Volume 3: WTO Accession - Qingyun National Capital, Wind and Cloud Meeting Chapter 105: People and Goods Market
Zhou Cang saw the ceremony, and only then did he recognize Qi Changzheng, and secretly complained in his heart.
Sure enough, I heard the prince ask: "Zhou Cang, but they robbed your snow lion horse?"
"Yes...... It's not ......" Zhou Cang panicked, and didn't dare to look at Qi Changzheng.
"Hmph!" Yu Wenye's face turned cold, and he was angry.
He ...... He gave me a hundred taels of gold. Zhou Cang's face turned pale and he held back such a sentence.
"Xishan Creation Buddha!" Qi Changzheng took the initiative to attack, "Master Zhou, the little monk didn't know that the snow lion horse was expensive a few days ago, and he only gave a hundred taels of gold, and almost committed the greedy precepts...... Some time ago, the little monk ordered people to look for Zhou Shizhu, but they all failed to do so, and this time he went to Evergreen Horse City, which was to find it himself.
Who would have expected that Meng Lang, a newcomer who had just entered the palace, accidentally entered the royal hunting ground and disturbed Yaxing, His Royal Highness the Prince, which was really a little monk's sin. ”
Qi Changzheng said, took out a stack of silver tickets and handed them to Zhou Cang, and said sincerely: "Master Zhou, the snow lion horse is precious, the little monk can't take care of it, the little princess is kind and benevolent, and has brought the snow lion horse back to the mansion to take care of it." Here is a hundred thousand taels of golden tickets, when it can compensate for the loss of the Zhou donor, if it is not enough, the little monk will add it. ”
Zhou Cang shook his hands continuously, not daring to accept the golden ticket handed by Qi Changzheng.
Zhou Cang's father is the crown prince and the prince, from a first-class official, and he is also regarded as the number one person in Qingyun Kingdom.
Half a year ago, his father went out on errands, he went with him, on the way back, when he passed an arched bridge, he was blocked by a cart of dumped grain, the guards came forward to clear the road, he got out of the carriage and relieved himself, and saw a dirty big white horse tied to the side of the road, which exuded a foul smell.
At that time, he didn't care, Xiao Xie returned, looked at the big white horse from a distance and felt very familiar, and after careful inspection, he found that this big white horse pulling the cart was the same kind as the snow lion BMW at home, and it was still a rarer snow lion mare.
At that moment, he gave the farmer a hundred taels of silver to buy this snow lion horse, and after several months of careful care, the snow lion mare regained her beauty and successfully conceived a dragon foal.
The groom in the house has no experience in caring for pregnant snow lion mares, so he plans to go to Evergreen Horse City to find a knowledgeable groom. Who would have expected that it would be bought by Qi Changzhengqiang.
When he met the Buddha, he thought he was unlucky, he didn't say anything, and when he returned home, his father asked, and he dared to complain to his father.
The crown prince Zhou Xianwen is full of wealth, but he is a coward, and when he heard that the snow lion horse was bought by Yuan Shiqiang, he didn't dare to make a noise, and only complained to a few old friends, and somehow, it reached the ears of the prince.
The prince still has a lot of respect for Zhou Xianwen, who is full of wealth, and asked Zhou Cang for details, but Zhou Cang couldn't understand which Yuan Shiqiang bought his snow lion horse, so he had to give up.
Unexpectedly, some time ago, the little princess Yuwenda ran to tell him with great interest that she had got a snow lion horse with a dragon foal, and begged him to help find a groom who knew how to take care of the snow lion horse.
After a little inquiry, he knew that the snow lion horse in the little princess's mansion was the one that Zhou Cang was forcibly bought.
He and the little princess were born to the same mother, and she loved her the most, and she also sent good things to her house on weekdays, and he was happy to see the little princess, and he didn't plan to return this snow lion horse to the Zhou family.
I heard the little princess talk about Hua Xuanxuan, the poet author of "Water Tune Song Head", and then I heard her talk about the suspicions in her heart, Qi Changzheng, the little novice who was the escort, attracted his attention.
Of course, he is the dignified prince of Qingyun Kingdom, the future lord of Qingyun Kingdom, and the level of contact is all officials above the second and third grades, and only the Yuanshi above the Concentrating Realm can enter his eyes, and the so-called attention to Qi Changzheng is just remembering this name.
The chance encounter in the royal hunting ground, and the persuasion of Shangguan Jin made him really interested in Qi Changzheng. Zhou Cang's reason was just an excuse for him to test Qi Changzheng.
