Chapter 9 Make a little money first
Li Luo found the Qiaotou grocery shop and saw a flag outside the shop, which read four traditional Chinese characters "Song Ji Da Shop". Goryeo does not have its own words, so of course they can only use Chinese characters. But a small grocery shop in the village also uses the word "big", which is very Korean.
"Song Ji Da Store" is actually just one family, but this family is obviously more wealthy than other families. Not only is the yard larger, but it also has two entrances. The first two rooms are shops and the back is housing.
Li Luo stepped into the yard and found that there was not a single customer, only a middle-aged man was sitting behind the counter and cooking. At this time, a Korean woman had just come out from behind, and saw Li Luo immediately lowered her head and jogged back, as if Li Luo was a bad guy.
After Li Luo looked around, there were ironware, cloth, oil and salt, grain, needles and thread in the store, but not many of them.
When the owner saw Li Luo enter the store, he stood up lazily. He looked at Li Luo and showed a hint of surprise in his eyes. The guest had a raw face and was dressed very shabby, but he didn't look like an ordinary person. Ordinary people did not look so good or so arrogant.
The shop owner immediately put away his arrogance and said with a smile: "What kind of goods do you want, little brother?"
Li Luo barely heard what he said and said briefly: "Grain."
"Little brother wants rice or wheat? How much do you want?"
"Wheat, two liters, how much does it cost?" Li Luo tried to use short words so that the other party could not understand.
When he heard that Li Luo only bought two liters of wheat, the owner's smile faded at a speed visible to the naked eye. However, these days, there were many people buying grains by quota, which was not embarrassing.
"Fifteen cents per liter, two cents per liter, thirty cents." The owner said as he walked to the rice jar, picked up a bamboo tube to prepare to measure the wheat.
Li Luo suddenly felt a little hot and said with little confidence: "Twenty-nine articles, can it be done?"
The owner shook his head: "If you don't bargain, the food will increase. The Mongolians are going to conquer Japanese again. This year, the imperial court is too ruthless in collecting grain, and the food in the village is far inferior. It is estimated that by the Chinese New Year, there will be two scoops of wheat per stone, and one scoop of white rice, which will increase to more than three scoops of rice per stone."
That is twenty cents per liter of wheat and thirty cents per liter of rice. Even Li Luo also knows what this means. At this end of the year, people will definitely starve to death, and there will be no less.
The owner spoke an ancient Korean language. Li Luo, who has a foreign language talent, understood it clearly. He was proficient in Korean and immediately had more knowledge of ancient Korean.
"Owner Song, it's the New Year, are you ready for your couplet?" Li Luo immediately came up with an idea when he heard the boss mention the New Year.
The shop owner barely understood Li Luo's ancient Korean, but he didn't understand Li Luo's intentions.
"That's not." The owner of the shop Song was too lazy to ask Li Luo what his intentions were.
Li Luo smiled with a chic smile: "Li Luo, from the Li family of Renzhou, was the uncle of Li Zang. Although he had not had the imperial examination, he was also skilled in writing and settlement..."
Before Li Luo finished speaking, the face of the shop owner Song changed, and his originally straight waist seemed to be suddenly pressed down.
"You... the husband is actually a child of the Li family? The nephew of the Li Xiangguo?" Although the attitude of the shop owner Song changed a lot, it was obviously difficult to believe it.
Judging from Li Luo's appearance, he should have been born into a family, and at least he has lived a good life. However, his clothes and hats are no different from those of the farmers in the village, so how could he be rich at all?
The descendants of the Li family will not dress up like this no matter how far down and outdated they are. Even if Li Zangyong is dead, he is a well-known figure. The Li family in Renzhou is a top-notch clan. He has produced seven princesses and established several kings. He is a family of foreign relatives who have held power for nearly a hundred years. Even if he is now in decline, he is still superior.
But even if he didn't believe it, the pressure from the aristocratic families still made him dare not question it.
Li Luo was not surprised by the other party's reaction. Goryeo was very strict and had a serious solidification. The aristocratic families in the upper class had accumulated power for thousands of years by monopolizing official positions and were definitely an unattainable existence for the lower class. In ancient Goryeo Korea, the children of aristocratic families were not only as simple as their origins, but also had titles.
"Decades ago, because of the Mongolian invasion in the east, in order to leave a retreat, my ancestors took my father to the Central Plains. Later, my father started a family and started a business in the Central Plains, so I was born and raised in the Central Plains." Li Luo said.
"It turns out that Li Langjun grew up in the Central Plains." The owner of Shop Song understood a little.
