Several guards in the back were furious, clenched their fists and were about to rush forward, Zhang Xuan waved the jade ruler in his hand and said with a smile: "We are not here to buy rice, don't worry!" ”

I don't know if they were afraid of the fists of a few big men, or the other party's statement that they didn't buy rice made them settle, the crowd quieted down again, and the guy found out that the dozen big men behind him turned out to be the sons of this son, and he suddenly became vigilant in his heart, if he didn't buy rice, what would he do with so many people?

Zhang Xuan turned around and instructed his subordinates, "It's too crowded here, you all go outside and wait!" ”

The guards bowed and retreated, and Zhang Xuan smiled and said to the guy: "My family also opened a rice shop in Luoyang, I heard that you are the largest rice shop in the capital, so let's take a look at the market." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"I see!"

The guy was even more worried that they would go around casually and drive them out, and he was afraid that a dozen or so big men outside would cause trouble, so he decided to follow them, "What does Childe want to visit?" ”

Zhang Xuan pointed to the black wooden card with a jade ruler, "The price of rice is eighty-three yuan for doumi, what kind of money does this mean?" ”

"Of course, it is the emperor's five baht money, but it must be paid five years before the great cause, and we will not accept or exchange the money for the great cause in the future."

"If you use Datong Tongbao or Kaiyuan Tongbao to buy rice, will you receive this?"

"Of course, Datong Tongbao is one to three for Kaihuang five baht money, and Kaiyuan Tongbao is one to two, but Kaiyuan Tongbao must be identified before it can be used, but now there are not many people who use Datong Tongbao to buy rice, if you buy more than five stone rice at a time, we will collect gold."

"Do you also receive gold?"

The guy grinned, "Is there anyone who doesn't take gold now?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, the price of rice in Ziwei Pavilion is also eighty-three yuan for rice, and it is the same as here, when Datong Tongbao is issued more, it must be quoted with Datong Tongbao.

He looked around on both sides again, and saw that the courtyard wall was full of baskets, and in the baskets were all kinds of grain, and there was a wooden strip inserted on it, indicating the origin and price, and he suddenly found that the two baskets were full of rice, but the price was different, one was seventy-five yuan for rice, and the other was ninety-five dollars for rice, he couldn't help but be stunned, and pointed to the two baskets with a jade ruler and asked: "The same rice, why is the price difference so big?" ”

The guy smiled: "Not only is the son strange, almost everyone has to ask, the difference in the price of the two kinds of rice is mainly due to the different origins." ”

"Origin?"

Zhang Xuan found out that the origin was written on the back of the wooden strip, the rice origin of 75 yuan of doumi was Qingzhou, and the origin of 95 yuan of doumi was Bashu, which made him a little confused, why is Qingzhou rice so cheap?

"Childe doesn't know, the rice from Qingzhou is not as delicious as Jiangnan rice, the taste is relatively dry, and Jiangnan rice is fragrant and glutinous, the price is only eight cents, of course everyone is willing to buy Jiangnan rice, if it is not because Qingzhou rice is too expensive, it will be cheaper."

"Why is the rice of Bashu sold for ninety wen, because the freight is expensive?"

"Gongzi is right, Bashu's rice transportation is too inconvenient, to be transported to Guanzhong first, and then transferred from Guanzhong to Zhongdu, this price is at least forty yuan is freight, last year's New Year's Eve, Jiangnan rice bucket rice one hundred and thirty yuan, this year suddenly dropped to eighty yuan, the main reason is that we took Jiangnan, a large number of rice north, so that the price came down all of a sudden, in the final analysis, or ordinary people benefit!"

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the inner hall, Zhang Xuan knew this person, it was Lu Zhuo's cousin Lu Yu, they had met several times, Zhang Xuan was afraid that he would recognize him, so he gave Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling a look, and the three turned around and left.

The guy was talking about the introduction, but when he turned around, the three people just now were gone, and after looking around, he saw the three of them walking out of the gate, "Inexplicable!" The guy cursed in a low voice.

At this time, Lu Yu walked up and looked at Zhang Xuan's distant back, he was a little puzzled in his eyes, how could this person's back look like His Royal Highness King Qi?

"Who was that guy just now?" Lu Yu asked the guy.

Seeing that it was the chief steward who asked himself, the man hurriedly nodded and said, "It's from Luoyang, he said that his family also opened a rice shop, to learn about the market in Zhongdu." ”

"What's his last name?"

"This.... I don't know, the villain is not interested in him. ”

"Does he have an entourage?"

"Yes! There were more than a dozen fierce men waiting for him outside. ”

Lu Yu was even more puzzled, could it really be that King Qi was visiting Weifu privately?

.........

Coming out of the rice shop, diagonally opposite a street is a mule and horse shop, there are also more than a dozen shops, just walk to the street, a strong smell will rush to the face, here is mainly to sell large livestock, mules, horses, cattle, etc., like edible pigs and sheep are not traded here.

Completely different from the rice shop, there are very few buildings here, all of them are enclosed by simple wooden fences, and there are many livestock tethered to stakes in the snow to graze leisurely.

