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Zhang Baoer opened the door and saw Song Di, Yao Hong, Wang Shouyi and Li Linfu standing in front of him.

"Bao'er, after thinking about it, we all feel that we can't lose your friend!" Song Di said solemnly: "So, we have decided, listen to your words and quit gambling!" ”

"Really?" Zhang Bao'er raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Really!" The four of them nodded in unison.

"That's right!" Zhang Bao'er smiled and said, "We are still friends, come on, come on, please come in!" ”

After a few people sat down, Song Di took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and handed it to Zhang Bao'er: "This is the silver won that day, a total of four thousand seven hundred taels, Bao'er, you take it!" ”

Zhang Bao'er waved his hand and refused: "I don't lack silver, your brother will divide it!" ”

"How can that work?" Song Di said seriously: "If it weren't for you, let's not talk about winning silver, it is estimated that we are still being played as monkeys, if you don't want it, I would rather give this silver to beggars!" ”

Song Di's stubbornness, Zhang Baoer has seen it, he smiled and took the silver ticket, and asked Song Di: "How much silver does it cost to buy a decent house in Luzhou?" ”

"I don't know much about this!" Song Di shook his head and pointed at Wang Shouyi: "You ask Shouyi, he is very good at the market of Luzhou Mansion!" ”

Wang Shouyi smiled and said, "The average mansion is about 1,000 taels, and the better ones are about 1,500 taels!" ”

Zhang Bao'er nodded: "If only I live here with Hou Jie, but if you come often, it will be a little shabby!" ”

After that, Zhang Bao'er counted out a few silver tickets and handed them to Wang Shouyi: "That's it, Brother Wang, this is 1,700 taels of silver, you take it, please buy me a better house, and it will be more convenient for you to come to me next time!" ”

"No problem, I'll take care of it!" Wang Shouyi took the silver ticket.

Zhang Bao'er took out a few more silver tickets: "There are six of us in total, and there are three thousand taels of silver, exactly five hundred taels per person, I received one thousand taels for me and Hou Jie, and the remaining two thousand taels, five hundred taels for each of the four of you!" ”

Zhang Baoer handed the remaining silver ticket to Song Di again.

Song Di still had to say something, Zhang Bao'er said with a straight face: "If you push back again and don't treat me as a friend, then I'll be angry!" ”

Song Di had no choice but to divide the silver ticket with the four of them.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Baoer asked casually: "I've been in Luzhou for a long time, do you know what lively places there are, recommend them to me, I want to go out for a walk!" ”

Li Linfu said with a smile: "If you want to talk about a lively place, it must be Yangliudun!" ”

"Yang Liudun?" Zhang Baoer asked, "What kind of place is Yangliudun?" ”

"Yangliudun is a place to do business, and it is also the largest trading place in Luzhou!"

Zhang Baoer became interested when she heard it: "Are you interested, let's go to this willow pier?" ”

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Yangliudun was not originally a bazaar, just a large open space next to the official road, and at first it was just one or two, three or five people set up stalls there and paved it.

As the days went by, the number of pavings increased, and the rows were arranged, and with the scale, it became the current bazaar.

Several people got out of the carriage, Zhang Baoer looked around and said, "It's really not small!" ”

The market of Yangliudun may not be as prosperous as Chang'an West City, but the battlefield is definitely much larger than that of West City.

"Bao'er, this is the grass market!" Li Linfu pointed to the market in front of him.

"Grass Market? Why is it called a grass market? Zhang Baoer said strangely.

"I don't quite understand, that's what everyone calls it anyway!"

Zhang Baoer nodded.

The commodities traded in the grass market are mainly crops grown by the farmers themselves, as well as salt, wine, and other daily necessities.

After walking around the grass market, Zhang Baoer followed Li Linfu forward again.

"Bao'er, this is the horse market!" Li Linfu continued.

The horse market, as the name suggests, is a market for exchanging or buying horses, and in addition to horses, there is also the trade of cattle such as cattle, donkeys, mules, sheep, etc. Here, it can be bought with silver, or exchanged for farm tools, clothing, grain, iron pots, etc.

Zhang Bao'er seems to be very interested in the horses here, and everywhere she goes, she will look at them curiously for a while.

Li Linfu smiled and asked, "Bao'er, you know horses!" ”

Zhang Bao'er shook her head and smiled bitterly: "How can I know anything about horses, in my eyes, they are all the same, and they can't tell the good from the bad at all!" ”

Li Linfu deliberately said: "There are four formulas for knowing horses, I don't know if Zhang Gongzi has heard it?" ”

"Oh?" Zhang Baoer became interested and said to Li Linfu: "Let's hear it!" ”

"Look at a piece of skin first, then look at the four hooves, touch a handful of notches, and the shoulders are generally aligned."

"How can this be explained?" Zhang Baoer asked.

"Look at a piece of skin first, mainly at the color of the coat. Choose to ride a horse, with red and black, jujube for the color, and green and white rabbit gray for the lower color. The envoy horse is black, red, blue and white as the upper color horse, and the yellow sand flower horse is the lower color horse. Look at a piece of skin, but also look at the elasticity of the skin, the luster of the hair, etc. ”

Zhang Baoer couldn't help but nodded.

"When you look at the four hooves, you should choose a horse with straight hooves and thick legs. Touching the notch is to look at the teeth, and looking at the teeth is the key to identifying the age of the horse. One-year-old middle school, two-year-old milky child, three-year-old baby teeth for incisors, four-year-old pair, five-year-old milk tooth loss, six-year-old full of teeth, seven bites in the middle of the eight bites, nine years old into the old mouth, teeth have been involved. ”

Zhang Baoer listened with relish.

"The head of the horse is generally the skeleton of the horse. Stretching out his hand to grab the waist, the horse is frightened and collapses the waist, which is called the waist is soft, and the waist is not moving. The waist is soft and not worthless. The front crotch is wide and the chest is strong, and the front crotch is narrow and the sleeve is weak. ”

Zhang Bao'er couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Brother Lin Fu, how do you know so much about this knowing horse?" “

Yao Hong said on the side: "Their family is in the cattle and horse business, how could he not know this?" ”

Zhang Baoer suddenly realized.

As he spoke, several people had already walked out of the horse market.

"Huh?" There were a lot of people in front, but there was nothing to sell, which made Zhang Baoer very strange.

Li Linfu saw Zhang Bao'er's surprise and took the initiative to introduce him: "Bao'er, this is Nu City!" ”

Zhang Baoer understood that the so-called slave market must be a market for buying and selling slaves.

"Brother Lin Fu, where do all the slaves in this slave city come from?" Zhang Baoer looked at Li Linfu curiously.

"It depends on whether it's official or private!" Obviously, Li Linfu is very clear about the situation in the meantime.

"Oh? What is the difference between an official and a private? Zhang Baoer was very interested.

"Most of the slaves of the official family are the family members of the offenders who have been demoted to slaves, and these slaves are supervised by the officials of Sinong Temple. Most of the private ones were born and bought with money, and some were captives. ”

"What does it mean to be born?" Zhang Baoer asked puzzled.

"Family children are the children of slaves, and the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that if all slaves are not exempted, the children born will always be slaves."

Zhang Bao'er asked again: "So, all the slaves sold here are private people?" ”

"It's not all, there are also a lot of official slaves!"

"Official slaves are also allowed to buy and sell?" Zhang Baoer said in surprise.

"It stands to reason that you can't buy or sell, but as long as you can afford the silver, there is no distinction between official and private here!" Li Linfu told the truth.