Li Luo continued to lie: "Who knew that the Song Dynasty was also destroyed by the Mongol Yuan, and there were wars everywhere. My father and mother suffered misfortune. Before their death, I must return to the hometown of Goryeo and recognize my ancestors and return to my hometown. However, after this incident, I encountered robbers on the way back to my country and were looted. I have no face to return to Renzhou to recognize my ancestors and return to my hometown, so I can only spend some time on Jianghua Island."
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Song believed it very much. It was not his fault that he believed it easily, but that he respected his family and ancestors in this era. Few people dared to joke about this or pretended to be a clan. Besides, it is difficult for them to be like this if they are not a clan.
"The villain Song Shouye has seen Li Langjun. Li Langjun is relegated. I don't know what villain can do to work effectively?" The owner of the shop Song immediately became respectful. He knew very well that although Li Luo was in trouble, once he was accepted by the Li family in Renzhou, he would immediately become a real nobleman, and a single word would make him bankrupt and lose his family.
Li Luo smiled and said, "Shop owner Song is serious. After all, he has not returned to his family yet. How can he be considered a noble person? He is just empty and penniless at the moment..." He stopped talking.
Hearing this, Song Shouye showed an extremely embarrassed look. At this time, what he was most afraid of was Li Luo borrowing money.
Let’s borrow it. He doesn’t have much wealth and is used to being stingy and afraid that he will never return. How can he do a timely help?
If he doesn't borrow it, he is afraid that Li Luo is really a child of the Li family and will take revenge on him in the future. How could he not know the power and ruthlessness of the aristocratic family?
It's a dilemma!
Seeing that Song Shouye had lost his mind, Li Luo probably had the opportunity to control it and smiled slightly: "Shopkeeper Song should not be embarrassed."
Song Shouye showed an extremely ugly smile, "Li Langjun, this, this..."
"I want to write a couplet for the owner of Song to collect some cost of moistening the pen. Of course, the words I have read can be considered as superficial." Li Luo expressed his real purpose.
Song Shouye felt relieved, and he felt like he was relieved of his burden, and his smile suddenly became natural: "Oh, how can you bother Li Langjun? Li Langjun is willing to write couplets to villains. Isn't it a blessing for villains to have come!"
How much money can a couplet be worth? Besides, he not only did not suffer any losses, but also made a profit. Isn’t this couplet written by Li Langjun a hundred times better than the Lin Xueyan in the village? Wouldn’t it be glorious if he said it?
However, Song Shouye was obviously too smart. In order to avoid extortion by Li Luo using the excuse of writing couplets, he decided to seal Li Luo's mouth first at a price three times higher than that of ordinary couplets, so as not to make Li Luo reveal too high prices.
In this way, Li Luo had to accept the situation due to the face of the aristocratic family. Although he spent three times the price, he did not lose money.
"Since it is a couplet written by Langjun Li, it must be the best. In order to thank the husband for his praise, the villain is willing to ask him to write a couple for three times the price." Song Shouye said quickly.
Of course he didn't know that Li Luo was waiting for his words.
"Then I'll thank the shop owner Song." Li Luo was very satisfied when he heard the price three times. He originally thought that selling it twice was just a gift for face.
Song Shouye smiled happily, "In previous years, I had to pay 30 quota for writing a couplet, which would be 90 quota for three times. However, to thank Mr. Li for his praise, the villain would make up another ten quota to make up a quota for a quota for a quota." (It was a quota, not a quota for a quota)
Li Luo was not polite, so he made some money to fill his stomach first. He waved his hand confidently, "Then the owner of Lao Song prepared his pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Since the store opened, the four treasures of the study must be used.
Song Shouye agreed one after another, happily preparing the four treasures of the study, and doing a lot of face and effort.
What Song Shouye took out was white paper. It turned out that Goryeo Shangbai was known as a white-clothed nation, and even couplets were made of white paper. Of course Li Luo knew about this, so it was not surprising.
For business needs, Li Luo not only had to learn literature and history, but also had to learn calligraphy and appraisal. Therefore, Li Luo's calligraphy was also considered a small success. He learned Dong Qichang, and he was already a little excited.
When Song Shouye polished the ink well, Li Luo's pen was like a dragon and a snake, and he wrote a couplet in one go.
The first couplet: Business is prosperous and prosperous.
The second couplet: The wealth is prosperous and reaches the Sanjiang River.
Horizontal link: There is a lot of money.
Since he was doing business, Song Shouye certainly recognized some words. When he saw this couplet, his eyes became a little straight.
Chapter completed!