Chapter 75: Sudden Change
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Ximenqing's shout stopped at the noisy discussion of the audience, and almost everyone's eyes turned from this divine horse to Ximenqing's side. Since they are all fighting in the horse market, how can they not know that the dragon foal in front of them is worth a lot of money, and it can even be said that even if the idle rich family can afford this price, I am afraid that they will not have the ability to support it.
This kind of dragon horse, even in the royal garden, is extremely rare, if there is no certain power, I am afraid that this horse is still the bane of disaster.
Ximen Qing was born handsome, and his body was still tall among the northerners, and he had come into contact with many big figures of this era, and he naturally had some momentum for the superiors, and in the face of everyone's attention, he stood still, but his eyes were still on the horse in front of him without the slightest variegated hair.
"This official must know the goods, and I'm not greedy, it's three thousand pounds of copper, you can take it away immediately!"
Behind the horse, a man with red hair and yellow beard and a dark face turned out, with a collar of sparse fur and wrinkled beard, and a pair of hands as big as a fan full of thick calluses.
This horse dealer looks like this, and he obviously has Hu blood, but this Chinese dialect is quite standard except for a slight Hebei accent.
Three thousand coppers!
Although everyone present knew that this horse was extraordinary, when the horse dealer actually quoted this price, it still scared many people. It's not that this horse dealer is offering a price all over the sky, like this kind of dragon horse, if it is sent to Bianliang, I am afraid that this price will have to go up two more heels. It's just that right now in the Daimyo's Mansion, the price of 3,000 yuan of copper is also unheard of, which is enough to cover the wealth of ordinary rich families for generations.
Ordinary transactions of such large amounts, the buyer and seller often say the latest price of the banknote, after all, the copper coin has always been at least more than 500 yuan, and the weight is definitely not light. If it is thousands, it is almost equivalent to a lower copper mountain, and I am afraid that I will have to find an ox cart to pull it before I can move it.
Of course, this full copper of 3,000 yuan is not to make Ximen Qing now conjure up an ox cart of copper money to buy this horse, but to say that it is calculated according to the usual official price of 750 wen, not the usual market price of about 600 wen. As to whether this equivalent is converted into the latest banknotes or gold and silver, it is up to you to listen.
The market price is almost 4,000 guan, and I think that the pair of extremely rare twin sisters sent by the other party in Chai Jinzhuang was only more than 1,000 guan when they were bought in Bianliang, Tokyo, which shows that the price of this white horse is amazing.
Since it is his favorite thing, Ximenqing is not a shy person in his pocket, and he was not frightened by the actual price of 4,000 guan offered by the other party, but he turned around and muttered a few words to Yan Qing, and after confirming that he was not slaughtered, he clapped on the spot and said: "3,000 guan is 3,000 guan, but I don't have so much gold and silver around me, only to pay money, I don't know if it's possible?" ”
"It's okay to pay the banknotes, but if you want the latest seven-fold money, if it's worn and damaged, I won't accept it!"
The banknotes issued by the imperial court are just the methods that Cai Jing came up with in order to make up for the lack of national finance and taxation, and it looks like the banknotes of later generations, but it is a pity that there is no endorsement of the national reserves, and the market credit is congenitally insufficient. Even if it is just issued, the merchants and the people are counted as seventy percent of the real copper, with the change of years, some of the early issuance of the banknotes is even only two or three percent of its face value.
In the past, except for putting some scattered gold and silver on Ximenqing's body for emergency use, the rest of the money was carried by Shi Qian, after all, no one in this world could steal anything from the hands of this thief ancestor. Now Shi Qian is staying in Tokyo, but he has added a stone show to his side, although he is only a newcomer, but Ximen Qing is a believer, and he will take care of these things, so that this righteous "desperate Saburo" wants to treat each other with his heart.
Just when the two sides were about to deliver the goods, the spectators on the inner and outer three floors that were originally enclosed were in a commotion, and with the sound of scabbard slapping, a group of spectators were thrown into a flutter, and they scattered to both sides, revealing a passage large enough for four or five people to walk in parallel.
"Good thief, I finally caught you, but this time it's up to you where you run!"
More than a dozen yamen servants, either armed with knives and sticks, or carrying shackles and locks, under the leadership of a yellow-faced man, rushed in, and when they saw the man who sold horses, everyone stepped forward, but after three or two blows, they put the big man to the ground, and twisted his arms back, but in a moment, he was made into a man with shackles.
"What do you do? In broad daylight, is there still a royal law? ”
The horse dealer struggled twice, but he was stabbed twice by the handle of the official in the waist and eye, and suddenly gasped, and the beads of sweat covered his forehead in an instant, and the whole person shrank like a shrimp, thinking that the pain was unbearable.
"A 'Jade Lion in the Night' was stolen from the military horse farm last month, but you kid is bold, and you actually went to this famous mansion horse market to publicize it, dare you don't want to live? It's cheap, our guys got this credit, but the commander said, who can catch this person and reward a hundred dollars! ”
The yellow-faced man at the head shouted at the horse dealer, and then laughed a few times, obviously thinking about the so-called reward of 100 yuan.
"The villain Duan Jingzhu often walks and sells horses in the north, where can it be a thief who steals military horses, there are many people who know it in this horse market, you can testify!"
The horse dealer looked sad and indignant, and couldn't help but look at the people he knew well in the crowd, but he didn't want the rest of the people to see the yamen acting, so he avoided it, and where did he dare to come forward, and he avoided and left for a while.
"Yang Jie-level slow walking?"
Ximen Qing and his group didn't expect this change, but Yan Qing on the side seemed to know the yellow-faced man and greeted him from behind.
"It turned out to be Brother Xiao Yi, but it's rare, when I finish this errand in the Yamen, I'll invite Brother Xiao Yi to eat and drink!"
After speaking, the yellow-faced man and Yan Qing arched their hands, led the strange thousand-mile horse, and turned away with the group of officials.
When the officials were far away, Ximen Qing said: "I'm afraid there is something strange here, if you steal the military horse, how dare you crash into this famous mansion, wouldn't you fall into the net?" ”
"The big official Mingjian, that horse is indeed called 'Jade Lion in the Night', but it is not a military horse. Where did the military horse farm of the Great Song Dynasty get such a superb divine horse, and the military horses are marked in conspicuous places, let alone enter this horse market, I am afraid that even the city gate of this famous mansion will not be able to enter! ”
Yan Qing shook his head helplessly on the side and said, "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty, I don't know which big man in the mansion has taken a fancy to this 'Jade Lion in the Night', and he has resorted to such a subordinate, alas, ......"
"Brother Xiao Yi knows the yellow-faced man, so he bothered to inquire about who was in the way. Look, the man just now doesn't seem to be a traitor, if possible, it would be a merit to avoid him from being imprisoned! ”
The horse dealer just now claimed to be Duan Jingzhu, if there is no mistake, it should also be one of the Liangshan Juyi, and he has the unique skill of raising horses with one hand. It would be a pity for such a character to die in prison because of a horse.