Chapter 54: The Bazaar Turmoil
Bai Tao didn't tell her at all.
I just agreed to do the little daughter-in-law for Brother Zheng in a daze, and I was afraid that she would jump up and down happily, "Then why do you want me to marry Brother Zheng so much?" β
"Maybe the little master doesn't know."
Rui'er took scissors and peeled a crab for her, "The gentleman is young and handsome, and he is clean and self-conscious, and the nobles in Xianyang City are all watching it, and they all hope that one day they can take the family and fly on the branches together to become a phoenix." β
"But the king's mind is all the nobles of Xianyang City, and they also know that it is all on you, the little master."
"Ordinary little masters go out, and the rest of the games are all lit by the guards sent by the king, otherwise why can the little master's night pearl be recovered so quickly?"
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Bai Tao faintly felt a weird and hairy feeling.
Rui'er means that now is not just sending someone to watch her.
Is it that Brother Zheng has to control what she does and what she does?
Isn't this more lenient than my brother?
Rui'er broke a crab leg and put it in front of her, and continued: "Also, little master, when you went to the teahouse today, did you meet a pregnant woman who stole it?" β
Bai Tao was full of thoughts, and took two sips of Hu spicy soup, "Well, I remember very clearly, it was a pregnant woman with a big and round belly." β
"Let's talk about it, now that she is in Xianyang Imperial Prison, she has stolen a full twenty gold, and in the Qin State, it is common to steal a few mulberry leaves under one penny, and you will be punished with thirty days of hard labor. What's more, if the slave and maid say that the hands and feet are not clean, and they dare to reach out to the little master, they should cut off their hands. β
Bai Tao: "Under the edict, according to Qin Law, how can the soapy clothes be punished?" β
Rui'er didn't answer this, and said with a smile, "How can the slave and maid manage it, it's good to know that the little master didn't suffer." β
Bai Tao felt that Rui'er had grown up over the years, in addition to fading some baby fat on her cheeks, she had become more capable and sleek in handling things, and she might have grown up.
But for people, change is not a good thing.
Bai Tao scooped a bite of crab roe and decided not to say this, "Last time you told me that your brother was not looking for a master, did you do it, where is your brother now under his tutelage?" β
Speaking of this, Rui'er had joy on her face, "Thanks to the little master, since the last time the little master wrote a letter, many civil servants and famous teachers have thrown olive branches, and they have all asked the slave and maid brothers to go over to study and practice." β
"But the slave also knows that no matter how easy he is to learn, he is a compromise, and he doesn't have to pinch his head all at once."
"So the slave suggested that he go to the Keqing Li Simen to be a schoolboy, and he learned and honed it, so that he could make a difference in the future and be used by the little master."
"Lis?"
"It's the minister, the one that the king attaches great importance to, the slave and maid look at it, it's not a thing in the pool, and there will be great achievements in the future, the slave and maid brother will follow him, and maybe he can end up well, but it depends on the personal creation, and it can't be forced."
Bai Tao finally remembered.
This Li Si is a foreign minister of Qin, from Xunzi's sect, and he learned the art of the emperor.
Later, he lobbied in various countries, made great achievements, and was appointed as a guest secretary.
It's just that he has never been able to be promoted because of his political views in Xiangguo, and he has always been subservient to others, but because of his outstanding talent, he has also been played with on the tip of his tongue in Xianyang City.
Bai Tao didn't mingle with the court, but he was outside the palace, and he felt that things might not be so simple, so he asked, "How did you think of looking for Li Si?" Did he come to you on his own initiative? β
"Not really."
Rui'er recalled, "It was the slave brother who said it. β
"Said that he had met him inadvertently on the trail, he was singing while walking, and he was still singing about the evil nature of the teacher Shengsheng Xunzi, and he must wait for the teacher to be corrected, and there is anything to correct or something"
"The slave's younger brother is studious, and he followed him all the way with his head and shook his head, until he returned to the Keqing Mansion, Li Si also clicked him a few times, and when the younger brother wrote to the slave and maid about it, the slave and maid also felt good, so he simply worshiped Li Si's door."
