Volume 2 - The Feast of Kyoto Chapter 52 Shin Zhen Business Sutra
Bu Fanchen, who has basically recovered from his injuries, went out with Makuhime early in the morning.
After passing through dozens of streets in the south city, I came to the town of Xin, which is not far from the south gate. It's just that last time I took a carriage, this time I chose to walk, and the scenery in my eyes is very different from last time.
Not far from the left front of the two, a half-grown child in a coarse linen coat, who was practicing boxing in front of his house, heard the "magic sound" from afar, and slipped straight back to his home, and found the adult's "treasure chest" with ease, regardless of whether he would be punished or not, and quickly ran to the place full of temptation sounds, similar to children, there were about eight people, about seven years old, only to see that they were writing a golden grain of pure gold in their hands, and handed it to the middle-aged man who shouted.
The child in the coarse linen cloth preemptively spoke: "Old Yang Tou, you have to give us a big and round sugar gourd today, otherwise the master won't know where the fist he has just practiced in the past few days will fall there!"
The middle-aged man named Lao Yang Tou pretended to be frightened, and said anxiously: "Look at what Uncle Liu-Liu-Uncle Liu said, how can we do that small-small-this business, how can we do that cut-corner-of-the-job, no." ”
After saying that, he took a large, round sugar gourd, accepted the child's pure gold, and then handed it to the child.
"Old Yang Tou, we have to be fair and just in business, you give Liu Datou such a big one, ours is not small. ”
Another child saw his partner Liu Zheng and had already withdrawn from the "Avenue Battle" with his "baby" in his arms. He immediately said righteously.
"Yang Yu, how can you talk to our old brother Yang, you are your own family, is it difficult to wait for a shortcut?" Yang Yu just finished speaking, and the little girl with two pigtails continued.
The child named Yang Yu was a little embarrassed when he was pierced by others, but when he saw that it was the little witch Dugu Qianyue, he simply kept silent.
Lao Yang Tou looked at this group of children with interest, each with its own characteristics, which was different from those mass-produced "geniuses" in other places.
Bu Fanchen looked at the busy baggage shop in the distance, a little puzzled, and asked tentatively: "Sister Mu, the sugar gourd in Kyoto is so expensive? Even if it is a good spirit fruit, it seems a bit too much to ask for a piece of pure gold?"
Murong Qiyan smiled, and patiently introduced Bu Fanchen: "Gongzi doesn't know, most of the local residents of Xinzhen are cultivators, they don't use ordinary gold and silver, and they don't use yuan stones or spirit stones to trade directly, what they pursue here is their own strength, and the perennial customs render make the necessary items of the refining vessel, pure gold and quicksilver become their currency, of course, these two items as currency in other places are indeed a bit exaggerated, but Xinzhen seems to be pursuing the ordinary in that kind of luxury." “
Bu Fanchen frowned and fell into deep thought: According to the conversion of one tael of pure gold into ten third-grade yuan stones, the pure gold given by the child has one tael for every hundred grains, which is indeed an absolute luxury compared to his friend Chen Wa's hometown.
Seeing that Bu Fanchen was deep in thought, Mu Ji continued to introduce: "Gold on the market can be converted into ten times as much silver, but in the cultivation world, quicksilver is pure gold that can be converted into ten times or even higher, the former is vaguely expensive, and the latter is the reason for the efficacy. ”
Bu Fanchen nodded lightly, and continued to move forward with Mu Ji, when passing by the baggage shop, he and the old Yang Tou glanced at each other, the old Yang Tou's eyes were very kind, and Bu Fanchen smiled to show respect.
Looking at Xinzhen carefully, Bu Fanchen felt more and more that this was a small town, if it weren't for his good mind, he would have wondered if this was an illusion.
On both sides of the street, a dazzling array of small vendors are bargaining with acquaintances, and there are occasionally noisy teahouses, three or two big men and one or two women with acceptable appearances and simple "cool" clothes, "calculating" each other at the card table.
Every time the big man played a card, his eyes couldn't help but wander over the woman. The women were not angry, but scolded one by one, while their respective cards remained unchanged.
Because it was still early, he was not in a hurry to visit Huang Haoyun in Huangfu, anyway, he would travel outside this day, feel the capital in person, and simply measure the terrain of Kyoto by the way.
All kinds of life on the road, let Fan Chen think of the town in Chen Wa, and I don't know how my friends are doing now, the young but extremely smart Jin'er should have started her study career as she wished, whether the scallion pancake still sticks to her post every day, and the manager Zhao.
