"Okay! These two brown horses are Yanqi horses, and the rest are Turkic horses. They are all good horses that have been trafficked over long distances, and they are not produced by Longyou. Now it has been raised for half a year at the Ningzhou Horse Farm outside Chang'an City, and it has fully adapted to the climate in Guannai.

This black stallion is just three years old and costs sixty cents! This white horse is three and a half years old, and he is also sixty times! These two horses are only forty ......."

He gave a brief introduction to the ages and prices of several horses.

At this time, Na Wenji came over and whispered: "Wu Lang, the price of this sixty guan is actually very favorable, the last time Princess Taiping sent someone to choose a horse, it was all one hundred and ten!" ”

Wu Yan listened, it was really parity, but I didn't expect this horse to be really expensive, the parity cost sixty yuan, but this horse is definitely not worth one hundred and ten yuan, it's just that Princess Taiping is rich.

At this time, there were five richest people in the world: Zou Fengchi, the richest man in the Great Zhou Dynasty--- nicknamed Zou Camel, who started by trafficking silk; Shuzhong silk merchants, gambling stick Song Bazi; Dingzhou silk weaving businessman, hotel businessman He Mingyuan; The shipping businessman, the female boss ---- Aunt Yu.

The assets of any one of them are at least 500,000 yuan.

At that time, all the legitimacy of a five-rank official in a year, including the normal reward of festivals, would not exceed five hundred.

Princess Taiping is not inferior to these wealthy businessmen! From the number of her maids is nearly 1,000, all of whom are dressed in silk and satin, you can see her economic strength!

Wu Yanzhi didn't understand horses, so he bought the black horse.

The horse's name is "Benxiao", which means that it can run at night! Of course, it is also possible, after all, animals have far better eyesight than people.

Then I spent another five times to buy a pair of saddles to put on! This "people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles", and the saddle is too bad! After buying these two things, the money he brought out today was actually almost gone.

After completing the contract, Wu Yanzhi is ready to go! But he was retained by Na Wenji: "Wu Lang, go, go to Lushunfang, Shuzhong wine merchant Xu Cai just arrived in Luoyang from Jiannan, he brought some high-quality Jiannan Burning Spring back, and went to taste it together in the evening!" ”

Wu Yanzhi couldn't refuse, so he had to rush to a wine shop in Lushunfang with him and the Jiuxiao Dao Chief.

The Chan River comes out of the Cao Canal and goes north through Guiyifang, Lushunfang, and Jindefang out of the city.

This wine shop is located next to the Qianhe River, but I see the willows on the riverbank, and the pedestrians are in twos and threes! The sunset is low, reflecting the sparkling golden light of the river, which is eye-catching!

There is a group of white water birds that Wu Yanzhi does not know in the river, sometimes playing in the water, sometimes stopping on the big rocks in the river and chirping, sometimes spreading their wings and flying high, jumping on the willow branches.

The scenery here is really nice! He sighed.

There were only two people in the house, Wu Yanzhi and Jiuxiao Dao Chief, and after Wen Ji brought them in, he went to the toilet! The servant, Zhang Tai, of course, was waiting for the horses outside the house, and had already arranged another meal for him.

"Dao Chief, this place is really good, it is very different from the scenery of Xuantian Temple, you can go straight to the sea by taking a small boat!" He said.

"Hmmm! Isn't Takero's fief in Dongnae-gun? Did you go to collect the tax in person, or did the state and county send it? ”

"How can I have time to go in person? Now the county has sent people to send it, and I plan to go to Raozhou in a month or two. ”

"Why did Wu Lang go so far? Raozhou is in the south of the Yangtze River! Going down the river, I'm afraid it will take forty or fifty days. ”

"As a copper and iron envoy, of course, I want to increase the copper and iron production of the Great Zhou as the first priority! Naraozhou copper, silver, etc. are very rich! By the way, you can also fire fine porcelain!

