Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 183 The Fire Exceeded Expectations
Aunt Huang is a person in charge of cleaning in the West Market.

Said to be Aunt Huang, but in fact she is in her 30s this year.

However, due to year-round fatigue, Aunt Huang, who is in her 30s, already looks like a person in her 50s in later generations.

Today, she cleaned up the West Market as usual.

However, in a place like the West Market, the flow of people during the day is very dense, so it is actually very inconvenient to do a thorough cleaning.

So most of the time, Aunt Huang cleans the section of the street she is in charge of early in the morning, and the rest of the time is spent picking up missing things and making up for missing ones.

To put it bluntly, as soon as the shops opened, her work became more leisurely.

"Salted fish shop? A new shop opened today."

With a broom in hand, Aunt Huang walked towards the salted fish shop.

In Nuoda's West Market, new shops opened almost every day, and some shops closed.

There are several shops like the Salted Fish Shop in the West Market. Although the business cannot be said to be bleak, it is definitely not good enough.

At present, a newly opened shop can be so lively, Aunt Huang's first reaction is that this shop should be doing some kind of opening activities, and there are advantages to take advantage of.

With such speculation, Aunt Huang's pace has accelerated a lot.

"Is it true that this salted fish only costs two cents a catty?"

"Yes, there is no deception, everything is two cents a catty."

"Do you need to scrape off the salt on these salted fish when selling?"

"Guest officer, from what you said, there is no one who needs to scrape salt to sell salted fish."

The guys obviously knew why these guests asked such questions, and they had already prepared their words.

"Then...then give me two catties! No, I want ten catties!"

With the first person to drink the soup, other smart people will follow to buy it immediately.

"Give me a catty!"

"I want two catties!"

"I want five catties!"

In front of the whole Qin Ji salted fish shop, the business looked like it was booming.

"Liu Zizi, there are quite a few salted fish sellers in this West Market, why is this business so prosperous?"

Aunt Huang was squeezing into the crowd, but she ran into an old acquaintance, and immediately asked curiously.

"Ms. Huang, can you see which salted fish shop in West Market has more salt than salted fish?"

Liu Laizi opened the salted fish wrapped in oil paper, and let Aunt Huang look at the goods.

Sure enough, looking around, it was all white.

If no one told her that it was salted fish, she would never associate the things in front of her with salted fish.

At this moment, Aunt Huang understood immediately.

"This... this salted fish costs two cents a catty?"

Although she had already guessed why the business of this salted fish shop was so prosperous, Aunt Huang still wanted to confirm its price again from her acquaintances.

"Two pennies per catty, that's what my buddy always sells, and I also bought it at this price.

I don't think there are many salted fish in front of the shop, so hurry up and buy them. If you don't find them later, you will lose a lot. "

Seeing more and more people rushing towards this side, Liu Laizi hurriedly reminded Aunt Huang.

The salt sold in the West Market, even if it is relatively poor coarse salt, costs five renminbi a catty. If the high-quality refined salt does not cost more than ten renminbi a catty, it is impossible to buy it.

And the salted fish sold by Qin Ji Salted Fish Shop, there is at least half a catty of salt in a catty of salted fish.

Even if the quality of this salt is mediocre, the price of this salt alone has exceeded two pennies.

Based on such a calculation, the salted fish is basically a free gift.

These common people who care about money every day are the most sensitive to these things.

Such a good opportunity, who is willing to give up?

Anyway, the salt won't break for a while, so I'm really sorry for myself if I don't buy some back.

"I...I brought two pennies today, can you lend me a few pennies first, and I'll pay you back tomorrow?"

After hearing Liu Laizi's words, Aunt Huang touched her purse, only then did she realize that there were only two Kaiyuan Tongbao in it.

Although she could also buy a catty of salted fish, at this time, she obviously didn't just want to buy a catty.

"Here! I only have three pennies left, so I'll lend it to you first."

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"Hurry up, hurry up and send these carriages of salted fish to the shop, they will be sold out soon."

In a warehouse near the Weishui Wharf, Xie Linmao was directing his servants to load and unload salted fish.

Although he had a premonition that the business of the salted fish shop would be booming, he even prepared a lot of inventory for this purpose.

But he still underestimated the enthusiasm of the people.

"Thank you, steward, don't worry, I'll deliver the goods myself."

Qin Fugui did not go to Mingzhou with Qin Xiedao this time, and now he is busy with Xie Linmao at the warehouse.

Although the products sold by the salted fish shop are not very high-end, but behind them are related to the development of the salt industry, and Xie Linmao still attaches great importance to them.

"Well, in addition to replenishing the goods in time, we should also pay more attention to the movements in Chang'an City.

Although the salt merchants didn't react to it before, but with such a big commotion today, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the salted fish shop is not just a place for selling salted fish. "

Although the name of the salted fish shop can greatly reduce the pressure of selling salt.

But this touched the interests of salt merchants, but this point has not changed.

At most, those merchants can't directly oppose it on the surface, but they will definitely not sit still in secret.

"Okay, all the guards in the house have been sent out to inquire about the news, and some people are also watching those salt shops. If there is any movement, they will report to you as soon as possible."

Qin Xiedao was not there, and neither was Ma Zhou.

Qin Qiong will not directly manage business affairs, so Xie Linmao is now in charge of the Qin family's business affairs.

"Today we will first make the salted fish shop famous, and in two days we will open the whale oil candle shop to Dongshi, so that those shops that sell butter candles and beeswax will all stand aside."

Xie Linmao is now holding a good hand of cards, which can be said to be full of confidence.

"Da Lang should be back soon, even if other people dare to trip me up, we can fight back in a fair and honest manner."

Qin Fugui still missed Qin Xiedao's days in Chang'an very much.

He and Ying Er followed Qin Xiedao and wandered around every day.

No matter where they go, they don't have to worry about someone daring to bully them.

"According to the time, it should be just a few days. The progress of the new palace is also very good, and so many new workshops have been opened in the mansion, and Mr. Lang may not be free to deal with so many specific matters. matter.

Fugui, you still need to look for more people, and then let Mr. Wang confirm and see which ones are useful. "

Xie Linmao now also finds that the Qin family doesn't have enough manpower, so every day he thinks about bringing more people to this big ship.

"No problem! Madam also arranged for people to go to her hometown and invited some people from her natal family to help."

(End of this chapter)