"The doorway in the kiln is clear, and he said that he has never been to the Qinhuai River, and you have decided on the queen's bamboo board!"

What kind of doorway is this, it's obviously common sense, is there this point to visit the kiln? Ma Du felt that he was more wronged than Dou E, so he simply explained his whereabouts today, and even explained his thoughts about getting some gifts to visit Zhu Sheng and Luo Furen.

Lao Zhu glared at him and said, "You don't know anything, you have also beaten people, your anger should be gone, why bother to trouble him again!" ”

"The emperor can rest assured, Weichen is not looking for trouble with him, but he has to go to him for help in some small matters."

"He has no position and no authority, what do you want him to help you with?"

"This is a long story, if it is inconvenient here, Weichen will not waste his lips and tongues, and besides, the emperor will know when he arrives at night." Ma Du didn't believe that Lao Zhu hadn't planted spies around Tuo Timur, and there were a bunch of them.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked on the buttocks, and Lao Zhu feigned anger and said: "I'm really lazy to get home, and now I don't even bother to move." ”

Ma Du rubbed his ass with a bitter face and said: "It's all some trivial things that don't matter, Weichen just doesn't want to waste the emperor's precious time on the street, the emperor should go back to the palace early." ”

"Okay, don't be wronged, I won't tell the queen about your coming to Qinhuai River, I will go with you to see the two old gentlemen."

"The emperor doesn't arrest prostitutes?"

"Catch a prostitute? Ha ha...... If I don't catch it, I'll find out in the evening anyway. ”

A few people walked in the car and wandered the streets. Ma Du noticed that there were several merchants who carried the burden, and there were some idlers who held their arms, and they followed them all the time. Lao Zhu is really secretly protected by the guards, and the costumes are quite similar, and you can't really see it if you don't look closely.

Lao Zhu is not a likable person, as long as he sees someone selling something, he asks about the price, and he asks in detail, and he bargains with others but doesn't buy it, so angry that the vendor who sets up the stall rolls his eyes. When he arrived at the silk shop of the Ma family, Lao Zhu was even more black-hearted when he asked about the price, and he kept glaring at Ma Du, a profiteer, with his eyes.

The shopkeeper of the Ma family is gone, "This official can't say that, the things in our shop are indeed two or three percent more expensive than those stalls, but you also want to see what the quality is." The silk sold in our shop is all good material from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and it is the most fashionable color at the moment, and other families can't buy it if they want to.

Take the cotton cloth you just saw, it is a fine Songjiang cotton cloth, it is densely woven and fine, there is not even a thread, you can see what is sold in the stalls, and a few threads can be used as fishing nets.

Besides, our shop, the manpower, and the tea in your hand and the snacks you eat in your mouth are all spread out of the capital. Opening a store is the most important thing to pay attention to credibility and reputation, your words just now, scared away several customers, if it weren't for the fact that you came with the lord, you would have been picked up a long time ago......"

Ma Du secretly gave a thumbs up to the shopkeeper, and said in his heart: "It's really fucking kind!" The shopkeeper obviously misunderstood what Ma Du meant, opened his mouth and continued to spray at Lao Zhu, and kept asking Ma Du with his eyes if he wanted to increase his firepower.

Ma Du can only pray for him silently in his heart, God bless him, I hope he will not disappear tonight, after all, it is not easy to find a capable shopkeeper.

It's rare that Lao Zhu didn't get mad and listened with a smile all the time, and only when he left the store did he say to Ma Du with compassion: "Are you worried that this shopkeeper of your family will disappear one day!" Don't worry, I used to pay a private visit, but I didn't miss the white eyes of the shopkeeper, and I also listened to the cynicism of many guys. ”

The reason is found, no wonder Lao Zhu doesn't like businessmen very much. Ma Du immediately sent a sycophant, "The emperor is open-minded and generous, and his mind is like the sea, so naturally he will not be as knowledgeable as the ants and small people." People rely on clothes and Buddha rely on gold, the emperor will pay a private visit next time, wear a few good clothes, even if you don't buy a copper plate thing, they will still serve you properly. ”

"Humph! I just want to see how those Shengdou people live, and what those rich people do! ”

Hearing Lao Zhu say this, Ma Du was a little moved in his heart, and only Lao Zhu, who was born hard, can understand the sadness of the little people. His emotion came to an abrupt end with Lao Zhu's words, "Although I am not easy to see with these small people, it does not prevent me from worrying with their owners, and you should not receive next year's Yulu!" ”

At this time, Yingtian, has not yet made a plan, the layout of the city is a bit chaotic, Lao Luo lives in the west of the city, there is a very large Chang market nearby, and the things sold here are also very miscellaneous, livestock, grain, and daily groceries are sold.

Lao Zhu inevitably asked the price one by one, especially the grain, most of the people who came here to sit in the market to eat grain were county farmers, Lao Zhu not only smelled the price of grain, but also asked about the harvest, taxes, land rent, etc., and from time to time took a few grains and put them in his mouth to chew to check the quality.

Seeing Lao Zhu throwing food in his mouth, everyone else had to grab a little and throw it into his mouth. The exception is Mado, because it is the most natural action of every peasant when he sees grain, and it has not changed for 700 years. It's just that Zhang Wuliu threw a little too much, chewing so much that the corners of his mouth foamed at the mouth, so it wasn't disgusting.

Every time there was a loud sound, the old farmer's forehead and tendons jumped with it, and his little grandson clenched his fists, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, "This old brother, do you buy it or not, look at a few tall and big people, it doesn't look like they can't afford to eat and take advantage of it." ”

Lao Zhu laughed and waved his hand: "No! No! I want this food! ”

He was busy touching his waist but it was empty, he was forty years old and had not spent much money, at first there was no money, and then it was robbed, with the increasing respect of his status, he had no opportunity to spend money with his own hands, and he did not have the habit of bringing money.

"Xuanzhong gives money, this grain should be a gift to Lao Luo!"

Seeing that Ma Du was still settling accounts with the old farmer, he simply snatched the money bag from Zhang Wuliu's waist, "What's there to calculate, your family's money is going to be moldy, and it's not generous!" Lao Zhu was generous to others and directly handed over the money bag to the old farmer.

Zhang Wuliu brought some copper coins and broken silver on his body for Ma Du's expenses, although it was not much, but it added up to a few taels, but in the end he only exchanged dozens of catties of wheat, which was a big loss.

The old farmer was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth, and he almost didn't kneel to Lao Zhu, "Thank you to this official, the old man didn't listen to what he said just now, don't be like me!" ”

"It's okay!" Lao Zhu smiled and waved his hand, "By the way, just now my brother said that the tax of ten taxes and one is a bit heavy, right?" ”

The old farmer said: "Actually, it's not too heavy, it's much better than when the Tartar sat in the world!" ”

Lao Zhu proudly said to the old farmer: "Let me tell you the news, next year, next year will not be ten taxes and one, but fifteen taxes and one!" ”