Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu and Qin Su left the back door of the Governor's Mansion with umbrellas and came to the street.

Qin Su gently swirled the paper umbrella in her hand, her steps were light and flexible, but she was not as calm as usual, but she looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Li Xuandu held an umbrella with one hand and quietly held Qin Su's palm. The tender little hand just subconsciously struggled for a moment before returning to calm, and even boldly held Li Xuandu's palm in reverse.

The two palms were tightly clasped, Qin Su's face turned slightly red, and she deliberately turned her gaze to the other side, which was a bit guilty.

Li Xuan's expression remained unchanged, as if he was holding his wife. Not to mention being shy, he was even a little satisfied.

At this time, the rain gradually became lighter and drizzled. It is rainy days that are the best time to kill. After a heavy rain, blood and all traces are washed away, leaving nothing. However, the city ban is much stricter than usual. Recently, several remnants of Qingyang Sect who were hiding in the city have been injured. For this reason, the Governor's Office has specially formed a temporary yamen to take charge of this matter and called Qingluan Guard. With the inflated people, Lu Yanbing, the right governor of Qingluan Guard, was in the city, so she was in charge of the matter, which gave Li Xuandu and Qin Su free.

The two of them walked and stopped and came to a bustling city.

Nowadays, Beihai Prefecture has fallen, and other prefectures have also been affected by war. Only Langya Prefecture is close to the East China Sea, except for the Qingyang Rebellion, it has not encountered war. In addition, the Governor's Office has also moved here because it is close to the East China Sea. , so today's Langya Prefecture is the most prosperous place in Qizhou.

The downtown Li Xuandu and Qin Su came to was not affected by the chaos, but were still a lively scene with many shops. The two of them just walked over one by one. Because Langya Mansion was close to the East China Sea, the sea transportation was prosperous, so here The products also come from all over the world, which are strange and strange. The first store they went to, and recently a new batch of goods was arrived. Among them, there was a mirror that was clearer than a bronze and jade mirror. It was called a glass mirror, which reflected the figure very clearly, but the price was extremely expensive, a piece the size of a palm. It costs 360 Pacific Money, which is like robbing money. Not to mention ordinary families, even ordinary wealthy families cannot afford it. They can only buy it by truly wealthy families.

However, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell this kind of mirror, because for women who love beauty, the attractiveness of glass mirrors is too great. Even women like Qin Su who have seen the world are slightly moved after seeing it.

Li Xuan originally wanted to buy a mirror for Qin Su, but unfortunately he didn't have so much peace. Just when he was in a dilemma, Qin Su saw his dilemma and took the initiative to pull him out of the store.

When I came to the second store, I sold all kinds of things like institutions. One of them was called the "self-tone clock". The bell could ring on time, and the watch had a needle to point to the twelve hours as it was sung, which was much more clever than drip. Li Xuan vaguely remembered that during the Wude period, overseas merchants gave the late emperor two self-ring bells. The late emperor gave one to Zhang Suqing. People at that time also had a poem saying: "The wheels are carved and rotated, and the fingers are moved according to the segments. Jiang Jie stopped urging dawn, and the Golden Bell predicted it."

The third store is a store specializing in jade and jade, with all kinds of jade wares, from hairpins, bracelets, earrings, rings and other ornaments to jade pendants hanging with them, jade seals used by literati and scholars, and various carved ornaments. Among them is a piece of natural jade, which was carved into a pocket cabbage. It is lifelike in one palm, but the price is also quite expensive, and it costs 200 ounces. It is said that in the warehouse of the Queen Mother today, there is an jade cabbage of the same size as the cabbage. The carving work is naturally the best in the world and lifelike. The key is that such a large jade raw material and such a good water type are rare in the world.

In addition, there are many raw materials for customers to choose from. However, Li Xuandu did not study much about these, but just glanced at those jewelry. He did not ask about the price here, but clearly marked the price. The price is around dozens of yuan, and with Li Xuandu’s current net worth, it is still affordable.

In the end, Li Xuandu took a fancy to a pair of jade bracelets, which was priced at 40 yuan, or 1,200 taels of silver, which was really not cheap. However, Li Xuan thought the bracelet was worth the money. He saw that the bracelet was translucent overall, with a white background of fat jade, and a little dark green rose from it, like a line of blue sky and clear water, the deepest underneath, and then gradually became shallower Now.

Just when Li Xuan was about to speak, Qin Su held him down, shook his head slightly, and at the same time, he said in a line: "Don't buy me any gifts, I just want to walk around with you. If so If you buy something, it seems like I force you to come out and ask for gifts in different ways."

Li Xuan smiled slightly, without refuting anything, but just pulled Qin Su away and held his hand, pointed at the jade bracelet he liked, and said, "Boss, I want to see these jade bracelets."

All jadeware is placed in open brocade boxes, and these brocade boxes are arranged one by one on the shelves.

The boss is an old man with white hair and beards. He has skill in his body and has good cultivation. Otherwise, he would not be able to protect such a family property. He looked in the direction Li Xuandu pointed, and his eyes fell on a brocade box: "Hello, young master." Eyes, this piece of material was shipped from Posazhou overseas. Although the color is just ordinary, the advantage is that it has no impurities. Jade worker is the work of Jiangnan. Now there are fewer jade materials in Posazhou year by year, and many more The old pit is almost empty, so this pair of bracelets is really rare."

Li Xuan nodded and said nothing more.

The old man added: "As the saying goes: 'Gold has a price, jade is priceless.' Gold is refined, but jade is born. Every piece of jade, whether good or bad, has completely different patterns and colors. Once it is broken, it will never come back. Even if you travel all over the world, you can't find an identical piece. So, sometimes, buying jade is just a matter of taste. If you like it, buy it. If you miss it this time, it will be difficult to come across it in the future."

As he spoke, the old man took the brocade box and placed it in front of Li Xuandu.

Li Xuandu reached out and took the jade bracelet out of the box, and turned it slightly towards the light. Strangely enough, under the light, the green in the bracelet seemed to come alive, and the strands of green spread around, like a spring water after the rain, which would overflow at any time.

The old man said, "Jade nourishes people, and people nourish jade. No matter how old the jade is, if it has not been nurtured by people, it is still considered new jade."

Li Xuandu handed the bracelet to Qin Su: "Try it on."

Qin Su took the bracelet and carefully put it on her wrist. The white jade and her skin were almost integrated, without any trace, and the green in it made her white wrist look frosty.

Li Xuandu couldn't help but praise: "They complement each other."

The old man stroked his beard and smiled: "Sir, are you buying this bracelet to express your love?"

Qin Su blushed and wanted to take off the jade bracelet, but Li Xuandu held her hand and said softly: "Put on the other bracelet too."

Although Qin Su was shy, she still put the other bracelet on the other wrist as he said.

The old man smiled and said, "The original price of this pair of bracelets is forty Taiping coins, which are also called red gold coins and are made of real gold. If you want to buy them, I will only take thirty-nine Taiping coins. The remaining red gold coin is my token of my blessing to you two. As the saying goes, a perfect match is made of gold and jade. I hope you two can live happily together forever."