Chapter 57: Buy a ticket and leave
He said this to make himself clean, so that Jiang Li couldn't punish him.
said that it was a mistake, or the little doctor of Huangli Palace was wrong first. If she punishes Gu Jiangxing, maybe the matter will get bigger, and it will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries. The politics of the Yuan Kingdom are chaotic, and she really doesn't dare to provoke it unless she has to.
Rin Shuang whispered to the side: "My lord, I have to go to the palace today to report to the king about this visit to Rong Guo, so it is really not appropriate to say anything more to him." I'm afraid that the king will be in a hurry. ”
Jiang Li glared at him viciously, got up and left. Jiang Xue followed behind and took advantage of the chaos to push Gu Jiangxing, which made Gu Jiangxing stunned again.
Don't bring such!
Forget it, forget it, this Huangli Palace can't be brought, no matter how tall the moon is, the master won't do it!
Gu Jiangxing saw that Jiang Li and his party were gone, and he didn't care about anything else, so he quickly returned to the next person's room to pack up his baggage, put all the valuable knick-knacks in the room into the package, and slipped out quickly from the side door where the people were walking while others were not paying attention.
He had no horses or a car, so he walked into the city on foot. Yangdu is the political and economic center of Nanli Kingdom, and the street market is more prosperous than that of Yuan Kingdom.
Most of the central streets in Yangdu are full of taverns and restaurants, as well as ready-to-wear shops and rouge gouache shops for rich ladies to shop. Of course, there is also a pawnshop in Qianzhuang. During the day, the jewelry shops are open, and at night the casinos and liquor stores are at their best.
Compared with the side of Yuanguo Street, there are no small vendors on the central street of Yangdu, but there are more high-end products.
Gu Jiangxing is also used to wandering the rivers and lakes, and he can see several pawnshops connected in one place at a glance. He stood not far away and observed for a long time, one of them was inconspicuous, but there were many people in and out, and they were not in a hurry.
Without thinking, he walked in and sat down in front of the small counter, the iron fence opened a small window, and across the window sat a young woman, scantily dressed, wearing heavy makeup, looking very charming.
"This son, do you want to be gold and silver equipment or an antique treasure?" She spoke, and sure enough, her voice was a little more charming and enchanting than a person, making people listen as if she was on the riverside in March, gently brushed by willow branches on her cheeks.
Gu Jiangxing didn't speak, he straightened up and looked at the other five windows.
Window No. 6 in the corner was an old man sitting in the corner, and with a smile in his heart, he walked up quickly and sat down on a high stool opposite the window.
The old man didn't speak when he saw Gu Jiangxing, but just looked at a booklet in his hand and flipped through it unhurriedly.
Gu Jiangxing was not annoyed, and spoke first: "Old man, I will be a thing." ”
The old man with a beard of half a hundred on the opposite side raised his head and asked in a calm voice, "Little brother, I don't know what to do?" ”
He unwrapped his baggage, took out an inconspicuous-looking vase and a set of seemingly ordinary tea sets, placed them neatly on a wooden plate beside him, and pushed them into the small window.
"It looks like an object from the palace." The old man looked at it for a while, looked up at Gu Jiangxing, and the forehead lines on his forehead were extremely obvious, "This is a crime of killing the head, but it is not expensive." ”
His tone was understated, and he was a little disdainful, as if he was looking down on Gu Jiangxing for why he only stole these.
Gu Jiangxing thought to himself, if it wasn't too late, the little master might have only brought these from the next person's room, so he came in a hurry?
He smiled and asked, "Old man, no matter how much it is in the palace, how much do you say?" ”
The old man on the other side no longer looked at these objects, and directly quoted the price: "Three hundred taels." ”
In fact, three hundred taels is enough to buy a small house on the outskirts of Yangdu in Nanli Kingdom, but what Gu Jiangxing wants to buy is a ferry ticket to Yuan Kingdom.
The tourism industry in Nanli is not well developed, and there are not many ordinary people from other countries. Therefore, the ships that come and go between the two countries are either rich or expensive, and the tickets are also very expensive.
Of course, how could Gu Jiangxing, a poor boy, know about such things?
To be honest, when Gu Jiangxing heard this price, he was shocked and happy, this can be regarded as a sudden rich. His voice immediately raised: "Deal." ”
The old man nodded, took the wooden plate into the cabinet behind him, and pulled out three silver tickets of one hundred taels from the drawer.
Gu Jiangxing thought of the top priority, thinking that this pawnshop was unfathomable, and this old man looked powerful, he opened his mouth and asked, "Old man, do you know, when will there be a ship to the Yuan Kingdom?" ”
The old man raised his head to look at him again, carefully looked at Gu Jiangxing, and there was a hint of interest in his eyes: "I don't know what the little brother is going to the Yuan Kingdom, there has been chaos in recent years!" ”
Gu Jiangxing only felt that there was nothing to hide, so he told all about his boarding of the Nanli Kingdom's imperial ship.
I saw that the old man nodded, not very surprised, and said unhurriedly: "This ticket, ordinary people still can't buy it." Just because they have to cross the ocean, few of the ships built by Nanli can travel that far. That quota is only enough for the children of rich families to have fun. ”
"Does the old gentleman have a way?" Gu Jiang was in a hurry, leaned forward, and stared straight at the old man.
"I can help you ask, but the price is really not cheap." The old man thought for a moment, then frowned, and told Gu Jiangxing with a reluctant expression, "It's thankless for the old man to do such a thing, you can say it quickly, whether you want it or not." ”
After being away from home for so many days, Gu Jiangxing naturally wanted to go back: "Yes, yes!" Old man, you can make an offer. ”
"I'm afraid it's just three hundred taels, it's not enough......" He looked embarrassed and shook his head, obviously not wanting to get involved in this matter.
"Three hundred taels!? Inadequate!? ”
Gu Jiangxing was shocked.
I can't think of it, I can't think of it, I can't think of it. Is this ticket so expensive?
He swallowed his saliva, looked at the dark and dignified old man in front of him with difficulty, and asked in a low voice, "Old man, it's only three hundred taels, okay?" It's like these treasures are worth a ticket. The youngest one has an eighty-year-old mother, a three-year-old child, and five younger brothers in the family......"
"Don't, you must not, the last thing this pawnshop lacks is a miserable." When the old man saw him like this, he waved his hand as if he was about to send off a guest.
"You're good to go!" Gu Jiangxing reached into the window, grabbed the old man's goosebump-like hand, and shook it softly like a coquette, "Old man, help me, I really want to go home." ”
The old man glanced at him and withdrew his hand: "In three days, you will come here again to find me." If you have a ticket, you can successfully board the boat; If I have no choice, I'm afraid you can only go back and beg the owner of this bottle. ”
Gu Jiang was overjoyed, full of thanks, bowed and was about to leave.
"Wait." The old man opened his mouth and stopped him, "Here are four hundred taels, even if these two gadgets of yours are worth this price." You take it, and I'll ask for your vote anyway. ”
He was stunned for a moment, and he didn't refuse, but bowed again, put the money on his chest, and left directly.