On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 236 Before the Trade
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After Xing Guangzong praised Tian Guilan, he looked at Li Shiyue with a smile on his face.

"Of course, it's even rarer to find a girl like Madam Li who has such insight at such a young age!"

It’s a business deal, and Li Shiyue is very familiar with this routine.

She stood up, picked up the teapot on the table, and first added tea for Tian Guilan because she was the oldest, then poured tea for Xing Guangzong, and finally for Wan Sanbao.

Then she sat down and said to Xing Guangzong with a smile: "Master Xing, you are too kind!
I just have some strength and can say a few words in the village.

I am young and have little experience. How can I be as knowledgeable as the three masters who have traveled far and wide?"

Li Shiyue raised his glass and gestured to the three people. The three people were quite considerate and picked up their teacups and drank from them one by one.

Seeing that the three of them had finished their tea, Li Shiyue called out to Li Shiliang who was standing at the counter, "Third brother, take out the paper samples of our paper mill and show them to the three owners."

Li Shiliang brought over three sets of upper, middle and lower grades that had been prepared behind the counter, each set having a total of twelve different paper samples.

"I know that the business of the three bosses has nothing to do with this paper, but the paper made in our village is sold to the outside world, especially to the merchants who come to participate in the trade, which has preferential treatment!
The three merchants went back from trade with two boxes of paper, and they could make money wherever they went!
Of course, it’s not that our paper is bad,” Li Shiyue signaled Xing Guangzong and the others to touch it, and Li Shiliang also handed over the pen and ink.

In front of the three people, Li Shiyue picked up a pen, dipped it in ink and wrote the words "Li's Paper Mill" on the inferior paper, just to prove to the three people that his paper was not unusable.

"My offer is conditional!"

"Madam Li, please speak quickly!"

Wan Sanbao was the one who couldn't wait the most. He came from the northernmost part, the border town of Andong. It was cold there all year round, but there were many trees on the mountains. Their entire village was made up of carpenters, and they made a living by this skill.

Of course, there are also many hunters who go up the mountains to hunt.

Paper is really a precious thing there. Even the lowest quality paper in the city costs almost one or two taels of silver per piece, which is two or three times more expensive than outside.

If he could buy some cheap paper from Li Shiyue and sell it back, it would be just like what Li Shiyue said, he could make a lot of money by reselling it.

Faced with Wan Sanbao's urging, Li Shiyue briefly told him the story of his uncle Li Wangzheng.

Li Shiyue took a stack of portraits that she had asked someone to draw earlier from Li Shiliang's hand, pointed at the portraits and said: "Although the hope is slim, my uncle is my closest relative. Even if there is only a little news, I, Li Shiyue, am willing to pay a reasonable price!
I am willing to sell this paper to three of you at a low price!

I just hope that in the future, whether you three are going to Youzhou yourself, or know merchants who are going to Youzhou, you can ask around for me!
Thank you so much! "

Li Shiyue stood up and bowed to the three people.

The three bosses were all men of character, especially Wan Sanbao, who simply slapped his thigh and agreed to Li Shiyue's words!
Then Li Shiyue asked Li Shiliang to take out the three kinds of charcoal they had made, wanting to sell them to the three people.

Before the introduction of the charcoal was finished, a man rushed in at the door of the inn. Ma Zi ran in panting, and when he saw Li Shiyue, he said, "Shiyue, the general is here!"

Liu Tan is here!

Li Shiyue reacted quickly, she said to Xing Guangzong: "It's Liu Tan, the general of the Xuanjia Army, who is here!
They must be here to inspect the trade, don't be nervous!
I am familiar with the general. I have seen the notice you sent me when you came. It is officially stamped. As long as you are good citizens, nothing will happen to you."

Li Shiyue noticed that Wan Sanbao was nervous, so he spoke to comfort him.

Sure enough, as soon as I left the inn, I saw a large group of people coming towards this side on the official road ahead.

When Liu Tan's horse came up, Li Shiyue not only saw Liu Tan, Ma San and Zhao Da, who were familiar to her, but she also saw someone she had never expected! It was Yan Jiuniang!

"Jiuniang!"

"October!"

Yan Jiuniang jumped off the horse and ran happily towards Li Shiyue who was waiting for her on the roadside. When she got there, she rushed into Li Shiyue's arms.

"Jiuniang!"

Before Yan Jiuniang could say a few words to Li Shiyue, Li Xiatian, who was rushing over from a distance, shouted to them in surprise.

"summer!"

Yan Jiuniang picked up Li Shiyue, "threw" Li Shiyue down and ran towards Li Xiatian who was also running towards this side!

The two of them had already established a good friendship in Liujiatun and would miss each other.

Seeing Yan Jiuniang going to have a private chat with Li Xiatian, Li Shiyue then bowed properly to Liu Tan who had already dismounted.

Xing Guangzong, Wan Sanbao and Tian Guilan stood at the back, looking at each other. They really didn't expect that Madam Li, who was in charge of Liujiatun, really knew such an honorable man as the general of the Xuanjia Army.

Before, when they heard Li Shiyue’s words, they thought she was bragging to them.

Who knew that Li Shiyue was telling the truth and didn't say a single lie.

Liu Tan entered the newly opened inn with his personal guards. He sat down at the table where Li Shiyue and the three owners had just been sitting.

Li Shiyue and Liu Tan had just spoken a few words when Li Shiyang rushed in from outside.

"In October, I came to explore the road to the grassland. Mr. Chen sent Li Lushi to assist the general."

Li Shiyang didn't expect that the relationship between Li Shiyue and Liu Tan had become so good that Liu Tan would explain to Li Shiyue in person why he came.

Li Shiyue bowed to Li Shiyang, agreeing to Liu Tan's words.

Liu Tan really came here to do business. In the next half hour, Li Shiyue told Liu Tan everything about the inns and shops in Liujiatun.

She also talked about the road on the official road that turns to Liujiatun, and the bridge built on the river beach leading to the grassland. She even told Liu Tan where the most suitable checkpoints were.

Liu Tan was not very surprised by this. After all, from the previous contacts, he knew that Li Shiyue was not just a girl with a lot of strength, there was also something in her brain.

Li Shiyang was a little surprised. Many of the issues raised by Li Shiyue were things he had never considered. He did not expect that Li Shiyue had quietly thought about where to ambush troops, where the water source was, and where to break out.

In other words, it was not just thought about, but actually investigated.

Without waiting for Li Shiyang to retract his inquiring eyes towards Li Shiyue, Li Shiyue introduced to Liu Tan the three merchants who were the first to stay at the inn: Xing Guangzong, Wan Sanbao and Tian Guilan.

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