What is the concept of 80,000 taels of silver?

Zhenguan three years of the Tang Dynasty, although the population is rebounding rapidly. However, the number of household registrations registered by the Ministry of Household Affairs is less than 2.5 million. All state capitals are still working hard to build. At this time, the Tang Dynasty is far from the point where it is a treasure of nature, famous in all directions, and salty from all over the world.

In other words, the Tang Dynasty after Li Shimin's accession to the throne was still poor. The annual tax revenue of the entire imperial court was all converted into silver, which was only a few million taels. In addition to the money and food needed for the construction of rivers and canals, official roads, and disaster relief, a part of it was allocated to the various armies. In the end, there is very little money left. Therefore, although Li Shimin is an emperor, he is very frugal.

Now, Mrs. Xiao's Long clan asked for 80,000 taels of silver as soon as she opened her mouth, which really scared Lu Xin. When he was still in Shanyin County, Yuezhou, he could buy two Dream Soul Paste for a penny. At the time of the people in Xufu, the salary of 50 wen a month was something that many ordinary people could not get. Eighty thousand taels is already a huge fortune.

Seeing that the two of them were silent at the same time, Long Shi stepped down from the high stool and laughed on the side.

"What? Too expensive? Zhao Li, Mrs. Ben has spoken, as for whether you want to buy it or not, that's your own business. If the transaction is not benevolent, Mrs. Ben will not blame anyone. It's just that these 80,000 taels are nothing to your Nine Star Gang, right? In a huge world, the business of the Nine Star Gang is spread all over the state capitals. Grain, cloth, wine, and luck, these transactions, the Nine Star Gang is afraid that they account for two-third tenths of the whole world, Mrs. Ben is not wrong, right? Your Lu gang leader is a man who is rich enough to rival the country. ”

As Mrs. Xiao spoke, she walked to a secret room on the right. The gate is of stone, with a mechanism on it, and it is set in the solid rock wall. Seeing this, Zhao Li hurriedly followed behind, smiling very humbly.

"Madame said with a smile, my Nine Star Gang is just doing some small business, which is far less big than the big business of your Guogong family. Eighty thousand taels is indeed a bit much, and I'm afraid I won't be able to be the master. ”

"Hehe, since you can't be the master, let's go back first. When the person who can call the shots arrives, it's not too late to talk. ”

The people of Xiao Mansion walked to the door of the secret room, turned around with a smile, and the air was suddenly filled with fragrance. Lu Xin couldn't tell whether it was the fragrance of rouge gouache or Mrs. Xiao's body fragrance, she only felt that it smelled unusually good, and when she took a breath, her whole body became numb. Seeing this, Zhao Li's face changed slightly, and he secretly pinched Lu Xin's thigh, which made the young man come back to his senses. Mrs. Xiao didn't speak, but looked at the two of them with a faint smile in front of the door.

"What a great charm! This woman brought Dream Soul Gao into Chang'an, and she must have a deep plan. ”

Lu Xin was shocked, he had only smelled a sip of the fragrance just now, and he almost fell into the illusion and couldn't extricate himself. If it weren't for Zhao Li beside him, it is estimated that he would have been at the mercy of others by now. Biting his lip at the moment, Lu Xin took a step forward.

"Mrs. Xiao, you are a senior, your cultivation is unfathomable, and your younger generation is trustworthy. But 80,000 taels of silver is not a small amount after all. Junior, can you see ambergris first? ”

"Hehe, it stands to reason that Mrs. Ben should not have inquired into the private affairs of the buyer. But ambergris is the best healing medicine in heaven and earth, and it treats serious injuries that penetrate deep into the bone marrow. Ordinary people, let alone buy it, even if they get it, they can't refine it. If Mrs. Ben didn't guess wrong, the one who wanted ambergris was one of the people who appeared in Chang'an City last night, right? Little one, if you can tell who it is, how about Mrs. Ben give you a discount? ”

Mrs. Xiao let out a strange laugh and suddenly narrowed her eyes. Lu Xin instantly felt that a powerful thought was enveloping his whole body, as if he wanted to see himself through. When Zhao Li on the side heard Mrs. Xiao's words, he naturally immediately thought of Li Chunfeng, and immediately frowned, and his eyes became a little complicated.

Although Lu Xin didn't have any scheming, he could still guess some of what the two were thinking. Immediately hurriedly smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Madame, don't test the juniors, today's ambergris, the juniors are bound to win, please open the door." ”

There was no superfluous nonsense, Lu Xin directly expressed his firm attitude to buy ambergris. Seeing this, Mrs. Xiao glanced at Zhao Li, pondered for a moment, but didn't say anything, turned around and opened the door of the secret room.

Bang!

The stone door was slowly pushed open by the mechanism, revealing a space about a hundred paces in circumference. There is no furniture in it, and the rock walls on all sides are one foot high, and there are a large number of caves carved into them. Some are the size of a fist, some are the size of a grinding disc, all of them are made into dark grids. Moreover, each compartment is sealed by a talisman. In the faint candlelight, thousands of yellow talismans flickered with pale golden light at the same time, indescribably dreamy.

