She heard that the county master had this intention, but her habit of obeying Bai Guo's words made her suppress her doubts in her heart.
Ging Guo didn't need to look back to know what Bie Xia was thinking, "It's almost August now, no matter how bad the harvest is, there will be no shortage of old grains."
Bie Xia suddenly realized.
That day, Gingguo learned about the prices of grains in some local shops, and then rented three carriages specifically for cargo and exchanged them for a large amount of copper coins.
The carriage for carrying goods is different from the carriage for traveling in Gingguo. The back is not a solid carriage that is closed and protected from wind and rain, but an open carriage with only a solid and flat layer of wood firmly fixed on the wheels to form a carriage that can be pulled and transported. Cargo board.
After making these decisions, Baiguo took people directly to the nearest village.
The group of people are all riding horses and they look like they belong to wealthy families. They also wear curtains and hats, which is really attractive.
So before Bai Guo and the others entered the village, strange rumors about them spread in the village. When Bai Guo and others arrived at the village gate, they saw the leader and a dozen young people blocking the way into the village.
"I am Li Zheng here. I wonder what you are here to do?" The person who calls himself Li Zheng is the leader.
With the preparations made in the past few days, Bie Xia has now been able to integrate into his new identity very naturally. Hearing these words, he raised his voice and said: "We are merchants and came from Shijiu County."
Li Zheng was surprised when he heard this.
He knew it was a woman's voice, yet he dared to claim to be a businessman!
Bie Xia didn't pay attention to Li Zheng's obviously surprised look, nor did he say that he wanted to collect food from the first word. Instead, he circled around and said, "I came here to see if there are any suitable goods. Our boss is not short of money. As long as the product is good enough, the price will go up."
Li Zheng carefully looked at the people in front of him. Except for the three people in front who were obviously women, he couldn't see anyone else.
It's just that ordinary businessmen don't all ride in such a large formation. Li Zhizhi has read books, so naturally he won't believe these people of unknown origin so easily, and immediately asked again: "Which merchant are you from?"
Generally, they all know the merchants who are somewhat famous and often come to buy their grain.
This question refers to Bie Xia. Their caravan doesn’t have a name yet.
"The company's name is Leping. It's not a caravan from Fengzhou. I'm just passing by to see what's there." Bai Guo's voice was slightly contemptuous, "But it seems deserted here. Even there are no people in the county."
Before Li Zheng could speak, the young man behind him couldn't help it anymore, "You little lady, what you said is so unpleasant! Our place is deserted because every household has to farm, so naturally they won't live in the county!"
After all, it is a village that pays attention to reading, and the language is 'softer' than other places.
"Farming?" Ging Guo seemed to be thinking, "What are you growing? We can't make any money if we go back home empty-handed. If there are soybeans, broad beans, black beans, etc., I can buy them for seven cents a pound."
The strong man was slightly surprised when he heard this. Beans were not as good as rice and noodles. Even if they sent them to the county, they only paid five cents a pound.
Now you can earn two more coins without leaving the village? !
The women who had been paying attention to the movement behind them couldn't sit still. They don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when they are not a householder, but now these two extra cents are a matter of concern to them!
"Show the copper coins." Bie Xia ordered afterward, and An Mo opened the two heavy boxes on the carriage board. The copper coins hanging inside almost blinded these people's eyes.
"Are you going to collect soybeans, broad beans, and red beans?!" A woman knew as soon as she saw the money that these people were inextricably involved in business.
Otherwise, who would have a whole box full of copper coins!
"Collect it naturally." Bie Xia said.
At this point, the women who heard the news began to go into their homes to collect these things.
Li Zheng in front stepped aside with a few young people, but did not intend to disperse.
"We have a lot of copper coins, so you just go out and take them out. If there are less, we won't do it." Bie Xia added hurriedly as he watched these women walking back in a hurry.
Of course, the more people who know about it, the better. The more people know about it, the more things can be produced.
"Whose family is famous? We didn't prepare these things when we came here this time. It costs ten cents to rent for an hour." Bie Xia saw a lot of people and was extremely satisfied.
Anyway, they finally have the goods.
Renting it for ten cents for an hour, the women rushed to take out the scale from home, and at the same time they were even more happy.
If the names of these people were used, it would be better to use their own names, which would not happen!
Li Zheng's expression also relaxed slightly.
The fact that they didn't bring anyone with them meant that these people really had no intention of collecting things originally, and now they just collected things on a whim, so they believed what Bai Guo said about passing by and taking a look.
An Mo and others began to weigh each family's kilograms, Yu Die kept accounts, and Bie Xia began to count copper coins to settle the accounts.
Gingguo also got off the horse and saw that the village was very big, and the fertile fields around it were endless as far as the eye could see.
Looking at Li Zheng, who was in his forties or fifties, sitting under a tree and looking lazy on the other side, Ging Guo walked over.
"Why are there no children in the village?" Bai Guo walked over wearing a curtain hat, and An Mo followed behind Bai Guo.
Li Zheng faced the sun and glanced at Bai Guo before saying, "Send him to school."
