The sky is clear, the breeze is blowing, in the bustling Yecheng West City, Yuwen Wen walked absentmindedly among the shops, yesterday the Shannan delegation set off to return to Anlu, the angels sent by the imperial court to Shannan to proclaim the decree were with him, and he had to stay in Yecheng for more than three months. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A grand send-off ceremony was held in Shili Pavilion in the south of the city, and the deputy envoy Zheng Wanqing took the war horses (part of them) allocated by the imperial court, as well as the war horses, books, and goods purchased by Yuwenwen and others, and set off to the south under the escort of the cavalry.

"My horse, don't have any accidents on the road..."Yu Wenwen muttered to himself, he bought more than 2,000 horses, worth 140,000 yuan, although Zheng Wanqing solemnly promised that there would be no loss along the way, but he couldn't escort him personally, and he always felt unsteady.

The wealthy businessmen in Yecheng wanted to go to Bazhou to buy glass mirrors, Yuwen Wen and the shopkeeper Liu finalized the details, and asked them to go back to Shannan with the mission to prepare in advance, and by the way, they took the purchase list and escorted the horses and goods with the team.

"Brother-in-law~~~"

A shout like a yellow bird chirping pulled Yuwenwen back to reality, he looked at the person in front of him helplessly, and asked with a smile: "What does Mingyue want to buy?" ”

"This golden hairpin is very beautiful, will it be expensive?" Yu Chi Mingyue asked, she stood in front of a Hu merchant shop in the Western Regions, picking out a dazzling array of jewelry, and looked at Yu Wenwen's eyes full of anticipation.

'Is there a difference?' Yuwen Wen complained helplessly, but he couldn't say it, so he could only ask with a smile: "Does Mingyue like it?" ”

"I like it."

"Shopkeeper, this... How much is a hairpin worth? ”

"Ah, a beautiful girl like a flower, you are really a good eye, this is the golden hairpin of Persia, made of pure gold, decorated with red sapphires, and it is not a phoenix, but a sacred bird..."

"This golden hairpin is worth three hundred yuan, and it is just right to match a beautiful girl like a flower, what does Lang Jun think?"

"Fifty runs, if it doesn't work, forget it!"

"Lang Jun, this is not good, the golden hairpin of Persia, but the workmanship is excellent..."Hu Shang didn't expect this Lang Jun to be so 'ferocious', as soon as he came up, he pressed the price to near the bottom line, and began to 'argue' with tears in his eyes.

"Mingyue, there are a lot of jewelry over there, my brother-in-law bought some for your sister before, let's go over and take a look."

Yu Wenwen was about to leave after speaking, Yu Chi Mingyue looked at the jewelry in front of him reluctantly, but he heard his brother-in-law say that there was a better one on the other side, and his attitude was a little loose, Hu Shang saw that the young Lang Jun was not easy to fool, and he gritted his teeth and made a heartache: "Lang Jun, how can you get fifty-five times!" ”

"Fifty consistent."

"Alas, my heart is bleeding... Let's be fifty consistent. ”

Yu Wenwen nodded, waited for the sister-in-law to look at the golden hairpin happily, asked Hu Shang to carefully pack it in a wooden box, and then looked at the person behind him: "Liang Tongshi?" ”

When the man heard this, he stepped forward to talk to Hu Shang, the two sides should know each other, so he quickly ended the conversation, the man took out a palm-sized piece of yellow paper, wrote the content on it, and stamped it with a personal seal, Hu Shang smiled and held up the wooden box containing the golden hairpin.

"Fairy girl, I wish you eternal beauty."

Yu Chi Mingyue took the wooden box, opened it and closed it, happily handed it to the maid carrying the basket, and then turned around and walked forward, there were shops on both sides of the road, and all kinds of novelties were dazzling.

Yu Wenwen followed the sister-in-law, while Zhang Yu and the others were guards, especially the maid carrying the basket, and someone followed her all the time, just for fear that a thief would go away.

"Brother-in-law, I want this jewelry."

"Buy!"

"Brother-in-law, I want this night pearl."

"Buy!"

"Brother-in-law, I want this..."

"Buy, buy, buy!"

Just like in Chang'an three years ago, and later in Anlu, Yu Wenwen accompanied her sister-in-law to go shopping and sweep the goods, of course, you don't have to do the work of carrying the bag, you just need to accompany the whole process, and then be responsible for 'swiping the card to pay'.

This is his life, to be a brother-in-law, you have to accept your fate, Yu Chi Mingyue knew that he was rich as a brother-in-law, or a particularly rich kind, so after coming to Yecheng, he 'made an appointment' with his brother-in-law early and set a day to go shopping.

'Buy, buy, buy, and when you get into the habit of being lavish, you will be harmed by your future husband.' Yu Wenwen thought maliciously.

