I am a ruler in troubled times

August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wei Jing had completely calmed down, and Chong Yi hosted a banquet for the generals in the Imperial Palace of the Kingdom of Wei.

After Wei Jing was captured by Zhao Jun, it meant that the entire Wei State had completely become the territory of Zhao State.

Zhao Guo won a complete victory by sending troops this time, and it will take some days to report the specific military achievements.

Waiting for Xianyang to verify and decide, and reward each person according to their military achievements, I am afraid it will have to wait until the end of the year.

But Chongyi is the crown prince, and he is also an extraordinarily rich crown prince. If he wants to reward the army, he doesn't need a reason at all, and he doesn't have to wait for Xianyang's permission.

Song Peiyu imitated the annual meeting he had seen before, and used the supplies that Weijing had blackmailed Zhao Jun back then. On August [-]th, a lively banquet was held in Weijing Palace.

In addition, Song Peiyu also arranged for people to open the warehouse of Weiguo Palace and sent bowls of broth to every household in Weijing.

To prevent the common people from overthinking under the instigation of caring people, Song Peiyu also specially ordered someone to deliver a very strong mutton soup.

Mutton and common vegetables can be found in every bowl of mutton soup. The family of five prepares their own dry food, which is enough to eat.

After August [-]th, Song Peiyu sent Anping Wang to sit on the frame of the street patrol every day as a mascot.

When Zhao Jun first entered Weijing, the people of Weiguo stayed behind closed doors all day long.

Even the shops on the street whose fronts were destroyed by the men of Emperor Wei and Da Sikong, Zhao Jun simply cleaned them up and found something to cover them first.

When the people of Weijing had to go out, if they accidentally met Zhao Jun, they would either turn around and run away as if they saw a ghost, or be frightened and stiff and short of breath until Zhao Jun had passed them by. He fell to the ground as if waking up from a dream.

In short, although the people of Weijing did not resist Zhao Jun fiercely, they always showed extreme rejection of Zhao Jun.

After August [-]th, Wei Jing quietly changed.

First, the smashed shops began to be repaired, and many shops opened quietly.

Then the grandma who set up a stall and the shopkeeper who carried the burden appeared again at the end of the street.

Even if they meet Zhao Jun again, the people of Weijing will not run away or go limp. At most, they will lower their heads and wait for Zhao Jun to pass first. Some bold people dare to say a few words to Zhao Jun.

Weijing, as the power center of the Wei State, is far more complex than the other twelve counties in the Wei State.

After carefully understanding the major forces in Wei Jingzhong, Song Peiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and even wished to go to Wei Guohuang's tomb to burn some incense.

Those prodigal sons of the old Emperor Wei were too powerful, not counting the "pseudo-emperor" who died the day Zhao Jun invaded Weijing, the 28th emperor, who clearly plowed the major families of Weijing.

Originally, Weiguo had a very shallow background, and very few families were willing to serve the "bandit king".

Most of the aristocratic families who moved to Weijing from other places in those years couldn't stay in their original places, so they came to Weiguo.

After so many years, these aristocratic families finally got more and more involved with Wei Jing, but they were uprooted by the 26 emperors.

Even if there are aristocratic families with great resilience, two or even double-digit emperors who insist on experience, finally find life, but their vitality will inevitably be severely damaged, and there is no capital to resist Zhao Guo or negotiate conditions with Zhao Guo.

Zhao Guo didn't trouble them, they all went to the ancestral hall to burn incense, thanking their ancestors for their blessings.

Calculated in this way, Wei Jing is like a white tile whose pattern has been forcibly scraped off, allowing Zhao Guo, who has just arrived, to paint it as he pleases.

What kind of good luck is this blessed by God? !

Song Peiyu decided to imitate the way Chong Yi used to make sure that the captured county would not cause chaos when he left.

At the beginning, Chongyi gathered all the servants and garrison of the county government together, burned the roster in front of everyone, and then sent the servants and all the leaders of the garrison, no matter how big or small, to Yi County.

Song Peiyu planned to take all of Wei Jing's family to Zhao when he left Wei Jing and returned to Zhao.

Chongyi is now the Qianglong entrenched in Weijing, so these aristocratic families can't help but say 'no'.

