Chapter 51: The Craftsman and the Child
"Ten times!" There was a sound of surprise behind him, this price is not low, you can buy a slightly younger maid, and this is still a budgie that can't speak, which makes people smack.
"How many guest officers don't know?" Xiao Wu immediately explained: "This budgie is produced in the southern miasma land, thousands of miles away, ten budgies can be transported here to be left two is good, and the cold climate in the north is trained, very delicate, even in Liangjing is a rare thing, the price of ten is really not expensive."
"Huh! Listening to you say this, the price of Shiguan is indeed not expensive", Zhen Qian said with a haha: "Take us around, we haven't decided what to buy yet?" ”
Walking around, Zhen Qian really opened his eyes, indeed as Wang Qun said, in addition to there are no large and ferocious beasts here, even the extremely precious pythons in later generations have them, and there are many small animals of all kinds as if they had entered a zoo, and finally saw the bird of paradise that was about to become extinct in later generations, and I don't know how these animals were transported to the north.
"What is the price of this colorful phoenix?" The bird of paradise becomes a colorful phoenix in the mouth of the little guy, and the colorful feathers look gorgeous and unusual in the sun, listen to the little guy talk about it complacently, this bird was originally regarded as auspicious and presented to Tang Xuanzong, but unfortunately because he was not accustomed to the climate of the north, he died soon. However, Zhen Qian knew that this bird came from the tropical rainforest on the islands of the South Seas, and it was likely that it was transported with Kunlunnu, and it was indeed not suitable for living in the north.
"This kind of bird is delicate, but unfortunately it is difficult to feed, if Lang Jun wants it, fifteen times is the lowest price!"
Zhen Qian nodded noncommittally, and the group walked to the iron cage where the hounds were kept, and the little guy hurriedly introduced the hounds to the group.
"This is a greyhound, with a narrow and long head, a pointed nose, a slender and arched neck, a long and thin waist, and thin shoulders and legs, and is good at catching rabbits in the grass. This is Ti, which can squat on horseback, has quick and well-behaved movements, and has a cute appearance, making it a rare pet ...... among dogs. ”
"This is the Tibetan mastiff you said!"
Zhen Qian was very interested in the shepherd dogs, black-backeds, and Tibetan mastiffs of later generations, but he didn't expect to see pet dogs like Chihuahuas in the Tang Dynasty, so he asked: "These are Tibetan mastiff cubs!" ”
The Tang Dynasty did not have the title of Tibetan mastiff, but the Tibetan mastiff had appeared in the Tang Dynasty, when Songtsen Gampo married Princess Wencheng, there was a Tibetan mastiff among the gifts, that is, since then, the Tibetan mastiff began to become popular in the Tang Dynasty, and has become a symbol of identity when the rich son goes out hunting.
The little guy immediately patted the horse and said: "This Lang Jun really has a vision, this is an authentic Tibetan mastiff, raised in a good way, and when he grows up, he is more fierce than a cheetah, and the Tufan people use them to raise cattle and sheep, and three or four adult Tibetan mastiffs can drive away a group of wild wolves?" ”
"The price of these Tibetan mastiff puppies shouldn't be expensive!"
"Each three-run, if Lang Jun wants to buy a pair, you can get a twenty-percent discount?"
"I'll pick a pair of five runs?"
The little servant looked embarrassed, and Wang Qun on the side carried a string of copper coins in his hand and said: "Is your shopkeeper surnamed Zhang, if you invite him out, my reward will probably be in vain!" ”
The little guy was shocked, Zhang shopkeeper was stingy, but he didn't want to stay in the breeding workshop longer, he worked here for a month and always had more money, the advantage was that he could get a lot of reward money at the lowest price for the guests, and his eyes rolled and said: "I don't know how many guest officers are ready to buy some other animals in addition to a pair of Tibetan mastiffs?" If it's just this pair of little Tibetan mastiffs, I can still call the shots." Small businesses can call their own shots, in case a big business will inevitably alarm the shopkeeper, then it will be unlucky for you to get a reward.
"We want this pair of Tibetan mastiffs, and the other animals are not interested in it for the time being?"
When the little guy heard this, he was happy in his heart, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay!" ”
Tibetan mastiff cubs are not fierce, for cats and puppies, women like this kind of thing the most, Xiaozhu and Xiaomei immediately took one out of the cage, and Wang Qun casually rewarded the little guy with a string of copper coins.
"Let me ask you, do you know what the man who bought the budgies yesterday is going to do?" Zhen Qian didn't want to alarm the shopkeeper here, since Wang Qun knew this person, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't know him, so he had to make the other party suspicious.
The little guy thought for a while and said: "Yesterday, that person seemed to say that he was the housekeeper of the Zhen family, and he was personally received by the shopkeeper Zhang. ”
Zhen Qian asked some more details, but the little guy didn't know much, it was not good to do business and ask about the buyer casually, this is the rule of doing business.
