After going round and round, Yang Jian finally wanted to marry Wei Chong's daughter as Princess Yuzhang.
This is what Empress Dugu means, and no one can change it.
After Yang Jian learned that Yang Ming had approached Pei Shuying to intercede for him, he just patted Yang Ming on the shoulder and said "good brother", and then never mentioned this matter again.
Also, how long have he and Pei Shuying known each other? How deep can a feeling be?
After this lesson, Yang Ming felt that he should stop meddling in such nosy matters in the future, as it would be completely thankless for his efforts.
Yang Guang stayed in Daxing and attended the court affairs as a minister every day, while the prince Yang Yong only attended the court affairs as the prince's assistant on the first and fifteenth day of each month.
Yang Zhao and Yang Zhen will not return to the fiefdom for the time being, so they will take a good tour of Daxing City with Yang Ming in the past few days.
Daxing City is located on the south bank of the Weihe River in the Guanzhong Plain.
There are Zhongnan Mountains in the south and Yao Mountains, Huanglong Mountains, Saga Mountains and Liang Mountains in the north.
The center of a large plain drawn between the two mountain systems in the south and north is Daxing City.
At the beginning of the founding of the Emperor, Yang Jian disliked the old Han Dynasty's old and shabby city of Chang'an. In addition, it was adjacent to the Wei River in the north and was in danger of being flooded when there was a heavy rain. The drainage system in the city was too poor, so he ordered the great craftsman Yu Wenkai to build a new building in the west of the Ba River and the Wei River. On the south bank, south of Longshouyuan, twenty miles southeast of Han Chang'an City, a new capital was built, which is now Daxing City.
After the completion of Daxing City, there were eleven north-south streets and fourteen east-west streets, which criss-crossed the interior of Guocheng into 108 square squares.
As the saying goes, hundreds of houses are like a Go game, and twelve streets are like vegetable fields.
Although Daxing City looks too boxy and regular, its majestic imperial aura and vast and sophisticated engineering are unparalleled in the feudal history of the entire world.
Daxing is very lively at night. There are more than 600,000 people living in an area of 83 square kilometers. How can it not be lively?
There are no residential buildings here, and most people live in bungalows. Excluding the Imperial City, which occupies a full eighth of Daxing City, you can imagine how high the population density is in other places.
The East Market, also called the Metropolis, is a high-end consumption place. No matter what food, drinks or entertainment there is, ordinary people cannot afford it. Moreover, you can often see barbarians from the Western Regions selling some weird and exquisite gadgets. The price is not cheap.
Yang Ming and the others basically stayed in the city and wandered around these days. Chu Ji, the chief steward of the palace, followed them all the way and helped them with credit.
Yes, Yang Ming and the others can get credit wherever they go.
Because in the Sui Dynasty, gold and silver were not circulating currencies and were not available to ordinary people. They only existed in large transactions between nobles.
What is really in circulation is copper coins, that is, five baht coins. 1,000 is consistent, and the purchasing power is still acceptable.
A bucket of rice (about 6 kilograms) cost 100 qian in the early Kaihuang period, and about 50 qian in the Kaihuang period. Now the Sui treasury is basically full, and it is the Taiping years, so it fluctuates between 25 and 30 qian.
The second eldest child, Yang Jian, bought a big horse from Gaochangguo, which cost thirty guan, which is 30,000 jin. Calculated as 1 guan and 3 grams, 30,000 guan is equivalent to 60 jin.
Therefore, Yang Ming and the others cannot bring so much money with them when they go out. They can only pay on credit first and then have someone deliver it to them. After all, they spend a lot of money and the things they buy are expensive.
Yang Ming asked the Hu merchant from Gaochang State to find out that he was a collector of gold and silver. They could take it back, melt it, and cast it into gold and silver coins for use.
At this moment, Yang Ming became interested.
The gold in his hands now includes 1,110 taels given by Yang Yong and 4,000 taels obtained from Liu Chang's house raid, for a total of 5,500 taels of gold.
