Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Zirong's whole body froze when he heard the two titles His Majesty and Regent.

He swallowed, took a private look, and was afraid that his identity would be discovered, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice: "I've heard this news before, but I haven't found it after so long. It's like finding a needle in a haystack, how can it be so easy?"

The broker whispered: "Xiao Langjun, I told you when I saw your face, don't tell it - I heard that the king of Xuancheng is dumb! It was swept away, probably to find the king of Xuancheng. If the king of Xuancheng is not in the bandit village, he will definitely enter the city. Isn't it simple to deduct it first and then check it a little bit?"

Xiao Zirong suddenly became enlightened after hearing this, yes, what does it have to do with you looking for the little dumb Xuancheng King and my healthy Xiao Zirong?

The fact that King Xuancheng is dumb has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. No one would have thought that one day he would be able to speak, so those who can speak and speak fluently are directly excluded.

As long as he doesn't meet anyone who has seen him, there is basically no risk of revealing his identity.

And people who have seen him will basically not appear in such a small county. Even if he does appear, it must be to restrain the common people and warn the common people not to collide with the nobles. Xiao Zirong bought something today and went back to the mountains. The other party can find him His chances are slim to none.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zirong relaxes and doesn't worry too much anymore. The only thing that surprises him is that Xiao Xuan and Xiao Xuexing seem to really care about his safety instead of acting on the spot?

This made Xiao Zirong feel a little weird and a little guilty.

It seems that he measures the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

But there was only a little bit of guilt, this idea turned around in his mind, and he was very unconscionable and threw it aside, and then said as if it had nothing to do with him: "That's not very easy to find."

The broker smiled and said, "Isn't it?"

After Xiao Zirong was relieved, he wanted to look around. After all, he arrived in a new place, and he hadn't felt such people coming and going, and the smell of fireworks for a long time.

But he couldn't be too obvious. After restraining himself for a long time, he felt uncomfortable, and simply said: "How far is it from the market?"

The broker thought he was impatient, so he said cautiously: "It's not far, it's just a turn in front."

Xiao Zirong tried his best to pretend not to care and said: "In this case, please introduce the situation on the road, so as not to be boring."

The broker suddenly regained his energy. He is good at this. He is not afraid that his employer will ask him to introduce him, but he is afraid that the other party will not let him speak.

He has a relationship with most of the merchants in the county, and the introducer used to buy things with money, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to find Xiao Zirong and never mentioned the cost.

The broker tried his best to introduce the situation in Liangxiang County.

At first Xiao Zirong just wanted to cover up his curiosity, but after the broker really started to introduce, he gradually became serious.

Needless to say, this broker is really a know-it-all. He has a good grasp of the situation in Liangxiang County, and he knows where all kinds of things are sold. After listening to his introduction for a while, Xiao Zirong judged that the Liangxiang County The economy is not very developed.

In other words, commerce is underdeveloped, and there are not many sellers, and most of them are raw materials, but few are finished products.

For example, there are cloth sellers but only one can sell ready-made clothes, and there are several food sellers, but there is only one restaurant, let alone food stalls.

Generally, such a phenomenon occurs because the economy is not developed enough, and most people have no money other than food and clothing, so they can eat at home if they can, and they will not go out to eat.

After all, the ones sold outside are much more expensive than those made at home, and the same principle applies to ready-made clothes.

Of course, this also has a little advantage, that is, it is much easier for Xiao Zirong to buy anything, because those who sell these basic materials are the most.

After being introduced by the broker for a long time, Xiao Zirong suddenly asked, "Do you know where the tooth shop is?"

The broker's eyes widened, and he asked almost happily: "Xiao Langjun wants to buy someone?"

Xiao Zirong felt a little uncomfortable hearing these words, but after thinking about it, he seemed to come here to buy someone, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I haven't heard of Youya Company after listening to your introduction for a long time, is it here? There's none?"

The broker rubbed his hands and said, "Yes, yes, why not? But are you going to the market first or the dentist first?"

Xiao Zirong said decisively: "Go to the market first."

