No matter how reluctant Lai Zhicheng was, he could not stop Yun Chao's desire to buy.
Cross Street is the most prosperous place in Qingyang County, with grain stores, pawn shops, restaurants, cloth stores, banks, grocery stores, etc., all common shops are available.
Rice, one tael of silver, one stone?
Come and get a stone!
Nine coins of flour and one stone of silver?
Come and get a stone!
Eight coins of corn and one stone of silver?
Come and get a stone!
Seven coins of soybeans and one stone of silver?
A stone too!
…
Lai Zhicheng crossed his arms and looked on coldly at Yun Chao's prodigal behavior.
Boy, just go ahead and build it. Let’s see later how you get so many things home?
"Super brother..."
Yun Chao was just about to buy something when he suddenly felt someone tugging on his clothes from behind. When he looked back, he saw it was a stone.
"What's wrong with the stone?"
"That... that what, there are so many things, how can we get them back?"
"yoke……"
Yun Chao scratched his head. In the society of later generations, he was accustomed to consumption and did not think about the transportation problem at all.
"Shopkeeper, are you responsible for door-to-door delivery?"
The shopkeeper of the grain store was very polite and did not look down on Yun Chao because of his shabby clothes: "Guardian, guest officer, where do you live?"
This time, before Yun Chao could speak, Lai Zhicheng rushed to say: "Thirty miles west of the city, Wolong Village!"
After saying that, Lai Zhicheng continued to watch the joke with his arms crossed.
"Well……"
This time it was the shopkeeper's turn to scratch his head. He thought Yun Chao was from the city. After all, people in the countryside farmed, and almost no one would come to the city to buy food, and even buy so much at one time.
As for Yun Chao's shabby clothes, it doesn't mean anything at all. Who knows if some shabby guy settled down, bought the treasure passed down from his ancestors, and came to buy it.
"Sir, Wolong Village is too far away. If you want to deliver goods, you will have to pay extra. You see..."
"How much?"
Yun Chao has fifty taels of silver in his pocket, and his confidence is not ordinary.
"The road to Wolong Village is not easy, so we have to add 20% to the payment. Do you think you need it?"
"Well, I'll leave it to you first, wait until I buy other things. By the way, shopkeeper, is there anyone selling carriages in the county?"
"ah?"
Yun Chao's thinking jumped so fast that he even confused the shopkeeper: "Yes... yes, there are horse sellers, donkey sellers, and cow sellers outside the South Gate, Ma Market Street. By the way, guest sir, I want you to Don’t you want me to help you find a reliable dentist?”
"oh……"
Although Yun Chao inherited the memory of the original owner, the original owner Taicai was a country boy and did not know many things. In the Wu Dynasty, bulk commodities had to go through an intermediary.
However, he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running away. Yun Chao has read a lot of online novels in later generations and knows that there were intermediary organizations such as tooth shops in ancient times.
"Okay. Shopkeeper, I haven't read enough books, so don't fool me."
"Oh, Mr. Xiao Lang has also read books. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Upon hearing that Yun Chao had read a book, the shopkeeper's attitude was even better than before. The illiteracy rate in the Wu Dynasty was quite high and there were very few people who could read. Even if Yun Chao was a poor scholar, he would be looked down upon by others.
Lai Zhicheng really wants to expose Yun Er, this scammer. You have read a stupid book, but I don’t know about you. I can let you sneak around and read, but I don’t even look to see if there is a mugwort growing on your ancestral grave!
What makes Lai Zhicheng depressed is that such a shrewd shopkeeper actually believed Yun Er's nonsense. It seems that not all people in the city are smart.
Lai Zhicheng, a humble guy, how can he be the shopkeeper of the largest grain store in the county without the discernment of a shopkeeper? How can he do it without the ability to recognize people.
As early as the first words Yun Chao came in and said, the shopkeeper could tell that this young man was unusual and had an otherworldly temperament. Otherwise, how could he be so polite to him? Do he really think this is a supermarket for future generations?
Soon, the shopkeeper asked the boy in the store to find a middle-aged man.
A middle-aged man with a goatee looks shrewd at first glance.
"Old Zhang, this young gentleman is a scholar and wants to buy a carriage. Please look after him."
Goatee's attitude is also very good: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Wu, you don't know how my Yaren Zhang is doing. If the young man is not satisfied, you can tear my old bones apart!"
After thanking shopkeeper Wu, Yun Chao followed Yaren Lao Zhang out of the city from the south gate.
In ancient times, it was not just wasteland as soon as you left the city. Common people generally lived along the outside of the city wall, which was called Xiangguan or Shunchengguan.
Ma Shi Street in Qingyang County is located just outside Nanguan. Because the snow has not yet melted, there are not many people selling cattle and horses.
The northern region of the Dawu Dynasty was occupied by foreigners and lost the land for raising horses, so the price of horses was extremely high. An ordinary horse used to pull a cart was worth about ten taels of silver.
Moreover, apart from pulling carts, the horse is really not very useful, and it is also troublesome to raise it.
So, under the advice of Yaren Lao Zhang, Yun Chao decided not to buy a horse-drawn carriage, but to buy an ox-cart instead.
Although Yun Chao is a doctoral candidate at the Agricultural University, when it comes to buying cattle, he knows everything about buying cattle. He knows nothing about it and can only let Lao Zhang introduce it.
No way, Yun Chao didn't study animal husbandry, nor did he study veterinary medicine. At most, he knew some knowledge about raising chickens and ducks, cows and horses, and so on, and he didn't even have a little knowledge about it.
Lao Zhang was pretty good, at least, he looked down-to-earth on the surface. After choosing for a long time, he finally selected two cows and let Yun Chao make his own decision.
A six-year-old cow is still pregnant with a calf. If you buy it back, it will soon turn into two cows.
However, a pregnant cow is obviously unable to work now. If you want to put it to use, you probably have to wait until the calf grows up a little.
The other is a three-year-old calf, strong and full of energy.
However, a three-year-old cow is not fully grown yet and cannot do heavy work.
Moreover, young bulls are lively and active and not particularly easy to control.
"Muramasa, which cow do you think is best to buy?"
Lai Zhicheng was stunned, not expecting that Yun Chao would ask his opinion.
He gave random instructions deliberately and made him suffer a small loss.
After thinking about it, Lai Zhicheng decided to tell the truth. He had regarded Yun Chao's things as his own property. If Yun Chao was unlucky in the future, all the property of the Yun family would belong to him, Lai Zhicheng.
"Let's get this little bull. Bulls are strong and are more useful when clearing land. They can also pull more."
"Okay, just listen to Muramasa!"
After spending six taels of silver, and with Yaren Lao Zhang's verification, the two parties signed a contract, and Yun Chao became the owner of the little bull.
After spending another five taels of silver, he bought an ox cart. Yun Chao felt that he would have to travel frequently between Wolong Village and the county town in the future, and would inevitably transport things, so it was necessary to buy an ox cart.
Yaren Lao Zhang was very good at getting things done, and asked the other party to give him whips, straps and other pulling equipment.
Seeing Yun Chao spending money like water and spending so much money in a short time, Lai Zhicheng felt so distressed that he was bleeding.
Bastard, that's the money I saved so hard without being willing to eat or drink. You spent so much of your hard work on me, what a fucking waste!
Hum, just waste your money, these things will belong to me sooner or later!