Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

On the sixth day of June, King Dayong got married. There is no trace of this wedding in the history books, nor can it be found in the local county annals of Luobu City, but there is a song that has been circulated that introduces us to the time. scene.

Although it is not a grand wedding, it is also quite decent, full of guests and guests.

Excluding the newlyweds this day, the most tiring one was not Qin Juan but Songman, who was picked up early to dress up, and he had to be responsible for a lot of things.

There are ritual offerings, etiquette, pressing the head of the bed, drinking ritual tea, and guarding the new door.

Song Man was on the verge of crying after being tormented by the adults.

He asked Qin Juan pitifully, "Can't they find other children to do this?"

"...It was King Dayong who took you as his adopted son, and that's why he asked you to do these things." Qin Juan comforted.

Songman just wanted to shout out, I don't want to be the adopted son of King Dayong!But I also think that the prince will get married today, and on the day of great joy, let's not say anything bad about him.

Qin Juan stretched out his arms to Songman, and asked with a smile, "Do you want me to carry you back?"

"of course."

"...Hey, I don't think I will be able to hug you next year."

"Liar, you can even hug Father Huhu, how can you not hug me." Songman put his arms around his neck.

"..." Qin Juan frantically winked at him to make him keep his voice down.

Song Man covered his mouth with one hand.

After walking for a while, Songman asked: "By the way, my brother is leaving the day after tomorrow. Are you sure you won't bring Songman with you this time?"

"It will be very dangerous to cross the snow mountain this time, so I can't take the fox ball with me." Qin Juan said cautiously, "After I leave, Jibuza will teach you to learn the languages ​​of various ethnic groups and horseback riding. Wait for me I will test you when I come back."

Although Songman was a little unhappy, he still nodded obediently, and he hugged Qin Juan tightly: "Brother, come back early, Songman has been waiting for you."

Qin Juan nodded.

Sending Songman back to the house, after the servant bathed Songman, Qin Juan guarded him, and only came out of the room when he saw Songman fell asleep.

After he came out, Ji Buza sued him and Guo You wanted to see him

He almost forgot about this person, and Ji Buza told him that King Dayong had appointed Guo You as Daluhuachi.

This was about half a month ago.

Guo You came to thank Qin Juan.

Qin Juan smiled lightly and said, "You don't have to thank me." He really didn't say much in front of King Dayong, it was King Dayong's own intention to support Guo You.

He is also not quite sure why Riyue reused Guo You, but he believed that Guo You would be grateful to King Dayong, at least King Dayong ended Guo You's life of exile.

"I heard that Mr. Qin has something important to do and will leave soon. This is prepared by Guo You for Mr. Qin. Please accept it." Guo You handed him a cloth bag.

Before Qin Juan took it, he understood that the contents should be yellow and white.

Guo You seemed to be afraid that he would not accept it, so he grabbed his hand and put it in his: "Not too much, but just in case."

Guo You finished speaking with a smile, bowed his hands and stepped back

In the early morning of the eighth day of June, Qin Juan and Qi Lin took more than 30 carts of iron and left Luobu City behind some caravans.

The mighty caravan left, and when it was dawn, the bazaar in Luobu City resumed its hustle and bustle, and a new caravan would arrive again.

Thirty miles away from the city, Qin Juan saw a familiar figure on an ancient beacon tower, and he recognized them as Yueyue and Ayiga.

They came to see Qin Juan off.

Qin Juan's heart warmed up, he didn't expect that Riri and Ayiga would be waiting for him here, then Riri and Ayiga should not be in the city last night...

At this moment, Qin Juan's heart was calm and stable, there was no sorrow of parting, only the slightest touch

"Ayiga, do you think Qin Juan saw us?" Gu Fengsui raised his eyebrows and asked Ayiga.

"..." Ayiga really wanted to give King Dayong a supercilious look.

Ayiga naturally believed in Qin Juan's eyesight.

Day and day can only watch the convoy leave, shrinking into a period in the desert wind and sand.

"My lord, go back." Ayiga said.

"En." Yue Yue turned around and walked down the beacon tower, not far away their horses were walking casually.