"You will take it if you compensate you, since your Snow Lion Horse is now in the Imperial Sister's Mansion, it should be me who asks you for ......" Yu Wenye sent Zhou Cang away, and said with a smile: "The national teacher has worked day and night for the state affairs of Qingyun State, and he has not returned yet, the disciple is a little out of line, there is no need to alarm the Zhengxin Zen Academy, you can change your mistakes, and the palace is in charge, so you can avoid your mistakes." ”
"Hmph! The matter of the Tiger Roaring Temple, when will it be your turn to be a mortal in charge. The heart was unhappy, but Mingli complimented: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is magnanimous, and he will be a generation of masters in the future." ”
"Little junior brother, don't hurry up and thank Your Highness. ”
Shangguan Jin said: "Xuan Xuan, he is your attendant, you have also committed the mistake of connivance, and you should be strictly disciplined when you return to the house." ”
When Ben Xin heard this, he didn't like it in his heart, but he only sneered and didn't argue.
After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left, Qi Changzheng and several people also left the royal hunting ground, Hua Xuanxuan was frightened, before Shangguan Jin left, let him go to the Danwang Mansion earlier, he was not in the mood to choose a maid, and went back to the palace first. Steward Yu accompanied him back to the house, and Qi Changzheng and the three of them arrived at Evergreen Horse City.
Fang Jun was on the side, Qi Changzheng and Ape Qingshan didn't talk much, and unexpectedly met the crown prince Yu Wenye, which made him curious about Yu Wenye at the same time, but also had a new view of the situation in Qingzhou City.
It's just that the amount of information he has now is too small, and there is no channel for collecting information, and there is no basis for no investigation, and it is useless to speculate on his own. Wait until Fang Jun and the others are cultivated, infiltrate the mansions of the senior officials of the DPRK and China as planned, and build a preliminary information network, so that they can make accurate judgments with enough information.
To the west of Evergreen Horse City is the "labor market", which according to the people of Qingzhou City, is the "people and goods market".
There are many people in the market, and the arowana is mixed, and there are richly dressed dignitaries and dignitaries, as well as peddlers and pawns. More often than not, the poor and ragged prodigians stood on either side of the road, with a sign or a rag of rags stating the reasons for the sale, and left them to the choice of the richly dressed dignitaries.
This is "bulk selling", and some consignment shops are organized buying. "People and goods" stand on the high platform in rows, there are special people to introduce, and there are small people to take customers to see people, which seems to be very standardized.
Qi Changzheng only planned to find a maid for Hua Xuanxuan, and then select some horses for Fang Jun and the others to use. If you can meet them, find a few more grooms, after all, there are a lot of horses to take care of, and there are no special grooms, so you can't take care of so many horses.
Where the crowd gathered, Qi Changzheng subconsciously resisted approaching, whether it was in his previous life or in this life, he had this habit, and he would not approach it unless he had to. Organized consignment store, he sent Fang Jun to inquire about the suitable Mrs. Ma, and walked around the bulk sales area with Ape Qingshan.
After walking around, I didn't meet a suitable candidate for a maid, either too young or too old, and met a few young people, Qi Changzheng looked passable, but Ape Qingshan said that he had no appearance, not eye-catching, Ape Qingshan was optimistic, he was not satisfied, he disliked being plump, or cleaning up too cleanly.
The eyes of the plump ape Qingshan, but Hua Xuanxuan doesn't like it, he likes to be slender and weak like the big girl. Cleaning up too much is disgusted by Qi Changzheng, he thinks that this kind of person pays too much attention to appearance, not like the type of servant.
After another turn, he still didn't find a suitable candidate, Fang Jun brought a few horsemen to come, and there were no precious horses in Langya Mansion, except for some horses pulling carts, and only the eliminated war horses that were bought last time, it was still easy to find a few horsemen who served the war horses.
After buying more than 20 war horses, with the selection of knowledgeable grooms, the quality of this batch of war horses is much better than the previous one. Several of the war horses bought back before were injured and could not be ridden when they were bought, so they were all used as horses pulling carts.
After selecting the war horse, Qi Changzheng planned to return home, but he didn't find a suitable candidate for the maid, and he was not in a hurry, so it was a big deal to let the second or third girl go to serve Hua Xuanxuan.
From a distance, I saw several flatbed carriages carrying dozens of men and women passing through the horse market and heading towards the "human market".
Several of the men and women in the carriage were wearing silk satin, but they were all dirty, and some of the women were covered with a few pieces of broken silk and satin, and their exposed fair complexion could be seen to be caused by their pampering on weekdays. In the late autumn season, trembling and miserable, I saw pity, attracting the sideways eyes of passers-by.