Soon after, Song Yuyan held a large handful of barbecued meat in her hand. She took a bite and Sanbai took a bite. They both ate with great joy.
However, these twenty skewers of barbecue actually cost Bai Che ten white coins. The price was nearly ten times higher than ten years ago. Looking at the pedestrians and various caravans coming and going, Bai Che knew that this It is a manifestation of the growing prosperity of "Loulan City".
Unknowingly, Bai Che bought a lot of things and spent several Yang coins. Of course, they were all delicious food...
Gradually, Bai Che and Song Yuyan came to a shop selling paper-coated shaomai. Bai Che recognized at a glance that this was the vendor who had set up a stall on the streets of "Loulan City". Now he had white hair on his head. Beside him, there was a plainly dressed woman and a three or four year old boy.
It seemed that in the past ten years, the hawker had married a wife and had children, and had a happy family.
"Boss, how do you sell paper-coated shaomai?" Bai Che asked.
"Ten miscellaneous coins and two." The vendor said, "Brother, how many are here?"
"Ten miscellaneous coins?" Hearing this, Bai Che was slightly startled. The price was no different from ten years ago. You must know that the cheapest items Bai Che currently buys start from the price of one green coin.
After Bai Che spent two yang coins to buy paper-coated shaomai, Yulanshan once popularized the "Lolan City" jade coin conversion system for himself. Now he is very clear about the exchange systems of several jade coins.
One Yang coin is equal to one hundred white coins, ten thousand green coins and one million miscellaneous coins.
In other words, the exchange ratio between various jade coins is one to one hundred.
Of course, it’s not certain that things will change in ten years.
"Yes, little brother, it's two miscellaneous coins for ten." The merchant nodded.
Bai Che said: "Boss, when I visited Loulan City just now, I found that the lowest price level in Loulan City starts with green coins. Why are you selling it so cheaply?"
Hearing this, the vendor smiled and said, "Brother, is this your first time in Loulan City?"
Bai Che nodded and said, "That's right."
"No wonder." The merchant nodded and said with a smile: "'Loulan City' is becoming increasingly prosperous, and the number of tourists and caravans coming and going is becoming more and more frequent. Therefore, many merchants in 'Loulan City' have chosen to raise prices in order to obtain more profits. The first batch of merchants who increased their prices made a lot of money as a result. The rest of the merchants in the city were jealous and raised their prices one after another. In this way, the prices increased again and again. The city lord's palace was determined to manage this matter, but foreign tourists , but the caravans came in an endless stream, so the city lord's palace no longer paid attention to the price increase."
Bai Che smiled and said: "This is also determined by the market. The more tourists and caravans there are, the greater the benefits will be brought to Loulan City."
"Who says it's not?" The vendor nodded and continued: "In addition, in the second year after the Lord of Jade City came to power, the residents of 'Lolan City' discovered several jade veins, and the jade coins in the hands of the residents also As more jade coins increase, the value of jade coins is also reduced. Nowadays, the ratio of various jade coins has also changed. Ten miscellaneous coins are equal to one green coin, twenty green coins are equal to one white coin, and thirty green coins are equal to one white coin. A white coin is equal to a Yang coin.”
Bai Che's eyes moved when he heard the vendor's words. This was not an ordinary shrinkage, but more than ten times, five times, or more than three times. Overall, the shrinkage value of a Yang coin has reached more than 150 times. If the miscellaneous coin is one, the original Yang coin can be exchanged for one hundred times one hundred times one hundred miscellaneous coins, which is one million, but now it can only be exchanged for more than fifteen thousand, which is simply shocking.
However, this is a matter in the secular world such as "Loulan City", and Bai Che will not care about it. Although Yu Chunfeng became the city lord of "Loulan City" with his own support, he does not intend to take over from "Loulan City". What to get? This time I came to "Loulan City" just to revisit the old place and investigate the "Killer Dynasty". Of course, the revisit to the old place includes another thing, the "Third Mine".
Thinking of this, Bai Che smiled and said: "Boss, since all the merchants in 'Lolan City' have chosen to increase their prices, then why didn't you choose to increase your prices? You know, if you don't increase your prices, what you sell will The price is probably not even as high as the cost.”
Hearing this, the vendor smiled and said: "Brother, you are right, but you have to have a conscience in life, especially in business. If it is because other people have increased their prices, I will also increase their prices and sell one shaomai." Far more than it’s worth and my conscience is troubled.”
"And..." After a pause, the vendor smiled: "About ten years ago, a kind man who looked about the same size as my little brother patronized my business and bought the product with two Yang coins. All my shaomai, one Yang coin at that time was equivalent to one million miscellaneous coins. With this huge fortune, I took medicine for my mother. Although I could not completely cure her, it also made her unable to survive. I left with no regrets. Three years later, I got married and invested a sum of money, making more money. Now I put it in the Yufang, and there will be profits every day. I don’t Lack of money.”
"The reason why I continue to do this Shaomai business is not to make money, because not everyone in the city is rich, and there are many people who live in difficulty. I open this Shaomai shop to make these people's lives less difficult. Good people have a full meal." The vendor smiled, "So, I won't raise the price."
