At this time, Mu Jianzhang had left Yinan County and continued southward.
Eat, not full, but drink enough.
At least he was in better condition. Mu Jianzhang was holding his backpack while thinking about countermeasures.
Selling soap seems simple, but in fact it is very difficult.
First of all, the soap is produced by Xiping Village.
Xiping Village is extremely famous in Yun'an County and even Donghai County.
But besides Donghai County, who knows where Xiping Village is?
Just like those people in the capital, they always think that Xiping Village is a remote and barren place. What good things can come out of it?
Secondly, the soap has no reputation.
This thing is a new product, so someone in Beijing has used it and said it is good.
People in other places may not even have heard of the name soap, let alone its function.
Will you spend two thousand taels of silver to buy an unknown object?
Even he, a dignified young man from the capital, would not be so prodigal.
Finally, there is the issue of pricing.
A piece of soap that can clean white skin, the main customer is women.
And the status of women in the Dawei Dynasty was extremely low. Which man would be willing to spend two thousand taels of silver to buy this for her?
With so much money, wouldn't it be nice to live in Jiaofangsi for a month?
Various reasons combine to make it difficult to sell soap.
Of course, the most serious problem is Mu Jianzhang's lack of money.
Make bricks without straw.
He didn't have a single coin on his body, and he didn't even have the qualifications to sell in the city.
what can we do about it?
Mu Jianzhang thought hard but couldn't come up with a specific countermeasure.
After all, he is a superior young master.
Although he also took care of the Mu family's business, those things were left behind by his ancestors. He just went around and collected cash.
I don’t understand the actual operation at all.
But it opened his mind.
You can go to Yipinxiang.
No identity revealed, just selling soap.
With Yipinxiang's wealth and ability, he can definitely afford it.
When the time comes, they will be tricked into sending the soap to the Mu family in the capital, and they will definitely get a reward, so they should be successful.
It's just that because Xuzhou is a small place, there is only one Yipinxiang Restaurant.
It’s still open in Zhoucheng.
From Yinan County to Xuzhou City, you need to pass through two counties, and the distance is hundreds of kilometers.
It is difficult to reach it on foot in four or five days.
Four or five days?
Can I persevere without eating or drinking?
At this time, Mu Jianzhang thought of the girl in purple in Yinan County.
If I could get two more bowls of porridge, I would be able to reach Xuzhou.
Then enter Yipinxiang Restaurant to sell soap.
As long as he can sell a piece of soap, he can successfully reach Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.
Gulu!
Thinking of the porridge, Mu Jianzhang's stomach growled again.
He looked at the warm sun above his head - no, to Mu Jianzhang at this time, it was simply a scorching sun.
After walking for half a day, even though I was only wearing thin linen clothes, I was exhausted and covered with sweat.
It's better to rest for a while first, wait until noon and dinner, and then continue on the road.
There happened to be a forest in front of him, so he found some hay and piled it under the big tree.
Sit on it, lean on the tree trunk, embrace your ambition, close your eyes and take a nap.
I don’t know how much time passed, but in a daze, I heard someone shouting next to me.
"I opened this road and planted this tree. I want to pass by this way and leave money to buy the road."
is the iconic lingo of bandits.
Mu Jianzhang was suddenly awakened, holding the baggage in his arms and wanting to beg for mercy.
But when he opened his eyes, he found that he was still sitting under the tree trunk and resting, and there were no bandits in the forest.
It turned out to be a nightmare.
Mu Jianzhang was shocked and let out a long breath.
Clean up and plan to move on.
Looking up, he found a group of people on the official road.
At the head were two middle-aged men, each riding a skinny horse.
Behind is a carriage, the horse is fat and strong, obviously a good horse.
The driver was a girl dressed as a maid.
There were three people in front of these people, two holding wooden sticks and one holding a ghost head knife. They were obviously bandits.
The bandit holding the knife stepped on a tree trunk in the middle of the official road.
Staring at the group of people coldly.
The man riding the thin horse clasped his fists and saluted: "Hero, I have some tea money here, please do me a favor."
While talking, the man threw a sling of money.
The bandit directly took the copper coins into his arms, then pointed at the girl driving the cart and said: "Our village leader still lacks a village lady, I think she is good."
"If you keep her, we won't make things difficult for you anymore."
"No, I won't go."
The maid who was driving the carriage panicked and said, "Miss, please help me quickly. I don't want to go to a bandit's den and become a wife."
The car curtain opened and a head emerged from inside.
Wearing a veil, face cannot be seen clearly.
