Records of the King of Xin'an County

No matter what time of day, West Market is crowded with people everywhere.Unlike Dongshi, where high-ranking officials and nobles often come and go, there are hardly many BMW luxury cars of aristocratic families here, and there are all kinds of people jostling shoulder to shoulder.Han people with black hair and black eyes are considered common, and Hu people with colorful hair, eyes and even skin can be seen everywhere.

However, this does not mean that there are no treasures that can be seen in Xishi.The treasures brought by merchants within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, especially the spices and precious stones sent from thousands of miles of commercial routes in the Western Regions, are enough to keep everyone in their tracks.The wealth of Hu merchants in the Western Regions and the luxury of Han giant merchants may be better than many aristocratic families.If it were not restricted by the etiquette system, their food and clothing expenses would be no different from that of princes and nobles.

Because of their busy schedule, Li Hui and Li Jing haven't been to West Market for some days.Following the prince's devotion, the two walked into a rather unique jewelry shop.Seeing that they were dressed in extraordinary clothes, their manners and appearance were outstanding, the shopkeeper immediately brought the best jade pendants, hairpins and other accessories for men, and very attentively prepared tea and snacks for them to choose slowly.

"The store will take some more head and face jewelry that the ladies love." Li Hui said, "One of our younger sisters is going to get married soon, and we plan to give her some more jewelry at the bottom of the box."

The store owner was overjoyed, and hurriedly and carefully brought many ebony boxes.No matter how precious men's accessories are, they are not as rich and elaborate as women's accessories.If it comes to the starting price, it is natural that women's accessories are several times more expensive, not to mention the benefits.However, speaking of it, this kind of young gentleman who comes from aristocratic backgrounds usually only loves to roam around Chang'an, shoot balls and hunt, and seldom come to the shop to choose head jewelry for the female family members in person.

Naturally, all the shopkeepers recommended were treasures. After studying them for a while, Li Hui chose a set of watery jasper noodles.Although it doesn't look glamorous, he thinks it is very admirable for the gentle temperament of the county magistrate Xuancheng.Although the king of Xin'an didn't know much about what women loved, it didn't prevent him from thinking which accessories would suit his style better.

As for the king of Tianshui County, he stared at the jewelry in those boxes for a long while, and said with a bitter face: "Brother, why don't we just send a few hundred gold to Li Niang's box? If you give jewelry, she may not like it. Send it directly." A few hundred gold, when the time comes, she will buy whatever she likes, wouldn't it be cheap for both sides?"

"..." Li Hui raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, "Is the mother still short of these few hundred gold? It's just a gift." The majestic Xuancheng county lord, the eldest daughter of Yue Wang's mansion, is naturally not short of several hundred gold money.The dowry that Princess Yue prepared for her was generous, perhaps only one or two cents behind Princess Changning's dowry.This kind of fine jewelry they temporarily bought from the West Market is far from being the bottom of the box for her, it can only be regarded as a good gift.The more delicate head and face jewelry almost never appeared in the shops, and they were sent to various mansions early.

Therefore, the king of Tianshui County chose the wrong golden red treasure head, which looked the most luxurious and festive.Regarding his aesthetics, King Xin'an was speechless.Wang Zixian smiled slightly, and also picked out two sets of white jade and gemstone heads that looked good, and when the two of them didn't pay attention, he bought a suet white jade ring worn by men.

They arrived in a hurry, naturally they didn't bring much money with them, and they didn't bring any servants, so they only left their names and asked the shopkeeper to send them to the mansion.Hearing the names of Prince Pu's Mansion and Prince Yue's Mansion, the shopkeeper couldn't help but wipe off his sweat secretly, and quietly wiped off the high prices for them, not daring to take money from the Prince's Mansion.Compared with the residences of the two princes, the Wang family is very shabby and inconspicuous, but the head and jewelry they bought totaled hundreds of gold, which made the shopkeepers and clerks stare at it.

The king of Tianshui County also felt very curious: "Zixian, if you have so much money, why don't you buy the yard you are renting? Or just buy a bigger yard, closer to Prince Pu's mansion?" From a declining family, the family should be a little poor, but unexpectedly, his actions can be called extravagant.

"Your status should match your basic necessities of life." The prince replied, "Besides, the family really doesn't have much wealth. However, these two things are considered as dowry for younger sisters. If they meet the right ones, keep them for them, so as not to bother looking for them in the future. "What he bought was the real bottom of the box for Wang Luoniang and Wang Xiangniang, and it could be regarded as the elder brother's heart.

In addition, the family property he mentioned naturally refers to the ancestral property of the Wang family and the dowry left by Xiao Yang's family.He doesn't plan to use Xiao Yang's dowry, and when he finds Wang Luoniang back in the future, he will give it all to her as a dowry; as for the ancestral property of the Wang family, it can barely maintain the current life of the family.

"...Do you think I'm so easy to deceive? Could it be that you borrowed brother's money to buy the jewelry just now?" The king of Tianshui County pretended to be annoyed, and squinted at him, "Even if it's me, I'll show you some money at once. It's not easy to get a hundred gold." He is still the king of the county, and he has sealed off [-] households, and there is nothing in the warehouse.

"It seems that you spent a lot of money buying horses and cockfights before." Prince Xin'an raised his eyebrows, "A BMW from the Western Regions is worth a thousand gold. I heard that you injured several horses while playing polo?" If the BMW was injured If it is too heavy to support, the thousand pieces of gold will be wasted in vain.Many dandies in the capital spend money like water, and don't know about economic affairs at all. How do they know that a thousand gold is enough to buy a five-stage mansion in Chang'an?