He remembered that this kind of market usually has a time, and at noon, it is almost time to close the stall and go home, but there is no fixed time for the dental store, not to mention that it doesn't matter if you can't catch up, he didn't plan to bring people with him this time. When I go back, I just want to step on the spot first.

The wrinkle on the broker's face showed a smile, Xiao Zirong's commission for buying a bunch of seeds or chicken and duck seedlings was not as high as buying a few slaves.

Xiao Zirong followed the broker all the way to the market. Because the environment in Liangxiang County was not good, Xiao Zirong had already prepared for the market here, and it must not be very clean.

But even so, the degree of filth and mess was unbearable, especially the smell of various animal feces mixed together, making Xiao Zirong almost spit it out.

Seeing Xiao Zirong standing there looking at the market with a blue face, the broker thought he was indeed the young gentleman of a wealthy family, so he couldn't bear it.

But he didn't dare to say this, so he asked cautiously: "If Mr. Xiao Lang really can't bear it, why don't you tell the villain what you want to buy, and the villain will help you buy it?"

Xiao Zirong agreed almost impulsively, and finally shook his head and said, "Let's go in and have a look."

The broker was a little strange, I don't know why he insisted, but they know what to say and what not to say, so they are just trying to open the way for Xiao Zirong.

What Xiao Zirong thinks is that the market is the best place to understand the price of goods. Generally, after walking around, you can understand a lot about the existing price system.

Of course, the things in the market must be cheaper than those in the store, so what I learned here is the basic livelihood of the people.

Xiao Zirong followed the broker inside while observing carefully, and then he found that it seemed... different from what he thought.

Originally, he wanted to observe various prices, so he paid close attention to the people who were trading, but the problem was that these people traded with...not money.

It cannot be said that it is not money, there are people who use money, but too little money is used, and most of them are barter.

This rather outdated trading method basically made it impossible for Xiao Zirong to start.

But it is precisely because of this that he understands more clearly what it means to say that money is expensive and goods are cheap.

The broker took Xiao Zirong all the way to the innermost part, and explained as he walked: "Xiao Langjun, let's go buy grain seeds and seedlings first, the chicken and duck seedlings are too messy, it's better to wait until we go. "

Xiao Zirong didn't have any objections either. He walked around and looked around, and then he found that few people sold rice seedlings. That is to say, if they wanted to grow rice, they could only buy grain seeds to grow seedlings by themselves.

This was simply unexpected. Fortunately, he calculated that they still had enough time, as long as they planted the rice before the autumn harvest, they could still harvest a season of late rice.

In addition to rice, there are quite a few ramie seeds. After all, sackcloth is the most commonly used fabric for ordinary people, with low taxes and many people planting it.

What surprised him the most was that he even bought soybean seeds. There are very few people who grow these things here, and few people patronize the shop that sells the seeds. After hearing that Xiao Zirong wanted to buy them and paid for them, he was very pleasantly surprised and happy sold them.

Then Xiao Zirong exchanged twenty copper coins for a bag of soybean seeds.

Looking at the sack of soybean seeds, he felt a little uncomfortable. No, not only soybean seeds, but also other seeds. He came down and bought many kinds.

But these seeds cost half a penny in total, so cheap that Xiao Zirong found it unbelievable.

In this way, the seed sellers are still very happy, and they are very careful when putting away the copper coins.

Xiao Zirong told himself that it was because they bought ordinary seeds, and it might be more expensive to buy other seeds, such as chicken and duck seedlings.

It turned out that chicken and duck seedlings were indeed more expensive, but they were limited. They only spent the remaining half of the money to buy two baskets of seedlings—they brought ten dollars with them when they came out.

Before, Xiao Zirong was worried that the money might not be enough to buy things, but now it seems that they don't have to worry at all, they can just buy things freely.

Xiao Zirong asked with a thought: "Is there a place that sells pot here?"

The broker nodded: "You go here."

He was very familiar with the way and took Xiao Zirong to walk inside, and then Xiao Zirong saw countless pottery pots and pots. Of course, the pottery products made by others are much better than those made by themselves, whether it is appearance or firmness. They can compare.