Bai Che was slightly startled when he heard the merchant's words. As the saying goes, "There is no business without treachery", but now it seems that such a saying cannot be applied to all merchants. There are still many merchants who are full of empathy. They are also like Many scholars have the common people in their hearts, and they also have the wish to "have tens of thousands of mansions and shelter all the poor people in the world with joy."
Bai Che smiled and asked, "Boss, can you tell me what prompted you to do this?"
The vendor nodded and said, "It's the good man from back then. At that time, I made a living by selling Shaomai. My life was extremely difficult. In addition, my mother was seriously ill. I couldn't bear to see my mother's pain. I even had a terrible fear. The idea..."
At this point, the vendor did not continue, but said: "Just when I could no longer hold on, the great benevolent man came and helped me get through the most difficult and darkest moment in my life."
The vendor's eyes were a little moist and he continued: "At that time, I was thinking that the good man must be a god in the sky. He knew that my life was difficult and couldn't bear to see the suffering of the people, so he specially gave me a hand. For this, I am very grateful. , but I have no way to repay the gods, I can only repay the society and pass on some goodwill to the world."
Hearing this, Bai Che fell silent. He didn't expect that his unlucky actions actually saved one person and made him care about the poor people. Although the merchant just did a trivial thing, if everyone With the goodwill of this vendor, how beautiful would the world be?
"I see, boss, you are the most kind person." Bai Che said with a smile.
The vendor shook his head and said, "Brother, you are joking. I just did what I should do."
Bai Che didn't answer, but just said: "Boss, I've covered all the paper-wrapped Shaomai today."
With that said, Bai Che took out a bulging storage bag with about five hundred Yang coins in it and handed it to the merchant.
Seeing the Yang coins in the storage bag, the vendor was stunned and said, "Brother, we don't need so many."
Bai Che just smiled and said: "Boss, I also want to do a good deed. These Yang coins are my request to you to make a few more baskets of Shaomai every day and distribute them to those in need or sell them at a low price."
"So, boss, I have to work hard for you to do more today." Bai Che smiled.
"Yes, yes, yes..." The merchant nodded repeatedly, and after explaining to the woman beside him, he packed up all the shaomai for Bai Che, while the woman went into the house to roll the noodles and make shaomai. .
The little boy who was three or four years old staggered towards Bai Che and said in a milky voice: "Big brother, daddy said that you are a good person, so I give this baby to big brother."
With that said, the little boy handed a puppet in his hand to Bai Che. Bai Che knelt down, touched the little boy's head, and said with a smile: "Okay, big brother has accepted your gift. You can tell Big brother, what’s your name?”
"Well...Chong'er...my father and mother call me Chong'er..." the little boy replied.
"Okay, big brother knows, your name is Chong'er." Bai Che touched the little boy's head again, and then took out a jade bottle, which contained some elixirs for longevity and strengthening muscles and bones, and said: " 'It's not polite to come back but not reciprocate', Chong'er gives your eldest brother a gift, and your eldest brother will also give you a gift. Remember to share it with your father and mother."
"Well, Chong'er understands." The little boy nodded and said in a sweet voice.
After a while, the vendor packed all the Shaomai and handed it to Bai Che. Bai Che nodded and left with Song Yuyan.
Looking at Bai Che's leaving figure, the merchant's eyes suddenly became moist. This figure was exactly the same as that of the good man back then. Suddenly, he seemed to understand something and immediately bowed deeply in the direction where Bai Che left. .
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Bai Che took a bite of Shaomai and fed it to Sanbai, moving aimlessly on the streets of "Loulan City". At this moment, Song Yuyan did not eat the food in her hand, but just looked at Bai Che with suspicion. Che, it seems that she has never understood Bai Che, his nominal uncle.
"Forget it, just don't understand if you don't understand. The only thing you can't live up to is delicious food." Song Yuyan murmured to herself and took a bite of the siomai in her hand. The skin was thin and hollow, and the juice was plump...
"It's delicious..." Song Yuyan praised, immediately immersed in the delicious food.
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"The Lord of Jade City is returning to the city from the mining area. Please give way."
Suddenly, Bai Che heard a burst of neat footsteps, followed the sound, and saw a well-equipped team slowly coming from behind, with a dozen earth dragons riding on a dozen heroic soldiers, and... ....except for the first one.
This man is middle-aged, nearly forty years old, with a short beard on his face and rich clothes, but he can't suppress the growth of his body, especially his belly.
But Bai Che was very familiar with this person's appearance. This person was Yu Chunfeng.
Time is really a butcher's knife. After not seeing each other for nearly ten years, Yu Chunfeng has gained several pounds and looks haggard and older, as if he has been weathered.
However, his eyes have lost the clarity that they had ten years ago and have not been stained by wisdom. They have become a little turbid, flickering and flickering, making people look like they have a hint of chill.
Seeing this, Bai Che frowned slightly and murmured to himself: "Is this Yu Chunfeng? Why did it become like this?"
Bai Che thought about it, but without thinking too much, he pulled Song Yuyan back to the side of the road.
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