Taiyuan Beishi is the largest market in Hedong and even north of the Yellow River. It covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres and has nearly 800 shops, ranging from livestock, mules, horses, firewood, rice, oil and salt, from precious gold and jewelry to cheap needles and threads, there are all kinds of goods, and there are tens of thousands of employees in the business. This is also the place where goods are distributed in the fifteen Hedong counties. Almost all small vendors in Hedong counties purchase goods from here.

Yang Yuanqing took Li Jing into the market in a carriage, and the noisy and lively atmosphere suddenly came to his face. As the New Year approached, every household was busy purchasing New Year's goods. People came and went in the city. In front of the shops on the street, the shouts of ox carts filled with grain and oil drove to the Beishi wharf. There was a Caohe River in the city that directly connected to the Fen River, and the goods circulating north and south were transported by the Fen River.

Yang Yuanqing changed outfit at the entrance of Taipei City and took Li Jing into the market in a private tour. Although it was a private tour, two hundred personal guards were protecting each other from the front and back left and right, and they were generally not visible in the crowded crowd.

"Shopkeeper, how much does this rice cost you?"

Li Jing was a little landlord and was concerned about the price of rice in other places. When he walked to a shop where he bought rice, he grabbed a handful of white rice and couldn't help asking.

The shopkeeper smiled and walked up, "This is Jiangzhou rice. The new rice I just collected this year is 80 yuan per dou. If you want more, more than ten stones, seventy-five yuan is fine."

"Where is the wheat?" Li Jing asked again, pointing to the wheat next to him.

"Wheat is a little cheaper, sixty cents a dou, and the same is more than ten stones, five cents cheaper."

Li Jing turned around in surprise and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Yuanqing. The rice here is not expensive!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "This year the south has a bumper harvest, so the food price is relatively cheap. How much rice do you dot rice in Jiangling?"

"Jiangling is a land of fish and rice, and it costs hundreds of dollars to make a bucket of rice, which is more expensive than yours."

The shopkeeper next to him smiled and said, "This guest, the Daye money used in Jiangling is of course more expensive. We use new money. One new money can be used to exchange two Daye money. If calculated based on the Daye money, our Mi family here is 160 yuan of rice, which is more expensive than your Jiangling."

Yang Yuanqing took a handful of new money from his personal soldiers and handed it to Li Jing. It felt different when he bought it. The new money in Northern Sui Dynasty was thicker and clearer. It was indeed good money. Most of the money circulated in Jiangling was Daye Five-Yuan coins, which was obviously much worse.

Li Jing nodded, "That's how it means that the rice in Taiyuan is more expensive. Jiangling is a land of fish and rice after all, but Jiangling's livestock is very expensive. A cow is at least twice as expensive as here, and buffaloes are more expensive. Everyone has their own strengths!"

The two of them came to the jewelry store again, with more than 20 stores, all selling all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry. Most people come here to exchange for money with gold and silver.

Yang Yuanqing took Li Jing to a famous jewelry store in Taiyuan City called 'Bai Cuisheng'. Yang Yuanqing's wife and daughters all bought jewelry in this store. The shopkeeper often went to Yang's house to deliver jewelry. He recognized Yang Yuanqing and was so scared that he hurriedly came out and bowed to show his blessings, "Why did Your Highness the King of Chu come in person? Tell the villain, the villain came to deliver goods at home and did not dare to delay Your Highness's handling of official duties."

Yang Yuanqing also knew him, so he pointed at Li Jing and said with a smile: "I won't bother Gao. I will take my uncle to take a look. I want to buy a few pieces of jewelry for my aunt, can there be suitable jewelry?"

When Zhangguin Gao heard Yang Yuanqing say that he was buying jewelry for his aunt, he quickly thought about it and nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Yes! Your Highness, please come with me."

Everyone walked into the inner room and sat down. Manager Gao took out an ivory box about foot high, placed it on the table, opened the box, and placed it thinly inside eight layers. Each layer was a piece of jewelry, all in an ivory plate. Seeing that such a precious ivory box had only eight pieces of jewelry, Li Jing felt a little uneasy, so he asked in a low voice: "How much does this kind of jewelry cost?"

Manager Gao smiled and said, "The cheapest piece of jewelry in this box is 200,000 yuan, look! This one is it."

Manager Gao took out a pair of bracelets and smiled and said, "This is a top-grade emerald, made of a complete piece of emerald. It has no flaws, but the gloss is slightly inferior, so it only costs 200,000 yuan. In fact, this is because of the war. During the Kaihuang period, such a pair of bracelets cost at least 300,000 yuan."

Two hundred thousand yuan is just two thousand yuan, and it must be new money. If it is Daye money, it will cost at least 400,000 yuan. Li Jing was so shocked that he couldn't afford it. He didn't want Yang Yuanqing to spend so much money, so he gently pulled him, "Yuanqing, let's go to another store to take a look!"

Yang Yuanqing picked up the pair of bracelets at the bottom of the box, which were also emeralds, but the bracelets were obviously more crystal clear than the pair just now. Manager Gao raised his thumb and praised: "Your Highness has good eyesight. This is the best emerald, which flows out of the palace. It is unique in terms of luster and appearance. This is one of the three best jewelry pieces in our store. I won't say how much the original price is. If Your Highness wants it, it will cost one million yuan.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I just want it. Find a good box to put it in. If you ask the princess for money, she will pay you gold."

