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Chapter 40: First Arrival in Chengdu (2)

When Li Qing and his party entered Chengdu city, the noisy and bustling atmosphere immediately came to their faces. The streets were lined with dense teahouses and bookstores, restaurants, food shops, inns, brothels, and more lively. The streets were even more lively, performing arts, fortune tellers, selling dog skin plasters, merchants, peddlers, warriors, scholars, Tubo people with deep eyes and black faces, Nanzhao people with weird clothes, high noses and blue eyes, Western Regions people with crowds, this was exactly the yin and sweating and rain, and they followed. Li Qing's convoy was struggling on the street, and the coachman could not catch the car, so he could only lead him.

The horse walked forward carefully. Along the way, children laughed and ran past them from time to time, leaving behind a string of laughter. Li Qing smiled and enjoyed the charm of this Tang Dynasty metropolis. He only heard the shouts of shop waiters, the laughter of guests in front of brothels, the sound of barbarians dancing in the restaurant, the laughter of books in the teahouse, the cheers of onlookers selling arts, the cars everywhere were like flowing water and horses like dragons, Li Qing's heart was gradually aroused, and the concerns brought by the Hai family were long gone. At this moment, he just wanted to stand up high and yell: Listen, the most prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty, I, Li Qing, are here!

The convoy traveled through the city for nearly an hour before reaching the agreed place. Zhang Wang had already been waiting there early. The inn he had booked was good and of high quality. It was called Deyue Tower, close to the most prosperous Sima Bridge, but it was also in a turbulent way. Everyone unloaded their luggage, and a few waiters came forward to help. At this time, dark clouds were over the city, swallows flew low, and gusts of stuffy air came to their faces. The wind and rain were about to come.

Li Qing was anxious. He threw the matter of settling down on everyone to the curtain, and immediately took Yang Zhao to visit Xianyu Zhongtong. Xianyu Zhongtong's official residence was also near Sima Bridge. The waiter pointed to the mahogany carved building from afar. The two walked in a distance. The official residence was not large and was very different from the old houses in Xinzheng County. However, the wall was high and the courtyard was deep. Several old locust trees leaned out from the wall, covering the roads outside the wall with a shady shade. Li Qing explained his purpose to the guards. Several guards heard that they were from Xinzheng County, which was the hometown of the master. They dared not neglect, so they immediately sent Li Qing's famous post into the mansion. Soon, a bold laugh came, and Xianyu Zhongtong's slender and thin figure appeared at the gate.

"When will the nephew arrive in Chengdu?"

Li Qing hurriedly bowed and said, "I just entered the city gate an hour ago and didn't dare to neglect it. I put down my luggage and came to see Uncle Shi."

Xian Yu Zhongtong smiled with satisfaction and leaned over to look behind Li Qing. Li Qing knew his intention and said anxiously: "The silk is still packing things in the inn. I will come to pay my respects to my adoptive father one day later."

"When I got to my place, I got home. What inn should I stay? What is the name of the inn you stay in? I will send someone to pick her up."

"It seems like I'm calling Yuelou, not far ahead, but I have many people under my command. Yan'er wants to arrange them, let's talk about it another day!"

"Deyue Tower? It's so interesting." Xian Yu Zhongtong couldn't help laughing. Deyue Tower is his property and he really lived at home. He called someone and told him a few words, and the man took the order and ran away.

"I am the owner of Deyue Tower. I'll ask someone to arrange the best food and accommodation for you." Xian Yu Zhongtong smiled, but glanced at Yang Zhao beside him. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes and disappeared. He smiled and asked Li Qing, "Is this your friend?"

"Yes! He is Yang Zhao, the eldest brother I met in Langzhou."

"Yang Zhao?" A flash of light suddenly flashed in Xian Yu Zhongtong's eyes, "It seems we have seen it somewhere?"

Yang Zhao immediately said, "Yes, Lord Xianyu came to Xindu County to inspect last year, and it was the horse I led for the adults."

"I remembered it. It was you, you are the Xindu County Captain. Why, are you no longer in office?"

"Sir, I have retired from my post for the past tenure and am poor. Thanks to Brother Li's generous help, I did not starve to death."

Li Qing didn't say anything. He glanced at Yang Zhao dissatisfiedly. He had clearly seen Xian Yu Zhongtong, but he told himself that he had only heard of Daqian for a long time. It seemed that this population had become a habit, and it was really unbelievable.

Li Qing's subtle changes in his eyes were captured by Xian Yu Zhongtong one by one. He was so worldly and immediately guessed that the relationship between them was definitely not as simple as friends.

