After going around and around, Yang Jian finally wanted to marry Wei Chong's daughter as Princess Yuzhang.

This is the meaning of Duguhou, and no one can change it.

After Yang Ming learned that Yang Ming had asked Pei Shuying to intercede for him, he just patted Yang Ming on the shoulder and said "good brother", and then never mentioned this matter again.

Also, how long have he and Pei Shuying known each other? How deep can the feelings be?

Through this lesson, Yang Ming felt that he should stop caring about this kind of idle matter in the future, and it was completely thankless.

Yang Guang stayed in Daxing and would participate in court affairs as a courtier every day, while the crown prince Yang Yong would only participate as an assistant to the crown prince on the fifteenth day of the first day of each month.

Yang Zhao and Yang Ming will not return to the fiefdom for the time being, so in the next few days, they will take a good look at Daxing City with Yang Ming.

Daxing City, located on the south bank of the Wei River in the Guanzhong Plain,

There are Zhongnan Mountain in the south, Yao Mountain, Huanglong Mountain, Sagashan Mountain, and Liangshan Mountain in the north.

In the center of this large plain drawn between the two major mountain systems in the south and the north, is Daxing City.

At the beginning of the emperor's reign, Yang Jian disliked the old Han Chang'an City, which was old and dilapidated, and the north was adjacent to Weishui, and there was a danger of flooding when it rained, and the drainage system in the city was too poor, so he ordered the master craftsman Yu Wenkai to build a new capital in the west of the Bahe River and the south bank of the Wei River, twenty miles southeast of the Han Chang'an City, and the south of the Longshou Plain, which is now Daxing City.

After the completion of Daxing City, there are 11 streets in the north and south and 14 streets in the east and west, which are criss-crossed and divided into 100 square squares and 8 squares.

As the saying goes, thousands of houses are like a game of Go, and Twelve Streets are like vegetable fields.

Although Daxing City looks too square and too regular, its majestic imperial spirit and vast and exquisite engineering are unparalleled in the feudal history of the whole world.

The night of Daxing is very lively, with more than 600,000 people living in an area of 83 square kilometers.

There are no residential buildings here, most of the people live in bungalows, and apart from the imperial city, which occupies a full eighth of Daxing City, you can imagine how dense the population of other places is.

Dongshi, also known as Metropolis City, is a high-end consumption place, no matter what you eat, drink or play, it is not something that ordinary people can consume, and you can often see Hu people from the Western Regions selling some bizarre and exquisite gadgets, and the price is not cheap.

Yang Ming and the others have basically been staying in the metropolis and wandering around these days, and Chu Ji, the chief housekeeper of the palace, has followed them all the way to help them pay on credit.

Yes, Yang Ming, no matter where they go, they can get credit.

Because in the Great Sui, gold and silver were not circulating currency, and they were not in the hands of the common people, and only existed in large transactions between nobles.

What is really in circulation is copper coins, that is, five baht coins, 1000 is consistent, and the purchasing power is still okay.

A bucket of rice (about 6 kilograms) in the beginning of the emperor, 100 money, about 50 money in the emperor, now the Great Sui treasury is basically full, and it is the Taiping period, so it fluctuates between 25 and 30 money.

The second Yang Jian bought a horse from Gaochangguo, and he needed 30 yuan, that is, 30,000 yuan, and 30,000 yuan was 60 catties based on 1 money and 3 grams.

Therefore, Yang Ming couldn't bring so much money when they went out, so they could only take credit first, and then let people send it, after all, they were more generous, and the prices of the things they bought were not cheap.

Yang Ming inquired about the Hu merchant from Gaochang Kingdom, and the other party collected gold and silver, and they could take it back and melt it down and mint it into gold and silver coins for use.

At this moment, Yang Ming moved his mind,

The gold in his hand now includes 1,100 taels given by Yang Yong and 4,000 taels from Liu Chang's family, a total of 5,500 taels of gold.

According to the words of the Hu merchant, five taels of gold can buy a good horse.