But the clothes on the arms are purple.
That flash of purple immediately stopped Mu Jianzhang's body from turning around.
He looked at the woman driving the car again.
look familiar.
Isn't she that Xiaodie?
It is self-evident who the veiled woman in the carriage is.
Why did they come to Xuzhou?
Also encountered bandits.
No, no matter how much I say, I have received a bowl of porridge from others, how can I not save him?
But how to save it?
While they were dealing with the bandits, Mu Jianzhang looked around, looking for a way to crack it.
He found that there were only three bandits here.
According to my understanding of the bandits, these three people just came to explore the road. When they encountered a small number of people, they intercepted and robbed some broken silver and put it into their own pockets.
When encountering a large cargo, reinforcements will be mobilized.
There were only four people passing by in front of me, and the three bandits didn't call anyone.
This is your chance.
Moreover, the lady and the others were riding horses. As long as they moved the tree trunks away and did not delay the passage of the carriage, they could rush over quickly.
However, there was a bandit with a knife standing on the tree trunk, and Mu Jianzhang had no way to move the tree trunk without alerting him.
Can only wait.
Mu Jianzhang quietly moved to the big tree where the rope was tied.
The other end of the rope was tied to a tree trunk in the middle of the road, just for convenience.
After robbing, pull the rope to lift the trunk.
Wait for the bandit with the knife to leave, then pull the rope yourself.
"Hey, the woman in the carriage is more beautiful."
When the bandit saw Hu Yunyue emerging from the carriage, the smile on his face became even stronger, "Just in time, you two can be our village master's wives together."
"I can't do it, I can't do it."
Hu Yongfu panicked: "I only have a daughter, how can I let her marry into a copycat village?"
"How about I give you two more coins and you pretend you haven't seen us?"
"Not really."
The bandit sneered: "You are really interesting, you actually discussed it with the bandits."
"Don't you know that the bandits' rule is to take everything without any discussion?"
"What nonsense are you two talking to them about?"
The bandit holding the knife said impatiently: "Just pull those two women down, and let's go back to the village to collect the reward."
"If they kept nagging, they would take all their belongings."
"Even my clothes were taken off by them."
"Brother Li Shou, what should we do now?"
Hu Yongfu's forehead was sweating anxiously.
Finally made up his mind to follow Li Shou to do big work and make big money.
As a result, I ran into bandits after only half a day out.
Not to mention that Shuangtang was robbed and taken away, even my daughter had to pay for it. It was really a waste of effort.
Li Shou did not answer, but said with a smile: "A good man, don't be anxious."
"What's so good about a woman is that she can't use it for comfort."
"I happen to have a thousand-tael silver note here. If you want to play with it, just let us pass."
While speaking, Li Shou put his hand into his arms.
The knife-wielding bandit was also attracted, and hurriedly walked over, staring at Li Shou.
It's just a thousand taels of silver notes. This is a noble person.
If they could really get a thousand taels of silver, what kind of bandits could the three of them be? They couldn't live a happy life wherever they went.
However, what Li Shou took out was not a banknote.
But Zhuge Liannu.
Just as the knife-wielding bandit was about to speak, he heard a whooshing sound.
Then an arrow went straight to his face.
puff.
The arrow struck his eye and embedded itself in it.
"ah!"
The knife-wielding bandit screamed and raised his hand to cover his eyes, blood flowing between his fingers.
Whoosh whoosh!
Followed by several more arrows.
But only two hit, one in the bandit's shoulder, and the other in the lower abdomen.
The bandit holding the knife kept retreating and fell to the ground, blood flowing from the arrow.
All this sounds slow, but is actually extremely fast.
When the other two bandits reacted, Li Shou pointed the Zhuge Liannu at them.
Whoosh whoosh!
Several arrows were also shot out by him.
However, he had never practiced archery and his accuracy was not good enough.
Only one arrow hit the thigh of one of the bandits, and all the other arrows missed.
Even so, the bandits were frightened and they did not dare to come forward again.
"The idea is tough, hurry up and get reinforcements."
The bandit with the knife was the first to react and roared: "Grandma's legs, if you dare to shoot me with an arrow, I will kill you without a burial place today."
The uninjured bandit turned and ran, whistling at the same time.
"Brother Hu, let's move the tree trunks in front of us together and run quickly, otherwise we won't be able to escape when a large number of bandits rush down."
Li Shou urged, jumping off the horse first.
Then they saw that the tree trunk in front of them was lifted up, and then a rapid voice came from the woods, "Quick, run!"
