Chapter 29: The Art of Conspiracy
The next day, Luo Zhaoyun, Shi Danai, Zhao Can and others escorted the convoy to the grain market trading area, and sold the rice and corn, and the price was really nearly thirty percent higher than in the autumn, about one and two strings of corn per stone, and now it is sold, and it can be sold for about one and five bunches, and the price of rice is nearly twice as high as that of corn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the Sui Dynasty, in order to use the five-baht coin for convenience, the people often strung the copper coin with fine hemp rope, ten wen a string, ten strings of a hanging penny, and there was no need for a coefficient.
A mule cart was loaded with fifteen stone grain, twenty-five carts of corn, and fifteen carts of rice, and after selling it, it could get more than 1,000 yuan, which was not a small amount, and was exchanged for twenty taels of silver, and the rest was collected for five baht.
After selling the grain in the morning, Luo Zhaoyun took Ning Muhe and Shi Danai to wander around the ancient city of Huairong, bluestone streets, there are many shops, Goolan tiles, the streets are prosperous, many jade shops, clothing villages, restaurants, inns, and money villages are lined up, there are two exchanges in the city, and there are many Hu people who travel to do business in this border town.
Of course, these liquor shops need to be filed with the government, and they are not allowed to open them casually, and they are even more forbidden to go to the grassland to sell for profit.
The Sui Dynasty was extremely strict in the management of the sale of smuggled goods, and the sale of a stone of illicit salt was punishable by death, and smuggling a few catties of tea bricks to the grassland to sell to the Turks, and if they were caught by the government, they would also be beheaded, which was extremely risky.
Unless you are a big merchant, you have a license to operate in the imperial court, pay many taxes, and promise not to sell contraband to the Turks and other tribes, such as crossbows, arrows, iron, strings, and other military materials that can be used for weapons and warfare.
Luo Zhaoyun carefully observed the jade shop, cloth village, pen and ink shop, etc., and learned about the items and styles currently sold in the market, and then went to the tea station and restaurant.
The tea in the early Sui Dynasty was not mature, not tea, but tea soup, because this tea was filled with salt, ginger, pepper, jujube and other condiments, and the soup stewed in a pot was smorgasbord, and the taste was strange, Luo Zhaoyun was very uncomfortable and felt that it was not good, but the tea ceremony in the Sui and Tang dynasties was like this.
During this period, tea has not yet been fully popularized, the common people rarely drink tea, the wealthy nobles of the upper class have gradually accepted it, and it has become an additional item for receiving guests, and it can also be refreshing to read books at ordinary times, and then there are monks who have temples and views also love to drink tea, however, in Bashu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it has gradually become common since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin dynasties.
In the end, Luo Zhaoyun and Ning Muhe had a big meal in the restaurant, ordered a lot of restaurant specialties, tried the cooking of the Sui Dynasty tavern, what grade was the level of cooking, and before leaving, he instructed the family to buy all grades of liquor in the restaurant, and to take it back to taste, and do preliminary research for him to open a restaurant in the future.
The whole convoy stayed here for three days, and began to return, without the food camel, the speed of the convoy accelerated, two iron guards explored the road in front, and no trace of the horse thief was found, after all, this belongs to the border military town area, there are a number of government barracks guarding different directions, and the horse thief did not dare to stay for a long time, and the whole thing was broken into zero, and after grabbing a place, he immediately retreated away, so as not to be surrounded and suppressed.
When passing through the villages that had been ransacked by horse thieves, Luo Zhaoyun felt pity in his heart, and sent guards and family members to find the village chief, who wanted to spend money to buy some young children, ranging from six or seven years old to fifteen or sixteen, both men and women.
The lieutenant chiefs and patriarchs are also worried about the whereabouts of some orphans whose parents have died and their families are ruined, and now some people have spent a lot of money to buy the deed and sell it very happily, and some of the orphans' relatives have been allocated, and the lieutenants have also received some, so they have sent the remaining orphans away.
