A man stopped the donkey cart and stepped forward to say to Tang Lao'er, who was sitting idly in front of the door: "Master, you are thirsty on the road, begging for water." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Tang Lao'er looked the man up and down, pointed to the table next to him and said, "There is a bowl there, and the pot is full of hot water boiled in the morning, you can pour it and drink it." I'm here facing the main road, and the pot and bowl are for the convenience of the guests. ”

The man thanked him, poured a large bowl of water into the bowl in the past, and drank it into his stomach in a big gulp.

At a glance, Donald saw a brand-new carriage parked on the road not far away, unvarnished, revealing the fresh color of the wood, which looked particularly strong and heavy. Curious, I walked over and walked around, looking at it non-stop.

After drinking the water, the man returned to the car and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said to Tang Lao'er: "This is the car I bought in Luoyang City, and I am pulling some goods in the township in my spare time." The owner has seen the world, how about looking at this car? ”

Tang Lao'er stepped forward and touched it, and shook his head: "It's not good, but it's strong." ”

The man raised his head and said, "We countrymen, don't we want to be strong?" I've been picking for more than an hour, elm! ”

"That's right, it's better to be strong than anything else." Donald nodded and looked down again. "The wheels of your car are good, the iron sheet of the bag is thick, and it looks fine. I've had a lot of these cars in the past few days, and the wheels of your car are the most exciting, and they must be durable. ”

"That's it, I'm picking and choosing, and this one has the best iron wrap in the wheels! When I took it away, the supervisor who sold the car was reluctant again and again, saying that he kept it for his relatives! ”

The wheels of these vehicles are all wooden, including hubs and spokes. After it is ready, the tin sheet is breaded outside. The sheet was cast iron, divided into small pieces, finely layered on the outside of the wooden wheels. The purpose of this iron sheet is similar to that of the shoe used on the hooves of donkeys and horses, and it is also similar to the usage, and it can be replaced if it is worn out.

Don't look at these small pieces of iron as inconspicuous, most of the cost of this wheel is spent on it. No matter how much Xu Ping expands the scale of ironmaking, steel is still a rare thing, and the cost of using it will go up.

After seeing the car, Donald asked the man: "Where are you from?" Why do you want to come to the city to buy a car? ”

"Don't hide it from my father-in-law, I have lived in the countryside of Pengpo Town for generations, and I saw a lot of these cars in the town that time, and I fell in love with them at a glance. Ask the people who drove the car, only to know that we have this kind of car in Xijing City, as long as there is someone in the township as a guarantee, riding a horse to Luoyang City, you can drive the carriage back, and wait until the autumn to calculate the money together, and don't make money. With this kind of good thing, I naturally have to buy one back. Don't tell the old man, we are all mountains, and they are not steep, and the car can barely walk. After autumn, things in the mountains, even cutting down some trees can be sold for money, and with a car, you can pay back any picks in the mountains! ”

Tang Lao'er nodded again and again and said yes, the land in the mountains is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many local products, as long as you have a way to transport it, there will naturally be money everywhere. The town of Gupo is also on the southbound avenue, and the town is located in the valley of the Yi River, with mountains of different sizes on both sides. In fact, the reason why the southbound avenue is in such a direction, turning to Ruzhou first, is because it follows the direction of the mountains and river valleys.

This man does not seem to live in the town, but in the countryside in the surrounding mountains. The mountains there are all large and small dirt mountains, and in good conditions, there are roads for cars and horses, and cars can be used. If you really live in the depths of the inaccessible mountains, it is useless to buy a car, but I am afraid that I can transport it home.

There are local products in the mountains, the avenues from the south to the north, and the water transportation of the Yi River, this man's vision is quite accurate.

After chatting for a while, the man saw that it was not early and was about to go on the road, Tang Lao'er said: "If you start a business in the future, you want to drive into Luoyang City to sell local goods, remember to come to me for a glass of wine." My restaurant, don't look a little dilapidated, but the wine is excellent, and the food is cheap and affordable. The guests who are trafficked on this avenue come here to drink my wine. ”

"Definitely, definitely, next time I come to Luoyang City, I must come to take care of the master's business!"

As he spoke, the man led the horse for a few steps, jumped into the cart at once, and went down the main road to the south.

When Tang Laoer saw the car going away, he shook his head again and again in admiration. During this period, every day people bought such carriages and donkey carts from the city and hurried past their doors. If you buy a car, you have to transport goods, and you can't sit idle there, where do the countrymen have that spare money?

It seems that the road in front of my door will become more and more lively in the future, and business will get better......

When Tang Lao'er was thinking blindly, Tang's mother came out of the restaurant, saw Tang Lao'er, and shouted: "You old man doesn't do business, what are you doing here?!" ”

Tang Lao'er is not as knowledgeable as women, and shook his head: "I'm here to watch business, what do you know-"

"When is the business going to be seen by you? Quick, follow me back to the house, and persuade the eldest sister! ”

Tang Lao'er was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Mom, what happened to the eldest sister?" ”

"Well, I don't know where she heard the gossip about following people to the city to open a garment company. Old man, do you know what a company is? Are these for us poor people? A few years ago, I finally sold the house in the pottery workshop, how much is it good to live a good life? Why do you want to toss all the money! ”

Donald Lao'er's eyes widened: "Your mother-in-law's family has no knowledge, the eldest sister must have her own ideas!" You don't know, notices have been posted everywhere, and from this year onwards, the family's cash will be counted in the household. People like us only have ten guan, and beyond ten guan, they will either be deposited in a government-run money bank or go to open a company. ”

Mother Tang was stunned and said, "What is Qianzhuang?" The eldest sister seems to have said this, but I didn't understand. ”

"The money bank is a place to store money, you put the cash in it, he will give you a few paper coupons, and you can naturally go to the money bank to get it when you want to use it. If you want to pay a lot of money to make a transaction with someone, you don't need to move the money, just go directly to the money bank and hand over the paper coupons. It seems that - the government is not allowed to settle privately now? ――”

Tang Laoer only listened to people and didn't understand it thoroughly. When the bank is set up, the large transactions in the society can no longer take the form of cash, but the two parties to the transaction go to the bank together, make a contract, and directly exchange the paper coupons. In this process, you may not even see the shadow of money, and both parties just need to believe that there is money in the treasury of the bank. When trading, contract tax, commercial tax, etc. are also deducted together, saving the trouble of taxation. Of course, if the use of gold and silver cloth is used to trade privately, the government cannot control it, but the validity of the contract will not be endorsed by the government, and it may be reported for tax evasion.