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Chapter 18 Distillery scalpers

The leaders of Zhangjiazhai were fully fed and drunk, and were arranged in the front yard guest room. Li Mu's Zhulu Hou Mansion's house was large, but there were few people and there were many empty rooms. It was more than enough to accommodate Zhangjiazhai and his group, and even so many people could live there.

It was late at night, but the leaders couldn't sleep. All of the things that happened today stimulated their nerves. Three thousand guan coins, eight hundred taels of silver, mutton stewed in small pots, mutton soup cooked in large pots, whole lamb roasted with iron racks, Li Chongyi's inseparable giant axe, and three cups that I drank tonight. Any one of them opened their eyes to the country buns who had lived in the border for a long time.

A real man should be like this!

"Old Hu," the sarcastic person spoke. His surname was Li, his name was Li Yi, and he was a leader of Zhangjiazhai. His brother was a leader of Zhangjiazhai.

There are seven surnames in Zhangjia Village, including Hu, Li, Zhou, Jiang, Qian, Zhao, and Zhang. The Zhang family is the leader of the village. The other six surnames each have a leader, and there are several leaders under the leader. The village stipulates that ten people are a group, one group and one leader. The number of leaders of each surname varies. For example, the Hu family has a large number of members, seven leaders, while the Zhou family has few members, only three, and the rest are between four or five. Don’t underestimate these dozens of people, you should know that this refers to young and strong people who can go on horseback and fight. One surname can produce forty or fifty young and strong people. It is already very prosperous in Longyou, which is sparsely populated.

There are more than 2,000 people in Zhangjia Village, and they are all protected by these people.

"What are you doing?" The boy of the Li family always spoke sarcastically, and no one cared about him, but when he went out, he was one and it was not appropriate to say a word.

"I think... our eldest lady, and that marquis, they... can't explain it clearly!"

"Do you think too? I think so too!" Before Lao Hu could answer, the person next to him rushed to say.

Longyou is desolate. Apart from going out to the city to do "buys and deals", there is no entertainment. Even if you enter the city, the so-called entertainment is ultimately about men and women. Such erotic rumors can arouse their interest.

Lao Hu was older than the others, and was over the age of being excited when he mentioned this kind of thing. He heard this and said, "What are you talking nonsense? There is no such thing? I didn't hear the Marquis say that he was trying to repay his kindness?"

"Why don't I believe it? Tell me, what kind of kindness is worth more than 3,000 guan? More than 3,000 guan, even a ox cart can't fit. If I have so much money, the young lady can buy thousands of dollars. Our young lady looks pretty, but she is just a man who is so arrogant. What's the point of marrying a family? She's looking for a fight?"

Someone laughed and interrupted, "Maybe the marquis of Chang'an City is just like this, I can't say it!"

"Talking around...go to bed early, I'll go to the West Market to buy food tomorrow."

Lao Hu said and went quiet. After a while, everyone still fell asleep. One person said, "Lao Hu, we haven't drunk enough of this wine today. It doesn't cost much to buy food. Why don't we talk to the Marquis and when we leave, we buy some wine and take it back and give it to the leaders of each family to try it. What do you think?"

Old Hu narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't think about the good things. Didn't you listen to the doorman just now? This wine is sold for 200 jars every day. Today, the Marquis is looking at it for the eldest lady. We will give it to us to try it. The nobles in Chang'an City are not enough to share, and you still want to buy it... Are you going to be your turn?"

"We are not not giving money! You also said that the young lady has face. If you ask for help, I don't want more, just twenty knives."

"Twenty jars?" Old Hu sneered and said, "You are really willing to give me a jar of three guan, so how can I afford to drink it? Just buy one or two jars and take it back for your boss to try it. I bought so much..."

"I just want to buy twenty jars. If you don't buy them, I'll tell the eldest lady myself."

At this time, Li Yi spoke sarcastically and said, "Old Hu, listen to the voice. I think you are so confused. He doesn't want to drink it himself, he wants to do business!"

“Buy and sell?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the ears of the leaders were raised. No one was too stupid to be the leader. After hearing this guy Li Yi's sarcastic statement, he immediately understood. Yes, do business!

A jar of Sanguan is indeed very expensive, but who is the target of scoring? Ordinary people naturally think it is expensive, but from Longyou and west, there are Xueyantuo, Gaochang, and southwest, there are Tuyuhun, Tubo, and those kings, nobles and slave owners, but there are some money.

When doing the fur business, the horse bandits in Zhangjiazhai also contacted many caravans from these places. Therefore, knowing some of the situation there, just need to contact these caravans, they can resell the three cups at a sky-high price!

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was a chance. Several people sat up and looked at each other, all focusing on the key points.

Lao Hu said: "Tomorrow we will go to find the eldest lady together. Even if we give up our old face, we have to buy a car. If the Marquis is kind, what else can we sell in the future? Just reselling this wine, we will get rich!"

"Yes! Go together!"