Luo Zhaoyun looked at the children pulled on several large carts, and his heart moved, if he could bring them back to cultivate and continue to brainwash, after ten years, he might be able to become his right-hand man, and there was no problem with loyalty, which was much more reliable than temporary recruitment and pure interest combination.
This trip has benefited Luo Zhaoyun a lot, he has been tempered by actual combat, the test of life and death, overcome his fear, and also know that his strength and spear skills are insufficient, and he will have to practice harder when he goes back.
Ning Muhe also held back his strength, planning to return to the villa, and also to be like Ah Lang to work hard, rain or shine, and become his assistant as soon as possible, instead of being a burden.
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In the twenty years since the beginning of the emperor, both the frontier and the court have been eventful.
The interests of the crown prince Yang Yong and the king of Jin Yang Guang are constantly fighting in secret, attacking and framing, and because the succession has reached a critical period, the ministers who have joined the political whirlpool are also spreading.
Generals such as He Ruobi, Shi Wansui, Yun Dingxing, Yan Bi, Su Xiaoci and others, and civil officials such as Su Wei, Yuan Heng, Yuan Hui, Tian Rengong and others are all making the last effort to defend Yang Yong's status as the prince.
However, the power lineup of Yang Guang's side is even stronger, and the Yang Valve, Dugu Valve, Changsun Valve, and Dou Valve, of the four major gate valves, are mostly in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and they are intertwined in the Guanzhong area, and the influence of the court is huge.
In March, the crown prince Yang Yong's camp finally couldn't resist, first He Ruobi was arrested and imprisoned, and Emperor Wen of Sui listed his crimes: "There are three too many of the erectors: too much jealousy; self-righteousness and belittling others too much; It's too much to be disrespectful. Of course, these are just Emperor Wen's excuses, and he didn't really torture He Ruobi to raid his house, but only temporarily imprisoned him to weaken the support of the crown prince Yang Yong.
Soon, Su Wei and Yuan Heng were dismissed, Shi Wansui was transferred out of Beijing and assigned to the jurisdiction of Yang Liang, the king of Han, and Yun Dingxing, Yan Bi, Su Xiaoci and others were also demoted and transferred to remote places, so that these people were far away from the whirlpool of court fighting.
Yang Guang had already sent his cronies Duan Da to buy off Ji Wei, the prince of the East Palace, so that he could collect news about Yang Yong.
As a result, the crown prince Yang Yong was weak, his wings were cut, and he was powerless to resist.
In the garden of the East Palace, it is lush and green, but in the huge palace complex, it is deserted, and many palace maids and servants have been taken away by the officials from the Inner Chamberlain.
When it is time to hold the lantern, the lights of the East Palace are sparse and silent, and there are only lanterns hanging at the turning points of some corridors in various places in the house, and the lanterns shake gently in the evening breeze, emitting a dim light, which is similar to the scene of the brilliant lights in the past.
The spring rain was pouring down, making the sky even more gloomy, the clouds were closed, and the rain curtains on both sides of the promenade were like curtains.
On one side of the promenade, there is a small lake, and the water of the lake is overturned by a nine-curved bridge, which leads directly to an exquisite and elegant three-story building by the pool.
In front of the window of the small building, the prince Yang Yong wore a round-necked Xuanyi, Feng Shen Junxiu, a bunch of black and bright long hair, without a crown, only loosely tied with a blue ribbon, very casual, looking down from the small building, half a pond of early summer small lotus, the rain hit the lotus leaves, fell in the pond water, shallow rain flowers suddenly born and disappeared.
"I can't imagine that this king will fall into such a situation!" Yang Yong sighed, some were unwilling, and some were puzzled, why he couldn't fight Yang Guang, and why so many ministers of the DPRK and China violated the ancient Zhou system and became enemies of him.
At this time, a close servant stepped forward with very light steps, handed over a note, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there is a secret letter coming!" ”
After the crown prince Yang Yong took it, he spread it out and looked at it, his expression wrinkled, and he sighed lightly, he could only do this strategy.
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