There is too little experience, and his thoughts pass by, and Bu Fanchen unconsciously walks into the crowd.
Through the crowd, Bu Fanchen saw more than a dozen people who looked like people from the Western Regions, and they were speaking the official dialect of the Southern Kingdom that they were not very proficient in.
Behind them there was a large cage covered by strips of cloth, and one of them, a fair-skinned, blue-eyed man, was holding a young monkey in his hand, which was considered a spiritual creature, but due to long-term taming, it had lost much spirituality. When he was on the island, Bu Fanchen browsed many ancient books and saw that the origin of this monkey was not difficult, it should be a trace of the blood of the ancient stone ape, and the faint gray nails proved his guess, but there was no fire color in its pupils, which showed that the blood of this monkey was mixed, and to put it simply, it was a combination of various bloodlines.
Among them, there are ancient stone apes, six-eared macaques, and holy apes that reach heaven. But it's also because of the mixed bloodline, which leads to its extremely low level, just like the spirit class, a single bloodline is very strong, and many are mortal bodies, otherwise, even if there is only a trace of supreme bloodline, it can be an ordinary beast pet, and it will not be tamed and performed.
At the beginning of the performance, the tall monkey led the young monkey and used the rope to control the monkey's movements and give everyone a twist, and then the young monkey habitually took out the disc set behind his back in order to collect the fee. Because of the low level, the performance of the young monkeys is just an opening statement, and the real means of profit lies in the "high-level spiritual creatures" in the cage.
The first one to appear is a lion tiger beast, with a third-order strength, the lion tiger beast roared very loudly, it looked ferocious, but in fact, there was no blood in its bones, it performed a hydrangea, after its performance, the young monkey consciously went to ask everyone for money, but this time there was not much gain.
The consumption of Xinzhen is high, but that does not mean that Xinzhen is a self-styled town, on the contrary, the people here are very knowledgeable, and the transactions in the town are the transactions in the town, and the people outside the town, even if the princes and nobles come here, may not be able to get cheap.
Lao Yangtou's string of spirit fruit gourds can be worth one grain of pure gold, but for someone outside the town, a hundred strings may not be useful. Since the establishment of the town of Confidence, it has been this rule, and no one in the south except for the two surnames Bu and Huang can change this custom.
And knowing that Xinzhen is doing this, why there are still people like the Western Regions Circus here, it is not without reason. That's ten points of preparation plus ninety points of luck, if you trade the treasure here, most people will lose money, but if you can leave a true intention to the town, then the people of the town will never be stingy with money.
The group of people from the Western Regions were not discouraged, and continued to show the rest of the performances, as for making trouble or selling by force, do you think this is a good place, don't look at these people are very easy to contact, there is no cultivation on the surface, once you make trouble, you will try?
At present, there is definitely more than one martial king in this group of people watching the performance. If you want to ask the reason, you have to go to Akagi to see, to see how many Xinzhen men died at the hands of the demons, because of the rules set by the Bu family, it is best for the Xinzhen family to ensure that one person does not join the army, and it is also because the fighting on the Chicheng side has not been particularly fierce in the last few hundred years, so the people of Xinzhen are still prosperous, if it is in the era of demons, how can you see such a lively Xinzhen.
And then on the ordinary national war, palace fighting or something, the people in the town are not interested, of course, they are beaten to the door by others and say otherwise.
After a few performances, the circus harvested a total of fine gold, not even enough for the journey, and the young monkeys took the trouble to run to the crowd, not daring to have the slightest slackness, knowing that the consequence of slackness is the skin and flesh blooming at night.
At this time, a tiger-headed child, from the feet of the adult, squeezed in, the boy with a silver collar around his neck, holding a grain of pure gold in his hand, he just happened to meet the young monkey, a person and a monkey met, the boy was very generous, reached out and threw the grain of fine gold into the young monkey's plate, the young monkey looked at the boy very gratefully.
If there is no blood today, it and the guys in the cage will inevitably suffer from flesh and skin.
For some reason, after receiving the Adamantite, the young monkey did not leave, but instead grabbed the collar around the boy's neck and squeaked in his mouth.
Blue-eyed middle-aged monkeys, who were in charge of the young monkeys, hurriedly went to tear the young monkeys apart, but they were thrown on the way there.