When she said this, Bai Tao felt that this Li Si was not simple, and he was extremely urban.
Although it can't be guessed with the heart of a villain, it is difficult to form a single filament, and it is difficult to make a forest alone, and it makes perfect sense for Li Si to have no foundation in the Qin State and want to pave the way for himself everywhere.
Obviously, unknowingly, he was calculated.
This kind of calculated taste is really not good, but Bai Tao himself has been in the Qin Kingdom of the human world for many years now, and has integrated here.
It can't be said that you want to enter the WTO and don't want to get a little dust, right?
In that way, it should be and standing, and it is also a good mood to practice it.
Bai Tao swallowed two mouthfuls of crab meat sullenly, and was tasteless, "Okay, I'm full." β
Rui'er was surprised: "Why did the little master eat so little today." β
"I've been out there today, and there's a chicken that keeps clucking, and."
Bai Tao wanted to say something, but swallowed it back, "And remember the cricket king you promised me, the one with white teeth and green, don't forget." β
Rui'er couldn't cry or laugh: "Obey!" β
After nightfall, Rui'er served Bai Tao to bed.
After the people left, Bai Tao rolled over and over on the bed because of the bullshit snake demon, and the more he rolled, the more irritated he became, and then directly turned into his original form and jumped up and down on the bed.
This jump jumped directly to the dawn before I knew it.
When the morning light shone in, the bed was covered with her fox fur, spread out sprinkled.
The white peach also went through this night's shedding, phew! After a night of deliberation.
She came up with two ways, but they all had to start with the court.
The first is to find a reason to settle the nest and let the snake demon move its nest, but this method is easy to make the chickens and dogs of the Qin State restless and thankless.
The second is to find someone to impeach him on a crime by the way, so that the snake demon has to move the nest, this method is the simplest and fastest, but it is too targeted, and it is inevitable to startle the snake.
Between the two dilemmas, there is a bigger difficulty in front of Bai Tao.
That's ββββ
Who needs to do the impeachment?
Bai Tao thought hard for a while, and the name Li Si flashed in his mind.
Reese.
Li Si is deep in the city, and he does things without leakage, the key is that he has climbed her road, so if he doesn't help her do something, wouldn't it be too cheap for him.
Adhering to the plucking of the hair to dip some minced meat to bring out, the rain has to use a basin to continue, if you bully me, I will bite you.
Bai Tao said to do it.
Put the hair ball into the box, pick up the pen, put the pen, grind and write the letter.
The content is as follows: hand over the matter to you, impeachment and concubine.
Signature: White Peach.
She also felt that the letter was not threatening enough, what if Li Si took it as a joke and lost it after reading it, then it would make her look like a vixen was so shameless.
White Peach pursed her lips.
I was just about to add a sentence to the letter, "If you can't do well, get out", I thought about it and retracted my pen stupidly.
Mortals do things differently than goblins, mortals like to cover up their ugliness, if they are naked, it will definitely be difficult to see each other in the future, if this mortal is more small-bellied, I am afraid that they will have to wait for the opportunity to retaliate.
"Let's just write it, if that Li Si doesn't do it well, it's not too late to clean him up..."
Bai Tao muttered and was very satisfied with what he had done, but now the current difficulty is how to avoid the eyes and ears of Brother Zheng and hand over the letter to Li Si?
She blinked twice, approaching the colorful bird that was grooming its feathers in captivity under the eaves, thoughtful.
But as soon as the cage door was opened, she was deflated, and the colorful bird didn't move no matter how she drove it to fly, as if it was rooted in the cage, and it didn't flutter a few times.
I'm afraid that even if I control it, I won't be able to fly.
"It's really bird-like and bird-like, you can't eat and can't play."
White Peach grunted.
She bounced a melon for the bird like her brother, bounced the bird up, stuffed the envelope into her cuffs, and carried it out of the palace.
