I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

All the way, the journey is full of dust, and the horses and horses don't stop.

Even after returning, they had no time to rest or sleep, and in a panic, they sent people to search the mineral resources that were easy to collect nearby.

Then I rushed back to Chang'an.

I was afraid that if I was one step too late, the glass would be bought by others, and I wasted so much time in vain.

It was just dawn.

The Tubo merchants rushed into Chang'an without finding a place to stay, so they lined up to enter the West Market. After getting the approval, they went straight to Linlang Pavilion without stopping.

Linlang Pavilion has not opened yet.

They were waiting at the door.

It wasn't until the sky cleared up that the boy sitting guarding the Linlang Pavilion slowly opened the door. He didn't even yawn, and the crowd of people outside shocked him a lot.

There is a click, a click, and the mouth flickers, and it can't be closed.

But after seeing the clothes of these people, the young man was relieved, they were merchants from Tubo, but the hungry expression on their faces still made the young man a little startled and frightened, he staggered back to the backyard, and called out the shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion stand up.

The shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion came out sleepily, and casually cupped his hands at several Tubo merchants: "Several guests, why did you come here so early?"

The Tubo merchant didn't care about his casual attitude, suppressed the excitement on his face, and said in his unprofessional Chinese: "My lord, we are here to do business."

"We've got what you asked for."

"We want to exchange Liuli."

The shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion counted his fingers and was a little surprised. It's only been a few days. A group of foreign merchants have come to the door so soon?I really underestimated these people.

"Take me to have a look." The shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion waved his hand.

Don't need him to go out.

A Tubo businessman immediately pulled over the bag he had prepared and put at the door, opened it, and found a piece of white flowers mixed with some gravel.

"This is what we have prepared." The Tubo merchant patted his chest, "According to the book you gave us, it says what it is. Alkali mine."

"Five hundred catties can be exchanged for a glass cup."

"Now that we have brought the things over, you should keep your promise and give us the glass cup."

The Linlang Pavilion shopkeeper smiled slightly, but looked over without answering.

By the way, recall the contents of the brochure and compare them, in case these Tubo merchants will replace them with something that looks similar but is not alkali.

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After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't recognize it either, so he called the boy just now and asked him to take some alkali mines to Tongfu restaurant to let the gentleman distinguish.

The boy nodded and agreed.

The Tubo merchants were a little dissatisfied, but their lives were held in Linlange's hands. The most important thing was that they were the first batch according to the shopkeeper.

The good stuff is still there.

This news relieved them a lot of anxiety, suppressed their emotions, and sat down in Linlang Pavilion.

The boy dragged his slack jaw and drove the ox cart all the way to Tongfu restaurant. When he arrived, it was the time when there were many customers in the restaurant.

And waited until Yin Xuan was done.

The little servant was talking to Yin Xuan, he opened his mouth, although he was already familiar with the road, but his words still leaked: "Shopkeeper, this is the mineral I received from Linlang Pavilion, the seller said it was alkali, but my shopkeeper If you don’t recognize this, let me ask you to palm your eyes.”

While speaking, he opened the wooden box in his arms, and the wind that leaked out caused the things inside to shake slightly.

Yin Xuan took the wooden box.

Looking at the shaking things inside, I was a little silent. After thinking for a while, I dug out a clean cloth and took a piece out from the depths.

It's like fat that's been cooled on top of soup, light and fluffy.

Not touching it directly is also for safety reasons. After all, he is a restaurant. Although there is such a thing as edible alkali, trona cannot be eaten directly.

"It's soda ore, and its purity is very high." Yin Xuan took a few glances and recognized it. Unlike the soda ore mixed with stone and ash, this is soda ash mine, "Which merchant sent it? "

The boy replied honestly: "Huh, it's a merchant from Tubo."

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Yin Xuan was stunned for a moment, and wondered where Tubo was. Although the name was changed, this country was located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

There are many terrestrial salt lakes.

This made Yin Xuan smack his lips, no wonder he could produce such a high-purity alkali ore, this kind of natural thing is really enviable.

Yin Xuan threw the piece of alkali mine back into the wooden box, and turned to tell the boy: "At Linlang Pavilion, how much alkali mine is there for a glass cup?"

"Five hundred catties." The boy replied.

Yin Xuan closed the box: "For this kind of quality, you can give them a little discount, but you still have to pay attention to inspection, like the kind of alkali mine with a lot of stones, you can let them be the leader."

The servant nodded and got Yin Xuan's affirmation, turned around and drove the ox cart, and hurried back to Linlang Pavilion.

After reporting to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper twitched his beard, walked towards the Tubo merchants, and said with a smile: "My Erlang is very satisfied with your goods."

He is Changsun Wuji's servant, so he would naturally address Changsun Wuji as Da Lang, and he couldn't use the title of "shopkeeper, shopkeeper" to call Yin Xuan the same as his own identity—anyway, Yin Xuan was the eldest son of his family. With the same status as Lang, Yin Xuan is respected and not wronged by saying Erlang.

"I just informed you. With the quality you brought out, it's cheaper for you. Four hundred catties can be exchanged for a glass bottle."

"In the future, try to get goods of this quality."

The Tubo merchants were overjoyed, stood up hurriedly, bowed to the shopkeeper, and said respectfully, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank me, thank my Erlang."

The Tubo merchants responded repeatedly.

The shopkeeper waved his hand and pointed out: "Then let's go to inspect the goods now."

The Tubo businessman nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and led the shopkeeper out. He loaded three and a half carriages in total, and threw away those stones that were purely long and white.

There are a total of more than 900 catties of soda ash ore and more than 600 catties of miscellaneous ore.

The shopkeeper glanced at it: "Counting you three glazed cups, you can also have a glazed ring, finger or hairpin, do you have any comments?"

Although they were picked and picked, only less than two-thirds were left, but they were not at all dissatisfied in their hearts, and their eyebrows flew up when they heard the shopkeeper's words.

Not long after, they brought three glasses and a glazed hairpin—it just so happened that each of the merchants had one, and the one who contributed the least only took the hairpin.

There is nothing but great surprise in their hearts.

Really
It turned out to be true.

Those gravels by the lakeside and in the soil can really be exchanged for such precious glazed objects.