Bu Fanchen stared at the scene in front of him, he was thinking about the behavior of the young monkey, just at that moment, he saw a touch of spirituality from the young monkey, and saw that the young monkey grabbed the boy's collar and tried to take it off forcefully, but to no avail, he had to look helplessly at the onlookers. Many adults on the field have a lot of experience and a spicy mentality, although they can see the intentions of the young monkeys, but they don't care, for them this is far from enough.
Bu Fanchen looked at the eyes of the young monkey, there was the simplest panic and hope in it, and the boy who was caught by the collar was not panicked, but just looked at the young monkey in puzzlement. After the middle-aged man fell in the blue eye, he immediately got up, rushed to the young monkey's side, first ripped off the monkey that grabbed the boy's collar, and then kicked the young monkey away, and then took out some candy from his arms, smiled and apologized to the child, the child shook his head gently, turned around and ran away, and did not accept the candy.
Bu Fanchen saw that the middle-aged man in the blue eyes was so well prepared, presumably it should not be the first time that the young monkey had been like this, and the young monkey who was kicked away, when he looked up and saw that the boy was no more, he couldn't help but curl up in a ball, because every time something like this happened, waiting for it was torture and abuse.
It doesn't know so much, it just knows that it will hurt and hurt. Looking at the middle-aged in the blue eye, there was already murderous intent in the eyes of the young monkey, and in other places the young monkey was like this, he also considered the value, just whipped the young monkey and starved it for a few days. But this is Kyoto, he is not in charge of the troupe, and his cultivation is only in the first realm of martial arts, this kind of cultivation can be the head of the family in a small place, but he can only barely survive here, and he can't talk about life. So whether it's for safety or profit, this young monkey is very damned.
Looking at the trembling young monkey, Bu Fanchen suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly brightened. Stepping forward, he stopped the blue-eyed middle-aged man, "This Mr. Beast Tamer, please stay." ”
The middle-aged man with blue eyes who was angry heard someone call him, and for some reason, he turned his head sideways to look at Bu Fanchen, with a puzzled look in his eyes.
Bu Fanchen smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Dare to ask sir, whether your taming beasts are for sale." ”
The middle-aged man in the blue eye was a little surprised, and before he could react, the tall fat man who had been by the wall, throwing off the fat meat, ran over with a smile and asked, "Childe, what you just said was that you deliberately wanted to buy our tamed beasts?"
Bu Fanchen nodded with a smile and said, "I have this will." ”
The fat man was secretly happy in his heart, they were all old and refined masters, and he naturally knew that Bu Fanchen was not an ordinary person, and besides, where did this Xinzhen come from, but he didn't dare to come to Xinzhen, so he asked again just in case:" Childe loves, Nile is naturally willing, but still have to explain to Childe that our tamers are ordinary spirit beasts, and the high-level spirit beasts in the Kyoto gladiatorial arena cannot be compared at all, if Childe is loved because of his acrobatic performances, Nile should be offered, if for other reasons, please think twice, the circus is a small business, dare not mess around. ”
When Nile negotiated with Bu Fanchen, the middle-aged man in the blue eye had already walked towards the young monkey, and they were all people with vision, so they naturally guessed that Bu Fanchen wanted to buy the monkey, but for the sake of "fairness" in the price and to stimulate the kindness of the young man, he had to pretend not to know, and would greet the young monkey "reasonably".
He picked up the rope, lifted the young monkey, and prepared to whip it. Bu Fanchen naturally took this scene into his eyes, and did not show any emotion, this young monkey has been tamed all year round, and has very little spirituality, and the sudden outburst of feelings is not necessarily a good thing for him. Besides, before the two people in this circus figured out their minds, how could they dare to kill them.
Sure enough, the young man simply reprimanded, and of course Bu Fanchen also gave steps.
Bu Fanchen thought about it in his heart, and finally decided to exchange two hundred third-grade yuan stones for the freedom of this young monkey, and then said to the boss: "Boss Nile, what price do you think this spirit monkey is?"
Niro knew that the other party was sincere in wanting to buy, and said respectfully: "If Childe sincerely wants it, it is better to give this number." With that, Nile gestured three fingers.
Bu Fanchen frowned: "Three hundred third-grade yuan stones, it seems to be a bit expensive." ”
When he heard three hundred, the corners of Nile's eyes twitched, but he quickly returned to normal, and said embarrassedly: "If Childe is too expensive, how about fifty less?"
