The noon sun shines on the street, Li Yuan, who was strolling out after dinner, and his wife Dou came to Xiyang East City to take a look, the life that looks like house arrest is very dull, but because you can go shopping, it looks slightly cheerful. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The liveliness of Xiyang Chengdong City is beyond Li Yuan's imagination, although it is not as good as Chang'an, Luoyang and other famous cities, but it is much better than ordinary state cities, although he has not been to many state cities.

An Lu in his memory is one of them, when the young Li Yuan followed the old servants of the family to the city to buy all kinds of gadgets, and the East Market in front of him, the goods in the shops on both sides are also dazzling.

Dou was carrying a basket, which was already filled with many small items, and the basket in Li Yuan's hand was already full, and seeing that his wife was still full of interest, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

In the past, in Chang'an, it was drudgery to accompany his wife to the East and West City to hang out, but it was much better than at that time, and there was no need to bring copper coins.

Looking at the circulation coupons in his hand, Li Yuan sincerely thanked the person who invented this thing, he no longer had to be like in the past, he or let the servant carry a heavy copper coin, and accompany his wife to go shopping.

Following his wife absentmindedly, Li Yuan looked at the circulation coupon in his hand, holding a few pieces of paper worth a hundred pieces of cloth on the crowded street, which was easy to be snatched, but because there were officials around him, he was not worried.

Li Yuan and others, who came to Xiyang from Chang'an to "live temporarily", had rice, cloth and some copper coins issued by the state government to use them for daily needs, and the most surprising thing was this circulation coupon.

The number of cloth in question can really be cashed out with the same amount of cloth, and almost all the merchants in Xiyang City use this currency coupon to do business.

However, a piece of paper dares to promise to exchange the same value, and the "treacherous" businessman is actually willing to use it.

Although it is only circulated in this Xiyang City, what is the reason why this negotiable coupon can be "circulated"?

Li Yuan couldn't think of it, this circulation coupon is said to be a joint guarantee of Huangzhou cloth merchants, so the credit is quite good, since the owner of the cloth workshop guarantees that the circulation coupon is exchanged for fine woven cloth one to one, then it seems natural for the people to think that it is credible.

It's not the government's leadership, but the credit of the businessman, no matter how he thinks about it, he doesn't think it's a taste: Could it be that the reputation of the government is worse than that of an inferior businessman?

"Ah, it's stones, so many beautiful stones!"

Dou Shi exclaimed and walked forward quickly, Li Yuan followed closely, but saw someone in front of him placing a straw mat on the ground, and some colorful stones were scattered on the mat.

Li Yuan and his wife couldn't understand the dialect spoken by the vendor, and the accompanying officials acted as a communication bridge between the vendor and Li Yuan and his wife.

The vendor was selling stones, which were fished out of the river and had different colors, textures, and shapes, which looked quite interesting, and if they were placed on the bookcase as ornaments, it would be a different sight.

Dou pulled up the corners of his skirt and squatted down by the straw mat, and selected stones with great interest, there is no so-called "male and female defense" in this era, and it is common for women to show up and talk to men on the street, and no one feels inappropriate.

Li Yuan saw that his wife was picking and choosing like a child, and bent down to look at the stones on the straw mat with great interest, he had never seen the stones in the river in Guanzhong, which looked quite interesting, and he planned to help choose a few to go back.

These stones are of different sizes, but the big ones are no more than the size of a fist, and you can take them if you buy more, and how much are these stones worth? If you can make Madame happy, it will be worth it.

As he was picking a room, a man approached the stall, holding a package in his hand, which seemed to be a treasure inside, and he talked to the vendor for a while, and then spread the package on the side of the straw mat, revealing one of the stones.

The stone, about the size of two fists, was oval in shape, yellowish-brown all over, with horizontal dark lines on it, and looked like a forest by the lake, and there was also a reflection in the water.

"This pattern... It's like a landscape painting, it's so beautiful! ”

Dou was amazed, Li Yuan couldn't help but be moved when he looked at it carefully, and saw the man talking to the vendor, wondering if this person had picked up such a strange stone somewhere and sold it here.

Do you want to buy the stone on the spot?

He was hesitating when a member of the accompanying staff leaned over and whispered, "Guogong, the lines on the stone may not be natural. ”

A kind reminder, one sentence is enough, Li Yuan was reminded like this, and his heart began to be vigilant: How can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, maybe someone uses dye to paint such a look on the stone, and it is specially used to deceive people!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at his wife, the Dou family seems to be on the rise now, if he doesn't buy it, he's afraid it will hurt his wife's heart, but if he buys a fake and comes back, wouldn't it make his wife even more sad?

Just as he was hesitating, he saw the vendor move the basin of water beside him, and motioned for the man to put the stone in, it seemed that the vendor was also afraid of being deceived, and wanted to use water to test the color of this strange stone.

Everyone watched intently as the man put the stone into the water, and kept rubbing the stone with his hands, and the vendor seemed to be uneasy, and reached out to rub the stone himself, and after a while, he did not notice any fading.

