The next day, the scenery was beautiful, Yang Qiaoyue's dull mood yesterday dissipated, today is to trade with the Jurchen Ministry, the former emperor originally demarcated the Eastern Liao area and trade with the Jurchen Ministry. Last night, according to the lieutenant chief, there have been many riots in the Chamber of Commerce recently, and the Jurchen tribe is not calm, if you want to investigate this matter, it is best to go to the horse market.

Yang Qiaoyue and Chu Yechen planned to go to the Trade Horse Market today to investigate, and the two of them told Old Prince An about it early in the morning.

Old Lord An's spirit also recovered a little, and he nodded slightly: "You guys, pay attention to safety, just teach those two children at home." ”

"Okay, if you can't come back in time, we'll spend the night over there tonight, uncle and eldest brother talk." Chu Yechen said.

"What do you want to tell me?"

Chu Tianchen happened to come out of the house, preparing to go out to work in the mountains, and today he left his two children at home.

Chu Yechen said to him along the way: "Today we are going to go to the horse market to check on the recent incursions into the border city, and we are about to go out, thinking that you want your uncle to tell you before you get up." ”

"Horse Market?" Chu Tianchen frowned, "It's been a mess over there lately, do you know how to get there?" ”

Chu Yechen replied: "Let's just ask all the way." ”

"Wait for me."

Chu Tianchen said and took the farm tools back to the house, and after a while, he changed his clothes and came out: "Let's go, I'll go with you." ”

Chu Yechen was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Yang Qiaoyue, he thought that he was going to draw a route for them.

"Big brother, we may not be able to come back today, we won't delay your business, right?"

"I can't delay it for a few days, what the eldest brother says has been here for more than ten years, and it is more convenient than you to find out the news, otherwise others will know that they are not from Liaodong when they hear your accent, but they will be vigilant and startle the snake." Chu Tianchen said.

Chu Yechen knew that what he said was naturally reasonable, but he didn't want this matter to implicate them and break their peaceful life.

Chu Tianchen saw that the two of them didn't speak, and joked: "What? Is it inconvenient for the eldest brother to go? Take a step back and say, Miss Yang's family, it is not good for the reputation of the girl's family for you to spread it out alone, Xiao Chen, you can think more about this. ”

Yang Qiaoyue saw that Chu Tianchen was determined: "It is naturally a great help for Brother Chu to go with him, I think the prince is more worried about affecting your life." ”

"I am also a citizen of Da Chu! It's still Brother Xiaochen, I want to contribute to the Chu Dynasty, this is my personal will, you don't have a burden. ”

Chu Yechen no longer hesitated: "Okay, then it's hard brother." ”

Seeing their brothers united, Old Prince An's eyes softened: "Don't worry, this king will take good care of these two children." ”

"I'm sorry uncle." Chu Tianchen said.

The three then left the village and headed for Eastern Liao.

The trade horse market in Eastern Liao was three hours away from Yuguan Town, and they did not arrive at the horse market until noon.

From afar, you can see all kinds of people rubbing shoulders and gathering in the trade horse market.

In the beginning, the horse market was just people exchanging gold, tea, and salt for horses, and later everyone would come to the horse market if they wanted to exchange for other goods, and gradually the horse market became a hodgepodge of trade and trade markets.

The arrival of Yang Qiaoyue and the three did not attract special attention, they were dressed no different from ordinary merchants, and in order to hide people's eyes, they specially brought some tea and salt with them.

On the way here, Yang Qiaoyue put a beard on them to disguise their appearance to reduce unnecessary trouble.

"I didn't expect Miss Yang to have such a special skill, this is the disguise technique mentioned in ancient books." Chu Tianchen touched the beard on his chin and was very surprised.

Yang Qiaoyue is not easy to explain, it can't be said to be commonly used in filming, so she nodded: "Sort of." ”

"I didn't even know you could disguise." Chu Yechen also touched his two beards, and he couldn't see his original appearance at all.

"You don't know much, let's keep it up." Yang Qiaoyue smiled, "Let's go, the sun will set in a while." ”

Yang Qiaoyue walked in front, Chu Tianchen patted Chu Yechen's shoulder and smiled, "Come on." ”

Chu Yechen smiled helplessly, secretly thinking that he really had to come on and keep up.

There are all kinds of people coming and going in the trade horse market, and the Jurchen tribe, Northern Mongolia, and Liaodong people wear and speak different languages.