"Stand at the door for so long, go in and talk." Xian Yu Zhongtong pulled Li Qing over and asked with a smile as he walked: "You said you have many subordinates just now. It seems that you are doing well. Tell me about your situation after you went to Langzhou."

"I opened a store in Langzhou..." Li Qing briefly said about opening a store in the past three months, and finally said: "I am really lucky. Although these three months are harder, I have earned the capital for the next step of development."

As he said that, the three of them entered the living room and took the seats with the host. The servants served them tea. Li Qing took out twenty taels of silver from his arms, pushed it to Xian Yu Zhongtong, and smiled and said, "Uncle Shi didn't say he wanted interest at that time, so I just returned the principal."

"You slick guy, a businessman, will you not be able to collect money. I won't say anything. I'm just giving you the silver, okay! Since you insist on paying it back, I'll accept it." He smiled and quickly took back the silver without waiting for Li Qing to react.

Xian Yu Zhongtong said casually: "My dear nephew is here in Chengdu this time, I don't know what he wants to do?

"I haven't thought about it yet, I'll ask Uncle Shi for advice."

He originally wanted to open a supermarket and open a hypermarket, but that was just his first idea when he arrived in the Tang Dynasty. After working hard for several months, he had already understood that this was unrealistic. Not to mention transportation and logistics, the more important thing was that there was a market in every shop in the Tang Dynasty city, which was complete and had a wide variety of things, which was equivalent to a hypermarket.

In small towns and counties, there are naturally grass markets, and in remote mountain villages, there will be peddlers coming to the door. Men and women in the Tang Dynasty can basically be self-sufficient, and they pay taxes in kind, and there is no spare money. Some daily necessities are needed, and some peddlers who travel to the villages by chance are enough. In terms of convenience, they cannot compare with peddlers, and in terms of price, they may not have an advantage. In this way, what kind of supermarket can he open to make a fortune!

"Uncle Shi has been doing business for many years and is a big business in Shu, so I want to ask for advice, what can I do?"

"If you want to make a lot of money from business, there are only two ways. The first is big capital, selling ten thousand pieces of Shu brocade and ten thousand jin of tea. Going to the south of the Yangtze River, the profit will naturally roll. This is one; the second is weird, winning with novelty, people have no one, and monopolizing the market, and there will naturally be huge profits. In addition to these two ways, of course, there are also some tricks, such as selling private salt and buying and selling weapons, you can also make a lot of money, but your head is tied to your belt and you will find it. I think my nephew can take the second way. The snow mud you mentioned just now is not in Chengdu. If it is really delicious, there will be a market in winter and summer. So I advise you to sell your snow mud first, open a restaurant and inn, and after you make enough money, then go back to the first way and do a big business. The Shu brocade, tea, paper, and porcelain in Jiannan Road are all good things. As long as you go on it, you will have at least 30% of the profit."

Xian Yu Zhongtong's words made Li Qing wake up as if he was a huge merchant in Shu. Every sentence was about the point. Li Qing picked up the teacup and suddenly remembered the scene of money rolling in. He couldn't help but be intoxicated, with a hint of intoxicating smile on his lips.

He was dreaming of getting rich, but he was anxious that Yang Zhao was on the side. Li Qing's expression clearly had to forget his affairs. Seeing that Xian Yu Zhongtong was already trying to see him off, he couldn't help it anymore. He coughed heavily and woke Li Qing up from his dream of getting rich. Li Qing looked at Yang Zhao with a panic on his face, and suddenly realized that he almost forgot about the big thing.

He smiled apologetically, pondered for a moment and said to Xian Yu Zhongtong directly: "Brother Yang was originally a county magistrate of Xindu. He is quite familiar with the rules of the officialdom and is smart and capable. I want to ask Uncle Shi to help him with an errand, but I don't know if Uncle Shi can be convenient?"

Xian Yu Zhongtong was silent. This little thing was a small task for him. If Li Qing had any intention, he would have been willing. However, Yang Zhao and Xian Yu Zhongtong's experience in Xindu County are still vivid in his mind. This person is not upright and is a typical flatterer. It is really difficult to help such a person himself.

Seeing that he was thinking and silent, Li Qing knew that he would not agree, and couldn't help but feel anxious. If this failure, wouldn't he spend all the money on Yang Zhao be wasted? Thinking of this, he made up his mind and never cared about leaking history. He shook his eyes at Yang Zhao and said, "Brother Yang, go back first, Uncle Shi and I have some private matters to discuss." Yang Zhao understood and immediately stood up and said goodbye-
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