I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 159 Hexagram 8

The two men dismounted at the same time, and Miao Dongjia was the first to speak: "Miss Shen, we will take as many red cloths as you have for cleaning your face."

“There are only about a thousand. If I dye it now, I can get about another thousand.

But the weather is still cold, and it will take several days for the dye to dry. "Shen Xiaoye was quite puzzled. "It should be easy to mix one or two thousand red cloths in Beijing, right?"

Shopkeeper Zhu smiled sheepishly and said, "Business was good before the New Year, and there was not much red cloth left.

In addition, the conscription of laborers was officially launched a few days ago, and then there was a rumor that... red cloth could ward off evil and ensure safety, so many people rushed to buy it. Now a foot of cloth is sold for fifteen or eighteen cents, and it is still not enough to sell.

If we go to other stores, no one is willing to exchange the goods.”

He didn't understand now that he was just following the young lady's orders to sell the inventory of the East City cloth shop at a low price. When his cousin was on patrol, he told people that wearing red breeches would keep them safe on the battlefield. One day later, people were everywhere buying red cloth.

"I also took advantage of this favorable situation and sold all the cloth I had in stock. It was not pleasant to watch others making money while I had no goods in hand.

We just happened to meet Shopkeeper Zhu who was looking for red cloth everywhere, so we decided to come find you.

I thought you had quite a few of them, so the three of us came to Beijing together as a companion.

Since there are only a thousand pieces, Miss Shen should go to Beijing as soon as possible to sell them at a high price." Miao Dongjia complained in his heart, Zhu the shopkeeper had already mentioned the price, so he had to smooth things over.

Shopkeeper Zhu was stunned after hearing this, but he had also been involved in business for some time and knew that sometimes one cannot just pursue one's own interests, otherwise it would not last long.

So he also said: "That's right, Miss Shen, it would be best if you can come to Beijing as soon as possible. Master Miao and I will exchange some goods at the cloth shop in Linghe."

Shen Xiaoye said without thinking: "Don't bother. If you don't mind that one thousand pieces of cloth here are four feet long and three feet two feet long, you can sell them."

"This..." The two looked at each other, and then she said, "It just so happens that I need to pay for a batch of dyes I purchased."

"We have silver notes and will pay now." They immediately agreed to buy, after all, her cloth was cheap.

The two parties hit it off immediately. It happened that the eldest uncle Changshou came, so Shen Xiaoye gave the important task of stopping the people to him, and she drove the two guests home herself.

The villagers passing by were extremely envious. Ever since Xiaoye set up the dyeing workshop, the Shen family had been selling cartloads of cloth.

Master Wang watched as the two sides exchanged a few words and completed a deal. He couldn't help but ask the servant beside him, "She's willing to sell a thousand horses, but she won't sell them to me for three thousand."

The servant said: "Master, do you have so much silver?

Miss Shen knew your excuse, so why did she agree? "

Master Wang was hit right in the face, so he turned around and ignored him, and strode towards the carriage to see what the court official inside was like.

Shen Cungeng, who originally wanted to watch the conversation between Master Wang and his father, heard that a customer was going to buy a large amount of cloth, and without saying a word, he completed the transaction first and talked about other things later.

When they got home, he and Shen Xiaoye immediately counted the red cloth and settled the bill, and used their two cars to load the cloth for them.

Huang wanted to come up to help, but Shen Xiaoye wouldn't let her. "Grandpa is leading us, so you should keep the account. When Taoist Hengxi delivers the goods later, you have to transfer the money to him.

Alas, I regret leaving some white cloth undyed, otherwise I could have sold another truckload today."

"Be content." The aunt felt at ease holding the banknote. This year was a good start.

She did not help them any more. When she came to the main room, holding her waist, Lin came over, took her arm and sat down, saying, "We have to ask Xiaoye and the others to go to Baohe County later. A large amount of cotton has been distributed, and I don't know how much has been woven now.

Luckily, I paid the money today and don’t have to go to the military service anymore, so I’ll let the boss help out at home, and Xiaoye will take care of the things outside.”

"Mom, I'm fine. It's good for Shou to go meet someone. Since the other person is not the child of the woman before, there is nothing to be on guard against.

Besides, I'm just a country woman now, there's nothing for them to worry about." Huang knew why her mother-in-law was always staring at her, she really didn't care about the Wang family.

Lin: "It's up to you if you want to be open-minded." What she admired was her daughter-in-law's broad mind.

I wanted to say something else, but then I felt there was no need to say too much, so I brought up the matter of my niece's wife collecting flowers and cloth.

While the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were chatting casually, Shen Changshou came back with big strides. He just said that everyone had left, and then helped to move the cloth.

Shen Xiaoye asked with a gossipy look on his face, "Uncle, is the pawnshop clerk he mentioned the same one where you pawned the jade pendant?"

"Yes, look." Uncle Shen took out a jade pendant engraved with the words "Huang" and "Wang" from his bosom and asked her, "Master Wang said he wanted your aunt to check it.

I will be accompanying Mr. Miao to transport goods in a while, you can take it and show it to my aunt when the time comes."

"So, he really is of the uncle's generation." Shen Xiaoye took it and looked at it carefully. The two cicada-shaped jade pendants were not only carved exactly the same, but also similarly rough. It was obvious that they were made by the same person.

"What a pity for the fine mutton-fat jade. I thought it was so beautiful when I was a child, but now..." Shen Cungeng couldn't help but complain as he passed by with a few pieces of cloth.

"Move your cloth. We'll go to the county town together later. You can go to class." Shen Changshou rubbed the back of his son's head. So far, the kid has never attended a full month of classes.

Shen Xiaoye put away the jade pendant and said, "Uncle, don't forget to ask the government to issue a formal document when you hand over the two horses."

Shen Changshou naturally agreed. The two horses finally regained some vitality, but they were going to be conscripted again. "Xiaoye, you can ride a donkey or a mule when you go out in the future. We can't afford to be conscripted several times."

Shen Xiaoye wanted to buy one, but no one was selling it at the moment. "I guess it's hard to buy horses on the market now. I don't know how many people, donkeys and horses were conscripted."

She didn't know how many were recruited, but Shen Changsui in the Jingxiao Camp knew, "Three hundred thousand civilians were transported from several northern provinces, and behind them were three hundred thousand families. Guarding along the way was also a problem. It would be too cruel to hurt them again like the last war.

Lu Guan, I vaguely remember that in ancient war history, someone used the method of transporting goods close to military stations.

Do you have any military books on this subject at home? We can combine ancient and modern knowledge and present a proposal to the emperor."

"I have military books at home, which are all guides. As for the specific records of this kind of practice, I guess I have to look them up in history books, right?

But I heard someone mention it before, it seems that some emperor of the Northern and Southern Dynasties used the method of building logistics support stations along the marching route during the Northern Expedition. " Lu Guan tried hard to recall, but his head hurt so much that he couldn't remember who it was.

Shen Changsui said: "The Southern Dynasties only had the Song, Qi, and Liang formations..."

"Wait, it seems to be Liu Song." Lu Guan immediately reported it after being prompted by him.

Shen Changsui patted him and said, "In that case, let's take a leave and go to the Imperial Academy to look for the historical records of that generation."

“Why not just write it directly?” Lu Guan didn’t really want to go. He wanted to go home and sleep in.

However, Shen Changsui did not give him a chance. "With no background, you want to be a rare evildoer at such a young age?"