Xiao Lu said: "That's right, when the time comes, the master will also sign up and come back with a position." ”

"Amitabha! The four poor monks are empty, what is the use of this false name? It's a burden. ”

Qu Ping said: Okay, let's hurry after eating.

After all the hardships, the Jin country went to the capital, and it was finally close at hand. The three of them pretended to be in the wild ginseng business, and entered the city in a grand manner. The three of them found a shop to stay in, and then went out for a casual stroll to find out the news. Shangjing is not as good as the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and the population, shops, and vendors are not as large as the scale of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since you pretend to be in the wild ginseng business, of course you have to go to the pharmacy.

"Shopkeeper, what price do you collect wild ginseng here?" Qu Ping asked.

When the shopkeeper heard that he was selling wild ginseng, he greeted him from behind the counter with a smile and said, "Please take a seat, the mountains are in demand now, but I don't know how you sell it?" ”

"It's only a few hundred catties, depending on what price you offer."

"A few hundred pounds? So much! I don't know what the condition is, is it dry or fresh? ”

Qu Ping said: "The 100 people in our village only go up the mountain to dig once in five years, and what you say about the condition, it is all fresh!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "In this case, three to five taels for less than twenty years, five to ten taels for twenty to fifty years, and more than fifty years can be discussed separately." ”

Xiao Lu quietly pulled Qu Ping's sleeve, and Qu Ping said, "Okay, let's go back and discuss with the village, if the price is fair, we will sell it to you." ”

The shopkeeper sent them out and said, "This price is much higher than before, if you are wrong, there will be no such village in this village!" ”

The three of them returned to the street, and Xiao Lu said, "This price seems to be more expensive than before." ”

"You know that, too?" Qu Ping said.

"I know a lot." Xiao Lu said, "The Spring Festival has passed, and the price should fall slightly, so why should it increase instead?" ”

"Just ask someone else." Qu Ping said.

The three of them went to another pharmacy and asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, we want to buy some ginseng, what price is it for less than 20 years?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "Five to seven taels!" ”

"So expensive!"

"If you have the goods, I can also collect three to six taels of fresh goods from you."

"Why is that? Why is it so expensive all of a sudden? ”

The shopkeeper said: "The imperial court has decided to collect goods and go to the Song Kingdom and Western Xia and other countries for trade, this ginseng is our specialty, and it must be in demand." Tomorrow, the Marshal Mansion will receive merchants from all walks of life to discuss business matters. ”

"How can I participate?"

"As long as you can prove that you have a large amount of goods or money, and can guarantee import and export trade, you can participate!"

The three of them thanked the shopkeeper and went out. The three of them plan to sneak into the marshal's mansion to see what is going on, and maybe they can also meet the imperial relatives of the captured Song court by the way. It's just that the three of them can't go out with a lot of gold and silver, and a few silver tickets on their bodies don't work in the Jin Kingdom, and people don't recognize your Da Song silver tickets at all, which is really troublesome.

Qu Ping said: "I only have three gold bars and more than 50 taels of silver on me, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to enter the Marshal's Mansion with such a small amount of money." ”

Xiao Lu said: "I still have some jewelry, do you want to take it?" ”

Qu Ping said: "Think of a way first." ”

"The poor monk has fifty gold bars, I don't know if it's enough?" Wu Zhishen tightened the strap on his shoulders and said.

The two looked at Wu Zhishen in surprise, and Qu Ping said, "Okay, you poor monk, why don't I know that you bring so much gold?" ”

Wu Zhishen said: "I took it with me when I came out of the Liuhe Temple. This is the life savings of the poor monk, and it must be taken away at all times. There is a way to be a Buddha, and if you meet someone who is destined to be trapped by money, you can also take it out to help. ”

"Great, I'm the one who is destined." Qu Ping snatched Wu Zhishen's burden and carried it on his shoulder, saying, "I'll pay you back when I go back!" ”

Wu Zhi recited the Buddha's name and said, "Amitabha, no wealth and light!" ”

The next day, Qu Ping changed into gorgeous clothes, Xiao Lu dressed up as a little girl, and Wu Zhishen was still dressed as a lama. The three of them went out with ten gold bars, and the rest were hidden on the beams of the inn. Asked the direction of the Marshal's Mansion and went straight to the past. This marshal's mansion is the mansion of the third prince Wanyan Zongfu, so in order to avoid Wanyan Zongfu from recognizing him, Qu Ping also put a beard on his face, wore a hat, and simply made a disguise.

As the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to see, and the little ghosts are difficult, and the three of them spent ten taels of silver on the entrance fee, and after registration, they entered the gate of the Marshal's Mansion. The guy in front of the door said that this was the rule. The three of them registered their names in turn, Qu Ping assumed the name of Gu Twain, Xiao Lu assumed the name of Weiyi Sekan, and Wu Zhi deepened the name of Gelai Danba.

After entering the door, the three of them followed the flow of people towards the main hall. Qu Ping whispered: "What name did you take, it's so hard to remember!" ”

Xiao Lu said: "It's hard to remember anything, my tribe was originally surnamed Weiyi. ”

"What does that mean by Weiyi?"

"Beautiful and pretty." Xiao Lu said with a smile.

