129 Ancient routines
He has been following the diplomatic mission to Kaifeng for more than two years, but because the horses are well fed, the mission has changed three groups, but he has not been able to go home. I'm not in a hurry, and I'm used to living in this bustling city, and my favorite thing is to visit the hotel.
With his identity and worth, he can't afford to visit a too high-end Qinglou, Aunt Han happens to have a Hu female prostitute here who speaks the same language with him, and she will come here to spend the night whenever she is homesick.
Just a few days after the first day, Ahmad came again. Every festive season, he misses his relatives, but he can only look at his hometown from thousands of miles away, how his wife is, whether the children have grown up, and whether his parents are alive or not.
But this time he met a bearded girl who could speak Uighur, and according to his mother, he bought it newly, so the price was a little more expensive. Ahmad didn't talk nonsense with his mother, he was more expensive, he couldn't see his family, and listening to his hometown could make up for his homesickness to some extent.
Ahmad, who came and went, actually had a little feeling for this Hu female prostitute, she didn't take off her pants like other female prostitutes and only recognized money, put on her pants and didn't recognize people, she was more gentle and considerate, and every time she came, she had to prepare some wine and food, not only sleeping with her, but also chatting with her, and she could often talk about Ahmad's heart.
But no matter how intimate she is, she is also a prostitute, and she has to give money once she goes, otherwise Aunt Han's fat face will have to raise her eyebrows. But Ahmad is just a groom, and no matter how good a groom is, he is also a groom, and his salary is definitely not enough to live every day for prostitution.
At this time, the Hu prostitute did another thing that made Ahmad almost cry, she actually secretly took out her private money to subsidize prostitution, the reason is also very simple, she said that she is also homesick, and Ahmad is a kind of sustenance for her.
But even so, the money is not enough for the price offered by Aunt Han, how can you do Nirvana? No, this is not a grassland, and there is no chance to steal or rob it.
At this time, Aunt Han immediately turned her face, and came to a scene of beating mandarin ducks, and forcibly dismantled the two people, and didn't even let them meet without giving money. He also released his words, saying that there were high-rollers in the Daimyo Mansion who had taken a fancy to the Hu female prostitute and planned to buy it back as a concubine, and he would come to ransom her after the New Year.
Just when Ahmad scratched his heart with a hundred claws, was reluctant to give up, and scraped together some money to meet the female prostitute, Aunt Han relented again, and kept saying that she was not hard-hearted, but there were so many people in the store who had to be fed, and she couldn't break the rules. It is impossible to avoid it, but for the sake of Ahmad's sincerity, I intend to show him a clear way.
At this point in the story, I guess everyone will know what the road is, it is nothing more than Hong Tao's needs.
This routine was almost used up in the next 1,000 years, and it was clearly a routine. What kind of homesickness, those are all lines, Aunt Han didn't know where to find such a Hu woman who could speak Uighur dialect, and the two of them acted in a play for Ahmad.
But Ahmad really can't tell the difference, the men on the grassland are upright, even if they have been in Kaifeng for more than two years and have learned a little smoother, but the twists and turns of the Central Plains people have not been learned.
The next plot is even simpler, Aunt Han said that he has a relative who wants to go to the border to sell goods, but lacks transportation. Go buy it, the price is expensive and the quality is not good, ask Ahmad if he can get a camel. The quantity is not too much, thirty heads are enough, and it is not in vain, tea, silk, and scriptures can be picked at will, and the price is reasonable and fair.
"Mom, don't be careful, this matter has to be considered in the long run, and let me see your relatives before making a decision." Ahmad was really not carried away by lust, and he could agree to smuggle something else, but smuggling horses and camels had to be said for another time.
These two kinds of livestock are military supplies that the Western Xia government strictly prohibits trade, although it is not impossible to get them, but he still does not dare to agree casually until the reliability of the trading partner is determined.
Aunt Han's methods are not exquisite, she listened to Ahmad's words without reluctance at all, and said yes, and then said that her relative was crazy, the central idea is that people want money and money, and they must have relationships, otherwise they would not dare to casually play such a lofty business as livestock smuggling.