The sun is getting bigger and bigger, and the temperature in the desert rises quickly, and I sweat a lot without walking a few steps.

Half a month after Qin Juan and his party arrived in Kesihar, they rested in Kesihar for three or four days.

While preparing sufficient water bags and food, Qin Juan made a special trip to the official residence of Keshihar. He checked the troops who had been here since the battle with Guzhitata.

However, no full-armed army was found passing by.

Before that, he had been asking Jibu Zha to investigate the matter of the whole army, but there was no result for two years.

They set off to the north, went to Husi Orud from the north, then went west from Husi Orud, and made a detour to Andiguk.

Three days later they arrived at Muta'er Village. Qin Juan was wearing a mask. The head of Muta'er village didn't recognize him, but the village head's wife occasionally cast a few glances at Qin Juan.

As Qin Juan expected, Ga Wa has been away for more than a year. Ga Wa's mother gave birth to her sixth child not long ago, a boy.

He vaguely heard people in the village say that Gawa was taken away by wolves, and there were no bones left.

Qin Juan took a deep breath, he thought, if all goes well, the Gawa at this moment should have arrived in Wusi Zangluo City, maybe he has become a businessman, or even if it is not good, he will be a buddy under the businessman's hands.

After staying in Mutar village for one night, they set off when the sun rose the next day.

When leaving, the wife of the old village head of Muta'er waved in Qin Juan's direction.

Qin Juan was stunned for a moment, perhaps, the wife of the village chief had discovered the broken silver he left under the pillow.

He thought that those things would be discovered many days later.

In fact, it wasn't that the old woman didn't find the broken silver under the pillow. Qin Juan didn't realize that in the dry memory of an old village woman, she had never seen eyes as clear as his, and how could she forget them after seeing them.

So when he appeared, the wife of the old village chief recognized him

They have to climb over the millennium snow on Dayin Mountain in the hottest season of the year.

This is the second time he has crossed the Dayin Mountains, without the panic and fear he felt when he was 11 years old. This time, he followed Qi Lin and the others to offer incense and worship the mountain gods with piety, and told them the hexagrams when the wind master and the wizard worked together. The will of the mountain god.

The wind master said that they would not encounter a wind dragon on this trip.

Qin Juan didn't know what Fengshi's basis was. He didn't believe it, but he respected Fengshi.

The strange thing is that they really didn't encounter Fenglong this time.

Only one day, he dreamed of a wolf again.

This time the wolf had black and white hair, it told him that it was the Snowy Sirius.

It's just that it asked him repeatedly: "Are there any great mountains besides Dayin Mountain?"

Hearing the wolf's voice, Qin Juan knew that the wolf should be young, perhaps as old as Songman...

Qin Juan thought about it carefully, shook his head and nodded again.

When he was about to tell it, he woke up from the dream.

After that, he never dreamed of the Sirius again.

On this day, they completely crossed the Dayin Mountain. Qin Juan looked back at the snow-capped mountains in the distance... He suddenly shouted: "There is another great mountain called Kunlun Mountain, which is the ancestor of all mountains. I don't know if you want to The one you asked!"

After shouting, Qin Juan turned around on horseback and walked to the front.

Qi Lin couldn't scold him even if he wanted to.

On the way to Husi Orer, they experienced the scorching heat, and they tied furs to the saddles. Qi Lin said that the weather would gradually cool down next month.

They did not enter Husi Ordu city, but took a detour.

This may also be Ning Bai's arrangement, Ning Bo is afraid of the people of Xi's family.

However, bypassing Husi Ordu means being interrogated by other people. After leaving Husi Ordu for hundreds of miles, they arrived at a place called Balan.

There are still more than [-] miles away from Balan, and their convoy was stopped.

They had to dodge interrogation, or check only the vehicles they wanted officials to inspect, which had silk, tea, china, etc. on them.

However, this official seemed to be very difficult to speak, and several of Qi Lin's people were blocked by that official.

"It's not easy to do, that person doesn't eat oil and salt, so he insists on inspection." The person who came back said so to Qilin.

