Du Zhongxiao pondered for a while, then sat down again, and said, "I don't have any money in my hands, but it's not easy to see people." The first time we bought something from someone, we couldn't pay for it, and we broke our trust, who would dare to do business here? ”

One thousand is not a small number, where did Du Zhongxiao go to conjure it up? Now it's all investment, I don't see profits, and I have nowhere to borrow if I want to. Du Zhongxiao's family can take it out now, but how can there be any reason to spend their own money for official business? As an official, it's good not to take it from your own family.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said to Dong Zhushu: "The main book, a huge county, can't you move a thousand yuan?" When things are bought, they will see the money soon, and it will only take a few months. I remember confiscating Mamon's wealth, and there are more than 2,000 yuan. ”

"The case was handled by the state, and Liu Tongju is here to watch and release those belongings to the state, where is the rest for us?"

Seeing Dong Zhuji's bitter face, Du Zhongxiao had no choice but to comfort him: "There is a way, there will always be a way." ”

Even so, Du Zhongxiao was also worried. I thought about national affairs for a long time, the situation in the world, and even led the world trend, but in the end, I found that I couldn't even take out a thousand dollars. No matter how far your heart flies, your feet are still here.

After sitting for a long time, he couldn't think of a way, Du Zhongxiao was a little upset, and said to Dong Zhushu: "No matter, let's go and see how the goods are first." It is nothing more than asking the merchants to wait in the county for two more days, saying that we are busy with official business and cannot spare time for a while. How many people do you have to go through to buy things and inspect and receive goods in the yamen, and how easy it is to get money. ”

Dong Zhushu said in his heart, why is it not easy? Now that the library has money, the business will be completed in a word.

The two changed into civilian clothes, took their entourage out of the yamen, and came all the way to the dock. As soon as I got out of the city gate, I saw that the shops on both sides were in full swing of renovation, and there was a lively scene. It's just that if these stores are going to make money, I don't know when it will take.

When the peach blossoms rise, it is the busiest time for water transportation, and dozens of large and small boats gather at the wharf. In the Bianhe River, there are official ships transporting grain slowly passing by, end to end, and there is no end in sight.

Let Chai Xin and his entourage disperse, Du Zhongxiao and Dong Zhushu approached the dock to see the iron transported by ship. Ying Tianfu is upstream, and it is very convenient to transport 30,000 catties of iron along the Bianhe River, and you can see the ship carrying the iron at a glance. Du Zhongxiao did not stipulate what kind of iron to buy, and he was not so particular about building farm tools, so he saw that all kinds of iron ingots, iron bars and scrap iron tools were piled up together on the ship, which was very messy.

When I got closer, I saw a circle of people in front of me, and I didn't know what I was looking at.

Du Zhongxiao called Chai Xin and asked him to go to the front to see what was going on there. As the head of a county, there are still many people who know Du Zhongxiao here. When you get into the crowd, it's always bad to be recognized, and the iron dealers see it.

After a while, Chai Xinfei ran back, a little excited, and said with a forked hand: "Official, there are two guests in front of you who are competing with knives." Each made a bet, and it was only then that many people watched. Two BMWs, it's really a rarity! ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, as an engineering student in his previous life, he was not interested in any treasure knife and blade. When you are working, you can take a piece of tool steel and polish it to make a good knife, not to mention those special alloy steels.

Seeing that Chai Xin was very enthusiastic, Du Zhongxiao was about to let him go to see it, but suddenly thought about it and stopped again: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look together." ”

Quietly squeezed into the crowd, I saw a big man standing in the middle, holding his arms and arms, his eyes slightly closed. There were two people standing next to the big man, one holding a knife, and was bragging about his knife in various fancy ways.

I don't know how much saliva I squirted, and one said: "There is no basis for what you say, seeing is believing!" Let's compare, each knife can cut a few copper coins! Take a hundred wen out to make a bet, and take the money away if you win! ”

The man on the other side just sneered: "I bought this knife for 300 yuan, and I will do a gambling fight with you for 100 yuan, so that people can laugh at it!" ”

The one couldn't stand the excitement and said loudly: "A hundred is too little, how much do you want to bet?" ”

"Which bets money with you! Looking at the way you look, I can't come up with a few words. If you lose, just kneel on the ground and call me Grandpa three times. If you win by luck, I'll buy you this knife for fifty dollars. ”

The person who shouted for gambling money laughed when he heard this: "I won your knife for 300 yuan, but you want to buy me for 50 yuan, am I stupid?!" ”

The man just sneered: "How many copper coins to chop is not only to have a good knife, but also to cut the person hard." This big man is a local, who knows that he didn't collude with you to cheat me out of money? If you want to deceive me as a foreigner, I have seen a lot of your tricks. Don't talk nonsense, whether you want to gamble or not, you just need to say one word! How much do I have to do, and I'm here to spit with you! ”

"Good! If you don't gamble, won't people underestimate my Niu Er's treasure knife! ”

As soon as these words came out, it was confirmed that this guy colluded with that big man to cheat money together. It's just that you can't cheat money, you can sell the knife, and you can make a lot of money if you want to, but you can't give it up after all.

Drawing out his knife, the man from the countryside took out a handful of copper coins, sprinkled them on the ground, and said loudly: "This good man started cutting from a copper coin." My knife can cut five copper coins, if you keep cutting a copper coin, I will report to the government! ”

Dahan opened his eyes, looked at Niu Er, nodded slightly, and answered the promise angrily, picking up the copper coins on the ground.

Taking the knife of the stranger, the big man looked at it over and over again, and praised: "Good knife!" "Put a copper coin on the stump next to it, take a pose, and shout. He raised his knife and cut the copper coin in half, and the knife slashed into the stake.

The man who sprinkled the money waved his hand and said, "The knife will be cut there, try the knife of that guy!" ”

The big man agreed, took Niu Er's knife, and the two of them made a look, and put a copper coin on the stake. With a loud roar, he cut off the copper coins on the stake.

When Chai Xin saw it, he couldn't help but whisper: "Official, it's a good knife!" Chopping copper coins is so neat, it can be said that iron is like clay! ”

Du Zhongxiao glanced at Chai Xin and shook his head: "There is a bit of craftsmanship, what is so strange about being able to cut copper coins with a kitchen knife?" ”

The hardness of steel is greater than that of copper, and after surface quenching, it is far exceeded. What is more important about cutting copper coins is the cutting technique, and whether the person who cuts will cut it, the speed and force of the knife. Of course, homogeneous steel is rare in this era, so such a competition is not useless. The foreigner also knew in his heart, knew that the person who cut was important, and did not want to be the wronged leader.

Looking at the depth of the second knife cut into the stake, the person who wanted to buy the knife nodded slightly. Although Fifty Guan must have been cheated, it is not too much to buy such a knife, at least this knife is not broken copper and iron. In this era, ironware is still very precious, and the cost of creating such a knife is expensive, and it depends on the buyer's mood and his luck if he can sell it for dozens of times.