Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 28 Fox Fur
Qin Liu noticed that Mr. Liu Liu was staring at the door of the private room with sharp and cold eyes. Knowing that his eavesdropping had made him unhappy, he hurriedly knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

After entering the private room, Qin Liu saluted and apologized: "A commoner woman is the shopkeeper of our store. I am interrupting because I heard the waiter said that some of the guests wanted to stay overnight. I just overheard your words and was greatly shocked. Please forgive me for any disrespect. .”

Qin Liu's attitude made Liu Liuye's expression soften a lot. She was a weak-minded woman, and she said it on the surface, so she was not taboo.

Seeing this, Qin Liu added sincerely: "All the gentlemen are heroes among the people. They are willing to cry out for the common people and understand their heavy burdens. The women of the people were greatly moved. Although this Shapuzi Town is not as beautiful as Bazhou Ma Zheng's harm, but the Tatar soldiers invaded every year, and nine out of ten houses were empty. No one took care of the house that was burned down last year. Different sufferings, but the same life is unbearable."

Mr. Liu Liu had passed by here before and knew the situation in Shabaozi Town. He sighed: "The bitter cold land at the border is probably more difficult than the lives of us Bazhou people. Shopkeeper, it's really hard for a female class like you to establish a foothold here. It’s not easy, Liu will give you a toast!”

Qin Liu was not polite, took the wine glass handed over by Mr. Liu Liu and drank it in one gulp.

All the guests applauded.

Qin Liu had already quietly scanned this group of people, and saw that they were all brave and bright-eyed, and could be called heroes among men. He knew that they were not ordinary passing merchants, and he quickly started to make plans.

She put down her wine glass and saluted, saying: "We are both from the far end of the world, so why should we have known each other before? It is also fate that I can meet all the heroes today. This banquet will be treated by a commoner woman. If you don't mind it, please also invite me. Stay overnight in my shop. I have some vacant cabins in my backyard."

Master Liu Liu and others looked relaxed and hesitant.

A man with a mustache said: "How generous the shopkeeper is! It's just that we brought dozens of horses, and it would be inconvenient if we didn't have a place for the horses to rest."

Qin Liulue thought for a moment and then said, "Let me ask if the inn next door can temporarily store horses?"

Liu Liu and others were overjoyed.He stood up and bowed to Qin Liu: "Thank you in advance, Mr. Liu, for the great kindness of the shopkeeper."

Qin Liu didn't dare to guarantee her vote, so she waved her hand quickly: "The civilian woman is just trying her best, but she may not succeed. Please wait a moment."

The post station has always been closed to the outside world and only receives officials coming and going.

But everything is humane.Now that Ma Ang has become the brother-in-law of Lord Zhang of Qianhu, there is no guarantee that Yi Cheng will give Ma Ang some face.

Qin Liu went to look for Ma Ang.Ma Ang happened to be at home at the moment. He nodded quickly after hearing what Qin Liu said: "I'll go and ask first."

Qin Liu thought about the cold face he gave Ma Ang last time, and felt a little sorry, so he called out to him: "Brother Ma, don't force it, just do your best."

Ma Ang was quite confident: "I was promoted to a hundred households yesterday, and I thought Yi Cheng would sell me this face."

Qin Liu was stunned for a moment. Upgrading to an official position seemed to bring many benefits.

Not long after, Ma Ang turned back and said, "The postmaster is very honest and said that there is no problem in borrowing the stables at the post station. It's just that the horse owner has to pay for the fodder and beans himself, otherwise it will be difficult for him to do business."

Qin Liu took this back to Liu Liuye and others. Liu Liuye was overjoyed: "Of course, of course! The shopkeeper doesn't know that it's too cold today. There is a big difference between having stables and not having stables. It's easy for horses." Not to mention illness, the amount of beans and grass consumed must be doubled. This horse consumes three liters of beans and a bunch of grass every day!"

Qin Liu was slightly surprised - this horse eats much more than a human!Raising a horse is more expensive than raising a human!

Qin Liu didn't waste any time and let the little mute, Old Man Lou and Old Man Li spend the night in the east room, gave up their small room to Mr. Liu Liu and the others, and even burned a kang in another small room.It's just that the newly heated kang is too cold, and it takes late at night for the temperature to rise.

She only has a limited amount of extra bedding here.Fortunately, Liu Liuye and others also brought some bedding and furs, so they could make do with it for one night.A porcelain flushing latrine was also built in the hut, and Qin Liu asked Old Man Lou to demonstrate how to use it to Master Liu Liu and others, which amazed them for a while.

After all the fuss, when Qin Liu went back to the house to sleep, he found the little mute sitting in the main room very proudly, instead of sharing a room with Old Man Li and Old Man Lou.

She shook her head, took the last extra bedding in her room and gave it to the little mute.There is also heating in the main room, so it's not too cold.

At dawn the next day, Mr. Liu Liu and the others got up and set out quietly.When Old Man Lou went to the hut to clean up, he brought Qin Liu a bundle.

Qin Liu opened the bag and took a look. Inside was a piece of fine fox fur. The pure white fox fur had clear roots and no trace of color.

Old man Lou said with envy: "Such a fox skin would cost 1000 taels of silver in Xuanfu! It is estimated to sell for 500 taels in the capital! Two such fox skins can be used to make a fox fur, which can be sold To three thousand, five hundred taels of silver!"

Qin Liu was shocked: "So expensive?"

Old Man Lou sighed: "So, people in the world regard money as dirt and only care about kindness and pride!"

Qin Liu felt ashamed and immediately said: "No, I have to give it back!"

She went to the inn next door to borrow a horse and headed towards the south city gate.

When Qin Liu arrived, Liu Liuye and the others were drinking porridge in front of a small shop at the city gate, waiting for the city gate to open.

Qin Liu looked at the few people drinking brown rice porridge and eating steamed buns in the simple shop, and felt a little emotional.

These people are so flexible. Yesterday they could sit in the high-end Yanzi Building and chat and laugh, and today they could eat humble meals in this shabby shop on the street.

The gifts are all top-grade fox furs worth a thousand taels, which is really confusing.

Qin Liu's arrival with the fox skin made Liu Liuye and others laugh: "The shopkeeper is so generous and chivalrous, why should he be polite to us?"

Qin Liu said sincerely: "This fox skin is too valuable. If Mr. Liu can sell it and get a thousand taels of silver, it will be much more useful to help the poor people than giving it to women."

Master Liu Liu had a strange look on his face.

He got this white fox fur by accident, but he didn't know it was worth so much.

I just felt that the female shopkeeper of Yanzilou was upright and did not accept any money from them, so she specially left the fox skin to express her gratitude.

If it were worth a thousand taels of silver, it would indeed be too expensive to give to her.

Master Liu Liu was not a rigid person, so he immediately took the white fox skin handed over by Qin Liu, handed it to Master Liu Qi, raised his hand and said loudly: "The shopkeeper is generous and kind, please leave your name, if Liu comes here again in the future If you are in town, you will definitely pay a generous visit."

Qin Liu smiled and said: "The husband's surname is Li, her maiden name is Liu, and her maiden name is Liu'er. Mr. Liu, please don't be polite. The next time you pass through this town, the woman will treat you a little more. Then the inn opposite my store It is estimated that it will be built soon, and it will be easy to stay and drink horses.”

(End of this chapter)