She's going to buy a bird, preferably a pigeon.
"Come on, take a look."
"Take a look, don't have money, there's a fat boy in the family."
People come and go on the street, all kinds of vendors shouting endlessly, Bai Tao just left not long ago, there is a dusty servant in front of him, a businessman with a dark face and a beard is fanning the grass fan and selling, "Sell coo, sell coo, train coo." β
White Peach stopped.
Next to him was a birdcage with five smooth and shiny carrier pigeons, yellow, vermilion, yellow, white, and black.
When the merchant saw the girl dressed in a rich hood and wearing a hood, his eyes flashed, "Alas, come and take a look, come and take a look, this is not an ordinary carrier pigeon, it can be sent and teased, it is not ordinarily good-looking." β
Bai Tao walked up to his vendor and paused.
Colorful pigeons?
"What's the use of all that bells and whistles?"
The surrounding Lao Qin people scoffed at these carrier pigeons dyed with dye, "It's good to use the pigeons to send letters, what do you have to look at?" You're not afraid of talking too much and flashing your big teeth. β
"Well, it seems, it's a foreign merchant."
The merchant didn't hear it, he picked up a pigeon and slapped his thigh and sang, "That yellow bird, that blue luan, that red phoenix, that white hoof." The black cormorant and the sisters around are all envious, beautiful as a flower and forever preserved, and the family enjoys peace in the world. β
Bai Tao felt that he sang well, and just wanted to coo, so he took out his money bag and said, "How much do you have one?" β
The businessman rejoiced in his heart.
He just likes such a young, well-dressed, and unfamiliar little girl.
They are naΓ―ve and naΓ―ve and easy to deceive, no matter what they sell, they have to sell it well, and they will say it well.
A big fat sheep to be slaughtered.
He pretended to clear his throat and said: "These are all rare goods, yellow bird chicks, black cormorants, a fifty gold, cyan luan, red phoenix, white hoof, one hundred gold, a small business, no bullying." β
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Is this still a sister-in-law?
Bai Tao felt that he was too good at deceiving, so he was so full of gold teeth, and his mouth was yellow (lying), "You continue to sell, I won't buy it." β
She doesn't do wrong.
As he spoke, Bai Tao stuffed back the little bit of gold that was exposed, tied it in his pocket, and turned around to leave.
The merchant's covetous eyes fell on her bulging purse and could not be pulled out at all, and when he saw that she was about to leave, he hurriedly said, "Alas, girl, how can you go? β
I finally met a fat sheep, and it's a pity not to slaughter it.
The merchant stopped her, burst the beans and said: "Girl, it is easy to buy, but my godless bird is hard to find, I am looking at the pearl on the girl's head, the color and texture, flawless, at first glance, the girl is from a noble, not I and other untouchables can talk"
Bai Tao interrupted: "You don't have to flatter me, it's useless for you to flatter me, I don't want to eat your people." β
The merchant was not flustered, his eyes rolled around, and he touched his beard: "Girl Chrysostom, that's right, my five-sided divine bird is indeed a pigeon, but girl, think about it, all pigeons are easy to find, and they are all over the street, but how can you find a five-colored pigeon like me when you run all over Xianyang City, and only this five-colored pigeon can be worthy of your noble and extraordinary identity, girl." β
Bai Tao frowned, "Do you have to sell it to me, do you want to buy and sell it?" β
"Alas, doing business, pay attention to your comings and goings."
The merchant smiled: "I am a serious businessman, how can I force myself to buy and sell?" β
"It's just that the market has not been good in recent days," his eyes were gloomy, "The family depends on my business to survive, for the nobles, it is just the meat residue that falls from the fingers, for us cheap businessmen who are exploited by the government layer by layer and have to pay commercial taxes. If you smash it in your hand, you will smash it in your hand, alas. β
White Peach: "."
Brother Zheng's art of war - bitter meat trick.
