Chapter 35 The Black Market in Suzhou

After chatting with Xue Weihai for a while, Song Kai went downstairs.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were not too many guests, Song Kai asked for some food from the kitchen, and he sat with Ah Fu and Nie Lingdang and ate lunch.

"I'll go to the black market in the afternoon," Song Kai said in a low voice, there were only the three of them at this time, Song Kai was very relieved, "I'll take your identity as the bell." ”

Ah Fu's mouth stopped abruptly while eating fish, looked at Song Kai, then looked at Nie Ling, and said in a low voice: "Da Lang, you can't go to the black market, it's too chaotic there, you are a scholar, you can't ...... when you get to that place."

Nie Ling thought for a moment and said, "Is it reliable?" If I don't go, I'll be martial. ”

"Stop!"

Song Kai raised an arm, "Don't talk about the two of you, I'll go alone, and ah, my Miss Bell, don't show off your three-legged cat's kung fu except for bullying and bullying me." ”

"I ...... Okay, then you be careful, don't get it if it's dangerous, it's a big deal I'll find a chance to leave, besides, wasn't it all safe some time ago, maybe it will be safe next," Nie Ling was also a little worried about Song Kai's safety.

Song Kai shook his head and ate the meal casually, "It's not that simple, that Yang Huaiyan is a person who will repay him, it won't be long before he finds out that Liu Jiqian and Liu Yuchan have left, he will definitely vent all his anger on our store." ”

Nie Ling also knew that the situation was serious.

Ah Fu asked in a puzzled and low voice: "Da Lang, tell me the truth, what is the origin of the shopkeeper Nie?" ”

"Fu Bo, don't ask, and don't tell Zhao Tieshan about this, I'll go to the black market, if I can, by the way, Zhao Tieshan's identity will also be solved, as long as there are no such problems, hmph, compared to running an inn, he Yang Huaiyan is really not my opponent," Song Kai smiled, took some gold and silver after eating, and left.

There is a black market in every era and in every city.

As long as there is value in existence, it will not die.

The government prohibits the eating of beef, it can be bought on the black market, the government does not allow the buying and selling of illegal salt, it is not allowed to make wine privately, and illegal salt and koji can also be bought on the black market, anyway, as long as it is profitable, there will always be people who take risks, and there will always be a black market.

The black market in Suzhou City is hidden under the gold and silver utensils market.

Song Kai originally planned to ride over, but the horseback riding was too ostentatious, maybe he would be targeted by the black hand as soon as he entered the market, so he still had to keep a low profile.

The gold, silver and jade playthings market is a little far away from the Hongchen inn, and after walking for more than an hour, Song Kaifang saw a deep alley, and there were a few small words written at the mouth of the alley: Playthings Market.

"This is it," Song Kai breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he had been training hard for more than ten days, and he didn't feel tired now.

After entering the alley, about ten meters later, there began to be shops, which were furnished with beautifully made gold, silver and jade, as well as Suzhou silk, and some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, such as poems inscribed by Li Taibai himself.

Further in, the streets and alleys widened, and there were not only shops on both sides, but also stalls in the middle of the road, and of course there were everything on the stalls, but most of them were illegal burial goods.

In these years, it is too easy to rob the tomb, and there will be burial goods when you dig a grave, of course, robbing the tomb in this year is a big crime of killing the head, this is digging people's ancestral graves.

There are a lot of people on the road, and there are everything.

"Hey, it's not bad here!" Song Kai put his hands behind his back, and looked left and right like a Tang businessman.

From time to time, someone beckoned Song Kai and asked him to look at the gold and silver utensils in his shop, of course, there were also some brass products that were obviously fake, and it seemed that some people were already able to not only smelt bronze, but even forge brass.

Song Kai walked around and stopped, then stopped in front of a stall selling swords, sticks and guns.

The owner of the stall was a young man in his early twenties, very strong, with a red complexion, and he looked like a man who had been in the blacksmith shop all year round.

Song Kai stopped, his eyes flashed from the spear, bow and arrow, and then his gaze stopped at a few Tang knives.

The Tang knife is not wide, and the arc is not large, which is quite different from the waist knife of the Song Dynasty, and is more like the prototype of the Oriental knife.

After a glance, Song Kai fell in love with one of the broad knives.

The knife has a blade at the front, with several grooves on the body, and a thick back, so that it is easy to use and can also be used to stab directly.

Song Kai nodded, reached out and took it, and weighed it, weighing five or six pounds, but it was just right to take advantage of it.

The owner of the stall looked up at Song Kai and nodded, "It seems that the guest officer is also a person who knows knives." ”

"Hehe, if you can create this kind of weapon, it means that you know more about knives," Song Kai laughed.

The young man just shook his head, "It's just that I occasionally hear a knife master complain, so I tried to improve the current knife structure, I don't understand, I only know how to forge." ”

"Well, how much is this knife," Song Kai asked, he was really a little moved.

"Ten taels of gold, no counteroffer," the young man said directly.

Song Kai almost screamed, he was stunned for a moment, "So expensive? ”

"That's the price," the young man was expressionless, "although this knife is not sharpened like clay, but it is absolutely strong, I folded it seven times before it was built, and you will never be able to buy such a solid knife in the iron shop of Suzhou City." ”

"Oh?" Song Kai was really moved, isn't this the legendary hundred tempered steel? This young man's forging skills are very skillful, and it seems that he must be a family heirloom.

"Okay, I want it, but I didn't bring so much money, you ...... tomorrow" Song Kai hesitated.

"I won't necessarily come tomorrow, where Lang Jun lives, I can go to the house with a knife," the man said.

"Oh, that's fine, I'm at the Hongchen Inn in Anle Fang in the northwest of the city, you can go there."

"Red Dust Inn? Lang Jun is...... Is that the store? The young man stood up, looked at Song Kai, and then grinned, "My iron shop is not far from your inn, and my father and I have eaten your back pot meat, it's delicious." ”

"That's great," Song Kai rubbed his hands.

The young man handed the slightly wide Tang knife to Song Kai, "Lang Jun, take it, I will take the money from your store when I have time, anyway, it's not far away." ”

Song Kai was not polite, and agreed directly.

Just as he was about to say something more politely, there was a sudden shouting from the front, and then with a "click", a shed that had been erected fell to the ground.

Song Kai took the Tang knife and looked over there.

"Shopkeeper Langjun, don't join in the fun, there are often ...... here Often kills, you are a scholar, be careful," the young man from the blacksmith shop was quite friendly to Song Kai after recognizing Song Kai.

Song Kai nodded, but still leaned over, because he seemed to see an acquaintance.