To Rule in a Turbulent World

The coachmen outside the carriage cheered, and You Miao slept all night. At this moment, he looked out staggeringly. In the middle of the mountainside, the cold wind was still lingering. Looking at the plain below, Yanbian City was endless, surrounded by the Great Wall that was travelling east. The crowd in the city throbbed, and the wailing sound came from far away.

In the distance outside Yanbian City, a huge ice lake is like a jewel shining in the sun, and the cattle and sheep team sends out a tortuous line on the snowfield to the city.

This is Yanbian City. You Miao thought that although the degree of prosperity is not as good as that of Beijing, it should not have a flavor outside. The caravan left Yangkou Mountain area and went down the plain. You Miao glanced at Li Zhiyu again.

烽 Li Zhiyu put his elbow by the window and looked casually into the distance.

Wu Youmiao: "Have you been to Yanbian?"

烽 Li Zhihua nodded a little, turned to look at You Miao, there seemed to be something to say.

Yan Youmiao said in Yanbian that she would not run into Li Zhiyu's clan. If Li Zhiyu wanted to escape, this would be the best place and the best time.

Li Zhihuan: "I will take you to play."

You Youmiao saw that Li Zhizhen was in a good mood, and asked tentatively with a smile, "I used to come here often?"

When the caravan approached the city gate, Li Zhiquan listened to the conversation of the Hu people in the distance and said, "No."

You Miao nodded, and the caravan would stay in Yanbian for three days. Three days later, when she left here, You Miao decided to let Li Zhihuan leave and return to his home. Go back to your own house, no longer need to be a slave.

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On the first day of arrival in Yanbian, the caravan reported customs clearance documents and went through the formalities. More than forty people entered the inn, the goods were unloaded, and then they were taken to the market to sell. You Miao finally stopped to hurry and was relieved.

I am at home for a long time, and it is difficult to go out. You Miao rarely went out since childhood. The only time I hurried to the capital was from Liuzhou to Beijing. At that time, the scenery was beautiful. Thousands of miles have been bumped, and Li Zhizheng is waiting, and You Miao still can't help crying.

The group settled in the largest inn in the city, and the merchants did business on their own. You Miao took Li Zhihuan to hang out. I saw that the goods outside the plug were mostly animal skins, rare medicinal materials, animal meat, deer antler deer tail, etc. Local tiger skin, precious fox fur, western region wine, ambergris, millennium of old ginseng, mineral eyes of the sacred stone, refined refined steel sheet ... can be sold for a high price for any one in Beijing, enough to be an imperial treasure The rare things in the hall become mountains and seas in the Yanbian market, just like the bad streets.

On the contrary, the candles, silk, salt, southern medicinal materials brought by the merchants of the Central Plains, and even the inferior pearls, coral scallops, and tea from the East China Sea were looted as soon as they entered the market.

Even the New Year's paintings of the Central Plains can be sold at a high price. You Miao wanted to lose a lot. I knew that I also brought something from the capital to sell. Hao Sanqian really started to sit on the ground and did n’t even listen to the opera teahouse. Inferior tea for drinking, five pounds for half a catty, can be exchanged for a medium fox skin in the market!

Youyou Miao has seen more than once my brother-in-law bought this fox skin. As soon as a new item arrives in Yubaotang, Li Yan takes a group of people to see it. No matter how much he wants to talk to the boss, he needs five or two pieces of silver.

For five copper coins in exchange for five or two silvers, You Miao finally realized the huge profits of the adulterer, and she couldn't help but talk for a while. Can't help but lose money, I knew it! Bring a cart of goods to Yanbian for resale casually, thousands of silvers are readily available. It's really hard to buy.

The market was full of people, holding large stacks of skins and large bundles of ginseng, rushing forward, rushing the goods in front of the Central Plains merchants, and some people saw You Miao's identity, and handed him things in private, let He received his own goods.

"Slow down slowly! Slowly feed! Don't grab! I'm not here to sell!" You Miao loudly.

Hao Sanqian shouted: "Beware of the young master! Come slowly! Come one by one!"

Many people in Yanbian could not speak the language and could not help gesturing. They spoke the Hu language and pointed to their own goods, as well as the goods of the Central Plains merchants. Some people rushed to fight. Li Zhizhang was protecting You Miao, and the Hu people crowded in front of You Miao. Seeing that Li Zhi's appearance was also a Cypriot, he was afraid to touch You Miao.

"Take her goods." You Miao received a small box and said to Hao Sanqian.

"Well," Hao Sanqian replied with a smile. Although these businessmen were hired by various Jingshi merchants, they had to listen to You Deyou-who can enter the caravan and who will not let it in. You Deyou has the final say, and everyone will not dare to sin. Miao.