And the transaction between them will have a know-it-all middleman, who understands the language of both parties and is responsible for helping both parties negotiate.

Chu Tianchen was very familiar with the horse market, and told them about this special situation as he walked.

He pointed to a group of people who were hurriedly holding abacus, "Most of the people you see holding abacus in the horse market are middlemen. ”

Although Yang Qiaoyue came to the horse market for the first time, she knew that if she wanted to investigate the information, she could see one or two by checking the records of the exchange.

"Do these middlemen have a chamber of commerce or someone in charge of co-ordinating?"

Chu Tianchen glanced at Yang Qiaoyue appreciatively: "Miss Yang is right, I am taking you to the Wantong Chamber of Commerce now, and all transactions will be recorded there." ”

As he spoke, they had arrived at a shop with the words Wantong Chamber of Commerce.

"Here we are." Chu Tianchen stopped.

Yang Qiaoyue and Chu Yechen glanced at each other, fortunately Chu Tianchen came over together, otherwise they would have to check this information for a while before it became clear.

Chu Tianchen went in, obviously familiar with the people inside, and whispered a few words to the person in charge of the other party in the past.

The man frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "This can't be shown to anyone, so it's your old Su who opened his mouth, let them come over." ”

"Thanks, I owe you a favor." Chu Tianchen said.

The shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce waved his hand: "Say what to do, if you hadn't saved my son on the mountain back then, I'm afraid that there would be no queen, so I should return your favor." ”

Chu Tianchen didn't say anything more, beckoned to Yang Qiaoyue and Chu Yechen, and motioned to go over.

The two walked in, and the shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce took them to the back room to see the transaction records of several months.

Yang Qiaoyue and Chu Yechen looked carefully, and Chu Tianchen and the shopkeeper were chatting in the distance.

This record is not complicated, but it is a bit messy, and there is nothing special about it, but Yang Qiaoyue found that there is a strange place in the record.

Every few days, on the day of the rally, there would be a mixed message with an unequal number of transactions, exchanging high prices for horse grass.

Yang Qiaoyue frowned, what kind of horse grass is so valuable, this money is enough to buy the same number of mature horses.

"Wang ...... Ah Chen, look at this. Yang Qiaoyue almost shouted and handed over the record book.

Chu Yechen originally didn't find anything, but when he saw the place pointed out by Yang Qiaoyue, he found the problem after taking a closer look.

"It's not worth it! How is it possible to buy horse grass for the price of a mature horse. Chu Yechen said in a low voice.

Yang Qiaoyue nodded: "There is indeed a problem." ”

Chu Tianchen noticed that they had made discoveries, and the shopkeeper's past: "What's the matter?" Did you find anything? ”

Chu Yechen handed him the account book in his hand and asked casually, "Shopkeeper, do you have an impression of this than trading?" ”

The shopkeeper glanced at it, squinted and pondered for a while, and shook his head: "I don't remember, it's going to be very busy before the assembly day, we only care about registration, and we are not responsible for the affairs of both parties, so I don't know what's going on." ”

Chu Tianchen didn't know if he really didn't know or not, but the other party's willingness to let them see the records was already a great help, so it was hard to force it.

Yang Qiaoyue also understood this truth, and asked again: "Shopkeeper, can you introduce this middleman to us?" ”

The shopkeeper glanced at Chu Tianchen and nodded: "This is no problem." ”

Then, a little boy with an abacus and a long white shirt came over.

The three of them were a little surprised that it turned out to be a young child.

They asked him about the deal.

The intermediary replied: "Several officials, these are the employers on both sides of the initiative to find me, their transactions do not need me to negotiate, just put up a name, and they are also responsible for the rest of the matter." ”

"Then let me ask you, you can only name the samples of the two sides of the transaction if you have seen them, what is it?" Yang Qiaoyue asked.

This other party did not hide it, and replied honestly: "It's straw and gold." ”

Yang Qiaoyue and Chu Yechen glanced at each other, and sure enough, there was a problem, but it was Ma Cao who wrote.

Yang Qiaoyue looked at the number and number of times in the last half month, and asked the shopkeeper when the intrusion occurred in the last half month.

According to his rough answer, it was a day or two after the horse and grass deal, and each time the other party would leave with a large amount of grain, not knowing where to grab it.

Yang Qiaoyue and the three of them were shocked, on the surface, it was a horse grass transaction, but in fact, someone was selling Da Chu's grain to foreign enemies!