Chapter 6 Travel to the East and West Cities of Handan

On the second day, the weather was sunny and the sun was shining in the sky, and Xingyi pushed open Zhao Jie's door. Xingyi has to tidy up Zhao Jie's room every morning, which is her only regular job every day. In the past, when Xingyi came to tidy up Zhao Jie's room, Zhao Jie was no longer there, but everything had a case, and today Xingyi found that Zhao Jie was still sleeping in the room. Xingyi tiptoed into the room and gently tidied up the room. The candles on the table were almost burned out, and Zhao Jie was lying on the table at this time. Xingyi cleaned up the other places and walked to the desk, there was a roll of bamboo slips on the table, Xingyi picked it up curiously, opened it and looked at it, there were some things written on it, Xingyi remembered that her mother had taught her some words at home before, but he couldn't understand what Zhao Jie wrote. Thinking of her mother, Xingyi lost her mind, tears burst into her eyes, and the bamboo slip also fell to the ground unconsciously. With a "snap", Zhao Jie woke up, Xing Yi hurriedly wiped away his tears, and Zhao Jie rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist, opened his eyes, looked at them, and asked in a daze, "What time is it?" ”

Xing Yi hurriedly wiped away her tears with her sleeve, then took the hot water, took the towel, and walked to Zhao Jie's side: "Just after the morning, Brother Jie, it's time to wash your face, don't you have to practice martial arts today." ”

"Sister Yi, today you accompany my brother and I out of the house to do business, as for martial arts, it is not a big deal to stop for a day today. Wait a minute, you can choose one of my clothes and put it on, the man is good to do things, and wait for me at the gate of the house after he is dressed. I'm going to go find out my pocket money now and then go and make some advances with the bookkeeper. ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jie hurriedly washed his face, and then ran away, while Xing Yi also began to change clothes in the room and put on men's clothes.

At the end of the hour, the sun was shining in the sky, trying its best to heat the cold air, the wind was blowing on the face, with a hint of warmth in the cold, the two beautiful sons walked out of the prince's mansion and began their day's journey.

Handan City is composed of two parts: Zhao Wangcheng (Miyagi) and Dabei City (Kuocheng). The palace city, namely the city of Zhao Wang, is located in the southwest corner of the whole city, there is a palace group in the east, west and north directions, it is located in the shape of a character, it is bordered by the rivers in the north, it is located in the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountain, the east city is the place where the king of Zhao works and holds the court meeting, the plane is nearly rectangular, the west city and the east city are only separated by a wall, the plane is nearly square, it is the place where the king of Zhao sleeps, the queen concubine lives here, the north city is located on the north side, the plane is irregular, the eunuchs, the palace maids, the guards and others live here. Kuocheng, that is, the Great North City, located in the northeast of Miyagi, is the main part of the Zhao capital, is the place where the people of Handan live, and is also the handicraft, commercial and manufacturing center of the Zhao State. There are two cities in the east and west of the Great North City, and the east market mainly sells silk and satin, jewelry, jade, gold, silver and jade and other valuable luxury goods, mainly for the princes and nobles. The West Market mainly sells firewood, rice, oil, salt, swords, guns, swords, halberds, linen clothes, linen cloth, slaves and maids and other daily necessities, handicrafts and cheap items. The city serves the people of the city, regardless of whether they are high or low. There is also a small city in the northwest of Handan City, which was built by King Wuling of Zhao in the past for Hufu cavalry and archery training, and there are palaces, military camps, iron-smelting workshops, weapons workshops, stables and other facilities required for the troops. Zhao Jie's home, the Prince's Mansion of Zhao State, is located in the south of Handan City, which is close to the royal city, is the concentration of the powerful and powerful, is the first good place where the humanistic atmosphere gathers, and is also the hero's tomb of luxury.

The carriage creaked and squeaked slowly, and Zhao Jie and Xing Yi sat in the carriage and headed to Xishi. After a long time, they finally arrived in the West Market. At this time, people came and went in the West Market, and it was difficult for the carriage to move forward in the market, so Zhao Jie and Xingyi dismounted and walked. Zhao Jie took Xingyi's hand and walked forward in the crowd with difficulty, and several burly guards followed closely behind him. Zhao Jie and Xingyi first bought a batch of hemp from a farmer, then a batch of fishing nets from a fisherman, and then some homespun cloth from a cloth merchant, and finally passed through the slave market, under Xingyi's plea, Zhao Jie bought some young girl slaves, and saw that everything he wanted to buy was finished, so Zhao Jie took Xingyi out of the gate of the East Market. Outside the gate of the East Market, Zhao Jie counted the things he wanted to buy, and all the guards had things in their hands, so Zhao Jie asked the coachman to bring the slaves and goods home, and let the two guards protect them, while he himself took Xing Yi and the rest of the guards to the West Market.

