Before the Song army reoccupied Tanglong Town, it was already an empty city with no households. With the consolidation of the rule, the people were attracted to come, and there were not many households in the city. In addition to repairing houses, arranging soldiers, and renting them to merchants, the newly built buildings in Tanglong Town are most importantly a huge market.

The market was not far from the yamen, and was surrounded on all sides by earthen walls, each with a door. Inside, the ground is rammed and lines are drawn with white ash. According to the white line, one is a shop stall, and the other is a pedestrian road. There are divisions inside, one area for wine, sugar, tea and other foods, one area for pearl treasure jade, and another area for silk and felt carpets, each of which is clearly divided. A white wall is erected in front of each district, indicating the goods sold inside.

The shops and stalls are covered with sheds for shade. There is not much rain here, and the sheds are poorly built, but they are sufficient.

The little prince discussed with Ren Ze and decided to take a look around in the past two days to understand the situation before starting to sell horses. He thought about it all night, and finally understood that he had sold the horse, and there was a question of what goods to exchange, and followed Ren Ze into the city.

I asked people all the way, and when I arrived at the market, I was surprised when I entered the door. The Western Regions have been here for thousands of miles, what scene has Ren Ze not seen? It's the first time I've seen such a particular bazaar. The bazaar is messy, but everything is well organized. Not to mention the little prince, everything on the grassland is simple, and everything looks fresh.

Seeing a few soldiers guarding the door, Ren Ze stepped forward and saluted, and said: "Tishi, the merchants who came from the lower northern land, some jade, spices and the like want to sell, I don't know what to do?" ”

The soldier looked Ren Ze up and down, pointed to the white wall beside him and said, "There is a list there, everything is clear, you can see for yourself." ”

Ren Ze said embarrassedly: "Don't hide it, the small one just knows a few words, but he can't understand the text." ”

As he spoke, he took a few copper coins from his sleeve, gently handed them to the soldier, and whispered, "Tiha will take it to buy wine." ”

The soldier had a straight face: "The boss ordered that no money or goods be accepted from guests, how can this be done." Quietly, he took the money.

After receiving the money, the soldier said: "There are districts here, and all kinds of goods are not allowed to be mixed." Your treasure jade and spices are not in the same area, you have to rent a stall separately and sell them separately. Look at the officials under the shed over there? With the official receipt, I went to him to rent a stall, and the price varied from district to district, ranging from ten to several hundred. Estimate the days yourself, and it's best to rent for a few more days, so as not to change every day. ”

Ren Ze thanked him, went back to tell the little prince and his companions, and went to the officials to go through the formalities together. The seasoning is easy to sell, but the jade is difficult to sell, so they first rented a stall to sell the seasoning, and then sold jade and other precious goods together.

After walking a few steps, the little prince suddenly said, "Since they are sold separately, why don't you find a stall to sell the jade on consignment?" It's just to give the owner some taps after selling, and it's like dying here. ”

Ren Ze was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the little prince to be quite careful, and explained to him: "We are all here for the first time, so we have to stay a few more days to see the situation." Jade is a treasure that is not trustworthy and is not easy to consign. Wait until you have been staying for a long time and getting acquainted with each other. ”

The little prince nodded, learned something again, stopped talking, and followed Ren Ze.

When they arrived at the place, Ren Ze and the others were taken aback, but they didn't expect that the place where jade was sold was very large, and there were nearly a hundred large and small stalls. But I didn't know that the Khitan Beizhu was originally a large number of valuable goods exported to the Song Dynasty, and almost everyone who came here was a Khitan trader. As far as the Western Regions, there are exquisite jade productions, which have always been loved by merchants. There is free trade here, mixed with gold, silver and bronze wares, and there are many sellers. Not to mention that the place where Ren Ze and others came was Khotan, which was originally a transit point for trade between the East and the West, and had always trafficked a large number of pearls, corals, jade, ivory and other treasures to the Central Plains. It even caused misunderstanding to some Central Plains people, thinking that they produced these things there.

When they arrived at their stalls, Ren Ze and several merchants unloaded their goods from their pack horses, laid a felt carpet on a brick platform, and took some jade, coral, and ivory to put them on. They are people who have been in business for many years, and they are very skilled at doing this kind of thing.

The little prince watched from the sidelines, wanting to learn to do business with these people. What's the use of learning, he didn't think about it, it's okay to be left and right, and it's always good to learn something. There aren't many things that their tribe can sell, so it's a surprise.