The sister-in-law is his wife's own sister, at first glance, it looks like it is carved out of a mold, that is, the details are slightly different, and then he is a little younger, and when he sees Yu Chi Mingyue, he thinks of Yu Chi Chi, so where can he refuse.

My sister is happy, and my sister is happy, who makes him hurt his wife, so he can only take care of his sister-in-law.

"Mingyue, why don't you go back first, think about what is missing, come out for a walk another day, you can't buy everything now, right?" Yu Wenwen tried to communicate, and his sister-in-law's pocket money was strictly controlled by the family, and now he sees that he is 'on it'.

"Brother-in-law~~" The sister-in-law began to shake her brother-in-law's arm again.

"Buy, buy, buy!" Yu Wenwen was extremely helpless, seeing the maid carrying the bamboo basket with a bitter face, he asked the guard to take over the heavy basket, and sighed in his heart when he saw the fruitful 'trophies' in the basket.

It costs money to buy something, or it is a bargain, but in any case, it is very troublesome to reach a certain amount, because the weight problem is not easy to solve: the weight of the money, according to the weight unit of later generations, is about three to five kilograms (kilograms).

That is, the weight of a copper coin varies between three and five grams, and the consistent money is a thousand copper coins, and the weight is taken as the median value of four kilograms.

To buy a golden hairpin, you have to pay three adult men's weight copper coins, or the cloth to offset the price, and if you buy it all the way, you can only use a few carriages to pull the money silk to follow, the picture is too beautiful, so Yu Wenwen thought of another way.

Liang Tongshi, who was following him, had already 'cooperated' with Yuwenwen, and the things that Yuwenwen bought were recorded on their side, and the sellers went to them to settle the payment.

After a period of time, Yuwenwen settled the bill, and the other party had a lot of status and face in Yecheng's 'business district', so all merchants were willing to 'sign the bill' before settling the bill.

I don't know how long it took, Yu Wenwen accompanied his sister-in-law to walk around the West Market, in addition to the original basket, there was one more, and the two baskets were heavy, but Yu Wenwen was relieved: I finished shopping!

There was a carriage in Wei Chi Mingyue's mansion parked near the city gate, and he was about to beckon the carriage to come and pick up people and send his sister-in-law back to the mansion, but he didn't expect Wei Chi Mingyue to still be interested: "Brother-in-law, I've been bored in the mansion all day long, it's easy to come out once, let's go for a walk elsewhere?" ”

"Let's go to East City tomorrow!" Yuwen Wen was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, it was really terrible for a woman to go shopping, and it was even more miserable to be a 'companion'.

"The East Market is a horse market, a cattle market, a sheep market, there is nothing to go, let's go elsewhere and see the scenery or something."

Yu Chi Mingyue was full of interest, since she came to Yecheng, her grandfather arranged a mansion for her family to live in, all the things in the house are readily available, even there are many servants, but no one talks to her when she first arrives.

Her father is busy with official business every day, and her mother is busy tidying up the housework, although she has someone to talk to in the house, but it is not easy to go out for a walk, and now that she is accompanied by her brother-in-law, she naturally wants to take a walk more.

"What scenery does Mingyue want to see?"

"I don't know, does my brother-in-law know where there is a good scenery to see?"

Yu Wenwen was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he was not familiar with Yecheng, and there were no parks and other landscapes open to the outside of the city in these years, and there seemed to be no particularly beautiful natural scenery outside the city.

"Unless you go to the Xiandu Garden in the western suburbs, but it will be inconvenient..."Yu Wenwen pondered in his heart, he wondered if there were any 'places of interest' in Yecheng, and after a while, he really thought of it.

"Tongquetai, let's go to Tongquetai to have a look?"

"Tongque Terrace? It's Jinfengtai, I've already been there, it's boring..."Yu Chi Mingyue said with a pout.

Yuwen Wen was quite disappointed when he heard this: You don't want to go? But I want to go!

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Outside Yecheng, by the Zhangshui, a carriage was parked on the grass next to the official road, surrounded by several guards, and a few people watched their more than a dozen mounts drinking water by the river, and Yuwenwen accompanied his sister-in-law to watch the scenery by the river not far away.

"Brother-in-law, look over there!" Yu Chi Mingyue pointed to a certain place and shouted excitedly, Yuwen Wen looked in the direction, but saw a group of geese startled from the reeds by the river and flew into the distance.

"That's a wild goose."

"Are geese going south?"

"Then it will be after autumn, and the geese will fly to the south for the winter."

Yuwenwen accompanied her sister-in-law to see the scenery, and there was a person not far away who watched a few horses drinking water by the river, in order to be safe, Yuwenwen originally wanted to change to a place where there were no outsiders, but Yu Chi Mingyue felt that the scenery here was good, and insisted on getting off here.

After all, he arrived later, and Yu Wenwen didn't rush the wrangler away, they were just passing by here, and they got out of the car temporarily, and it was impossible for someone with bad intentions to ambush in advance.

