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Chapter 230 Business opportunity or bait?

Spring is in harmony, and everything grows.

A carriage, from north to south, slowly drove towards Zhongjing City.

In the carriage, shaking his head, a leisurely middle-aged man named Deng Jinbiao was a shopkeeper who went all over the world to collect goods.

But the reason why he, a shopkeeper, can afford brocade clothes, hire a carriage, and be so leisurely, is because he is not an ordinary shopkeeper who walks around the streets with a small load, but a subordinate of the Qin family.

The Qin family is the most wealthy in the world. If they want to maintain a huge business empire these days, they will naturally need a large number of shopkeepers to find out the situation of all parties, find sources of goods, inquire about news, buy low and sell high, etc.

Therefore, the Qin family is quite generous to these peddlers, especially the senior ones. Although the peddlers travel all over the world, they earn a lot of money. It's not much worse to start a shopkeeper.

On this trip, Deng Jinbiao was busy with a big business and had already sent his apprentices to send all the things back, so he was able to return home in such a leisurely way.

After sitting for a while, being extremely bored, he opened the side curtain and stuck out his head to look at the scenery outside the carriage.

The willow branches quietly dotted the top of his head.

Just when he was tired of looking at the surrounding spring and was about to sit back, he suddenly saw a caravan riding a tall horse and wearing clothes that were very different from the Central Plains, and his expression changed immediately.

Beiliang people!
Daxia and Beiliang, although they fought from time to time, have been standing side by side for hundreds of years, and neither side can take the other for the time being, so it is inevitable to open up some private commerce.

Needless to say, there are border exchanges. Every year, some official businessmen or caravans with approval documents will travel between the two countries to exchange what they need.

Deng Jinbiao watched the fast horses of the caravan rush past him from a distance, then stopped at a tea shop not far in front to rest, and hurriedly urged the driver, "Hurry up, go to the tea shop in front!"

As a qualified salesman, it is strange for others to see these things, but in his eyes, they are all business opportunities!
When the carriage needs to pick up speed, it can knock people's bones apart. Deng Jinbiao stepped out of the carriage, his legs couldn't help but soften, he turned his head and took a look at the carriage that was specially hired for a lot of money, and he felt self-righteously feeling that the things rich people play Time may not be as comfortable as their servants.

After taking a breath, he walked into the tea shop, drank two bowls of tea, then walked directly to the tables where the Beiliang people were, and stood in front of the well-dressed Beiliang nobleman in the lead.

"May I ask which side of Beiliang your Excellency is from?"

In the thirteen prefectures of Great Xia, Beiliang was divided into thirteen. Deng Jinbiao felt that by saying this, he could show that he understood Beiliang and could shorten the distance.

But I didn't expect that the other party just glanced at him and didn't even reply.

Deng Jinbiao's smile remained unchanged, and he wanted to sit down and say it, but he was stared at by the other party, and he had no choice but to retract his movements, "Your Excellency and everyone, don't be nervous. I am a shopkeeper who travels from place to place, and what I do is to buy and sell things for a living. If you come here Merchant, I might be able to help you a bit."

As soon as these words came out, many people's eyes changed subconsciously, but the nobleman from Beiliang was still not salty, "Your Excellency is kind and understanding, I don't need it."

Deng Jinbiao smiled again, "It seems that your Excellency is planning a big plan. Naturally, the next little peddler won't be able to catch your eye, but what if it's the Qin family behind you?"

The nobleman from Beiliang immediately focused his eyes, got up quickly, first drove away the entourage on his left, and then stretched out his hand to ask, "Your Excellency, please sit down."

Deng Jinbiao sat down aggressively, and the nobleman from Beiliang looked respectful, "The Qin family you are talking about is Prime Minister Qin's family? Or?"

Deng Jinbiao said indifferently: "The next merchant is naturally the merchant's family."

The nobleman from Beiliang even showed joy directly, and he took the initiative to answer the question that he had avoided before, "To tell you the truth, I came from Shangjing on the next trip, and I have something important to do in your country. If Your Excellency can help me Waiting for help, will be grateful in the next line."

Daxia's capital is called Zhongjing, and Daliang claims that the capital is Shangjing, intending to call it a battle, but Daxia usually calls it Liangdu directly.

This kind of rivalry is actually no different from childish anger.

Hearing the other party's request, Deng Jinbiao just smiled and said nothing.

Seeing that the other party seemed a bit out of line, he had no choice but to secretly scold the barbarians of Beiliang for being ignorant, and then said leisurely: "You and I are not relatives, if you need the Qin family's help, you must have something to say, let me report it to you! Your Excellency What do you think?"