I want to see it, no problem, but people are the masters of identity, so you can't just see you, wait for the news. But there is one thing that is not negotiable, that is, you can't come to credit again until you say that this deal is good, just follow the rules!
In fact, Aunt Han didn't know whether the nobles Zhu Bajin said were willing to meet or not, she just left a live button and made time to report.
"See, but not right away, stretch him for a while, don't worry!" When Zhu Bajin reported the situation, Hong Tao was really relieved, but he was also very worried.
I definitely can't go to see Ahmad, and Zhu Bajin can't do it, so who will go? No matter who you let go, you have to explain the follow-up situation, who is more reliable?
After thinking about it, it was more appropriate for Fu Ji, but before she could think about how to open her mouth, she sent it to the door by herself, and then there was a showdown in the study, and there was also a new task for Fu Ji, acting as the relative who couldn't beat the eight poles in Aunt Han's mouth.
Just when the first spring rain came this year, Hong Tao also met this Ahmad in Aunt Han's hotel. That's right, he is really not a party member, he has a Central Asian face, he is not tall but he is long, his muscles are bulging, his hair is really not yellow, but his beard is not too black, and his face is full of vicissitudes, and he looks about the same as fifty when he is less than forty years old.
Why did Hong Tao go, he was not at ease, he was afraid that Fu Ji would mess things up without experience in this area, so he simply hid next door and eavesdropped on the conversation between the two people.
This kind of arrangement is thanks to Aunt Han, it turns out that she usually does this kind of thing, there are a few rooms upstairs with sandwich walls, hiding in them can not only listen but also watch, this old lady is really perverted!
After only half listening to Hong Tao, he got out of the wall, and in front of Fu Ji, Ahmad was like a fledgling child, in terms of how to show his strength and how to make the other party believe in himself, Fu Ji did better than expected.
In fact, she doesn't have to pretend to be anything, the style she has cultivated in the palace since she was a child speaks for itself, plus she is richly dressed and there are four attendants with big shoulders and round waists standing outside, although she does not clarify her specific identity, she looks extraordinary at a glance.
"Treasure Hall Print! How many? "The most important thing is that the goods in Fuji's hands are relatively hard, and when Ahmad saw those scriptures, he opened his mouth and revealed the origin.
Although this kind of scripture appeared relatively late, only three or four months, it was already very famous in Kaifeng City. Even those who dismiss it can't deny that its font is clear, beautifully printed, and the paper is of high quality.
Compared with the same engraved scriptures, the price of the Baohuitang print is slightly lower. However, this kind of sutra is priceless, because the customers of Baotedo are all large temples wholesale business, and basically do not provide retail.
In fact, this can't blame Gao Cuifeng for being lazy or short-sighted, he has been urging Ma to recruit more people and expand production since the Shangyuan Festival, but no matter how he urges Hongtao, he is not moved, and always says that he is not impatient, and he is not impatient.
There is a lot of work to be done, and the horse is being typeset, and it is divided into hardcover and lite editions, which makes the already understaffed Bao Huitang even more stretched.
Hong Tao didn't talk to Gao Cuifeng about too many reasons, nor did he deliberately reduce the scale of the Treasure Painting Hall, but felt that the heat was not enough to break out.
In later generations, there was a sales strategy called hunger marketing, and Hong Tao felt that it should be used on the issue of scriptures. This thing is not a necessity of life, and if it spreads all over the world in a short period of time, there will be two more difficult troubles to deal with.
The first is the price, the original book is hard to find a large number of books suddenly full of streets, the price will naturally decrease, so not only can they not take a big advantage, but also crowd down a lot of engraving and printing workshops, and the little money earned is not enough to be scolded.
The second is ability, if there is a trend of unifying the printing industry, all kinds of people and forces will come to intervene, and with their current ability, they really can't keep it. Even if the eldest brother helped to suppress the covetousness of others, he would have to spend a lot of energy and time on this, and the gains outweighed the losses.