"Since you two sisters and brothers are going to the capital together, the things to prepare are more complicated, don't go out these days, go to the warehouse to pick up some things that can be used, those silk and jewelry, etc., you have to worry about it." You just have to exchange some gold and silver, and when you go out, no jewelry is as good as gold and silver. However, it is not easy to take the gold and silver too heavy, and the silver ticket is still safe and convenient. It's a pity that our money in Xiliangcheng is not big enough, I'm afraid that we can't redeem more silver tickets, so you still have to find two reliable people to run and go to Suzhou to exchange huàn dragon head silver tickets with you to be insured. As long as you have a silver ticket on your body, what silk jewelry can't be bought in the imperial capital? Ye said chatteringly.

"Got it, isn't it just to prepare more silver tickets? Don't worry, I can't do it, but I will definitely be able to do it. I'm going to Suzhou today, and you can say how many silver tickets you want to redeem. Rong Zhao said.

Ye Shi turned his head and ordered the personal maid: "Bring it." ”

The maid agreed, turned around and went to the closet to take out a mahogany carved box and put it in front of Rong Zhao.

"This is for my mother's little self-esteem, and any thing can be exchanged for at least a thousand taels of silver. If you take it, this box of things will be at least sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver. Ye Shi said, sighed lightly, and said, "Counting it, this money is not much." It's just that you have a thousand miles to go to Beijing, and it's not safe to bring too much money with you. Let's do this first, and then I'll make a detailed plan for you two brothers and sisters. ”

Rong Zhao inhaled secretly when he heard this, thinking to himself that this old lady is not obvious, but she is so rich? It's sixty or seventy thousand taels casually, is it too little? What is the concept of these 60,000 or 70,000 taels of gold? Less than 30 years after the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, the western Xinjiang is a continuous war, a total of more than 36,000 people died on the battlefield, a while ago Rong Zhao secretly glanced at the account book in his father's study, the soldiers below the commander of a thousand soldiers have a life of one to three taels of silver, so the pension in his father's hands to the deceased is only more than 700,000 taels of silver. And their own mother is two or three thousand lives at will! It seems that he really underestimated her on weekdays.

Rong Zhao opened the mahogany box, but saw that there were dozens of jade jewels inside, and sure enough, all of them were superb. Rong Zhao casually picked up an emerald ring and looked at it carefully, and praised: "Such a good thing, mother, are you willing to exchange it for silver?" If this is done, I am afraid that no matter how much I spend thirty percent of the silver, I will not be able to get it back. ”

Ye Shi smiled indifferently and said: "Silver money is just a thing outside the body, it is not brought to life or death, it is just for human use!" Now that your brothers and sisters are entering Beijing, these things are not easy to carry, and it is more convenient to exchange them for silver tickets. ”

"But don't you leave a few things for your sister as a souvenir?" Rong Zhao put down the emerald ring and picked up a purple jade bracelet, the more he looked at it, the more reluctant he became, and he silently thought about how to leave this thing behind.

"For your sister, I've kept it. These are not excellent goods, so you can just exchange them for gold and silver. Ye said and glanced at Rong Yue next to him lovingly.

Rong Zhao secretly took a breath of cold air, thinking to himself that these are not excellent goods? It seems that my mother is really hidden! On the surface, he seemed to be sick and wanted to be bullied to death by the lord of Linyang, and with a handful of tears, he killed his father's heart bolt, needless to say, but he was still rich behind his back!

This is the real master! The county lord of Xiangdong Courtyard who only knows how to show off his martial arts every day is a hair! Rong Zhao secretly sighed and said goodbye to the Ye family and Rong Yue, holding this box of jewelry and jewelry, and went back to his room to change his clothes and pick up his entourage to prepare to go to Suzhou.

Originally, the Ye family did not allow Rong Zhao to run out to do such a thing in person, and the matter of the money was handed over to his subordinates, where could the prince of the Zhenxi General's Mansion use to do such a thing? However, Rong Zhao was unwilling to stay at home, so under the pretext of learning economic career, he selected a few useful family members, and went out with the box of jewels with his personal concubine Mei Ruo and the inseparable sheepdog Bloodspot.

On the way, Rong Zhao leaned on the pillow wrapped in a soft fox fur and asked Mei Ruo: "Ruo'er, how much do you say these things are worth if they get to the capital?" ”

Mei Ruo stroked the carved pattern on the mahogany box, and laughed softly: "The slave maid has never been to the capital, so I don't know the market in the capital. But since Mrs. said that these things are more valuable in Suzhou than in Xiliangcheng, then it must be more valuable than in Suzhou when they are sent to the capital. The nobles of the capital should prefer such things. ”

"That's a good point." Rong Zhao smiled and reached out to hook Mei Ruo's chin, "Ruo'er is really smart. ”

Mei Ruo shook her head helplessly: "Gongzi praises falsely, although Mei Ruo understands this truth, there is no way to sell these things to the capital." ”

Rong Zhao smiled: "It's okay, you just have to help me estimate the price, with a reasonable price, this son will have the bottom of his heart when he talks business with others." ”

Mei Ruo said with a smile: "What the son said makes sense, then the slave maid will calculate it carefully according to the price difference between Suzhou and the capital." ”

"yes, you have to do the math." Rong Zhao said, wrapping the fox fur on his body vigorously, "You take your time, I'll sleep for a while." ”

Mei Ruo stretched out her hand and pulled a wide snow wolf skin over Rong Zhao's body, and said with a sweet smile: "Son, you can sleep in peace, the slave and maid will definitely not make a noise, and it will not disturb you." ”

"That's good." Rong Zhao was satisfied with the sheepdog and put it behind his head, closing his eyes and resting.

Suzhou is only forty miles east of Xiliangcheng, but it is very different from Xiliangcheng. Xiliang is an important garrison town, and more than half of the people inside and outside the city are soldiers, and they are fighting for seven or eight months out of twelve months a year, so it is very desolate. Suzhou is different, here is an important trade town in the northwest, the blessing of the brave and good warlike general, although the trade with the Western Regions has been interrupted in recent years, but the merchants from all over the Central Plains will still have a branch entrenched here, and the people of Daqi in the northwest to do business, more importantly, those merchants who specialize in grain and grass are because of long-term interests, and have been transporting grain and grass and other materials for many years to ensure the daily needs of the border garrison. Therefore, Suzhou City gathers businessmen and rangers from all over the world, and it can be called a prosperous city in this area.

A person like Rong Zhao naturally disdains to stay in a boring place like Xiliangcheng all day long, and he has to go to Suzhou to play for a few days on weekdays. Therefore, he is extremely familiar with the official road from Xiliangcheng to Suzhou.

I slept peacefully all the way, and when I woke up, the carriage had already entered the gate of Suzhou City.