Yang Yuanba rode to Liren City, although the court was busy in the past two days, but Yang Yuanba had nothing to do, Emperor Yang Ying allowed him to rest for half a month and then go back, and the order of the military department was immediately withdrawn, Yang Yuanba had his own plans.

Three days is Princess Leping's birthday, he plans to go to Jiangnan after his birthday, looking for his aunt and Niuniu, he has returned from Dali City for more than a month, but he has not gone south, this time, he is going to Jiangnan anyway.

Today, Yang Yuanba came to Liren City to look for Kangbas, and then asked Fat Yu about their news, after he came back from Taiyuan City, the three of them had no news, and they did not leave a letter to him, which made him quite worried, he was worried that He Fu would not let them go.

Yang Yuanba had already learned the news of He Fubo's execution, but he didn't feel guilty, he could only say that this was his own fault, he had obviously spared his life in the school field life and death fight, if he had half a bit of self-knowledge, he should not go back on his word and continue to murder himself, if he didn't succeed in killing, he gave his own life, and God would not have mercy on him.

Yang's house is about seven or eight miles away from Liren City, and after a short time, he rode into the gate of Liren City, and the streets of Liren City are bustling with people, not only some shops related to daily life such as rice shops and meat shops are full of customers, but the rest of the shops are also full of customers.

Silk and satin shops, gold banks, jewelry stores, musical instrument shops, etc., each shop has a guy standing at the door shouting loudly, soliciting business, some time ago the emperor went out of the funeral, there are many restrictions, directly affecting the business of the capital, and with the subsidence of Yang Liang's rebellion, the business of the capital gradually recovered, and it became lively again.

Yang Yuanba led the horse into the gate of Liren City, there are thousands of shops in Liren City, he can't ask one by one, not to mention the hundreds of shops in the metropolitan city, the most effective way is to find the township party of Kangbas.

He urged his horse to the dozens of shops in the Persian Mansion, turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the largest of them, the Persian Mansion refers to the shops opened by the Hu merchants, mainly dealing in jewelry, there are more than 30 shops in total, basically all of them are opened by Sogdian merchants.

Sogdian merchants had two peaces, one and the first was to live in the Central Plains for many years...... Having been naturalized in the Tianwu Dynasty, they have been able to speak fluent Chinese, and like ordinary merchants of the Tianwu Dynasty, they can open a Tang Dynasty to buy real estate, they can marry and have children in the Tianwu Dynasty, these Sogdians are still mainly engaged in business, and the most opened are Huren liquor stores and jewelry stores, and the more than 30 shops in the Persian Mansion are their industry.

There was also a and Sogdian merchant...... It was the foot-walking merchants who traveled to and from the Silk Road...... They brought Sogdian jewelry, Persian carpets, Roman gold and silverware, and spices to the Tianwu Dynasty, and they brought silk, porcelain, and paper from the Tianwu Dynasty back to the West.

The shop that Yang Yuanba found is called Samajian Old Store...... "Samajian is also the transliteration of Samarkand, and at a glance you know that it was opened by Kang Guoren...... It is also a jewelry store, and Combas is a Kangguo person, and this store may have news of him.

Just walked to the door of the store...... A middle-aged Sogdian man wearing a curly-brimmed hat greeted him and bowed his hand with the etiquette of the Tianwu Dynasty: "Distinguished guest, welcome to the shop, I wonder what kind of help I can provide you?"

Yang Yuanba smiled slightly, put his hand on his chest and saluted him, and said in Sogdian, which was not very proficient: "The revelation of the Lord God of An'ahuramazda has come to inquire about a person.

Yang Yuanba's Sogdian and Turkic languages are both learned from Kangbas, and his Sogdian is much inferior to the relatively proficient Turkic language, but despite this, the Sogdian was surprised and delighted, after all, there are very few Han Chinese who can speak Sogdian, and they are also inspired by the Lord God.

The estrangement disappeared in the common language, the guests became friends, and the Sogdians greeted them warmly and switched to Sogdian, "Guests, please come into the back room and sit." ”

Yang Yuan walked his love into the inner room, where Sogdian merchants entertained their guests, the room was brightly lit, the walls were whitewashed, a few gold-rimmed velvet carpets from Eastern Rome were hung, the small cabinets against the walls were filled with silverware made by famous Damascus craftsmen, and the floor was lavishly decorated with thick bōsi carpets.

He sat down on a couch, and the Sogdian merchant offered him a bowl of buttermilk and asked curiously: "Does this general also believe in the main god Ahuramazda?"

Yang Yuanba smiled, "A friend of mine is a devout believer in the Lord God, he is a native of Samarkand, he rises at the same time as the sun every day, believes in light and hates darkness, but I have lost news of him. ”

The Sogdian merchant understood, and he smiled slightly: "I am also from Samarkand, I wonder if I know the general's friends?"

"His name is Combus, do you know the owner?"

The Sogdian merchant laughed knowingly, "The general's surname is Yang, and he is the general of Dali City, right?"

