Chapter 213 211. Lu Su: I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but Sun Quan didn’t allow it (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

Author: nonsense and gossip

Chapter 213 211. Lu Su: I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but Sun Quan didn’t allow it (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

In the past two years, it is nothing new for all kinds of businessmen to come to Chu'an, so the county soldiers let them go after checking their credentials.

For ordinary people, it may be difficult to obtain a road guide certificate, but for Lu Su and Sun Quan, it was just a matter of flips.

"It's just past the end of the day. In Chu'an, there are actually people working in the fields?" Sun Quan looked at the people working in the distance and felt very strange.

"Planting wheat." Lu Su stroked his beard, his eyes full of seriousness.

"Brother, what do you mean, these were planted last year?" Sun Quan looked at the little bit of green and frowned slightly.

Naturally, he also knew the word "summai". The Han Dynasty had promoted the cultivation of "summai" for hundreds of years, but it was more common in the north and the Central Plains.

Here in the south of the Yangtze River, people are more accustomed to eating corn and rice.

"If it is indeed Sumai, it was indeed planted last year." Lu Su nodded.

Then he watched Sun Quan walk towards the field, saluted an old farmer, and said, "May I ask, why am I working in the field right now?"

When the old farmer saw that he was a young man, and his accent didn't sound like a local one, he smiled and said, "A businessman from outside?"

"Yes." Sun Quan also smiled and nodded.

"You people from outside have never seen winter wheat and summer rice. This wheat was planted last winter. Although it is cold now, the root system can survive last winter and wait until spring warms up."

The old farmer smiled and said, "But you can't do the work in the fields until the weather is good. Let's loosen the land a little now and wait until the weather warms up, which will make it easier."

Sun Quan said that he had been taught by Lu Su and returned to Lu Su. "It's really Sumai."

"The Sumai can be harvested around April. However, after harvesting the Sumai, the dry fields must be converted into paddy fields and another season of rice must be planted..." Lu Su shook his head.

He is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to farm.

On the contrary, he is also a good farmer. He has grown up watching the thousands of acres of land in his family.

He has grown corn, and also rice...but he has not seen winter wheat and summer rice in the Dajiang area yet.

"Yes, if you want to know the secret, you have to stay here for several months." Sun Quan sighed. They... couldn't stay here for several months this time.

However, the spies in hand can be kept.

"No problem, let's go to the county seat first." Lu Su waved his hand, "Chu'an County is well-defended. It's still more than ten miles away from the county seat, and there are already county soldiers checking it."

"Isn't this the little queen's fiefdom? The Zhu family made trouble last time, so it's natural to be stricter." Sun Quan smiled, but his eyes darkened.

He was aware of Zhu's incident and Zhu Shao's provocation of the barbarians.

Because Zhou Yu didn't hide anything from him.

On the contrary, Zhou Yu told him that since his eldest brother was a Marquis of Wu awarded by the imperial court, a rebel general, and responsible for killing on the battlefield, then he, Sun Quan, should be responsible for ensuring logistics and people's livelihood.

The benefits of Chu paper make everyone jealous. Even now... Zhang Zhi and others can make a lot of money.

Therefore, he felt that Zhou Yu was right.

Anything that is conducive to their development in Jiangdong is good.

When he came to Jingzhou this time, he also wanted to see with his own eyes where the wealth in Jingzhou lies.

Lu Su didn't know this, so he just led the people to the county seat.

When they arrived at the gate of the county town, another interrogation was conducted, and then the county soldiers told them, "Don't wander around after entering the county town. If you want to buy some Chu paper and books for sale, you should give up the idea as soon as possible."

Lu Su smiled and nodded, then took a dime of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it secretly, "This little brother, can you tell me? My two brothers are from Changsha County and don't know much about the rules of our county.

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"The Chu paper and books have been handed over to various aristocratic families as agents. If you two want to sell these two items, you need to negotiate with the aristocratic families who have agency rights." The county soldier guarding the gate took them over calmly and explained seriously.

He got up and said, "But Chu'an County is the fiefdom of Chu Anjun, and the business it can do is not just Chu paper."

"Please let me know, little brother." Lu Su listened carefully.

