On the fifth day of February, in the morning.

Escorted by more than 100 Banzhi cavalry, Zhao Mengqi took Zhao Yan out of the palace in a carriage.

A hundred miles away, if you are in a hurry, it will only take half a day, but normal travel will definitely not be so rushed, so set off a day in advance.

Zhao Mengqi's carriage is regulated by the top class, there are five horses pulling the carriage, and the carriage space is not small, one zhang long, seven feet wide, luxurious and rich.

Out of Hening Gate, Zhao Mengqi asked Huang Zhi, "Where are cats and dogs sold in the city?" ”

"There are several markets north of Chaotianmen, and the best one is in the flower market." Huang Yu paused, "Ah Lang, do you want to buy a pet?" ”

Zhao Mengqi rubbed Zhao Yan's head and said with a smile, "Well, Su Niang likes kittens, go buy one for her." ”

Huang Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly and persuaded him, "Ah Lang, it's not appropriate for us to go like this, not to mention so many guards and honor guards, just our frame, it will be inconvenient to go to the market, not to mention that it is easy to disturb the people, but it is known by the imperial history, and it will add to the incident." ”

"Fourth brother, then don't go, you can ask the palace people to buy it another day and give it to Su Niang." Zhao Yan also persuaded.

Zhao Mengqi hesitated a little, and then Huang Zhi thought again, "Ah Lang, in fact, when we go to the dock after leaving the city, we have to pass through a grass market, where some merchants sell some rare things, maybe there will be cats and dogs." ”

Thinking of such a big pomp and circumstance, it was indeed very inconvenient, and Zhao Mengqi had no choice but to accept this suggestion.

After walking north along the royal street for a mile, turn east, pass by Dengpingfang and Sifang Pavilion, and soon leave Lin'an City from Hou Chaomen.

Not to mention, it's just such a short stretch of road, and it's really disturbing the people, although the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty is more down-to-earth, but it's not a micro-service patrol, and the honor guard that should be there is still indispensable.

There was no deliberate drive, and the pedestrians on the road also avoided each other, which is also because there were fewer ordinary people near the imperial city, so there were no chickens and dogs.

When he arrived at the grass market, Zhao Mengqi still failed to get his wish, Huang Zhi persuaded, "Ah Lang, it's still too messy outside, you better not get out of the car, the small ones go in and have a look, if there are those for sale, bring them over and let the little lady choose, you say it's okay?" ”

I didn't feel it in the palace, but when I went out, Zhao Mengqi immediately felt the trouble of being in a high position, there were too many constraints, and he couldn't be free at all, but he was helpless, "Okay, okay, you don't need to bring it all, even if it's ordinary, it's not too troublesome." ”

Huang Yu brought a few people into the grass market, and Zhao Yan leaned on the car window, his face full of anticipation and joy.

About a quarter of an hour, Huang Zhi came back with a group of people in a noisy manner, Zhao Mengqi looked at it, six or seven merchants, some merchants and Song people, and twenty or thirty small guys in the back, or carrying or carrying, all kinds of large and small cages, not only cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, all of them.

Seeing a large number of sergeants with armor on this side, they didn't look panicked, just a little cramped, and the guys were still in the mood to chat.

"Which noble man is this? The pomp is so big. ”

"Are you illiterate? Don't you see that the ritual card says, this is King Zhong. ”

The literacy rate of the Great Song Dynasty is still quite high, especially near Lin'an, and it is easy to be laughed at if you are illiterate.

"Silly King?"

"Smack!" The young man in Tsing Yi was slapped in the back of the head.

It was a middle-aged man who beat him, "Are you tired of being alive?" Is this what you can call? ”

The boy in Tsing Yi shrank his head and continued to mutter, "Don't all those gentlemen and gentry call it that?" ”

"People are scholars, scholars, what are you? Can it be compared? If you want to live longer, you should be in awe of the nobles! ”

"Oh, Uncle Xie taught me a lesson, and the kid knew that he was wrong."

However, the middle-aged man smiled at this time, "Doing business with King Zhong, I'm afraid the shopkeeper will be able to make a lot of money, and it is rumored that King Zhong can't even count..."

It seems that this middle-aged man teaches others, but in fact, he has no reverence for the fool and the king.

Under the command of Huang Zhi and the maintenance of the Banzhi guards, the open space in front of the carriage was immediately filled with cages, and all kinds of animals inside were screaming lively.

This noise made Zhao Mengqi have a headache, but Zhao Yan was happy to smile and happily choose between the cages.

Soon, Zhao Yan found what he liked, "This, I want it!" ”

Zhao Mengqi walked over and took a look, it was a white cat with long pointed ears and long hair all over the body, some like Persian cats, and some like raccoon cats, the most special thing is that the two eyes are actually different colors, the blue eyes are crystal clear, the yellow eyes are golden, clear and transparent like gems.

It's really beautiful, and it looks like she has a docile temperament, and the white color looks very clean, so Zhao Mengqi nodded in agreement.

The owner of the goods is a businessman, it should be an Arab, the Song dialect is not bad, "nobleman, this cat, is the contemptible hometown breed and the Song Dynasty breed accidentally combined, the whole world should be the only one, the day before yesterday there was a scholar named 'Mandarin Duck Eye Lion Cat', contemptible people think it's very good......"

