If we count according to time, autumn is already coming. But the weather is not going to get cooler. The sun is shining brightly and the weather is hot, so it is not much better than midsummer.

The predecessor of Beijing City in the Ming Dynasty was the Yuan capital. During the design, it was referenced to the records of "Nine Classics and Nine Verses, the Front Dynasty and the Later Market, the Left and the Right Society" in "The Legend of Zhou: Kaogong Ji". The North City is the concentration of commercial port markets, and the Zhou family happened to be in the north of the city. In a blink of an eye, we arrived at the place we wanted to go.

Zhou Xianben had no specific things to buy, but he just wandered along the street with Zhou Tai. It was convenient to go in and see the places he was interested in. Beijing City is worthy of being the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The Four Books and Five Classics, Four Treasures of Study, Antiques and Jades, Grosgrain and other goods are available, and people can't see them.

Yesterday, Wang Weidong said that Emperor Chongzhen had already given the Thousand Tails of Golden Buddha to Tanzhe Temple, a thousand-year-old ancient temple on the west side of Beijing. He waited for the latter to build a special villa and held a grand donation ceremony. Zhou Xian went all the way, but he heard a lot of rumors about it in the Antique Street generation. However, most of them were random speculations. For example, many people were saying that if the Buddha statue moved here to participate in the sale, how much would it cost? Is it really a thousand taels so heavy? Zhou Xian was very embarrassed to hear it.

Just when he was bored, Zhou Xian suddenly saw a shop that specialized in various jade artifacts not far away. He patted Zhou Tai on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Tai, let's go over there and take a look."

Zhou Tai said "ah" and wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and said, "Uncle, what do you want to buy? You have been shopping for most of the day, so you have only bought a few volumes of rice paper and a box of pinewood. You didn't notice that the boss just now saw you asking for a long time, but in the end he didn't buy anything. If the eyes could kill people, you would have died more than ten times. I can tell you, this jade is precious! Don't look at it for a long time and don't buy it in the end, I don't want to embarrass you with you."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Not this time. Because whether to buy it depends on you, not me. As long as you meet something you like, and within 100 taels of taels, I will buy it for you."

Zhou Tai looked puzzled and touched his head, "Uncle, why are you going to buy me jade? I know I don't like this kind of thing very much. Otherwise, you might as well give me 100 taels of silver."

Zhou Xian said coldly: "Get out! Do you think you are buying jade for you to play with! You don't think about it. You buy gifts for Miss Zhao every day. Has she ever said that she has made any statement? She doesn't know what she likes, and you still expect to marry her home. Miss Zhao is a lady from a family and likes talented people. It is definitely impossible for you to concentrate on studying like this, but at least you can pretend to be a scholar. For example, wearing a jade pendant on her body, wearing a Confucian uniform, etc. can at least make her feel a little more favorable to you."

Zhou Tai thought about it and laughed: "Uncle, you are still good to me, and even thought of this."

"I think you bother me every day. If you marry that lady Zhao into the house as soon as possible, I won't look at your bad face sooner."

Zhou Tai put the things in his hand in Zhou Xian's hand, and ran to the shop and shouted: "Uncle, take them first, I'll go and take them now."

Zhou Xian took it, and his hand suddenly became much heavier. He shook his head helplessly, and then followed him slowly over.

As soon as he walked into the house, Zhou Xian heard Zhou Tai's quarrel with people. He grabbed a man's collar with one hand and shouted loudly: "My master, I'm interested in this Yulu. You, a barbarian who pretends to behave, get out of here."

Zhou Xian's face changed drastically, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Zhou Tai, what are you doing?"

Zhou Tai suddenly became weaker and looked at Zhou Xian and said, "Uncle, I fell in love with this jade deer at the first glance when I came in, but the barbarian said he had bought it."

Zhou Xian looked in the direction Zhou Tai pointed, but was surprised to see a person with a European appearance. He was nearly forty years old, more than one head taller than Zhou Tai. His cheekbones were high and protruding on both sides, making his face look very thin. A golden cross was hanging on his chest, and his silver-white beard was tilted downward in an orderly manner, making the whole person look very energetic. What is strange is that what he wore on his body and his head were Confucian uniforms and Confucian crowns. The overall look was a bit inconsistent and very funny.

When he saw Zhou Xian, his face turned red and said in very fluent Chinese: "No, it's not like this. I have already agreed with the store that I was about to pay the money. The little brother came to see it and suddenly said that he wanted it. I won't let it, he just..."

Zhou Tai grabbed his collar and shouted, "You barbarian, you dare to be stubborn." As he said that, he raised his hand and was about to hit the foreigner's face.

"Let him go." Zhou Xian roughly understood what happened from the foreigner's words. He knew that Zhou Tai's personality was not unreasonable, but he was definitely not a good person. It must be that he fell in love with something that the foreigner had already liked and forced to buy it.

Seeing that Zhou Xian was really angry, Zhou Tai hesitated for a moment and slowly let go of his hand.

The foreigner immediately breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and bowed to Zhou Xian and thanked him: "Thank you, young master."

Zhou Xian bowed and replied, "This is my nephew's fault. I hope you don't take it wrong."

The foreigner waved his hand and said in very authentic Chinese: "A small matter. If this little brother really likes this Yulu, it would be okay for me to give it to him, but don't force it to rob me like this."

Zhou Tai said with a "slap" and said, "Who wants you to let me do it? Boss, take out the best jade here for me. I want to choose one that is ten thousand times better than this one." As he said that, he turned around and walked inside.

Zhou Xian apologized to the foreigner and changed the subject and said, "Sir, are you a missionary? It is rare to speak Chinese so fluently like you. You must have been here for a long time!"

The foreigner looked happy and said, "Young Master, how did you see that I am a missionary?"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "The foreigners who came to the Ming Dynasty were all pirates. Judging from the appearance of the gentleman, they must be pirates, so they can only be missionaries. Moreover, aren't you still wearing the image of Jesus on your chest?"

The foreigner said happily: "Young Master, you really made me snatch it,... I looked at you with admiration and even knew this. My name is John Adam, I came from the Holy Roman Empire, and I have been here for seventeen years."

Zhou Xian looked shocked. Seventeen years, this time is really not short. Judging from his age, at least half of his life was spent in Daming. And the main territory of the Holy Roman Empire should be today's Germany and near Austria. "Mr. John, are you a German?"
Chapter completed!