After arriving in Chita, Li Ang found out that he had miscalculated. He and the three men did not speak Mongolian and were unable to communicate directly with the herdsmen.
No way, he found Li Lun, the owner of the inn.
Hearing about buying leather goods, Li Lun came to be interested: "I don't know what kind of leather goods you need? I have some in my house.
"As long as it is leather goods, whether it is cow or sheep skin, or mink, leopard, or lynx skin, I am interested." Li Ang had the heart to let Li Ang act as his own interpreter. I wonder if the owner of the inn can afford it.
"I only have cows and sheepskins now. You can give me a price first." What Li Lun cares most is how much copper he can get.
"Then you have to look at the goods to know," Li Ang also noticed the desire in Li Lun's eyes. He had been rolling in business since he was a child, and he has handled fur goods, otherwise he would not dare to come to Chita alone to buy fur. "Old cowhide and tender The cowhide is different, raw cowhide is different from cooked cowhide, and new cowhide is even more different from old cowhide."
"Mr. wait a minute, I'll take it here, let him see." Li Lun quickly took a large pile of cowskins and put them in front of Li Ang.
Li Ang and the three attendants checked one by one, and then they were divided into three classes.
"Sir, you give me a price." Li Ang no matter what the third class or fourth class, he only needs to change back the silver and copper coins.
"President Li, your leather goods should not be sold at any price. These leather goods are too common, they can be sold everywhere, and they are not well kept. Look, here, here, and here, they are all shed. It should be. Not dry enough." Li Ang is like an old businessman, he is slow and tidy, the more anxious Li Lun is, the more leisurely he has to be.
"It's not dry, because of the migration, you have to give it a price before it can be dried in time!" Hearing that the price is not high, Li Lun's eyes are faintly disappointed.
Li Ang glanced at the oldest attendant around him, and when he saw him nodding, he shook three fingers at Li Lun.
"Only thirty texts? So many leather goods are only thirty texts?" Li Lun couldn't believe his eyes.
Li Ang couldn't believe his ears. He was talking about a piece of cowhide, not a pile of them, "Dongzhu Li, how much do you want to make?"
"At least fifty wen." Li Lun stretched out five fingers.
"Fifty articles?" Li Ang summed up four cowhides and four sheepskins. If calculated at fifty cents, each cowhide would have ten characters, and each sheepskin would be less than five.
"At least forty-five essays, less than this number, I would rather make leather jackets by myself." Li Lun was quite disappointed, his eyes were gray, and it seemed that today's copper coins might not be earned.
"President Li, do you have any more?" Li Ang suddenly asked.
"My house is gone, but everyone here will raise some cattle and sheep, and some leather goods." Some hope suddenly flashed in the eyes of the theory, maybe Li Ang is willing to buy it.
"Lord Li, for the sake of the word'Li' of the same surname, how about we make an exchange?" Li Ang thought of the daily necessities in the car.
"How to exchange? If you have something, you might as well speak up." Li Lun is still not very comfortable with Han speaking. There are often words in the words, a simple and clear meaning, which often has to go around in a big circle.
"Your fur goods, I bought it for sixty articles, but you have to do two things for me."
"Sir, please." Hearing the sixty essays, Li Lun was already willing, as long as he didn't let him sell his father.
"First, if you want to buy more leather goods for me, just at the price just now, the cowhide has ten texts per piece, and the sheepskin has five texts per piece. But the goods are better. To be honest, Li Dongzhu’s leather goods can’t reach ours at all. Request, I will send a buddy to watch the goods with Dongzhu Li."
Li Lun hesitated because he had to drive them every day for the fifteen essays.
"Proprietor Li helps us to help yourself," Li Ang picked up the tea in front of him and sipped gently, "Well, as long as we can see the fur goods, we will pay at this price. As for how the owner Li and the owner will talk, we No matter what."
"Sir, I mean, I can lower the price to the owner?" Li Lun's eyes suddenly became bright. He has opened an inn for a long time, and he also knows the trick. If every piece of leather is lowered by one cent, he can buy fifty leather goods a day. , There is an income of fifty wen, this income is no less than that of his wife selling herself.
"Of course, we pay the money in one hand, and deliver the goods in the other, and we don't owe them on credit."
"Okay, deal." Li Lun stretched out his right hand and held Li Ang tightly together. He suddenly remembered, "What else is there?"
"Dongzhu Li is really quick to talk, worthy of deep friendship," Li Ang extended his thumb and praised Li Lun once, "I brought a lot of daily necessities from Jingshi and Taiyuan, and temporarily sold them on the expensive land. I hope that Li Dongzhu will be convenient and help us a lot. Propaganda."
"Commodity?"
Li Ang was in business, and he had long seen Li Lun’s attitude towards copper coins, “We will not treat the Li proprietor badly, and we have made money. The four of us are living in the Yiren Inn, which is a kind of feedback to Li Lun.”
"They are all with the same surname, they should help each other, they should." Li Lun felt that Changshengtian was taking care of himself and sent him such a rich man. This Yiren Inn is usually not patronized except the soldiers.
"That's it. Tomorrow I will ask my buddy to buy leather goods with the proprietor Li, and I will sell daily necessities at the inn."
"It's a deal." Li Lun just happened to find a wife for the prisoners exiled in Lingbei, and by the way, he introduced leather goods to Li Ang, and he could also earn some extra money.
