A moment later, a middle-aged woman wrapped in a headscarf came out of the courtyard gate. As soon as the young woman saw Liu Pei, she was frightened and swayed, and trotted away. Liu Pei knew that he was frightened by his own outfit! I couldn't help but feel a little proud. He knew that the young woman would probably not interrogate him if she called the village chief, because the young woman would definitely give the village chief an exaggerated introduction!

Liu Pei chatted with the two old men for a few words, and saw a middle-aged strong man wearing a short coat walking quickly here. The young woman followed not far behind her. Liu Pei estimated in his heart that this was probably the village chief. Looking at his short clothes, it is estimated that he also went to the field to do farm work.

The man looked at Liu Pei's outfit from afar, and with the preconceived introduction of the young woman, he had already decided in his heart that Liu Pei must be the son of a big family, and he was afraid that he came out to play. didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I've seen Gongzi." Below is the village chief of Qinghe Village, my surname is Zhang. It's good for the prince to call me Lao Zhang. I don't know what the prince has to do in our Qinghe Village? ”

In order to strengthen the other party's awareness of his identity, Liu Pei raised his chin slightly, and said a little impatiently: "I came to Shandong to visit friends." I missed the night. But I don't want to walk at night and accidentally break the horse's leg! I walked a long way to get here, and I wanted to buy a horse to go to Jinan. You might be able to buy a horse? ”

Liu Pei's attitude was also carefully calculated by him repeatedly. You must know that the status of scholars in the Ming Dynasty is not ordinarily high. Especially the lifting people and jinshi. Under normal circumstances, a person is already qualified to be an official. Although it may not be possible to be a seal official, some powerful officials can also do it. Therefore, he spoke arrogantly and without flaws.

Sure enough, the village chief Zhang was frightened by him. frowned and said, "Childe, this is difficult for me." Where are the horses in our village! However, there is a mule and horse market on the edge of Jinan City. If Childe wants to buy a horse, I'm afraid he will have to go there to buy it. ”

Liu Pei shook his head and said: "There are still more than ten miles of land, my burden is quite heavy, how can I get through?" Why don't you do it like this? Liu Pei said and took out a small silverfish from his arms. This little silverfish was ordered online by him and was made of industrial silver. Liu Hui found on the Internet that the average large family rewards people, and they mostly use these to create more delicate small silver products.

A small whitebait is about half a tael, and there are other things mixed in it. And industrial silver is not expensive, only three yuan and five yuan per gram. This small whitebait is probably worth about 50 yuan. Liu Pei can still handle it.

Liu Pei continued: "There should be an ox cart in the village, right? The village chief sent me to the city of Luoma. I'll give him some money to make an errand. ”

Village Chief Zhang has seen a lot of silver in his life, but he has really never seen such a delicate little silverfish! As soon as I got it in my hand, I knew about the weight, and I couldn't help but be secretly happy! Hire an ox cart to go out for more than ten miles, and a reward of twenty or thirty cents is about the same. But this little silverfish is almost half a tael, and it is so delicately made, maybe it can be exchanged for a little more copper coins. At the moment, he immediately said yes, turned around and walked away quickly.

After a while, the village chief came back with the ox cart and two young men. Village Chief Zhang pointed to an old man and said, "Childe, the car is ready for you." This is my second son, Zhang De. He's been to the city a few times, and he's very familiar with the road! Just ask him to give you a ride. ”

Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good." Thank you, village chief. ”

The village chief hurriedly smiled and said, "It's right!" Deserve it! He also picked up the heavy package on the ground with his hands and feet, and gently placed it on the ox cart.

Liu Pei and Zhang De each sat on one side of the carriage, driving the old cow forward, and the village chief and another son sent it far away. The village chief also told Zhang De to be careful on the road and wait for the good son.

The car turned around the corner of the house, and Liu Pei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart! A gust of wind blew, and Liu Pei heard the village chief say to another son: "Hurry up and follow the road where the son came to find a batch of horses with broken legs!" That boy is rich and doesn't care, we can't do it! Bringing it back to heal your injuries can exchange a lot of silver! Even if it can't be cured, you can have a few good meals of meat to eat! ”

Liu Pei smiled in his heart when he heard this, and secretly said that I am afraid you will not be able to find this horse! Liu Pei's heart relaxed, so he turned back to talk to Zhang De. The second kid of the Zhang family is just a half-grown boy who has never seen the world, and under Liu Pei's routine, a lot of information in Jinan City has been tricked. This gave Liu Pei a lot of confidence in his action.

After some trekking, the two rushed to the city of Luoma outside Jinan. This mule and horse market sounds like a big name, but it actually doesn't take up a lot of space. It's just a piece of land surrounded by a grass fence, and you can see a lot of horse sheds built inside beyond the grass fence. The smell of livestock manure wafted from afar.

The two got out of the car, and Zhang De said, "Son, you wait here, I'll call someone out immediately." ”

It turned out that when he was on the road, Liu Pei had already set out a lot of information. One of them was the cattle they were driving the cart from, which they had bought at the mule and horse market the year before, and the horse dealer was more or less intimate with their family. So Zhang De wanted to introduce this business to him. And Liu Pei is not willing to contact strangers too much, so the two hit it off.

Liu Pei circled the ox cart a few times and moved his legs and feet. I saw Zhang De walking out with a person, still pointing fingers and saying something along the way. The man was very fat, wrapped in an old sheepskin jacket, black cloth trousers bulging from his thighs, and a pair of leather boots under his feet. If you look at your face again, it's a face of horizontal meat, but your eyes that are about to be squeezed out by fat are shining.

Liu Pei knew that this kind of person was the most difficult to deal with. Like these vendors. Walk all day long from south to north. Well-informed and very difficult to fool. Liu Fei's heart couldn't help but rise again.

Really. Before the man got closer, he began to look Liu Pei up and down. Fortunately, the thin woolen material from later generations is hard to find here! The horse dealer's eyes were glued to the fabric of the garment, and never came down again. Apparently bluffed!

When the two approached, the horse dealer smiled and said, "This prince wants to buy a horse?" The good godson learned that there are a few good horses here in our family, and they are definitely worthy of the identity of the son! ”

Aloe Vera knew that merchants like these, especially such long-distance resellers, had a very low status in the Ariake Dynasty, especially this kind of pickling business that dealt with livestock all day long, and was the least popular with scholars. So he picked up the shelf and put his hands behind his back, and said, "Yes, I want to buy a horse." If there is a suitable one, your money is indispensable. ”