After Song Peiyu sorted out the list of aristocratic families to be taken away, she asked the people below to inform these aristocratic families in advance.

He hoped that these aristocratic families could recognize their own status, and not to leave a disgraceful impression on the people of Weijing when they left Weijing.

Ten days later, Emperor Yonghe's imperial decree arrived late from Xianyang.

Emperor Yonghe officially divided Youzhou into Cen County, Mao County and Yong County, and changed Weiguo to Wei County.

The crown prince was ordered to concurrently serve as the governor of Weijun, to appease the people in Weijun and clear up political affairs.After Weijun was completely stabilized, he brought King Anping back to Xianyang.

Arriving at Weijing at the same time as the imperial decree, there were also officials carefully selected by the court to take over Weiguo.

After he stopped fighting, Chong Yi returned to his usual lazy appearance.

Although Wei Jing doesn't have the good wine made by Song Peiyu, nor does he have a book of unusual and interesting words, but Wei Jing also has many interesting things that are different from Youzhou, and there is also a feature called Minor Tune.

Every day when Chong Yi saw Song Peiyu started to get busy, he quickly disappeared. Except for a few times when he was looking for Murong Jing, most of the time he was lurking in every corner of Weijing, often bringing back some very interesting gadgets.

In just a few days, the layout of his and Song Peiyu's room, which was very Xianyang style, gradually turned to Weijing's style.

So much so that eight months later, the new year's spring plowing in Weiguo was completely over.

When Song Peiyu and Chong Yi planned to leave Weijing, return to Qihuo City for repairs after patrolling Weiguo, and then rush back to Xianyang directly, these little things that they were reluctant to throw away occupied two large carriages.

When Chong Yi left Weijing and was now a place called Chi County, he displayed a full set of guards of honor for the prince, followed by Prince Anping's guard of honor.

Sheng Tairan and Ping Zhang chose to stay in the Sheriff's Mansion. They will replace Chong Yi to monitor the officials of the Sheriff's Mansion and the situation in Weijun, and send letters to Xianyang at any time in a way that only they know.

Standing on the city wall of Chixian County, which has been raised by a large section, watching the mighty army go away completely, Ping Zhang, who has always been rough in mind, suddenly feels a little sad.

He whispered, "Will His Highness forget us when we return to Xianyang?"

This time they parted, they had to stay in Weijun for at least three years before returning to Xianyang.

"It should be..." Sheng Tairan tilted his head and thought for a while, then said uncertainly, "Yes."

Ping Zhang, who thought that Sheng Tairan would give a negative answer after hesitating for so long, suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and put his melancholy behind him.

Forget it, he has been with Chong Yi since he was a child, how could he not understand Chong Yi's temperament.

It is already a great honor for him and Sheng Tairan to gain Chong Yi's trust and replace Chong Yi in the county guard's mansion.

If nothing happened, Chong Yi would probably only be able to think of Song Peiyu in the entire Donggong Primary School.

Thinking of the past six months, Chong Yi and Song Peiyu have become more and more lazy to hide their closeness, even looking at each other with affectionate eyes as if revealing countless meanings, Ping Zhang shivered suddenly.

He suddenly felt that it was good to be left in Chi County.

Thinking of these things in his heart, Ping Zhang finally suppressed the melancholy deep in his heart.

Ping Zhang and Sheng Tairan, who had been standing on the city wall and looking into the distance with binoculars, were not ready to go down the city wall until they could no longer see the army.

As soon as they turned around, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

The streets were full of silent Weiguo people, they gathered in twos and threes under the giant tree in the city, as if they were performing some mysterious and grand ceremony.

Even though Ping Zhang and Sheng Tairan used binoculars, they couldn't see the expressions on these people's faces, but they could see the barely recognizable 'Suzaku Flag' in the hands of the common people and the other side that was completely unpredictable... ...'Ruyi Banner'?

The common people held up two small flags and tried their best to tie them to the branches as high as they could reach.

Although the flags are simple and the pictures are weird, Sheng Tairan and He Zhang can understand that this is the people spontaneously sending Chong Yi and King Anping off.

Pingzhang touched the corners of his eyes in a hopeless manner, and muttered, "They have a conscience."

