By the time the boat arrived at the pier, it was already early. It's not dark yet, but the sun has already set. It's late autumn, and as soon as you get out of the boat, you can feel a cool breeze blowing on your body.

Gu Nianyuan and Qingniang were better, but Yi Ju'an and his wife, after all, were in good health, so they couldn't help but shiver immediately.

Gu Nianyuan hurriedly asked Fusheng to take out the cloak and put it on the two old men. Although Qingniang was not as cold as them, Gu Nianyuan still let Qingniang put it on.

Xu Yuzhi, who also walked out of the boat before the rest of the group, was ashamed and annoyed. As soon as she got out of the cabin, she realized that this time it was not like someone would pick her up.

Xu Yuzhi didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Gu Nianyuan, and kept holding her neck and wanted to get out of the dock. But she hadn't gone far before she was stopped by the ship's eldest daughter-in-law.

"Miss Xu, haven't you given the silver yet? How can you just leave? ”

There is no shortage of people in a place like the dock at any time. The ship's eldest daughter-in-law's voice was loud, and when she opened her mouth, the boat pedestrians, the hornmen who carried things, and all kinds of people couldn't help but turn their eyes to Xu Yuzhi and the ship's eldest daughter-in-law.

Xu Yuzhi was ashamed and hateful, and she was so embarrassed that she almost wanted to go underground. Xu Yuzhi didn't dare to look at Gu Nianyuan, for fear of seeing a look of doubt or contempt on his face.

Xu Yuzhi hated it very much, and let her be such a foolish daughter-in-law of the ship's boss. She couldn't wait to throw the silver in the face of the ship's eldest daughter-in-law. But she was shy, so she could only swallow her anger and replied: "You go with me, and my grandfather's house will take it." ”

"If you want me to get it, just give me a hairpin bracelet to offset the money!" The eldest daughter-in-law of the boat muttered dissatisfiedly, but still decided to follow Xu Yuzhi to withdraw the money.

"Boss, I'll go out and I'll be back soon." The eldest daughter-in-law of the boat came to Xu Yuzhi's side as she spoke. Xu Yuzhi actually has several pieces of jewelry on her body, which can be exchanged for money.

Although the eldest daughter-in-law of the boat is too greedy, the price of the boat is too different from this. But Xu Yuzhi is actually not a person who is short of this money. The reason why she had to let the ship's eldest daughter-in-law accompany her.

In addition to feeling safer, the most important thing is that the girls' private jewelry is not easy to leave outside. lest they be taken and used as a man, and a woman's reputation may be ruined. Especially people like Xu Yuzhi, who make enemies everywhere, should pay more attention.

Xu Yuzhi was talking to the eldest daughter-in-law of the boat, and there was a middle-aged woman who was well-dressed and a middle-aged man with a mustache who walked to Gu Nianyuan's side.

"Is it the second master and the second wife? The slave is from Yifu, and the old lady asked the slave to pick you up and take you home. I don't know who these two are? ”

The middle-aged man looked at Gu Nianyuan and Qing Niang, and asked as well.

Yi Ju'an didn't answer the words of these two people, and his expression turned cold from the moment he heard this person speak. At this moment, he replied with a cold face and mercilessly.

"There is no second master or second wife here. You'd better look elsewhere. ”

As he spoke, without waiting for the two of them to react, Yi Ju'an looked at Gu Nianyuan. "Brother Yuan, let's go quickly."

Gu Nianyuan also has some understanding of Yi Ju'an's life experience. He didn't ask much, just nodded yes, and left with his things.

"Second master, the slave is looking for you two. The old lady is your biological mother, and she specially instructed the slave and maid, where would she admit her mistake. Old lady, she is always thinking about you. Go back with your slaves! ”

The middle-aged woman, as she spoke, was about to pull Yi Ju'an's clothes. However, Gu Nianyuan reacted quickly, and when he saw this, he hurriedly came to block in front of Yi Ju'an and his wife, staring at the two opposite with a cold face.

The middle-aged woman was excited by Gu Nianyuan's eyes, and her heart was a little hairy. She couldn't help but withdraw her hands, what else did they want to say, but Fusheng, who was sent out by Gu Nianyuan at this time, had already found the carriage at this time.

Gu Nianyuan took it directly, Yi Ju'an and his wife, and Qingniang got into the car. These two subordinates could only look at them unwillingly, and just left.

"Where do you want to go?"

Gu Nianyuan's answer that he had inquired in advance said, "Laifu Inn." ”

"Okay, you're good to go."

