natural selection

Continue to walk into Xiangdu. The street is full of shops, crowded with people. Looking at the past, ginger shop, yarn shop, cattle shop, horse shop, fruit shop, fish shop, rice shop, meat shop, south pig shop, north shop Pig stores, large goods stores, small goods stores, cloth stores, mansion stores, stacking yards, restaurants, restaurants, tea houses, hotels, inns, gourd soup stores, steamed bun shops, noodle shops, pancake shops, tiles, Jiyuan, grocery store, medicine store, gold and silver store, color and silk store, dye store, bead store, fragrance medicine store, boot store...there are no repetitions, and the voices of attracting customers are one after another, like a wave of voices Generally noisy. .

At this time, the old Jiao Naiwei was naturally going to the Habayashi Guard outside the city to sell business. Lin Fengjin had only Lin De by his side. Even Lin Fengjin, who had the memory of later generations, was quite shocked by the prosperity of Xiangdu, let alone It was Lin De, who stayed in the remote and bitter cold place, who was really dumbfounded, and his eyes were almost dazzled.

At this time, Lin Fengjin looked at the time, and saw an idler next to him, and gave him ten dollars to take him to a place with a lot of accommodation. After walking around for a few times, I passed two bustling avenues, and finally came to a wide street. At a glance, there were all kinds of restaurants, and the green flags of the inn were flying in the air.

Walking all the way, you can only see: "Baifan Building", "Fengle Building", "Pan Building", "Xinle Building", "Rendian", "Yuxian Zhengdian", "Zhongshan Zhengdian" , "Gaoyang Main Store", "Qingfeng Building", "Changqing Building", "Baxian Building", "Ban Lou", "Zhang Bajia Home Main Store", "Wang Family Main Store", "Li Qijia Main Store" , "Renhe Main Store", "Huixianlou Main Store"...and so on.There are also flags picked out of the side alleys, which are dizzying and dazzling.

Before that, Lin De only thought that the town of Naqu was full of business travelers from all over the world, and it was rare to be prosperous. Only then did he realize that even the small half alley in Xiangdu was not as good as it!

These restaurants and shops are at least three or five storeys high, well-arranged, and connected by beautifully decorated trestle bridges and flying sills. The maids walk around, the theater troupe is playing music, and the bright and dark places are connected. When the guests come in and out, Lifting the curtain hung with pearls, one can see the lights inside flickering and shining, which makes people dazzled, thinking that they have come to the palace in the sky.

At this time, Lin Fengjin finally saw that the lifeless Linde was a little more alive, and he was relieved in his heart.

Because this time the engulfment did not obtain the secret technique that would help Linde's severed limb, and although the incomplete Xiao Yanjiao could be used, the risk was too great, and the success rate was less than [-]%... If it wasn't for Li The tiger was dying that day, Lin Fengjin really wouldn't take such a gamble.So this time, Lin Fengjin didn't intend to use it for Lin De.

But Lin Fengjin was afraid that he would be depressed, so when he came here, he was relieved to see that Linde was moved by the prosperity of this place. If he has been immersed in the blow and all thoughts are lost, then this person will really be completely abolished up.

Of course, the Lin family's merchants can't avoid the huge economic center of Xiangdu, so Lin Fengjin is not ignorant of this place, so he came to stay in the century-old Ren family shop that the old man mentioned.

From the century-old shop of the Ren family, one can see that the house of the inn is very majestic with a wide front.When he walked to the door, he was naturally greeted by the waiter, who first brought a hot towel to wipe his face, and then entered the inner hall.

After booking the room and walking inside, I found that it is divided into small courtyards, a small courtyard for a group of guests, without interfering with each other. There are carved corridors and screen walls, which feel like a winding path leading to seclusion, but There are spider orchids, orchids and bamboos beside the windows, which are very elegant.

Because Lin De was still very weak and tired from the journey, he couldn't bear the drowsiness just after sitting down, and fell into a deep sleep. Lin Fengjin was still in good spirits at this time, so he walked to the street for a tour.

At this time, when the lanterns come on, it is the busiest season in Xiangdu. There is also an aroma of frying pans spreading on the streets, mixed with the smell of fat powder and sweat, and combined with the crowded streets, there is a very real feeling. Prosperity makes people feel that prosperity is me, and I am also a part of prosperity.

At this time, Lin Fengjin still had a few thousand taels of silver on his body, so he first walked into a weapon shop. This weapon blacksmith shop has already separated the shop for selling and the shop for manufacturing, and the shop is also quite gorgeously decorated. .