Qu Ping pouted and said, "It's funny that a little guy is beautiful." ”

The three of them took their seats, and according to the relationship between master and servant, Qu Ping sat down, and Xiao Lu and Wu Zhishen stood behind them. The businessmen around him want to be close to him, and if they go out together, they can take care of them. It's a pity that Qu Ping looks cold, closes his eyes and rests, and doesn't enter the living.

There were many soldiers guarding the house, Qu Ping came all the way, and he had already memorized the location where there were soldiers stationed in each place, and the terrain of the Marshal's Mansion had been surveyed earlier than last night, and he had already thought of a safe way out.

Wanyan Zongfu was guarded by the soldiers, and walked from the front door to the front desk and sat down, and the merchants did not dare to come out when they saw this superior person.

Wanyan Zongfu glanced at the audience and said, "Very good, there are so many people who can come." I believe everyone has heard that the Song State and the Western Xia jointly opened the Silk Road, but the biggest beneficiary must be the Song State. In the long run, my Dajin will inevitably fall behind in this economic war, so Ben Shuai invited the emperor to prepare to join the Silk Road. But we must also be prepared for both, the Song Kingdom was bullied by my Dajin first, and it will not necessarily agree to allow me Dajin to join the Silk Road. In that case, we will have to go out on our own. One is from Western Xia, and the other is along the road of defeat and escape of Yelu Dashi of Liao State, crossing the Mongolian provinces and reaching the Western Regions. ”

A businessman who understands international forms said: "Marshal, Yelu Dashi is now in full swing in the Western Regions, and has the potential to replace the Uighurs. ”

Wanyan Zongfu said: "Ben Shuai naturally knows. But in order to increase the income of the people, only to find a way to join the trading team of the Song State or Western Xia, it is really not possible, and it is better to resell it directly to them than to have no market! ”

"Dashuai has a good plan?"

"Naturally! The emperor will send letters of state to the Song Kingdom and the Western Xia, and it is recommended to open a shopping mall between the Jin Song and Jin Xia first, strengthen the circulation of goods with the surrounding two countries, take what they need, and then slowly draw it later. Wanyan Sosuke said, "Bringing everyone together today is to tell everyone that everyone is ready, a large wave of benefits is waiting for you behind!" ”

Qu Pingxin said, it is not superfluous to call so many people here with all the hard work, and there are no practical policy preferences.

Wanyan Zongfu said: "In order to see everyone's enthusiasm to make a fortune, this commander stipulates that if you want to make a fortune with the imperial court, each person will pay a deposit of five hundred taels of silver first, the opportunity is limited, first come, first served!" ”

Qu Ping secretly thought, isn't this a disguised collection of money? The Jin Dynasty was so poor.

But after some consideration, the merchants still rushed to raise their hands in favor of paying the deposit, for fear that they would not be able to catch up with this rich treasure ship in the future.

Wanyan Zongfu pressed his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said, "Everyone be calm and don't be impatient, sit down separately, and someone will come forward one by one to register and collect the deposit." Ben Shuai hopes that everyone who comes today can join our team, otherwise this kind of good thing will not be your turn in the future! ”

How could Qu Pingdao still be compulsory, he touched the gold bar on his body, and it was still safe.

"Let's enjoy delicious food and wine today!" Wanyan Zongfu said, "Wait a minute, there will be Song Nu to pour wine for everyone, you must treat them well, haha!" After Yan Zongfu finished speaking, he ordered his subordinates to accompany these copper-smelling merchants to drink, and left first.

Qu Ping and the three of them glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, this "Song slave" should be the Great Song clan relatives who were forcibly captured.

The Song slaves came in wearing the lowest and shabby clothes with wine and food, and some of the women's clothes even had holes in their clothes, and the merchants with low morals took advantage of their passing to get their hands on and down, and they were not polite to these once noble slaves at all. Song slaves can only swallow their anger, otherwise they may be treated as worse than death.

Qu Ping also stood beside a female slave to serve wholeheartedly, Qu Ping took advantage of the fact that everyone was drunk and noisy, when the female slave bent down to pour wine, he used the authentic Da Song Jing dialect to say: "Don't panic, what's your name?" ”

When she heard her hometown in another country, the slave girl's body was shocked, and then she regained her composure strongly, controlled her tears, and whispered: "I am the concubine of the current Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Jiang." ”

It turned out to be Concubine Jiang, but I don't know what happened to the others now.

Qu Ping said: "Your Majesty came on the orders of the emperor, but I don't know where the emperor and the others are? ”

The guards in the distance saw Song Nu talking to the merchants, and shouted, "Song Nu only needs to serve, not talk!" ”

Qu Ping drank a bowl of wine, and Jiang Shi covered his face with a wine jug while pouring the wine, and said, "We are locked up in the laundry in the east of the city, and the two emperors and empresses are also together. The laundry yard is heavily guarded outside, but there is no guard inside, but every morning it is necessary to check the places and the number of people in the laundry yard. ”

"Hold on, I'll save you back!" Qu Ping said.

Jiang didn't speak, thinking to himself, what is the use of a person like himself going back, it's just to lose the face of Emperor Zhao Gou.