NOVEL NEXT Chapter 68
Chapter 68: Confidence
Because Da Chu supports sea trade, the sea trade along the southeast coast is developed, and silk, porcelain and tea are gathered from all over Da Chu to Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo and other places, and they are traded to foreigners or sea trade merchants there, and then from their hands It buys imported products such as spices, precious stones, ivory, etc., and sells them from land and water to inland areas such as west and north.
And their official road is an important trade line on the north-south land route, because the official road leads to major cities, and none of them enter the sea, whether it is buying silk, porcelain and tea here, or selling spices and gems here. have to earn.
So when you look around on the road, you can always see a caravan or a trader carrying a burden on the official road.
Li Baolu just drove the mule cart to the official road when she saw a trader in front with a load on his shoulders, shouting in accented Mandarin as he walked, “Tofu flower, sweet and salty tofu flower—”
Far away, he immediately sang in response: “Cold noodles, refreshing and refreshing, delicious cold noodles—”
Li Baolu’s saliva almost drooled down, she hurriedly turned her head to look at Gu Jingyun who was sitting beside her.
Gu Jingyun immediately retracted the gaze that was looking at the merchant, and turned his head to look at the scenery on the side, but his ears couldn’t help but turn red.
Li Baolu laughed in her heart and said directly: “The weather is hot, let’s buy some bean curd and cold noodles to eat.”
Gu Jingyun responded with a “hmm” from his nose.
Li Baolu rushed to the car and said to the merchant, “I want two bowls of sweet beancurd.” Li Baolu gave him the bamboo tube they brought with them and said, “Pour it in here.”
The hawker happily took it, and quickly poured them some bean curd, and pointed at the front diligently: “If you don’t want to stay in the wild, then you have to go quickly, there is a tea shop ahead, you can rest there for a while and escape The most poisonous sun, walk forty miles along the official road and you will see an inn, and go down another twenty miles to enter the city, you will definitely not be able to catch up tonight.”
Li Baolu gave him the money and sincerely thanked him: “Thank you uncle for your guidance.”
Li Baolu took the bamboo tube, stuffed one into Gu Jingyun’s arms, beat the red dates and went to find the cold noodle seller.
Cold noodles are made in advance, just mix the ingredients and sprinkle some minced meat on top.
Of course, the price is not low, a bowl of twelve cents is twice as expensive as the six cents usually sold, but no one on the official road will complain that it is expensive.
There is no shortage of money for those who are on the road here. The most important thing is that the birds are really fading out of their mouths when they are on the road.
Li Baolu, Gu Jingyun and the others are quite well prepared. They have pots, rice and seasonings. Li Baolu also hunts rabbits and pheasants from time to time. When they encounter villages and towns, they will buy some vegetable reserves. It’s very delicate, so I can’t be greedy.
Two well-prepared children are still like this, not to mention the merchants who only bring dry food on the road.
Anyone who encounters a businessman who is carrying a burden will buy, buy, buy, and some even make a round, so that the accompanying guys will also give a tooth sacrifice.
Gu Jingyun looked at it halfway and said: “I don’t know how many people are supported by this official road alone. Although commerce is cheap, it is beneficial to the people and the country.”
Li Baolu looked at Gu Jingyun in astonishment, and after a while, she praised him unabashedly: “You are really amazing, you can actually understand this truth.”
This is the real work of seeing and knowing!
Gu Jingyun couldn’t help rolling his eyes and said, “It’s obvious, if you want to praise me, find a better reason. Don’t praise me for something that everyone understands, I’ll blush and be ashamed!”
“You think everyone in the world is the same as you?” Li Baolu said earnestly: “Trade and trade are beneficial to the people. It’s such a simple thing, and there are many ministers in the DPRK who don’t understand.”
Businessmen and their descendants could not participate in the imperial examinations, which shows the contempt for businessmen in this era.
Gu Jingyun thought about it seriously and said: “A few people may really not understand, but most people pretend to be confused.”
“Business doesn’t need to be suppressed, but it doesn’t need to be implemented deliberately. It’s good to let it go. Unless one day the population of the world increases sharply, the land cannot be arranged for the people, or the grain yield per mu increases, and one person can support many people. Only when you can encourage business.”
“Otherwise, if business is encouraged at this time, wealth will increase in the short term, and the treasury will be filled, but over time, grain output will drop, and prices will soar by then, not only suffering the common people, but even the country may be unrest. ”
Li Baolu reached out and touched his head: “It’s all human brains, why are you so smart?”
These truths, Gu Jingyun said that she could understand, that was because she had the memory of her past life, and her past life was standing on the giant of history and looking back.
But that’s it, she never thought about these things on her own initiative. Gu Jingyun didn’t mention them, she wouldn’t think about these things.
She just thought that when she arrives at the tea shop, she has to ask Xiao Er if she has ice, and then take the ice and freeze the bean curd, then it will be good to eat…
Sure enough, this is the difference between genius and mediocrity.
Genius Gu Jingyun pulled her hand from her head with a look of disgust, took the cold noodles into the car, and said, “Are you a human brain? I always thought it was a monkey brain.”
Genius is good at everything, but his mouth is too poisonous.
Li Baolu decided to ignore him.
Driving the mule cart and blowing the wind, Li Baolu’s restless heart slowly calmed down.