After finishing speaking, as if he was afraid that Sheng Tairan would laugh at him, he immediately strode down the city wall.

Sheng Tairan set up a meeting on the city wall again, keeping every detail in his heart.

He wants those who have already left to know that their sacrifices were not in vain.

At least the people of Chixian felt their painstaking efforts to make Chixian stable, and thanked them from the bottom of their hearts for their efforts.

If it wasn't for his rationality, Sheng Tairan even wanted to immediately send people to chase back all the people who had already set off, so as to see this scene with his own eyes.

Chong Yi and the others wandered around Weiguo for two full months, and finally returned to Qihuo City in June.Since taking down the entire Wei Kingdom except Weijing last year, Qihuo City has quietly canceled the closure of the city and resumed its previous operations.

Xianyang urged Chong Yi to go back letter after letter, leaving little time for Song Peiyu.

Fortunately, he only has one important thing to do in Odd Cargo City, so it won't waste too much time.

Song Peiyu wants to start eradicating illiteracy from Qihuo City.

Zhao Zhi quietly appeared in the shops in Qihuo City that were only open to internal employees and garrison troops. Along with Zhao Zhi, there were many cheap four treasures of the study.

Leaving aside the garrison in Qihuo City for the time being, the stewards and big shopkeepers all know some simple characters, at least enough to keep accounts.

Most of those who are completely illiterate are workers in various factories.

Song Peiyu had already hired some poor students from Zhao Guo to spend a lot of money in advance to teach the people in Qihuo City how to read and do simple arithmetic.

Most of these poor students were once rich in their ancestors, or had other opportunities to have the opportunity to study, but that's all.

When they were born in a poor family, their best way out was to spend a lot of money to compete for the position of a small official in the county government.

Unless there is an adventure, or has something to do with a big family.

Otherwise, even if these small officials from humble backgrounds worked hard all their lives, they would never be able to become officials above rank seven.

Song Peiyu's salary for these poor talents is high enough, and the name of inviting them is not to go to the city of strange goods to eliminate illiteracy, but to work for His Royal Highness in the city of strange goods.

In an era when the prices of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, especially paper, remained high, they were no different from luxury goods.

For these talented people from humble backgrounds, being able to use the pen, ink, paper and inkstone at the same time to improve the life at home, in name, is still doing things for His Royal Highness, which is more than a hundred times better than being a low-level official in the county.

As a result, many houses soon moved into the Odds City, and most of the hostesses wore loose, slightly whitish but very neat robes, walking around the streets all day long in the Odds City.

Song Peiyu didn't take the time to meet these humble talents.

He made people spend a lot of time to bring them to the city of rare goods, and naturally he didn't just want to make them literacy.

But so far, the only thing that can be put into practice is literacy.

At least for a short period of time, Song Peiyu will never foolishly challenge the majesty of the aristocratic family, and have unreasonable thoughts about the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.

He has a vision beyond the times, knowing that the Jiupin Zhongzheng system will be replaced by the imperial examination system sooner or later.

But he is also a son of a family who has been educated by the elites of the family for more than ten years. Song Peiyu is very clear about what the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System means to the family.

If he dared to attack Ninth Rank Zhongzheng, he would definitely attract fierce counterattacks from all the aristocratic families.

At that time, let alone whether he and Chong Yi can carry it, I am afraid that Emperor Yonghe and Song Jinyu will not be able to carry it either.

With the future still uncertain, Song Peiyu can only plan ahead to accumulate experience.

It may sound unimaginable for workers to learn writing and arithmetic, but the Odd Goods City is an unusual place.

Moreover, compared with Zhao Kingdom, which already has four counties, Qihuo City has fewer people in the small city, and it is the forbidden area of ​​the East Palace.

Even if someone finds something is wrong and wants to stop it, they will not be able to pass the level of the East Palace.

No matter whether the result of inviting poor family talents to literacy for the workers in Qihuo City is good or bad, it will not be out of Song Peiyu's control.

If there is an opportunity in the future, Song Peiyu will naturally promote these humble talents again.

But there is a premise that these people can stand out in the teaching process.

When the time comes, Song Peiyu will naturally know them.