"This is Madame Xiao's treasure room, and it is said that there are more treasures in these hidden compartments than the treasury of the imperial court. I have been to the Xiao Mansion many times, and this is the first time I have come back here. Lu Xin, thank you. ”

Zhao Li looked around, looking at the dense dark grid on the rock wall, and his eyes lit up. Lu Xin didn't care about any treasures, he just wanted to see the legendary ambergris grass quickly. At the same time, Madame Xiao walked to the east of the secret room, soared into the air, and removed the talisman above a secret grid at the highest point. In the next second, the entire secret room shook twice. The dark lattice slowly moved out from the depths of the rock wall, sprinkling dust all over the air. After Madame Xiao fell back to the ground, she stretched out her hand and made a move, and the things in the dark compartment instantly flew into her palm.

If you look closely, it is a dark green box with a whole body of glass and some transparency. It is about ten inches long and a finger wide, and I don't know what material it is made of. As soon as the box appeared, the temperature of the entire chamber immediately dropped. It's summer, but it seems to have come to the cold winter moon all of a sudden.

"Ink Dao Ice Crystals! It is said that among the ruins, there is an innate ice vein, hidden at the bottom of the sea. Occasionally, dark green ice crystals emerge, which do not melt for thousands of years and do not melt when encountering fire. This box alone is a huge deal. ”

The moment he saw the box, Zhao Li's eyes widened, and his tone was extremely shocking. Lu Xin had never heard of any "Modao Ice Crystals", but he still knew the word "return to ruins".

"Liezi Tangwen" recorded: "In the east of the Bohai Sea, I don't know hundreds of millions of miles, there are big ravines, but there is a bottomless valley, and there is no bottom under it, and the name is called the ruins." And these two words, which often appear in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, are the legendary abode of the gods.

"Hmph, ambergris is the spiritual root of heaven and earth, and only living bodies can be used as medicine. There are very few things in this world that can be preserved well. If it weren't for this ink path ice crystal, you wouldn't be able to see it. Look at it now, is 80,000 taels still expensive? ”

Mrs. Xiao spoke coldly, undisguised the arrogance in her tone. When Zhao Li heard this, he swallowed his saliva twice, but he didn't speak. Immediately, I saw Mrs. Xiao slowly open the box, and a fragrance suddenly overflowed the entire secret room.

Looking into the box, a dragon-shaped plant was undulating regularly, and the whole body was filled with a faint blue light, as if it was breathing. In Lu Xin's view, it is a "ginseng" that is about to turn into a dragon. The hair is distinct, and there is even a beating heart.

"What kind of herb is this, it's a living creature at all!"

At this moment, Lu Xin really realized what Li Chunfeng let him buy.

"Mrs. Xiao, this ambergris ......"

Lu Xin didn't care about Zhao Li's reaction on the side, and was about to take out the jade bottle in his arms to speak. But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded outside the secret room. It is majestic in the ears, like rolling thunder.

"Mrs. Xiao, I want this ambergris. I will add twenty percent of the silver they make. ”

The voice came suddenly, but Lu Xin's face sank instantly. At this critical juncture, there will be people who will come to grab ambergris. And the tone is so big, not only do you not ask about the price, but you add two percent as soon as you open your mouth. Lu Xin and Zhao Li turned around almost at the same time, only to see someone wearing a red robe, with patterns of tigers and unicorns embroidered on their chests. Long hair in a crown and a majestic expression. Zhao Li only glanced at it, and then his voice sank.

"The head of the Demon Suppression Academy, Yu Chi Baolin!"

"What, this person is Yu Chi Baolin?"

Lu Xin was stunned when he heard this, and his expression became more and more ugly. He had met Yu Chi Baolin in Xuanzhou, when the underworld soldiers passed by Xuanzhou City at night. Yu Chi Baolin rode a tall horse and followed all the way to Qingyang County, Chizhou. This imperial court general, the son of Wei Chi Jingde, is cultivated in the micro realm. Later, Ao Tian's corpse changed, and Yu Chi Baolin's whereabouts were unknown after taking a hard move. Lu Xin originally thought that even if this person was not dead, he must have been seriously injured. But now, it seems, this is not the case.

But it's no wonder that Lu Xin didn't recognize it, and Chi Baolin, who was the captain at that time, was shrouded in armor all over her body. In addition, it was night, and the distance was so far away that I couldn't see it clearly. Although there was a one-sided relationship, the other party appeared at this time, and it was obvious that the person who came was not good.

"It turned out to be the chief steward, and he was polite. But this ambergris has already been booked by the two of them, and I ......"

"It's okay, I'll take care of their business. As long as Madame Xiao gives me the ambergris, no matter how much silver you have. ”

Yu Chi Baolin walked into the secret room by herself, not looking at the reaction of Lu Xin and the others at all. While speaking, with a wave of his hand, Lu Xin and Zhao Li both froze in place and could not move. Seeing this, Mrs. Xiao pondered for a while, but laughed.

"Eighty thousand taels of silver, as for this bonus, it is exempt. is also a little girl, a filial piety to General Wei Chi. ”

Mrs. Xiao took two steps forward with the box, and then handed it to Yu Chi Baolin, not caring about the whereabouts of the silver at all. Seeing this, Lu Xin was furious, and although he couldn't lift his feet, he roared violently.

"Mrs. Xiao, since ancient times, there has been a first-come, first-served rule, not to mention that you are doing business? This ambergris grass was bought by the younger generation first, if you give it to others, you are not afraid of the business of this Xiao Mansion, and you will never be able to do it again? ”

"What do you say? Boy, I'm acting in Chi Baolin, do I still need your guidance? ”

Lu Xin's words made Yu Chi Baolin's gaze instantly cold.