She has always known that Gu Jingyun is smart. It is manifested in the fact that he can remember the book after reading it once, he can fully understand the meaning after reading it twice, and he will change from the first to the second after reading it three times. Then figure out your own way to find the answer.
Learned to play chess with Uncle Qin. When she finally figured out the rules and started playing with the simplest chess manual, he was already able to use mental arithmetic on the chessboard and began to lay out strategies.
Learning the piano with Aunt Qin, she just learned to play Gongshangjiao Zhengyu, but Gu Jingyun can already play a tune. If it wasn’t for her memory of her previous life, she would be disciplined enough and smart enough to chase after him. The back is invisible.
Even in cooking, Li Baolu is not as good as Gu Jingyun.
Apart from medical skills and martial arts, she really had nothing to do in front of Gu Jingyun.
But that’s it, in the face of his single-handedly going out of Qiongzhou to rehabilitate Uncle Qin, Li Baolu still only brought three points of confidence.
Because no matter how smart he is, his age and experience are still there. Some people are good at learning, but not so good in other aspects.
But yesterday and today’s events have boosted Li Baolu’s confidence, and she feels that it’s okay to rehabilitate Uncle Qin with his ability.
He was not afraid in the face of danger. Last night, the sword slid past them, and she also took him to stab people at close range. At that time, he didn’t shout, didn’t panic, and gave her all his trust. It can be seen that he is not only courageous enough , and team spirit.
He is still quick-witted. If he hadn’t provoked the men in black clothes to take action last night, I’m afraid they would still have a fierce battle, and they might not be able to fight those men in black.
The most important thing is that he was able to guess Li An’s identity. Of course, Li An’s identity has not been confirmed yet, but Li Baolu subconsciously believed him.
Not only can he guess, but he can also plan his attitude towards them in an instant, attracting them step by step, coupled with his long-term and unique vision today, Li Baolu feels that it is very important to rehabilitate Uncle Qin and then reach the peak of life. high probability.
Li Baolu was delighted and drove the carriage to the tea shop with ease.
The red dates were about to die of exhaustion, and as soon as he arrived at the tea shop, he immediately gave up and refused to take a step forward.
Li Baolu had no choice but to let it be blocked in the middle of the road, so she could only coax her: “Hurry up and move to the side, I’ll take you to drink water.”
Red Date glanced at her casually, and continued to lower her head to pant, it was too tired, so don’t move.
Seeing Li Baolu sweating profusely under the sun negotiating with a mule, Gu Jingyun’s face sank, and he stared at the mule rather ill-naturedly and said, “Since it’s useless, then kill it and sell the meat, let’s buy a new horse. Buying a mule is for the convenience of traveling, not for you to bask in the sun and be your grandson.”
On a hot day, the red date shuddered, it took two breaths out of its nose, stomped its feet on the ground, and reluctantly pulled the car to the side.
Gu Jingyun snorted coldly and said to Li Baolu, “When you get out of the car, come and drink some tea first, and then pull it to drink water later.”
Li Baolu felt that the promise of red dates would not be fulfilled, so she was about to persuade Gu Jingyun, but the guys who watched the whole process immediately ran up and said with a smile, “You two are objective, our tea shop also provides water and food for the livestock, you think Don’t come? On this hot day, it’s not too long to pull the animals to the river, and you’ll have to sweat a lot going back and forth, and you’ll suffer…”
Gu Jingyun arrogantly “um” and said, “Then give it a share.”
Li Baolu hurriedly interrupted him and asked, “How much does it cost? There are good and bad food and grass, and there is also a difference in the amount of water. How much does it cost?”
The guy was slightly disappointed, he thought he could directly provide the best service to this mule.
The guy reported the price, and Li Baolu ordered a medium set meal. After seeing the water and food they provided, she followed Gu Jingyun into the tea shop.
Gu Jingyun sat on the stool angrily, glared at Li Baolu, and said, “It’s an animal, you treat it better than yourself.”
Li Baolu said helplessly: “You also said that it is an animal, do you still have to worry about red dates? Well, hurry up and order some tea, let’s see if the food here is good, let’s have a good meal, and then pack it up. Some snacks to eat on the way.”
There are many people here to avoid the poisonous sun, including caravans, farmers and merchants passing by.
Most of the people in the caravan sat in the tea shop and ordered food and tea, while the farmers and merchants directly paid two cents for a bowl, went to the tea shop to pour tea by themselves, took the bowl and went out to squat on the tree. Drink it under the shade, and pour it out when you’re done.
Two pennies can supply unlimited tea, but there is no table and chairs, so you have to squat under the shade of a tree.
But the business of the tea shop is still good.
Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun sat in the tea shop and stayed directly until Shen Shi. Gu Jingyun took a book and read it. This was a miscellaneous book he bought in Guangzhou. It is a novelty, as well as an introduction to the geography of mountains and rivers.
Li Baolu lay on the table and slept soundly. If Gu Jingyun hadn’t shaken her, she could have continued to sleep.
Gu Jingyun glanced at the caravan that was about to leave, and said, “The merchant said there was only one inn before entering the city.”
Li Baolu nodded confusedly.
Seeing that she wasn’t awake yet, Gu Jingyun flicked her forehead and said, “So do you plan on us continuing to sleep in the open at night? I want to stay in an inn, and I have to take a bath and sleep on the bed. Look at the three caravans in front of you, do you think we are in the middle of the night? Can I still stay in the inn after walking behind?”