Wu Youmiao turned over a pile of leather and watched it. Some businessmen quipped: "What is the young man's family doing is a big business, can you still think of these?"

Xi Youmiao smiled and picked skins, chose two fox furs, and said, "Bring them back to send friends."

"It's really a big business at Master's house."

"Yeah, yeah, it's sunny in the rain ..."

A group of businessmen sold goods cheerfully, but could not flatter you.

"One or two teas and one or two golds."

Xiyou Miao busily humbled and smiled: "Nothing is held up by friends."

The business of the Youyou Miao family is indeed very big-my father You Dechuan is a tea merchant, a thousand hectares of tea fields, and half of the tea mountain tea fields in southeast Liuzhou are travelling and doing official business. This tea is quite a bit, it is called "Bright Rain and Sunny Hairy Tips", and it was sent to Jingshi, Chuanshu and other places in the beginning of spring. Businessmen say that the tea of ​​the house is "one or two teas and one gold". The jin was supplied to Tianjia, and the rest was almost sold out as soon as it went on the market. Even the noble officials have to go through the door to buy.

Hao Sanqian was too busy, Yu Miao helped out, took a big wooden box, couldn't help laughing when it was opened, and filled it with inferior fried tea—Jingshi people drank the tea leaves, and added some grass mills Broken and then fried, mixed and sold as stir-fried tea, this is the effort, the driver, the poor bitter haha. These rotten teas are often basked on the tile houses in Dog's Tail Lane.

You Miao handed out the wooden box. Two businessmen weighed the two sides on one side. A group of Hu people gathered around, gathered in front of the sight, and argued for a few bucks. Change five pounds of tea, ten pairs of poorly embroidered shoes, drifted into blue, and embroidered auspicious cloud pattern of gold thread. You Miao roughly calculated that this item was less than a bunch of money, and the money returned was forty-five or two silver.

At the end, the businessman put away the box, and the group of Hu people asked him for the box again. Although Miao You knew that there was no treacherous business, he couldn't stand it and said, "Forget it, the box is for them. Bring What are you going back to? "

The jade wooden lacquer box is red and black, depicting a lady's picture, and the human person regards it as a treasure, but You Miao knows that this thing is rough in workmanship, not antique, and it is not used by ordinary officials. Looking at the business people, they were all funny, only to understand that several people had left it. This wooden paint box was originally sold, but everyone didn't say it, waiting for the Huren to get something out for it.

"Okay-all listen to the young master's instructions." Hao Sanqian said with a smile, and after bargaining again, he exchanged the lacquered wood box for three pounds of tiger bone.

Miao You Miao couldn't help but booing. When the market was scattered that day, everyone returned with a large bag and a small bag, and got up early the next day, and went to the market stall. In just one day, everything was completely changed. People at the bazaar were still around at dusk, and there were fires surrounding the stove overnight. Such bazaars would be open until the Chinese New Year, the Wuhu festival, the Momo, the Western Region, and other people.

He Hao Sanqian came to discuss with You Miao and said, "Master, a few Hu people going south are talking, there is another snowstorm coming."

Wu Youmiao didn't understand yet, stupidly said, "Then let's stay a few more days? Can this stop the snowstorm?"

Hao Sanqian looked embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid I can't stop it ..."

Wu Youmiao then returned to God and said, "Hurry up the road, and understand. Everyone goes south early, and you can go home sooner if you go back sooner."

Hao Sanqian smiled and ordered to load the car. They stayed in Yanbian for only one day and were ready to go south. This time, instead of returning the same way, it turned east along the Yellow River and entered the boundaries of Cangzhou and Liuzhou.

At dusk, the sunset is like blood, hanging far from the end of the sky. Crows stand outside the city walls. You Miao sat outside the inn, drank hot buttery milk tea, and counted the goods he had returned.

Traveling between the Central Plains and Saiwai, doing business is really a blessing. You Miao sees everyone's bargains and feels itchy, so she can't help but take out the things that she is accompanying, and replace it with a good Xuezhen tiger skin, a pack of tiger courage , Two bear paws, four bear skins, ready to take home to honor his father, and by the way have more silver.

You Miao made up her mind. When the money is not enough in the coming year, she will come out with the caravan twice a year, and she will definitely make money back. After all, setting up a business at a market requires paperwork. Not easy, and not everyone can follow the caravan.

烽 Li Zhiquan took the things, took the carriage, the shadow dragged the old outside the plug, the sky was full of red clouds of fire, and a light, black haze on the north side was a sign that the snowstorm was about to return.

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