Although the entrance fee is ridiculously high, the accommodation fee in the inn is not high and can even be said to be very affordable.
The shopkeeper took away the accommodation fee paid by Zhou Yunshu and said with a smile: "It has been a long time since we had so many customers in our store."
"How come, isn't Anshan County the largest city nearby?" Zhou Yunshu asked while talking to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper sighed deeply when he heard this and said, "But not everyone can afford such a high entrance fee. Most of those who can afford it stay at the Fulu Inn in the county, or to save money for the night. Fei sent someone in to do the shopping in the morning and left in the afternoon."
"Even the people of Anshan County will not leave Anshan County easily." Although they live in Anshan County and do not go out, they also know that the outside world has become a cannibalistic world.
They just hope that no matter how chaotic the outside world is, their county will not be involved. They all want to live peacefully.
Zhou Yunshu sighed cooperatively and said, "It's not easy."
"No!"
"Shopkeeper, you also know that we are from outside."
"We want to buy water, but I don't know if the shopkeeper has any connections." Zhou Yunshu said and pushed the two taels of silver in front of the innkeeper. "We want a lot. This is for your hard work."
The shopkeeper looked at the two taels of silver with a smile on his face. He hadn't made extra money for a while.
"Young master, you have found the right person when you look for me. Our Liang family has lived in Anshan County for generations. No one is more familiar with Anshan County than us."
"I wonder how much water the young master needs?"
"We brought ten vehicles with eight buckets in each vehicle."
The shopkeeper pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, yes, but you also know that our territory in Luzhou has been dry for a long time, and this water is slightly cheaper than gold."
Zhou Yunshu knew it was right when she heard what the shopkeeper said, "How much does it cost?"
The shopkeeper stopped fiddling with the abacus and said, "Two taels of silver per bucket, this is already the cheapest price."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Zhou Yunshu fell silent.
"You also know how precious water is now. People can't live without water." The shopkeeper looked at Zhou Yunshu who was silent and continued: "We are the only one in Anshan County within a hundred miles that still has water."
"There are some deep mountains, but the ones that can occupy the water sources in them are ferocious beasts. People may not be able to find a way in, and even if they find it and want to get water, they still have to fight for their lives against the ferocious beasts."
"You said why risk your life when something can be solved with a little money!"
"Alas~" Zhou Yunshu sighed deeply, "The shopkeeper is right, Anshan County is really a treasure land of Feng Shui, but I just don't know where this Feng Shui comes from?"
"Of course it's from us..." The shopkeeper reacted mid-sentence.
He looked at Zhou Yunshu's innocent and simple expression, and didn't know whether what she just said was unintentional or deliberately cliche.
"You don't have to worry about it. If you really want it, I can find someone to get water for you right now."
Zhou Yunshu glanced at the cloth bag in Wei Zhong's hand. It contained money collected by everyone in their team, a total of two hundred and sixty taels.
Among them, the entrance fee was 20 taels per person, and the twenty of them spent 40 taels; the favor fee for the shopkeeper was 20 taels; and the accommodation bill was paid for three Datong shops, which cost half a tael.
Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong spent their own money to go to bed.
As for buying water, if ten cars and eight buckets are all filled with 2 taels per bucket, it will be 160 taels.
This left only fifty-seven and a half taels. The remaining money also had a place to go. They also had to buy grain and salt, so there was really not much left.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Can't it really be cheaper?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, "You can buy less."
When the shopkeeper said this, Zhou Yunshu's eyes couldn't help but fall on the two taels of silver that she had given the shopkeeper before.
There's a bucket of water.
The shopkeeper noticed Zhou Yunshu's gaze and put the two taels of silver into his sleeve.
"However, we can give you a few water bags, filled with water." The shopkeeper emphasized.
Zhou Yunshu sighed heavily and said, "Okay, let's buy it."
"If I give you five more taels of silver, can we fill our water bags?"
The shopkeeper looked at the five taels of silver that Zhou Yunshu took out and said with a smile, "Okay!"
Seeing the shopkeeper's agreement, Zhou Yunshu calmly revealed more than two hundred empty water bags behind her. She looked at the shopkeeper's sudden change in expression and said with gratitude: "Thank you, shopkeeper."
"Isn't this young master a scholar? I see your young master studying. If you don't mind, I have an annotated Three-Character Classic here, which I will give to you as a meeting gift."
As soon as Zhou Yunshu said these words, the shopkeeper's dissatisfaction was immediately relieved.
Money can be made again, but annotated books are not always available. For ordinary families, they can be regarded as heirlooms.
"Then thank you, Master. Although the price of this water cannot be lowered, I, Lao Liang, will definitely fill this water bag for you!"
Zhou Yunshu also smiled and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper."
"You think it's still early, why not do it now?"
"No problem, there is a sweet water well behind our inn, but there is not much water. I will ask the waiter to take you to the south of the city to get water!"
"good."
The shopkeeper shouted to the back door: "Xiao Miao'er, water is sold!"
"coming!"
Ten cars, Wei Zhong took six cars and left with Xiao Miaoer, Zhou Yunshu left with Du Laoer and the remaining four cars as well as all the water bags and shopkeeper Liang.
When they saw someone wearing a red robe on the road, shopkeeper Liang, Zhou Yunshu and others took the initiative to avoid them.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the shopkeeper's secretive look and asked, "These people in red robes are..."
Before Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, she saw the shopkeeper who was so frightened that he put his hand on his side to tell her to stop talking.
Seeing that Zhou Yunshu didn't speak again, shopkeeper Liang said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "This is the Red Lotus Envoy. Remember to stay away from the young master if you encounter him in the future."
Zhou Yunshu nodded and looked away from the so-called Red Lotus Envoy not far away.
Although the entrance fee to Anshan County is expensive, there is no curfew in the city, but the city gates are closed on time.
The place where Shopkeeper Liang took Zhou Yunshu to fetch water was a small courtyard near Anshan. There were many identical small courtyards next to it. There were people guarding the outside of each small courtyard with weapons.
Zhou Yunshu learned from the conversation between shopkeeper Liang and the people in the small courtyard that this small courtyard was bought by shopkeeper Liang's father and is now inherited by shopkeeper Liang and his three brothers. It is their main place to sell water.
When Du Laoer took people to fill the water, Zhou Yunshu raised her head and glanced at Anshan in the distance, which was about to disappear into the night.
It is said that there is water there.
After all four cars and more than 200 water bags were filled, Shopkeeper Liang, Zhou Yunshu and others walked to the inn together.
Zhou Yunshu quietly asked Shopkeeper Liang about Anshan County, "I don't think many people have left Anshan County."
Shopkeeper Liang proudly said: "That's because our Anshan County has good Feng Shui. No matter whether there were droughts or floods in previous years, our Anshan County has always been safe and sound under the protection of the mountain gods. Although we are not rich, we still live and work in peace and contentment."
"Those red lotus seeds..." Shopkeeper Liang looked at the people holding torches and shut up instantly.
Zhou Yunshu looked up and saw that the person coming was not the Honglian envoy that shopkeeper Liang kept secret, but a few men wearing official uniforms and servant clothes. The two groups of people who should not be together obviously seemed to be very familiar.
They came straight to Shopkeepers Zhou Yunshu and Liang and looked at the water lane behind them: "Your water has been requisitioned by our government office!"
