Taiyuan North City is the largest market in the whole Hedong and even north of the Yellow River, covering an area of hundreds of acres, there are more than 30 lines of nearly 800 shops, up to livestock, mules and horses, down to firewood, rice, oil and salt, from precious gold and jewelry, to cheap needles and threads, all kinds of commodities are available, there are tens of thousands of shopkeepers, here is also the commodity distribution place of the fifteen counties in Hedong, and the small merchants and hawkers in the counties of Hedong almost all purchase goods from here.

Yang Yuanqing took Li Jing into the market by carriage, the noisy and lively atmosphere suddenly came to the face, at this time it was close to the New Year, every household was busy purchasing New Year's goods, people came and went in the north city, in front of the street shops, the shouting of the guys came and went, the ox carts full of grain and oil drove to the Beishi wharf, there is a Cao River in the north city that leads directly to Fenshui, and the goods circulating in the north and south are transported by Fenshui.

Yang Yuanqing changed his outfit at the gate of Beishi, and took Li Jing into the market in the form of a private visit to Weifu, although it was a private visit to Weifu, but two hundred guards were protecting from the front and back, and in the crowded crowd, it was generally not visible.

"Shopkeeper, how much do you have for this rice?"

Li Jing was born as a small landlord and paid attention to the price of rice, so when he walked to a shop where he bought rice, he grabbed a handful of white rice and couldn't help but ask.

The shopkeeper walked up with a smile, "This is Jiangzhou rice, the new rice just harvested this year, eighty yuan a bucket, if you want more, more than ten stones, seventy-five dollars can also be." ”

"What about the wheat?" Li Jing asked again by pointing to the wheat next to him.

"Wheat is cheaper, sixty dollars a bucket, and the same is more than ten stones, five dollars cheaper."

Li Jing turned back to Yang Yuanqing in surprise and said, "Yuanqing, the price of rice here is not expensive!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "This year's bumper harvest in the south, so the price of grain is relatively cheap, how much rice do you have in Jiangling?" ”

"Gangneung is the land of fish and rice, and it costs 100 yuan to fight rice, which is more expensive than you here."

The shopkeeper next to him said with a smile: "This guest, Jiangling used a lot of money." Of course, it is a little more expensive, we use new money, and one new money can be exchanged for two big business money, if it is calculated according to the big business money. Our rice family here is one hundred and sixty yuan of doumi, which is more expensive than your Jiangling. ”

Yang Yuanqing took a handful of new money from his own soldiers and handed it to Li Jing, as soon as he started it, he felt different, the new money in the Northern Sui was thicker and more yellow, and it was really good money, while most of the money in circulation in Jiangling was the five plants of the Great Cause, which was obviously much worse.

Li Jing nodded. "In this way, the rice in Taiyuan is a little more expensive, Jiangling is the land of fish and rice after all, but the livestock in Jiangling is very expensive, a cow is at least twice as expensive as here, and the buffalo is more expensive, each has its own strengths!"

The two of them came to the jewelry store again, where there were more than 20 shops, large and small, selling all kinds of gold and silver jewelry. Ordinary people also come here to exchange money with gold and silver.

Yang Yuanqing took Li Jing to a famous jewelry store in Taiyuan City, named 'Bai Cuisheng', and Yang Yuanqing's wife and daughter all bought jewelry in this store. The shopkeeper often goes to Yang's mansion to deliver jewelry, he recognized Yang Yuanqing, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly greeted him and bowed down to salute, "Why did His Royal Highness the King of Chu come in person, tell the villain, the villain will deliver goods from his door, and he will not dare to delay His Highness to deal with official business." ”

Yang Yuanqing also knew him, so he pointed at Li Jing and said with a smile: "Don't bother the shopkeeper Gao, I'll take my uncle to take a look." Want to buy a few pieces of jewelry for your aunt, do you have the right jewelry? ”

When the shopkeeper heard Yang Yuanqing say that he was buying jewelry for his aunt, he quickly calculated in his heart, and nodded again and again: "Yes!" Yes! Your Highness, please come with me. ”

Everyone went into the back room and sat down, and the tall shopkeeper took out an ivory treasure box with a height of a few feet and put it on the table. Open the box, there are eight layers in it, each layer is a piece of jewelry, all of them are placed in an ivory plate, Li Jing saw that such a precious ivory box actually only put eight pieces of jewelry, he was a little uneasy in his heart, so he asked in a low voice: "How much is this kind of jewelry?" ”

The shopkeeper Gao smiled slightly: "The cheapest piece of jewelry in this box is 200,000 yuan, voila!" This is it. ”

The shopkeeper took out a pair of bracelets and said with a smile: "This is a high-grade emerald, which is polished with a complete piece of emerald, without flaws, but the gloss is slightly inferior, so as long as 200,000 yuan, in fact, this is because of the war, during the emperor's reign, such a pair of bracelets is at least 300,000 yuan." ”

200,000 yuan is 2,000 hangs, and it must be new money, if it is big money, it will cost at least 400,000 yuan, which scared Li Jingyi, he couldn't afford it, and he didn't want Yang Yuanqing to have so much money, so he gently pulled him, "Yuanqing, let's go to another store and have a look!" ”

Yang Yuanqing picked up a pair of bracelets at the bottom of the box, which was also an emerald, but this pair of bracelets was obviously more crystal clear than the pair just now, and the high shopkeeper praised with a thumbs up: "Your Highness's good eyesight, this is the best emerald, it is flowing from the palace, whether it is luster or quality, it is unique, this is one of the best three pieces of jewelry in this store, I don't say how much the original price is, if Your Highness wants, a million dollars."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I want it, find a good box and put it up, you go and ask the princess for the money, and she will pay you gold." ”

