Zhangcheng is located in the land north of Shanhaiguan, and is a small village with an unknown name, and the people in the village have always hunted mink for a living. Since Emperor Taizong of this dynasty entered the Central Plains, because it is the land of the imperial vein, it has also expanded together, and later there are peddlers and pawns who have come here to settle down. In less than 200 years, it has also been prosperous.

The fleet entered from the Bohai Sea and walked north along the river for a long time before arriving at the wharf south of Zhangcheng. There were already many men waiting on the dock, all coarse cloth clothes, surrounded by the edge of the dock, black and oppressive.

The last time he was invited to Zhangcheng, Siming thought that Li Ming was just a small tea merchant who had just made his mark, although he was famous for his tea products that were sought after by the upper class, but there were not many people at the bottom, so he wanted to take advantage of the Ma family to go further.

After eating such a large amount in one bite this time, I thought that Li Ming would worry about the handling of the guys, but I didn't think about it, before Siming arrived, Li Ming actually arranged all the people properly, it seems that except for some difficulties in customs clearance, other things have not been difficult for the businessman who went to the sea to sell tea for the first time.

After the tea on the boat was unloaded, Siming took Liang Tian off the boat, and then got into the carriage and went all the way to the west of the city.

Liang Tian had never been out of Baidi City, and he was also very interested in this northern land, and he went out from time to time along the way, and the endless fields were very different from the mountainous Baidi City.

When I arrived at Li Ming's house, it was almost noon, and an old man who looked like a housekeeper, with his back bent, was already waiting at the gate, with a smile on his face, and he was very attentive when he saw Siming's carriage coming.

As soon as Siming got out of the car, he came up to talk.

"Wang Dongjia, please inside, the dishes in the kitchen are almost ready, the boat is tired, eat something refreshing at noon today." Please go to the West Wing for some refreshments and see if there are any additions to the house. After a while, the dishes will be served, and I will ask you to sit down. ”

When Siming came last time, he stayed at the Li family for a short time, and he was also received by this housekeeper, and he replied, "There is a housekeeper of Lao Zhou, will the Li Dong family come to eat together later?" ”

"Our owner may not come back today, everything here is waiting for him to make an idea, I'm afraid he won't be at home for the next few days, and what does the Wang Dongjia have to say to me."

When the two were talking, Liang Tian took his belongings and got out of the car, for the north in May, Liang Tian's clothes were still a little thin, and as soon as he landed, he felt a cool breeze.

Seeing this, Steward Zhou also stepped forward and saluted, "This is Mr. Xia, please go in together, it's not hotter than yours here, it's the season to melt ice, and the wind is stronger than usual." ”

"Isn't it? I've never been like this yet... Liang Tian was replying, but was glared back by Siming, only to remember that he was now from Ningzhou, and immediately said, "It's still much hotter than my hometown." ”

"Haha, Xia Gongzi is really good at laughing, please inside." As he spoke, Steward Zhou led the two of them inside, and asked a few servants to carry the luggage in the car to the west wing.

Li Mansion is a new house, with white walls and green tiles, and a pair of mighty gatekeeper beasts, which is very magnificent. The guys brought by the Ma family were instructed by Siming to help carry the tea, leaving Siming and Liang Tian to put the luggage.

A separate room! After passing through the small and cramped space on the ship, Liang Tian also felt that the wrinkled housekeeper in front of him was amiable when he saw such a large room arranged for him to live in.

After putting some worthless things in the house, Liang Tian went out to find someone in Siming's room, and when he saw him writing something on the desk, he looked at it, but it startled Siming.

"You packed up so quickly?"

"Hmm." Liang Tian said and patted the purse on his waist again, "It's just that the gold ingots are too heavy, is there a rich village in this place, I want to exchange for some silver tickets." When I went out, I was in a hurry and didn't have anything ready. ”

Siming suddenly remembered that when she was on the boat, she blushed and said that she didn't bring clothes, she only felt angry at that time, but now she feels a little cute in retrospect, and said, "Yes, I'll take you later, you can exchange gold and silver, how much you bring." ”

Liang Tian compared a 'five' with his hand.

"Five taels?"

Liang Tian shook his head and said in a low voice, "Fifty taels." After saying that, he also felt a little unreasonable, laughed, and said, "I gave it to you at that time, didn't you even look at it, the gold ingot is under the bracelet." ”

"No, I was in turmoil."

Liang Tian felt a little thirsty, and no matter what Siming was writing, he went to the table to get water to drink, "Then you missed a chance to get rich, these gold ingots are the cheapest in them, but they are too heavy." ”

"What are you carrying so much with you?" Siming wrote a letter again and said casually.

Liang Tian suddenly stomped his feet, came over and pointed at Siming and said, "How many times do you want me to say it, elope!" How to buy a house without money, how to buy land, I ran out with all my belongings. ”

Siming also glanced at the things in the package, they were indeed some valuable jade, and there were vaguely some silver tickets, so he couldn't help but start estimating how much net worth the daughter of the Liang family, who usually doesn't look like a mountain dew, is still unfavored.