"What can we do?" Everyone in the convoy became anxious.

Qin Juan asked Qi Lin: "How did Ning Bai remind you before?"

Qi Lin: "In case of indecision, solve it with money...wait..."

Qin Juan didn't understand what his eyes were for, and stared at Qi Lin for a long time.

"Master Ning Bai also said, if you are really undecided, I will listen to you."

Qin Juan was taken aback, Ning Bai trusted him so much?Aren't you afraid that he'll put the whole convoy in jail?

Qin Juan smiled: "It's rare that Master Ning Bai trusts so much, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

He said and rode forward.

Qi Lin saw how foolish he was, wishing he could kick him on his back.

Is this kid really reliable?

He couldn't believe it, and followed with his men.

When Qin Juan saw the official from Balan, he got off his horse and said a few words to the official, and the official followed him.

Qin Juan asked Qi Lin's men to open the car door.

Qi Lin's people naturally picked the most convenient car for inspection.

The cart was full of silk. Seeing that the official was stunned, Qin Juan smiled, and suddenly bowed and said a few words to the official.

Then the official laughed and said: "I said you were a silk seller. Your subordinates don't know how to do things. As soon as they came up, they gave me money. How can I be bribed by money... "

"Okay, I'll let you go."

As they spoke, the officials stamped their guideposts.

Qin Juan asked Qi Lin's people to come and remove the silk.

It turned out that Qin Juan had exchanged half a carload of silk for them to leave smoothly.

Qi Lin's face turned green with anger, but he didn't dare to attack, he could only watch helplessly as half a load of silk was taken away...

Qin Juan looked at Qi Lin coldly and said nothing.

Qi Lin dared to shout at Qin Juan only after they entered Balan smoothly.

"What do you know, silver is not called money in the Western Regions, gold and material things are money!" Qin Juan growled.

Although his words are a bit exaggerated, people here prefer material things, especially silk, to silver.

So Qin Juan immediately thought that if they took out the silk, they would be able to enter the city smoothly.

Qi Lin pursed his lips, his clenched fist might hit Qin Juan if he wasn't paying attention.

"Don't be dazed, go to the black market here and ask the price of iron. If the price is good, sell a few cars first." Qin Juan was just afraid of encountering trouble. The caravan is too long and conspicuous. He must beware of the government and robbers. .

There have been robbers since ancient times along the road from Chicha to Andiku.

"I checked before I came here. There is an ancient iron market in Balan, and the iron trade is prosperous. Go and ask the price." Qin Juan said.

"Master Ning Bai has an appointment with the merchant of Andigu!" Qi Lin growled.

"How many catties of ironware?"

"This……"

Qin Juan pursed his lips and smiled: "That is to say, it's just an appointment to sell ironware, not how many catties of iron, so you don't have to think too much about it. You let your people ask the price."

Looking at Qin Juan's haughty and smug look, Qi Lin felt his lungs explode, but he didn't know how to refute him, besides, Ning Bai asked him to listen to Qin Juan before he came.

Qi Lin took a deep breath and walked out, calling his men to go to the market in Balan City to inquire about the price of ironware.

Their ironware is divided into three grades: good and poor. The best grade is white iron, which has never appeared on the market before. After a year of hard work by the craftsmen, it has finally been made, and there are only two carts.

The worst one is the common iron on the market, which can be sold by the pound.

Qin Juan ate at the inn, took a big bath, and changed into clean clothes. Not long after he lay down, Qi Lin's men came back.

Qilin's people said: "The price here is one tael of silver and ten catties of iron."

"Such a cheap price!" Qi Lin frowned and growled.

But Qin Juan said after a moment of contemplation: "Sell five cars first."

"What do you mean?" Qi Lin roared.

"Selling iron." What else could it mean... Qin Juan replied lazily.

"Too low!" Qi Lin said with clenched fists.

"Five carts of iron, each cart has two more guards, and two horses are required to pull it. Do the math yourself. When you go to Antiku, you may not be able to earn back the food and grass that the horses eat."

Qi Lin: "You mean we have to sell horses after we sell iron?"

