Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Zhou Dacang glared and was about to stand up, but the old man behind him held down his shoulders.

Zhou Guo glanced at him, then looked down at the small square table in front of him with some regret, reached out his hand and gently broke off a corner, then gently broke the corner in the middle and it broke into two halves in an instant.

If you didn’t know the situation, you would think the square table in front of you was made of tofu.

The two men who took action suddenly changed their expressions.

I was so shocked by her move that I was speechless.

The man standing there looked at the table in disbelief, then came over and tried to pry it apart, but it didn't move at all.

Pointing at Zhou Guo, he stuttered, "You, you, you..."

Zhou Guo glanced at him calmly, then looked at the man who was about to take action and said, "Give it a try. I don't know if your black hands are faster or my hands are too strong."

The old man straightened his chest behind him.

The man looked at the old man and became a little uncertain. In fact, he was not afraid of Zhou Guo's great strength. He was mainly afraid of the old man behind him. If a little girl was so powerful, the old man's martial arts must be unfathomable. If such a man wanted to kill someone, there would be few people around him who could stop him.

There are more than 300 people outside. If they all attack together, he and his people may not be able to resist.

To be honest, I did have some thoughts of doing something dirty just now, but now I have no idea at all.

The decision was made in an instant, "I want everything."

Although Zhou Guo didn't know if what he said was true, the softened look in his eyes couldn't lie. She breathed a sigh of relief. It was better not to do it if she could. She didn't have a knife. "Have you thought it through? Do you want all of them?"

The man smiled and said, "Do you want to sell this thing to someone else? You haven't dealt with this thing yet, so it won't last long. How can you find a big buyer like me in such a short time? If you keep it any longer, it will go bad. By then, I'm afraid your treasures will become a pile of unwanted garbage."

This was also the reason why Zhou Guo saw that he was a big cargo owner and set her sights on him. If things went wrong, she would have no place to cry.

But that's the thing, and we can't be so timid, right? She said stubbornly: "Don't worry, we are planning to stir-fry it these two days. There are experts in this field in the team, and my family has been doing this for generations. It just so happens that the fruits have been dried these days. If you lower the price, we won't sell it to you. There's no rush to find a seller slowly. Anyway, I don't have trouble selling this thing, and everyone is scrambling to buy it."

In fact, it’s not very good to dry it in the sun, and no one knows how to fry it.

The man knew she was lying, but he didn't dare to gamble. He smiled and shook his head and said, "You little girl, you have such great abilities at such a young age. I don't know how your parents raised you. Okay, I'm scared. You name a price."

Zhou Guo paused and looked down at herself uncertainly. Ever since she cut her hair, everyone she met mistook her for a boy or a little monk. No one said she was a girl. This person deserved to be in this position. Not everyone had such a keen eye.

"Well, have you thought it through?" the man asked.

Zhou Guo kicked the ball back and said, "Name your price first."

The man raised his eyebrows and slowly stretched out three fingers.

Zhou Guo looked at him with dissatisfaction, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? I've told you that our team has people who have been doing this for generations, and you're still trying to trick me. Can you do it? If not, I'm leaving. Go to the front, there are plenty of people vying for it, this thing is priceless."

The man also said: "But your stuff has not been processed before, and it still lacks a few processes. You can't give it to me at the price after it's fried. I can't be a sucker, right?"

Zhou Guo said, "Three hundred is too little anyway. This price won't work. We have to increase it." He held up a finger, "We have to get this amount."

Suddenly I asked for one tael of silver per catty.

The man smiled.

The two sides negotiated back and forth, one adding and the other bargaining, and finally set the price at 688 wen per catty.

When Zhou Dacang was about to remind her whether she was selling it too cheaply, Zhou Guo said, "But I have one condition."

The man was in a good mood at the moment, and said with a smile: "You say."

Zhou Guoshi said loudly: "We have spent all our food on the road for this batch of goods. You have to give us 180 dan of food."

The man frowned.

Zhou Guo immediately said, "It doesn't matter if it's refined rice or white flour. We are rough people and we will eat whatever we are given. Also, you have to take us across the river. There are so many of us and the carts and animals. These two conditions are easy for you."

Zhou Dacang was nervous when he heard this.

The man was in a good mood at the moment. The most important thing was to get the fruits. That little bit of food was nothing to him. But he couldn't agree so easily, so he bargained, "It's too much, eighty stones."

Zhou Guo shook his head and said directly: "Two hundred!"

The man raised his eyebrows, looked at her with a half-smile and said, "My boat is not used to transport food. Even if you ask for a lot, I still have to have that much food, right? Otherwise, I can't turn it into a thousand stones even if you ask for it."

That’s right, “Then it’s two hundred stones! We have more people!” But there are three hundred of them, so how much will each person get if this amount is divided among them?

The man shook his head, not intending to waste time on this matter, and said softly, "One hundred and eighty." His tone left no room for negotiation.

Zhou Guo thought about it and nodded. In fact, being able to get 180 stones was already a pleasant surprise. She originally gave him space to bargain down, and the lowest offer of 80 stones was not impossible, but the other party seemed to have no intention of getting entangled with her and agreed very readily.

Zhou Dacang who was standing behind him was speechless. He just thought that his niece was too amazing. Not only did she successfully sell all the fruits, but she also got 180 stone of grain from the other party for free in one breath!

The old man looked at his apprentice, his eyes full of pride and joy.

Zhou Guo was also in a good mood. The price of grain was extremely expensive these days. One hundred and eighty shi, how much money could he save!

As soon as he was happy, he remembered that he was the seller and had to provide better service, so he said, "Shall I have someone bring the stuff up now?"

The man smiled and nodded.

The fruits were unloaded from the carts in bags and baskets, and then carried onto the ship on people's shoulders.

This ship has Torreya grandis, so other goods are not allowed to be loaded here for the time being. We will arrange for the other five ships to load them.

Zhou Guo opened the bags one by one and let the man check them. "Take a look at the quality of these fruits. If you are not satisfied, just tell me. I will open the bags and check them right away. If they are not satisfactory, I will not recognize them."

The man didn't hesitate to ask his men to check carefully. He also looked all the way and didn't see any bad fruits. Then he nodded and said, "Weigh it."

Mr. Zhao, the head of Zhouguo Zhou Dacang Village, and several heads of more than 30 households were on the boat, watching the fruits being weighed bag by bag, and then the weight of each bag was announced and recorded.