There was a hint of surprise in Bai Guo's voice, "You sent them all to the school? No wonder there are more shops selling pens, inks, paper and inkstones in the county than elsewhere."
This compliment reached Li Zheng's heart, and he immediately replied proudly: "That's right, our village has produced more talents than any other county! We in Mashan County pay the most attention to the knowledge of children!" As long as the kids learn more, we won’t be looked down upon by people in other counties! Our village will bear the brunt of our support!”
Li Village was originally very poor, and most other villages and towns far away from Shanma County only farmed like Li Village.
In contrast to a prosperous place like Shijiu County, it is even more obvious that Shanma County is not good at anything.
But since Mashan County began to pay attention to children's education and opened schools, people in the lower village heard about the benefits of children's education and gritted their teeth and sent their children to school.
But when a few children were born in Shanma County, their temperament changed instantly.
After Shanma County had scholars, it simply didn't take Shijiu County next door seriously, but people in Shijiu County began to pay attention to Shanma County, which only knew how to farm.
After that, merchants in Shijiu County were very polite when they came to collect goods.
Also because Li Village is the closest to Shijiu County and feels this change the most, Li Village pays more attention to education than other villages. This is why the entire village sends its children to school.
"I admire you little lady." Bai Guo said this sincerely.
She likes any place that can provide talents to the emperor.
Li Zheng looked at Ging Guo carefully for a while and said, "You don't look like someone who can say 'little girl'."
Before Bai Guo could ask questions, he continued: "You have a kind of aura in you. Even if you say this, it can't suppress your publicity. It actually elevates the word 'little woman' a lot."
What he didn't say directly was that when he heard the word 'little lady', he always felt that the other person was talking about 'my lady'.
Noble, cultivated, and confident, but not coquettish, contemptuous, or discriminatory toward others.
The original term 'little lady' should have been described as delicate or weak, or self-effacing, but the person in front of me said it with confidence and wantonness.
Those who listen are refreshed and their eyes are brightened.
It’s also surprising, and instinctively begins to question——
Can you be so proud when you say the words 'little lady'?
Bai Guo raised her eyes slightly and chuckled, "Whether it's flamboyant or arrogant, I'm a woman, so I can call you whatever you want."
These words made Li Zheng a little dazed.
No woman has ever spoken out about her arrogance, and no woman has ever spoken out so openly and fearlessly.
It's like, she has never felt that being a woman is a constraint or a constraint, and she doesn't even feel that there is any difference between being a woman and being a man.
"You..." Li Zheng wanted to reprimand, but found that the biggest problem was not her disapproval, but...
"How can you, a little girl, run out to do business if you don't stay at home?!" Li Zheng reacted.
From the first moment I saw Ging Guo, I was blinded by her frank and forthright behavior. I subconsciously forgot how shocking it was!
If a woman doesn't stay in her boudoir properly, waiting to get married, or to have a husband and children, she dares to wander around as she pleases, and even dares to be a lowly merchant!
"Of course I want to be famous all over the world." Bai Guo raised his eyebrows recklessly and wantonly, "Let the world know about my business name, and let the world be amazed by me."
Be famous all over the world...
This statement is so arrogant that it’s shocking.
Not only does this woman become a lowly merchant, but she also wants to become famous? !
A woman wants the world to know her? !
Li Zheng almost lost his temper.
absurd!
absurd!
Ridiculous!
How could there be such a restless, unruly, and uninhibited woman!
Bai Guo laughed directly when he saw Li Zheng's performance. It was an amused smile, as if he had found something funny.
She never cared about this, but she liked to see other people being so angry that they couldn't describe her.
In the end, Li was helped into the village, and Ginkgo occupied this cool and precious place under the tree.
In addition to people from this village, there were also people from other villages who were informed and couldn't wait to come over to sell their goods.
It was getting dark after all the two boxes of copper coins were traded, but there were many people coming around waiting for the transaction.
Bai Guo got on his horse, looked at these people from the horse, and said directly: "All the copper coins I brought today have been exchanged. I will collect them from Mudeng Village tomorrow."
Those who did not get the copper coins regretted coming late at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news later.
Just collect it tomorrow, they must be faster tomorrow...
"I have five stones of wheat in my house. Can you harvest the newly cut wheat in autumn?"
A voice broke everyone's thoughts and made everyone's hearts chill.
The price of grain is much higher than that of beans. If these merchants collect grain, won't they have no money to collect their goods? !
"We'll see the goods tomorrow. We won't accept the goods that are shoddy or shoddy." Gingo looked at the man, whose figure was much slimmer than that of an adult man.
"Qiao Xingchang's family, you can't let us lose our copper coins!" A woman shouted dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes! You didn't bring out these in the past, so today you can bring out five dan of food?!"
"Qiao Xingchang, my aunt is not talking about you, you are so unkind!"
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Bie Xia frowned upon hearing this. Seeing that the man was wearing old clothes, his face turned red after being criticized by a group of people but he didn't retaliate. He said dissatisfiedly: "I told you that our boss has a lot of money! What's the difference between you and me?!"
When the women heard this, they stopped talking and laughed immediately.