Yang Yuanba was overjoyed, it turned out that the news fell here, "I am Yang Yuanba, looking for Combus." ”

"He went to Gaochangguo to buy goods, and when he left, I asked me to tell the general, so that you don't have to worry, I also just came back from Yecheng, and I was about to go to Yangfu tomorrow, but I didn't expect the general to come first, I'm really ashamed." ”

The Sogdian merchant heard from Kang Bas that Yang Yuanba's Sogdian language was not very good, so he changed it to Chinese again, and said with a smile: "My name is Connell, and I met Kang Bas more than ten years ago, and then he disappeared near Yiwu City, everyone thought he was dead, but I didn't expect him to be a Tianwu army in Dali City, it was really surprising and joyful...... Yang Yuanba took a sip of buttermilk, and asked a little strangely: "What goods did he buy in Gaochang Kingdom?"

He opened a liquor shop and wanted to sell peach wine, which was very profitable, so he went to Gaochangguo to buy it, and at the same time wanted to learn the craft of winemaking, which might take a few months to come back. ”

Yang Yuanba couldn't help but secretly praise Kangbas's business acumen, and found a huge business opportunity, at this time, the brewing process of peach wine had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains, and it basically relied on long-distance trafficking, making it difficult for it to enter ordinary people's homes.

His heart suddenly moved, the city of Dali is full of sunshine, the climate is suitable, the land is fertile sandy loam, very suitable for and peach, if there is a large number of peach, and then the peach wine as the industry of Dali City, this is a very good way to make money, yes, he wants to stop Kangbas, leave the wine-making process in Dali City.

His heart became eager, and he hurriedly said, "I want to leave a letter to him, can the proprietor transfer it to him for me?"

"Yes, I will definitely transfer it to him. ”

Yang Yuanba immediately borrowed a pen and paper and spread out the paper to write a letter, halfway through the writing, he suddenly remembered something, and asked Cornell, "With Combus, there are two others, one is very obese......"

Before he could finish speaking, Cornell laughed, "General Yang is talking about fat fish!"

"Yes, that's him, where are they now?"

"They have already left the capital, but they are going to Yecheng, and the fat fish seems to be saying what kind of pension to give, and I don't know the specifics. ”

Yang Yuanba understood that this was right, and at this time, a slight crispy sound came from the shop outside...... There was a bang, 'bang!', as if something had shattered, and almost at the same time, a young woman's scream was heard, and there was silence again.

Yang Yuanba and Connell looked at each other, not knowing what was going on? Soon, a Hu man whispered at the door, "Uncle, come here." ”

"General, please sit down for a while, I'll go to the top......"

Cornell was a little out of breath and walked out the door quickly, only to hear him ask in a low voice, "What shattered?"

The guy whispered, "What!" Connell exclaimed, and walked briskly towards the store.

Yang Yuanba quickly wrote a letter with a pen, dried it, folded it, and then put it on the table, but after thinking about it, he still didn't feel at ease, he had a few words he had to explain to Cornell.

Yang Yuanba got up and walked to the outside shop, there was no one in the main hall, there was a low complaint from a guest hall next to it, where it was the place of trading, Yang Yuanba walked into the guest hall, there were more than a dozen couches in the guest hall, at this time, the atmosphere in the guest hall was very depressing, and there were three girls standing next to a couch, and their expressions were uneasy.

In a cabinet behind them was a fine red enamel vase, a pair from Eastern Rome, and the other had been broken to pieces.

Connell didn't say a word, squatted on the ground and silently collected the pieces, his movements were slow, little by little, carefully putting the pieces into a jade plate, as if the pieces were also worth a thousand gold.

It's actually a form of body language, which is to tell the three girls that their broken enamel bottle is very expensive.

The expressions of the three girls were very embarrassed, standing in the innermost a big-eyed girl bit her lip tightly, a handkerchief twisted uneasily in her hand, the eyebrows of the distant mountains like green seemed to be covered with a layer of light mist, and the beautiful eyes like autumn waves revealed a trace of worry that could not be concealed, and it could be seen that this enamel bottle was broken by her.

Yang Yuanba suddenly felt that this pair of beautiful eyes was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Finally, an older girl timidly asked, "How much does this bottle cost?" ”

Cornell Huang smiled and said: "If it is an ordinary enamel bottle, forget it, but this pair of enamel bottles is from the hands of Meyer, a famous craftsman in the country of Whiskers, very expensive, I only have this pair in the store, once someone paid 10,000 yuan, I refused to sell." ”

"Ten thousand hangings!"

Three, the girl exclaimed, they looked at each other, the embarrassment in their eyes turned into horror, the girl's face like Qiushui Yiren turned pale, beads of sweat oozed from her full forehead, tears appeared in her Chu Chu moving eyes, 10,000 hanging money, how can she compensate?

"But only one was broken, wasn't it?" asked the older girl, in a pleading voice.

Cornell sighed secretly, this is a pair of enamel bottles, what is the point of breaking one and breaking the other? It's like a pair of shoes, only one is sold, who will buy it?

He could see that even if he lost one, the three little ladies might not be able to afford it, so he had to smile bitterly and said, "Then count it as one!"