"Businesses such as cloth, dried fruits, dried meat, and salt can all be considered. Of course, the most popular business in the county currently is the loom business."

"Loom?"

"Yes, the queen's cousin has improved the original loom. Now he wants to sell it. It's not expensive. A loom only costs 30,000 yuan."

"Thank you." Lu Su nodded, and then he saw the county soldier checking their convoy's luggage and said to the county soldier just now, "They can bring at most one carriage into the city, and the rest have to stay outside the city.

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"Why?" Next to him, Sun Quan couldn't help but ask.

"The county is narrow and there have been more businessmen doing business in the county in the past two years. If there are no restrictions, conflicts will easily occur."

Lu Su smiled and nodded, "In that case, the carriage and horse I'm waiting for are left outside the city... what should I do?"

"Did you see the gentleman writing on the left?"

"I saw it."

"That's the gentleman at the depository office of Xinghan Trading Company. Go to him, pay the deposit and the corresponding fees, and the carriage, horse and luggage can be left outside the city. There will be a special person to guard it, and he will issue a document for you. At that time, you can

Just go to the city gate with the document and pick up your carriage, horse and luggage."

"What if I make a mistake while waiting for the carriage and horse?" Sun Quan frowned.

"Hey, you young man has quite a bad temper." The county soldier laughed, "According to the items recorded in the documents, we will compensate you according to the price."

Lu Su then nodded, this method can really alleviate the problem of too many cars and horses in the county, "Thank you very much."

"Brother, are you going to check in?"

"Of course." Lu Su looked at their several carriages and nodded.

Soon, I got the deposited documents. I squinted my eyes when I saw the strange symbols and seals on it. This was... quite strange. Even if I wanted to counterfeit it, it seemed difficult.

"Let's go into the city."

When I saw the situation in the city, I found that there was a steady flow of people, the streets were clean, and there were signboards for different streets.

Faintly, they could still hear the discussions among the people here.

"Hey, have you heard that at the lantern festival at Nujun Village on the first night of the Lunar New Year, there was a handsome man who was very good at archery! Several families are chasing their daughters to marry him!"

"That's nothing new! The lantern festival has been going on for more than ten days now. I heard that the lantern festival on the 15th is even more interesting! It is said that the long lantern will dance all the way into the county seat!"

"Ah? When was the news?"

"It was released together with the Lantern Festival. You must have not heard everything!"

"Hey...that notice is written in dense words, and the little old man can't read!"

"Hahaha!"

Lu Su listened attentively for a while, also curious, but he did not stop.

The side they entered the city was towards the west city, and occasionally people could be seen carrying farm tools out of the city.

Walking further inside, we saw the market.

There aren't many customers in the shops on both sides, but there are still some in twos and threes.

So Lu Su sent someone to ask for news about the loom. Of course, he asked about a cloth shop.

Not long after, I got the news that if you want to buy a loom, the store can help guide you, but the store will need to extract a certain amount of hard work fees.

Lu Su narrowed his eyes. In Chu'an County, the status of businessmen is not low.

But when I think about it, it is true that these things in Chu'an County are in high demand outside. It is normal for the businessmen here to make some money from them.

"Go and ask if you want to sell Chu paper?"

"promise."

Not long after, the servant reported back, "In Jingzhou, medium-grade Chu paper costs 5 yuan, and fine paper costs 10 yuan. This price is the same in any shop, but if you want to get it at a lower price... I'm afraid it won't work."

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Comparing the two, Lu Su immediately understood that the lady was probably behind the loom.

Otherwise, these shops in the county would not be so helpful.

"Let's find a guest house first."

"promise."

Sun Quan looked at Lu Su and said, "Brother, I'll go to the cloth shop and ask. If possible, I'll see what this loom looks like."

"That's fine." Lu Su nodded.

Since they came to Chu'an, they had to bring some things back.

If this loom is really better than the traditional one, then it will be profitable to take it back, and you won’t have to worry about not having a wealthy family to buy it.

In this way, their identities... can be better hidden.

Afterwards, Lu Su took his people to find a guest house, and sent someone to inform Sun Quan, and he finally settled down for the time being.
To be continued...