jade pendants, gold lock collars made of pure gold, and other rare stone treasures.

Compared with the things in the capital, this shop is still a bit inferior after all.So this is the limit of what can be taken out.

Although the white jade pendant was exquisitely carved, the jade material was a little off. Although it was worth several hundred taels of silver, it was not considered a treasure.Those ornaments made of pure gold are either too feminine, or a little rough, and the vulgar styles can't be caught by Xie Huaiyu.

He looked around, and his eyes fell on a pair of purple-red gemstones.This pair of gemstones is pure in color and can be judged by light, which is the best quality red garnet.

Red garnet is not as valuable as diamond, but the pure color is also quite cherished.

Moreover, the color of this pair of garnets is purplish red, rarer than orange-red garnets, but the particles are small, no more than half the size of a little finger, so they are not considered treasures, but such a size is just right for jewelry.

So Xie Huaiyu singled out the pair of rubies and said, "The quality of this pair of stones is not bad."

Seeing the shopkeeper, he was even more pleased.Although this pair of gemstones looked small, they were the most expensive items in his store's collection, just two of them were worth a thousand taels of silver.

He immediately boasted: "Master, you have sharp eyes. What you are looking at is not extraordinary. These purple red garnets are priceless, and there is only one pair in this shop in the whole city."

Xie Huaiyu didn't bother to bargain with him, so he asked the price directly, and asked Xiaoshu to take out the bank note.The store in his hand has an annual income of at least 10,000+ taels, a mere thousand taels of silver, so he doesn't care about it.

However, Bai Shu was watching from the sidelines, but he was terrified.He himself gave Xie Huaiyu a pair of dragon and phoenix bells worth two taels of silver, but Xie Huaiyu changed hands and bought gemstones worth a thousand taels of silver to give back to him.

His current total net worth is only a thousand taels, which is so different from Xie Huaiyu's, how could it be heaven and earth?

If he had known this, he might as well choose something cheaper and let Xie Huaiyu buy it.

Seeing his expression, Xie Huaiyu roughly guessed what he was thinking.So he smiled and said: "Don't worry, this gem and the dragon and phoenix bell are both equally good in my opinion, and you don't have to compare them in your heart because of how much money you have. Take this thousand taels of silver seriously. It’s just that this stone needs to be processed to make jewelry, and I don’t know what kind of jewelry you like.”

Xie Huaiyu's words enlightened Bai Shu, and he suddenly became enlightened.

That's right, when he liked Xie Huaiyu, he didn't think about their identities and wealth, because he knew that he would not just stick to the countryside and be a villager.Now there is no need to consider the price difference between the tokens of the two, otherwise it will spoil Xie Huaiyu's heart.Waiting for him to make money, he will give better things to Xie Huaiyu.

Thinking like this, Bai Shu began to seriously think about the method of making the ruby.

He has a straightforward personality, carefree, and doesn't like to wear jewelry. After thinking about it, he thinks that this pair of rubies should be made into a pair of rings.

In the insect star, female insects and male insects become partners, and there is also the custom of exchanging rings to show their married status.

Although he and Xie Huaiyu are not in a further relationship now, Bai Shu also wants to have a pair of rings to show his sovereignty.

So he suggested to Xie Huaiyu with some guilt that he and Xie Huaiyu would each have one ring if they wanted to make a pair of rings.

Xie Huaiyu was taken aback, he didn't expect Bai Shu to make such a request.But it is novel to make two rings, one for each person, and it complements the pair of dragon and phoenix bells. It is indeed an idea that Bai Shu could think of, so he nodded in agreement.

After knowing the style Bai Shu wanted, Xie Huaiyu kept the pair of rubies and asked the shopkeeper to make a pair of rings for him.

As for the material of the ring, Xie Huaiyu did not choose pure gold, but a slightly harder alloy, and chose the simplest aperture for the style, slightly thicker at the bottom and gradually thinner at the top, which cost another hundred taels of silver. The second time is paid by Baishu himself.

The shopkeeper asked Bai Shu to measure the thickness of his finger, and said to him, "I'll make another ring with an opening, in case that brother won't be able to wear the ring when he gets it."

Xie Huaiyu who was on the side said, "No need, my brother's hand is about the same size as mine, you can just measure my size." He stretched out his hand.

The shopkeeper looked at his big hands with well-defined bones and his mouth twitched, thinking that this young man would take care of everything for that brother, could it be his younger brother?But this son's hand is really big, that brother's hand is the same size as his, so he should not be small.

It takes a lot of time to make rings. Since there are no machines, all are handmade. It takes at least half a month for a craftsman to make a pair of rings.

