Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 84 Inn
Shen Zhao picked up a leather bag and shook it. It was heavy and he wondered what was in it.
This is a recalled product tied to a keychain and weighs several kilograms.

When the leather string at the mouth of the bag was untied, a pile of jewellery and gold poured out.

"Oh my god! I'm going to get rich!"

Shen Zhao excitedly picked up a silver necklace inlaid with gems and gestured in front of himself, then summoned Xiaoqing: "Help me evaluate its value, I want to sell it in the shop."

Xiaoqing blinked her big eyes and looked at it: [This is an antique dating back three thousand years. You can offer a price of one hundred thousand.]

"Three thousand years ago?" Shen Zhao picked up the necklace and looked at it from left to right, somewhat confused: "Is it an object from a very long time ago?"

Xiaoqing shook his big head and said: [Dear, you misunderstood. Xiaoqing meant that this object is about three thousand years away from our new calendar, and only a dozen years away from you.]

Shen Zhao still didn't quite understand: "You mean, we are three thousand years away from your dynasty?"

Xiaoqing nodded: [Yes, honey.]

Shen Zhao just felt his scalp tingling.

No wonder the items in the mall are so exquisite and rare, it turns out they are all objects from three thousand years later?

In other words, I am connected to the world three thousand years later?
Shen Zhao's heart was pounding, and he asked again: "So you are not in the bronze mirror world, but in the distant future?"

[Yes.] Xiao Qing said expressionlessly: [But the greed of the human race has polluted the world, and now they want to return to nature, so they have developed various methods to go back in time. This bronze mirror should be a failure.]

Shen Zhao: "So, you guys have succeeded?"

Xiao Qing shook her head: [It was not successful, but the holographic wormhole industry was developed and is currently used in certain fields.]

Shen Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

She was really afraid that one day a group of humans from three thousand years later would suddenly come and kill all the people today with advanced weapons.

Then she marked the prices of all the jewelry and gold and stored them in the shop for sale.

In order to attract customers, she wrote in the store introduction column: This is an antique from three thousand years ago, the only one of its kind, and it does not support seven-day unconditional returns.

Soon after it was put on the shelves, many people browsed it, but no one bought it.

Shen Zhao no longer paid attention to the shop, but bought 100 kilograms of rice and a pile of firewood for his eldest brother.

The eldest brother's team has more than 200 people. Assuming that each person eats one kilogram of rice per day, they have to eat more than 200 kilograms a day.

But Shen Zhao would not buy 200 kilograms and send them over every day. Sending 100 kilograms occasionally is already her limit.

The next day, Shen Zhao got up early, washed, ate a bowl of yellow millet porridge and a steamed bun, and then asked his second brother to borrow an ox cart from his cousin's house to pick up Mr. Dong and his grandson to go to the inn.

Shen Zhao and his second brother accompanied him along the way and brought some beans, rice and flour.

Mr. Dong brought all the pots and pans from his home, and also placed the tattered mats and bedding on the ox cart.

Tingyi is not far away, only six or seven miles away.

When the ox cart arrived, we saw three thatched huts near the official road. There were no windows, only a single wooden door in the middle. Above the door hung a plaque with the words "Dunhuang Department Store Inn" engraved on it.

There is a large double-leaf gate on the east side of the hut, which can be opened to allow ox carts and horse carriages to enter and exit directly.

At this moment, the door of the hut was closed, but the door of the courtyard was open, and a few young men were squatting there talking.

Mr. Dong couldn't help but be stunned, because this inn was too big and the walls were too high, it felt safer than the pavilion not far away.

"Is your inn ready to accommodate business travelers?" Mr. Dong asked. Shen Zhao: "We don't have any extra houses for people to stay in."

Mr. Dong stroked his beard and said, "In my opinion, your place is more suitable for accommodating tourists. In this way, your cotton clothing business will be more prosperous."

He knew that the Shen family specialized in selling cotton-padded jackets and trousers, and that the jacket, trousers and shoes he was wearing were gifts from the Shen family.

Shen Zhao agreed with Mr. Dong's opinion: "In this case, I will hire someone to build a few more houses."

As long as you sell all your jewels, you can build as many houses as you want.

Anyway, this piece of land is under my father's name, so even if the city clerk comes to investigate, it will not have any impact.

The worst that can happen is that you have to pay more property tax, which is not something you cannot afford.

"Brother Ah Heng! Ah Zhao! You are here!" When the young men saw the ox cart, they quickly got up and walked over.

Shen Heng smiled and said, "How was your sleep last night? Did you hear the wolf howling?"

The young men laughed and said, "Of course they heard it, but we were in the back room, so we couldn't hear it clearly."

Then he clasped his fist towards Mr. Dong and said, "Hello, Mr. Dong, why are you here?"

Shen Zhao said quickly: "I asked Mr. Dong to come and help me with the accounts. They will live here from now on."

These young men also help to look after the yard. They go to the market during the day to sell cotton clothes, cotton pants and other items, and stay here to rest at night.

It was because life in the inn was convenient and there was everything in it, including pots, stoves, firewood, rice and flour. Shen Heng would also send some vegetables, salt and croton sauce from time to time.

The three newly built thatched houses in the yard are equipped with a kang and a stove. At night, you can fill them with some straw and wood clippings and sleep warmly.

"That's great, Wufeng, you can sleep with us from now on." The young men enthusiastically pulled the ox cart into the yard and worked together to move the things on the cart into the house.

Shen Zhao also walked into the room and took a look. Seeing two quilts piled on the kang in the room, he put Mr. Dong's luggage into another room.

This room also has a kang with a mat on it, but no one uses it.

Shen Zhao walked around the yard and came to a newly dug ditch.

The ditch connects to the canal outside, but it is dry at the moment.

There are several stone slabs on top of the ditch, and a high wall is built on the stone slabs. There is also a steel fence in the ditch under the stone slabs, which cuts off the internal and external passages and prevents wild animals or thieves from breaking in.

As soon as spring comes and the ice and snow melt, canal water will flow in, making it very convenient to get water.

"A Zhao, I'm going to live here from now on." Shen Heng was a little tempted when he saw his friends having fun here.

Shen Zhao: "Okay, but where do you live?"

"Just hang out with Ah Zhu and Ah Gua." Shen Heng glanced at his sister and said, "Mr. Dong is in charge of the accounts anyway, so I don't have to go back to give you money every day."

Ah Shi and the others had to give accounts to him every day, and he could only go home after receiving the money. Now, with Mr. Dong in charge of the accounts, he no longer has to worry about this.

Shen Zhao heard the sourness in his second brother's tone and laughed in his heart: "I know, you can stay here if you want. From now on, the inn business will be handed over to you. Remember to open the door of the front room every day, and invite the caravan to come and rest when you see it passing by."

"You want me to go and attract customers?" Shen Heng stared at his sister in disbelief: "Invite them to come over for tea?"

Shen Zhao: "Yes, by the way, introduce our goods to the Hu merchants."

(End of this chapter)