Quick Travel: Jing Yuan's Wanderings

After a simple dinner, he took a refreshing warm bath in a large wooden basin of water that the original owner had left in the yard during the day.

At night, I just spread out my tent and slept under the old locust tree.

The full moon hangs high in the sky and insects chirp.

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan rested his head on his arms, staring blankly.

When the night is quiet, it is easy to arouse lovesickness.

Missing family, friends, mecha battleships, and of course, the one he missed the most was Major General Chu Jun...

At 4:15 am, the morning bell rang and the city gates opened.

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan carried a shoulder pole and traveled at night, arriving outside Xizhimen a quarter of an hour ahead of schedule.

Looking at the long queue of pedestrians in front of the city gate, he swallowed hard and confirmed the time with System 003 again: 4:01:36 in the morning.

Thousands of words left but nothing.

There is no earliest, only earlier!

Alas, it’s not easy for everyone who goes to Caishijie to make a living.

When the time came, the city gate opened. Following the flow of people, I arrived at the entrance of Caishi Street smoothly, paid 3 cents, the price of an egg, and successfully entered.

He grabbed a stall nearby and put down his carrying pole.

Arrange 20 small flower baskets, 10 watermelons, and 100 cantaloupes one by one.

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan lowered his head and began to think about the pricing.

Watermelon is a delicacy for cooling off and has always been in short supply. The original owner was frugal and had never bought any. Only in May did he hear his daughter say that watermelon was worth half an ounce of silver each and was very precious.

But the situation has changed. When I glanced around, I saw several stalls selling watermelons around.

I really don’t know how to set the price. How about I observe how others set the price first?

In the 2s, an egg cost five cents, and a small flower basket could be sold for cents at best.

Now, an egg costs 3 cents, and if it is quadrupled, it will only be 4 cents.

What a mistake. I should have come here today to check out the prices first, and then come back tomorrow to sell things!

Forget it, let’s just price the small flower basket and watermelon at 100 wen each, and the cantaloupe at 10 wen each. You can buy it if you want.

At worst, I can go to the back door of the Duke of England's mansion and ask the adopted son and daughter for help.

"Uncle, how do you sell your watermelons?"

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan looked up and saw a fat person who was well-dressed and looked like a housekeeper.

"100 wen each."

"Where's the cantaloupe?"

"10 wen each."

"Where's the flower basket?"

"100 wen each."

The conversation ended quickly with everyone singing the same tune.

"You can calculate how much it is. I want it all. Please go to Xuanping Marquis's Mansion later."

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan opened his eyes wide.

Damn it, it’s definitely sold at a low price.

I pinched your thigh, you can't afford to offend me!

But I dare not regret it.

It’s still more important to calculate the money quickly.

"20 small flower baskets, 2 taels of silver, 1 watermelons, 100 tael of silver, 1 cantaloupes, 4 tael of silver, a total of taels of silver."

Mrs. Guanzi turned her head and gave a wink, and soon a little maidservant cleverly handed over a purse.

"Master, please pack up quickly and follow me to the Xuanping Marquis's residence."

Jing Yuanzhong put the purse into his arms and said, "Okay, I'll pack it right away."

Following the maid, I walked out of Caishi Street and saw her wave her hand to take a donkey cart and paid 10 coins...

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan's eyes lit up. This was absolutely possible.

He had previously thought that he could walk there on his own two legs.

Two quarters of an hour later, they successfully arrived at the back door of Xuanping Marquis' Mansion.

As soon as Lieutenant General Jing Yuan unloaded the things from the donkey cart, a servant came over to move the things.

OK, retire now!

The Xuanping Marquis Mansion is not something that a mere commoner like him can set foot in.

He quickly picked up the carrying pole and walked back.

You definitely can’t ride a donkey cart!

You can buy a pound of pork with 10 cents.

Stroking the purse in his arms, Lieutenant General Jing Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

Alas, in comparison, the seventies were much better.

……

There was no one around, so to avoid theft, Lieutenant General Jing Yuan decisively put the purse into the system warehouse.

When I walked out of the alley, it was already bright.

The east is more expensive and the west is cheaper. If you want to have breakfast at a cost-effective price, you have to go to Xizhimen.

After walking for an hour, I found a bun shop that the original owner often visited and sat down.

10 cents for five pork and cabbage buns and a bowl of soy milk.

After eating and drinking, I slowly headed home under the scorching sun.

After returning home, I was busy again, feeding the chickens and herding the sheep.

It's strange too!

The original owner often went to the farm to work, but no one came to "steal"?

Even though the security in the capital is so good, there are still petty thieves happening from time to time!

How unscientific!

So, Lieutenant General Jing Yuan once again carefully dug out the original owner's memory.

Unravel the mystery and seek the root cause.

a long time……

Let out a long sigh.

Tsk, is that so? But at the moment, it has many advantages for him.

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We learned from the head of the village that Jing Yuan's two children were descendants of servants of the Duke of Yingzhou's mansion. The villagers of Lijiawan were afraid of power and always kept their distance from the original owner.

Even the original owner's house halfway up the mountain,

Through word of mouth among the villagers, it has become, in a sense, an invisible "forbidden area" that few people visit.

After all, living in the suburbs of Beijing, one doesn't have to know too many cases of evil servants bullying people and doing evil things.

If you can't afford to offend, you can only avoid it.

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The summer heat was unbearable. At noon, the wife of the Marquis of Xuanping Prefecture ate a few pieces of iced watermelon and cantaloupe with thin bamboo sticks.

The fruity aroma is tempting, the taste is sweet and delicious, and it is comparable to a tribute.

I fell in love with it instantly.

In his joy, he waved his hand and directly rewarded the shopping woman with five taels of silver.

He also ordered people to carefully collect the watermelon seeds and send them to the dowry farm.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Jing Yuan didn’t know.

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