Chapter 8 Making money
Hou Shan's work was very good, especially with the help of money, he brought Li Meng and others to the so-called Wang family salt merchants. Li Meng and his salt was not mixed with sand and stones, and it can be regarded as a good-quality sea salt. Moreover, the salt merchants were unwilling to always control the supply of goods in the hands of inspector Mou. It was very welcome to have new supply of goods in the hands of the sea, especially those of Li Meng and others who directly cooked the sea and boiled salt.
The salt merchant felt that he should give some sweetness. In addition, Hou Shan's eloquence was good, one ounce of salt and one ounce of silver. Li Meng and the others brought eighteen ounces of salt this time, and gave twenty taels of silver without caring about the fraction.
Twenty taels of silver, Li Meng's reaction was fine. Zhao Neng and Chen Liuzi and others' eyes were already widened. It seemed that they had never seen such a large sum of money. The salt merchant was very satisfied with their salt products and said directly that if they were all sea salt of this quality, they were welcome to come again next time.
Walking out of the gate of the salt bank, Hou Shan followed Li Meng and wanted to speak but stopped, but just laughed. Li Meng was stunned for a moment before reacting. He smiled and took out a small piece of silver and handed it to him. Li Meng couldn't figure out how much money he was worth. But when he saw the other party's thankful look, he knew that it should be enough.
In Hou Shan's eyes, Li Meng and others are undoubtedly generous financial supporters. They have to flatter and try to find them to do business next time. Li Meng and Zhao Neng are wearing tattered clothes and their behavior is also a bit rustic, but Hou Shan has no intention of deceiving them. The person in the leader, Li Meng, is very profound, and the single-knit ruler pressed on the car is also amazing.
After sending Hou Shan away, he saw that it was still early, and he thought he could rush home after shopping. The group of people simply took a walk around and relaxed.
Seeing Hou Shan walking far away, someone came up to him and asked:
"Li Meng, we all sold salt goods, just give the middle-aged man a few cents, why bother so much?"
Li Meng smiled and stopped and replied:
"You and I are not familiar with the place. If the salt merchant is trying to cut prices and deceive you, can you still push it back to the Xue family? It is better to find someone and give more money. Those people are more familiar with the market than us."
The person who was asking about it scratched his head, and Li Meng continued:
"Actually, I'm not sure. If Hou Shan and the salt merchant were deceived together, I would have no choice but to bet this time."
"Brother Li said, haha, my father said, if Brother Li hadn't been frightened when he was five years old, he would have been smarter than us!"
Everyone convinced this, and Chen Liuzi shouted loudly, "How Brother Li does it, naturally, has his own reason." Among a group of people, the most powerful and smart people will naturally get the support of their companions and become the leader. No one noticed that they had unknowingly changed their name from "Li Meng" to "Brother Li".
Li Meng was a little surprised, thinking that his change was too sudden. In the garrison, the so-called "going stupid to being smart" was just a month's time. Today, I did a big thing on the road, and then I showed my mind so clear afterwards, but I must not reveal any flaws.
Although these companions are honest military families and have no doubts, they still have to be more cautious. Li Meng has heard that it is light to deal with monsters these days. They are usually burned to death on fire or thrown into the sea to sink into pig cages. Don’t act too much.
Moreover, the past that the young man who asked the question happened to be a flaw. In the memory after the fusion, the memory of how to scare silly was very vague. When he heard this person mention it, he remembered that Li Meng was so scared that he saw the tragedy of his parents being killed by pirates.
Seeing Li Meng falling into deep thoughts, Zhao Neng stepped forward and flashed the back of the young man's head, and said roughly, "What are you doing when you are unhappy?" He walked to Li Meng, hugged Li Meng's shoulder, smiled and said in a low voice:
"Li Meng, please give it a piece of money for everyone to share. These people are thinking about buying something for their family. Let's go back after buying it early."
When Li Meng looked back, everyone looked eager. Even Zhao Neng, the most steady, looked eager. The people from the Salt Stack directly handed over the money to Li Meng, who seemed to be the leader, and they kept it in their arms and didn't take it out. Li Meng hurriedly smiled and came to the street with his companions, taking out the silver to distribute it one by one.
The other party gave them all some broken silver. Originally, the salt bank said that he could give more copper coins, but Li Meng refused. This was not historical knowledge or experience, but he thought that precious metals were always better than copper coins. It would be difficult to divide the money if it weren't for the broken silver.
Everyone got about one or five cents of silver, and they all went on a walk happily. Zhao Neng pushed a lot of salt and got two taels of silver. Zhao Neng was about to turn around, but Li Meng called him. Li Meng took Zhao Neng's hand and put more than one or two taels of silver into Zhao Neng's hand, and said with a smile:
"Brother Zhao, I don't know what to buy. You can make the decision to buy some things for the aunt!"
One thing that is very clear in the memory of the integration is that Zhao Neng’s mother has been helping with food and clothing over the years. This kind of kindness cannot be forgotten. Even though Li Meng is not the same person in the past, she is still very touched. Both parties have no relatives, but the other party is kind-hearted.
Zhao Neng looked down at the money in his hand. Everyone knew how much money it would cost to buy things, but when Li Meng mentioned his mother, he also understood what Li Meng meant. He was moved for a moment and didn't say much. He reached out and patted Li Meng on the shoulder, turned around and followed him to buy things.
Fengmeng Town is a prosperous place for these military children, but for Li Meng, who is from the modern era, he really can't raise any interest.
There are hundreds of families here, not many brick and wood houses, and there are only a few salt stacks. The rest are rammed earth walls and straw sheds and roofs. The pedestrians on the road are more powerful than those from their own wards. The road is naturally dirt road. It rained a few days ago, and the road was not so dusty.
There are a few thatched houses that are painted with chalk soil, which is the shops in this town. What else can a small town expect? And it is because the salt merchants collect salt that they have started to flourish. As for what they really want to enjoy, Jiaozhou nearby is also a wealthy place, so wouldn’t it be better to go wherever they go?
Li Meng casually found a stone on the side of the road and sat down. Looking at the dilapidated streets and houses, pedestrians with vegetables on the side, the laughter of their companions could be clearly heard from a distance. Li Meng closed his eyes and the smell of the sea in the air was particularly strong, which was a sign of the sea breeze blowing.
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Chapter completed!