The West Market is much more spacious and clean than the East Market, walking on the road, a rich and gorgeous carriage passing by, on both sides of the road, all kinds of shops are decorated with magnificence. Zhao Jie took Xingyi's hand and walked slowly on the road, the guards behind him followed suit, and some pedestrians' exclamations came from time to time:

A noblewoman dressed in fancy clothes said, "Whose two sons are these?" He's really handsome. ”

A young pregnant woman with a baby in her arms said to the man next to her, "If only our sons were as handsome as they are." ”

An old man smiled and said to the man next to him, "You were very handsome when you were a child, just like them. ”

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Hearing these words on the street, Zhao Jie and Xingyi's faces turned red unconsciously, as red as an apple.

Zhao Jie led Xingyi to a garment shop, followed by several guards. As soon as the shopkeeper saw Zhao Jie and them, he quickly walked over and said with a smile: "Two masters, what do you need?" ”

"Boss, when you come to the clothing store, you naturally make clothes." Zhao Jie pushed Xingyi to the store and said, "No matter how much it is, take out your best silk and satin and make a set of clothes for this girl of mine." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then Xingyi pulled the edge of Zhao Jie's clothes, and said softly: "Brother Jie, I have clothes, when I entered the prince's mansion, the big sisters in the mansion distributed clothes to me, you don't have to break the bank to buy me clothes." ”

Zhao Jie persuaded and said: "Sister Yi, you don't need to say more, since we knew it now, I haven't given you anything." Make you a dress as a gift from your brother to your sister. ”

Xing Yi wanted to continue, but Zhao Jie covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Obedient." Xingyi nodded without resistance.

The shopkeeper heard Xingyi speak, saw this situation, looked at Xingyi from top to bottom again, and suddenly realized: it turned out to be a female companion and men's clothes. So he continued to smile and said, "Guest officer, please go here, I'll take you to see the fabric first." ”

"The shopkeeper, your cloth is too coarse, you see this girl has fine skin and tender flesh, wearing this kind of cloth, the skin will be worn out, if you only have this kind of cloth, we will go to other houses."

"Guest, don't worry, we have good goods, do our business, good cloth is impossible to easily take out for customers to touch, you wait a minute, I will call our shopkeeper, see our shopkeeper, you carefully discuss."

After a while, the shopkeeper led a bloated man over. "This is our shopkeeper, you talk to him." The store cautiously finished the introduction and walked away.

"Under the surname Jiang, please come with me." The shopkeeper said coldly, and then muttered softly, "The fabric on my body looks very ordinary, these people are definitely not rich people, and they want to buy good cloth with me, wasting my time." I'll show them the worse cloth in a minute, and I'll be satisfied. ”

Zhao Jie and the others followed him, completely unaware of what they were talking about.

After a few turns, an elegant and chic small garden unfolds in front of you. Shopkeeper Jiang led Zhao Jie and his party into a hut, which was filled with all kinds of cloth. When Xingyi saw this scene, the little girl's heart unconsciously appeared. She touched one cloth after another, admiring each one. Zhao Jie followed behind Xingyi and touched them one by one, and then said, "Is there anything better, at least it is similar to the fabric of the dress on my body, you come and touch it." ”

The shopkeeper smiled coldly, walked over slowly, and said contemptuously: "I know that your cloth is not a good product when I look at it, and any cloth here is better than it." The shopkeeper walked up to Zhao Jie, then stretched out his hand and said, "Don't touch it, I also ・・・・・・ Gongzi, where did you get this cloth?" The face of the businessman surnamed Jiang changed abruptly.

Zhao Jie smiled, took out a silver ingot from his body, threw it to him, and said with a smile: "Don't care where this cloth came from, take out your best cloth." ”

The shopkeeper's point was from the middle, and then took Zhao Jie and the others to another room. Zhao Jie touched it, chose a few, and then said to the shopkeeper surnamed Jiang: "That's it." You measure the size of my sister, and then make it for me quickly, and send it to the house on Yuze Street when you are done."

"Yes, yes, yes, we'll deliver." The shopkeeper surnamed Jiang replied with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, the shopkeeper surnamed Jiang hurriedly called the servant to measure Xingyi's size. After the measurement, Zhao Jie left with everyone.

In the garment shop, the shopkeeper surnamed Jiang picked up his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead. The little guy next to him leaned over and asked, "Which family's son is this, it looks very expensive." ”

"Of course, you can think for yourself who has a mansion on Yuze Street."

"There is only one prince's mansion on Yuze Street, which everyone knows! Boss, what are you doing here? …… Prince's Mansion, didn't that prince just now ・・・・・・" The little guy suddenly realized something, and hurriedly covered his mouth, not letting the rest of the words come out.

"Hmmm! Do you know what to do? ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper surnamed Jiang didn't look back and wanted to walk to the inner courtyard, ignoring the stunned little guy.

The carriage creaked and squeaked slowly forward, but this time Zhao Jie and Xing Yi who were sitting in the carriage were heading in the direction of home. I don't know how long it took, but they finally returned to the prince's mansion after being tired.

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