Because the preparation time in advance was long enough, in just three days, the workers were rescheduled.

Each person has an extra half hour of class time every day, and this half hour of class time is counted as working hours. If they are absent from work, their wages will be deducted.

There will be an assessment every month, and there is still no reward for failing, and rewards for passing and excellent.

After three months, those who still have not passed the class will cancel their working hours. When other people are in class in the future, those who cancel their working hours will not have to go to class again, and they can work normally.

In addition, the remedial class also has night classes, which start at You hour and end at Hai hour, and workers can voluntarily go to class.

Odd goods city will distribute one copy to the workers in class every month, which is enough pen, ink, paper and inkstone for one hour of class every working day.

Those who want to go to the remedial class for night classes, when they don't have enough pens, ink, paper and inkstones, they can only buy them from the strange goods city with their own money.

After the class officially started, Song Peiyu took Chong Yi to listen in, but she didn't hear anything.

As a person who has worked for many years, Song Peiyu only felt that the more he listened, the more awkward he became when he watched junior high school students teach kindergarten.

After dealing with the case of Curious Goods City, Chong Yi's guard of honor set off again.

Except for Sheng Tairan and Ping Zhang who were left in Chi County County Guard's Mansion, most of the East Palace Ten Rates also stayed in Wei County, and they were split up and sent to the defenders of Wei County's counties.

With 2000 Donggong and ten troops, only Hao Shi returned to Xianyang with more than [-] people and Chong Yi.

When Murong Jing was in Yu County, he parted ways with Chong Yi. He was going to stay in Mo County until the end of the year, and then returned to Xianyang to report on his duties.

Poor Murong Jing came here with a mighty army of [-], but now when he leaves, there are only [-] troops behind him.

[-] troops were stationed in Mo County, of which [-] troops were also scattered to the counties of Wei County.

The [-] cavalry led by Chong Yi to charge into battle had changed their appearance, from the Goshawk Army to the Suzaku Army.

In the case of the extreme lack of manpower in the East Palace Ten Rates, Chong Yi didn't know how to persuade Murong Jing, and took away [-] infantry from Murong Jing's men to supplement the East Palace Ten Rates.

According to the rules, anyone who brings heavy troops to Xianyang must march slowly to show respect for Xianyang.

To put it bluntly, it is to warn those who lead troops to Xianyang not to make misleading actions.

So Chong Yi ignored Xianyang's letter after letter urging him to go back with peace of mind, separated from the army directly, and took Song Peiyu to play around.

Before leaving, Chong Yi also specifically asked Hao Shi to strictly follow the rules and 'march slowly' to Xianyang.

Hao Shi, who wanted to follow but was rejected by Chongyi, wanted to cry without tears. He was afraid that Chongyi would not be there after he had gone outside Xianyang, and wished he would lead the army to stand still every day.

Lu Jihe and others could not dissuade Chongyi, nor could they leave Chongyi and return to Xianyang first, so they could only choose to play with Chongyi.

They don't have the guts to chase after Chong Yi, and they don't want to see the two people who are becoming more and more unscrupulous.

He made his own route, greeted Hao Shi, and left with his servants and private guards.

Poor Hao Shi is like holding many kites flying in different directions at the same time, afraid that if one of them is not careful, the rope on one of the kites will be broken.

He couldn't reel these kites.

These kites have their own thoughts, completely out of his control!

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi only took Jinbao, Yinbao and Laifu, and entered Qing County lightly.

Laifu has to worry about the road to the city, Song Peiyu and Chong Yi are waiting in the carriage to enter the city.

Song Peiyu no longer remembered whether he had passed through Qing County when he was traveling between Xianyang and Qihuo City. This was the first time he had a good look at this county.

Unknowingly, there are more and more cement roads in Zhao Guo.

When Song Peiyu rushed from Xianyang to Qihuo City last year, there were still some areas where there were no concrete roads to walk on, so he could only take the old, dilapidated and bumpy roads.

In just over a year, Song Peiyu returned to Xianyang from Qihuo City, and the situation was quite different.

In addition to Dajun always having a spacious and smooth official road to walk on, when Jin Bao was driving, he also found a concrete road from the official road to Qingxian County.