Li Jing was shocked. How dare he take such expensive things? He waved his hands repeatedly, "Yuan Qing, your aunt's most expensive jewelry is only 100 yuan, I must not want this bracelet."

Yang Yuanqing ignored him and asked Manager Gao to put a box. Manager Gao quickly took out an exquisite ivory box and put the jade bracelet on it. Yang Yuanqing forced the box into Li Jing's arms and smiled at him: "This is my wish to my aunt. In the future, my aunt can show it to others. This is given by my nephew of the King of Chu. If it is a pair of silver hairpins, wouldn't I be embarrassed? My uncle accepted it and transferred it to my aunt for me."

Li Jing refused again and again, so he had to accept it. He complained: "I wouldn't have come with you if I had known it."

At this moment, a loud shout came from the street outside: "Little thief! Where are you running this time?"

Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned. The sound was so familiar, very similar to Cheng Yaojin's voice. If Cheng Yaojin was not in Yanmen County, how could he be in Taiyuan? He walked out of the shop and saw two people rushing out of an alley. A young man in front fell to the ground, and a big man in the back pressed him down. Who was it not Cheng Yaojin?

"Brother, spare me!"

"Little thief, I will pay back my money first and then forgive you!" Cheng Yaojin swung his fist as big as a bowl and wanted to hit him.

Yang Yuanqing's face sank. Cheng Yaojin is an Asian general after all, why did he fight like a street rogue? He snorted heavily and shouted in a low voice: "Cheng Yaojin!"

Cheng Yaojin turned around and saw Yang Yuanqing, he was stunned. How could it be the general manager? The young man on the ground took advantage of Cheng Yaojin's moment of being stunned and got up and ran away, but Cheng Yaojin grabbed the collar and took it back, "The little thief wants to escape, there is no way!"

Seeing that everyone around him surrounded him, Yang Yuanqing ordered, "Come in and speak!"

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were filled with anger. He pinched the young man's neck and entered the jewelry shop. He entered the inner room with Yang Yuanqing. He threw the young man to the ground and stepped forward to salute Yang Yuanqing, "I'm in charge of the general manager!"

The young man heard Cheng Yaojin called the general manager, and he immediately understood who the person in front of him was, and he was so scared that he shrank into a ball. Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and asked Cheng Yaojin, "Who is this person? Why are you fighting with him on the street like a rogue?"

Cheng Yaojin glared at him and said hatefully: "This person is Xiangping, who is my wife's cousin. He has been a famous bad person in our village since he was a child. He came from his hometown to report to my wife, saying that my mother-in-law and two brothers-in-law were arrested by the government in his hometown for my sake and were going to be executed in the autumn. My wife was anxious and gave him five hundred taels of silver and her jewelry, asking him to handle some connections to save people, but was embezzled by the thief. He didn't go back at all. He was in Taiyuan. I guess he wanted to come and cheat money again after a while."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yaojin was so angry that his eyes were so angry that he swung his fist and wanted to hit him again. Yang Yuanqing looked at the young man with panic on his face. He probably said it was true, and asked Cheng Yaojin again: "Then how did you find out?"

Cheng Yaojin kicked him hard on the back of the waist and then said, "I have been in Yanmen County. I don't know about this. A few days ago, my wife went to Qin Qiong's house to play. I accidentally found one of her jewelry was actually in Qin Qiong's jewelry box. After asking, I realized that this was bought by Qin Qiong from the jewelry store. My wife rushed to the jewelry store to inquire. She realized that this little thief has been in Taiyuan City, selling my wife's silver jewelry, eating, drinking, gamble in Taiyuan. My wife wrote to me. I asked for leave two days ago and rushed back and stayed here. Today I finally caught him."

Seeing that the man looked like a bad person, Yang Yuanqing looked like he was not a good person, so he asked him coldly: "Is General Cheng's father-in-law really going to be beheaded?"

The man knelt on the ground, slapped himself in the face desperately, and cried and begged: "The villain deserves to die, there is no such thing. It was my cousin who wrote a letter back to his hometown. The second uncle took it out to show off. After I looked at the address, I came to cheat my cousin's money. It's me who deserves to die, the prince spared my life!"

Seeing that he finally admitted it, Cheng Yaojin grabbed his neck and scolded: "Where is my money? I'll get it back!"

"All silver is lost, and only one piece of jewelry is left."

The man trembled and took out a piece of gold jewelry from his arms. Cheng Yaojin snatched the jewelry and hated him so much that he wanted to kill him. His own money was taken to death by his wife. He had no money to drink or go to the brothel. The bastard cheated away five hundred taels of silver and expensive jewelry at once. This guy had to drink and gambling. Cheng Yaojin was so angry that he was so angry.

Yang Yuanqing was angry and turned around and ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Drag this person down and behead him!"

"Prince, please spare me! Prince!"

The man knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and Cheng Yaojin resented himself, but this person was the only son of his uncle after all. If he really killed him, he would probably not be able to explain to his wife, so he had to plead with Yang Yuanqing and said, "Master, please spare his life! I want to give my wife a face."

Yang Yuanqing looked at Cheng Yaojin in surprise. He found that Cheng Yaojin seemed to be controlled by his wife. This is a good phenomenon. Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Okay! I will leave this person to you. If you want to kill him or beat him, you can do whatever you want, but tomorrow morning you come to Jinyang Palace to see me, and I have something to look for you."

"Abide by the orders, and you will take the lead."

Cheng Yaojin pinched the man's neck and dragged him out the door, "Follow me! Let's see how I deal with you."

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