Eternal traitor

Chapter 22 Searching for Condiments
With the first one, greedy people soon stood up and talked about things they thought might be accepted by Li Hua.Almost every one of the dozen or so merchants has said something of their own, but there are very few useful ones here.

Afterwards, Li Hua looked at the catalog at the city magistrate Huayu, but he also found a lot of good things.Li Hua, who has no concept of money, randomly spent 300 taels of silver and bought a lot of items that others seemed useless.

When leaving the market, Li Hua also rewarded the city order with five taels of silver as a token of appreciation, which moved Hua Yu to the core, and sent Li Hua away with great gratitude.

With what he found, Li Hua did not continue to choose to go back, but walked and chatted with the old man who owned the pepper before.The old man's home is not far from here, and Li Hua couldn't stand the bumpy carriage, so he chose to walk.

During the chat with the old man, Li Hua learned that the old man had obtained this chili tree for decades.The old man went to Saiwai when he was young, and brought it back because he liked the spiciness.But because it takes a lot of time and effort to take special care of this thing, it is not planted on a large scale, just keep enough for yourself, and now only the last chili plant is continued for seasoning.

The old man lived in a small house near the city gate. In a broken pot next to the window, there were more than a dozen red peppers hanging from a pepper tree. The red color almost made Li Hua's mouth water.The old man also has two sons and a grandson.The two sons went out to work, but the fat four-year-old was too frightened to speak when he saw the gorgeously dressed Li Hua.

"In the future, you will plant this kind of red stamp on a large scale for me. I will give you ten taels of silver per catty. If you plant more, you will get more. Do you understand?"

While Li Hua was speaking, he also took off a chili pepper and put it in his mouth, biting a section lightly, the intense spiciness almost made Li Hua's tears come out.That's right, that's the taste.Ten taels of silver for a catty is impossible for the current old man, but if the old man specializes in planting, then the price given by Li Hua is definitely high.

"Eighteen, give him a deposit of 50 taels of silver. In addition, sign a contract that you are not allowed to sell the red stamp to others." Li Hua turned to look at the old man beside him, "Let's use the lives of your family as a guarantee."

The cold tone instantly startled the old man, and holding the heavy 50 taels of silver in his hand, he knelt down again with his young grandson, begging Li Huaneng to let them go.He never thought that a small transaction would involve the lives of his whole family?If you had known earlier, he wouldn't do anything.

"You have to sign this contract if you sign it, and if you don't owe it, you have to sign it. But don't worry, as long as you don't play tricks, I won't do anything to you."

Rare things are more expensive, and Li Hua knows what kind of benefits this pepper can bring.Therefore, Li Hua can't let this old man go, he is bound to win this contract.

After hearing Li Hua's words, the old man was at a loss for words.He has no right to refuse, and can only follow Li Hua's rules. After all, he is just a commoner. If he offends a noble like Li Hua, a few lives are not enough to kill him.

"Old man, I said you write, write down the contract, and there will be a certificate at that time."

Li Hua didn't know how to write. Originally, he wanted Gu Shiba and Gu Shisan to write, but when he saw these two guys with big arms and round waists, Li Hua didn't expect them to be able to write.

"Yes."

The old man nodded in response, turned around and went to the room, took out a pen and a bamboo board after a while, and wrote down the contract word by word according to Li Hua's request.Although he wondered why Li Hua didn't write it himself, he was relieved when he thought that Li Hua was a nobleman, and this kind of thing was naturally done by servants.As for mischief, the elderly who have lived their whole lives know how powerful these "gentlemen" are, and they dare not take the lives of the whole family to play tricks.

After signing the contract in his hand, the old man obediently handed it over to Li Hua, staring helplessly and daring not to say anything.Logically speaking, a contract needs to be signed in two identical copies, and each party takes one as evidence.Moreover, both parties need to press their fingerprints and signatures, but this contract only has the signature and fingerprints of the old man's side, and there is only one copy, and it is handed over to Li Hua.

In other words, if Li Hua cheated, the old man would have nothing to do.But if the old man cheats, he will be sued and executed.It's so unfair, but due to the disparity in status, there's nothing to do about it.

But the good thing is that this contract only states that he cannot sell the "Red Stamp" to other people, but the purchase price Li Hua gave is definitely high enough. Deposit, and how much you charge, there is no upper limit.

"Since the transaction is over, that's it. The money has been given to you, and the contract has been signed. You should understand what to do."

Li Hua can be said to be kind to this family, holding such a contract in his hand, he is not afraid that this family will dare to make trouble.

"understand."

The old man touched the sweat on his head with his dirty sleeve, not daring to breathe.

"Thirty, you will live here in the future, see if the old man has any difficulties and report to me in time, you know?"

Li Hua attaches great importance to the peppers here, and he doesn't want any accidents to happen. Giving this idle job to Gu Shisan is also a kind of gift in disguise.

"The subordinate understands that the subordinate must live up to the high expectations of shopkeeper Li."

Gu 31 accepted this good job with an excited face, and will not accept the orders of the foreign military.How tiring can it be to look at a vegetable garden here if you are not in the Wind and Rain Building? ?What's more, he doesn't need to work, such a beauty can't be obtained by kneeling.

"Mr. Li, that little old man seems to have remembered. The little old man still has some dried red stamps. I wonder if Mr. Li needs them?"

Just as Li Hua was about to leave, the old man slapped his head as if thinking of something, and then stopped Li Hua.

"Oh, take it out and have a look, if I am satisfied, you will have the money."

Li Hua narrowed his eyes and showed a slight smile at the corners of his mouth, not minding the old man's small thoughts at all.The old man also seemed to know that his careful thoughts had not been hidden from this noble young master, but seeing that Li Hua didn't seem to be having an attack, he hurriedly trot into the cellar of the small courtyard, and after searching for a while, he took out the dried red peppers .

and,

There are five taels in full.

This is air-dried chili, five taels is a small pile.

Li Hua even suspected that if he didn't keep Gu Shishen, the old man might not hand over this thing to him.

(End of this chapter)