Xiaoer saw Lin Fengjin's frail appearance and the gray hair protruding from the edge of the square scarf, and immediately regarded him as that kind of arty scholar, and all the swords he brought up were decorative swords, all of which were It is an embroidered pillow that is half-baked.

Lin Fengjin also suffers from having no way to say that I want to use your swords to kill people. Don't use this kind of embroidered pillow to insult my eyes---so I can only pick and choose in a very depressed way. , and then shook his head in refusal.

Thanks to the patience of the buddy, he kept giving him other "decorative swords" to choose from, and he also kept selling other things, such as the jade pendant of Brother Wu next door, and the sachet of Mama Wu next door... ..

Just when Lin Fengjin's patience was exhausted and he was about to stand up and slap his ass to leave, the curtain was lifted, and a big man with a leopard head and eyes around him walked in again, with a beard like steel needles all over his face, he looked very Majestic, this person seems to be a regular customer, a waiter greeted him with a smile on his face, and offered a fragrant tea ceremony:

"Boss Wu, Gong Xi Fa Cai, what orders do you have for the shop today?"

The head of the escort Wu first reprimanded:

"The steel knives I ordered from you last time were not in good condition! This time when our bodyguards went near Heilongling, we encountered a group of bandits. Our brothers suffered a lot from weapons!"

Upon hearing this, the waiter panicked and went in to report to the principal, who hurried out to greet him. The head of the escort Wu snorted coldly. Naturally, a package was delivered by someone next to him. After opening, it was spread out on the table with clangs. It was two or three broken knives, and a blood-stained steel knife with several holes missing on the edge.

It seemed that this was not the first time that the steward had encountered such a thing, and he called a person in from the inside. This person had a dark complexion, thick calluses on his palms, and thick arms. He should be the master blacksmith inside.

The steward and the master blacksmith carefully identified the weapons on the table. First of all, they had to confirm that they were produced in their own shop, and then they had to distinguish the quality of the seized weapon. He licked the edge of the blade with his tongue, and said seriously:

"These weapons are indeed produced in a small shop. Escort Wu bought four taels of silver that day. There are no problems with this batch of swords from the heat to the materials used."

Hearing what the blacksmith said, Escort Wu immediately slapped the table, and was about to speak with an angry face, but the steward said:

"However, we also looked at the weapon you brought with you, Biaotou Wu. It is a hundred-forged knife made of fine iron. This weapon should have been handed down from the general prison in the middle Tang Dynasty, or at least it was in the middle of Tang Dynasty. It is within the range of second-class products, so the boutique knives of the small shop are indeed inferior in quality, and it is estimated that only specially ordered weapons can surpass their quality."

What he said next obviously caused Biaotou Wu to fall into deep thought. Although the business in the middle Tang Dynasty was not prosperous, the industries related to war were famous all over the world.

The reason why Li Jian, the monarch of the Middle Tang Dynasty, was called the hero is because since he came to the throne, although he lived in the place of the Four Wars, the wars were often initiated by the army of the Middle Tang Dynasty!As for the army, in addition to plundering gold, silver, property and food, the craftsmen are also very important, and they will never let it go.

Of course, Escort Wu knew what it meant to see General Zhongtang's Baijiandao among the bandits, so he had almost given up his plan to use force to get back the place, and was thinking about how to fight with the bandits in Heilongling. Negotiations, pay the road money to cross the border.

But at this time, the steward continued:

"However, even though there are so many reasons, it is a fact that the small store's weapons have caused your bureau to suffer losses. Therefore, next time you order goods from this store, Wu Biaotou, you will be given a [-]% discount and a free gift of a thousand arrows .”

After hearing this, Escort Wu didn't have anything to say, he stood up and clasped his fists together and said:

"Thank you Gao Yi for your shop."

Lin Fengjin secretly thought that this manager is very shrewd, he controlled everything with one hand, turned the clouds over and over again, and then completely shirked his own responsibility----It's not that the weapons I sold are not good, but the enemy's. The weapons are too strong, and the following preferential conditions sound like they are all for the sake of the escort, but in fact it is a clever marketing strategy.

After this incident happened, even if the shopkeeper said it was hype, Escort Wu would probably not come here to buy weapons again, but the manager said "[-]% off" and brought this repeat customer back.[-]% off. Isn't their store making money?What he said was [-]% off, and when the time comes to calculate, feel free to find two more expenses to make up for the shortfall.

As for the extra thousand arrows, this was the only bleeding point.But a thousand arrows sounds like a lot. In fact, if you produce it yourself, the cost is not high. At this price, it is really cost-effective to save a big customer who will almost certainly run away.

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