Chapter 88

Li Yunqing's words were astonishing, and everyone was quiet for a while, and then one of the miners shook his head: "I think you are from the imperial capital, how can these two little brothers with fine skin and tender meat withstand the wind and sun." ()”

"Yes, yes, don't faint on the construction site, our brothers can't explain it yet."

The miners at the three tables all shook their heads and waved their hands, and continued to eat their own meals.

Xuanyuan Qiyu was not happy to hear it, how could he say that he was like a weak chicken? He doesn't believe in how hard it will be to dig a mine!

He's a dignified son, and he can't stay on a construction site?

"I'm going to go, if I can't do it, I don't want you to be responsible, I'm just going to see for a long time, how about it?" Xuanyuan Qiyu took the case, said it proudly, and then found something, and quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped his paws.

When the men saw him touching a table, they had to wipe their hands, and they all shook their heads again and again.

"Forget it, little brother, you have to grow knowledge, you can grow in the imperial capital, you suffer here, you only have sweat and calluses." A man raised a bowl of wine and drank it, wiped his mouth, and persuaded him.

The other three tables all laughed, packed their tools, and prepared to go to the construction site.

"Little second brother, this account is still recorded in the old Jin family, right?"

"Yes, yes, everyone, walk slowly." The shopkeeper jumped out with a smile again, and when he saw that the four of them barely moved their chopsticks, he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Little brother, I didn't say it, you can't eat this meal, what kind of construction site are you going to, read more books, and have more knowledge." ”

"Don't." Xuanyuan Qiyu jumped eight feet high, put down his chopsticks and rushed over, opening his arms to block the miners who were going out, "I don't want money, I just go to play with you, right?" How about I still give you the money backwards? ”

As he spoke, he trummaged his claws in his sleeve, pulled out a silver ticket, and handed it to the sturdy man who walked in front.

The man was stunned, glanced at the silver ticket casually, didn't know how to look at it and was startled, and the man was frightened.

It was a silver ticket of 100,000 taels of silver, which was an astronomical amount that they had never seen in their lives!

"No, no, no, little brother, take it." The man waved his hand again and again, with a hint of helplessness on his simple face, "Okay, it's okay to go to the construction site, but don't go to dangerous places." ”

Seeing that these people didn't accept money, Xuanyuan Qiyu froze his hand in mid-air, and an indescribable feeling poured into his heart, and there was a burst of astringency.

He grew up in the palace, and the nurse who accompanied him the most, the palace maid and eunuch, all took him to eat, drink, gamble, and tease birds, and did everything possible to take away money from him.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart, but the queen mother only remembered his polite brother, when would she care about whether he was okay. will only give him a silver ticket with sky-high numbers.

The silver ticket is a pile of waste paper for him, the prince living in the palace, and he is too soft to fold paper kites.

Since those palace maids and eunuchs like it and are willing to play with him because of this, why wouldn't he do it?

But this was the first time he had seen a man who was extremely poor, but who was not greedy for anything.

The more astringent his heart grew, the more he wanted to go to the construction site to be a miner, and a smile hung on his beautiful face: "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, you noble sons, you can buy hundreds of mines with your hands, why are you still begging us to go to the construction site to have fun, how embarrassing." The man's face was obviously embarrassed, he smiled innocently, moved the pickaxe on his shoulder, and waved his hand rather crampedly.

Xuanyuan Qiyu smiled, glanced at Xuanyuan Ran Quercus who was sitting quietly on the side, raised his eyebrows and said, "Dog minion, aren't you going?" ”

Xuanyuan Ran glanced at him coldly, stood up with a stiff face, and followed him out of the restaurant.

"Hey, hey, Master, we'll be back in the evening." Xuanyuan Qiyu was very excited, pulled Xuanyuan Ran's sleeve and pulled it out.

Xuanyuan Quercus: ""

In broad daylight, can you not pull and pull?

Anyway, they haven't had lunch yet, so will they die suddenly in the mines?

Li Yunqing and Cao Ba finished reading quietly, turned their heads in unison, and stared at the two dishes.

Li Yunqing completely put down her chopsticks and said lightly, "Let's go out for a walk too."

"Okay." Cao Ba answered, walked over and paid the meal and room money, and followed Li Yunqing out of the restaurant.

The streets of Weicheng are really not ordinary desolate, and there are quite a few shops around, but they are basically some shabby-looking jewelry stores, and there are a lot of rough stones piled up outside the door.

And the people passing by are usually some miners who rush to the construction site one after another, as well as some old grandfathers sitting in front of the door smoking, looking at the people passing by with vicissitudes of life.

As for the women, except for the aunts who walked by with baskets, they probably stayed at home.

I heard that Weicheng a few years ago was not like this, in the past there was a long river called Weihe in Weicheng, which has nurtured all the crops in the entire Weicheng for generations.