So Yang Ming and the other party made an appointment to meet at a meeting place, and after getting rid of Yang Zhao and them that night, they met at a place called Changlong Restaurant.

Gaochang State, that is, the Xinjiang New Turpan of later generations.

Hu Shang's name is Koji (qu) Lai, and the surname Koji is the surname of the king in Gaochang, because the current king of Gaochang is called Koji Boya.

According to this Kojilai, King Gaochang was the grandson of his grandfather's brother.

In Gaochang Kingdom, only those with the surname Koji can sell horses.

"Five taels of gold is too expensive, and there are not many people willing to buy horses with gold, how many horses do you have on hand now?"

After speaking, Yang Ming raised his hand and waved it in front of the other party's eyes, and then took Koji Lai's eyes away from Chen Shuyi.

Yang Ming thought to himself, what are you looking at, you don't lack beauties, right?

Koji Lai, who had a bearded face, smiled and said in broken Chinese:

"The horses I left in Daxing still have forty-five, one horse is five taels of gold, and I don't bargain."

Forty-five horses? Do you think Lao Tzu has such a small appetite?

"It's too little," Yang Ming shook his head.

"It's a lot, a lot," as soon as Koji Lai heard this, he knew that the other party was a big customer, and hurriedly said: "There are two hundred horses that are still on the road, can you buy them?" ”

Yang Ming pursed his lips and said directly: "How many are there in your hometown?" ”

Well? At this moment, Koji Lai was stunned, is two hundred horses too little? That's a thousand taels of gold?

"In the next year, there are only 350 horses sold to Da Sui, and there are really no more horses, and the horses have to eat grass, and if they don't eat grass, they won't grow big, and they can't be sold if they don't grow big."

Yang Ming nodded: "That's it, these horses will be sold to me in the future, I will say the number, two taels of gold." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Koji Lai stood up and patted his ass and left, not forgetting to bring the snacks on the plate.

With a bang, the door slammed shut.

Yang Ming was stunned...... You think my offer is too low, so you bargain with me?

What does it mean to slap your ass and leave? So stubborn?

"You're too good at chopping," Chen Shuyi leaned over and said, "You cut more than half of it." ”

Didn't I watch too much on Douyin.......

Just as Yang Ming was thinking about how to find the other party back, the door creaked, and Koji Lai's head came in from the outside:

"Three taels of gold, it can't be less."

Isn't that right, the price is negotiable?

Yang Ming smiled and asked the other party to sit down, and said, "I can give you a deposit now, Daxing's forty-five horses will help me send them to Hedong County, does Hedong County know where it is?" ”

"I know," Koji Lai nodded arrogantly, "I've been to Jiangnan." ”

Then you are better than me, I haven't been there, Yang Ming said: "The horse that is still on the road, when will it arrive?" ”

"It will take seventeen or eighteen days, and the horses will have to eat grass and sleep," Koji Lai drank tea and water, and gulped as if he were drinking water.

After all, tea is only available to rich people in the north, and the common people in the north are not good at this sip.

Chen Shuyi is different, she has to drink tea every day, and she has developed a habit.

Yang Ming said: "The two hundred horses on the road, you also send them to Hedong County for me, there will naturally be someone there who will hand them over to you, as for the tail money, I will naturally give it to you when I see the horses." ”

Koji Lai agreed: "Yes, I am not afraid that you will repay the debt, I know your officials of the Great Sui, very big officials." ”

"How big?" Chen Shuyi said curiously.

Koji Lai smiled: "Eldest grandson Sheng (sheng), how is it?" It's a big official, right? ”

Cut! Do you know Changsun Sheng?

Does Changsun Sheng know you?

Yang Ming didn't bother to debunk the other party, Changsun Sheng had been dealing with the Turkic royal family for a long time as an envoy of the Great Sui, so he was very famous among the Turks and the Hu people in the Western Regions.

By the way, he is the father of the eldest grandson Wuji.