After Li Mengxi arrived in the hinterland of Luoyang, he knew that the city of Luoyang was very close. He waited for nine days, until everything was ready, until Zhang Fei made all the arrangements, until all the thousands of elite soldiers were in place, and until all the dozens of villages and counties around Luoyang City were ready.

Being held hostage, when a huge siege network around Luoyang was silently formed, when troops could start a riot at any time, and when Luoyang could be attacked and destroyed at any time, when all these preparations were completed, Li Mengxi, with full arrogance,

He took the escort and convoy to Luoyang.

Don't be afraid of danger anymore. Once there is danger, it should not be Li who is afraid, but the court. If something happens to Li, the entire Han Dynasty in Luoyang City will be buried with him.

In less than half a day, we arrived outside Luoyang City.

Luoyang City, the center of the Han Dynasty, was indeed a huge city. Its walls were eight or nine feet high or more than ten feet high. It was so high that the top could not be seen. Li Mengxi saw the moat of Luoyang City and saw soldiers rowing boats in the moat.

After fishing for water and grass, Li Mengxi said to himself, this is called a moat. The moat is really as wide as a river.

When they arrived at the city, the crowds were bustling and lively. Li Mengxi mixed in with the crowds and followed them into Luoyang City.

As soon as they entered the city, Xizuo, who had been guarding the city gate for a long time, saw Li Mengxi, and they immediately came up to contact him.

When they arrived at the secret place, Li Mengxi asked Captain Xizuo, "Where is our store?"

"In Changlefang East Alley."

"lead the way."

Changlefang, Dongxiang, Julu Commercial Store, there were many people crowded in front of the commercial store.

People came to Julu Shopping Mall as soon as dawn today to buy things. From early morning to now, people have been coming to the door.

The vast majority of people came to buy paper, a small number of people came to buy wine, and some wanted to buy ancient utensils. However, whether it was paper, wine, or bronze utensils, they had long been sold out. Even so, people came to ask questions every day.

, the popularity of Julu paper is evident.

Li Mengxi arrived at Changlefang and walked all the way. Some of the shops he saw along the way were deserted and some were lively. Suddenly, an overly lively shop appeared in front of him.

I didn't know what was being sold there, but a crowd of people gathered in front of the store. The shop was blocked by so many people, and I could only see the shopkeeper's head dangling in the crowd.

Li Mengxi was extremely curious. He wondered what kind of place this place selling things could be so busy.

When we got closer, the person leading the way said that this was our store, Julu Store.

Li Mengxi was stunned, it turned out to be his own shop.

Seeing that there were so many customers coming to the door and the shopkeeper was really busy, Li Mengxi ordered the guards to inform the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was busy appeasing the customers. Those who came to buy paper were either rich or noble. He couldn't afford to offend anyone and had to say good things to everyone. The shopkeeper smiled at each one and smiled at that one. He was very busy.

Suddenly someone squeezed in. The man walked up to the shopkeeper, pulled the shopkeeper aside and whispered a few words. When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes lit up, and he quickly tiptoed to look outside. When he saw Li Mengxi standing outside, his face suddenly revealed.

laugh.

After he apologized to the guests, the shopkeeper hurriedly came out to greet him.

There were many people outside. The shopkeeper directly led Li Mengxi into the store. Those who were buying paper saw shopkeeper Tian Da nodding and bowing to lead the way for a young man. In a blink of an eye, the young man entered. No one saw his face clearly. Everyone was thinking, what is this?

It is estimated that the young owner of the store is here.

When we arrived at the guesthouse, the shopkeeper hurriedly wanted to prepare the food and drinks, but Li Mengxi stopped him.

He asked the shopkeeper to show him the layout of the store, the warehouse and other places. After walking around for a while, he asked about the business situation. The shopkeeper said that since Jian Yong and Jian Xianhe left, all the goods left behind have been sold out.

More than 6.8 million yuan.

