Yang Ji didn't feel any guilt about what happened to He Ruobi's family.
He Ruobi did make great contributions to the Sui Dynasty before, but now he has transformed into a murderer who corrupted the law. This result is entirely his own fault. Secondly, He Ruobi is one of the core figures of the Guanlong aristocracy, and the Guanlong aristocracy, a powerful military group, has had irreconcilable conflicts with the royal family; How can the royal family who share the same family sit back and watch this great dynasty like the Qin Dynasty suffer all kinds of infamy and perish? Now that we have one less powerful enemy, it will be beneficial to ourselves and the country.
What made Yang Ji dumbfounded was that He Ruohuailiang was originally just a supporting role to draw a clear line between him and Gao Jiong. Who would have thought that Gao Jiong was not harmed at all, but instead killed He Ruobi.
And aren't Gao Jun and He Ruobi the same person? It was so unexpected that he never showed up.
Back home, Yang Ji wanted to share the results of the battle with his mother-in-law and sister-in-law and listen to her opinions. However, Su Yunniang, the manager of the inner courtyard, said that Dugu Min had been invited by the Crown Princess to attend a banquet in the East Palace.
Yang Ji didn't ask any more questions, thinking that he was going to Yang Su's house for a banquet tomorrow, so he couldn't leave with empty hands. Although Yang Su lacked everything, he must maintain his etiquette. There are actually countless rare treasures in the house, but the embarrassing thing is that most of the treasures are gifts given by emperors and empresses and cannot be transferred to others. If the treasures given by the emperor are mistakenly mixed up, there will be big trouble. Troublesome.
The old lady who was in charge of the precious treasure house was not at home, and he didn't know when she would come back. Yang Ji was afraid that the sometimes shrewd and sometimes confused old lady would come back late and get the wrong thing in a hurry, so he simply decided to go out and buy it by himself.
After a quick lunch, he changed his clothes and took the money to the East Market, across the street from Hepingkangfang.
There are two cities in the east and west of Daxing City. Because the west market is far away from the eastern area of Daxing Palace where dignitaries are concentrated, and mostly civilians live around it, the products sold in the city are mostly daily necessities that are close to people's livelihood. Since they are mainly low-end products, they attract people every day. There are a large number of ordinary people with low incomes, and the prosperity is far better than that of Dongshi, which focuses on the high-end market.
Most of the residents in the surrounding areas of Dongshi are high-ranking officials and nobles, and high-end prostitutes with high incomes from Pingkangfang brothels are nearby to support them. Therefore, the goods sold in the shops in the city are mostly high-quality luxury goods to meet the needs of royal nobles and high-ranking officials. The customer flow Although the volume is far less than that of the West Market, the luxury goods sold can easily reach tens of thousands, which is a typical "three years after opening."
Daxing City is adjacent to the Lifang, and the east and west gates of the market are opposite each other. The streets run from the east of the city to the west of the city, and the streets are straight to the end. Therefore, it is not far from Prince Wei's Mansion to the East Market, and it is only four or five miles straight. Not long after, Yang Ji rode his horse into the main west gate of Dongshi.
As the New Year approaches, major officials from various states who come to Beijing to attend court meetings and report on their work take advantage of their free time to come to Dongshi one after another to prepare generous gifts and prepare to pay homage to their old bosses, faction leaders, and celebrities of the day; local officials who come to Beijing to establish connections In order to get a good job, officials, reserve officials, and children of aristocratic families also generously donated their money to buy generous gifts in Dongshi; there were also some dignitaries and powerful children in the capital who were buying New Year gifts...
The concentrated arrival of these people has also brought the East Market into the most lively and prosperous period of the year.
In order to cope with the annual sales boom, 220 businesses and more than a thousand stores in the city have put out the rare objects and rare treasures they have prepared for nearly a year, preparing to make a lot of money.
During every festival in the past few years, Yang Ji would give a gift to his mother, aunt, and princess. Whether it was valuable or not was secondary, but the main thing was to show his sincerity. He knew that now was the right time to buy gifts. If it had been a few days later, all the good things that various shops had spent nearly a year preparing would have been bought up by local officials who came to Beijing.
To the south of the main west gate he was walking was the Jinxiu Colorful Silk Store. Thinking that it was still early, he walked over to see if there were any items suitable for my mother and the princess.
He had just led the horse to the door of a shop called Shu Embroidery Trading Company, and when he was looking for a place to put the horse, a beautiful girl with bright eyes, white teeth, and a beautiful face blocked the way.
This big lolita is quite beautiful. The sky blue cloak tightly wraps her slender body in the strong wind. She wears only one-month-old white earrings on her ears, which makes her delicate face even more beautiful. Her pair of big black eyes are sparkling. The slender, unadorned pair of dark eyebrows are delicate and graceful.
But Yang Ji didn't know her, so he just glanced at her and walked away. However, the girl stopped him again, seeming to be trying hard to think of how to address the person. After a while, she raised her pretty face and shouted : "Yang Wenhui."
