Leaving the Nine Immortals Temple, Baicheng went all the way south, and in less than an hour, he came to the north gate of Qingyangfu City.

Look at it from afar, only to see Qingyangfu City, the city wall is more than one zhang high, the whole body is piled up by more than one foot long green bricks, two vermilion city gates are wide open, the door is nailed with eighty-one bowl-mouth copper nails on the nine horizontal and nine vertical, there is an endless stream of traders in the city gate hole, there are merchants pushing wooden carts, there are also dozens of people traveling with the merchant group, there are some people dressed strangely, obviously not Chen Guo business travel, there are dozens of soldiers standing under the city wall, the blades in their hands are cold and shining, wearing soft armor with iron cooked skin, although it is not an elite soldier, it can be regarded as tall and strong.

Baicheng looked outside the north gate for a while, but did not enter the city, urged the horse to go east, around the corner of the city wall, crossed the east gate, came to the south gate, outside the south gate, but the scenery is different from the north gate, here there are many more 100,000 Nanzhao merchants from the mountains, pulling the mountain goods collected from the mountains, wanting to enter the city to sell.

After knocking for a while, Baicheng patted his horse and galloped along a big road outside the south gate to the mountain, and traveled about thirty or forty miles, seeing that the pedestrians on the road were thinning, Baicheng found a big tree, stopped in the shade of the tree, pulled the reins, and stopped on the side of the road to watch.

After a short time, a merchant came from the southern road, who looked to be in his twenties, seven feet tall, with a dark complexion, dressed in sea-blue linen clothes, and pushing a wheelbarrow and a wooden cart, which was piled with furs and medicinal herbs and other mountain goods.

Bai Cheng saw that this person came from a distance, looked this person up and down, and saw that his body shape was almost the same as his own, and secretly said in his heart that it was you, and opened his mouth to shout: "This brother, please stay, the younger brother has something to inquire about." ”

When the young merchant heard someone shouting at him, he turned his head to look at it, and saw a person under the tree who was dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, so he knew that his identity was extraordinary, and he didn't dare to be rude at the moment, so he hurriedly said: "The son has something to do, but it's okay to ask, as long as the little one knows, he will definitely know everything, and he will say everything." ”

Bai Cheng smiled slightly and asked, "I still don't know the name of Brother Taigao?"

The merchant said: "The little one's surname is Ma, and he ranks ninth in the family, and everyone who knows me calls me Ma Jiulang." ”

Bai Cheng said with a smile: "Brother Jiu has worked hard all the way, but I don't know how much capital Brother Ma Jiu costs for this cart of mountain goods, and how much silver can he sell when he enters the city?"

Ma Jiulang calculated and said: "This car of mountain goods was collected by me from several villages in the mountains, and for half a month, the cost of eating and drinking plus the cost of receiving the goods, how can I get seven or eight taels of silver." When you get to the city, if the market is good, you can sell it for twelve or three taels of silver, and if the market is not good, you can sell it for ten or so taels of silver. ”

After hearing this, Bai Cheng pointed to the healthy horse beside him and asked, "How much silver do you think my horse is worth?"

Ma Jiulang smiled bitterly: "Son, don't be joking, don't say anything else, this carved saddle will cost seven or eight taels of silver just right away, plus your horse will cost one hundred and eighty taels of silver, how can I compare with this mountain goods?"

Bai Cheng smiled and said: "You are a good person who can do business, I won't tell you, my horse can be sold for one hundred and eighty taels in the market, and with this good saddle, at least two hundred taels of silver, I will exchange it for your cart of mountain goods, are you willing?"

Ma Jiulang was stunned for a while and said: "Childe, don't laugh, how can there be such a business in the world"

Bai Cheng saw that he had doubts, smiled slightly and said: "Brother Ma Jiu, don't worry too much, my family is a businessman of the Song Kingdom, and it can be regarded as a thin family, this time the family asked me to come here to see how the market is, and I want to open a shop in Chen Guo to operate a business, but the people here bully me as a foreigner, and I ran many houses to ask for a sky-high price, so I want to pretend to be a local businessman in the city for a few days, look at the market, I don't know if Brother Ma Jiu is willing to come true?"

After hearing this, Ma Jiulang looked at Baicheng carefully, and saw that his face was as white as jade and his demeanor was graceful, and he didn't look like a wrongdoer at all, so he said: "Since Childe said this, the villain naturally has everything, but Childe's appearance and clothes are not like those who have been weathered for a long time, but I am afraid that I can't hide it from those merchants in the city." ”

Bai Cheng said: "The younger brother also has this concern, so this dress also has to be changed with Brother Ma Jiu, this place is still far away from the city, you and my brother are chatting while walking, Brother Jiu can also talk to me about the customs here." ”

Ma Jiulang nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

At that moment, the two changed their clothes on the side of the road before they set out on the road.

The two chatted while walking, and talked about the local customs, but they had come to the south gate of Fucheng for more than an hour.

Bai Cheng stopped and said: "On paper, I finally feel shallow, I never know that this matter has to be done, Brother Jiu pointed all the way, and the younger brother suddenly opened up, but there is still one thing that needs to be done by Brother Ma Jiu." ”

Ma Jiulang rode a horse all the way, feeling very different, at this time there was a bit of the atmosphere of a son of a family, sitting on the horse, slightly arched his hand and said: "Brother, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Bai Cheng said: "I rode a horse back and forth in this city a few days ago, many people know my identity, if they see this horse today, they are afraid that they may have a guess in their hearts, and they also hope that Brother Ma Jiu, don't go back to Qingyang Mansion for the time being, go to other places to play for a few days, if the road fee is insufficient, the younger brother still has some money to spare." ”

Ma Jiulang waved his hand and said: "I lost a horse for nothing, how can I still ask for your silver, then again, even if you don't say that I don't have time to wander around in this Qingyang Mansion, there is a Jianghua City three hundred miles away, and there is a red-sleeved pavilion in the city, the green willow girl in it is my old friend, and I have no money to redeem her several times, this time I sold this horse, and it was more than enough to redeem her." ”

After speaking, Ma Jiulang's eyebrows danced, and he hit the horse to go north, and a cloud of smoke and dust disappeared in a moment.

Bai Cheng stood in place for a long time, and only then did he sigh, only to know that the place of fireworks in Jianghua Mansion was famous far and wide, and he had really stayed in Jianghua Mansion for so long in vain before, and made up his mind that he must take a look when he went back this time, and pushed the car into the city.

Baicheng cart came to the city gate cave to line up, paid ten cents of taxes, strolled into the city, passed by the city gate hole, heard a few tax collectors chatting behind.

Ya Gong Jia: "Wasn't Ma Jiu who rode a horse just now? Why did you make a fortune, wearing a brocade robe, and you still have money to buy horses." ”

Official B: "Yes, could it be that you have deceived some wrongs again?"

Official C: "How can there be such a fool in the world? ”

Bai Cheng secretly said in his heart, there are indeed such fools in the world, thinking of this, he couldn't help but shout: "I just heard Ma Jiulang say that he has a good sister in the Red Sleeve Pavilion and gave him a sum of money, and he wants to stay and fly with him." ”

Before he finished speaking, Bai Cheng heard the weapon behind him fall to the ground, and there was a sound of snoring.