Chapter 308: Monstrous Wealth Enters the Capital
Haizi in the north of the capital city is the main docking port for merchant ships from all over the world, and when the river is full of water in spring and summer, the whole river is full of sailboats, and even the water surface cannot be seen. As a result, Haiziban has formed the most prosperous area in the capital. At the same time, due to the tradition of the Mongolian ancestors who lived by the water, many Mongolian nobles chose their homes on the banks of Haizi.
Entering the city, there are many shops on one side of Haizi, and there is a weaving flow of people, and on the other side is countless high-rise buildings, which are extremely luxurious.
At present, the ice locks the river, and there are naturally no boats on the water. However, because the New Year has just passed, the festive atmosphere has not completely subsided, so Haiziban is still very lively. Naturally, this prosperity and bustle has nothing to do with the Han people, looking at the street, most of them are burly, mink fur robes of Mongolian nobles, or rhinoplasty and blue eyes, occasionally one or two Han people have traveled, and they are all in a hurry, without half a point of leisure and leisurely appearance.
In the early afternoon, a procession composed mostly of Han Chinese entered from Deshengmen and headed straight for Haizi, which soon attracted the attention of countless people.
There were about 20 people in this team, all of whom were dressed in luxurious mink furs, and the dazzling gemstone ornaments hung on their bodies and shone brightly. Walking through the street, the luxurious atmosphere comes to the face. That glamorous outfit made many Mongolian nobles and wealthy businessmen who swaggered through the market feel ashamed of themselves.
In addition to the luxurious clothes and ornaments, the horses ridden by these people are all famous horses and horses. The Mongols have the world on horseback, and there are many people who love horses and are obsessed, and many people have seen this team. There was a sparkle in his eyes. The fact that these horses are brought out alone is an eye-opener. In this team, however, there were twenty or thirty rare and precious horses, which made many people jaw-dropping and salivating. There are good deeds to follow all the way, secretly calculating in their hearts, no matter what is next to this team, these horses alone are worth hundreds of thousands!
In addition to this, there were five tarpaulin-covered wagons loaded with goods. Horse-drawn carriages traveled through the long streets. Crushed the frozen snow and crushed deep rut marks. Based on the size and weight of the cargo, the discerning man quickly concluded that the cart was loaded. Most of them should be heavy gold and silver jewelry.
Such a team appeared on the streets of Dadu. Soon there was quite a commotion. There are many people who love horses who can't bear it. sent people to contact the team, but they were all rejected and hit a nail.
If it was in the past years. Such a team, mostly composed of Han Chinese, appeared in Dadu, but I was afraid that it would have already caused the robbery of those Mongolian nobles who were greedy and covetous. However, now that the situation in the south is tense, even those unscrupulous Mongolian nobles do not dare to be too presumptuous when they do not know the origin of this team, but only send people to follow behind the team, and only after they want to find out the details of this team, will there be further action.
This team walked down the street without hurrying, not shying away from the curious or greedy gazes of others, and even more generously allowing those with ulterior motives to follow behind them, and did not drive them away.
After passing through the downtown area by Haizi, the procession stopped in front of a mansion that covered a vast area. Even on the shore of Haizi, where nobles gather, this mansion is second to none in terms of land occupation and architectural luxury. Some people who don't know the details of this mansion ask others, only to know that this mansion is actually another business of the former prime minister. Taiping was once a very popular minister, and his power was for a while, and he didn't need to speak. It's just that because he offended the more prominent eunuch Pu Buhua, he was first reprimanded, and then the father and son died.
After Taiping's death, the mansion located on the bank of Haizi was idle, and there were countless Mongolian nobles who coveted this place and wanted to take it for themselves, but they all failed. They didn't expect that this house, which had been vacant for many days, had already been taken into the hands of others!
For a while, everyone became more and more curious about the origin of this team. At the same time, there are also many people with ill intentions, and the evil thoughts in their hearts are gradually dispelled. No matter what the origin of these people is, just looking at the fact that they can walk into this mansion as if no one else is around, it is not something that they can manipulate at will.
The closed vermilion gate was slowly retreated, and dozens of servants dressed as slaves walked out of it, hurriedly rushing forward, and a young man in the group walked into the courtyard before returning to carry the goods on the carriage.
Suddenly, there was a rather dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and cracking at the door, and it turned out that several servants could not bear the weight, and the wooden boxes in their hands fell down. The wooden planks shattered, and all the contents rolled out, and everyone saw that the whole box was all yellow and clear gold ingots!
The wooden box cracked, the gold ingots rolled to the ground, the seductive color shining so brightly that one's eyes could barely open, and one's breath suddenly became rough. In front of them, there were five carts and dozens of such boxes!
Those knights had already walked into the courtyard, and after hearing the commotion behind them, an inconspicuous knight who had fallen behind turned around and strode out. Seeing the scene in front of the door, his face sank, and he whipped his horsewhip at the few servants who had fallen into the wooden box by mistake: "Waste, you can't do this little thing!"
The servants squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands and wailed repeatedly, and after venting, the knight turned his head and beckoned to his companions in a loud voice: "You all come to help, these wastes are too useless!"
So saying, he stooped down and picked up the gold ingots that had been picked up by the servants, and hurried into the courtyard.
Seeing this scene, the onlookers couldn't help but gasp again. A whole box of gold ingots was picked up like nothing like this! Such a divine power is extremely shocking. Looking at the relaxed expression of the big man, if it weren't for the dazzling golden light and the trampled and broken ice on the ground that they had seen before, everyone would have thought that the box was not a heavy gold ingot, but an unremarkable piece of wood.
Seeing this scene, the evil thoughts that had suddenly sprung up in everyone's hearts disappeared again. Looking at the astonishing strength of this strong man, I am afraid that without the means of others, he can smash people's heads with his bare hands! Just thinking about that picture, the cold sweat behind everyone's backs is like a spring, how dare they make any more moves.
Hearing the cries of their companions, the knights who had approached the courtyard cursed and complained as they turned back, each holding a heavy box and walking back. One of the knights couldn't help but complain: "The master has come to Dadu, what is not good, but he has to bring these worthless and bulky gold and silver that are difficult to carry!"
Worthless? After hearing this complaint, the onlookers couldn't help cursing in their hearts: Isn't the gold you hold in the arms of this turtle money!
Another knight sighed with emotion: "The master is so rich, naturally he doesn't care about such mundane things as gold and silver. However, most of the people here are poor people who have never seen the world, and they value gold and silver very much. We ask people to do things, of course, we have to follow the local customs and bring something they value. ”
Hearing the chatter of the knights, the house slaves who watched these major wealthy families really felt a little unbearable to look back on. It turns out that the self-satisfied luxury of their own masters is nothing more than a poor family who has never seen the world in the eyes of others, and the gold, silver, yellow and white things that make them greedy are nothing more than worthless things like earth and stone in the eyes of others!
Deeply shocked one after another, these people stood across the street in a daze, and after a long time they calmed down, and many thoughts soon surged in their hearts, and they hurriedly turned around and ran back to tell their master what they had seen here.
Before sunset, many nobles with heads and faces in the capital already knew the news: a wealthy high-roller sheep had come to the capital with several carts of gold and silver treasures, and wanted to ask people to do something.
After experiencing the shock of the first treasures, the Mongolian nobles also calmed down. They are not afraid that someone will have far more wealth than themselves, and as long as that person asks for something, he will have a lot of means to take this gold and silver into his own pocket! In this great capital, there is nothing that spares them to succeed! In this way, the origin of this person becomes secondary, and everyone is more concerned about the purpose of his visit to the capital. (To be continued......)