The price of horses is not cheap, according to last year's horse price, the average horse is about ten taels of silver, and the high-class horse is nearly fifteen taels of silver, of course, this price is still in Hezhou, which is rich in horses, and it will cost fifteen taels to go up in other places.

Fifteen taels is not a small amount for ordinary people.

"The specific price of the specific horse, you can only know it by looking at it." Huang Luoling blinked and said: "Horse sellers will raise the price, when you buy it, you must bargain, bargain hard!" Otherwise, you will be pitted by horse dealers. ”

Jiang Banxia was thinking in her heart while listening to Huang Luoling's speech, and when she left, she saw that the official price of tea and horses last year was about forty catties for a first-class horse, and the price of horses was still expensive on the whole.

"In short, if you want to buy, you must keep your eyes open, some horse dealers are really going to slander outsiders." Huang Luoling picked up the noodle soup on the table and drank it all, she was a little embarrassed to follow Jiang Banxia to eat and drink well every day in the past few days.

So Huang Luoling said heroically: "If you can't talk properly, you can ask me for help, not to mention that I still know some people in Hezhou City!" ”

"You?" He Qiaoyi said disdainfully: "Thank God for not adding to the chaos." ”

The two began to pinch after saying a few words.

Jiang Banxia held his forehead helplessly: "If you quarrel again, you will all go back." ”

The two of them snorted coldly, and it seemed that no one would let anyone.

The horse market is lit up and lively, and there are street lights on both sides!

The lamp oil burned in the street lamp is different from the lamp oil that Jiang Banxia saw.

Rich and noble people use candles, and those with ordinary family backgrounds will use tung oil or some animal fat, but the lamp oil here is a black liquid, and it will emit black smoke after being lit.

"Huh, you're interested in this?" Huang Luoling saw that Jiang Banxia looked at the stone lamp on the side of the road twice, so she introduced: "This is fierce fire oil, which was dug by Lord Zhizhou when there was a drought a few years ago. ”

She gestured as she spoke: "At that time, a large pool was dug up, and this burning black liquid gushed up from the mouth of the well at once, and Lord Zhizhou said that it was a good thing, and later this oil was used to light lamps in the market, which was very cheap." ”

Fierce fire oil, Jiang Banxia saw it for the first time, but it was not the first time to hear it, she had turned it to when she read "Mengxi Pen Talk" before, and the book introduced this black oil that could be burned as oil, but I didn't expect to see it today, the ancients often said that it makes sense to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles.

Jiang Banxia sighed: "The magic of creation. ”

"Indeed." Huang Luoling agreed: "This kind of oil is like water and it is not easy to extinguish after ignition, it is really magical. ”

The three of them talked a lot around the roadside lamp, and when they came back to their senses, the horse market was already lively, and although there had been wars with the people of the border for many years in recent years, the relationship between the people on the border was still quite harmonious.

"Boss, what do you say is opening the horse market in such darkness? The black can't see what the horse looks like at all, in case you are lame and spend a lot of money to buy an inferior horse, where will you go back and cry? He Qiaoyi asked his own question.

Huang Luoling, who had been following beside him, said with a smile: "You think everyone is as stupid as you, the horses here are not in a serious way, of course they don't dare to open the market during the day, and they come here to buy horses by relying on clouds." ”

According to the current situation of fighting with the people from time to time, horses are not allowed to be bought and sold at all, but the people are trading in private, and the government turns a blind eye to this, as if they did not see it.

Perhaps, while strolling around, you can meet the errand who does odd jobs in the horse market after the release of the government.

Jiang Banxia casually stopped in front of a stall, and the family led a total of three horses, two of which were variegated, and the remaining one was a common dwarf jujube red horse.

"Authentic prairie horse, don't look at the colors, it's absolutely no problem to run." The owner of the horse seller reached out and broke the horse's mouth to reveal the horse's teeth: "Look at this tooth, it's absolutely good!" ”

Jiang Banxia pretended to look at it twice, she pointed to one of them and said, "How to sell it?" ”

"Listen to the accent, a few people shouldn't be from Hezhou, and I won't say anything, this horse is sold cheaply for a few people, as long as sixteen taels." The owner of the horse seller had a simple smile on his face, but his mouth quoted the price of the pit money.

"You're too thick-skinned, aren't you? Asking for a sky-high price, bullying us is an outsider! He Qiaoyi immediately quit, just now he heard that little girl say that a first-class horse is only about fifteen taels, good guys, this boss sold their variegated horses and the lion opened his mouth to ask for sixteen taels!

"Several, don't be angry, the price of horses has indeed risen this year." The boss blushed: "You go to other houses to ask for this price!" There's no need for me to cheat you! ”

"Let's go, let's go." He Qiao tugged on Jiang Banxia's sleeve and whispered, "We don't really want to buy horses, so there's no need to talk to people here." ”

Jiang Banxia shook off He Qiaoyi's hand, she was not in a hurry and said: "Boss, your horse is mixed and the horse is short, and the quality can only be regarded as a medium horse at most, a few of us don't have enough money, and we have the heart to buy a horse, your price is too high, we will cover all three horses for ten taels." ”

The boss who sold the horse sighed: "It's not that I said a few, this year's market is really different from last year, I sold nine taels last year, and I really can't sell it this year." ”

Jiang Banxia and the others all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

"I don't know, although in previous years, although I went back and forth with the people of Nata, the border was quite stable, and I could get horses by taking some black roads, and there was no shortage of horses in the horse market, but this year is different."

The boss who bought the horse changed his words: "At the beginning of this year, I answered people and approached the border, not to mention us, it is not easy to even walk in the dark, last month Yansui's General Huaiyuan fought with these northern barbarians, and now the border is closed, and the horses cannot be sold at all, and the price of horses in Hezhou City will naturally rise." ”

Jiang Banxia and He Qiao looked at each other.

"A few people want to buy horses as soon as possible, and I see that the border is tight this year." The owner of the horse seller grabbed a handful of beans and fed them to the horses: "Don't hide a few, I still have a little friendship with the mustache under the head of the black and red horse, and recently the people of Alta have harassed the border like crazy, and I heard that they have lost someone." ”

The boss spread his hands and whispered: "Who knows if it's looking for someone or looking for trouble, in short, this year won't be peaceful, maybe there will be a war soon." ”

Jiang Banxia said with a smile: "The boss is really well-informed, even if there is a war, there is also the army of the imperial court, so we ordinary people don't have to worry." ”

"I don't look like I've suffered a few of them." The horse seller shook his head: "As long as the war is bitter, it is us who are begging for a living, didn't a poet in the previous dynasty say, Xing, the people suffer, die, the people suffer, in short, the people are bitter." ”

"People say that the country is dead, you use it now, it's not very suitable." He Qiaoyi smiled.

The owner of the horse seller waved his hand: "It's all the same." ”

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