But what Xiao Zirong wanted was not pottery, so he had no choice but to ask: "Do you have a copper pot? Or something else, these...we don't really need them."

The broker said: "This... the copper pot has to be ordered by a special craftsman."

Xiao Zirong was dumbfounded, this kind of customization is usually because the price of the item is relatively expensive, and he is afraid that no one will buy it after it is finished, so he sells it in this way to ensure that if one is made, someone will want it.

If he stayed in Liangxiang County, the customization would be customized, but basically they would not come if they could, and they had to give up in the end.

Halfway through the walk, Xiao Zirong saw a large number of linen sellers. The color of the linen was not very good-looking, and it was not delicate enough, so they brought it to the market to sell, but even so, it was better than wearing leaves.

Xiao Zirong turned to look at Liu Cainiang and Lu Liu and said, "Go and buy some fabric."

Liu Cainiang hesitated: "Mr. Lang, don't you need it? It's fine now."

She spoke vaguely, but Xiao Zirong understood what she meant, but still insisted: "Go buy it, it's not too expensive, buy more."

Seeing his firm expression, Liu Cainiang knew that he would not change his mind easily, so she dragged Lu Liu over to buy five bolts of linen.

When they came back, Xiao Zirong frowned and asked, "Is this enough?"

Liu Cainiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Lang, if enough is enough, I will bring my sisters to buy again."

Xiao Zirong was slightly taken aback after hearing this, and then realized, yes, he can't appear here too much, but Liu Cainiang and the others don't have so many scruples, as long as Liangxiang County doesn't compare them one by one according to their household registrations, they won't will reveal their identity.

What's more, it doesn't matter even if their identities are revealed. Anyway, they are all victims and have not committed any crimes. At most, they will re-register.

Xiao Zirong nodded and said nothing more, the broker at the side took the opportunity to ask: "Does Mr. Xiao Lang need silk?"

He dared to ask this because Xiao Zirong was wearing silk now, which he thought was affordable and qualified to wear, otherwise he would not have dared to ask such a question.

silk?What did he buy that for? Does he have money and no place to spend it?

Silk is very expensive in later generations, let alone now.

However, in order not to expose himself, Xiao Zirong said indifferently: "What good silk and satin can be found here? I'd better wait until I get back to Jiankang. Let's go to the dental shop first."

The broker stopped talking immediately, Liangxiang County and Jiankang... really cannot be compared.

He hurriedly brought Xiao Zirong to the dental shop. Xiao Zirong didn't know much about the dental shop before, and he didn't know what it was like. He only saw the broker leading them into a not-so-remarkable building on the side of the street. house, and then yelled: "Miss Liu, come out quickly, here for business."

The lady of the Liu family responded quickly and walked out quickly. When she saw Xiao Zirong, her eyes lit up and she walked over to salute and said, "I've seen this little gentleman before, but I don't know what kind of person this young gentleman wants?"

Xiao Zirong said: "It takes strength to cultivate the land, well, it would be better if you can't speak."

The lady of the Liu family froze for a moment and said with an embarrassed smile: "This...it can't speak...we don't have it here...if you want it, you can just buy it back and make it dumb."

Sitting there, Xiao Zirong froze, looked up at Mrs. Liu, and found that neither she nor the broker felt that there was anything wrong.

He suddenly thought of the sentence he read in the book before: slaves are equal to cattle and horses.

Who cares about the lives of animals?Even cattle and horses are more precious than these slaves.

He was silent for a while before saying: "Look for it as I said before, and put aside if you are dumb or not."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu said, "Okay, just wait. Those people are all in the warehouse on the outskirts of the city. I'll go and bring them over right away. Please wait a moment, Mr. Xiaolang."

In the warehouse... Xiao Zirong tried his best to endure the discomfort and waved at her.

Fortunately, Liangxiang County is not too big, and the Liu family's wife will come back after a while.

When Xiao Zirong looked up and saw a group of scrawny young ladies in tattered clothes behind her, she was dumbfounded: "Didn't I say that I need to work hard to cultivate the land?"