The big man who drove the car looked like a skilled. In addition, the roads in the capital are also smoother than elsewhere, so they sat smoothly along the way.

Qingniang is in better health, and she also has the heart to look around. When she got off the boat before, when she saw the scenery outside, she was shocked and a little timid.

This will sit in the carriage, and the young lady can't help but lift the curtain. Sneak a peek at the scenery outside. When she saw the scene outside, Qing Niang was even more surprised, her eyes were surprised for a while, and then she was amazed.

Gu Nianyuan saw Qing Niang like this, his expression softened, he approached Qing Niang and whispered, "Wait until you settle down." My son will take you and Miaomiao out for a good look. ”

"Oh, no, you just need to concentrate on your studies. What to waste that effort on? Mother doesn't want to see it. Although Qingniang refused very resolutely, she also deliberately lowered her voice.

Gu Nianyuan saw that Qingniang was like this, and he no longer persuaded him. However, he had already made up his mind in his heart, and when the time came, he directly planned to take Qingniang directly.

Although Yi Ju'an and his wife lived in the capital before, after all, they have not returned to the capital for a long time, and they have some expectations for the scene in the capital for so many years.

But at this time, because of the two subordinates they just met, they were not in a very good mood. So I didn't have the heart to look outside.

After arriving at the inn, Gu Nianyuan, a big man, didn't feel sorry for the money at all, and directly opened four upper rooms. Qingniang looked distressed, but she didn't say anything outside, but decided to take advantage of no one to remind her son not to spend money so lavishly.

However, there are expensive benefits, and the upper room of this inn is indeed worth the money. The bright room, which looked like a new table, chair and bed, as well as the sheets and quilt covers on the bed, all looked washed, and the smell of soap horn was still on the look.

And there is a partition in the room, and there are also screens and bathtubs and other things in it. Nothing else, Gu Nianyuan is actually a bit clean. He was very satisfied with the washed sheets and covers.

After putting down the luggage, Gu Nianyuan went to see Qingniang and Yi Ju'an and his wife. Let's see if they need anything and how they're settling in. Mrs. Yi was already lying down at this time, and Yi Ju'an was also leaning on the bed, looking very good.

The two didn't know if they were thinking about things or resting. After Gu Nianyuan asked, he left for fear of disturbing them.

Then Gu Nianyuan went to see Qing Niang again, Qing Niang was like a child, she was curious everywhere, but she was still a little afraid of breaking it.

Gu Nianyuan was a little funny when he saw Qingniang like that. hurriedly comforted her, "It's okay, how can these things break so easily." And the mother can rest assured, even if it is broken, it will be fine, and if the son pays for it, it will be good to pay directly. ”

Qingniang glanced at Gu Nianyuan angrily, "No matter how rich you are, you can't be blind." Why are you so big now, I haven't talked about you before. When it comes to booking a room, you and your master can use the room, but I can't use it, and it costs so much money. ”

Gu Nianyuan understood his mother's reaction, and smiled gently: Mother rest assured. If your son is rich, you can use it with confidence! ”

"You can't spend money like this..."Qing Niang was still a little worried.

Gu Nianyuan gently patted Qingniang's shoulder, and said softly: "My son makes money just to be filial to his mother. Spend money on your mother, this money is not in vain. ”

After Gu Nianyuan coaxed the young lady, he left. By this time, it was already early. Gu Nianyuan asked Fusheng to find Xiao Er and order. He thought that everyone must be tired, so he didn't let everyone go down to eat, and directly asked Xiao Er to deliver meals to their respective rooms.

After eating, Gu Nianyuan's heart was even more excited. But Xu slept too late last night, and he hasn't rested today. So Gu Nianyuan lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

Whether it is Yi Ju'an and his wife, or Qingniang, they are going to live in the capital for a long time. So I've been staying in an inn, of course, no.

After a fairly satisfying sleep, Gu Nianyuan was refreshed and asked people to prepare breakfast for everyone. After eating, he told everyone that he took Fusheng out to find a house.

But in addition to looking for a house, Gu Nianyuan has one more important thing to do.

"Go to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion." Gu Nianyuan commanded the driver who was driving the car.

After all, Fusheng just came, and he just kept listening to Qingniang talk about Miaomiao, but he didn't know so much about Miaomiao.

Fusheng only knew that Miaomiao was the younger sister of Childe, and now she was in the capital. Fusheng thought that Miaomiao was going to visit relatives or something. As Gu Nianyuan, as soon as he arrived in the capital, he was going to the Hou Mansion, and Fusheng was very puzzled.