According to what the Hu merchant said, five taels of gold can buy a good horse.
So Yang Ming made an appointment with the other party at a meeting place, and after leaving Yang Zhao and the others that night, they met at a place called Changlong Restaurant.
Gaochang Kingdom, later known as Turpan in Xinjiang.
Hu Shang's name is Qu Lai, and the surname Qu is the surname of the king in Gaochang, because the current king of Gaochang is named Qu Boya.
According to this Qu Lai, King Gaochang was the grandson of his grandfather's brother.
In Gaochang State, only people with the surname Qu could sell horses.
"Five taels of gold is too expensive, and not many people are willing to use gold to buy horses. How many horses do you have on hand now?"
After saying that, Yang Ming raised his hand and waved in front of the other party's eyes, and then took Qu Lai's eyes away from Chen Shuyi.
Yang Ming thought to himself, what are you looking at? You have no shortage of beauties, right?
The bearded Qu Lai chuckled and said in broken Chinese:
"I still have forty-five horses left in Daxing, each worth five taels of gold. No counter-offer."
Forty-five horses? Do you think I have such a small appetite?
"Too little," Yang Ming shook his head.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." When Qu Lai heard this, he knew that the other party was a big customer, so he hurriedly said: "There are two hundred horses on the road now, can you buy them?"
Yang Ming curled his lips and said directly: "How many more do you have in your hometown?"
Um? Now Qu Lai was stunned. Is two hundred horses too little? That's one thousand taels of gold?
"I only sell a total of 350 horses to the Sui Dynasty every year. There is really no need for more horses. Horses need to eat grass. If they don't eat grass, they won't grow big. If they don't grow big, they won't be able to sell them."
Yang Ming nodded: "Let's do this. From now on, these horses will be sold to me. I will tell you the number, two taels of gold each."
After finishing speaking, Qu Lai stood up, patted his butt and left, not forgetting to take the snacks on the plate with him.
With a bang, the door was slammed shut.
Yang Ming was stunned... If you think my price is too low, why don't you bargain with me?
What does it mean to slap your butt and leave? So stubborn?
"You are so good at cutting," Chen Shuyi came over and said, "You cut more than half of it."
Haven’t I watched too much Douyin?......
Just when Yang Ming was thinking about how to find the other party, the door creaked and Qu Lai's head came in from the outside:
"Three taels of gold cannot be any less."
Isn't this right? The price is negotiable.
Yang Ming smiled and asked the other party to sit down and said: "I can give you a deposit now, and Daxing's forty-five horses will help me deliver them to Hedong County. Does Hedong County know where it is?"
"I know," Qu Lai nodded with an arrogant look on his face, "I have been to Jiangnan."
Then you are better than me. I have never been there. Yang Ming said: "The horse is still on the way. When will it arrive?"
"It will take another seventeen or eight days. The horses also need to eat grass and sleep," Qu Lai drank tea like water, gulping down the tea.
After all, tea in the north can only be drunk by the rich, and the people in the north don't like it.
Chen Shuyi is different. She has to drink tea every time. She has developed a habit.
Yang Ming said: "You can also send me the two hundred horses on the road to Hedong County. Someone there will naturally hand over to you. As for the remaining money, I will naturally give it to you when I see the horses."
Qu Lai agreed: "Okay, okay, I'm not afraid of you defaulting on your debt. I know your officials in the Sui Dynasty, very big officials."
"How big is it?" Chen Shuyi asked curiously.
Qu Lai chuckled: "How about Changsun Sheng? Is he a high official?"
cut! Do you know Chang Sun Sheng?
Does Changsun Sheng know you?
Yang Ming didn't bother to expose the other party. Changsun Sheng had long been dealing with the Turkic royal family as the envoy of the Sui Dynasty, so he was very famous among the Turks and the Hu people in the Western Regions. He was currently the general of the left army and was highly regarded by Yang Jian.
By the way, he is Changsun Wuji's father.