Bu Fanchen smiled secretly in his heart, not that he thought it was really expensive, three hundred three-grade yuan stones were indeed astronomical in many places, but who called his father rich, according to his father's meaning, it was Ke Jinhua. After hesitating for a moment, he said seriously: "One hundred and eighty, I also sincerely want it, and I hope that the boss will raise love." ”
Nile's expression was very struggling, and after hesitating, he said with difficulty: "Two hundred, Gongzi really can't be less, after all, this is something to support a family." , I still have so many people to support behind me, so please leave a way for my son to live. ”
Bu Fanchen stared at Nile, saw that the other party did not show timidity, smiled lightly, took out two hundred third-grade yuan stones from the storage ring and handed them to Nile. Then he walked to the young monkey's side, and saw the young monkey whose eyes were full of panic and dodged everywhere, Bu Fanchen suppressed his inner emotions, tore a small hole in the collar that was around the young monkey's neck, and then quietly looked at the young monkey.
Most of the surrounding crowd had already dispersed, and the people who had not left had watched the scene of Bu Fanchen and Nile bargaining interestingly, but no one pointed out the true value of the young monkey, which was the case in Xinzhen, as long as the outsiders had enough ability, they should take away as much money as they wanted.
After about half a pillar of incense, the young monkey finally stopped trembling its body, and then stretched out the monkey's paw, which still had many old wounds, and pulled the torn part of the collar hard, tearing it with all his might.
Because the collar is refined, it is very strong, and the young monkey has not been irrigated by Yuan Li for a long time, and its body is very weak, and it is very difficult to tear it, but it has never given up, and has always insisted on it, which is the desire for freedom, and at that moment Bu Fanchen saw a touch of spirituality in his body.
Not far from the circus, at a book vendor, the child who was pulled by the collar by a young monkey was sitting in front of an old man with thinning hair, who was his grandfather, named Wu Yi, and the child's name was Wu Wei.
Wu Wei once asked his grandfather why his grandfather wanted him to send money, and why the spirit monkey would pull his silver ring. Wu Yi explained to him: Any spiritual wisdom with a tragic fate is always very kind to those who have a similar fate.
As Wu Yi said, the reason why Bu Fanchen suddenly became enlightened was precisely because he thought of the idea of a young monkey, he just regarded the silver ring around the child's neck as the same collar as himself, and it tore hard just because he didn't want the child to be kept in captivity like himself, even if the other party was a human, even if it was imprisoned by humans.
The young monkey did not pay any attention to the claws worn by the collar, and let the blood flow, still tearing the collar, and it took about a stick of incense to tear the collar off. After tearing it off, he glanced around, and finally chose to look at Bu Fanchen and didn't dare to move.
Bu Fanchen picked up the young spirit monkey, stood up, looked at Nile with a smile, thought about it carefully, and then said very sincerely: "Boss Nile, the business has been done, can you tell me how much money you mean by those three fingers before?"
Nile looked at Bu Fanchen, did not feel a little hostile, after thinking about it again, he leaked a kind smile, and said respectfully: "Thirty grains of pure gold," that is, thirty to fifty low-grade yuan stones, and the lowest price Nile could bear was one yuan stone.
Hearing the boss's answer, Bu Fanchen, who had become the wronged leader, smiled lightly, and then slowly left with Makuhime.
When the boss said thirty grains, in the circus area, there was a trace of extremely pure meaning, first condensed, and then scattered in Xinzhen, which was the unique meaning of Xinzhen, the soul of the town that all the people of Xinzhen could see.
The women of the small town, who had never spoken before, began to scold the circus with a big grin, what is ugly and what is ugly. However, this scolding made Niro sound very pleasant, after all, scolding and scolding, those old ladies also smashed, using small grains of pure gold to smash, and the good guys had more than 700 grains.
You must know that although the market price of pure gold is one or two hundred ten-yuan stones, many times the Houyuan stone cannot be exchanged for pure gold and quicksilver.
Afterwards, he suddenly regretted that he shouldn't have treated that little monkey like that before, no, he earned back decades of money today.
Wu Yi, who was selling books on the street, and the old grandson who was pulling the erhu next to him said with a smile: Look at our eyes, how can we lose money in business, let alone three hundred and three yuan stones, even three hundred and two products are also earned, I don't think our son gives less.
Of course, at this time, because this transaction condensed a Xinzhen true soul, his value is immeasurable, but if there is no true intention of the young monkey as an introduction, and the true soul of the later people who pretend to be nutrient and conceived with sincerity, that young monkey is indeed not worth a single yuan stone.