"Okay, I got it." Zhao Mengqi understood that this guy said so much that he just wanted to raise his value, "The price will satisfy you." ”

Still talking here, Zhao Yan over there couldn't wait to open the cage, hold the lion cat in his arms, and giggle.

Seeing that my brother saw it, he smiled even more happily, and then twisted a little, "Fourth brother, how many things do you like, can you?" ”

Since it is a pet sister crazy demon, then pet it to the end, Zhao Mengqi waved his hand in a grand manner, "It's okay, as long as you like it, just pick." ”

But the result was still beyond his expectations, and he finally realized that he had underestimated this sister.

"This, and this, well, this is also good-looking,......"

Zhao Yan hugged the cat, cruising between the cages, and when she saw what she liked, she pointed her fingers, and Huang Gong followed behind, directing Xiao Huangmen to pick out the ones she selected.

A puppy, two rabbits, a golden carp, a parrot, a couple of crickets, and a tortoise......

Zhao Mengqi stroked his forehead, "Are you going to open a zoo?" ”

Zhao Yun's eyes flashed, "Fourth brother, what is the zoo?" ”

Can't say! If this is told about the zoo in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that Zhao Yan will really want it.

"Nothing, nothing, have you picked it? We still have to hurry, and we can't take a lot of them. ”

Zhao Yun is still unsatisfied, but she is not insatiable, she will pick so many today, it is completely because her brother is too spoiled and indulgent, so that her nature is displayed.

"That's it...... Hee-hee, the fourth brother is so good. ”

Zhao Mengqi looked at a pile of cages and jars, and felt in his heart that this woman's shopping nature is ancient.

When it was time to pay, I remembered that I had no money on me, which was embarrassing, and I touched it, and only the Panlong jade pendant hanging on my waist was more suitable for money, so I took it off and handed it to Huang Wolf, "Take it to them and give them an account." ”

"Ah Lang, this can't be helped, give it to them, they don't dare to ask for it." Huang Yu hurriedly hung him back.

A group of businessmen also secretly laughed, this jade is naturally the best jade, and it is easy to be worth thousands of dollars, but the ornaments engraved on it can be used by ordinary people? This loyal king is not only wronged, but also really stupid.

They seem to have a lot of goods, but except for the lion cat, which is more strange and rare, the others are not very expensive, even if they are all counted, they are not more than fifty.

You must know that one acre of high-quality fertile land will not exceed ten yuan, and they will make a lot of money in these fifty yuan.

After hanging up the jade pendant for Zhao Mengqi, Huang Zhi took out a stack of Jiaozi from his arms, "Ah Lang, because I went out, the little one specially brought money." ”

Zhao Mengqi took out one casually, glanced at it, it was a hundred yuan, and handed it to the market head who came with the merchants, "This should be enough, I still have to hurry, I don't have time to calculate, you give them a share, remember, if someone is not satisfied with your distribution, you will weigh the consequences yourself." ”

He has consulted so many books, so he naturally knows the price and value of money, but he is not a person who is short of money, and the more he gives should be rewarded.

In the eyes of others, he is wronged, Huang Zhi also wanted to speak and stopped, and when he saw him turn around, he didn't persuade him again.

The banknotes issued by the Southern Song Dynasty actually depreciated quickly over time, according to the issuance session, the degree of depreciation is different, and the earliest one that can still be circulated may be one-tenth of the face value, but Zhao Mengqi gave the latest one, with a value of more than ninety percent.

Zhao Mengqi got into the carriage and continued to walk towards the dock, but he left another talking point for Lin'an City, and pressed the fool's hat on his head more tightly.

The reason why I have to go to the wharf is because there is no bridge over the Qiantang River at this time, and you have to use a boat to cross it.

They have so many horses, as well as carriages, and they have to be big ships, but fortunately, the shipbuilding skills of the Great Song Dynasty are not bad, and a ship of 2,000 stones is enough to transport their entire team over.

At this time, the Qiantang River was very different from the later generations, from Lin'an to the northeast, it was a straight trumpet-shaped estuary, and there was no turning a zigzag bay like the later generations.

Zheshan is still on the north bank of the Qiantang River, and a large part of the Qiantang District in later generations is still under the water.

The advantage of this is that it is more convenient to go to sea, and it is also more convenient for sea ships to come and go, which is conducive to maritime trade.

It took an hour to cross the river, mainly because it was more troublesome to get off the boat immediately, in fact, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, from Lin'an to Shaoxing, you can also take the boat directly, but considering the safety, it is safer to take the land route.

The Rongwang Mansion will be built in Shaoxing, because the brothers of the Zhao Guanjia were born here, which is equivalent to their hometown, and their biological father is also buried here, and the Zhao Guanjia also built a large-scale mausoleum.

After crossing the river, along the official road, all the way east, before the sunset, Zhao Mengqi and his entourage arrived at the west gate of Shaoxing Mansion City' outside the Ying'en Gate'.

However, the gates were closed!

Zhao Mengqi looked at the closed city gate and was stunned, "Locked so early!?" ”

Huang Yu was also puzzled, "Although the opening and closing of the city gate is different in different places, there is no reason to close the door before the sun sets in non-war time." ”

"Huh!" Zhao Mengqi thought about it and understood a little, "I'm afraid, it's aimed at me, this Ma Wei is a bit rampant." ”