future library.

Chapter 82 Linen
Outside Zhujiamen City, three muddy and disheveled people were stopped by dedicated buddies.

Facing the complicated situation at the pier, the man said politely but firmly, "Masters, what's the matter?"

"Buy goods, take a shower." Shen Cong wiped a handful of mud from his face, and spat hard.

Xiang Xin embarrassedly covered half of her face with her robe. She was the one who brought the humanoid balloon straight into the quagmire. Fortunately, otherwise, someone would have to be knocked out of the brain and concussed.

No matter how thick the gas is, it can't block the mud. The three of them are like taking a mud bath, rolling three times in it like a wild boar, and crawling out humming. Fortunately, the flying tickets they carry with them are not ordinary paper, so they can still be kept.

The waiter looked the three of them up and down, but did not put down his blocking hand. He still said politely: "There is a big bathhouse a few steps ahead, and there is also an inn on the street in front. You..."

Shen Cong impatiently took out a flying ticket from his sleeve, without looking at the denomination, threw it to him and said: "The inn is too far away, I don't like Datangchi, I know you have a place for merchants here, go find three rooms out of the room."

Although this store is not big, it is in the trading center of Beijing. The clerk can check the flight ticket himself. It looks like it is genuine. His face becomes more gentle and he says: "Please wait..."

Shen Cong didn't even listen and went straight up. No matter how wealthy an ordinary merchant's family was, they wouldn't have the power of the Shen family. Even a store like the Shen family's pawnshop was just run by the servants of the family.How could he take a shop clerk seriously?

Holding a flying ticket of 100 taels in his hand, the clerk would become powerless if he tried to stop him. Unfortunately, Xiang Xin, who was all dirty, didn't give him a half-hearted chance. With a slight movement of his hand, a heat wave blew him to ten Many meters away in the yard.

"It won't be dead." Cheng Jinzhou said behind him.

"How could it be so easy to die?" Xiang Xin said, looking at his star formation and saying, "I used too much star power today, and I will save some next time."

"Can you get a fixed amount of star power every day?"

"It is calculated according to the time cycle, usually one day." Xiang Xin twisted the water on his body: "As long as the star array exists, new star power will be injected into it every hour, and I can have a total of 120 star power every day." Well, in the most cases, you can only save so much star power, unless you change to a better star array."

Cheng Jinzhou touched his chin, trying to find a reasonable explanation: "Could it be that after a day, the positions of the planets connected to the star array change too much, and the energy generated cannot be linked?"

Xiang Xin had his own beliefs, and listened nonchalantly, but ignored him.

Shen Cong kicked up the fella who had fallen by the well, and asked him to find a house. When they arrived at the backyard, they saw a guy in silk and satin running in a hurry, followed by four or five servants, raising their eyebrows Short sticks were waiting at the door.

"Several, you are being polite here." Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help laughing at the standard opera lines. He turned his head and saw a short and strong old man with a slightly hunched back and silver sideburns around his mouth. The clothes are cotton padded clothes with satin surface, but they are not like ordinary shopkeepers.

"Say something quickly." Although Shen Cong was rude, he finally stood on the spot.

The old man introduced himself with a smile on his face: "I am in Xiazhulin, and I am the owner of this shop. I have prepared bath water for the three of you, please."

Naturally, a guy led the three of them to pass through a small courtyard, and saw a separate small courtyard hidden behind the building, and the environment was much better than before.

Cheng Jinzhou quickly rushed into the room and took off all his clothes in a few seconds. The mud in the wild was no different than when he was playing. There were not only gravel and clay, but also small insects, loaches, rotten plants and unknown flesh. Not a few either.He started shaking his body as soon as he stood in the open space, like a wet wild dog.

It is disappointing that there are no beautiful maids to serve, but the warm bucket of water is still very enjoyable for people to wash. There are also brand new silk clothes at the door. Depending on the material, the price may be more than 10 guan.

Xiao Cheng would not think that this was an outbreak of his own arrogance. Judging by the appearance of the shop owner, it seems that the method of the astromancer is more realistic. Although the method of stirring up a heat wave and blowing the opponent away is simple, it is not something that any apprentice astromancer can do. can do it.For a small shop of this size, a qualified astrologer apprentice is enough trouble.

After taking out the flying ticket from the dirty clothes and putting it away, Cheng Jinzhou flicked his sleeves and walked to the front hall. The men in Daxia Dynasty mainly wore their hair tied up, but he didn't know how to take care of it himself, so he let it float on his shoulders. Artistic temperament.

In the front hall, Shen Cong and Xiang Xin had already drank hot tea and chatted happily with Zhu Lin.

"Jinzhou, come here, Mr. Zhu is a student of Confucianism who has traveled all over the country, and he was also a senior at the Guangwen Museum." Shen Cong called out when he saw Cheng Jinzhou.

In his opinion, scholars are much more noble than wealthy businessmen.

Cheng Jinzhou looked like he had admired him for a long time, and asked by the way: "Sir, you once studied in the Guangwen Museum, why did you open this shop again?"

Merchants were still clearly discriminated against in Daxia, but it was not as serious as later generations. Ordinary people would not take this path, not to mention that the students of Guangwen Museum were either excellent in academics or family members of officials. Even if they failed the imperial examination, as long as they were willing In this way, a Juren can never escape.

Zhu Lin put down his teacup with a smile, stroked his beard and said: "At that time, I just wanted to go to the far west, but I couldn't find a ship, so I traveled around, hoping to get something. Later, I spent all my money, so I had to sell it. Now I have the money, but I don’t have the ambitions of the day.”