Yang Ji couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the familiar voice and tone: "Are you Gao Ling?"
"Yes!" Gao Ling responded in Yang Ji's tone that day.
"What a coincidence." After being confirmed by the other party, Yang Ji was speechless. He didn't want to have anything to do with the Gao family, and he didn't expect to meet Gao Ling just walking around the street.
At this time, the groom waiting at the door of the store came over. Yang Ji took off his sword and money bag, handed the horse to him, nodded slightly to Gao Ling, and walked towards the door of the store.
Not willing to be ignored, Gao Ling gritted his teeth and walked into the door with his maid and his entourage. A woman in red who was holding a sword under a locust tree and staring closely at her saw this and silently followed her in.
There is only one lady buying something in the store. Her maid is preparing to pay the bill. The price quoted by the shopkeeper is twenty-eight thousand yuan, but the item is only a pair of exquisite boots. This shows that everything sold in this store is expensive. .
"This dress is good." Yang Ji fixed his gaze on a double-breasted blouse. The sleeves of this blouse are as long as the wrists and the body is as long as the waist. The color is light yellow, with exquisite but not obvious patterns, and the lapel is designed to be elegant. Full of playful atmosphere, this kind of fabric with hidden patterns is labor-intensive and time-consuming, so it is very expensive. Of course, it also makes it more elegant. The whole dress is consistent with Dugu Min's temperament and personality.
"Mr. Lang has a good eye. This dress is made of Sichuan brocade. It has hidden fine lines and shows different patterns under different lights. Because the workmanship is not easy and the output is limited, it is difficult to find more than a thousand." Sitting behind the counter. The shopkeeper quickly came over to explain.
"I want this dress." Gao Ling, who was following, blurted out without even looking at the appearance of the clothes.
Yang Ji's two neglects made her furious, and she instinctively wanted to do something bad for Yang Ji.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "My dear lady, I learned that this ready-made garment costs fifty-nine thousand dollars..."
"Wrap it up." Gao Ling glared at Yang Ji demonstratively and said proudly: "I want everything he likes."
Yang Ji looked at the big loli's arrogant look, feeling annoyed and amused. He continued to wander around the store, and soon settled on a velvet shawl woven with gold and silver patterns. However, before Yang Ji could speak and the shopkeeper introduced him, Gao Ling came to He pointed at the shawl and said loudly: "I want this shawl."
The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Little lady, this shawl costs twenty-six thousand..."
"I told you that I want everything he likes." Gao Ling glanced at Yang Ji proudly and said, "My maid is settling the bill at the counter."
"Okay, okay!" the shopkeeper hurriedly agreed, and asked the maid in the store to wrap it up and send it to the counter.
In the following time, as long as Yang Ji's eyes were fixed on that item, Gao Ling would buy it. In just over half an hour, she swept away almost half of the expensive things in the store.
"This colorful moonlit dress..." Before Yang Ji could finish asking, Gao Ling said as expected: "Wrap it up."
Yang Ji didn't mind either, and continued to modify at will. He accidentally discovered a gauze dress as thin as cicada wings. If a woman didn't wear underwear and only covered her body with this gauze, she would definitely show a wonderful scenery. He couldn't help but be malicious. Said: "This dress..."
"I want it!" Gao Ling said as always.
Her maid couldn't bear it any longer, so she quietly came over and whispered with a grimace: "Little lady, we have spent a lot of money! If we continue like this, we won't be able to buy any gifts."
During the Sui Dynasty, the Kaihuang five baht was used as currency. Gold and silver were not circulated. However, this coin contained high copper content and was of sufficient weight. A five baht coin weighed 1 coin, and a guan (1,000 copper coins) weighed 5 kilograms. If according to the Calculating 1 catty and 16 taels, then 1 tael is 6.25 jins, and 10 taels is 62.5 jins. It is very bulky and is not conducive to large-scale business transactions. Therefore, over time, 1 tael of gold = 10 taels of silver = 100 taels of copper coins = 1,000 taels. Copper coins = 100,000 copper coins conversion method. Many dignitaries and businessmen cast gold and silver into round gold and silver beads. Each one weighed one tael and was very easy to carry.
Although the imperial court did not allow the circulation of gold beads and silver beads, in fact they had become popular currency and were widely circulated.
"Didn't I tell you to bring enough money before going out?" Gao Ling said displeased.
"It's already a lot." The maid's face became even more bitter.
The store was very quiet, and Yang Ji was a man with sharp ears and eyes. He listened to the conversation between the master and the servant word for word, and pretended to be ignorant and said to the shopkeeper: "I don't think the clothes on display are that good. There are some." Nothing better?"
The shopkeeper said: "We do have a treasure in our store. I'm afraid it will get dusty, so I don't put it on display. It's just that it's expensive."
"I only buy things that satisfy my needs. I never care about the price. Just take it out." Yang Ji replied calmly.
"Me too!" Gao Ling was not to be outdone.