In just a few months, Li Mengxi was surprised to see so much money from sales. He smiled and praised the shopkeeper for a while, and then said angrily, "I rely on you to take care of everything in Luoyang. You should use the money to do things like that."

You can spend as much as you want and take as much as you need. It's up to you, the shopkeeper, to make the decision. Don't be afraid to spend it.

Also, brothers have come all the way here, don’t be harsh on food, drink, housing and transportation, spend the money you earn, don’t cut out the food and wine, eat what you need and drink what you need, don’t save it for me!”

When Li Mengxi said these personal words, the shopkeeper was deeply moved. Although Li Mengxi told the brothers in the merchant shop to spend as much as they wanted without scrimping, when he said this, the shopkeeper was even more reluctant to spend recklessly.

When the conversation was almost over, Li Mengxi stood up and left, walking to the yard. Li Mengxi looked around, especially looking at the ground. He saw that the yard was very clean, there was not a single fallen leaf on the ground, and there was still a white gray color on the ground.

There were traces of lime being sprinkled on it, and Li Mengxi intuitively felt that the store was well run.

Li Mengxi had his own method of judgment. It is said that during World War II, a naval officer of a certain country inspected a Qing warship. The officer put on white gloves and touched the cannon. He felt oil on his hand. From this, the officer concluded that the Qing navy was incompetent.

hit.

The level is visible in every detail.

Li Mengxi saw that the yard was extremely clean and tidy. From this, he could tell that the store was in good running condition. If it was not running in a good condition, the guys would be negligent of their duties today and drunk tomorrow. If this was the case,

Depending on your state, you may be able to do big things, but you will definitely not be able to take care of extremely unimportant things like sweeping the floor. On the contrary, if you can even take care of trivial tasks like sweeping the floor, then you will definitely do better on big things.

Li Mengxi judged the operating status of the store at a glance. He smiled at the shopkeeper who was following him and said, "Okay, seeing that you are very busy, I won't bother you. This time I will bring three hundred carts of paper.

It’s enough to sell for a while.”

After working for a long time, the goods were put into the warehouse, and Li Mengxi left the store. The shopkeeper sent Li Mengxi away respectfully. When others saw him, they inevitably asked curious questions.

The shopkeeper just said it was Julu Lai's boss and didn't say a word when asked.

Finally, there was paper, and the clerks moved out piles of white paper, and sales immediately reached a fever pitch.

Let’s talk about Li Mengxi. After Li Mengxi delivered the goods, he took the people and continued to wander around.

The prosperity of Luoyang is unparalleled elsewhere. In Li Mengxi's eyes, Luoyang City, as the cultural, technological and material center of the Han Dynasty, is full of treasures.

Li Mengxi wandered to the vegetable market. Nobles could avoid the messy market, but Li Mengxi was very interested. What could he find in the vegetable market? Vegetables, various crop seeds, and various poultry and livestock could be found.

Not far into the vegetable market, Li Mengxi saw many kinds of chickens, some with white feathers, some with flower feathers, some with yellow feathers, and some with gray feathers. There were no less than seven or eight kinds of chickens.

When Li Mengxi saw so many colorful chickens, he couldn't hide his smile.

Luoyang is indeed a great place, but you can’t find so many types of poultry in Julu. Julu doesn’t have enough poultry, so it’s impossible to choose a poultry that lays eggs the fastest or grows meat the fastest. Julu’s poultry

The breeding industry will not be able to achieve maximum efficiency.

Now it's settled, Luoyang is really rich, with all kinds of poultry.

Li Mengxi bought every kind of chickens, ducks and geese he saw. After buying them, he handed them to the guards and asked them to take them back.

Li Mengxi had a way of clearing out the vegetable market. When the vendors saw it, they all gathered around to sell their chickens and ducks.

If you want to breed chickens and ducks, each population must be at least several hundred in size. In addition, you have to resist risks. If you encounter bird flu, a large number of them will die, so it is not necessarily necessary to buy a thousand of one species.

enough.