Lingbei has entered winter, the weather is a bit gloomy, and there is no market outside. Li Ang stayed at the Yiren Inn all afternoon.
He was surprised to find that there were constant soldiers entering and leaving the Yiren Inn. When they came in, they were full of expectations, and when they went out, they were contented.
"Does it mean gambling in the inn during the day?"
Li Ang was just boring, he dragged a soldier who was about to go out, "Brother, what is going on inside? Are you gambling money?"
"Gambling?" The soldier was taken aback, and saw that Li Ang was dressed in Han. "Did the brothers come from inside the pass? This Yiren Inn... Mongolian women are so delicious!"
"Mongolian woman?" Li Ang thought of the name of the inn, and then realized, "It turned out to be a brothel run by a Mongolian!"
When Li Lun returned in the evening, Li Ang enthusiastically took his hands and dragged him to a place where no one was there. "Brother, you Yiren Inn, is there a woman hidden in it?"
"Brothers are looking for women?" Li Lun was delighted when he saw the business coming to the door. "Blame me too. I'll go and find a woman for my brother."
Li Lun came back as soon as Wang Meili was behind him. Wang Meili is now the wife of the boss, who is also called the old bustard by the Han, who easily does not come out to receive guests. Li Lun thinks that Li Ang is a rich man. Meili goes out in person, so that the tip does not fall into the hands of others, "Brother, the woman is here, take a look."
Li Ang's eyes widened, "Just her?"
"What's wrong? Brother." Li Lunxin said, I took out all the goods at the bottom of the box. Normally, if Wang Meili showed up, the soldiers rushed one by one.
"Women of this age still come out to pick up guests? That is to fool these pauper soldiers." Li Ang was quite disdainful.
"Brother, don't worry, I'll change you one." Li Lun shook his head. Li Ang is from the capital and is a person who has seen the world. Maybe Wang Meili doesn't suit his taste. He replaced Wang Xiuying, but Li Ang was still Shook his head.
Li Lun changed several other women one after another, and Li Ang was not satisfied.
He was anxious: "What kind of woman does my brother want?"
"Are there any young and beautiful? No more than twenty-eight."
"Twenty-eight?" Li Lun figured it out. The women in his place were all women, so how could there be any Nianfang twenty-eighth? Seeing the Lord Qian came to the door, he was out of stock and was in a hurry. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother wait a moment, I will go again. This time I will satisfy you. If my brother is not satisfied, I will be helpless. "
"Well, I'll wait, brother bothered."
Li Lun went in for a long time this time. It took less than a bag of cigarettes before he came out of the room, followed by a twelve or thirteen-year-old little girl in a sky blue Mongolian robe.
Li Ang's gaze passed directly over Li Lun, and fell on the little girl's face. She was still childish, she looked a little bit like a damn, and looked pretty pleasant. "This little girl hasn't taken a guest yet? Brother, you drive. Price."
"I haven't received any guests, that is, brother you." Li Lun imitated the appearance of a Han, and stretched out five fingers to Li Ang.
"Five... Ten..." Li Ang's eyes were suddenly bigger than his fists. How could this Chita brothel be more expensive than Taiyuan Mansion
"Fifty essays." Li Lun still squinted his eyes, as if he was sure that Li Lun would not bargain.
Only fifty essays? No wonder "a penny of money" said that the prices here are so low, Li Ang took out fifty taels of silver from his arms, "I will pay for a month."
"One month?" Li Lun had the final say, only one thousand five hundred wen a month, which is one and a half silver, five taels is still too much. "Brother, fifty wen a day, I would not dare to accept it if it is too much. Let the government know, but it will be punished severely."
"The extra money is enough for one month's accommodation and food expenses for the four of us."
"Brothers are really generous." Li Lun took the money and hurriedly stuffed it into his underwear pocket. He threw Li Juan to Li Ang and went happily.
Li Juan is really small, and the two points on her chest are not prominent enough. She looks like Princess Taiping, but it is better than her mother's age. On a whim, Li Ang enters the West Wing under Li Juan's guidance.
There were only two of them in the house. A wood brazier had already been born under the kang, and Li Ang touched it with his hand, and the kang was already warm.
Li Juan sat sideways on the edge of the kang, and when Li Ang untied the buttons of her robe, she did not resist, but was short of breath.
In the next month, Li Juan warmed up Li Ang’s bed at night, and accompanied Li Ang in the daytime to sell various daily necessities in the inn. Seeing that she often looked at the colorful daily necessities with longing eyes, she gave her a small glass mirror. A glass comb, a lipstick and a box of rouge, the little girl was so thankful that she just accepted it.
The herdsmen don’t have much silver and copper to buy daily necessities. Most of the time, they exchange leather goods. Only these daily necessities are exchanged for half of the leather goods. Chita fur is indeed cheap. The remaining half of the leather goods, including meals and accommodation, cost a total of Less than one hundred and fifty taels.
The snow outside was too thick, and Li Ang stayed at the inn for another month. When he left, because he was a big customer, Li Lun came to see him off.
"Brothers will come to Chita in the future?"
"Definitely, you will keep Juan'er for me, and I will want her to accompany me next time I come."
"Of course, as long as the brother comes again, Juan'er will still be yours, and no one can grab it."
When Li Ang returned to Taiyuan, the Singapore dollar had already passed. When he returned home, Li Ang took a break for a while.
But after the Singapore dollar, Zhu Youzhen was busier than before.