Thinking about it again, I have been running from south to north for a few years, and I have only saved a little silver, and I can't help but say a sour sentence. "Then your family is quite generous and gives you so much money."

Liang Tian felt that he was being looked down upon, as if they were all given by his family, and retorted, "There are three gold ingots in it, all of which I earned myself." ”

Siming finally finished writing the letter, put it in the envelope, carried it in his arms, and came out and said, "Okay, whether it is given by others or earned by yourself, it is all yours, don't bring so much with you next time, it is easy to attract thieves when you go out." ”

"If you weren't in such a hurry, I would have known these things." Whose fault is this!

Before Siming could drink the water, a housekeeper came over and invited him to dinner.

Remembering that he had to go out in the afternoon, Siming asked, "Steward Zhou, can you help us prepare a car in the afternoon, and let's go buy some clothes." ”

After hearing this, the housekeeper looked embarrassed, and after a while, he reluctantly said, "Wait a minute, I'll go to the market to rent one, and the carriage raised by the family will be used by the owner." ”

"Well, that's annoying Steward Zhou."

In the afternoon, the two went out together, took a carriage, and went directly to Shang Ji Qian Zhuang.

When he entered the door, the guys in the money village were still sitting idly on the side, eating peanuts and rice, glanced at Liang Tian, who was in the door, and yelled behind the counter, "It's time for business." After speaking, he was about to continue to get peanuts, but he swept to see Siming behind, a decent dress, and a foreigner, a piglet sent to the door.

The guy immediately came over and said, "Two guest officers, is this for silver or gold?" ”

Siming asked, "What is the ratio of gold and silver now?" ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, this person didn't take the bait, and he thought about the strangers, who often exchanged silver for gold, and recently the gold in the library was changed like this, and he gambled! said, "The market of the small shop is now one tael of gold for thirteen taels of silver. ”

Siming wanted to talk about it again, but who knew that Liang Tian heard that a tael of gold could be exchanged for thirteen taels of silver, so he pulled the corner of Siming's clothes and had fun.

All this was naturally seen by that guy, and it turned out to be gold for silver! His steps slowed down, and his face became solemn.

Siming originally planned to lead that guy to be a little more greedy, but seeing Liang Tian like this, he had no choice but to give up, and said to the guy, "How many procedures do you need to exchange for fifty taels of gold." ”

When the man heard that there were fifty taels, he began to calculate again, invited the two of them to the back room, and said, "Guest officer, you said earlier, you must know that it is fifty taels of gold, and there is still ink at the door, and I will ask the shopkeeper for you now." ”

After the guy left, Liang Tian said, "I was too happy just now, but the exchange ratio here is too high." ”

"Thirteen taels is about the same, and I can't lose a lot. Generally, new places are taller, but here is a little higher than other places, and I don't know why. ”

After a while, the shopkeeper came out, much more upright than the guy, and when he saw the two of them, he gave up his hand and said, "Distinguished guest, just now the man had to have a place where he was not well entertained, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

The shopkeeper took Liang Tian's gold ingot and took it to look at it, weighed it again, exactly fifty taels, and asked, "Is this going to be exchanged for silver, or is it a silver ticket?" If you exchange it for silver, you will receive ten taels of silver now, and if it is exchanged for a silver ticket, you will not accept it this time, and you will collect it when you exchange it for silver again. ”

"Silver ticket."

Liang Tian put the silver ticket on his chest, went out, dared to show his happiness on his face, and whispered to Siming, "When I exchanged gold in Baidi City a few days ago, it was only ten taels, and I earned so much at once." ”

The two went to the tailor shop again, and a middle-aged woman was making clothes inside, and when she saw Liang Tian's men's clothes coming, she immediately understood, led the person to the back room, and said, "Girl, do you want to wear it yourself, or do you want to wear it the same as your body." ”

Liang Tian was still wondering why this person was so enthusiastic, it turned out that he had seen through his outfit, and said, "Just wear it when you go out, make it looser, sister-in-law knows?" ”

When he was outside the house, Liang Tian still spoke in a dumb voice, and when he was demolished in the inner room, he used his own sound, and the woman was also very useful when she heard it, and hurriedly said, "I know, I'll measure it for you, what kind of material to use, this coarse cloth material is really wronged by your delicate body." ”

Liang Tian's clothes have always been purchased by the second sister, but he knows little about this aspect, and he doesn't know the price, so he pointed to a piece of emerald green silk and asked, "How much silver is used to make a body with this." ”

But the woman smiled and said, "Girl, this satin cloth is brighter in color, and it is better to use the royal blue silk on my left hand, which looks stable and rich, and it is not much more expensive than the one you pointed out. ”

"Okay then." Liang Tian had just made a lot of money, and he didn't care about this bit of silver, so he went with the woman.

"Is that boy outside a girl's husband? It's so handsome, do you want to come too? The woman had a sweet mouth, and she saw through the intimacy of the two at a glance, and whether it was Ming Media marrying or not, she said it well.

"He doesn't." When Liang Tian heard this, he was also happy, and immediately said, "You can do more for me, and it will be the same as this." ”