Song Peiyu lifted the curtain of the carriage all the way, feeling the strong wind blowing towards her face, the memory of being so motion sick that she could only lie down and breathe had become blurred.

After entering Qing County, Song Peiyu's first impression was that it was lively.

There are more shops of all kinds on the street than there used to be in Weijing.

Although there were not as many people in various clothes and costumes as in Chi County, the expression on the faces of the people in Qing County was something Song Peiyu seldom saw on the faces of the people in Chi County.

Chong Yi and Song Peiyu got out of the carriage and asked Jin Bao and others to rent a neat and clean yard first, while they started to stroll along the street stalls.

Laifu hesitated for a long time, and instead of leaving with Jinbao and Yinbao, he chose to follow Chongyi and Song Peiyu from a distance.

He is not a person without eyesight, but His Royal Highness is so good at shopping, he can't let Mr. Song carry it.

Most of these small stalls are dolls stitched and sewn with brightly colored rags, or earrings made of broken jade, iron pots that have obvious scratches but are still new, rough workmanship but a lot of food. Brass bracelet.

There are a lot of tricks, some new and some old.

Chong Yi wanted to buy something novel when he saw it. Before he could move his legs, he picked up the silly cloth tiger on the grandmother's stall expressionlessly, and looked at the grandmother inquiringly.

Grandma smiled and said, "This is something my daughter-in-law made in her spare time. The fabrics are all made of high-quality fabrics. If she hadn't always been in contact with the fabric shop, the shopkeeper wouldn't have left such a good fabric head to her." .”

It was rare for Chong Yi to be patient. He didn't leave directly because the grandmother couldn't get to the point. Instead, he stopped where he was and listened to the grandmother praised her sensible and careful daughter-in-law for a long time.

On the contrary, it was Granny who was embarrassed after she realized it, and said repeatedly, "People are old and confused, and they can't stop getting up. Fortunately, the gentlemen didn't dislike the old woman."

"There are two hundred copper coins for this cloth tiger, gentlemen, take them back and give them to Xiaolangjun to play with. The material will not hurt Xiaolangjun's delicate skin, and it will also be auspicious for exorcising evil spirits and avoiding diseases." The old woman looked at Chong Yi with a smile. With Song Peiyu, the good things came out of his mouth one after another.

Song Peiyu knew that Grandma misunderstood that he and Chong Yi were brothers or brother-in-law and brother-in-law, so she kept emphasizing that cloth tiger was suitable for Xiao Langjun to play.

Although it would not embarrass him, Song Peiyu still felt a little weird, so she stretched out her hand and tugged Chong Yi's sleeve, telling Chong Yi to pay quickly.

He never went out very much, even if he changed into low-key clothes specially for going out to play, the purse at his waist contained things brought from Xianyang, and there were only gold, jade and precious stones in it.

After hearing what Grandma said, Chong Yi became more and more serious, and asked in a low voice, "Can you really keep the frail young man safe?"

This cloth tiger was originally what the cloth village wanted by name, but in the end the customer changed his mind temporarily and didn't want it anymore.

Although Bu Zhuang returned the cloth tiger, he also returned the raw material money of the cloth tiger to the grandma's daughter-in-law, and persuaded the grandma's daughter-in-law to put the cloth tiger in Buzhuang for consignment.

However, the grandma's daughter-in-law felt that when the cloth shop asked for the cloth tiger by name, it was willing to pay two hundred copper coins, but now it was only willing to give her fifty copper coins for consignment, which was obviously bullying her.

In a fit of anger, he took the cloth tiger home again.

Grandma has been bringing this cloth tiger out for half a month, and has met many people who are attracted to cloth tigers.When these people heard that Buhuo wanted two hundred copper coins, their faces changed drastically and they left immediately.

Even those who didn't leave immediately, they all tried their best to make her cheaper.

If grandma made something herself, she would have sold it long ago.

After all, if the cloth tiger stays in his hands, it will never be turned into money.

But this is the proud work of the daughter-in-law, and because of this, she has a dark air with the shopkeeper of the cloth village.

Grandma also took a deep breath, saying that she would sell the cloth tiger for two hundred copper coins, otherwise she would rather not sell it and keep it for her little grandson.

