Bai Shan smiled and said: "The first time I took this trade route in southern Xinjiang was because of His Majesty's great kindness. I heard that the imperial court sent a large amount of new rice seeds to the Liaozi Department. The climate here is suitable for growing rice. If we can use the new rice seeds from the Jin Dynasty,
Rice seeds will definitely save a lot of fields. It will be great for growing mulberry and tea. We just came over in advance to take a look and maybe we can find a cooperative tribe."
The shopkeeper's eyes flickered and asked: "Is your business in the cloth business or the tea business?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Both of them are slightly involved."
No wonder they are said to be both excellent.
The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Your distinguished guest is very discerning. Our Liaozi Department has had a high grain production in the past two years, and indeed there is a lot of land left. However, the production of cloth requires craftsmanship, so there are few planting mulberry and raising silkworms, but there are many growing tea."
He smiled and said: "The soil here is good and the tea is delicious. Do you want to try our tea?"
Bai Shan responded with a smile.
The shopkeeper immediately asked the waiter to bring some of each kind of tea in the restaurant.
There are so many types of tea that the whole table is covered. I heard that the tea produced by each tribe is slightly different, not to mention that the quality of tea of the same variety is different.
Zhou Man and the others were stunned for a moment, "Shopkeeper, is this a restaurant or a teahouse?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "I just do some small business in my spare time to earn some money for drinks. It makes you guys laugh..."
The variety of tea leaves was so complete and the other party was so enthusiastic that it was strange for everyone to believe that he was an amateur.
Zhou Man was about to speak when he glanced downstairs and saw the stall owner carrying a baggage into the restaurant. He raised his eyebrows slightly and moved to the window on the other side. Sure enough, he saw someone coming in from downstairs.
But the other party did not stay downstairs, but was led to the second floor by the waiter who was familiar with the place.
Zhou Man pointed at him and the shopkeeper and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, your distinguished guest has arrived."
The shopkeeper looked in the direction she pointed and saw the stall owner. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Does your guest recognize Wu Jin?"
Bai Shan sat up slightly and said, "Witch? Is it Wu or Wu?"
The shopkeeper smiled when he heard this, knowing that they were not familiar with each other, "It's a witch. Wu Jin is a witch from the Yunshan tribe. He is very powerful. The Yunshan tribe is only a medium tribe, but his witchcraft can be equal to that of the witches from the big tribes."
Zhou Man was curious, "Witchcraft... how do you compare it?"
Shopkeeper: "Only a witch can know."
Bai Shan asked: "Do wizards often come to Annan City?"
"They don't come often," the shopkeeper paused. After all, he wanted to win the business from them, so he lowered his voice and said, "But recently, famous wizards may come to Annan City."
Bai Shan: "Why?"
The shopkeeper whispered: "The chief's wife is sick and cannot be cured for a long time, so the chief has invited many witches, and some have not been invited. When they hear that the wife is sick, they will come over to see if they can pray for her.
That’s something worth bragging about.”
Zhou Man asked curiously: "What disease is it?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, "I don't know. This is the chief's family matter. How could ordinary people like us know about it?"
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked at each other and smiled. These words were just to deceive others. He could open such a good restaurant on this street and also attract tea business. Who would believe that he is an ordinary common man?
However, Bai Shan did not ask any more questions, knowing that these were enough, and if he asked any more questions, their foundation would be lost.
The group tasted the tea leaves brought by the shopkeeper and selected three teas that tasted good. However, they did not make a decision with the shopkeeper. Bai Shan postponed the matter on the pretext that he wanted to take another look.
After they had had enough wine and food, the group slowly walked out of the restaurant. Yin You turned around and asked Bai Shan, "Are you really planning to start a tea business?"
Bai Shandao: "It's not easy to go in and out of southern Xinjiang. We have a lot of people with us. There's nothing wrong with bringing some tea when we go back."
"Furthermore, brother Zhou Zhou's tea business is now big. He might be interested. Let's take some tea out for him to try and see how the market reacts." Bai Shanxiao asked, "What, do you think it's troublesome?"
Yin You shook his head, "No, it's just that I've been out for a long time, and this is the first time I see you guys interested in bringing goods."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man sighed, "Because we spend our money a little fast."
Yin He: "...are you short of money?"
He looked unbelieving, but still said: "If you are short of money, I have some here and will give you some."
"It's nothing like this," Bai Shan refused hurriedly. "Making money is just a casual matter for us. It's not troublesome, so why do we need your money?"
Zhou Man: "Yes, yes, brothers are still settling accounts. Don't give money to others randomly in the future."
Bai Er on the side said: "The 'other people' he can give money to, apart from you, is me. Why don't you ask me for my opinion?"
Bai Shan glanced at him, "Do you have any objections?"
"That's not true. Isn't my family's business always making money? I don't want to waste this effort," Bai Erlang turned to Zhou Man and said, "And isn't it easy for you to make money? There are ready-made opportunities to make money right in front of you. You go
If you visit the chief's house and cure his wife's illness, he will definitely give you a consultation fee, which is no better than the money we can earn by inspecting, purchasing, transporting, and finally selling.
?”
Zhou Man actually wanted to go, not because he wanted to make money, but because he was curious about what disease the chief's wife had and how the wizards would treat it.
Bai Shan saw her intention and asked with a smile, "Want to go?"
Zhou Man nodded, then shook his head, "I still don't know what kind of person this chief is. This is southern Xinjiang. If we can't cure people, he angers us..."
"Don't worry," Bai Shan said: "In the worst case, we will reveal our identity. Does he still dare to detain us and embarrass us?"
Zhou Man thought the same thing, nodded and said: "Okay, it's late today, let's go take a look tomorrow."
She turned to Yin or the other three and said, "You guys can wait for us outside. You can go shopping around."
Yin You thought for a while and said, "I'm a little tired. I'll rest at the inn tomorrow."
Mingda said: "I also want to visit the market that I visited today to see the porcelain and fabrics they have here."
So everyone decided on the itinerary for tomorrow.
Zhou Man: "Do you think I should send a greeting note to the chief's house in advance?"
"No, you don't identify yourself. You are just a former doctor of No. 1 Middle School. It's strange that someone would accept your post." Bai Erlang gave her a bad idea, "Go directly to the door and recite a section of "Su Wen" to him. They
It should lead you in."
Bai Shan: "Shouldn't the top priority be to give yourself a good name?"
He said: "Your name is famous all over the world. Even though this is remote southern Xinjiang, I just listened carefully when I was in the restaurant. People in the lobby occasionally mentioned your name when they mentioned the Central Plains. Obviously you are also very famous here.
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Zhou Man's focus is, "Can you understand the dialect here?"