Chapter 172 Meeting an acquaintance
Su Ying looked at the crowds coming in and out of the checkpoint and said, "I'll go in and take a look. You guys wait outside the gate."
When Hu Wei heard this, his face changed slightly, "Madam Su, there are several thousand soldiers guarding this pass, you can't act impulsively."
The corners of Su Ying's eyes twitched. He thought she was going to force her way in.
"I won't force my way in. I'll find a way to get in."
Hu Wei wanted to ask Su Ying if she had any solution, but in the blink of an eye Su Ying had already walked towards the checkpoint.
She looked at the carriages lined up to enter, and slipped under the carriages when no one was paying attention.
Hu Wei saw Su Ying hiding under the carriage from afar, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He hurried forward to stop her, but it was too late. The carriage started and drove to the soldiers guarding the pass.
The soldiers came to the front of the car to question him, and then began to check around the car. When Hu Wei saw the soldiers squatting down to check the bottom of the car, he clenched his fists, fearing that...
But what he didn't expect was that after checking under the carriage, the officers and soldiers stood up and let the carriage go in as if they saw nothing.
Hu Wei was amazed. He had tried to pass through the customs in this way before, but the officers and soldiers here checked very strictly and immediately found him hiding under the car. If he had not run fast enough that time, he would have been caught.
He didn't understand how Su Ying had managed to hide and avoid the search by the officers and soldiers.
Hu Wei certainly would not have thought that Su Ying slipped into the space when the officers and soldiers came to check, and she came out again when the time was almost right, thus successfully escaping the officers and soldiers' search.
The carriage soon arrived inside the pass, but it was still some distance away from the inner city market.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Ying finally felt that the surrounding environment was becoming lively, with pedestrians and shouting becoming more frequent.
As the carriage passed through a quiet street, she let go of her hand and moved away from under the carriage.
Su Ying stood up from the ground, dusted herself off, looked around, and walked out onto the street.
Because this is the town closest to the border, people from all over the world are here and the business is very prosperous. Although the streets and shops are not exquisite and grand, there is a large flow of people.
Su Ying stopped a passerby and asked where the rice and flour shop was, then went there.
"Don't run, you little thief!"
Su Ying was walking on the street when a man ran towards her in a hurry, and another person was chasing him madly behind him.
Seeing the man running towards Su Ying, she slowly stretched out her foot and tripped him.
"ah!"
The man fell hard to the ground!
The people chasing him took the opportunity to catch up and grabbed the man on the ground and started beating him up, "You bastard, you dare to steal my purse, I'll beat you to death!"
"Please spare my life, sir. Please spare my life. I will never dare to do it again. I will never dare to do it again."
The person whose things were robbed got back his purse and was about to hand the robber over to the authorities when the robber ran away.
"You little bastard, if I see you again next time, I will beat you to death!" The man turned to look at Su Ying, and his gaze met Su Ying's. After a moment of stunned expression, a look of surprise appeared on the other person's face.
"Madam Su?"
Su Ying recognized Zhang Liang when he chased after her, "Master Zhang."
Zhang Liang didn't expect to meet Su Ying again in his lifetime. He was very excited, but when he thought of Su Ying's identity, he took her to a private room in a restaurant.
"Madam Su, you helped me again today. I am really grateful."
In fact, there was not much silver in his purse. What was important was his seal, which was as important to a businessman as the official seal of the government. If it was lost, he would be very afraid of someone impersonating him.
Su Ying didn't expect to meet Zhang Liang here. "Didn't you settle in Zhuzhou City before? Why did you come here?"
Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Indeed, I have settled down in Zhuzhou City. My friend in Zhuzhou told me that there are business opportunities here, so I followed him to take a look."
Su Ying remembered that Zhang Liang was in the rice business. What kind of business opportunities could there be in this ghost place?
Seeing Su Ying's confusion, Zhang Liang explained, "Madam Su, you don't know. I have a good friend who knows astronomy and geography. Every year, he can accurately predict weather changes by observing the sky, where there will be droughts and where there will be floods. He said a while ago that this year will be a cold winter, much colder than in the past, so he asked me to stock up on charcoal now when I have the chance and sell it when the demand comes."
"Is charcoal abundant here?"
"Yes, this place has lush trees and a suitable climate, which is the best time to make charcoal. A lot of the silver charcoal from Chu was shipped back from here."
Su Ying really didn’t know this.
But he wanted to buy charcoal, which was exactly what she wanted. "I just made a batch of charcoal. I wonder if Mr. Zhang would buy it?"
Zhang Liang was now very curious about Su Ying's departure. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Has Madam Su been inside the pass?"
Su Ying shook her head. "No, I have already arrived in the northern wilderness. But in order to survive, I have to find a way to feed myself. So I figured out how to make charcoal. I will take it outside the customs to sell today. But there are not many people doing business outside the customs, so I will try to come in and take a look."
Zhang Liang did not ask how Su Ying got in, but only said, "I wonder where Madam Su's charcoal is. Can you take it down to have a look?"
"Outside the pass."
"Then Madam Su, please wait here for a moment. I will go and tell my friend and then go out with Madam Su to see what's going on. I will be back in half an hour at most."
"good."
As soon as Zhang Liang left, Su Ying followed him out. She wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to replenish supplies as much as possible.
Su Ying went to the rice shop and asked about the price of rice and flour.
"This rice is eight copper coins per pound, and coarse grains are only five copper coins per pound. Which one do you want?" The rice shop clerk came out and greeted enthusiastically.
"Do you want more or less?"
"How much do you want?"
"All of it, including your stock, and Chenmi too."
The waiter was stunned. He thought she was a housewife, but she turned out to be a big customer. The waiter did not dare to neglect her and quickly called out the boss in the backyard.
The boss had obviously never encountered such a thing before, and he ran all the way out, fearing that he would miss it. "Little lady, how much do you want?"
"How many do you have?"
"Hey, our store has quite a lot of stock. We have 500 kilograms of rice, 200 kilograms of coarse grains, and two bags of aged rice. Look at this..."
"Give me the lowest price and I'll take them all."
"You...really want it?"
Su Ying directly put a small piece of gold on the counter and said, "I really want it."
The boss' eyes widened when he saw the gold. "I'll give you one copper coin less per pound. No more talk."
Su Ying felt that the price was acceptable to her, so she bought them all with a wave of her hand.
(End of this chapter)
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