Li Jing was taken aback, how could he dare to accept such an expensive thing, he waved his hand again and again, "Yuanqing, your aunt's most expensive jewelry is only a hundred yuan, I definitely can't ask for this bracelet." ”

Yang Yuanqing ignored him and asked the shopkeeper Gao to pack the box, the shopkeeper Gao hurriedly took out a beautiful ivory box and put the jade bracelet up, Yang Yuanqing stuffed the box into Li Jing's arms, and smiled at him: "This is my heart to my aunt, in the future, my aunt can show off to others, this is given by my nephew of King Chu, if it is a pair of silver hairpins, wouldn't I be very faceless?" My uncle took it and gave it to my aunt for me. ”

Li Jing couldn't put it off again and again, so he had to accept it, and he complained: "I didn't come with you if I knew it." ”

At this moment, a loud voice came from the street outside: "Little thief! Where are you running this time? ”

Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned, this voice is so familiar, very similar to Cheng Biting Jin's voice, not biting Jin in Yanmen County, how could he be in Taiyuan, he walked out of the shop, only to see two people rushing out of an alley, a young man in front fell to the ground, and a big man in the back held him down, who is not Cheng Biting Jin?

"Big brother, spare me!" Little thief, pay back the money first and then spare you! Cheng Biting Jin picked up a big fist and was about to hit him.

Yang Yuanqing's face sank, Cheng Biting Jin was a general, how could he fight like a street scoundrel, he snorted heavily and shouted in a low voice: "Cheng Biting Jin!" ”

As soon as Cheng Biting Jin turned around, he saw Yang Yuanqing, and was stunned, how could he be the head manager, the young man on the ground took advantage of Cheng Biting Jin's stunned moment, got up and ran, but was grabbed by the collar by Cheng Biting Jin and carried it back, "The thief wants to escape, no way!" ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that the people around him were all around, so he shouted: "Come in and talk!" ”

Cheng Biting Jin's eyes were full of anger, pinched the young man's neck and entered the jewelry shop, and entered the inner room with Yang Yuanqing, he slammed the young man to the ground, and stepped forward to salute Yang Yuanqing, "See the general manager!" ”

The young man heard Cheng Biting Jin call him the manager, he immediately understood who the person in front of him was, and he shrank into a ball in fright, Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, and asked Cheng Biting Jin again, "Who is this person, why are you fighting with him on the street like a splash?" ”

Cheng Yanjin glared at him, and said hatefully: "This person's name is Xiang Ping, is my mother's cousin, since he was a child, he has been a well-known bad breed in our township, he came from his hometown to report to my mother-in-law, saying that my mother-in-law and two brothers-in-law were arrested and imprisoned by the government because of me in my hometown, and they were going to be beheaded after the autumn, my mother was anxious, and gave him five hundred taels of silver, as well as her jewelry, and asked him to go to save people, but he was swallowed by this thief all privately, he didn't go back at all, just in Taiyuan, it is estimated that he wanted to cheat money again after a while. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Biting Jin was so angry that his eyes erupted with hatred, and he raised his fist to hit him again, Yang Yuanqing looked at this young man with a frightened face, and estimated that Cheng Biting Jin was true, and asked Cheng Biting Jin again: "Then how did you find out?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin kicked him hard in the back, and then said: "I have been in Yanmen County, I don't know about this matter, a few days ago my lady went to Qin Qiong's house to play, look at Qin Qiong's jewelry, and accidentally found that one of her jewelry was in Qin Qiong's jewelry box, and asked to know that this was Qin Qiong's lady from the jewelry shop to buy, my lady rushed to the jewelry shop to inquire, only to know that this thief has been in Taiyuan City, sold my lady's silver jewelry, in Taiyuan to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, my lady wrote to me, I asked for leave two days ago to rush back, I've been staying here, and I finally caught him today. ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that this man had a roe deer head and rat brain, and at first glance, he was not a good person, so he asked him coldly: "Is General Cheng's father-in-law really going to be beheaded?" ”

The man knelt on the ground, slapped his face desperately, and cried and begged: "The villain should be damned, there is no such thing, it was my cousin who wrote a letter back to his hometown, and the second uncle took it out to show off, I looked at the address, and ran to cheat my cousin's money, I should die, the prince spared my life!" ”

Seeing that he finally admitted it, Cheng Yanjin grabbed him by the neck and scolded: "Where is Lao Tzu's silver?" Come back! ”

"Silver............ If you lose all, you're left with one piece of jewelry. ”

The man trembled and took out a piece of gold jewelry from his arms, Cheng Biting Jin snatched the jewelry, hated him so much that he wanted to punch him to death, his own money was killed by the lady, there was no money to drink, there was no money to visit the Qinglou, this bastard cheated five hundred taels of silver at once, and expensive jewelry, which is enough for how much money he drinks, how many times he has visited the Qinglou, and he was all eaten, drunk, prostituted and gambled by this person, Cheng Biting Jin was simply mad.

Yang Yuanqing was angry in his heart, and turned around and ordered his own soldiers: "Drag this person down and behead him!" ”

"The prince spares his life! The prince spares his life! ”

The man knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Cheng bit Jin and hated, but after all, this person is the only son of the lady's uncle, and if he really kills, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the lady, so he had to plead with Yang Yuanqing: "The manager will spare his life!" I want to give the lady a face. ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Cheng Yanjin in some surprise, he found that Cheng Yanjin seemed to be controlled by his mother, which is a good phenomenon, Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Okay!" I will leave this person to you to deal with, if you want to kill or beat you, but tomorrow morning you come to Jinyang Palace to see me, I have something to look for you. ”

"Humbleness obeys orders, and humiliation takes the first step."

Cheng Yanjin pinched the man's neck and dragged him out of the door, "Go with Lao Tzu!" See how I clean you up. ”