After seeing two handsome gentlemen appearing at the street entrance, Grandma felt that her chance had come, and immediately took out the little tiger wrapped in layers of soft cloth and placed it in the most conspicuous position.

The man who looks more imposing not only shows his interest in the cloth tiger, but also doesn't think it's expensive at all!

Grandma was greatly encouraged and worked harder to sell cloth tigers.

You don't need to think about it, such auspicious words as "promoting good fortune and warding off evil spirits" and "eliminating all diseases" are known to be false. In the end, Chongyi was taught a slang phrase.

Chong Yi happily bought the cloth tiger.

Because he always ran outside, the top layer of his purse was full of silver beans, before Grandma looked for change on the scale, Chong Yi and Song Peiyu had already gone far.

The little tigers sewn with various colored cloths have been transferred from Chong Yi's hands to Song Peiyu's.

While walking, Song Peiyu lowered his head and looked at the stupid tiger. His mind was full of the way Chong Yi told him with a silly face when he handed the little tiger to him just now, that grandma taught him slang.

It is a slang term that parents say to their children, hoping that their children will grow up without illness and disasters. It also means that cloth tigers are used as substitutes to protect children from illnesses and disasters.

What does Chong Yi mean by reading to him?

He did not believe that Chong Yi would believe such folk rumors.

After all, Qingxian County is in the territory of Zhao State, and there is not much difference in customs from Xianyang. Except for the silly little tiger, which has a special meaning to attract Chong Yi's attention, other small things on the roadside cannot enter Chong Yi. Yi's eyes.

The two quickly passed through the bustling crowd and walked towards the neat shops in the center of Qing County.

The clerk at the door of the shop has more eyes than the owner of the roadside stall. He not only recognizes the material of the clothes, but also recognizes the temperament.

Although Song Peiyu and Chong Yi changed their clothes specially for the fun, they couldn't hide the extravagance in their bodies.

As soon as I turned into this street, I was almost overwhelmed by the swarming guys.

At the critical moment, Chong Yi's icy gaze had a miraculous effect.

Anyone who met Chong Yi's gaze either froze in place, or subconsciously took a few steps back, and finally stopped trying to have physical contact with Chong Yi or Song Peiyu.

"The two gentlemen look familiar, but are they from the city of rare goods?" A particularly clever guy stood three steps away from Chong Yi and Song Peiyu and asked, "Our family has both jade and high-quality embroidery. , if you have time, you can also order embroidery samples, so that the embroiderer can hurry up."

Song Peiyu suddenly became interested, and asked the buddy who spoke, "Why do you think we are from the strange goods city?"

Song Peiyu grew up in Luoyang, and later moved to Xianyang with Song Jinyu. He opened his mouth in standard Mandarin, and no one could tell who he was from just by his accent.

Seeing that Song Peiyu was willing to talk to him, the clerk was overjoyed, and approached Song Peiyu tentatively, before replying to Song Peiyu, "Since the completion of the Qihuo City last year, there have been many more foreign merchants here than before. After the official road was repaired, merchants It is several times more than before. These merchants all praise that our Qing County not only has better jade than other places, but even embroiderers are more ingenious than other embroiderers."

The man said this, and looked at the cloth tiger in Song Peiyu's hand meaningfully.

Because he was still young, he said these words with a proud face, not only did not make people feel bored, but looked very cute.

Subconsciously, Song Peiyu wanted to take candy from her purse to give the buddy sweet mouth.

Unexpectedly, Song Peiyu took out the candy wrapped in oiled paper, and as soon as she stretched out her hand to the clerk, the hand with the candy was grabbed by Chong Yi.

Without changing his face, Chong Yi took out a silver bean from his purse and gave it to the clerk, even if Song Peiyu gave him the sugar, he still held Song Peiyu's hand tightly.

Song Peiyu spat on Chong Yi angrily, seeing the clerk's face was full of joy, as if he had never seen the hands he and Chong Yi held together, so he didn't force Chong Yi to let go.

Because she was curious about the foreign businessman the man was talking about, Song Peiyu asked the man to lead the way, saying that she would go to the man's shop to have a look.

