The next day, Li Qing found the grocery store early in the morning. It was the largest shop in Yilong County. Just under the Libidock Bridge, there was a self-built wharf. Several semi-new cargo ships were undulating with the waves, and walked up and down the stone steps from the embankment for more than ten steps. Suddenly, there were three bright shops. A flagpole was erected high in front of the store. The black-edged flag flags fluttered in the wind, and the five big words "Wang Ji Grocery Store" were written on it. When Li Qing came into the store, he saw three shops running through the front and back, displaying various items, from clothes, shoes and hats to hoes and iron rakes, everything was available. More than a dozen farmers were choosing farm tools, noisy, and the sound was soaring into the sky, almost shaking the roof.

Seeing that the waiter was busy, Li Qing started searching for it himself, but after searching it three times, there was everything here, but he didn't see the saltpeter he wanted.

The shopkeeper who was settled on the counter saw that he had worked hard, threw down his account book and greeted him and said with a smile: "What do the guest wants to buy? Some of our things are in the warehouse and cannot be put here."

Li Qingzheng was disappointed. After hearing what the shopkeeper said, he felt a little hope and said anxiously, "I want to buy some saltpeter, I wonder if you have one here?"

"Saltpe?" the shopkeeper shook his head and said, "The guest doesn't know what the guest usually wants. We only enter what the customer wants. This shop opens itself, and no one wants to buy any saltpeter, so he never enters it. The guest's request is really hard for me."

"Then I'll go to another store to check it out."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "You can't buy it from my store, and you can't buy it from other stores."

"Why is this?"

"There are several stores selling daily necessities in Yilong County that are owned by my owner. The goods purchased are the same. It is just for everyone's convenience that I have opened several stores in the city. I don't have them here, and naturally there aren't any other places."

"Superchain chain!" This word suddenly popped up in Li Qing's mind, unified purchase and unified sales. Isn't this the prototype of a supermarket chain? He suddenly thought of Sam Walton, the world's richest man who founded the Walmart Kingdom, which also gradually developed in a small town in Arkansas? Why didn't he establish such a commercial kingdom in the Tang Dynasty? Thinking of this, Li Qing was in a state of excitement, and a strange look emanated in his eyes. He stared at the flags blankly, as if he was crazy.

"Guesthouse? Guesthouse!" The shopkeeper saw that the person's face was red and white, and he looked at the banner in a daze, muttering in his heart: "Is this person sick?"

Li Qing suddenly came to his senses and smiled apologetically: "I just thought of something, I lost my composure! Shopkeeper, do you know where to buy saltpeter?" It's too far to open a supermarket, and it's urgent to make the ice first and earn the first pot of gold.

The shopkeeper thought about it and said, "I probably don't have it in the state either. I'm afraid I'll have to go to Chengdu Prefecture, or the guest keeps some deposit. I'll find a way to buy it for the guest, which may be a bit more expensive."

Li Qing was overjoyed: "It doesn't matter if the price is more expensive, but how much time will it take to get the goods?"

The shopkeeper pondered for a moment and said with two fingers: "Two months, two months later, the guest can come to the store to pick up the goods. If not, I can double the deposit."

"Two months!" Li Qing cried out in vain. By then, the weather was getting cold, so why are you selling ice?

He walked out of the store dejectedly, and finally thought of ways to make money, but without raw materials, it is hard to cook without rice. Without saltpeter, he can't make ice, and he can't make money. How could he open a supermarket? Everything is linked together. If you want to untie this knot, it seems that you have to go to Chengdu first, but Chengdu is a big city! Is this little capital enough? He suddenly felt a little timid in his heart.

Suddenly, he slapped himself hard, "You're afraid of nothing! You've lived more than a thousand years than them. Have you ever been in the sky and through the ground. Have they ever sat there? You know five hundred years and five hundred years. Do they know?"

Li Qing looked up at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and felt a sense of pride in his chest and abdomen. He took two steps back, roared, and rushed to the farewell bridge in one breath, which attracted everyone to look at him. A few who knew him whispered: "He is the lottery drawer who was captured by the government, pitiful! It's like this when it is released, alas!" Everyone shook their heads, and they sighed at the darkness of the government.

Li Qing rushed down the bridge like a gust of wind. Suddenly, he saw a few yamen runners on the corner of the street. He suddenly remembered something. He had promised to give the lottery to the prison head. He had already written it last night and took it with him, but he could give it to him along the way. Yilong County was small. Li Qing only turned a corner and saw a place that he would never forget in his life.

When Wang Yutou heard him come, he smiled and greeted him. His two greasy hands rubbed hard on his body. Then he happily took the lottery secret handed over by Li Qing. He turned over two pages casually, and his eyes slowly shone out. His expression seemed to have won a prize of 5 million, and his mouth seemed to have three white eggs stuffed into his mouth, so he couldn't close his joy.

"Young Master is really a believer. He gave me such a way to make a lot of money, which made me unable to repay. I won't boast about it elsewhere. There is nothing I can't do in Yilong County. If you have any difficulties, just tell me." Since he got the secret, he never mentioned cooperation again.

Li Qing sneered secretly: "The toad yawned, it was such a big tone. Do you know where there is saltpeter?" Then he asked casually: "Can Wang Zhutou know where there is saltpeter in this county?"

"Saltpeter?"

Li Qing said lightly: "It's saltpeter. I want to make saltpeter from Huoyao. I can't buy it in this county, so I'm going to buy it in Chengdu."

I just wanted to scatter his tone and let him know that there was something he could not do in Yilong County, but the head of Wang Zhutou laughed and said, "If you ask other things, I may not know, but saltpeter, but I know where there is saltpeter in this county, and it is pure saltpeter."

"Do you take this seriously?" Li Qing couldn't help but be overjoyed. He was so excited that he had searched everywhere without any effort. He didn't even look for it. He asked inadvertently. He grabbed his clothes and asked anxiously: "Where is it? Tell me quickly!"

Wang Zuotou glanced at Li Qing's hand and smiled and said, "It's nearby, why don't I take the young master there?"

Li Qing let go and smiled apologetically.

The two walked along the river. Wang Zhuo said as he walked, "There was a craftsman who was a fire-making man in the prison. He was originally from Yinping County. Later, he moved to Yilong County to change to a small business. He was arrested for tax aid. I searched for him last month. I saw with my own eyes that there were a lot of refined salt. His wife wanted to use these salts to offset taxes, but the master refused. After a month, I don't know if she sold it?"

The last sentence of the prison head raised Li Qing's heart again. He closed his hands in a hurry and prayed in a low voice: "The Bodhisattva bless me! I hope the salt will still be there."
Chapter completed!