Chapter 5: Curiosities

On the other side, the boat heading to the capital.

Zhou Yang looked at Yingluo on the table in a daze, and the index finger of his right hand unconsciously tapped lightly on the table, making a sound of 'dede'.

Wuhu, who was standing behind Zhou Yang, frowned tightly and scratched his head over and over again.

Childe, what are you doing?

How could he bring the little girl's Yingluo, he could see it, the son took the little girl's Yingluo, but only gave the family two hundred taels of silver for the medicine.

When did his son-in-law become so greedy for money?

Finally, Wuhu still couldn't hold back: "Childe...... That, this ......"

Seeing that Childe looked at him with a foolish expression, Wuhu was heartbroken: "Why did Childe throw that little girl to the fisherman." ”

As a son, it is better to find a rich family at random than to let the little girl suffer hardships with a group of poor fishers.

"The Lu family has been destroyed......"

Zhou Yang paused for a moment before continuing: "The Lu family is just the beginning, and those big families in the Huaishui area are afraid that they will not be protected nine times out of ten. ”

And he, he can only watch but can't do anything!

Wuhu scratched his head, still didn't understand the meaning of Gongzi's words: "You don't have to send it to a rich and noble family, but that family, too, is too poor!" ”

is so poor, the patches of the clothes he wears are pressed with patches, and several girls are also raised with yellow faces and thin muscles.

No matter how many children there are, I don't know if I can eat enough.

"Poor are not afraid, but they are kind-hearted." Zhou Yang clenched his right hand into a fist against his lips and coughed lightly.

If he hadn't specially inquired about the character of Lu Quan and his wife, how could he dare to hand over the little girl to his family at will.

Unexpectedly, this Lu Bancheng also saved the lives of this family, which is even better.

With two hundred taels of silver by his side, it shouldn't be difficult for such a family to raise a little girl.

This is also the reason why he abandoned Yutai and did not leave, and turned to Jiangba Town.

Although Jiangba Town is small, the geographical location is very unique, located at the south end of Honghu Lake, can pass the Huai River, the canal, along the Yangtze River, the water and land transportation is convenient and developed, and the throat of the Huai River water and land transportation.

Whether it is the rebellion of the rebels in Huaicheng, or the rebellion of officials and bandits in Dongyang County, it is difficult to affect the small place of Jiangba Town in a short period of time.

If this family is smarter, with the water conservancy and transportation in Jiangba Town, they will have much more hope for a life than those rich and big families.

"Childe."

Wuhu didn't understand Childe's worries, and his eyes were only fixed on Yingluo on the table.

"Childe, this Yingluo is very expensive."

He is also a person who has followed his son to the north and south to see the world, this Yingluo, at first glance, is made of pure gold, not to mention exquisite craftsmanship, the two pearls on it are big and round, it doesn't look cheap.

"Hmm."

Zhou Yang raised his hand and lightly nodded on Yingluo, and then nodded: "It's not cheap." If this process is not counted, just the east pearl on this, two must be worth two thousand taels. ”

"Two ...... Two thousand taels? So expensive?"

Wuhu wrestling, his monthly silver is two taels a month, and twenty-four taels a year, if you want to buy such a Yingluo, you have to save for more than ten years without eating or drinking.

He didn't believe it, and felt that the master was fooling him: "Just these two beads are worth two thousand taels?" ”

Zhou Ang's hand flicked lightly on the pearls, and the corners of his mouth carried some unclear mockery: "Do you know that the pearls of this dynasty are "forbidden by the government and the people" and the pearls of the east are "not allowed to be taken by order"? ”

Wuhu scratched his head, how could he, a minion, know about the affairs of the imperial court.

Zhou Ang asked again: "Do you know why this Dongzhu has the saying that "it is difficult to get a treasure"? ”

Wuhu shook his head, of course he didn't know.

"Three years ago, the prince inspected Zhuxuan, and I followed the prince to Jingpo Lake to play. It coincides with the opening season of Jingpo Lake, the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, but the boats on the river are like clouds and sails covering the sun, hundreds of large and small boats, nearly 1,000 livestock, and dozens of inspectors. Such a pearl is not easy to obtain. It is often easy to count the river without a mussel, and the boat with a mussel can not be a pearl. The spring is cold in April, and the ice and snow on the river have just melted, and the cold can be imagined. Those pearl divers warmed themselves by drinking inferior spirits in the wind and snow, braved the bitter cold, and broke the ice into the water to collect pearls. Of the 100 pearl diving, less than half of them survived. Although there are occasional gains, the particles are very small and unusable. Such an eastern pearl is selected from hundreds of pearl mussels, among which I don't know how many pearl divers' lives have been lost in vain. Therefore, it is said that it is difficult to obtain a treasure. ”

Zhou Yang asked in an accentuated tone: "You say, this pearl is worth a thousand gold?" ”

Wuhu was stunned by the master's words, this, this is too, too outrageous.

April is still wearing a jacket, Jingpo Lake heard that in the north, isn't it colder over there!

Thousands of pearl diving, can less than half of them live?

Half of them!

Zhou Yang saw Wuhu staring at Yingluo in a daze, thinking that he understood what he wanted to express, and was about to put away Yingluo, when he suddenly heard Wuhu ask.

"Childe, since this Dongzhu is so expensive, then you ...... Why, why did you give only two hundred taels of silver? ”

It's too much, but she's still a little girl.

You are a dignified son, and you are not short of money, how can you covet the good things of other little girls.

Zhou Ang's outstretched hand fell heavily on the table, making a crisp "bang" sound.

was so shocked that Wuhu leaned back, afraid that he would be slapped out by his son.

"Stupid, this Dongzhu official forbids people to pick it, and no one is allowed to take it unless it is ordered by order, where did she get it from?"

"Uh."

Wuhu looked at the childe's face, figured out what the master meant, and replied cautiously: "Maybe, probably, maybe, it must have been bought." ”

People are not allowed to collect, and it is not said that they are not allowed to buy and sell!

Zhou Yang was simply amused by the five lakes, and he waved his hand weakly: "Get out." ”

One more look at him, and he felt like he was going to be stupid.

"Yes, the little one."

Wuhu walked backwards towards the hatch, seeing him open the hatch and dodge out, he couldn't help but probe in and ask, "Childe, did you have no silver, so you only gave two hundred taels?" ”

The son was driven out of the house by the adults for training, and only brought a dozen soldiers, and the silver tickets on his body were secretly stuffed by the old lady.

It was probably because the son had no money, so he made this decision and exchanged two or two hundred taels for other children's Yingluo worth thousands of taels.

"Get out."

A wooden pillow was thrown over, if it weren't for the speed of the five lakes, I was afraid that I would be smashed to the head and bleed.

"Bang"

Wuhu closed the hatch and patted the beating little heart, he was really a clever little guy, and he followed a very smart master.

When he returned to the Hou Mansion, he must show off with the four seas who couldn't come with him, he is the henchman of the son, otherwise why would the son come out this time and only take him and not the four seas.

He and Gongzi walked all the way from the capital with more than a dozen retinues, and in the end, there were still two hundred taels of silver left, which was not easy.

Childe took all their belongings and exchanged them for a Yingluo, so it doesn't seem to take advantage of the little girl.

Yes, they didn't take advantage of that little girl.

He and Gongzi saved the little girl's life, and her life is much more valuable than Yingluo.