The store where the clerk was located was at the innermost part of the street. Just walking on the road, Song Peiyu saw several businessmen with foreign accents.He is kind-hearted, and Chongyi is also extraordinarily generous in offering rewards just now, and both of them are pleasing to the eye, which can make people let go of their guards unconsciously.

Song Peiyu easily got the information he wanted from the buddy.

The man said that there were two or three small jade mines outside Qingxian County. Since he could remember, Qingxian County has been famous for producing jade of various qualities.

But it wasn't until the Qihuo City was built that the number of foreign merchants gradually increased.

In just two years, the price of jade has risen nearly five times, but there are more and more merchants coming and going.

If things go on like this, they will have to learn from Qihuo City to limit purchases by foreign merchants.

The clerk turned to Song Peiyu and Chong Yi in his heart, and specifically told them that if they came here for jade, they must buy more this time.

Song Peiyu responded with a smile, and said with emotion, "I remember that when I went to Huashan, it seemed that I had temporarily repaired in Qing County. Qing County at that time was very different from the current Qing County Committee."

The guy proudly puffed up his chest, and said repeatedly, "My parents always said that Qing County has changed a lot in the past few years. They set up a food stall on the south street and took my elder brother and sister-in-law to work. In two months, I can earn the money I used to earn by working everywhere for a year. And my sister, because of her appearance, Zhou Zheng, was chosen to work in the best inn in the county, serving the female guests of wealthy families. , getting more rewards than wages.”

Song Peiyu was also affected by the assistant's cheerful tone, and said casually, "You are so clever, I think the reward is more than the salary."

The excitement on the guy's face suddenly turned into embarrassment, and he lowered his head in embarrassment. After a long time, he whispered, "If I can meet such a generous and good-tempered God of Wealth like you and your brother every day, I will naturally come back again." Not too bad."

Song Peiyu smiled again.

These words are very easy to offend people, but from the mouth of the buddy, there is only innocence and yearning.

Chong Yi glanced sideways at the smile on Song Peiyu's mouth, then bent his mouth and threw the purse at his waist to the assistant.

The man took the red envelope in a hurry, his face flushed with excitement.

He still doesn't know what's in the purse, just now Chong Yi rewarded him with too fast a silver bean, he didn't find out where the silver bean came from at all.

Just the materials and exquisite workmanship of the purse are enough to make the guy excited.

He resisted the thought of opening the purse to have a look, put the purse carefully into his cuff, and continued to lead the way for Song Peiyu and Chong Yi.

When he arrived at the store where the clerk was, Song Peiyu had already learned about all the changes in Qing County from the clerk.

This is a replicable change.

It happened in Qing County today, and it could happen in other counties and towns in Zhao State tomorrow.

In short, if you want to be rich, build more roads.

When the transportation cost is infinitely reduced, not only the buyer saves a lot of money, but the seller can also taste the sweetness.

Most of the rich merchants who went to the Qihuo city were willing to go to Zhao country along Liuli Road to buy some Zhao country's special products when they had finished shopping and there was still space in the motorcade.

Song Peiyu was very satisfied with the information he got from the assistant, so he wanted to buy something in the store by the way.

It's a pity that although Qing County is famous for its jade, the real good things don't appear in such small shops on the street. Song Peiyu has never used anything that is slightly inferior, so after looking around, she couldn't pick it out at all.

While Song Peiyu was looking at things at the shopkeeper, the clerk hid quietly to see what was in the purse that Chong Yi gave him.

Because of his well-behaved appearance and quick talk, it is true that as Song Peiyu joked, the reward is more than the wages. In the past, a wealthy businessman rewarded him with a purse, and there were silver coins in the purse.

He even encountered the good thing of having three golden melon seeds in his purse once.

The man pinched it out a long time ago, and the purse was all in the shape of beads, so when he opened the purse and saw the silver beans inside, the man was not surprised.

Sure enough, he was a very generous guest. Based on the weight of his purse, these silver beans would add up to at least two or three pounds, which was equivalent to half a year's wages for him.

Just when the man was about to seal the purse, he suddenly saw a touch of gold.

The buddy's heart skipped a beat, and he carefully grabbed some of the silver beans.

There are golden beans under the silver beans!