In recent years, with the stability of the situation, the livestock slaughter in various parts of the Northern Sui has increased significantly, especially in Beihai County, the seeds sown by Zhang Xuan began to get fruitful results, and Beihai County has become the largest livestock production area in the world, and the slaughter of cattle, horses, donkeys and mules is the first in the world.

Especially after the Sui military horse farm was transferred to Liaodong, all the horses in Beihai County were converted to civilian animal power, although these horses were eliminated by the military and the remaining secondary horses, but they were stronger and more powerful than ordinary horses, and immediately became the most popular livestock in the counties of the Northern Sui, and every autumn, the county government would send people to Beihai County to buy animal power.

In fact, Yidu County, Beihai County is the distribution center of the world's animal power, and in comparison, the mule and horse shops in Zhongdu are far inferior to Xiaowu, let alone go to see Dawu.

So Zhang Xuan was not interested here, he just took a general look, and was about to turn away, just when he was about to turn around, there was a sudden neighing of horses in the distance, the voice was strong and powerful, Zhang Xuan immediately stopped, listening to the sound of horses is the basic skill of every general, this horse's cry is obviously not an ordinary horse.

He looked in the direction of the sound, and the sound seemed to come from the yard of a livestock store, and in general, animal power was placed outside for guests to choose, and few people put animal power in the yard, except for more valuable livestock.

At this moment, the horse just now let out a majestic neighing again, and Zhang Xuan's subordinates also heard it, it was the neighing of a war horse, and the two guards galloped over, pointing to a courtyard and shouting: "Childe, here!" ”

Zhang Xuan also walked quickly towards the gate of this mule and horse shop, and several guys were a little panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Zhang Xuan, "The livestock in the small shop are all outside, please pick them outside!" ”

"I'm going to see the horse that just chirped, and I'm going to show it."

"Childe made a mistake! How can there be horses in our yard, I must have heard it wrong. The two guys said in a panic.

"Nonsense!"

Zhang Xuan's face sank, "I heard it clearly just now, it was from your yard, do you dare to say it?" ”

A steward next to him stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "I'm sorry son, that horse..... It has been booked by guests, we don't sell! ”

"Even if it's ordered by someone else, let's take a look!"

"This.... It's not right! ”

At this time, one of his subordinates stepped forward quickly and whispered in Zhang Xuan's ear: "A brother climbed up to the courtyard just now to see, and there are dozens of war horses inside!" ”

Zhang Xuan was secretly surprised in his heart, so he smiled quietly: "Since you don't want to, then don't force it, say goodbye!" ”

He waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

More than a dozen guards followed him towards the outside of the mule and horse shop, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were waiting on the side of the road, asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, what happened?" ”

Zhang Xuan didn't answer them, but took out an arrow and handed it to the guards, "Immediately go and transfer the garrison outside West City to surround that mule and horse shop!" ”

"Obey!" The guards took the order and galloped away.

Zhang Xuan said to a few guards: "You stay here and keep an eye on that mule and horse shop, so that they don't find out." ”

"Humble duty understands." Several guards dodged into an alley.

Zhang Xuan said to Du and Fang: "This is not a place to talk, let's find a place to sit down." ”

They returned to Mihang and walked directly into the official offices of the two cities, and the two soldiers standing guard at the door waved their spears and shouted: "This is an important place for officials, and idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

One of the guards stepped forward quickly and whispered something to the two, and they were immediately frightened, and Zhang Xuan ignored it and walked quickly towards the official office, where one of the soldiers rushed in to report it.

After a while, several officials came out and bowed together, "See Your Highness!" ”

"No need to be polite, I'll sit here for a while, you guys go about your own business!"

The officials invited Jang Hyun and the three into the inner hall to sit down, and served tea to the three of them, but they did not dare to disturb them, so they retreated.

Zhang Xuan told Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui about the discovery of war horses, and both of them were taken aback, war horses belong to strategic materials, and the imperial court strictly prohibits private trading, and there are dozens of war horses in a mule and horse shop in Zhongdu, where did these war horses come from? Who are you going to sell to?

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said: "It should be that the war horse was disguised and mixed with ordinary animal horses to enter Hebei, so it was not found along the way, and finally gathered in Zhongdu." ”

Zhang Xuan sneered and said: "This kind of trick has been played by Zhang Jincheng back then, and this is the only way to blend into the Central Plains, but these people are actually playing under my nose, it's just bold!" ”

The three of them drank a cup of tea, and at this time, a guard ran in and bowed down to report: "Your Highness, the army has surrounded that mule and horse shop. ”

"How many people came?"

"Here are a thousand brethren!"

"Good!"

Zhang Xuan got up and said to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui: "The two of you are resting here, I'll take a look." ”

Fang Xuanling got up and said, "This is the scope of my duties, of course I should go with His Highness." ”

Du Ruhui also got up and said with a smile: "The tea has been drunk, it's time to go out for a walk." ”

Seeing that the two of them must follow, Zhang Xuan nodded, "Okay!" Let's go together. (To be continued.) )