Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 95 Bargaining
"Uncle, do you want to buy cloth?" Huo Xi ran forward, looked up at the other party, and smiled.

The man raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

He also smiled at her: "Why do you think I want to buy cloth?"

"I just saw you talking to someone at the cloth booth."

"Aren't you selling fish balls just now?" An ordinary fisherman?Still selling cloth?

"My eyes are sharper." Huo Xi stretched out two fingers and compared his own eyes.

The man laughed.This kid is interesting.

Yang Fu and others also ran over and looked at the man.Yang Fu held Huo Xi's hand tightly, fearing that she would be caught by Huazi.

"You two together?"

"Yes. Do you want cloth? Cotton. If you don't want it, we'll ask someone else."

Just now along the way, I saw him talking with people, lingering in front of the cloth stall, it couldn't be that he was too bored.

The man smiled, "Come with me."

Step forward with hands behind your back.

Huo Xi planned to raise his legs to follow, but Yang Fu firmly held him back, "Xi'er, does he really want to buy cloth? I don't know where he is going to take us, what if he has bad intentions?"

Huo Xi patted him reassuringly: "Don't worry, we have so many people in broad daylight, I'm afraid he will do something wrong. If he takes us to a remote place, it's fine if we don't follow him."

Yang Fu looked to the side, how many of them there were, except Ma Xiang, who were all half-children.

"It's okay. If something goes wrong, let's run to the pier." Ma Xiang said.

Seeing that Huo Xi insisted on going, Yang Fu had no choice but to hold her tightly and follow her.

The man didn't take them to any remote place, but took them to avoid the bustling and noisy vendor area, and walked to an open place on the pier.

"My surname is Lu, and my name is Shun."

"Shopkeeper Lu, Huo Xi, kid." Huo Xi cupped his hands towards him.

Lu Shun smiled at her, "I guess you are the fishermen who transported grain to Huai'an this time?"

The man glanced at the river surface, hundreds of thousands of tank boats were parked densely on the river surface, the river surface was tens of miles away, and the end could not be seen.There are still a steady stream of tank boats coming to Huai'an.

In the former dynasty, the Cao army took advantage of the convenience of transporting grain to carry goods from the south to Huai'an for sale, and bought goods from the north in Huai'an to transport to the south.profit from it.

At that time, in the process of waiting for the boxes to be passed and the officials of the Governor's Office of the Water Transport to inspect the goods, sailors and Cao Jun often went ashore to conduct trade with merchants and Huai people and sell the goods on board.

Or help to carry the goods of merchants in Huai'an, so that merchants can be exempted from paying a certain level of tax, thereby reducing the transportation cost of goods.

The merchants will share the income from the trade with the Cao households, killing two birds with one stone.

By the time of the former dynasty, the economy of Huai'an and the canal cities along the coast were growing day by day, the market trade was flourishing, and the variety of commodities became more and more dazzling.

This time the new emperor restarted water transportation, many people smelled business opportunities.

Not only merchants like them, Cao Jun fishermen are also smart.For example, these few in front of you.

It's just that most of these are half-grown children.Is it up to the children to make decisions for the current fishermen?
Lu Shun looked at several children, especially the youngest child.The boy saw at a glance that he wanted to buy cloth.

"I guess, you are a cloth merchant?" Seeing that he only looked at him but did not speak, Huo Xi said first.

Lu Shun smiled, but did not deny it: "You guessed right. Then guess again, where did I come from?"

Huo Xi pretended to ponder for a while: "I guess you came from Yanjin. And I guess your purpose of this trip may have been achieved. Even if you want to buy cloth, you may not be able to buy too much."

Lu Shun withdrew the smile from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the child seriously again.

From his accent, it is not surprising that he is from Yanjin and other places, but guess his goal has been achieved, what?Are the children of fishermen's families so smart now?

"How did you know?"

Guess right?Huo Xi was a little proud and smiled at him.

"The boy is also guessing. I just saw you lingering in front of the cloth stall, but you didn't make a move. You are unmoved, you may only want to find high-quality goods. So I guess your purpose of going south has been achieved, and the ship may be loaded There are not many things left, you can buy them or not. That’s why you look interested and choose carefully.”

Lu Shun really admired this child this time.She gave Huo Xi a thumbs up: "You child, you have this kind of vision, this is it!"

Huo Xi pretended to be a child, pursed her lips and tilted her head at him proudly.

Maybe it was so cute that Lu Shun couldn't help but rub her on the head.

"My naughty grandson is also as old as you, at the age when cats hate dogs, and he is far behind you."

"Are you missing your grandson? Would you like to take a look at the cloth we brought? The business is done and you and I just returned early."

Lu Shun smiled: "Okay, let's take a look."

Huo Xi hurriedly asked Yang Fu to put down the pannier, and took out the cloth samples wrapped in several layers.

Qian Xiaoxia, Zou Sheng, and Ma Xiang still seemed to be wandering away, and they saw that Huo Xi was already discussing business with a cloth merchant in seriousness.

"It's cotton."

Huo Xi nodded: "Well, the cotton cloth from Jiangnan. It's no worse than Songjiang cotton."

Lu Shun didn't speak, and touched the cotton sample that Huo Xi spread out.

He looked at another package in Huo Xi's hand: "It's also cotton inside?"

"No, it's silk." Spread it out for him to see.

Lu Shun just touched it with his hands, and said, "Have you ever passed water with silk and satin?"

Sure enough, professional.Huo Xi didn't hide it from him: "Yeah. But it's already ironed."

Lu Shun shook his head, "I only want top grade." He went to look at the cotton cloth again.

Huo Xi felt a little pity.

She also wants to bring the top grade, but she can't afford it.She still wants Yunmian from Jinling.But apart from being a tribute, it is only in the hands of high-ranking officials and nobles, and the silk and satin shop is out of stock, so where can she buy it?

So he tried his best to sell cotton cloth.

"How much cotton cloth did you bring?" Too much, and he couldn't take it.That kid was right, the fleet couldn't fit.

"To tell you the truth, there are three hundred horses."

Three hundred horses?It can also be installed.

"What price do you want?"

Yang Fu squeezed his hands nervously, and Qian Xiaoxia also stared nervously, but was pulled away hastily by Ma Xiang.

It's not appropriate for them to stay there at this time.

Qian Xiaoxia didn't understand, so he still wanted to watch Huo Xi discuss business with others, and he just happened to learn a trick, so why not let him watch it?
Zou Sheng had come to his senses, and he and Ma Xiang hurriedly avoided the place where they could see their uncle and nephew.

Huo Xi glanced back at the three of them, feeling a little worried.

"You guys are very nice." Lu Shun also praised.

Huo Xi nodded: "If it wasn't for their willingness to help, my family wouldn't be able to bring so much cloth. It's also the first time we've done a big business. Tell me the real price. If it's right, I'll sell it all to shopkeeper Lu."

After Lu Shun listened, he thought about it carefully, and then stretched out his palm.

Yang Fu didn't understand why, but Huo Xi shook his head.

(End of this chapter)