The buddies restrained the idea of ​​finding a place to count the rewards, and the shopkeepers generally didn't care about the rewards they guys got from the guests.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the shopkeepers must not find out.

If you are unlucky and discovered by the shopkeepers, it is only natural for the shopkeepers to take all of them away, and it is a great kindness to leave half of them for them.

The man shook his hands and carefully put back the gold and silver beans he had grabbed. Excited, he deformed the purse, revealing the clear red under the gold beans.

This is... a ruby?

The guy's mind went blank.

Why did he start dreaming in broad daylight?

'Snapped'

pain!

The man tied his purse firmly to his chest and went back to the front, making up his mind to entertain the God of Wealth well, at least to keep the God of Wealth in a good mood when he was in the shop.

Finding that Song Peiyu was not satisfied with what the shopkeeper brought out, Chong Yi just looked at Song Peiyu quietly, not caring about what the shopkeeper took out at all.The man gritted his teeth fiercely, and trotted to the back to invite the shopkeeper.

For a God of Wealth who is so generous, he should show them the treasures of the store, and the rest of the things are dirty to the eyes of the God of Wealth.

Just when Song Peiyu was completely disappointed and was about to leave, the shopkeeper suddenly appeared.

The shopkeeper first asked Song Peiyu where he came from.

Song Peiyu said that she was from Xianyang, she was out on business and was going back to Xianyang.

Seeing that the big shopkeeper seemed to want to get him something really good, but hesitant, Soong Peiyu showed the big shopkeeper the pendant on the folding fan.

The fan pendant looks ordinary, but it has special lines.

Only merchants with good reputation who have successfully traded 20 taels of silver with Qihuo City for more than three times can obtain pendants with this pattern.

The shopkeeper immediately dispelled all worries, led Song Peiyu and Chong Yi to the cubicle, apologized in a low voice, and returned with three boxes in person.

The first box was opened, and it was a Guanyin Guanyin made of suet jade. Both the jade material and the workmanship were impeccable. Even in the eyes of Song Peiyu, who had read countless treasures, it could be regarded as a treasure.

Song Peiyu nodded, and tapped the folding fan on the empty space on the table, "Leave it here first, wait for the boy at home to catch up, and ask him to pay you."

Although he can't use it, it is a good gift because it has a good meaning.

The big shopkeeper didn't expect Song Peiyu to be so happy, and he didn't even ask the price, so he was overjoyed.

He carefully put Songzi Guanyin back into the box before opening the second box.

In the second box was a longevity peach that was bigger than a ten-jin cold melon. Song Peiyu, who had never seen an imperial green peach, laughed out loud on the spot.

The big shopkeeper explained, "Only in terms of material, the value of this piece of jade is several times that of the Avalokitesvara. We don't have craftsmen who dare to touch this piece of material, and the master is not willing to be... Knowing this piece of jade The material exists, so the craftsmen only need to polish it a little, and then put it in the warehouse here to shed dust."

Song Peiyu understood that she was afraid that the aristocratic family in Qing County would force her to 'buy' her after they found out.

He covered his mouth with a fan but couldn't hide the smile that still existed at the end of his eyes, "You make an offer."

The shopkeeper is right, this piece of jadeite is indeed far better than the Suzi Guanyin of suet jade.

As long as the craftsmen do not make big mistakes, whether it is made into a face or a jade pendant paperweight, it has the value of passing on from generation to generation.

The shopkeeper carefully looked at Song Peiyu, and said in a low voice, "500 taels of gold, if the master didn't want to sell it in time, there would never be such a low price."

Song Peiyu knew that what the big shopkeeper said was right, the estimated price in his heart was 550 taels of gold, and 600 taels of gold was also acceptable, so he didn't hesitate at all.

"Put it together with Songzi Guanyin, and let my servant discuss with you how to pay later."

The shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief visibly, even with a real smile on his face, but when he looked at the third wooden box, there was obvious hesitation on his face.

"Dare to ask you..." The shopkeeper looked at Song Peiyu and Chong Yi in embarrassment, and whispered, "But Brother Qi?"

Subconsciously, Song Peiyu took half a step back and bumped into Chong Yi.

He heard Chong Yi's voice almost in his ear.

"What is Brother Qi?"