Second Sister Nongmen has space

Chapter 137 Cowhide Business
After returning to Baolinju, Song Liyun was going to Qili County.

Now Xue Zhuang and the others go to the county to sell vegetables and acorn vermicelli every other day, and they have saved more than ten taels of silver in this month.

Several people simply bought a mule cart with their own money for human use.

Song Liyun and Han Ming were going to the county, so they happened to take a bus.

What annoyed Song Liyun was that there was a Juqing horse at home.

But now even if the injury recovers, she won't let her approach at all.

Only Song Zhenping could put something on the horse's back.

With a mule cart instead, the road to Qili County only takes an hour.

After successfully arriving outside Qili County, Song Liyun realized that this place was different from the last time he came here.

There are many people on the road, especially by the river, you can see waves of people going to the city.

Some of these people were walking, and some were driving pack carts, which carried a lot of things.

The ice surface of the moat has melted away, and pedestrians need to cross the river on the pontoon bridge.

Bridge fee: ten cash per person.

If you want livestock to cross the river, the price is fifty cents.

Each time Xue Zhuang and the others came, there were three of them, two carrying vegetables into the city, and one driving a car into the village to collect acorns, which also reduced the entrance fee.

With the experience of going to the city last time, Song Liyun handed over the [-] Wen river crossing fee that she and Han Ming paid.

After stepping on the pontoon bridge and not taking a few steps, I heard noises coming from behind.

A hoarse voice said viciously, "No, if you bring goods into the city, you will have to add [-] Wen."

Song Liyun turned her head and saw Xue Zhuang who was following behind her was stopped.

The vegetable baskets they were carrying were also opened, exposing the green vegetable leaves to the air.

"Oh, there are vegetables for sale now?" a person crossing the river beside Song Liyun exclaimed.

Han Ming saw that Xue Zhuang was blocked, and was about to go back to help, but was stopped by Song Liyun: "Look first and then talk."

Song Liyun's cowhide and horn cup were not placed outside, she had already taken back the space.

At this time, there was only a water bag and a few biscuits in the basket slung under her arm.

But Han Ming was carrying the load, covered with a lid, and no one else could see what was inside.

Xue Zhuang and the others have sold vegetables no less than ten times, and the gatekeepers are more or less familiar.

Seeing him being stopped, Hu Qing, who was following, smiled and handed over a handful of copper coins: "Just a few pieces of rotten vegetable leaves to exchange for some money. Brothers have worked hard. It's worth drinking some wine to keep warm."

This Hu Qing was one of the five people rescued by Song Liyun. Now he is very diligent in selling vegetables with Xue Zhuang, and he is very good at business. Later, he came to Baolinju to thank him. Now he also looks respectful when he sees Song Liyun.

It's a pity that his flattery was pushed away by the road guard, the copper coins were scattered on the ground, and a few rolled into the river.

"Whoever is your brother, just give the money you need, don't waste your time!" The guard's attitude became even worse.

What's happening here?
Because of Xue Zhuang's obstruction, several people who wanted to enter the city stood at the end of the pontoon bridge, all of them silent. Obviously, it is normal for these people to block the road and increase the toll.

Behind Song Liyun, the man in the padded robe began to chant again: "It won't be a few days, it won't be a few days."

"Brother, what do you say?" Song Liyun couldn't help asking, seeing that this man couldn't hide his words.

"Hey! If I'm not mistaken, you should be from Suijin Town! It wasn't because of the Dilu people who came to your place a few years ago."

The man put down the roll of quilt on his shoulders and began his long speech.

Song Liyun was listening to this man's nonsense about the Dilu people's attack on Suijin Pass at the end of the twelfth lunar month, while paying attention to Xue Zhuang's movements.

"...There is nothing wrong in Suijin Town now, and others say that there is nothing wrong in Qili County, so all the refugees have come.

Hey, the price of food in the city has been going up all over the place since yesterday..."

Song Liyun just felt speechless, Suijin Town was not robbed, these people from Qili County ran refugees here, and the people of Suijin Town were to blame for the rise in food prices!
In fact, how can those who can enter Qili County be poor.

Fortunately, Xue Zhuang and the others didn't quarrel with these guards, in addition to the river crossing fee, they still had to pay fifty Wen in taxes to get away.

As soon as he entered the city, Xue Zhuang was so angry that he made an appointment with Song Liyun to return to town in the afternoon, and left in a hurry.

He also didn't expect that Song Liyun would see him in a distressed state when he was threatened, but he couldn't postpone the delivery time he had agreed with Tianxianglou.

There were indeed more people in the city than last time, and the crowds on the street were bustling. From time to time, hawkers pushing carts or carrying burdens and hawking along the street were selling their wares to passers-by.

Song Liyun and Han Ming went directly to Wanchun Leather Store. The middle-aged man was sending a customer away, and there was a confiscated rabbit skin on the counter.

Seeing Song Liyun enter the door, the middle-aged shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he hurried over and said, "I haven't seen the girl for a long time, please sit inside."

Last time he had already seen through Song Liyun, and now he came to the door again, there must be something going on.

He got a share of 20 taels of silver for that carpet.

Song Liyun didn't show any politeness to him, leaving Han Ming to wait outside, and went straight to the private room inside, and "taken" a set of horn cups from the basket under his arm.

The middle-aged shopkeeper saw the ox horn cup, and his face showed joy: "How are you going to sell these cups, girl?"

Song Liyun calmly said, "What price will the shopkeeper give me?"

The middle-aged shopkeeper appraised it a little: "This set of cups is of ordinary workmanship, and I can't give a high price. I can only estimate the price at 50 taels. If the girl is willing to wait for a buyer before collecting the cash, she can get 80 taels."

Song Liyun shook her head: "Let's trade in cash!"

Seeing that Song Liyun didn't make a counter-offer, the middle-aged shopkeeper was instantly happy.

The workmanship of this set of ox horn cups is not exquisite enough, but the patterns of the twelve pieces are almost exactly the same. You only need to find a craftsman to grind it again and replace it with a carved wooden box. The price will at least double.

The ox horn cup agreed, and Song Liyun "taken" two whole cowhide from the basket next to it.

The middle-aged shopkeeper's heart was still filled with joy, and his eyelids twitched when he saw the swarthy cowhide.

This ingredient is their favorite.

Usually, fur shops deal in miscellaneous skins such as horses, donkeys, pigs, sheep, rabbits, dogs, and cats, as well as bristles, horse bristles, and horsetails. There are very few fine furs such as foxes and wolves, and cowhide is basically unavailable.

The farming cattle of the Wu Dynasty were controlled by the government, but among all kinds of leather goods, cowhide was used the most, and the sales volume was good, so the government set the price of each piece of cowhide at a high price.

As soon as he saw the two pieces of cowhide whose tanning technique was completely different from that of the Wu Dynasty, the shopkeeper already believed [-]% in his heart that Song Liyun had a regular channel.

"How is it?" Song Liyun asked.

In fact, she had no idea, the two cowhide leathers were very well tanned, soft and tough to the touch, but according to Wang Zhong's intention, it would be too high to sell them for five taels a piece.

The shopkeeper said in a deep voice, "Girl, I can't give you a price.

If you can get these things in the future, you can have a detailed discussion with our senior manager now. "

Is this to be a VIP customer?

Song Liyun frowned slightly. Would Weisuo be willing to sell a lot of things with such a secretive way of selling things?
She looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Don't worry, I have something to ask."

The shopkeeper said: "Girl, please speak up if you have something to say!"

If you have something to ask, it means that you are thinking about it.

What he was most afraid of was Song Liyun not asking or saying anything like last time.

(End of this chapter)