Rouge wrong

It is not an exaggeration to say that the prosperity of Yanjing is dozens of times that of Yanzhou.The Princess Princess Mansion is located in the inner city, very close to the imperial city.

However, due to the lack of branches and leaves of the royal family, there are few people living in the land and houses around the Princess's mansion, so this area is rather deserted.

Shen Cuo's main purpose of going out this time was to bring Yanzhi and Huzi to broaden his horizons. He had no intention of causing trouble, so he only brought Bai Quan, who was most proficient in foreign affairs, and a driving guard with him.

Shen Ding has been by Shen Cuo's side all year. After coming to Beijing, Shen Cuo let him take a long vacation, so today's driver is Shen Jia.

Different from Shen Ding, who was tall and tall, Shen Jia was lean and tall, only a little taller than ordinary women, and his movements were very flexible. The carriage seemed to become lighter under his driving.

The inner city of the Yan Dynasty was laid out according to nine longitudes and nine latitudes, with the imperial city in the center and two symmetrical wings.

The main shops and markets in the inner city are located in the east of the imperial city. In addition, there is an inner market for the inner court to purchase once every ten days, and a market naturally formed by the wharf.As for the market in the outer city, it is more free and casual than in the inner city.

As the end of the year approaches, not only are the shops in the market not closed, but they are also crowded with people, creating a bustling scene.

It snowed heavily yesterday, but there was no snow on the streets, which shows how lively it is.

It's not that Shen Cuo has never been to the East Street, but he has never had a good time shopping. Bai Quan often haunts the market on weekdays due to business, so she is the most suitable guide today.

"Young master, this street market mainly sells cloth, porcelain, tea and jewelry, and most of them are not worth seeing.

But there is a shop that sells western goods with some rare items, we can go and have a look. "

"Western stuff?" Shen Cuo rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice, "It's the one above..."

Bai Quan nodded, and there was a bit of jealousy in his words.

"Who else can touch this piece except the royal family?"

The merchants affiliated to Tianmingjiao deal in all kinds of products, but these imported products have no room to intervene.

However, although it cannot be operated, the imperial court did not prohibit other people from directly purchasing overseas.

It's just that almost all merchant ships going overseas are controlled by the imperial court, and the cost of purchasing imported goods directly overseas is even higher, so no one bothers about these things.

However, for the Tianming Sect, which has its own boat, after going overseas to sell tea, silk, porcelain and other items, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, Shen Cuo is no stranger to imported products. He once specially rebuilt a glazed kiln to imitate a telescope.

However, most of those good things were confiscated by Liu Rongzhi back then, and Shen Cuo didn't have the heart to play with these things in the past few years, so he couldn't help feeling a little bit excited at this time.

"Then let's take a look and see if there are any new gadgets out in the past few years."

Shen Cuo pulled Yan Zhi, Yan Zhi led the tiger, Bai Quan followed Shen Cuo, why Shen Jia was a few steps away, and followed behind several people unhurriedly.

"Bo Lai Zhai?" Shen Cuo looked at the three on the mahogany and golden lacquer plaque, and said with disgust on his face, "It's so straightforward, uncle's taste is really worrying."

Bai Quan cleared his throat, lowered his voice and said, "The name is chosen by the eldest princess."

Shen Cuo raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Quan: "How much?"

Bai Quan made a three-point gesture, and Shen Cuo immediately looked disgusted: "She takes [-]% here, and takes [-]% of our company's net profit every year. She is really not afraid of showing off."

Although Bai Quan was full of envy, he also knew that Liu Rongzhi didn't spend the money on extravagance, so he somewhat admired it.

"The eldest princess basically spent the money on building bridges and paving roads and disaster relief, and she lived very frugally."

Shen Cuo had never denied Liu Rongzhi's kindness to the common people, so he just snorted softly and walked into the shop with Yan Zhi.

Shen Cuo was dressed in an extraordinary way, and immediately attracted the attention of the people in the store as soon as he entered the door.Although most of the people who can come to Bolaizhai are either rich or expensive.

But a young woman like Shen Cuo with a beautiful face and outstanding temperament is still enough to attract attention.

The store clerk immediately came forward to entertain a few people. Bai Quan said to the clerk with experience: "I remember I just came back from a merchant ship yesterday. I wonder if there are any rare things that I haven't seen before?"

The clerk's eyes lit up, and he said enthusiastically, "Yes, yes, this way please. You guys are looking at me, is this the first time coming to our capital, Bo Lai Zhai?"

External affairs are usually handled by Bai Quan, in addition to Shen Cuo being too lazy to deal with outsiders, it is also to prevent disputes with others.

Bai Quan had switched positions with Shen by mistake at this time, and stood in front of her left to deal with the buddy.

"My friend has good eyesight. We are indeed here for the first time, but please don't deceive me about it."

"How could it be? Our Bolai Zhai has never been deceitful, and the quality is guaranteed. We will never deceive customers."

Shen Cuo snorted softly, and slandered: "Your family is the only one doing this business. You just need to sit on the ground and raise the price. Is there any need to deceive?"

Bai Quan probably had the same idea in his heart, and he and Shen Cuo looked at each other with a tacit understanding.

"Since this is the case, I hope you can come up with products that satisfy us."

The buddy was just giving a routine excuse, never thought that these guests would be so serious.

