Huo Xi made a coconut chicken hot pot meal for Huo Nian, and Pi Xiaozi was obsessed with it.
He said that anyone who wanted to take the coconuts had to get his consent. He was also afraid that it would be stolen, so he had to stay on the boat to guard the coconuts. Huo Xi coaxed him and wanted to take him to ride a camel before he would follow him off the boat.
In the next few days, the family went shopping at the pier again and bought many things.
For example, that oily red cloth. No one cares about it, and it costs one to two to five yuan a piece.
This oilcloth has many uses. It can be used as an umbrella cover for an oil umbrella or as a awning for a car. But, if you paint this oilcloth in bright red, uh...
Imagine that in the distance, a carriage covered in red oilcloth is coming...
Well, the picture is surprisingly beautiful, and the painting style is unique.
Seeing that no one wanted it, the price dropped again and again.
Huo Xi walked around in front of the stall selling oil-red cloth for several days, not intending to buy it.
But when the price dropped to one tael a pound, I made a decisive move and bought them all.
After buying it back, I comforted myself. This thing can be used as a car awning. It can be made on a large area and the painting style is unique. But what about making it into a wedding awning? Is it festive enough?
It is sent to the north to be made into kang cloth, but what about the tabletop? Or if you wear a raincoat made of oily red cloth and walk in the wilderness on a snowy day, it will not be connected with the surrounding fields and you will not be able to recognize it, right?
Probably, roughly, it can be sold, right?
Isn't it just that others don't want it, but you think it's good and you buy it because you think it's valuable?
There was another leak, and it was almost not her turn to pick it up.
Several ships from Nanyang have brought raw lacquer. In the past, the price of tung oil was about 40 cents per pound, and the price of raw lacquer was usually twice that of tung oil. Now that there are more shipyards, the price of raw lacquer has already increased quietly.
Lacquer trees are not found everywhere. There is a lingo called "a thousand cuts per pound of lacquer for a hundred miles", which means that it takes a thousand lacquer trees cut for a hundred and eighty miles to get a pound of lacquer.
That's not easy.
This ship from Nanyang sells raw lacquer for 60-70 cents a pound, but it doesn't invite people to rob it?
Huo Xi still managed to grab a thousand catties through Nok at the price of six cents of silver per catty.
The three ships that followed were fully loaded and returned to the capital with Huo Xi's letter to Shen Qianzhong.
Nok treated Huo Xihao to a meal, and insisted that she help find some good things to bring back home. Huo Xi would not let go. Huo Xi wandered around Songjiang City, trying to find some good things from this dynasty for these foreigners.
, and just make a profit.
She took Yang Fu for walks in the city and the docks every day. As long as there were local ships docking at the docks, Huo Xi would take Yang Fu there to negotiate with people and act as a go-between.
In addition to buying a large amount of porcelain, silk, and tea from this dynasty every time, foreigners also like the medicinal materials, incense sticks, wine glasses, wine plates, tea cups and other ornaments very much.
There are also various ready-made clothes, silk fabrics, sweets and fruits, meat products, fruits, gold and silverware, copper and ironware, iron pots, various utensils, paper...
They even like animals they have never seen before.
Haven't you seen how strange it is that people surround the camel several times every day? The rare birds and animals brought by the foreigners are being fought over by the nobles of this dynasty.
When the rare birds and animals of the Wei Dynasty were transported back, wouldn't the nobles of these countries also be vying for them from Java, Dashi, Guli, Managa, Sumatra, Luzon, and Japan?
People are all curious. Noble people like it even more when they have more money.
In addition to these, there are also those who like to bring back various books from the Wei Dynasty, such as those from the Japanese Kingdom.
Sure enough, as soon as the sea ban was lifted, barbarians gathered in Zhoucheng. Songjiang Pier was bustling with people every day.
Huo Xi helped Nok make several business deals, making him so happy that he even refused to walk properly and jumped around.
Huo Xiliang collected benefits and made a lot of money.
Zhinok also wanted some silks, satins, Songjiang cotton and other fabrics, so Huo Xi took Yang Fu to look for them in the weaving mills near Songjiang.
Songjiang is the largest cotton textile area in this dynasty. There are many large and small weavers throughout the county.
There are private offices and government offices.
Government-owned means that it is funded and operated by the government, and is purchased uniformly, and is not allowed to flow into the private sector. It is mostly used for the uniforms and quilts of military lieutenants, or for official purposes.
However, there were not many government-run workshops, and I heard that there were only two in the Wu Dynasty. However, since the founding of the Taizu Dynasty, there have been several more government-run weaving workshops.
There are countless private ones.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu were walking in Songjiang City, the suburbs of Beijing, and everywhere. Everywhere on the road they could see Zhinangs coming and going in a hurry, or unmarried girls in their teens, or ladies with their hair combed into women's hair.
It is said that these weavers can weave a bolt of cotton a day, and the daily wages can be as high as hundreds of cash. After a month, the diligent ones can supplement their families with several taels of silver.
No wonder the people in Songjiang appear to be richer in appearance and clothing than elsewhere.
On the streets, men and women are constantly coming and going, carrying cloth, carrying burdens of raw silk and cotton thread, carrying looms, and pushing carts to transport cloth.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu murmured while avoiding him.
"Songjiang City looks very affluent, and it is rare to see people wearing patched clothes." Yang Fu walked around and saw that the lives of the people in Songjiang were not much worse than those in the capital.
Huo Xi nodded: "Uncle, look, the tea shops, wine shops, restaurants and restaurants on both sides of the street are full of people. The people of Songjiang live a prosperous life and are willing to eat and drink." The happiness index is high.
"Yes, I don't dare to talk about other businesses in Songjiang City, but the grain, oil, rice and noodles, and food business are probably profitable."
Huo Xi agreed very much: "Well, if you have money in your hand, you are willing to eat and drink. When your belly is full, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking. Then you can think about spiritual things, such as watching plays, listening to books, or admiring the jewelry, jade, and collecting boxes.
The business of ornaments and head and face jewelry must be easy to do."
The two of them were talking about business together. Huo Xi was looking at things on both sides of the street when he accidentally bumped into a woman.
The woman was walking in a hurry, with her head lowered. She didn't expect to bump into someone when she turned a corner. When something dropped, she hurriedly knelt down to pick it up.
When Huo Xi saw that she had bumped into someone, she hurriedly apologized, while she and Yang Fu knelt down to help her pick it up.
The woman didn't even raise her head, but shook her head and forehead.
Huo Xi was stunned and looked at Yang Fu. Is this a mute? She bumped into a sick woman? She felt even more ashamed in her heart.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's our fault. We didn't look at the road. Did the thing break? If it did, we will definitely pay for it."
The woman muttered and shook her head. After picking up the things, she raised her head and smiled at Huo Xi and Yang Fu.
When Huo Xi met the other person's eyes, he was stunned, as if someone had frozen him, unable to move his whole body.
The woman smiled at the two of them, got up and walked away holding her things.
After taking only two steps, Huo Xi quickly climbed up and shouted to her in disbelief: "Nanny?"
The man was shocked and turned around sharply.
Huo Xi recognized her at this time and burst into tears: "Nanny!"
The woman stared at her blankly, her whole body trembling, shedding tears, and the things in her arms rolled to the ground.
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