Zhang Xiaowu asked the shopkeeper named Zhang Cai to come and ask questions, and also ordered everyone to take the opportunity to rest, eat lunch and drink some water. Seeing this, the people in the caravan immediately offered snacks and water in a flattering manner. Ruan Qingwen hurriedly declined and said
The ghost guards did not accept food from outsiders. The caravan guys immediately sighed with emotion: "This is the heavenly army, these are the soldiers of the Holy Han Dynasty."
Ruan Qingwen asked curiously: "How to say?"
The waiter said: "When we passed by Lianglang Pass, we almost had a layer of our skin peeled off. Those damn bastards. Even in the Central Plains, the people we are most afraid of encountering are the government troops. They are simply more bandits than bandits. Alas..."
Zhang Xiaowu was drinking wine, eating noodles and bacon while waiting for Zhang Cai to come over. After a while, a man who was a little short, a little dark and a little fat came over in a naive manner and said politely: "Little man"
Zhang Cai, the general manager of the Gu family business in Saibei, has met General Saibei."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded, moved him closer, and asked, "Is your Gu family's business the business name of the military advisor Gu Yong's family?"
That Zhang Cai said: "Exactly."
Zhang Xiaowu joked: "You Gu family are quite interesting. When there is danger, you are the first to run away, and when there is no danger, you are the first to come. I don't know whether to say that you are courageous or that you adapt to the situation."
Zhang Cai blushed and said: "To tell you what the general is saying, we businessmen are most afraid of danger, but if there is no danger, we will naturally rush to do business."
Zhang Xiaowu asked: "Now that Military Advisor Gu is missing, who is in charge of the Gu family?"
Zhang Caidao: "The head of the Gu family's business is still there, and the military advisor is our third young master. The Gu family's business has always been taken care of by the eldest young master. My eldest young master's name is Gu Zhao. Although he is not as famous as the third young master, in Longdu City
, my eldest young master is much more famous than the third young master."
Zhang Xiaowu said in surprise: "It turns out that Military Master Gu is not the head of the Gu family. I thought..."
Zhang Cai smiled slightly and said politely: "The head of the Gu family is the old master. The old master is still in good health. How can it be the turn of the third young master to be the head of the family? The third young master is a member of the clan. The Gu family has both the third young master and other young masters.
.Although the Gu family suffered a disaster the year before last, the Gu family still survived, and the Gu family business can now go to Saibei to do business."
Zhang Xiaowu suddenly realized that it seemed that the gentry were indeed different from ordinary people. Their families were big and powerful. Even without Gu Yong as their backer, the Gu family was still a wealthy and prominent family in Longdu City. Look at the Gu family caravan today, with more than 60 packhorses pulling a caravan.
It has to be said that the goods on the cart are bigger than the horses. The reason why the nobles are nobles is because they have big trees and deep roots, and they will never fall down easily because of something.
That Zhang Cai said again: "The head of the family said that the ghost general's reputation was so great in the north of the Great Wall that the barbarians did not dare to go south. But in today's world, plagues are everywhere and the rebels are spreading. On the contrary, the north of the Great Wall has been settled for the first time and is safe and sound. My Gu family might as well general
The focus of business shifted to Saibei, where there is the General
Dinghai Shenzhen, there will be no war in the northern part of the country in the next few years. Only because of this can our caravan dare to go out to sell." He turned around and introduced, saying: "General, please come with me, I want this car to sell.
The goods must be extremely needed by the soldiers and civilians of Mucheng."
Zhang Xiaowu followed Zhang Cai and watched him introduce himself.
The caravan sent by the Gu family company to Saibei this time totaled fifty carriages. Ten carriages were loaded with just silk and satin, as well as ten carriages of porcelain, ten carriages of ironware, ten carriages of spices, and the other ten carriages of other miscellaneous goods.
.What surprised Zhang Xiaowu the most was the ironware, which has always been prohibited from being sold privately outside the Two Wolf Pass.
When talking about selling ironware, Zhang Cai smiled and said: "This statement has long been outdated. Now as long as we have money, the Wolf Guard will never stop us and will even help us transport ironware." He opened a box at will, and it was filled with items of various sizes.
He picked up a pair of scissors and opened another box, which turned out to be a box of needles.
Most of the ironware sold by Gu's shop are daily necessities, including iron pots, scissors, needle shuttles, iron saws, door locks, iron chains, iron nails, shovels, kitchen knives, bone chopping knives, knives, hammers, etc., and
There is no contraband. However, iron tools can be made into weapons after being forged, so a certain amount of iron tools coming out of customs will still bring safety risks to the Holy Han.
What Mucheng needs most nowadays is actually spices. People have tried to plant various spice plants around Mucheng, including dogwood, cardamom, cloves, pepper, etc. However, the yield is low and the survival rate is not high. Zhang Xiaowu looked at a cart
He was very happy when he saw the spices in the car. Then he saw another cargo, salt. He was stunned and pulled Zhang Cai over and said: "This..."
Zhang Cai said: "General, it was only because I refused to bring more salt. We brought ten carts of salt, but when we were at Lianglang Pass, eight carts were intercepted by the wolf guards. If it weren't for the eight carts of salt that were forcibly bought,
We can’t get out of the customs either. I’m sorry. But I can guarantee that next month, there will be a truck delivered to Mucheng.”
Zhang Xiaowu shook his head, took him directly to his motorcade, lifted the oilcloth, pointed to the salt on his motorcade and said, "Look, our salt."
Zhang Cai was also dumbfounded. He counted the cars one by one and said in astonishment: "Sir, you..."
"We have salt wells. We are not short of salt. Look at the salt from Mucheng." Zhang Xiaowu opened a pack at random. Zhang took a look and saw that the Mucheng salt was so white and clean. It was much better than his own coarse salt. He was immediately stunned.
He exclaimed: "This is refined salt, the essence of salt. Only the palace and dignitaries can afford it."
Wang Yijin said: "We Mucheng people usually use it to marinate meat and vegetables."
"Waste! What a waste!" Zhang Cai shouted, pacing back and forth, and then said: "General, why don't you send this car of salt to the Gu family store in Longdu, I am willing to pay three times the price
Price to buy.”
Zhang Xiaowu was about to agree, but suddenly smiled and said: "We really want to send it to Longdu to sell it, but the one with the highest price will get it. If someone offers three times the price, we are also willing to sell it."
Zhang Cai became anxious and said hurriedly: "General, the Gu family firm will never bully you on price. This experience will be sold at three times the price and will never take advantage of you."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Let's see. There are many refined salt wooden cities. You can exchange goods for refined salt. As for the refined salt in my car, I will give it to the Gu family as a meeting gift."
"How can it be done? Our Gu family's business philosophy is based on fairness and honesty. We don't take advantage of the generals and don't take advantage of the common people." Zhang Cai said, "Let's do this. I'll write a letter and you can tell me this."
Several carts of refined salt have been transported to the Gu family's shop, and they will definitely know the reasons behind it. In the future, Ghost Guard and the Gu family can have more contacts, and we can complement each other."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said, "You, the general manager, have a charming heart."