You must know that in the capital, almost everyone knows that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess and His Majesty the Emperor are behind the Bo Lai Zhai, and no guest has ever dared to speak such wild words.

Most of the guests who are new to Shipai Zhai will be amazed by the rarity and rarity of the goods, and the staff will be motivated by this.

"Yesterday's goods have not been fully counted, so why not take a look at the most popular items in our store first."

The buddy led several people to a shelf full of enthusiasm, Shen Cuo only glanced at the goods on it, but couldn't get motivated.

She has played with all kinds of telescopes and magnifying glasses, and can even make them herself.

Sure enough, Bai Quan understood her, and immediately shook his head and said, "My lady has a lot of things like telescopes, isn't there any rare thing that only happened in recent years?"

When the buddy saw how many people knew how to do it, he got 12 points of energy.

"Yes, yes, a few customers are invited to come here. This is also a product that is very popular in our store."

Bai Quan has already entered the state of talking to the outside world, with a smile like a spring breeze on his face, but his words are merciless.

"Music box? We can make this thing ourselves, don't fool our lady with these..."

Shen Cuo has always been curious about Western items, and he also likes imitating them. He wanted to take this opportunity to see if there were any interesting things, but he didn't expect to come and go like this old man.

She was chatting, but when she lowered her head, she saw that Rouge's eyes were full of curiosity and joy, and she suddenly realized that she brought the siblings here today to open her eyes.Although she was tired of seeing these things, Yan Zhi and Hu Zi had never seen them before.

"Bai Quan, let's take a look at the music box first."

Bai Quan was still negotiating with the buddy, when he suddenly heard Shen Cuo's words, he couldn't help showing surprise.

When he saw Yan Zhi and Hu Zi again, he suddenly realized that he hadn't gone out with the young master for a long time, so he got on the head accidentally.

"Yes, let's take a look at the music box first."

Yanzhi was dazzled from the moment she entered the door, and Huzi was even more dizzy.The store is full of items that she has never seen before, and at first glance, she doesn't even know what they are for.

Shen Cuo casually picked up a palm-sized music box and stuffed it into Yanzhi's hands. With a hint of showing off and teasing, he said to Yanzhi, "Open it and have a look?"

Rouge was distracted just now and did not hear the assistant's introduction. At this time, holding a delicate wooden box with some weight in her hand, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Shopkeeper Shen, what is this? Is it a makeup box?"

"How can there be such a small makeup box? Open it and have a look."

Shen Cuo waited for Rouge to be surprised, and was very interested for a while, even more excited than when she first came into contact with the music box.

Rouge has a calm temperament, originally she would not touch these commodities of unknown value casually, but seeing Shen Cuo's face full of anticipation, she finally obediently opened the lid of the box.

Qingyue's voice came out of the music box immediately, Yan Zhi was startled unexpectedly, and the music box fell to the ground with a shake of her hand.

"what!"

It was not cheap at first glance, Rouge was really shocked and frantically tried to save it, but it was too late.

Shen Cuo originally wanted to give Rouge a surprise, but unexpectedly he became frightened. He raised his toes to catch the falling music box, and lightly lifted it back into his hand.

"Shopkeeper Shen, yes, I'm sorry..." Yan Zhi was startled and frightened, looking at Shen Cuo helplessly, wanting to see if the music box in her hand was damaged, but she didn't dare to go forward, her eyes were filled with sudden shock. tears.

"It's not your fault, it's because I didn't think carefully." Shen Cuo hadn't seen Yan Zhi in such a panic for a long time, he squatted down and stroked her back, "This is called a music box, you can play music when you open it, look like or not?"

As she spoke, she lifted the music box to Yanzhi's eyes, as if teasing a child, and said softly: "Look, there is a little bear spinning around on it, isn't it very interesting?"

Only then did Rouge see the structure inside the music box, a wooden bear was moving around in the box with the sound of the music.

"Ah, why..."

Seeing that she was drawn away by the music box, Shen made a big stone in his heart, and introduced her to the origin of the music box.

"This is called an octave box. The so-called "poetry expresses meaning, the song is long, the sound is eternal, the rhythm and sound, the octaves can be harmonious, do not compete with each other, and the gods and men are in harmony." The octaves here refer to gold, stone, and silk. , bamboo, gourd, soil, leather, and wood are eight materials that can be used to make musical instruments.It got its name because the music box can sound without any instrument. "

Not only Rouge, Huzi was also attracted by the music box, and listened to Shen Cuo's explanation seriously.

"Then why can it ring and why can it move?"

Shen Cuo has disassembled many music boxes, and even successfully made one, so she can't help it.

"The mystery of its ability to sound and move is all in this small box, although it seems that it has not borrowed external force, but in fact it has only borrowed the previously stored force.

You see, the small handle here is called a clockwork, which is used to generate power and store power.It's just simple to say, but the structure is very delicate and complicated, and it's not worth the loss to imitate it. "

The buddy was also terrified by the scene just now, but he couldn't help being surprised when he heard Shen Cuo speak clearly and logically.

Unexpectedly, what the two said just now was true, they are real experts, and ordinary things really can't catch their eyes.

But rather than being surprised, the guy was more worried about whether the music box was damaged. Just as he was about to check, a hearty male voice sounded beside them.

"This girl is so proficient in the way of octaves. Zhang is very impressed. I wonder if I can make friends?"