She was not fooled, "No matter how you are, you can't just try to fool people with a few dyed pigeons, and you are insatiable." β
Seeing that this trick didn't work, the merchant pretended to wipe his tears and was about to change his trick.
"Smack!"
But he didn't think about it, a white hand slapped on the stall table.
I don't know when a girl wearing a deep robe came.
The girl's black hair was tied up, two pigtails hung down on her cheeks, her eyes were clear, and her cheeks were sprinkled with small freckles of tea leaves.
looked like her daughter who was raised in a big family and had not left the cabinet, but she stepped on the table again, and the miscellaneous pendants around her waist were messy, and it seemed that she was not very regular, "Hey! What's the matter with you, do you have empathy? β
White Peach: "? β
If you haven't been deceived, you don't have compassion?
The merchant was visibly stunned, and he silently moved the coop a little farther away.
Seeing the scattered crowds of people coming around, he hid his face and cried, "Woo woo, pitiful, poor I have an eighty old mother, a wife and children, and the whole family was squeezed dry of blood and tears by the old nobleman who lost his conscience, but I didn't expect to come to the Qin State."
He wanted to speak and stopped, and flattered the girl, "Fortunately, fortunately, God has mercy on me, and I have met a noble person today." β
The girl also said: "No thanks, I bought all your five-colored pigeons, I live in Cai Mansion in the east of the city, you let my little girl give you money." β
The merchant was overjoyed.
The surrounding crowd came around and understood when they heard it, "I see, Cai Mansion in the east of the city, and at such an age, then she must be the granddaughter of Cai Ze, Gangchengjun, Cai Miao." β
"Gangcheng Jun, he came not far from Yan Kingdom, but he also did great things for us Qin Kingdom."
In addition to Tsunade Jun's good reviews.
Taking another 10,000 steps back, which of the Qin people does not know that excluding military merits first, merchants and traders can really get ahead.
Who can really expect to grow gold by planting the land for a lifetime?
Although the old Qin people admired the art of the merchant king, they were not necessarily so stupid.
Yes.
For this kind of prosperous market trade, the old Qin people vaguely have a vague ambivalence that they dare not agree with but hope for.
The old Qin people instantly praised this Cai Miao, "Tsk, it's a sincere child." β
"All right, girl, you have a soft heart and bought a few dyed pigeons, poor poor man, you are doing great good deeds."
"Money is worth a few dollars, and if you do good deeds, you will be blessed."
Bai Tao saw that it was not him who was deceived, so he was about to walk out of the crowd, but he didn't expect two shouts from behind him, "Stop!" β
One is from a businessman, and the other is from Cai Miao.
The merchant clenched his fists: "Fathers and fellow villagers of the Qin State, I understand your kindness and untouchability." β
As the saying goes, there is no treachery, no business, he also saw a great opportunity to raise the price in front of him, how could he miss it, "It's just that this girl with a beaded hat came earlier than this Cai Miao girl, and she also valued this five-colored bird, as the saying goes, first come, first served, even if Cai Miao girl is generous, she still has to listen to what this girl says." β
The merchant came over and saluted the white peach and said: "Although it is said that Shinong is a businessman, the merchant is the inferior product, but we are also particular about being a businessman, as long as the girl is willing to bid, and then compete with the bid of this Cai Ze girl, the so-called high price wins, and the anger generates wealth and gas generates wealth." β
What a loud abacus!
Bai Tao was so angry that she grinded her teeth, even if her money was all given by Brother Zheng, she couldn't spend it all.
But more money does not mean that she is willing to be deceived, she is still coaxed by someone to chase ducks: "I don't want it." β
"Why not?" Cai Miao retracted her long legs, she raised her chin and said, "I'll pay a thousand gold!" Do you dare to bargain with me? β
The merchant was overjoyed: what a fat sheep!
Bai Tao frowned slightly: What a stupid girl.
But she also realized something now, this girl may not be simply stupid, she may really have a holiday with her.
Bai Tao pressed the hood and asked in the voices of the two, "Do you know me?" β