Li Yuan saw this situation and began to be moved again, he felt that this stone was real, but once the vendor got it, he was afraid that it would be much more expensive.

Do you want to be the first to strike?

This is too disrespectful, although Li Yuan is a little depressed now, he doesn't disdain to do this, the more expensive it is, but he also hopes that the vendor can't get along with this man, and then it is logical to go up and negotiate the price.

A strange stone, no matter how expensive it is, can be bought for hundreds of times.

Quietly watching, but seeing that the two were arguing, it seemed that there was a situation where the sale could not be discussed, Li Yuan listened to the "explanation" of the clerk, and learned that the man asked for nearly 300 pieces of cloth, and the vendor was only willing to pay 100 horses, using a circulation ticket.

Cloth is the equivalent used in trading, the Yangtze River basin is mainly used to buy and sell copper money, most of the northern land like to use cloth, but no matter the south of the world to do trading money, silk mixed use is very normal, so this is not strange.

Li Yuan did the math in his heart, the man offered 300 pieces of cloth for the strange stone, referring to the Huangzhou fine woven cloth of about 500 yuan, which was converted into about 150 copper coins, and the street vendor's counteroffer was 100 pieces of cloth, which was converted into about 50 copper coins.

His own estimate is a hundred, so...

"Shiro, aren't the two of them acting for us?"

Dou Shi, who had already stood up, whispered in his ear, waking up the dreamer with a word, Li Yuan looked at it again, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the vendor and the man were suspicious, although he had not traveled all over the world, but he had heard a lot of strange things.

There are scammers who specialize in deceiving people, especially like to pretend to buy and sell, the two of them fight for a treasure, and then the passers-by see that there is a cheap to take advantage of, and without saying a word, they immediately pay for it, but they go back to take a closer look, but they find that it is a fake.

The more I think about it, the more suspicious it becomes, a vendor who sells stones on the ground has more than 100 denomination vouchers on his body?

Although you have to bring a little more money to do business, but a hundred pieces of cloth is equivalent to the market price of 50 yuan, which can be worth the income of ordinary people for several years.

Besides, there is no such wonderful stone in the world, you don't want to lie to me!

Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but be glad that his wife was alert, and was just about to leave with Dou, but saw her take out a small porcelain bottle from the basket, which was a bottle of vinegar that he had just bought.

It turned out that Dou was going to use vinegar to wash this strange stone, and through the negotiation of the officials, the man agreed to give it a try, but Dou did not let him operate, but took the stone himself, poured vinegar and kept rubbing it with his hands.

The sour smell wafted in, a bottle of vinegar was poured out, and the whole stone was soaked with sour vinegar, and Dou rubbed it for a long time without seeing any signs of fading, she held the stone in front of her, looked at it carefully, and rubbed those lines with her fingers.

"Shiro, it's true!!" Dou Shi said happily, "Uncle said that if someone dyes a stone with dye, it will fade if it is washed with vinegar, but this stone has not faded!" ”

Dou's mother, Yuwen, is the eldest princess of Xiangyang of Zhou, and the so-called "uncle" in Dou's mouth is Yuwen Yong, Emperor Wu of Zhou, who lived in the palace when she was young, and her relationship with Yuwen Yong has always been good.

Li Yuan watched his wife test the stone, and couldn't see anything suspicious, the lines on this stone surface were indeed natural, it was really a rare strange stone, and he was about to open his mouth to buy it, the vendor was anxious, and offered two hundred pieces of cloth.

Perhaps it was because he was suspicious of this stone before, but now that he saw that it was okay to wash it with vinegar, he thought it was genuine, so he was willing to pay a high price.

If it was in the past, Li Yuan would not "fight for reason" for a stone, but seeing that his wife liked it very much, he naturally refused to give an inch, and the vendor looked like Qin Xu was excited, and rolled up his sleeves to make a first move, but was reprimanded by the officials.

The officials were a great deterrent to the people, and the man was willing to sell the stone to Dou for two hundred pieces of cloth, and the vendors had no choice but to give up.

Li Yuan naturally didn't have 200 pieces of cloth in his hands, but he had circulation coupons, and the circulation coupons issued by the state government every month were not very many, but his classmate Xu Shao gave him a circulation coupon with a face value of 4,000 horses, so he could be regarded as "quite rich".

The man was able to accept the negotiable coupons, and after getting it, he turned around and left with a smile, Li Yuan saw that the Dou family happily wrapped the stone and put it in the basket, and he was also very happy in his heart, Madame was happy, then he was happy.

Carrying the basket, Li Yuan and his wife walked side by side to the outside of the East Market, today after shopping for a long time, it is time to go home, a chance to reach the end of the deal, everyone dispersed.

The vendor who set up the stall gathered his mat and looked like he was going home, and he secretly raised his head and looked in a certain direction in the crowd.

There, the man who had just sold the stone made eye contact with him, the corners of their mouths curled slightly at the same time, and then they left as if nothing had happened, disappearing into the crowd. (To be continued.) )