Also, my family is in Dengzhou, and I also want to go home to visit my mother and get married! ”

"Yes, yes, Poor Dao has forgotten. Speaking of this copper smelting, I have a friend who quarries copper in Wangwu Mountain, but he has recently returned, and he lives not far from here! Why don't you call him over too, and everyone get to know him! Jiuxiao Dao Chang said suddenly.

"Good! The Taoist chief hurried to go, if he was late, he was afraid that he would already have dinner! ”

"Good! Poor Road will go right away! He quickly got up and ran to the door!

This is a house on stilts. The house is full of bamboo products, and the decoration is very chic! Wu Yan looked at it, it seems that the ancient times have long recognized the benefits of bamboo, and Sinong Temple also has a special bamboo supervisor to manage the bamboo forest! Bamboo is harvested to weave bamboo cages, bamboo curtains, bamboo baskets, etc.

It is the bamboo shoots, the needs of the province in the palace and the Sibin Temple are also very large, and they are also a large amount of income for the imperial court.

Just as he was thinking, the door was pushed open, and Wen Ji and a short fat man in his forties walked in.

"Brother Xu, this is the Duke of Donglai County, Dongguan Langzhong and Copper and Iron Envoy Wu Lang, hurry up and salute!"

"The villain sees the county prince!" He was very humble and fell to the ground.

"You're welcome! You may be seated! Wu Yanzhi said leisurely.

"Where's the Nine Heavens Dao Master?" Wenji Road.

"Wouldn't it be better for him to call another friend and have one more person to drink?" Wu Yanzhi replied.

"Of course, the more people, the better!" Wen Ji said with a smile.

The two sat down, and Wu Yanzhi asked: "I heard that Shu Road is difficult to walk, and it is difficult to ascend to the sky!" Which path did Brother Xu take this time? ”

"The Taurus Road where the villain walks---- Fu Luo Road ---- the first line of Chang'an! This season is okay, if it is winter, the snow covers the mountain, Fu Luo Road is not easy to walk, the road is very difficult, but the villain has to go once a year, but I don't think so! ”

"Oh? I heard that Brother Xu is in the wine business? How's the business? ”

"Yes! The villain is mainly to transport Jiannan to sell in the spring, and also does silk business, there are more people in the silk business over the years, and the business is getting more and more difficult to do! He sighed.

At this time, Wen Ji interjected: "His sword burns spring in the south, it is very distinctive, it is slightly stronger than the average, the fragrance is mellow and long, in Chang'an, it costs seven dollars and a bucket, and in Luoyang, it costs eight dollars and a bucket!" ”

Wu Yan listened, it seems that this Jiannan Burning Spring is about the same status as the famous wine such as MT or WLY in later generations.

Although the price is so sky-high, in fact, there are many rich people in Chang'an and Luoyang, and the wine of seven or eight dollars is too cheap! Li Bai has a poem as proof: "The golden bottle of sake is ten thousand, and the jade plate is ten thousand dollars!" ”

It shows that rich people drink high-end wine! This poem was written in the Tianbao period, when the price of rice and grain were very cheap, and the price of rice was only ten cents a bucket! It is not because food is expensive and wine is expensive.

"Then I'll taste Brother Xu's wine later!" Wu Yanzhi said with a smile.

"I've tasted a lot of wine, even the palace's fine wine, and I've eaten it occasionally! However, it is indeed rare to find such a good wine as Jiannan Burning Spring. It's not the best in the world, it's almost there! But Wen Ji blew this wine into the sky.

Boss Xu also said proudly: "I don't dare to be the number one in the world, but I haven't seen a wine that is more fragrant and spicy than mine!" ”

Wu Yanzhi shook his head with a smile and did not speak again. He said in his heart: "No matter how good your wine is, it is also rice wine, and it has not been distilled, how high can the degree be?" Fifteen degrees? Twenty degrees?

Aroma? Can rice wine still have the aroma of sorghum wine? ”