The group walked out of the courtyard and prepared to return to Zhen's mansion, Xiaomei saw that Zhen Qian had no intention of continuing to go shopping, and said loudly: "Lang Jun, aren't you going to buy a birthday gift for the Xing family?" ”
When Zhen Qian first saw the Bird of Paradise, he wanted to buy one and give it to the Xing family, but who would have thought that he would have to ask for fifteen yuan, and how much pocket money he only had a month, it hurts to think about it.
"What's the hurry, isn't there more than ten days left for the Xing's birthday?"
Returning to Zhen's Mansion, Zhen Qian thought for a while and said to Wang Qun: "It's been almost a month since the last time I went to Qin's house, shouldn't we go and have a look?" ”
"It's been almost a month, I'm going to the slave market to find Cao Renyi now, do you have any news about the slave craftsmen and children he helped us find, it's best to bring them to the Qin family casually?"
Zhen Qian nodded, the business of the restaurant and soju was not bad during this time, if you don't count the investment in the early stage, you have already started to have money in the account.
In line with the principle of spending money when there is money, he is ready to buy more slave craftsmen and children, there are many children who have no father and mother and are abandoned and no one to adopt, but Zhen Qian is not a person who is overflowing with love, since spending money has to be used on the blade, those ordinary people who are looking for work do not dare to accept it now, so they can only put their ideas on those slaves.
The impact of opening a bookstore is too great, and after thinking about it for a long time, I decided to put it for a while, anyway, during this time, Song Yi also carved a lot of templates in the room, sharpening the knife without mistakenly chopping firewood, and then you can take it out and print it directly, and you don't need to be in a hurry.
Wang Qun privately found a few businessmen a few days ago, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with Wang Qun, help test the water first, and wait for a good response before continuing to do business in Zhending. Shochu is beyond the acceptable scope of this era, so those businessmen have to be careful to consider, and Zhen Qian can understand such a result.
On the contrary, the humble nuts sold well in the restaurant, and the first batch of three cars of nuts were sold out in less than half a month. It turns out that those nuts are used as a snack after dinner, and have become a snack for everyone in the courtyard of the deep house, and it is also liked by some literati, it is said that after eating nuts, it can nourish the brain and nourish the qi, and the thinking is flexible and the mind ......is quick, and I don't know if this is true.
There is money in his hand and he is not panicked, the business in the restaurant is tepid, but the fame of the new dishes has gradually started, two days ago, there was a shopkeeper who claimed to be Xiangmanlou came to say that he wanted to cooperate with Zuixianlou, and was willing to pay 2,000 yuan to buy sixty percent of the shares of Zuixianlou, and also promised Song Yi many benefits, but Song Yi couldn't shirk it, and threw out his identity as a part-time worker, but he didn't say that Zhen Qian was the owner behind the scenes.
With the appearance of this shopkeeper, Zhen Qian knew that the reputation of Drunken Immortal Building had been hit, and it was a matter of time now.
Now Zhen Qian is not as anxious as he was at the beginning, at least the new dishes are easier to be recognized by the Tang people than soju, but the speed of cooking to make money is too slow, Zhen Qian needs to consider how the way to make money is soju, how to earn the first pot of gold for himself.
Wang Qun went to the slave market and brought back two pieces of news, "Da Lang, the bad news is that the weaving craftsmen you want are really hard to find, and there are not many craftsmen who can do this kind of craft." The good news is that the slave who knows how to carpenter has found a family, and his surname is Lu, it is said that he is still a little related to Lu Ban, and the slave trader Cao Renyi asked for sixty guan before he bought the family, plus nine boys and five girls, a total of two hundred! The people have been sent outside the city, and they can be brought to Qinjiashan Village tomorrow? ”
Two hundred guan bought a carpenter and fourteen boys, and this business was very good!
"Money is something outside the body, I want people, useful people, it doesn't matter how much money you have!" Zhen Qian didn't have a trace of pain, but comforted Wang Qundao.
In Wang Qun's opinion, this business is a big loss, but seeing that Zhen Qian doesn't care about any money at all, he feels that his thinking can't keep up with the other party, and he is a little sneering: "Da Lang, ask a word that shouldn't be said to me, what do you want so many children to do?" ”
If you just buy almost a craftsman, this may be understandable to Wang Qun, but what is the use of so many children, is it an investment?
Of course, Zhen Qian will not tell Wang Qun now that in his plan, cultivating children is the most important part, and it is impossible to count on literati, and he does not have the spirit of a bully. Counting on ordinary people, the plasticity is too low, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, which of what they are doing now is not beyond this era, and it is impossible to expect others to help them keep secrets. Slaves are different, this is their own private property, as long as they are good to slaves, they can naturally easily get the trust and recognition of slaves, this kind of thing is worth spending some money.
This is also the only feasible way for Zhen Qiansi to think about it before and after, aren't Wang Qun's parts the best example?
"Uncle Wang, I'm going to take these children around and be adopted sons, do you think it's okay?"
After Zhen Qian accepted Qin Meng and Ajana Ye as adopted sons, he suddenly thought of a seemingly feasible way to adopt the helpless little slaves as his adopted sons and daughters, and take them with him to teach them personally, so that it can not only be kept secret, but also ensure that these adopted sons will be grateful to them when they grow up, and reduce the danger factor to a minimum.