Men, listen, grab the top of the mountain and stand in the center position

The next day, the horses' hooves are trimmed and the horses and carriages are inspected.

After Li Xin and Li Fugui brushed their horses, they looked around but couldn't find Tang Bo and Zhang San. "Where are they?"

The Prince of Zhennan’s Mansion held a family dinner yesterday, and tonight they invited several adjutants and the team leader to a dinner.

The Prince of Zhennan wore a loose robe with wide sleeves, a feather fan, and a silk scarf, looking like a scholar. Qin Xiuyuan followed suit and toasted twice. At the side table where he was, he ate and drank freely except for the toasts.

There are all kinds of sweet, sour and spicy dishes, including birds and beasts, sticky dishes, and various mushrooms...

Apart from the mushrooms, the other dishes were not very tasty. The mushroom soup was indeed delicious.

"Adjutant Qin, I heard you made quite a bit of money yesterday!"

Zuo Jun on the side was fascinated. Look, this is the difference. As both of them are adjutants, Qin Xiuyuan obtained salt permits to sell stalls and meat along the way. He drove two carriages as steadily as an old dog, and the goods were turned into silver after being sold... He did his job so well that the third young master praised him.

"Xiuyuan is not good at this. This trip is just following the map, and I have gained some results."

Tang Bo's words were remembered all the way. Money can make the devil work, so it is natural that the discouraged and taciturn Zhang San could stay up late to cook braised meat before leaving.

It's all hard-earned money.

"Several dozen taels of silver, equivalent to money without any investment!" Zuo Jun knew that the salt permit was given by the Third Young Master. He estimated that the cost of the meat could be recovered by selling stalls and braised meat along the way, and the silver from selling them in southern Yunnan could be considered pure profit.

The brothers at the table couldn't help but sigh as they talked about it today. As the Third Young Master's adjutant, I was truly pale in comparison!

Qin Xiuyuan did not answer again.

"Wealth without capital?" That's easy to say. Hard-earned money is hard-earned money. Just frying salt alone took the two of them almost two days and two nights without sleep. As for frying meat, he had no idea how Wangshu had taught Zhang San. Just to name one agile escort, his arms and face had at least twenty blisters from the oil splatter. Ji Shou, who was chopping straw, hung his head from the beam to stay awake. Tang Bo, who used to cook casually, now spent all day in the kitchen learning how to braise meat. And the old man delivering firewood dragged his old woman along every day for a few days...

Wangshu decided and arranged everything. Even the carriage was custom-made in a rush by having two horses pull it to a shop and pay extra for it. It had four iron wheels with double leather, and spare wooden wheels. It was made with the best craftsman, the most expensive and sturdiest wood, and the fastest speed. For the first time, he felt a blackout before his eyes when he saw the sleeper.

"When you're away from home, the most important thing is to sleep soundly. Just wait and see!"

It turned out that the young master who taught him how to do business was right. He collected copper coins all the way.

According to Wangshu's arrangement, the day after the braised pork and fried pork caused a sensation, Zhang San and Tang Bo found a local middleman and asked him to tell the owners of major restaurants that as long as the price was right, they could demonstrate the production process of braised pork and fried meat on the spot, and also sell spice packets for braised meat.

Everyone who had tasted it the night before: ...hurry up!

In the end, Wangxianlou hired two Northwestern men who could only cook one dish to cook for an undisclosed price, and then spent a large sum of money to buy all the spice bags in their hands.

That evening, delicious braised pork and crispy pork belly were added to the menu at Wangxianlou.

On the third day, the two went to the second-ranked restaurant to sell Persian vegetable seeds.

"This seed is easy to plant and doesn't survive long. The temperature in southern Yunnan is suitable for planting year-round. This dish is extremely delicious in soups or salads. It's inexpensive, good for the body, and perfect for our signature soups. We're the only one with this seed."

Tang Bo listed several ways to eat it.

The mission was accomplished. In the afternoon, several people followed the translator to purchase tea and medicinal materials, especially a hemostatic drug called Panax notoginseng. They bought a whole carriage of it.

Finally, I went to a jewelry store and was dazzled by the variety of gems and jewelry. I didn’t know how to choose.

The translator told them that this was one of the goods that the caravans favored. "Nobles and women love shiny jade, which is luxurious and beautiful. The red and green ones are the most popular. There are also jade carvings... Look at this jade-inlaid hairpin, it's a women's favorite..."

Tang Bo felt that not only women loved him, but the translator also loved him.

It cost quite a lot of money. Several people compared prices from different stores, but in the end, Qin Xiuyuan still couldn't make up his mind because of the price.

The translator said impatiently, "Sir, these ladies will surely be delighted."

"My wife must think the price is too high." The small businessman who always haggles over the price of wedding candles.

Translator: ... stingy! Damn it!

"I think we can still talk to the boss about the price."

Qin Xiuyuan shook his head, "I have no affinity with jade."

They walked towards each other, and the translator looked back every few steps as he watched the person leave.

The grain trucks will be loaded tomorrow and will be on their way back the day after tomorrow.

After the next round, they returned empty-handed. On the way, Tang Bo was a little anxious: "Aren't you going to buy some jade jewelry? Miss Ji asked us to go and have a look."

For the return trip, she wanted two things: tea and medicinal herbs. She wanted to buy a large quantity of Panax notoginseng if it was cheap. The translator took her to a large market, where prices were roughly uniform across the board, and locals also bought in bulk.

The three caravans were responsible for transporting grain on their return journey and could only purchase small quantities of other goods, so the market prices hardly fluctuated.

Let them buy the rest, don’t buy anything too expensive, they can look at jewelry and jade.

"Uncle Tang, this translator must be acquainted with the owners of these shops. He's familiar with the places and is looking for rubies, emeralds, and jadeite."

"You can tell he's a jade lover..." He spoke of every piece, praising it profusely... Every single one? Every single one? He reached out to grasp the jade, the angles at which he displayed it were all so perfect.

It’s as perfect as the jewelry store opened at home.

"Fortunately, I didn't buy it. Something was wrong!" Tang Bo recalled that the translator was in the tea and medicinal materials store, introducing and translating according to their footsteps, letting them look and choose.

"Master, be careful. Otherwise, the money that the two families worked so hard to earn would be easily snatched away by that treacherous villain!" How will he explain to Miss Ji then?

Qin Xiuyuan borrowed Zuo Jun's translator and asked him to lead the way to the jade store and translate for him.

Zuo Jun followed.

The translator is an honest and simple person.

When he arrived at the store, he was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods and jade stones everywhere.

When the boss named a price, he saw the translator frowning and criticizing the other party first. The boss dared not say anything because the translator was a government official. If he could not turn a blind eye, they, as businessmen, would have no choice but to quote a normal price.

Tang Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief, thank goodness!

"This price is quite fair. They have the widest variety of goods. In the past, the caravans that bought goods by the sack mostly bought from this store at this price."

Qin Xiuyuan nodded, walked around each house, and finally returned to the first house. He did not avoid Zuo Jun, and faced his stunned surprise with a large bag.

"Sir, I heard that you have a fiancée, and I am giving you a hairpin as a gift to signify your lifelong love. A hairpin symbolizes a lifelong bond, so it is a gift for your wife."

The translator pointed to a hairpin on one side.

"Master, these are suitable gifts for Madam, the Madam and the Miss of the Ji family. These wood carvings and jade carvings are of unique craftsmanship."

I picked out a good few.