Chapter 6: Pawns
Da Ming!
Yingjiang County,
Ding Da Niu got up early in the morning, and he wasn't sure how early the fox fairy grandfather was talking about tomorrow morning, so he got up when it was just dawn.
Then he sat down in the courtyard and began to wait, until he dozed off, and in a daze he heard a voice in his ear:
"It's time to get up"
As soon as he was excited, he saw the fox fairy grandfather dressed in white standing in front of him, like an immortal.
"Fox, fox fairy..."
"What's the fox, didn't you tell you to call Xu Gongzi, don't forget it when you get to Fucheng. What about horses? ”
Sigh donkey!
With a long neigh, Xu Chen saw two old horses that were seven feet tall at the shoulder and slightly thin brown.
These two horses are two of the only ten horses in Yingjiang's hundred households, and the reason why Ding Da Niu was able to borrow them was because he pressed the glass bead to the hundred households.
Xu Chen approached one of them, the old horse was psychic, his four hooves stepped lightly, and his big black eyes were full of calm.
He patted the horse's neck, then turned over on the horse, grabbed the reins and said to Ding Daniu: "Lead the way ahead"
"Driving"
"Driving"
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Tengyue Prefecture, called Yunnan Yue in the Han Dynasty, was the territory of the Ailao State, and belonged to the Tengyue State in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Because it is located between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Plane plate, the site has strong movement and many volcanic hot springs underground.
There is such a saying in the local area: A good Tengyue state, ten mountains and nine headless.
By the time of the Ming Dynasty,
In March of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, he belonged to the political secretary.
In September of the first year of Yongle, Teng Chong guarded the palace of thousands of households.
In March of the tenth year of orthodoxy, he was promoted to the military and civilian command of Tengchong.
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The sunset is still shining,
On the wide, flat dirt road, smoke and dust came from the southwest, and when they came to a halt not far in front of the city gate, two thin brown horses came.
Immediately, a young man in white was personable and handsome, followed by a strong servant in green clothes and black.
Xu Chen got off the horse, endured the soreness in his inner thighs, and pretended to be light and breezy.
He looked at Tengchong City.
A bluestone city wall that is not too tall is open horizontally in front of you.
This is 60 years ago Ming orthodoxy ten years, after three years to build, known as the first city on the extreme side.
Entering from the city gate, a straight bluestone paved road stretches to the other side of the city.
There are many shops on both sides of the bluestone road, and the tavern inn has.
Since ancient times, this has been the port of communication between the inland and Southeast Asia, and many ethnic minorities, inland immigrants, and licensed merchants in the city are concentrated here.
The two of them entered the city, found an inn and walked in, before entering the door, Xu Chen looked up, and there were several gilded characters engraved on the blackened wooden plaque.
【There is an inn】
"Hey, guest officer, please come in, are you two staying in the hotel or eating?
The specialty dishes of the small shop are the most delicious with wine.
There are also a few rooms on the upper floor of the store, which are spacious and transparent, and you can enjoy the scenery of half of the city for only 300 silver."
The two of them stepped into the store, and a short and thin clever shopkeeper greeted him with a smile on his face.
The area on the first floor of this inn is not small, and there are more than a dozen square long tables, and there are quite a few people.
After looking at it, Xu Chen said to the shopkeeper who greeted him: "Prepare two upper rooms, and prepare a few more good dishes."
When Xiao Er heard this, he immediately shouted: "There are two rooms in the upper room, and one table of good dishes and good dishes."
Upstairs, led by a half-old woman, Xu Chen entered a room facing the street.
The room is not very large, with a shelf bed against the wall and a square table in the middle.
On the table is a celadon tea set.
"Childe, did you bring you the food and drink?" The woman asked.
"Then send it up"
After the woman went out, Xu Chen dragged over a chair and looked out of the window.
There are no too tall buildings in Tengchong City, and the little two did not fool Xu Chen, it is really a half-city scenery.
It's just that
If you are in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, looking at the street, the light gauze and thin skirts, the group fan is gently shaken, and the beautiful woman is shaking the fan step by step, and a few wisps of fragrance are sent with the wind.
No matter how long you watch it, you won't get tired of it.
Here, don't look at it!
After a while, the meal was served, Xu Chen beckoned Ding Daniu to come over for dinner, and after eating, the two of them fell asleep and rested.
Xu Chen did not return to modern times, because the one-way ticket price of 500 grams of silver bars was 2,000 yuan smaller, which was too expensive.
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The next day,
After breakfast, Xu Chen took Ding Da Niu out to find a pawn shop.
His goal is clear, to find the glass beads that the pawn shop will bring to die.
Although Tengchong is located in the southwest border, the business atmosphere is very strong.
On both sides of the bluestone road, there are jewelry and jade shops, gambling houses, pawn shops, inns and restaurants.
Out of an inn, I didn't go far to see a [Xinglong Pawn], and the reason why I noticed it was because of a couplet hanging in front of the door.
Shanglian: Poor before entering the door.
Below: After going out, the waist is wrapped in thousands of dollars.
Xu Chen nodded secretly after seeing it, this couplet is quite appropriate to himself.
Not bad
That's you!
Walking over, there is a large screen at the door, which completely obscures the eyes of pedestrians on the street.
The pawnshop behind the screen is not large, and on the left side of the door is the ticket counter, and there is a person sitting behind a table.
This man was tall and thin, dressed in a gray robe with white wash, with prominent eyes and a vegetable-looking face.
When Xu Chen came in, he was reading a book behind the table, Xu was more engrossed, and he didn't find anyone coming in.
"Hey, where are you shopkeepers?" Ding Da Niu shouted loudly after entering the door.
This is what Xu Chen told him at dinner last night, asking him to behave fiercely outside.
Grandpa Fox Fairy was damaged by his Dao base, and his mana was greatly reduced, so he could only rely on Ding Da Niu to scare people.
The man behind the ticket counter was taken aback, and he didn't know if he was weak or saw that Ding Da Niu was strong, he put the book on the table, stood up, and said:
"You two want to pawn items?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense, I won't come to you if you're looking for Sister Yao, call your housekeeper out quickly, my son-in-law has a treasure pawn, it depends on whether you dare to accept it"
"Distinguished guests, although rest assured, in this Tengchong City, there is nothing that we dare not accept when we are prosperous."
There was a voice at the counter, and then an old man with a white beard under his chin sat down behind the counter.
He continued: "To say something disrespectful, if you take out the jade seal, I can also give you a price."
This sentence is really disrespectful, and if he walks six hundred miles north, he doesn't dare to say it in public.
But this is the border, what can you do if you scold the emperor a few words?
"Old man, you dare to say anything about destroying the Nine Clans, do you know that you are in trouble?"
Ding Da Niu perfectly implemented the instructions of Grandpa Fox Fairy, focusing on one word, reckless!
With our fox fairy grandfather as the backing, what are we afraid of?
Ding Daniu is full of confidence now, more confident than when he was a soldier for the Ming Emperor!
"Big Bull!"
Xu Chen stopped Ding Da Niu with a loud voice, good guy, Ding Da Niu's reckless Xu Chen was a little scared.
Turning around,
He bowed his hand to the old man behind the counter and said, "The old shopkeeper, please."
"Your guests are polite, but I don't know what your guests should be?"
Xu Chen gave Ding Da Niu a look, and the latter took out something from his arms, stepped forward and held it high, and handed it to the old man.