There are at least twenty or thirty kinds of chickens and ducks in the wet market. If you buy 300 of each kind, that means a total of nearly 10,000 chickens and ducks.

Li Mengxi was shopping there, and a hawker came over and asked Li Mengxi if he wanted more. If he wanted it, he still had it at home, and he would bring it over soon.

Li Mengxi found a high place and said to the whole market, "Everyone, listen to me.

I will be staying in Luoyang for many days. If you have any chickens or ducks at home, you can sell them to me.

I don’t want too many ordinary chickens and ducks. If anyone has the same kind, I’ll buy them at a high price.

Remember, the rarer you plant different species, the better!”

After shouting, Li Mengxi saw many vendors who had sold chickens and ducks leaving in a hurry.

In a short period of time, after spending a lot of money and buying no less than a thousand poultry, Li Mengxi continued to wander around.

Going down, he saw people selling turtles, eels, and turtles, all kinds of things.

While wandering around, Li Mengxi discovered three types of turtles and two types of soft-shell turtles.

Is it necessary to keep turtles and turtles? Li Mengxi couldn't help but wonder, maybe it is necessary, at least they can be eaten.

After thinking for a while, Li Mengxi made a decision. He was going to buy some turtles, dig a hole to raise them, and stew the turtles for dinner every now and then.

In the vegetable market, Li Mengxi also found rabbits, badgers, and all kinds of game. What's even more valuable is that many of the wild animals were alive.

Li Mengxi bought four live deer, a live deer, badgers, foxes, and weasels. The most expensive thing was a chubby little bear, which cost 30,000 yuan.

While buying these living animals, Li Mengxi told the vendors that if there were any more living animals to bring, they could take as many as they wanted.

Deer may have some breeding value, deer have some medicinal value, foxes and weasels also seem to have medicinal value, and puppies and bears have not only medicinal value but also combat value.

In [Animal Warfare], the urine of tigers and leopards is used to scare enemy war horses and livestock. The urine of ferocious beasts is definitely useful, but for such a long time, no live ferocious beasts have been caught.

Buy a little bear, take it back and raise it, fill it with sugary water to make it pee a lot, collect the bear urine and store it, and bring two bottles of bear urine with you when fighting. The function of bear urine is to go to the camp when setting up camp.

Sprinkling it in a circle can scare away wolves, insects, tigers and leopards. If you sprinkle more bear urine on the road when retreating, the enemy's horses may be frightened.

Li Mengxi couldn't find the monkey he was longing for. Monkeys have an irreplaceable role. You can buy monkeys to test medicine, but after looking around, there was no monkey for sale.

In other cities in other places, monkeys are hard to come by, but here is Luoyang. In this huge city of Luoyang, you can buy wolves, insects, tigers and leopards.

Li Mengxi walked to the stall, paid a large deposit, and told the vendors to buy live monkeys at a high price.

It is expected that the benefits are exciting and high enough, and it is estimated that a large number of monkeys will gather in Luoyang City in the next few days.

After visiting the vegetable market, Li Mengxi wanted to visit places like silk workshops, carpentry workshops, and ironware workshops as his next stop.

Luoyang is the place where Han technology is most concentrated, and all the most advanced technology of Han Dynasty is here. A visit is a must.

On the way to the Silk Village, Li Mengxi accidentally met a pair of men playing tricks. The old man was lame. He was holding a monkey and making it do somersaults. On the side was a dirty little boy squatting.

The doll, the little doll is holding a little monkey in its arms and feeding the little monkey beans.

Li Mengxi squeezed in and watched for a while. He found it interesting. He saw the two men in rags and rags. The old man was carrying a broken basket and wanted to collect some money. Others avoided him and refused to give them a penny. It looked a bit pitiful.

The old man put the basket in front of Li Mengxi. He smiled honestly and looked embarrassed.
To be continued...