The next day, after breakfast, Li Wan took a few young ladies from the Huguo Mansion back to the capital.

Xu Qingyan stopped Lingxian and Zelan, who wanted to go to the peach forest to pick flowers.

"I won't pick it today, the petals I picked yesterday are useless, how do I come back, if I don't make it into paste, it will rot."

"Ah, then miss, you make them into paste." Zeeland hurried.

Xu Qingyan glanced at her with disgust, "How can you make it without pearl powder?" ”

"Then, let's go buy pearl powder." Zeeland said.

"Well, that's what I'm planning to do." Xu Qingyan nodded.

"You go pack a few bags, and we'll leave for Jiangxin City later."

After speaking, he walked to the sack containing the petals, took out a bottle of aura talisman water from the bag, and dropped a few drops into each of the two bags. ”

It's not a lot, but it shouldn't be a problem to keep it for a few days.

Jiangxin City is about 100 miles away from the capital, but it is only more than 80 miles away from Taoshan.

If nothing else, I'll be back tomorrow.

After the two girls were cleaned up, Xu Qingyan led them to say hello to Steward Ning, and went straight to the bottom of the mountain.

Because the Momoyama carriage could not come up, all the official carriages that came here to enjoy the scenery were parked in the stables at the bottom of the mountain.

Thinking that she might not be able to eat at noon, Xu Qingyan asked Lingxian and Zelan to go to the small stall next to them and pack a lot of food.

Jiangxin City is a little far away from here, now that the hour has passed, it is estimated that it will arrive in the afternoon, and lunch must be eaten on the road.

The driver Li Wan left behind her was an old man in his fifties surnamed Li.

Old man Li not only drove steadily, but was also familiar with the road conditions around the capital.

With him there, Xu Qingyan didn't have to worry about recognizing the road at all, yes, as soon as she got in the car, she closed her eyes and recuperated and secretly cultivated her divine sense.

When I arrived at Jiangxin City, it was already early in the morning, that is, around three o'clock in the afternoon.

The carriage drove into the area of the main street, and Xu Qingyan swept her senses and knew how many rouge shops there were in this area.

Xu Qingyan jumped out of the car and asked Li Bo to drive the carriage to the inn where he had just passed.

She took the two girls and walked to the nearest rouge shop.

"What does the girl want to buy?" The guy asked.

Xu Qingyan glanced at the counter and didn't see pearl powder: "Do you have pearl powder for sale?" ”

When the guy heard this, he immediately felt happy.

Due to the high price of pearl powder, few people generally buy it except for large households, but if it is really sold, the commission can be a lot.

Thinking of this, the guy said with a smile on his face: "Yes, how much does the girl want to buy?" ”

"Ten pounds." Xu Qingyan said indifferently.

I had no idea how scary her words were.

"What! Girl, how much did you just say—" The man suspected he had misheard.

"Ten pounds." Xu Qingyan didn't understand why the guy was so surprised.

After getting a definite answer, the guy couldn't help but look Xu Qingyan up and down several times.

Xindao, where did this come from!

It's ten pounds when she opens her mouth, and she thinks it's buying vegetables!

You must know that ten catties of pearl powder can get more than 1,000 taels of silver.

The guy coughed and said, "That.... Girl, the pearl powder of our store is twelve taels of silver. ”

Xu Qingyan heard this, and then came back to her senses, this guy was afraid that she would have no money.

couldn't help but chuckle: "You can rest assured, as long as the goods are good, money is not a problem." ”

This guy's turn was dumbfounded, it turned out that it wasn't a local bun, it was a real local tyrant.

It's just that there aren't that many products in the store.

"Sorry, girl, the store doesn't have the amount you want." The guy said this with great difficulty.

"How many are that, I want them all."

Xu Qingyan's wealthy appearance made the guy feel depressed.

Ahh

If this business is completed, it will cost dozens of taels of silver to be completed, which is his salary for three years.

It was hard to bump into a local tyrant, but there was no goods.

The guy just felt blood in his heart at the moment.

"That.... The small shop is only eight taels. ”

Xu Qingyan frowned when she heard this, this is too little.

"Forget it, eight taels is eight taels, wrap them all up for me." The only way to do this is to run a few more.

But after running all the shops in Jiangxin City, he was able to make up four catties.

It was only at this time that Xu Qingyan realized that ancient pearls were really rare.

When she took the last five taels of pearl powder from the guy's hand, Xu Qingyan was puzzled: "Jiang Xincheng is leaning on the river, why is there so little pearl powder?" ”

"The girl doesn't know, in the past month, Lijiang has been turning over big waves, and it has not subsided for a long time."

"Pearl-divers and fishermen are afraid to go out of the river, and we haven't received supplies in our store for two months."

After that, he sighed: "In fact, even if there are no big waves, pearls are not easy to obtain." ”

"Although pearl diving is highly profitable, it is also accompanied by high risks, and I heard that many people die in Jiangbian Village every year."

After the man finished speaking, he sighed heavily.

"Does the little second brother know how to leave the river?" Xu Qingyan asked.

"The girl is going to Lijiang?" The guy was a little surprised.

"Well, I'd like to check it out." Xu Qingyan nodded.

"The girl wants to buy pearl powder!"

"If that's the case, then you can really look for it, and if you're lucky, maybe you can meet a pearl diver with a pearl in his hand."

I found out the location of the riverside village from the guy, and when I walked out of the rouge shop, the sun had already sunk into the horizon.

Jiangbian Village is about forty or fifty miles away from Jiangxin City, and it is impossible to catch up today.

The next day, after breakfast, Xu Qingyan and his party rushed to Jiangbian Village.

Because they were unfamiliar with the road, the group almost inquired about the past while walking.

Because they set off early, they arrived at Jiangbian Village at just after 10 a.m.

Riverside Village is a village on the edge of the river, where people have made a living from fishing and pearling for generations.

In Xu Qingyan's imagination, the life of pearl divers is several times better than that of ordinary farmers.

After all, pearls are scarce and sell for a high price.

But what she saw in front of her was not at all what she imagined.

A large area of thatched houses is irregularly distributed along the riverside, and only fences are used as courtyard walls in front of every house.

There are about 100 households in the whole village, but 90% of them are dilapidated thatched houses, and only a few are brick houses.

If it weren't for the magnificent and endless river in the distance, she would have suspected that she had found the wrong place.

Not far from them, on a high slope, there was a small courtyard.

In the courtyard, a woman in her early twenties was drying clothes from a wooden basin on a bamboo pole.

While she was drying her clothes, she turned her head to look at the river from time to time.

Xu Qingyan just wanted to inquire about her, but after glancing at the river, the woman suddenly threw the clothes in her hand into the wooden basin at her feet.

Then I saw her shouting towards the house with a happy face: "Dog, come out quickly, your grandfather and father are back, let's go to the river to greet you." ”

Her voice was loud and loud, and as her words fell, the women who were working in the adjacent courtyards all turned their heads to look at the river.

"It's true they're back."

"Quick, quick, let's all go and greet you."

A group of women and children immediately put down their work and plays, ran out of the house, and ran to the river.

Seeing that those women were all heading towards the river, Xu Qingyan changed her footsteps and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." 2k reading network