Chapter Seventy-Three: Transaction

  "Luó girl, how did you come?"

  He walked forward with a faint smile on his face.

  Gentle as water, her gaze fell on Zhao Ji, and Luo Qiushui smiled slyly, saying: "What's wrong, Brother Zhao doesn't welcome little sister?"

  "Haha, no way, I'm thrilled that Miss Luo can come, I wouldn't dare be unwelcoming."

  Zhao burst out laughing.

  After listening to Zhao Ji's words, Luo Qiushui just smiled and didn't delve into the truth or falsehood of his words. She pretended to be serious and said: "Brother Zhao, I came to Zengjiacun not only to see you, but also to do business and open a trade route from Sifang City to Zengjiacun."

  As soon as this was said, Zhao Ji's eyes widened in disbelief and he asked: "Luo Niang, aren't you teasing me? What benefits can be gained from a small village like Zengjiacun? If it were about opening up the trade route from Sifang City to Qiaomu Town, that would make sense. But coming all the way to Zengjiacun, aren't you afraid of doing business at a loss?"

  "Heh heh, going to Qiaomu Town's business road was already in my plans, ten days ago, when you met us that one time, I had just gone to Qiaomu Town and was on the way back to Sifang City."

  Luo Qiushui smiled lightly and explained, "It just so happens that Zengjiavillage is not far from Qiaomu Town. Since the merchant group has already arrived at Qiaomu Town, and Brother Zhao lives in Zengjiavillage, I shouldn't come here, or it would seem somewhat unjustifiable."

  "You've come, it's good, what goods have you brought, let the villagers take a look and see if they need them."

  After chatting for a couple of sentences, Zhao Ji got down to business.

  "Alright, I'll go make arrangements."

  Don't look at Luo Qiu Shui's young age, in business, he is very skilled. One by one, the commands were given out, and the members of the merchant group quickly brought out the goods they had brought this time.

  It can be seen that Luo Qiushui has considered the specific situation of Zengjiacun, and the goods he brought are mostly some daily necessities commonly used by farmers, such as salt, knives and pots.

  These daily necessities are indeed useful, and every household in the village has bought some, including Ding Dian's family.

  Apart from these things, there are also some weapons such as swords, spears and bows and arrows. If in the past, villagers might not be too interested in these, after all, every household has hunting tools, which are not very useful for those blades.

  However, when Zhao Ji opened a school in the village to teach martial arts, the trend of learning martial arts became quite popular, and all villagers who could move would come to learn a few tricks.

  In addition, whether it was Luo Qiushui's intention or not, the prices of goods were generally low, and weapons were even cheaper than in Qiaomu Town by more than half. As a result, many villagers made purchases.

  "Zhao big brother, the goods I brought this time are still quite complete. Don't you want to buy anything? I can give you a discount."

  After settling everything, Zhao was excitedly watching the trading scene, but didn't buy anything. Luo Qiushui couldn't help but say in a low voice.

  "I don't have anything I must buy, oh, right, do you have pen, ink, paper and inkstone here?"

  A sudden flash of inspiration in his mind, Zhao Ji asked.

  The village lacks paper and pen, it's often inconvenient. Although there is Zhao Ji's invention of chalk and blackboard, it's still not enough. If there were brush, ink, paper and inkstone, it would be more perfect.

  "Ink brush paper inkstone, I have some with me, just not many, Brother Zhao, please follow me, and I'll show them to you."

  Luo Qiushui smiled at Zhao Ji and turned around to lead the way for him.

  Before a horse carriage, Luo Qiushui searched inside and soon found two stone inkstones, several brushes, several pieces of ink sticks and a stack of paper at the bottom of the carriage.

  Luo Qiushui mentioned that there were not many ink, paper and brushes, and indeed there were not many. Zhao Ji casually flipped through them twice, then nodded and said: "I want all of these, how much silver do I need?"

  "These things aren't good stuff anyway, just consider them a gift to Big Brother Zhao. Next time I come, I'll bring you a better set of pen, ink and paper."

  Lu Qiushui waved her hand and said with great momentum.

  "This isn't good, is it?"

  Zhao slightly furrowed his brow and said.

  "There's nothing wrong with it, these ink brushes and paper are of poor quality, they're not even worth two cents, let's just consider them a reunion gift for us meeting again."

  Looking at Zhao Ji, Luo Qiu Shui said firmly, then smiled and revealed her teeth, making the beauty of a hundred flowers pale in comparison.

  "Compared to this small gift of mine, Big Brother Zhao is the one with a generous hand, dozens of horses just casually left at my place, without even thinking of taking them back."

  Ten days ago, Zhao Ji brought a strong force and single-handedly killed dozens of Wind Chasers with his sword, obtaining dozens of horses. Currently, they are all being kept at the Luo residence. On that day, he left in a hurry and didn't bring them along.

  As Zhao Ji knew, on the Turtle God Island, the price of horses was generally not low, and dozens of horses were easily discarded. Zhao Ji also felt a bit painful.

  At this time, Luo Qiushui took the initiative to mention it. Zhao Ji saw a glimmer of hope to recover some losses and couldn't help but propose: "Hehe, I was in such a hurry that day, I didn't have time to deal with it. How about this? Those horses, Miss Luo can sell them on my behalf, and ten of the horses will be your commission, what do you think?"

  "Zhang is really generous, but we are all friends, you are still my lifesaver, the benefactor of Luo's family, how can I take your commission?"

  Luo Qiushui slightly shook her head, took out a purse from her bosom and handed it to Zhao Ji while smiling: "Brother Zhao, here is the money for those horses. I've already taken care of it."

  Several dozen ordinary horses, worth several hundred taels of silver, were nothing in Luo Qiushui's eyes. He handed over the silver to Zhao Ji and didn't need him to worry about what to do with those horses.

  "It turns out that Luo Niang had already thought of it for me, thank you so much."

  Overjoyed, Zhao Ji took over the money bag.

  Gradually coming into contact with the outside world, many places need to use gold and silver. It just so happens that Zhao Ji is short of money, and this delivered gold he will not refuse. Besides, this is what he deserves anyway.

  The money bag was in his hands, and it felt a bit heavy. He gently shook it, and a crisp and pleasant sound of "ding ding dong" rang out beside his ear, making his mood suddenly much better.

  Opening his pouch and taking a look inside, he saw tens of glittering gold coins shining with dazzling light, Zhao Ji's mood became even better.

  "Oh, right, I just heard you say that you'll be coming over again in the future, huh."

  Suddenly thought of something, Zhao Ji asked.

  "Yes, Zengjia Village has been included in the route of our merchant team. In about ten days or half a month, we will come over once. Even if I don't come personally, there will be others who will lead the team to come."

  Luo Qiushui nodded definitely.

  "Really? Next time the Luo family's merchant caravan comes by, I wonder if they can help me bring a few horses. The village is really lacking in means of transportation."

  Zhao said with great anticipation.

  Thinking that the village would inevitably have more contact with the outside world in the future, and maybe even more so, without horses to ride, there were many inconveniences, so Zhao Ji thought of making arrangements ahead of time.