Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

After entering the city, Song Shiwei lifted the curtain and said, "Let's find an inn to rest first. Have a good rest today, and then go to the dental clinic to find a room tomorrow."

"Yes," Song Da led the carriage to avoid pedestrians, glancing at the shops on both sides from time to time. After a cup of tea, he saw a magnificent inn. Even the pillars at the door were so thick that two people had to hug them. He was secretly amazed in his heart, thinking that it was worthy of being the capital.

Feng Ru knew that Song Shiwei and Zhang Wu had come to the northern border from the capital before, so she asked, "Sister, where will our new home be?"

"Dongcheng."

Jingcheng was the capital of the Dali Dynasty. Here, classes were clearly differentiated by family background. The city was divided into the outer city and the inner city. The outer city was where the common people and merchants lived, while the inner city was where dignitaries and aristocratic families lived. The distribution of rich and poor in the entire Jingcheng can be simply described as: rich in the east, noble in the west, humble in the south, poor in the north.

Song Shiwei did not consider the places where the dignitaries lived, and it would be better to stay far away from them. The North City was poor and the public security was definitely not satisfactory. The South City had many wine and meat businesses, so there was no need to think about it. The only place left was the East City.

The three of them checked into the inn, put down their luggage, and ordered lunch.

Feng Rusong was eager to try at the dinner table. Seeing this, Song Shiwei said, "I'm going out in a while. Do you want to come with me?"

The two nodded wildly.

Song Shiwei chuckled: "Okay, let's go out together."

After lunch and drinking a cup of tea, Feng Rusongda followed Song Shiwei closely, looking at both sides of the street without blinking, his eyes full of curiosity.

Song Shiwei took the two of them to stroll along the street for a long time, and generously bought them some novel gadgets that they thought were new and interesting, such as fruits, candied men, and candied fruits.

Finally, Song Shiwei walked into a clothing store. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to greet him enthusiastically, Song Shiwei asked first, "Do you have a purse?"

"Yes, yes. We have a new batch of purses arriving today. They are of new styles. Please follow me."

The shopkeeper led Song Shiwei inside, and what he saw were purses of various colors and styles. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to introduce them, Song Shiwei directly picked up the purse in the middle and looked at it back and forth, and then looked at them one by one, and finally pointed to a moon-white purse embroidered with tender yellow chrysanthemums and asked, "How much is this?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "You have good taste, my customer. This purse is made of high-quality fabric, and the stitching is tight and not easily damaged. One will cost one ounce of silver."

Feng Ru and Song Da were shocked when they heard this.

Song Shiwei nodded without saying anything, and looked at the other purses.

The shopkeeper thought the other party thought it was too expensive, so he kept smiling and pointed to the pile of purses at the edge and said, "Sir, although the material used for the purses here is not the best, the embroidery method is rare, and the patterns are not many but fresh. The price is much cheaper than the ones over there, only three hundred coins."

Song Shiwei took a look and found that there were indeed not many patterns and the material did not feel as good as the previous one. However, Song Shiwei still took out a dark green purse from it, and then took the moon-white chrysanthemum he had asked about before.

"I want 20 of each of these two. Do you have them in stock?"

The shopkeeper was slightly surprised for a moment, then he regained his composure and became even more enthusiastic than before: "Yes, yes, please wait a moment, I'll have someone go to the storeroom and get it."

The shopkeeper arranged for the waiter to go to the storeroom to get the purse, then poured three cups of tea and personally brought them to Song Shiwei to invite her to sit down: "Please wait a moment, my dear. Someone has gone to get it and it will be delivered soon."

Song Shiwei responded.

This garment shop is located at the junction of East City and North City. The rich in East City look down on its clothes, and the poor in North City cannot afford them. Therefore, the business has not been very good and is barely enough to support the family. It is rare to receive such a large order as Song Shiwei, so they naturally entertained him with great enthusiasm in the hope of receiving repeat customers.

The waiter soon came back with a bundle, and the shopkeeper quickly opened the bundle and let Song Shiwei check the purse inside.

After checking that everything was OK, Song Shiwei took out two ten-liang silver notes, a five-liang silver ingot and one liang of silver change from his pocket, then threw the bag to Song Da and strode away amid the warm greetings of the shopkeeper and the waiter.

After coming out of the clothing store, Feng Ru wanted to say something but hesitated. Finally, she mustered up the courage to pull Song Shiwei's sleeve and looked at her hesitantly: "Sister, why don't we buy some fabrics?"

Song Shi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Want to make clothes?"

Feng Ru shook her head. "I just think that things in the capital are too expensive. The purse that my sister just bought would only cost a hundred coins at most if it were in the northern border, but it's twice as expensive here. It just so happens that I'm good at sewing, so I won't waste that money. I'll embroider purses for my sister, and she can have as many as she wants."

Song Shiwei's eyebrows relaxed when he heard this, and his eyes softened a little: "No need to make more, I'll use the cheap ones to pack silver coins and use them for rewards in the future, and as for the expensive ones, I'll keep them for myself, twenty are enough."

Seeing the little girl puffing up her cheeks and wanting to say more, Song Shiwei continued, "When we find a college in Song University, we will find a teacher for you to study with. You are young and talented, so you shouldn't waste your time."

Feng Ru was no longer angry after hearing this, and smiled brightly: "I will listen to my sister."

After taking the two of them around for another half an hour, Song Shiwei took them back to the inn.

Now that he had arrived in the capital, Song Shiwei could finally have a good night's sleep. He slept until the morning hour and went out after having breakfast, feeling refreshed.

After asking the innkeeper, he found out that the nearest pawnshop was an incense stick away. Song Shiwei simply asked General Song to bring a carriage over, and the three of them took the carriage to the pawnshop.

There weren't many people in the pawnshop at the moment, and as soon as a few people got off the carriage, someone came to greet them.

The man was about thirty-five or thirty-six, wearing a neat and tidy blue-grey gown. He did not show any displeasure when he saw the three people because of their age. He walked up to Song Shiwei with a smile and said, "Dear guests, are you here to rent or buy a house?"

"Buy a house. Are there any houses for sale in Dongcheng?"

When he heard Dongcheng, the broker's smile deepened: "Yes, yes, please come in, sir."

The agent led Song Shiwei and the other two into the guest house, poured them some hot tea, and asked them to sit down opposite him. "What do you want from the house?"

“It should be a two-story building, not too noisy, and it would be best if the neighbors on both sides are people who are easy to get along with.”

This request was nothing. The broker understood it after hearing it. He stood up and walked to the bookshelf to take out a thick book. After searching for a while, he came back to Song Shiwei and said, "These houses all meet the guests' requirements. Guests can take a look first. If I have time, I can take you to see the house today."

There was a layout of the house drawn on the notebook, and the blank space next to it recorded the details of the house. For example, for the first house, it was written that the owner was selling the house because of a family accident, and the furniture in the house would not be moved out, making it very convenient for the buyer to move in.

There were three houses that met Song Shiwei's requirements. After reading the script, Song Shiwei asked the agent to take him to see the existing houses. It happened to be that there was a carriage, so it was convenient to go anywhere.