Watching his movements, coupled with the extremely meaningful eyes, the nobleman from Beiliang suddenly showed a look of enlightenment.

However, once again Deng Jinbiao did not expect that after seeing this situation, the other party did not immediately beg him to accept the money as expected, and even recovered a bit of his previous arrogance, "Your Excellency, as long as you are willing to help us, After the matter is completed, your benefits will be great. We asked you to cooperate because we know that the Qin family is the richest man in Daxia, and many things are much more convenient. We can save a lot of convenience. In fact, based on our conditions, some people ask for Let us cooperate."

Deng Jinbiao scanned the other party's face carefully with his eyes, and he thought he didn't let go of a single detail. The final conclusion was that what the other party seemed to say was true.

So his expression finally became serious, and he cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, what's the big deal?"

The nobleman from Beiliang solemnly said: "We have come from a long way to buy ducks in expensive land."

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The corner of Deng Jinbiao's mouth twitched, "Your Excellency, don't try to amuse me. This is really not a place to talk, let's talk in detail in the carriage? Or go directly to my Qin family's Zhuangzi."

The nobleman from Beiliang winked, and a group of followers immediately stood up, formed a circle, facing outside the circle, and protected the two of them in the middle.

The nobleman from Beiliang whispered in his ear: "I am indeed here to buy ducks. I only buy live animals. I can buy as many ducks as I can, and I can pay a high price of sixty renminbi for each duck."

If someone else heard such words, he might not be able to react, but who is Deng Jinbiao? Interests.

However, out of the instinct and stability of a qualified salesman, he did not believe it, but also lowered his voice and said: "Nowadays, the meat duck in Zhongjing City is only about [-] yuan, and your Excellency will directly give you a high price of [-] yuan. He also said that he would not refuse, don't you think this is really unreasonable?"

The nobleman of Beiliang pondered for a moment, as if he also knew that if he didn't tell the truth, he would not be convincing, so he sighed, "To be honest, my young lady was seriously ill, and I have invited famous doctors from all over the world, but they were helpless. The quack doctor prescribed a prescription, saying that the blood of the white duck can be used as a medicine. We tried a few doses, and the lady's condition really improved. My master immediately ordered us to hunt for live ducks. Imagine, Your Excellency, A duck only takes a few drops of heart blood, how many ducks have to be consumed in one dose? Although the duck meat can also be eaten again, it will not be extravagant and wasteful, but you also know that most of our girders are black sword ducks, and there are few white ducks , so you can only buy it from your country.”

The corners of Deng Jinbiao's mouth twitched again when he heard this, "Isn't your mansion's handwriting too big?"

The nobleman of Beiliang quietly puffed up his chest, "My master said that if it saves the young lady's life, even a few hundred thousand taels of silver is nothing."

Immediately he looked at Deng Jinbiao, "We will only stay here for five days, and no matter how much we can buy at that time, we have to return. Therefore, if you really have a connection with the Qin family, I hope you will not hesitate to help. You will naturally see the benefits .”

Deng Jinbiao thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay. I'll report it when I get back. How can I find you?"

"The next trip will not enter Zhongjing City, but will settle down in Huilong Town. Your Excellency can send someone to the inn in the town to look for me."

When he heard Huilong Town, Deng Jinbiao believed it a little more, because Huilong Town, Liuyun Tianxiang Pavilion and Yangliu Street in Dongcheng, where all the brothels are located, are also known as the two largest chicken coops in Zhongjing City.

In Huilong Town, more than half of the farmers raised a lot of poultry. If the other party really wanted to buy ducks, that was the best place to go.

After a while, the Beiliang caravan set off. Deng Jinbiao looked at the dust they were leaving, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then drank the tea in the bowl, "Let's go!"

About an hour later, the carriage arrived at a village on the outskirts of the city.

Seeing Deng Jinbiao coming down, Zhuang Ding immediately came out to greet him.

As soon as he walked in, he heard the sound of yelling and drinking in the village. It was because the shopkeepers like him under the Qin family had a little time to drink and entertain themselves in the village.

Seeing Deng Jinbiao, he wanted to drag him to have a drink together. Deng Jinbiao struggled a lot to get rid of these half-drunk and half-awake colleagues who had trouble communicating, came to the village, and found the manager of the village.

The chubby steward looked at him with a smile, "I did a good job this time, it's rare to come back, why don't you go have a few more drinks?"

Deng Jinbiao cupped his hands, "Guard Wu, I have something important to report!"

　For the convenience of writing, the language problem is not set, and the default is to speak Mandarin (manual dog head)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)