Chapter 347: Siege
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The sun on a winter morning was bright and dazzling, shining warmly on people, Wu Zhi and several attendants with a carriage were slowly walking on the most prosperous streets of Qingzhou City, according to the list given by the ladies in the shop shopping. [Ran^Text^Library] []. []. [com] new dagger Qi Zhong Wen Mo Shou Fa
With the establishment of the Great Song Bank, the gradual start of the capital market, Qingzhou business has become more and more prosperous, and it has become the financial and trade center in the east and even the north of the Great Song Dynasty.
The great economic prosperity brought about the convergence of people everywhere, not only a large number of people from the surrounding state capitals poured in, but even the strangely dressed party items and Khitans are very common, these people are merchants from the Western Xia and Liao countries, they trade with the Great Song Dynasty all the year round, although the clothing is different from the Song people, but there is no such arrogance and domineering, but it is very simple and refreshing, and the Song people like to do business with them.
People who know Wu Zhi on the street will smile and respectfully say to Wu Zhi when they see Wu Zhi, and Wu Zhi knows him or not, as long as someone greets him and hugs his fists, he will smile and return the salute, which is very approachable.
Wu Zhi was dressed in a winter robe with a flower brocade collar, shining cowhide boots, a jade belt around his waist, and a small silver crown on the top of his head, but he did not wear a hat.
Looks refreshed and cool.
This winter is particularly cold, there was a heavy snow on the tenth day of the first month, and there is still thick snow in the shade behind the house, so all the rich and noble families in Qingzhou are almost all thick mink coats, or mink vests to keep warm, although Wu Zhi wears noble, but it is a "cotton suit", which is already very thrifty.
Most of the ordinary people also wear cotton clothes, but the cut and fabric are worse than those of Wu Zhi.
In fact, the clothes on Wu Zhi's body just looked like cotton clothes, and the pulp inside was not cotton at all.
Wu Zhi has never been a thrifty person, he finally became the richest man in Shandong, so naturally he has to enjoy it, he has a lot of money, why should he be thrifty and find guilt?
His brocade "cotton clothes" are authentic down jackets, the inside is the finest and most expensive velvet wool, and a lot of it is pressed into the clothes, which he bought from the Khitan people in the northern Liao State and found the best tailor in Qingzhou to make, even if the swan is not a protected animal at this time, and there are a lot of them, but when they are collected from the Khitan people, and then after various processing and sewing into clothes, their price is at least several times higher than that of mink!
Therefore, on the surface, Wu Zhi is very frugal, but in fact, his living conditions are well-deserved to be the richest man!
Extravagant!
Originally, Wu Zhi did not have these extravagant thoughts after winter, he, like all the rich people in Qingzhou, preferred mink from the north as the preferred winter clothing, as long as it was comfortable for Wu Zhi, it was enjoyment, and there was no need to deliberately pursue any extravagant behavior that raised his status to show off his wealth.
However, in his daily life, he found that the three pregnant ladies often mentioned that the mink robe was too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, and if they did not wear it, they could only nest in the conservatory and could not go to the garden...... Although the ladies just said it casually, Wu Zhi kept it in mind, and at the same time he secretly blamed himself for being too careless, the ladies were pregnant women, and it was really not good to wear such a heavy leather robe.
So Wu Zhiluo recalled the winter clothing of the next generation, and naturally thought of the down jacket, just do it, soon, three styles are elegant, bright colors, and the velvet down jacket with a well-cut fit is placed in front of the ladies, and the ladies are happy to smile after wearing it, even the encrypted down jacket is much lighter than mink, and the warmth is not worse than mink, it is really light and warm to wear.
With this kind of good thing, the three ladies will not enjoy it exclusively, and immediately let Wu Zhihua order another batch of money, for Wu Zhi himself, as well as Xiao Taoyue, Brother Wu Songhua, Xiao Mei Lin Niangzi and his wife, etc., each made two bodies...... So this year, in the eyes of outsiders, the Wu Zhi family is really frugal.
Even mink is reluctant to wear it......
An hour later, the sun was already hanging in the southeast sky, and Wu Zhi's procurement carriage was gradually piled up with all kinds of supplies neatly stacked.
They are all carefully selected by Wu Zhi to ensure that the quality is absolutely superior.
Originally, this was also in ancient times, whether it was food or daily necessities, there were no harmful additives, and many of them were handmade and natural, generally as long as you don't buy fakes, there is no problem.
Song Dynasty merchants cherished their reputation, and there were fewer fakes in the market.
After walking all the way to the Xicheng Mountain store and buying more than a dozen catties of wild black fungus, Wu Zhi finally purchased all the goods on the list.
When he went home, Wu Zhi's carriage walked on the main road of Xicheng, which leads directly to the west gate of Qingzhou City, and a large number of carriages enter and exit every day, although there are many vehicles, they are very orderly and not crowded.
Wu Zhi's carriage also joined the traffic, and behind his carriage were two ordinary Qingzhi carriages, but what made Wu Zhi a little strange was that the two ordinary carriages were surrounded by dozens of entourage, and those attendants were all calm, resolute, and vigilant, and their faint momentum was comparable to the two guards from the Qingzhou battalion beside Wu Zhi!
However, Wu Zhi didn't bother to observe anything more, he was really tired of shopping, so he got into the carriage, made a small place in it, and curled up comfortably in the car.
"Great official, sit tight!"
The carriage for pulling goods was relatively simple, and after the coachman reminded Wu Zhi, he quickly threw a whip flower, and the carriage "started".
In ancient times, although leather whips were used to drive horses, most of them used whips to make noises to drive horses, and they did not really whip horses' buttocks...... Unless you are running for your life on horseback.
Wu Zhi half-closed his eyes, shaking his head slightly with the vibration of the carriage, and was content.
The speed of the carriage is sometimes smooth, sometimes stagnant, although Wu Zhi half-squinted, but also knew that the stagnation was due to the crossroads in the city, although there were no traffic lights at the intersection of the ancient roads, but because the speed of the carriage was not fast after entering the city, plus there were no more carriages than there were more cars at the intersection in later generations, so when the carriage crossed the intersection, it was like two scattered beads flowing through, which looked a little chaotic on the surface, but it could always pass unhurriedly.
After the crossing, the carriage in front of it slowed down a little, because the street had the most alleys on both sides, and there were many people passing through it, so the carriage came to a halt from time to time.
"Huh?"
Just when the carriage stopped again, Wu Zhi suddenly noticed that a group of masked black-clothed people suddenly appeared in the distance in front of him, who should have turned out of an alley.
The black-clothed men each held a wooden stick in their hands, and as soon as they appeared in front, they ran in the direction of Wu Zhi's side.
Seeing this, Wu Zhi secretly wondered in his heart, this group of people didn't have bad brains, what kind of masked night clothes did they wear in broad daylight, even if they did something bad, it was too conspicuous, could it be that they were playing some kind of performance art?
"Great official! Come on! ”
Wu Zhi was wondering, and the two guards on both sides of the carriage suddenly got into the carriage and nervously set themselves up.
Wu Zhi was horrified in his heart, daring to love that this group of people in black was coming at him?
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