However, although Fusheng was curious, he didn't ask anything, but followed behind Gu Nianyuan obediently.

Gu Nianyuan missed Miao Miao too much, and went to the Hou Mansion impulsively. But when he saw the gate of the Hou Mansion, Gu Nianyuan came to his senses.

What's the use of breaking through like this, it's not that you can't see Miaomiao. Now that he is like this, he has nothing to prepare, and it is not easy to visit the Hou Mansion alone.

And with the character of the Hou Mansion, even if he prepares carefully, he will not take a fancy to himself now. Although he refused to be embarrassed, he would definitely be disliked by the Hou Mansion on this trip.

Even because of herself, Miaomiao will become the talk of the future. You can't do this, you can't harm Miao Miao because of your greed.

"Isn't Childe going to get out of the car?" I heard the coachman's urging. Gu Nianyuan's eyes darkened, and he commanded the coachman.

"If you don't get down, just turn around and go to Ping'an Street."

"Oh... Good. Although the driver was a little confused, he was very happy to make money and turned the car around. What Gu Nianyuan didn't know was that Miaomiao was not in Pingyang Hou's Mansion at this time.

But Miaomiao is also on Ping'an Street at this time. To say that Emperor Jingming is very generous this time, the shop he gave Miaomiao is on Chang'an Street, the closest business road to the palace.

And those two shops are actually next to each other, and the combined area is very objective. However, one of these two shops sold grain and the other sold spices.

Spices from ancient times were not only scarce, but also particularly expensive. If nothing else, just pepper. In ancient times, pepper was particularly precious, and it was said that in the Great Xia Dynasty, pepper was more expensive than silver. 20 taels of silver to buy a pound of pepper.

And pepper is also a status symbol. The government also gave pepper to officials as money as their money. On the other hand, pepper has also been developed as a form of bribery.

This is the method used by the officials who have been raided before. He revealed that he liked pepper and gave it to him when he asked him to do something. He then used the pepper that others had bribed him to sell in the store.

The official never took money and used this method of bribery, but he went undetected for many years. But how can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? At the beginning of this year, this corrupt official still had an incident.

When he finally raided his house, he calculated that this corrupt official actually got 150,000 taels of silver from this pepper. In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, there was not so much tax revenue in the whole country. Emperor Jingming was furious and directly executed the official's entire family.

This matter is still to be said by Ah Fu, who likes to listen to this kind of gossip the most. And although this corrupt official has nothing to do with the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, because this matter is too sensational, Ah Fu knows it very well.

After listening to Ah Fu tell this story, Miaomiao not only sighed that there are so many corrupt officials from ancient times to the present. I became interested in a thing called the pepper.

No, it should be said that Miao Miao has always been interested in money. The huge profits of pepper made Miaomiao's heart move all of a sudden. Pepper was so expensive in ancient times because there were too few of them.

Miao Miao inquired and learned that in addition to the pepper purchased from the Western Regions. In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, only pepper was grown in Lingnan, and the annual output was less than 100 catties.

Pepper is so precious, in the final analysis, because it is difficult to grow. Most of them have to be imported, and this era is not like modern times, what transnational express delivery, purchasing agents are flying all over the sky.

Transporting goods from the Western Regions to the Great Xia Dynasty can be described as time-consuming and labor-intensive. Not only did people die on the way at every turn, but it was absolutely impossible to come back from the Western Regions within two or three years.

Under such conditions, how can imported pepper not be expensive. However, the fact that the Great Xia Dynasty could not grow pepper does not mean that the wonderful fish system with its salted fish system could not be grown.

No matter how poor it is, she can also buy the finished product directly, saying that she grew it herself. But this is too dangerous, so Miao Miao plans to be safe. She came to Ping'an Street this time to buy some pepper seeds.

When she returns, she plans to use the spiritual spring water to see if she can grow alive. Ping'an Street is adjacent to Chang'an Street, and although it is not as prosperous as Chang'an Street, it is also good. Moreover, Ping'an Street is not as strict as Chang'an Avenue, where management is so strict.

There are many Hu merchants and merchants from the Western Regions on Ping'an Street. So if you want to buy pepper seeds, you have to come here to have a look. And Ping'an Street, there are many tooth women. So Gu Nianyuan wanted to find a yard and came here.

It may be that God can't bear to have a lover, so he can't meet directly. (No, it's my own mother, Fat Orange!) Miao Miao and Gu Nianyuan didn't, and they passed by like in most novels.