I was a hunter in ancient times

Chapter 104 Lack of Money

 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, 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 used the tip of the umbrella to hook the car curtain in his hand: "Don't look at it."

Last time Zhou Du won a thousand taels of silver at Jiang Ji Restaurant, although he didn't give Jiang Ji Restaurant any face at that time. , but this money is 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 since Shenxi went to Kyoto, but God seemed to be unable to hear his words, not only did not close down Jiangji Restaurant, but also muttered It's getting hotter and hotter.

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 muttering, and said softly: "He will let him be strong, and the breeze blows the hills, so we just need to be ourselves."

Shen Xi understands the truth, he just has The times were quite bad, and now Zhou Du pulled down the curtain of the car, he was out of sight and out of mind, and slowly calmed 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."

Zhou Du saw him turn the corner, He stopped talking, opened the umbrella in his hand, stepped off the carriage without haste, 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 spoke, he gave Zhou Du an angry look: "You can just show it to me alone."

Zhou Du's eyes fell on Shen Xi's tightly pursed, unhappy face, and there was a faint twinkle in his eyes. A smile floated up: "How much do you look down on yourself?"

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

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

Said the voice Lowering his voice, he said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I like it very much."

Shen Xi was wearing a bright red brocade today . The red-tailed carp is bright and lively, and looks tight.

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 consciousness, he pulled Zhou Du

towards the pier, "Let's find the ebony merchant quickly."

The umbrella on the top of the umbrella has always been firmly placed on Shen Xi's body to ensure that he will not be exposed to the sun.

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

Zhou Du Raising eyebrows: "Where to 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, please How much..."

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

The smile on his face was taken aback, he quickly got up, and approached kindly: "Master Shen still remembers the villain."

"I remember," he was no less enthusiastic than Shen Xi, and said sweetly, "Boss Gao's ebony taste is really good. , After eating it, people still want to eat it, so I'm looking for you again."

Being praised by Shen Xi, Gao Qing was also very happy in his heart, 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.

" Give it away." Shen Xi waved his hand, not taking advantage of others, and bluntly stated his intentions, "Today I came here specially to talk to Boss Gao about some business." As soon as Gao Qing said

this, Gao Qing knew what Shen Xi wanted. There are a lot of dark plums, and the attitude on his face is more serious, but the enthusiasm remains undiminished: "How much does Young Master Shen want to buy?"

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

Boss Gao said this But he didn't dare to take it 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." There are not many merchants needed. The reason why Gao Qing pulls a whole boat is to earn the fare for the round trip. Besides, he also wants to try his luck to see if he can meet a big buyer. Anyway, this black plum is dried It's quite easy to let go, and he is not very worried.

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

Hearing what Shen Xi said, Gao Qing's heart trembled slightly, he restrained his smile, and hurriedly invited them into the small cloth shed respectfully. Talk in detail at the little table.

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 grow 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 30,000 to 40,000 jin. They first gave Boss Gao a deposit of 1,000 taels, which is the price of 100,000 kilograms. make up.

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 an umbrella for him, saw this, and asked aloud: "What are you worried about?

" We can only get a deposit of 100,000 kilograms, what should we do with the remaining 230,000 kilograms?"

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

Two or three thousand taels of silver, if they go to borrow 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 it from Qin Yi."

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

Boss Gao went to buy Wumei, at most two months He and Zhou Du had no valuables on the one hand, and no family property on the other, so how could they earn two or three thousand taels of silver within 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 was stunned, then clapped his hands and laughed, "Wonderful!"