Everything was laid out, and I saw that the market was very quiet, and there was no sound of ordinary market selling. Ren Ze saw that the stall next to him was a Khitan, and there were some pearls and silverware on the stall, so he stepped forward and asked with a smile: "This brother is rich." I don't know where it came from? ”

The Khitan man glanced at Ren Ze and said with a dark face: "Just do business, ask so much what to do?" In this place, even the yamen doesn't ask you where you're from! ”

Ren Zegan smiled and nodded: "What my brother said is true, what he said." - The little brother is new, why is there no selling here? ”

The Khitan people said with a straight face: "This market is open today, which one has just come!" If you had come earlier, you would have known that there was a hawker half an hour ago. However, there are patrol soldiers, and merchants are not allowed to sell, just wait for people to come and buy, and that's it. ”

Ren Ze thanked him, turned around and returned to his stall, and whispered to his companions: "You are not allowed to sell here, you don't break the ban." There is another thing, there are not many people here, and the government does not care about buying and selling, which is different from the field, but I am afraid that the days will be longer. ”

The protagonist of the transaction is the tooth man, what goods do you have, how many other goods do you want to exchange, after telling the tooth man, they go to trade. The merchant only needs to leave with the goods after the transaction is completed. Since the merchant is not involved in the transaction, a large amount of profit is grabbed by the tooth man. The transaction here does not depend on the tooth man, it must be another business model.

At this moment, a man in Han costume was wandering on the road, looking around and looking around, looking like a buyer. When he arrived at Ren Ze's stall, his eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and reached out to pick up a branch of coral.

Ren Ze was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This guest officer, do you want to buy coral?" This is from Khotan, and it is extremely precious. ”

The man didn't raise his head, and said, "I know myself, I don't want you to be verbose!" ”

After speaking, he looked at a few more things, took the coral in his hand, and asked, "How much does it cost to look like this branch?" ”

Ren Ze said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, the real price is forty yuan." ”

The man shook his head, put the coral down, and said, "Forty guan is too expensive, if it is thirty guan, I will buy it." I am a jade merchant, if you are willing to sell, then buy more, six hundred yuan of business for you. ”

Ren Ze was taken aback, he didn't expect to meet such a big customer at once, and hurriedly pulled them to discuss. At the price of 30 guan, they still have more than 20 guan to earn, and this business is done. I just don't know the market here, and I'm a little hesitant.

After thinking for a while, Ren Ze said: "It's still sold!" When we first came here, we don't know the market, as long as we have money to make, don't delay. It's nothing more than selling it early, and doing other business is. In the future, you can make a few more trips. ”

Several people agreed, and Ren Ze stepped forward and said to the man: "Depending on you, thirty times will be thirty times, and a total of six hundred pieces will be sold to you!" I don't know how to receive the goods and how to pay? There are a few of us here, and you can go with your nobles. ”

The man rolled his eyelids and glanced at Ren Ze, and said, "Spot cash, delivery on the spot." It's the most refreshing place to do business here. ”

Ren Ze said with a smile: "The nobleman is joking, it takes a big car to pull 600 yuan, you are alone, where does the cash come from?" ”

The man took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, handed them to Ren Ze, and said, "This is opened by the yamen, and it will be returned as a fake." I've used the seal here, I've drawn the pledge, and you can go to the hall over there to get the money. ”

Ren Ze took the paper in his hand and touched it, it was an extremely thick paper. On one side of the paper is a businessman-like person, with a vivid look, holding an ingot, and on the other side is a week of cloud writing, with "one hundred copper coins" written in the middle. On the paper, there are two colors of vermilion and ink, and there are hidden marks, and the printing is extremely exquisite.

Touching the paper again and again, Ren Ze said: "Brother Tai, what is this?" I heard that there are Jiaozi in the Sichuan and Shu regions, but I have never seen them. Even if it's that thing, you can't use it here in Tanglong Town. ”

The man was a little impatient, and pointed to the words at the bottom of the paper and said, "That's not the seal of the Yamen of Tanglong Town?" You have a lot of troubles, and the place where you withdraw money is less than a mile away, if you can't even trust the yamen, send someone to withdraw cash with me! ”

Hearing this, Ren Ze's face improved, and a smile appeared on his face: "It turned out that he was taking money in the city, but he was wrong to blame the nobles." It's better to be like this, how about a few of my people here, taking the coral for you, and going to withdraw the money? ”

The man smiled and shook his head: "Naturally, as long as you can move six hundred yuan." ”

Ren Ze was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "It's okay, let's hire a donkey cart outside and pull it." ”

As he spoke, he helped the man pick up a few corals and scraped together six hundred pieces of goods. After confirming with the guests, Ren Ze and his two companions rolled up the coral with a baggage, held it in their arms, and went to withdraw the money. The little prince watched the bustle and followed behind them.

As he walked along the road, the man kept looking at the goods around him, and sometimes stopped to take a closer look. But I thought I had no money on me, so I didn't shoot again. Ren Ze saw it in his eyes, and he felt strange in his heart, he didn't know what kind of path this person was.

After walking for a while, he couldn't help it, Ren Ze said to the man: "I see that the noble man is an expert, and he doesn't know what business to do?" ”

The man said: "I do some treasure and jade coral in the capital, known as Cui Zhizhao, and come here to buy some raw materials to use." ”

Ren Ze was taken aback: "It turned out to be a noble man from Tokyo City, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, forgive me!" Why, there are still Tokyo merchants here? ”

The man smiled: "Joke, if there are no Tokyo merchants, who are you selling these treasures to?" ”

Ordinary goods are not enough, these pearls and gems can only be used by rich and noble families, where is the place where the most rich and noble people in the world are? Naturally, it's Tokyo City. Ren Ze understood a little in his heart.