Bai Shu made an appointment with the shopkeeper for a month, then took the ring, and left the shop with Xie Huaiyu.

At this time, most of the street along the river has already been strolled, and Xiao Shu suggested that it is better to go to Baiquan Street in the center of Fucheng to have a look.

When he got to Baiquan Street, Bai Shu knew that this was the street in the center of Fucheng. He had been there once before and gambled money there, earning more than a hundred taels of silver.

Baiquan Street is the busiest street in Fucheng. Most of the shoppers on the street are young masters and ladies from rich families, and there are also some servants who buy and sell. Therefore, the goods here are much higher-grade than other places.

Although the level of luxury is still slightly lower than that in the capital city, but because it is close to the sea and has convenient river transportation, there are many new things that are not available in the capital city.

Many north-south goods shops on the main street sell exotic goods shipped from Nanyang, but there is a shop in Fucheng that specializes in seafood. It is called Kangyi Building, which is three floors high. The things are all imported from abroad, and the dazzling array makes people dizzying.

Last time Bai Shu walked in the opposite direction because of his haste, so he didn't see this shop.This time I came with Xie Huaiyu, it was the first time I saw him.

"This shop is really big, even bigger than the Kangyi Building in the capital." When he came downstairs, Xiaoshu couldn't help sighing.

Xie Huaiyu heard the words and said: "It's natural. Wan's family mainly relies on seafood for their livelihood. The shop in Fucheng is not the largest. The largest shop should be in Zhenzhukou Town, Donghai Bay. There are all kinds of goods there. It is said that the whole street is full of thousands of shops, each of which sells different goods, and there are many Nanyang fleets to purchase goods, which is very prosperous."

"The Wan family is really rich in financial resources." Xiao Shu sighed, "Young Master, they are just mediocre people, and it is really amazing that they can make such a big business."

Hearing about Wanjia, Bai Shu was also a bit concerned. Last time he was in Laifulou, he heard people mention Wanjia, and he was elected as the number one businessman in Daxuan.

It's just that Bai Shu has a different opinion on this, so he said: "Although the Wanjia is prosperous now, it's only for a while. They put all their business on seafood, which is actually not stable. Although the imperial court has released the confinement, but I don’t know when it will be taken back. And if the seafood business grows bigger, it will inevitably be coveted by others, maybe one day this business will be favored by that powerful person, and it will come to an end.”

"You also know Wanjia?" Xie Huaiyu raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

At the same time, he also agrees with Bai Shu's view that the Wan family is powerful now, and even though it relies on the distribution of dividends to several noble princes, it can barely hold its own.

However, some people in the palace have clearly taken a fancy to this business, and those princes and nobles are not satisfied with the one or two million taels of silver in dividends, and want to directly eat this business to earn a lot of money.

Wanjia can't protect itself now, and has actively explored other businesses, but it can't be laid out for a while, and the money it earns is far less than one-tenth of that of overseas goods.

"This..." Bai Shu rubbed his nose and said, "The last time I came to Fucheng, I heard some people discussing the business of Daxuan. The name of the Wanjia has also been mentioned. Other than that In addition, I also heard about a Qi family who sells salt and a Tang family who do various businesses."

Hearing that the Tang family was also there, Xie Huaiyu became even more interested, and he deliberately asked: "So, after you know the names of these three families, you feel that the business of the Wan family is not stable, so how about Qi's family and Tang's family?" Home, what's your opinion?"

Asked by Xie Huaiyu, Bai Shu replied honestly: "The Qi family is backed by the palace. I heard that it is the business of the empress's natal family. Naturally, there will be no change in the short term. But if the business in this world is only because of one person's power, If the person behind him is powerful and prosperous, then there must be no other merits. If the person behind him is weak, the business will be over."

"As for the Tang family..." Bai Shu paused before saying, "Actually, I haven't heard many rumors, and I don't know much about them. It's just that his family keeps a low profile and has a large stall. It won't be because of one business. If you can’t afford it, it should be the most secure.”

Xie Huaiyu was very upset when he heard this, so he also nodded with a smile and said, "You and I think the same thing, and I also think that the Tang family's business is the most stable, and the person in charge behind it must also be a stable person. man of."

Xiaoshu: "..." If he hadn't known that his young master was the head of the Tang family, he would never have thought that the young master would be able to praise himself so unabashedly.

The author has something to say: I am engaged to a ring~ but this is not an engagement~

Xie Huaiyu: Apart from boasting about Baishu, I never blush when I boast about myself.