The king of Tianshui County didn't dare to say much for a moment: "... Wasn't that... didn't you know that at the beginning?" In fact, he is already considered pretty good, after all, he has his own registered household and never uses the money from the Yue Palace. .Many cronies and friends are begging their mothers and grandmothers for money, and in the blink of an eye, tens of millions of money will be thrown out.Many distant clans with prosperous descendants are somewhat short-lived. Looking at the flowers outside, in fact, the government has gradually become unable to support them.

"Seeing that you are about to get married, you can't spend the bride's dowry after marriage." The king of Xin'an continued, "If you love horses, we will try to open a trade route in the Western Regions and send people to sell horses. Buy a horse in the Western Regions. A BMW is only worth a hundred gold, but in Chang'an it will be worth thousands or even thousands of gold."

"Really?" King Tianshui's eyes lit up, his eyes full of admiration, "Then let's open a business route quickly! Grandpa often said that I don't understand economic affairs, and I don't want to bother, and I will definitely suffer in the future. I will I know, brother, you always know a lot!! Just follow you closely, and I can do whatever you ask me to do!"

"Zixian?" Li Hui just mentioned it casually.When it comes to economic affairs, he is naturally not as good as Wang Zixian, so he looks at the people around him.As far as he knew, although Wang Zixian entrusted Sun Rong and Sun Jinniang to take care of all the general affairs of the economy, he was by no means uninformed, but he never put his mind on these things.

"Business routes in the Western Regions? Maybe you can try it." Wang Zixian said with a smile.

When Mr. Song took him to travel around, he not only traveled all over the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but also keenly discovered many business opportunities.Sun Rong and Sun Jinniang's brothers and sisters naturally would not let go of such an opportunity, and quietly opened up the business routes from east to west, north to south.Of course, without Princess Changning's post, it would have been very difficult for them to become wealthy merchants throughout the Tang Dynasty.However, after several years of operation, it finally looks like something.

Opening up trade routes in the Western Regions is of course not just for money, let alone precious things such as spices, BMWs, and gems. It is also logical to search for news along the way in the Western Regions, such as Lingzhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, etc. .Whether it is Yong'an County King or Hejian County King, they are thousands of miles away, and there is little news. It is urgent to find out more information to determine whether they have other intentions.

The people in the Yue Palace and the Pu Palace were inconvenient to move around, so it was easy for people to find clues, and they were deeply involved.But Sun Rong and Sun Jinniang's brothers and sisters are "clean" businessmen. Of course, Princess Changning's posts can't be used forever.However, if the business gets bigger, it is better to find a fixed support.Otherwise, a helpless rich businessman is just a piece of meat that everyone covets and can only be slaughtered.

Because they talked about the trade routes in the Western Regions, the three of them went to several Hu merchants to take a look at their spices, gems, wine and other goods.They didn't lead their horses until the West Market was about to close.Li Jing rode his horse back to the Yue Palace, while Li Hui and Wang Zixian rode forward side by side, carrying the newly bought wine, to visit Mr. Song in the Vine Garden of Yankangfang.

When the two arrived in front of the rattan garden, the door guarding the dark room was talking with some uninvited guests.The young man who was the leader was about the same age as them, he looked very stable, and he argued calmly, with a bookish look all over his body.And behind him stood a little lady wearing a white curtain, her figure looming in the light veil.There was another maidservant and three or four servants carrying luggage, scattered around, all of them seemed to be Lian's sons.

"Isn't this the place where the prince Xian Wang Zhuangtou lives? Although I don't have a post, but I have been admiring Wang Zhuangtou for a long time, please come in and let me know." The young man couldn't help but sighed when he saw the door closely. He took out a heavy money bag from his sleeve, "These are the hard-earned money." Although he looks like a scholar, he acts like a businessman, he is really flexible and not offensive.

Seeing this, Menzi became more vigilant, and took two steps back: "If you came here to see Wang Langjun, why did you bring your own little lady with you?" I want to see Wang Zhuantou and Mr. Song.There are eighty or one hundred people who give money and want to enter the Vine Garden every day, and even a bold little lady is wearing her husband's clothes, and wants to come in with a group of young scholars to have a look at Wang Zhuangtou.

Because of these families who tried their best to grab their new son-in-law, not only Mr. Song went to Ci'en Temple every day, but even Wang Langjun was "forced" to rent another yard to house his family.Seeing the helplessness of the honored guest, these servants from Prince Pu's Mansion felt a little bit of sympathy in their hearts, and naturally they would not have any dissatisfaction, and kept a close watch on the door more diligently to avoid any "accidents".

The young man suddenly showed embarrassment, and the door said again: "Looking at you, you should have just entered Chang'an and haven't settled down yet. Why don't you settle down your family first, and then it's not too late to come to see Mr. Wang Lang. And, to be honest, Wang Mr. Lang couldn't bear to be disturbed, so he has already moved out of the Vineyard. The only person living in the Vineyard is Mr. Song."

"Is this true?" The young man was startled, "Where did Wang Langjun move?"

Menzi shook his head, indicating that he could not speak.

Therefore, the young man could only helplessly look at the girl wearing the curtain, and just as he was about to speak again, he heard the girl whisper: "It's getting late today, let's stay here first. It's not too late to come and pay a visit to Mr. Song tomorrow morning... Mr. Song should know..." Her voice was so low that she could hardly hear clearly.

However, Wang Zixian squinted his eyes, got off his horse, and carefully looked at the girl's vague outline: "Luo Niang?"

The girl turned around almost in surprise, and lifted the curtain, revealing her beautiful face with tears in her eyes: "Brother!"