Cheng Jinzhou smiled slightly and didn't make any comments. He had watched too many novels and movies, so he didn't feel more shocked by this, so he went straight to the point and said: "I heard that Zhu's House of Commerce has various products for sale, can you go and have a look? "

"Just ask the guys to bring it over." Zhu Lin said generously: "Some things are not clean after being transported for long distances."

"It's okay." Cheng Jinzhou said and stood up, not giving him a chance to refuse.

Shen Cong and Xiang Xin were accompanying customers, so they simply followed Cheng Jinzhou instead of waiting for the assistant to deliver the goods.

"What exactly does Mr. Cheng want to buy?" The type and quantity of the goods are still classified as commercial secrets, and Zhu Lin doesn't want to let Cheng Jinzhou know easily.

"Silk, ore, silk cloth, grain, wood, coal..." Cheng Jinzhou said casually.

The old man was taken aback when he heard it, and finally shook his head, ordering the buddy to open the position and inspect it slowly.It is impossible for his store to be so fancy, but there are ordinary items.

Cheng Jinzhou rubbed the ring slightly, avoided everyone's eyes, and asked: "Mr. Ke, help me scan these supplies and give me a quote."

"Scanning requires energy consumption." Customer service 010 did not refuse the service.

"What price?"

"Same as before, 2 stars per cubic."

This reminded Cheng Jinzhou of the timber deal that was not cheap, shrugged his shoulders and agreed, then pointed to the salt in front of him and said, "Your purchase price?"

"5 stars per ton."

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyebrows, thinking that if he didn't have the status of aristocrat, he could be a private salt dealer.In the Great Xia Dynasty, the price of salt ranged from 2000 Wen per stone to 10 Wen. On average, it was at least 20 Wen per catty, and the quality was extremely poor. The purchase price given by customer service 010 was often his lowest price. It is not difficult to make money if the selling price is directly exchanged and sold in a place where the salt price is high.

The first product asked was theoretically profitable, which greatly increased Cheng Jinzhou's interest, and his actions became more active.

The merchants of the Great Xia Dynasty mainly dealt in six major commodities, namely tea, salt, grain, cloth, medicinal materials and leather goods.In fact, if you look closely, it is a manifestation of the low production level after all. People's main needs are still concentrated on clothing and food, and the types of grain and cloth are also the most.

Zhujiamen is equivalent to a small wholesaler. It mainly deals in the first four types. It has quite a complete range of varieties. Whenever Cheng Jinzhou sees something, he asks the staff for a price, and then asks the customer service 010 for a price. Remember to say it again.

After sitting back in the room, Cheng Jinzhou had time to take out the notebook and check it slowly.

"Tea costs 70000 yuan per ton, which can be exchanged for 12 stars..."

"Cotton is 85 Wen per tael, 1700 Guan per ton, and 10 star yuan..."

"Each piece of yarn is usually 800 Wen, in exchange for 0.2 star yuan..."

All in all, there are many ways to exchange star dollars into silver, but there are very few ways to convert star dollars into high-priced star dollars.

Cheng Jinzhou looked from top to bottom, and the pen suddenly hovered on the linen and stopped moving. "The linen costs 400 yuan per piece, which can be exchanged for 0.2 star yuan."

This price is already twice that of food.

"Boss, how much linen do you have here?" Linen is subdivided into several types, but the prices are all the same, and Cheng Jinzhou doesn't really care about it.

The same is true for making clothes. The best brocade costs 18 guan per tael, up to 100 guan per piece, while the cheapest linen can be bought for only [-]/[-] of the price. Of course, it cannot be rough. There are too many expectations for the quality.

The imperial court purchases more than 70 bolts of linen every year in the area where the linen is produced. Even so, the linen can still be circulated in the street market at the market price, which shows its huge output.The price is cheap and the quantity is sufficient, and it is not an important strategic resource, but this linen is very suitable for Cheng Jinzhou's existence.

Zhu Lin took out the small ledger a long time ago, and quickly turned it over and said, "There are about 1 horses left at the West Wharf."

For the merchants in the capital, this amount is very small.

Cheng Jinzhou made some calculations in his mind and said: "4000 horses, how much cheaper can it be?"

According to the standard of one tael of silver and 2 guan of silver, 4000 horses cost 800 taels of silver.

"How about 380 essays?" When it came to business, Zhu Lin smiled, but only gave way a little.

However, linen is mainly the material for the clothes of the lower class residents, and it has always been operated at a meager profit. Cheng Jinzhou thought with a slight nod and said: "Yes. But it must be delivered to the warehouse I designated."

It would take a day to transport 4000 bolts of linen by car. If Cheng Jinzhou went to steal and rob it, it would take at least half a month's work. Therefore, robbery has always been a very unskilled physical labor, and the real means of making money have never been needed. So violent.

Zhu Lin was doing everything he could, but Shen Cong was a little disapproving. Although his family's property was wealthy, the Shen family never participated in its management.Even Xiang Xin said impatiently after they agreed: "If we have this time, it is better to write more reports and do some experiments."

"Everything has to be done." Cheng Jinzhou pretended to smile naively. If he wanted to write a report, he would have to copy the books.

A few people were talking when they suddenly heard a sound of horseshoes, followed by drums and music.Countless fireworks could also be seen exploding in the sky, and the smell of gunpowder smoke went straight into the house.Without waiting for Cheng Jinzhou to ask, Xiang Xin's face showed excitement, and he hurriedly pulled Cheng Jinzhou forward.Shen Cong and Zhu Lin naturally followed closely.

……

(End of this chapter)