Chapter 40: The Golden Carp
Mo Chen didn't know what happened in Anxi County last night, so he slept peacefully, only to feel that his whole body was extremely comfortable, and it was really not comparable to sleeping in the wild.
Out of the inn, Mo Chen bought two steamed buns at a roadside stall, and while eating, he walked and enjoyed the scenery of Deshun Mansion, and the shouts of the hawkers and the bargaining between passers-by and hawkers kept coming from his ears.
Mo Chen did not stay, all the way to the west, according to the map, there is a river in the west of this Deshun Mansion, named the Huangzhu River, the Yellow Pearl River runs through the land of the five provinces, tens of thousands of miles long, it is the second largest river in the Great Yan Country, Mo Chen wanted to take the waterway this time, starting from Deshun Mansion, and taking a boat to Guangze Mansion in the north.
Mo Chen didn't seem to be walking fast, but in fact, he disappeared after three or five steps, shuttling through the crowded crowd all the way, everyone only felt that their bodies were pushed away by a soft force, and then they seemed to see a shadow passing by them, raising their eyes and looking at the past, but there was no shadow.
Half an hour later, Mo Chen looked at the ferry pier in front of him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, in his past life and in this life, he has never taken a boat, this time he has to experience it.
Thinking like this, Mo Chen walked to the dock, touched the silver two in his arms, and immediately didn't look at the big ships with luxurious decorations, and walked straight to a small passenger boat with sails, there were two dark-skinned middle-aged men on the small passenger boat cleaning up the debris on the boat, Mo Chen walked over and asked, "Boatman, can you go to Guangze Mansion?"
The two people on the boat heard Mo Chen's voice, looked up, and saw a big gentleman in a green robe, Sven Wen, and a personable gentleman standing in front, not to mention anything else, Mo Chen's Sven temperament alone made people feel good.
A person on the boat walked to the bow of the boat, looked at Mo Chen with a simple smile, and said, "Of course you are going, is Mr. alone or with a friend?"
Mo Chen nodded and said, "Just Mo alone, I don't know how much it costs to go to Guangze Mansion?"
"If you go to Guangze Mansion, it will take us about nine days to arrive, and I will give you the lowest price, seven taels of silver. ”
Mo Chen frowned when he heard this price, seven taels of silver was not cheap, but looking around, in addition to the luxurious big ship, there was only one passenger ship that had the ability to drift in the Huangzhu River for nine days, and the rest of the ships were either too small or full of goods.
When the middle-aged man saw Mo Chen's frowning appearance, he knew that this gentleman was afraid that the boat fare was expensive, he smiled slightly, and said to Mo Chen: "This gentleman, if you think it is expensive, you can also find someone to take this boat with you, or I will hang a sign for you to go to Guangze Mansion in a while, you can rest assured, there are still people who go to Guangze Mansion by water, and it is good to share the cost together when the time comes, but then you may have to wait for half a day." ”
When Mo Chen heard this, he bowed his hand to the middle-aged man and said, "Then bother the boatman to hang a sign, Mo will wait for half a day, and I will come over at noon, if there is no one, Mo will charter a boat and go alone." ”
The middle-aged man heard the words and agreed, took out a sign and hung it on the boat, Mo Chen saw that he had nothing to do here, so he simply strolled around, because this place is close to the riverbank, so there are many seafood businessmen, Mo Chen has walked all the way, but he has seen many exotic fish that will not be seen in later generations.
Walking and stopping all the way, almost turning around this piece of seafood market, Mo Chen looked up at the time, it was almost noon, he simply returned the same way, and just halfway through, he saw many people crowded together in front of him, and there were bursts of exclamations.
"This carp is really rare. ”
"Yes, yes, I've been fishing for so many years, and I've never seen this kind of carp with a golden body. ”
"It must be a treasure, such a strange carp must be able to sell for a good price, Old Man Sun sent it this time." ”
Hearing this, Mo Chen couldn't help but run a trace of mana, squeezed to the front of the crowd, only to see an old man about fifty or sixty years old, with a hint of self-satisfaction on his face listening to the praise of the surrounding people, in front of the old man, there was a wooden basin, in the basin there was a golden carp about forty centimeters, the sun shone on the carp's body, reflecting a strange golden light, it was very beautiful.
"Old man Sun, I bought this carp for thirty taels. ”
Mo Chen was still looking at the carp, and suddenly a voice came out. Mo Chen turned his head to look, only to see a fat man who looked quite rich, the fat man was staring at the golden carp with a pair of small eyes at this time, and there was a flash of essence in his eyes.
And after the fat old man shouted, the originally noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, in the eyes of many fishermen, although this carp looks extraordinary, it is not worth so much silver, Old Man Sun heard this, a smile instantly bloomed on the old face, and just about to speak, another voice came out.
"I'll give thirty-five taels. ”
As soon as these words fell, the crowd seemed to explode, and there were constant shouts.
"Forty taels!"
"Forty-five taels!"
......
"Seventy taels!"
After a while, the price soared to seventy taels, and when seventy taels were shouted, the pins were already falling around, and it was the fat man who had just made the first bid to buy seventy taels.
After half a ring, it was the fat old man who urged, and the old man Sun came back to his senses, and just as he was about to speak, Mo Chen, who was standing on the side, sighed lightly in his heart, and then said loudly: "This carp Mo Mou is out of a hundred taels of silver!"
When the words fell, there was an uproar around, and several people near Mo Chen looked at him, Mo Chen took a few steps forward, and said to Old Man Sun again: "I will pay a hundred taels of silver for this carp, I don't know if the old man will sell it?"
Old man Sun looked at Mo Chen, and then glanced at the fat man, as if he was expecting the latter to raise the price again, the fat man glanced at Mo Chen, then shook his head regretfully, and turned to leave.
"Sell, sell, of course!"
Seeing this, the people around also knew that this golden carp belonged to this elegant gentleman, and gradually dispersed, Mo Chen took out the silver from the baggage and handed it to Old Man Sun, and then asked: "Old man, can this wooden basin for putting fish also be sold to Zaixia?"
Old man Sun got a hundred taels of silver, he was happy in his heart, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "The left and right are just a wooden basin, sir, don't say whether you sell it or not, the little old man will give it to you." ”
When Mo Chen heard this, he smiled and said, "Then thank you old man." ”
After speaking, holding the wooden basin, he walked towards the river, looking at the golden carp in the wooden basin, Mo Chen smiled and whispered: "You little guy, you have to be careful in the future, it is not easy to be born with wisdom, don't come to the shallow water area because of a moment of playfulness, isn't that to drill into the fisherman's net? next time I won't meet someone as kind as me." ”
While talking and walking, when he came to the river, Mo Chen took another look at the carp, and then poured it into the river with water, and when the golden carp arrived in the river, he immediately swam happily a few times, and finally spit out a few bubbles towards Mo Chen, Mo Chen saw this, and said with a smile: "Let's go." ”
The head of the carp surfaced, nodded humanly at Mo Chen, and then swam into the distance, Mo Chen smiled heartily, and was about to go to the ferry dock to get on the boat, when an old voice suddenly came from his ears.
"Sir spent a hundred taels of silver to buy that carp to release?"