Chapter 153: Inside Jinling City
A group of people soon entered Jinling City and were immediately attracted by the prosperous scene here.
The wealth of Dawu is completely displayed in front of everyone, not to mention the tall building, there are exquisite pavilions that show the elegance of the owner, in addition, there is a lot of water here, many tributaries of the Yangtze River flow around, many rich people directly lead the river in, build a large number of gardens, plant trees, and then embellished with rockery and strange stones, put yourself in it as if to a fairyland, let people's mood be refreshing.
"Okay, good, no wonder people say that Jiangnan is a fairyland on earth, and it really lives up to its name."
Liu Yuetian praised again and again.
A group of people first found an inn to live in, of course, it was the Shenglong Inn, this inn is more luxurious than Jiujiang's, it is five stories high, and standing on the top floor can take in half of Jinling City.
There were already a lot of merchants in the inn, and everyone was discussing the upcoming cargo conference.
The Shen family is also a regular customer, and as soon as they entered, many merchants greeted them.
"Old Shen, what did your Shen family bring this time?"
A wealthy middle-aged man greeted him.
"Lao Du, Chang'an has a big drought this year, and food is the most scarce, so we want to sell some grain back."
Shen You said.
"Grain? The most thing in Dawu is food, how much can it be worth? And if you transport dozens of loads of grain back, I'm afraid that if you don't enter Chang'an, you will be robbed by the displaced people, won't the gains outweigh the losses? ”
The other party has a good relationship with Shen You, and said with some concern.
"Well, who's to say it's not? When the time comes, you can only be cautious, by the way, Lao Du, what do you have this year? ”
"I heard that the Qing Dynasty was very cold last winter, not to mention the common people, even the army has many soldiers who were frozen to death and frostbitten, it seems that there is a lack of cotton cloth, so I am going to buy more cotton cloth and sell it, it will definitely be sold at a good price."
The other party replied.
The temperature in Jiangnan is high, there are a large number of silkworm merchants, and they can make smart silk and cotton cloth, and the price is not high, so it is indeed a good deal to sell it to cold places.
"There is a shortage of cotton cloth in the Qing Dynasty, but those people are sometimes unreasonable, so you'd better contact the government directly."
Shen You also cares about the other party.
"Yes! No one's business is easy to do now, so let's be careful when the time comes. ”
The other party sighed with emotion.
"Hey, Lao Du, I don't know which forces will participate in this conference? You're a local, secretly tell me something. ”
Shen You remembered what Liu Yuetian had instructed him, but ordinary people with ordinary materials did not have it, only those who were rich and wealthy with a deep background were possible.
"Lao Shen, as far as I heard, Daqin wants to buy a batch of grain, it is likely that it will exceed 100,000 quintals, and the grain merchants in the entire Jiangnan have moved, ready to slaughter them, and Dashu has transported hundreds of thousands of catties of iron ore, Dawei, Datang and Daqing have all gotten the news, it seems that the three are going to have a fight, but these have nothing to do with us, we can only watch the excitement."
The other party replied.
"Is there anything strange about that?"
Shen You then asked.
"Something strange? Oh, by the way, there is a bunch of Hu people from the Western Regions, bringing a lot of rare things, I haven't seen them yet, but I heard that there is another animal called camels, and there is also a bunch of Tibetans who have brought some strange things......... By the way, I heard that there is a dzi in that kind of dzi, although it is not as big as it appeared two years ago, but the other party also costs dozens of taels of gold, hum, these guys use these things to fool us, and say that they can be protected by the gods, I think they are liars, a strange stone can be sold for dozens of taels of gold, why not grab it? ”
"Dzi!"
Liu Yuetian on the side heard this name, this dzi is actually a material he needs, the system gives fish intestines, Juque, Zhanlu, Ganjiang, Mo Ye, Longquan, Tai'a These legendary blades need dzi, but the material alone is not enough, in addition, he also needs to get the relevant manufacturing drawings or copy another legendary blade to create it, so there is no hurry to get the dzi, today I heard that there is this kind of material, then I will go and see it by the way.
"Lao Du, I have a list here, if you know these items, let me know, and I will invite you to drink when the time comes."
Shen You gave the other party the list of materials that Liu Yuetian needed.
"What? I only know a few of these things, and they are all expensive, so what do you want them for? ”
The other party took a look at it and was taken aback.
"Don't ask, a friend of mine gave it to me, you have a lot of friends here, help me inquire."
"It's fine just asking, but if you do, you'll have to ask me."
The other party put the list in his pocket
"Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."
There are only five days left before the commercial goods conference, and the Shen family father and son are very busy, and Shen Fu has started to prepare non-stop for the three "treasures".
Liu Yuetian had nothing to do, so he took Zhang Xingsan and they began to play in Jinling City.
There is a high mountain ten miles outside Jinling City, named Stone Mountain, stand on the mountain and look out, Jinling and the Yangtze River have a panoramic view, if it is in the rain, you can see the rise of the Yangtze River to rise up like a cloud-like fog, the mist is soaring and drifts towards Jinling, the whole Jinling is entangled by clouds and mist as if it is a fairyland, this realm is not common, but it is famous all over the world, it is called "Lingjiang one color".
In addition to this "Lingjiang One Color", there is also an ancestral hall on the mountain, which enshrines the famous Yue King Goujian in front of the three hundred.
Three hundred years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty had begun to decline, and the princes of the various feudal parties in the era of King Wu were either replaced by newly rising forces or began to conquer and annex between them, at that time it was still known as the land of Wu Yue, there were two princes and kings of Wu and Yue Wang, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue who had just succeeded to the throne, inherited his father's will, and wanted to crusade against King Wu to become the new overlord, but the whole army was destroyed under the First World War, and Gou Jian also became a prisoner.
In order to survive, he made cattle and horses for the king of Wu, and was a slave in Wu for three years before being released, and then he lay down on the stone mountain to taste his courage, and it took another ten years to restore the national strength, and then went out again to defeat the Wu state, and finally became the overlord of the party at that time, and was respected by the princes of all parties.
Although the Yue Kingdom was still destroyed a hundred years later, the deeds of Goujian, the king of Yue, were admired by later generations, and a huge ancestral hall was cultivated on the stone mountain to worship his statue.
"This Yue King Goujian is indomitable, but he is a character, but no matter how great his achievements are during his lifetime, he is just a handful of loess after his death, and the career he established during his life has finally disappeared with the passage of time."
Liu Yuetian stood in front of the clay sculpture several feet high and sighed with emotion.