Several people clapped their high-fives to form an alliance, and the plan was decided. They didn't have the heart to sleep, and they all stared at a pair of bull's eyes, hoping for a quick dawn.

Not far from where they lived, Li Mu's studio was still on. At this time, the lights were still on. Li Chongyi was lying on the straw mat and snored like thunder. Li Mu yawned and put the newly completed "primary armor piece" in his hand aside.

This is the 30th "primary armor piece" he completed tonight. After completing this one, the name of the item changed from red to yellow. In other words, it is not necessary to increase the skill if you continue to do it. Li Mu learned the pattern of "primary leather wrist guards", then blew out the candlelight, woke Li Chongyi up, and asked him to go back to his room to sleep. He himself lay down in the room next to the studio.

Practicing skills is a boring thing. Even if the money is enough now, the necessary time is still consumed. Moreover, Li Mu looked down on the items made by the primary skill of the eye. After making these armor pieces, he didn't know where to arrange them, so it would be a pity to throw them away. But... it's really not much to use them.

The introduction of this armor piece in the pattern means that the armor piece can be sewn into the clothes to strengthen defense. Li Mu's understanding is that he can sew this thing into the clothes so that when someone cuts it or stabs it, it can play a protective role. Just like when he is stabbed here, if there is such an armor piece on his butt, the dagger thrown out of the waist of the water snake will not be stabbed in. This thing is made of three layers of cowhide, and it is still strong.

But in Li Mu's opinion, this thing is somewhat ineffective. Is it true that two armor pieces are sewn on the butt of the dignified Marquis? I won't say whether it is beautiful or not, it will be uncomfortable wherever you sit. If you make a piece of this thing during a marching and fighting, it will be useful to get some effect...

Suddenly, Li Mu's eyes lit up, yes! This thing can be given to the army! When he followed Li Ji's army back to Chang'an, he had seen the soldiers wearing clothes. Except for the elite cavalry and the Modao team, the armor on the other soldiers was very simple, and most of them did not even have half-body armor. If these armor pieces were provided to them, they would definitely play a role.

Of course, these thirty armor pieces are a drop in the bucket, but what if they form a scale? What if they can set up a military supply factory?

"It's interesting..." Li Mu thought for a while, and was sleepy and fell asleep wrapped around the quilt.

The next day.

Early in the morning, several leaders found Zhang Tianai and said what they thought. Zhang Tianai didn't want to agree, because Li Mu had helped a lot, so she was embarrassed to speak, but these people were forced to force her, so she couldn't help so she raised her mouth while having breakfast. Thinking about Li Muruo's promise, she agreed. If she didn't agree, that would be the case.

By chance, Li Mu had already intended to develop an unexpected market in Chang'an, and it was a good thing to let the people from Zhangjiazhai bring some to make a name for themselves. As soon as Zhang Tianai said that, he agreed, but the quantity was limited, and each company only sold ten jars. In addition, he also gave Zhang Tianai twenty jars, saying that it was for her father to try it. In this way, there would be eighty jars of wine.

Judging from the current supply and demand situation of Bashang wine shop, he suddenly squeezed out the quota of 80 jars of wine. According to the rules set by Li Mu, he had to come forward in person. Just as Li Mu had just come up with the "Zhuangyuanhong" and was about to go to the wine shop, he asked Lao Hu to take a ox cart and follow him to Bashang wine shop. Others asked Ergou to take him to the West Market to buy grain.

After leaving the city gate and crossing the Ba Bridge, less than a few miles away, he saw one ox cart after another in front of him. Li Mu hadn't come to the Bashang Restaurant for a while, and was shocked when he saw this scene. He led his people past the queue, and suddenly someone in front blocked the way.

"Stop, stop!"

Li Mu grabbed the reins and looked down at the man. He had a pig-waisted face, which was extremely ugly, but he looked smart. Li Mu didn't know what he was doing and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Are you from another place? Don't know the rules?"

Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "What rules?"

The man said, "The wine in Bashang Wine House is counted every day. First come first served. You have to queue up to buy wine. If you don't want to queue up, you have to have a wine ticket. Do you know what a wine ticket is?"

Li Mu really didn't know and asked curiously: "What is a wine ticket?"

"I asked you to see and see." Pig Liu Fang took out a piece of paper from his arms and spread it for Li Mu. There was a wine jar on the paper, with five fingerprints in the middle of the wine jar. Pig Liu Fang smiled proudly and said, "Did you see these five fingerprints? This means five jars of wine. You don't have to queue up with this wine ticket. Go to the place where you receive the wine and hand over the wine ticket to the manager. After paying the money, you can get the wine." After saying that, Pig Liu Fang stretched out his hand and gestured: "Five jars of wine tickets are always worth the price!"

After hearing the explanation from Pig Liu Face, Li Mu knew where this thing came from. He suppressed his anger and said, "Whose fingerprint is this? Does it work? Don't you mess with me?"
Chapter completed!
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