Qin Juan raised his eyebrows: "What else? Keep the horses to pull empty carts?" In the end, Qi Lin couldn't convince Qin Juan, so he had to agree to sell iron and horses.

But it was agreed to only sell five carts, and Qin Juan sold eight carts, so they had 22 carts of iron left, and the rest were silk tea and porcelain.

It's just that there is too much money to carry, so Qin Juan asked Qi Lin to go to a pawnshop they knew well in Balan City.

Qi Lin said that he didn't have any familiar banks, but Qin Juan didn't believe it.

He knew that Ning Bai fought with the general for six or seven years, and that Bayan City was taken by Ning Bai at the beginning, so how could there be no bank that Ning Bai recognized here.

"I just want to remind you that the road from Chachi to Andigu is covered with snow-capped mountains, grasslands and deserts. Robbers like to live there. They come down from the mountains to plunder merchants who can't walk in the desert. There is too much money for sure. No, of course, if you think your people must have beaten the robbers, just pretend I didn't say anything." Qin Juan stood with his hands behind his back.

Qi Lin was stunned for a while and walked out quickly. Eight carts of iron cost more than 1000 taels of silver. He naturally knew that it was unrealistic to carry it with him, but he just couldn't understand Qin Juan's demeanor.

Qi Lin asked two banks that he was acquainted with to deposit the money in two shares, and signed a three-month contract.

The next day, they set off.

To cross three snow-capped mountains, walk through a vast grassland.

Diermi is a city on the border between desert and grassland, where diverse civilizations gather.

Here, Han people from the Central Plains, Mongolians from the north, Tianzhu people, Arabs, etc. gather here. Although it is not a big city, it is also a small city with a certain scale.

Fortunately, no robbers were encountered along the way.

Therefore, Qi Lin was quite critical of Qin Juan's practice of selling Bache Tie in Balan.

And after arriving in Diermi, I inquired about the price of iron, and the next thing I ordered was that ten catties was one tael or five renminbi.

The better one is twenty or twenty catties.

Qi Lin was so angry that he only vomited three liters of blood.

Qin Juan ordered to sell all the remaining poor-grade iron and three cars of good-grade iron, a total of eleven cars.

Qi Lin naturally disagreed. He thought that since the price of Diermi was already good, the price of Andiku should be even better when going west.

So Qi Lin said to go to Andiku first, and if the price is not good, he can return it.

Qin Juan disagreed on the grounds that he was afraid of long nights and many dreams.

Qi Lin roared angrily: "I have discussed it with you in a very good manner, but you are not willing to do this or that, do you have to eat your fists?"

People, he snorted in a low voice: "If you don't do what I say, then I don't have to go to Antiquit, then you can do whatever you want, just do whatever you want."

As he spoke, he took off his black robe, straightened his clothes and walked out.

Qi Lin blushed and roared, "Where are you going, cub?"

Qin Juan snorted, like a haughty wolf.

Everyone was speechless, and they all sweated for him, afraid that Qi Lin would really get angry and couldn't help but beat the kid.

Qi Lin was so angry that he raised his hand and lifted the table.

The inn waiter who was talking to the guests in the corridor was startled.

Qin Juan went to the street for a stroll. He Riri passed by here when he was fleeing for his life.

It was after noon, and the street market was bustling. There is no night market in this kind of place, but the afternoon market is very lively.

However, the commercial market here is still most famous for its rouge gouache.

It should be called Hufen, which can be applied on the face. Women in the Central Plains are still white, and they like to use these.

Merchants will buy rouge powder from here and sell it at a high price in the Central Plains.

The Hufen and Daimo here are very famous.

One is for face painting, the texture is fine, it will not agglomerate and will not be blown off by the wind when applied on the face, the other is for thrush, the color is restrained and soft, more charming than the charcoal pencil.

Qin Juan didn't understand, but he stood there and listened to the peddler's explanation, although he didn't fully understand the lame and awkward words the peddler said.

Just looking at Hu Fen and Dai Mo, he immediately thought of Hu Hu, if that flirtatious fox, put on Hu Fen and use Dai Thrush...