But just four or five years ago, the river suddenly dried up, the crops were wasted, and the hungry people began to emigrate, leaving only a small part here.

The imperial court also allocated countless funds, but unfortunately in the end, I don't know whose purse it fell into, and it can't stir up half a ripple.

The sun in Weicheng is quite spicy, and it is almost summer, and the heat wave in the air is surging, bringing a hint of irritability.

Li Yunqing walked slowly on the street, her cyan dress swaying, and her cold little face had no special emotions, as calm as ever.

Cao Ba was holding a dog's tail grass, a big straw hat covering most of his face, and wearing an inconspicuous coarse cloth coat, walking behind with a hanging.

I don't know, I thought he was a gangster from somewhere.

However, although Weicheng is barren, the various gold, silver and jewelry produced every year can easily make a person have a lot of money.

There is a custom in Weicheng called gambling stones, pieces of rough stones transported from the mines, there are many people who may be able to mine all kinds of jewelry, and make a good thing of making thousands of gold with four taels, and outsiders have to try their luck when they come.

That's why there are so many seemingly dilapidated jewelry stores with countless rough stones piled up in front of them.

However, their business is not very good, the best gambling stone shop, in the center of the city, the best mines owned by the Jin family, have been purchased by the Jin family, so the rough stones here are also the easiest to open gems.

As Li Yunqing and the others advanced, a two-story store in front of them came into view.

The decoration of the store building is very simple, but it is full of rough stones, and the entrance is crowded with people.

The newly shipped rough stone has caused a new round of panic buying.

"I want this! This, this, yes, yes! ”

"This is big, there must be something good, I want this!"

"Cut, at first glance, it's a foreigner, and if it's big, there must be something good? I want this little one! ”

Men and women huddled in front of the stones, shouting and shouting.

On the other side, there are miners, armed with pickaxes, who specialize in opening stones for them.

There are also those who need to cut the stone finely, so they are polished with special things, and a little bit of stone chips flying, it shows that another person is going to get rich overnight.

However, the so-called sudden wealth of people here is just a piece of jasper or a piece of agate.

This is a drop in the bucket for people from the imperial capital, but it's still fun to play.

Li Yunqing walked over curiously, and also wanted to see how the so-called gambling stone was carried out.

It may be that her appearance is really eye-catching, and the boss on the side saw her at a glance.

At that glance, the shopkeeper seemed to see the gold mountain moving.

Li Yunqing has a charming complexion, a detached temperament, and a plain dress is very valuable, and at first glance she is the lady of the family.

These daughters from big cities are easy to buy a lot of useless ores as soon as their brains are hot, so that they can make a lot of money hard.

The shopkeeper immediately put on his usual smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Ouch, this young lady is really beautiful, do you want to buy a stone to play with, the stone we have today may be very large, you can buy a lot of it, and make a good profit." ”

Listening to the crackling words of the shop owner, Li Yunqing hooked the corners of her lips slightly, I'm afraid it's not her who makes a good profit, right?

Although she didn't understand the twists and turns of these things, she also knew that the shopkeeper would definitely not lose money, so how could she easily make a fortune for a woman who looked like she had no brains.

But she was really interested in it, so she picked up a small piece and put it in her hand and checked it.

She didn't know how to look at the stones, so she could only play with them at will.

Looking at her hand movements, the shopkeeper could barely suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth, and almost showed his three-inch incorruptible tongue and asked Li Yunqing to buy a bunch of useless stones.

And at this moment, there was a commotion on the other side.

"Boss Wang's business is good today." A crisp female voice came from outside the crowd.

The people seemed to consciously make way for the visitors, and Li Yunqing glanced over casually.

I saw that the person who came was a charming woman in an embroidered long skirt, the woman was about thirty years old, her facial features were charming and moving, but she was wearing heavy makeup, she was vulgar and could not be erased, her eyes were like silk, her waist was like a willow, and her golden steps on her head were swaying.

The woman's face had a touch of arrogance, and along the way, the people consciously gave way, which made her red lips proud.

"Who is this man?"

A person next to Li Yunqing asked curiously, although he didn't know who the woman was, he still took a few steps back.

A person said eloquently: "She, her name is Hu Siniang, she is a famous Yanniang widow in Weicheng, she hooked up with the head of the Jin family some time ago, but no one dares to offend in Weicheng." ”

"Be quiet." A person next to him nudged the person who spoke.

Li Yunqing tilted her head slightly, and after listening to the words of the person next to her, she felt that it was nothing, and continued to play with the stone in her hand.

I don't know if she doesn't care, others can care a lot.

Since Hu Siniang hooked up with Jin Fushan, she likes to be powerful on the street when she has nothing to do, and the city lord of Weicheng has to give her a few thin noodles.

But today, someone dared not give way to her, and stood there very conspicuously, playing with stones as if nothing had happened.

Hu Siniang squinted her eyes, looking like a woman, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.