"Live fish, the live fish just caught in the river this morning are fresh. Let's take two back and try them..."
"Baozi, steamed buns just came out of the oven. Brother, come over and have some..."
"Cooking cakes! Brother, would you like two freshly baked cooking cakes?
Our Zhangjia cooking cakes are famous far and wide."
Gu Yuan, who was holding the white horse and was tired from all the work, shook his head and refused the greeting from the roadside boss.
In order to save time on the road, Gu Yuan had already eaten solid food. Although Deacon Pei gave Gu Yuan plenty of time to go out this time, Gu Yuan still hoped to go early and return early.
It was a bit early to enter the city. As soon as we entered the city, we encountered the morning market, with noisy sales everywhere.
Because Li Heizi asked Gu Yuan to patrol East Sixth Street, Deacon Pei was worried that Gu Yuan would suffer a loss in the Salt Gang's territory, so he sent Gu Yuan out to perform a temporary mission.
This time I came out mainly to ask Gu Yuanlai to buy some winter cotton clothes for Feiyingwei.
Of course, if you are just purchasing cotton clothes, you don't need to send a special Flying Eagle Guard, just send a handyman from the Foreign Affairs Hall who is in charge of purchasing. There is an inside story here.
Deacon Pei asked Gu Yuan to purchase a piece of Xiangyun brocade and transport it back together with the cotton clothes.
The auspicious cloud brocade is worth tens of thousands of gold, so it would be inappropriate to let the servants come.
The most important thing is that this auspicious cloud brocade is prepared for Commander Zhou. Of course, the accounts are for Feiyingwei Cotton Clothes, and Commander Zhou does not need to spend a penny.
Deacon Pei wanted Gu Yuan to take this opportunity to show his face in front of Commander Zhou. If the job is done well, Commander Zhou will also be very happy.
In order to deceive others, Deacon Pei asked Gu Yuan to leave Scarlet Flame City and go shopping in other big cities.
Because it was still early before winter and the purchase quantity was relatively large, Gu Yuan searched for two days in a row but could not find a suitable merchant to take on this business.
Under normal circumstances, merchants will not start selling cotton-padded clothes until October. It is still early and they have not yet started preparing cotton-padded clothes.
Therefore, Gu Yuan searched many houses in succession, but none had such a large amount.
Finally, after being guided by someone, we walked for more than a hundred miles before we arrived at a city.
It is said that only Shen's firm here has the ability to provide so many cotton clothes at one time.
After walking through the noisy market, I finally saw a very grand shop in the middle of the city.
Seeing the "Shen's Trading Company" sign hanging outside the store, Gu Yuan knew that he had finally arrived at his destination.
After storing the horses, Gu Yuan walked into the Shen's store.
As soon as I stepped through the door, a waiter came over very politely and asked.
"What does this guest need?"
"Buy some cotton clothes."
Gu Yuan said and handed a purchase list to the waiter.
The clerk took one look at the number of cotton clothes on the list and immediately realized that this was a big deal.
He hurriedly extended his hand to invite Gu Yuan and led him to the tea waiting area of the shop.
"Guest, please wait a moment, I'll go ask our shopkeeper..."
The shopkeeper of Shen's firm is a short, fat, middle-aged man with a mustache. When he saw Gu Yuan, his face was full of smiles.
He came over and chatted politely with Gu Yuan. After confirming that Gu Yuan really wanted to buy the quantity of cotton clothes on the list, he immediately ordered the clerk in the store to make arrangements.
Seeing that Shen's firm had enough inventory, Gu Yuan felt relieved.
If he couldn't find so many cotton-padded clothes, Gu Yuan would have wanted to find someone to order them. However, there were too many and custom-making would be too time-consuming. As a last resort, Gu Yuan didn't want to cause trouble for himself.
Because Gu Yuan needed a large amount of cotton clothes, Shen's Company needed to go to the warehouse in the north of the city to transport them. The shopkeeper of Shen's Company asked Gu Yuan to drink tea and wait. Even the horses that Gu Yuan rode at the door were taken down to eat.
Some concentrated feed.
"Shopkeeper, I also need a piece of auspicious cloud brocade. Please put the auspicious cloud brocade in your cotton clothes and give it to me."
The shopkeeper was stunned. The auspicious cloud brocade was worth tens of thousands of gold... Those who could afford it were either rich or noble. It seemed that this young man also had a background. The shopkeeper nodded knowingly.
Just then, someone suddenly shouted:
"Where is the shopkeeper? Come out and greet my young master..."
Gu Yuan, who was drinking tea, heard a very arrogant shout coming from outside.
"Guest, wait a moment."
The shopkeeper gestured politely to Gu Yuan, then went out to deal with it with a smile.
In such a large store, customers come like clouds, and you may encounter customers with any temperament.
Gu Yuan only wanted to wait for the cotton-padded clothes to arrive so that he could pay and leave, but he didn't care about what was going on outside.
Gu Yuan thought that after the cotton clothes were shipped away, it would not be too late to buy the Xiangyun Brocade.
But as soon as he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, he saw someone rushing in.
"My young master needs to buy some things. If you are wise enough, leave as soon as possible."
The man in blue who broke into the cubicle waved to Gu Yuan impatiently, as if to drive away mosquitoes, gesturing for Gu Yuan to leave.
Originally, this was a small space specially opened by Shen's firm for the shopkeeper to entertain some big customers, and was separated by a screen.
It stands to reason that anyone can come in as long as they are invited by the shopkeeper of Shen's firm.
But this man in blue who suddenly barged in obviously did not have the consent of the shop owner.
As soon as he finished speaking, the shopkeeper of Shen's Company came in and spoke righteously to the man.
"This is a customer of our Shen's business. He is waiting here to pick up the goods. He will not hinder your purchase. Please go out."
"boom!"
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, he suddenly flew up and hit the wooden screen, knocking down the entire screen.
The man in blue patted his boots disdainfully and spat at the shop owner who fell to the ground.
"Things that don't know good from evil."
"What kind of status does my young master have? How can he be in the same room with a group of untouchables?"
As he said that, the man in blue looked at Gu Yuan and twirled his fist.
"What are you looking at? If you are sensible, get out of here."
"Otherwise, I will personally kick you out..."
As soon as the man in blue finished speaking, and before Gu Yuan could react, he heard a lazy voice coming from the door of Shen's store.
"Ah Si, have all the untouchables been cleared out? Don't let me wait too long."
Gu Yuan heard the sound and looked over, and saw a row of people standing at the door.
In the middle, there was a young man in white, shaking a folding fan in one hand and wiping the sweat from his face with a handkerchief in the other, with an impatient look on his face.
Behind him, there was a beautiful maid, holding an oil-paper umbrella in her hand, shielding him from the sun.
To the left and right of the maid, there were four or five burly men, looking around with eager eyes. Their eyes were full of disdain when they looked at the crowd.