Within Nanzhang Standard Bank.
Seeing more and more gentry and merchants returning empty-handed, Guo Biao was about to urinate.
Because he has sent people there twice, but everything has been returned completely. How can he not be in a hurry?
"Guo Zhi, did you see that Xiaohua Wang this time?"
"I saw the master, and the other party was very polite. He also served me a cup of tea, but said that the master should go there in person. It doesn't matter if there are gifts or not." The big apprentice on the side replied honestly.
"Nothing to be courteous, you will steal if you do it! It seems that Xiao Hua Wang is not so arrogant and reckless on the surface!" Guo Biao touched his beard with a solemn expression.
At this moment, Guo Qing rushed in from the door and said with a look of indignation: "Father, are you confused? Send someone to give a gift to King Xiao Hua?"
"You... how dare you scold your father for being so stupid? I beat you to death..."
"Master, what are you doing?"
"You can just kill both of our mothers. Now the business is sluggish. The gang of thieves not only arrested Qing'er last time, but also wounded several disciples. Why did you even make money to make peace?"
Guo Qing followed her neck, but Mrs. Guo rushed up from behind, guarding her daughter and shouted.
"What do you women know?"
"Could it be that Guo Biao is the only one in Nanzhang County who is timid and afraid of those little gangsters? Tell your mothers, there was almost no one who didn't send gifts to apologize last time."
"Ah! This... are they all crazy?"
"Father, they want to plant the land. We shouldn't go out of the city to plant the land, for fear of the little gangsters doing it? Is it possible that they can still enter the city with their little people?"
Mrs. Guo opened her small mouth in surprise, but Guo Qing looked despised and disdainful.
"We really don't need to farm, but we have to ship the goods by the standard. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves. Now we are considered by that Xiaohua Wang, hey!"
Guo Biao sighed with his back at the end.
"Master, what happened?"
Seeing that her master was so worried, Mrs. Guo couldn't help worrying, and she had also heard about the fate of the Qian family.
So she was still very scared of the little gangsters in her heart. She didn't want to be too old, and one day she would go and warm the quilt for those little gangsters.
Guo Biao sighed again and explained the rejection.
"It's disgusting, it's deceiving too much!" Guo Qing suddenly clenched his teeth.
"Master, you must not go, if you have a long time and two short lives, how can you tell us how to live!"
"Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet. I care about this, so I will go back to the room. No one is allowed to take the inner half step from now on."
Seeing him really angry, the mother and daughter were also a little frightened, and obediently returned to the inner house.
However, Guo Biao paced back and forth in the hall.
Because he was running around all the year round, he knew better about the situation in various places than those gentry and landlords.
Although this Nanzhang county town is tall, it may not be able to stop the thieves.
In the end, I gritted my teeth and decided to go secretly, otherwise I am afraid that I will stop doing business in the future.
The only thing to worry about is that Liu Xiaotian will hate him when he learns about it.
After all, he helped himself out last time, and now he comes to visit in person again, undoubtedly hitting him in the face.
But as the saying goes, I would rather offend a gentleman than a villain, and the two powers would harm the lesser. He felt that King Xiaohua was much more threatening than Liu Xiaotian.
...
Guo Biao also chose to go at night, with only two apprentices, and also covered his face, which shows how cautious he is.
"Great King Qin, last time because of the little girl, he caused a lot of trouble to Guizhai, and because of the bitterness of the county magistrate, Guo had to send someone to participate in the first two events. Today, he came to bear Jing to plead and pay. hope…"
"Hey! The words are heavy, the words are heavy!"
"Unexpectedly, Guo Biaotou came in person, and the previous unpleasantness was written off. No one is allowed to mention it again?"
"Then I would like to thank Mrs. Qin for a large number of people, Mr. Guo would be very grateful!"
Guo Biao hurriedly clasped his fists, looking at Qin Yu, who was only fourteen or five years old, he was surprised at the same time, but he was also full of emotion.
"Guo Biaotou, it is said that the business of Gui Escort is not very good now? I don't know if this happened, and when was Gui Escort established?"
Qin Yu was still a little interested in the Escort at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to know how this ancient express company developed.
"Like King Qin laughed, Mr. Guo is a rough person, except for some fists, nothing else. When he was young, he liked to make friends with people from the rivers and lakes. Later, he opened a martial arts gym in Nanzhang city to make a living.
In the past few years, the world became more and more uneasy. Some merchants saw that Guo and his disciples were good at fist, and they were quite familiar with friends on the road, so they hired Guo and his disciples to accompany them.
Gradually, those merchants found it troublesome, so they simply asked Guo to escort them alone. This has formed the current standard business. It is only in the north of the past two years that business has plummeted."
"That's it!"
Qin Yu nodded, and then straightforwardly said: "This time I invite Guo Biaotou to buy something for him."
"I wonder what King Qin wants to purchase?"
Guo Biao was also a bachelor, he had already guessed that this would be the case, and he chose to come, too lazy to talk nonsense.
"Well, Guo Biaotou is really quick to say something. This king likes to do business with refreshing people. I don't have many items to purchase, just three things.
First, the more sulfur, the better. I will be 20% more than the market price. Second, copper, which is also 20% higher than the market price. How much you want. Third, the little beggar between 14 and 16 years old or Orphans, two or two each, the more the better."
"The King Qin said this seriously?"
At the end, Guo Biao stood up in shock.
He wasn't surprised that the little king wanted to purchase sulfur. These little thieves were equipped with a lot of firearms and knew how to prepare gunpowder.
Although buying a bronze cannon is a bit outrageous, the little king himself is a bit enchanting, and he can accept it.
What surprised him was that he was willing to pay a price that was 20% higher than the market price. What shocked him even more was that an orphan and a little beggar had two ounces of silver.
"The king does things, he has always been a childish man, saying that he is not two. If Guo Biaotou is not at ease, I can pay you a deposit of one thousand taels first?" Qin Yu waved his hand.
"The credibility of King Qin is naturally believed by Guo." Guo Biao was overjoyed in his heart, but quickly replied calmly.
Immediately, the two discussed the details and location of the delivery before Guo Biao left.
Seeing that Qin Yu was more thoughtful than himself, Guo Biao was relieved and admired.
And Qin Yu waved his hand and gave him a deposit of three thousand taels of silver. After all, the silver piled in the warehouse was just a pile of stones.
As long as he can buy the things he needs urgently now, it doesn't matter if the price is a little bit more expensive.
(Thanks to book friend Tyrantking Yi, 20181030131502221, Li Erwen for his support.)