In fact, what Yu Wenwen wanted to go to was the 'scenic spot' Tongque Terrace, which made him admire the name for a long time, on the city wall on the northwest side of Yebei City, but Yu Chi Mingyue had already been there, and felt that it was too boring, so he couldn't make the trip.

"Dongfeng doesn't have anything to do with Zhou Lang, Tongque Chun Shen locks Er Qiao..."Reading the famous sentence softly, Yu Wenwen's thoughts flew to the north of Yecheng and flew to the side of the famous Tongque Terrace.

Tongque platform, built by Cao Cao at the end of the Three Kingdoms, fifteen years of Han Jian'an, Cao Cao built three in the northwest corner of Yecheng (Yebei City at this time), the middle is the Tongque platform, there are one hundred houses in ten zhang high, and there is a copper bird on the top of the building.

The south side of Tongque Terrace is the Golden Tiger Terrace, which is eight zhang high, and there are one hundred and nine rooms; The north side of Tongque is the ice well platform, also eight zhang high, there are one hundred and forty-five rooms, there is an ice room on it, there are several wells in the inner room, the well is fifteen zhang deep, and the ice is hidden in the middle.

Tongque, Golden Tiger, Bingjing Santai, along with Yecheng together after more than 300 years of changes of the times, after the Later Zhao, Qianyan, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, the imperial courts of all dynasties are repairing the Santai, so many years have been much more majestic than the original Santai.

When Qi Wenxuan was announced, he collected 300,000 craftsmen and repaired three, and the three bronze birds, golden tigers, and ice wells in the past are now named Jinfeng, Shengying, and Sogo, of course, they still belong to the palace building, and ordinary people can not enter.

In any case, we have to find a chance to see and learn. Yu Wenwen thought, he felt that it was so easy to come to Yecheng, and he must go to see the genuine Tongque Santai.

"Brother-in-law!!" Yu Chi Mingyue suddenly shouted, scaring Yuwenwen into a thrill, the sister-in-law is quite familiar with him, so when they get along, everyone's delicate reserve cannot be seen in this person.

Yu Chi Mingyue pointed to a purple-red riverside, full of joy, and kept asking her brother-in-law what kind of flower this was, Yuwen Wen looked at it, but found that it was a large area of plants about two feet above the ground, blooming with many purple-red flowers.

As far as the eye can see, a large patch of purple-red flowers swaying in the wind is quite beautiful.

"Well, this flower..."Yu Wenwen muttered, he was not a botanist or an agronomist, and to be honest, he really didn't know what kind of flower it was, but he always felt that the leaves of these plants were somewhat familiar.

'The leaves look so familiar... The alfalfa in my horse ranch seems to be like this... But the flowers are purple-red...'

Yuwen Wen was thinking about it and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, he felt that this was alfalfa, the so-called "king of forage", and it was also the grass he was looking for everywhere.

He sent people to Chang'an to buy back many crop seeds, including alfalfa seeds, but what was planted was golden-flowered alfalfa, which means that he was deceived by profiteers.

Since Zhang Qian's passage to the Western Regions, alfalfa entered the Central Plains, the common ones are yellow alfalfa, alfalfa, alfalfa has a higher nutritional content than yellow alfalfa, Yuwenwen just wants to be planted on a large scale and used to feed war horses.

This time I came to Yecheng, and there were alfalfa seeds in the purchased seeds, although the seller swore that it would definitely be alfalfa, but Yu Wenwen still felt that he was not completely sure, and now he saw it outside Yecheng, and he was quite happy in his heart.

"Brother-in-law, you know what kind of flower this is, right?" Yu Chi Mingyue asked, the two big eyes blinked and blinked, and they were very good-looking.

As the saying goes: don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be struck by lightning. Yu Wenwen looked left and right, and then looked at the sky, he felt that now that the sky was clear, a little pretending should not be struck by lightning.

Anyway, it's just the two of them, and if it's really wrong, there won't be anyone who doesn't know what to do.

Thinking of this, he coughed dryly and said: "Well, this is alfalfa, you know the Dawan Kingdom in the Western Regions, the Dawan Kingdom has sweat and blood, and it is this alfalfa that I eat." ”

"Really?"

"Really, more real than pearls."

"Can you eat that ordinary horse?"

"Yes." Yu Wenwen replied, bent down and pulled a few handfuls of alfalfa, and turned to walk to feed the horses, in order to prove to his sister-in-law that what he said was true.

"This Lang Jun, did you pick grass to feed the horses?"

The wrangler who was drinking horses on the side suddenly spoke, and seeing Yu Wenwen's inexplicable expression, he grinned and said, "Lang Jun doesn't think this is alfalfa?" That's a mistake, if you feed the horses, the horses won't have a few days to live. (To be continued.) )