The market was quite lively, with people coming and going, which was in sharp contrast to the war and famine going south.
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle followed Xia Zhaoyi and couldn't let go at first, fearing that they would see the wanted notices for them on the bulletin board on the street or outside the walls of inns and restaurants.
Both of them carried full baskets on their backs, and each carried one in their hands. They followed Xia Zhaoyi and walked here and there, passing through several shops.
The contents of the basket gradually became lighter. When he finally came out of a shop, Xia Zhaoyi weighed the bulging money bag in his hands and said, "Call it off!"
Both Lao Tong and Zhi Changle stared at her purse. No wonder they said that people in the world are greedy for money. Just looking at the purse like this, they both felt happy and even wanted to dance.
"Ah Li, how much did we sell it for?" Zhi Changle asked.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled, gave Lao Tong his wallet, and walked forward: "I made six liang and twenty cash from selling fish, seven taels and thirty-eight yuan from medicinal materials, and those dozen snakes were more expensive, so I made a profit
Twenty-one taels and sixteen coins."
"Wow, you remember it so clearly!" Zhi Changle followed up, "Ah Li, your brain is so good."
Lao Tong followed behind with a heavy purse. He felt a little uneasy and said, "Ah Li, just give me this money. Aren't you afraid that I will take it away?"
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Zhi Changle nodded repeatedly: "Yes!"
"I am your boss!" Lao Tong simply didn't know what to say to Zhi Changle.
Zhi Changle smiled and raised his hand to scratch the back of his head.
He felt that he was giddy with joy. After all, it was the first time in his life that he had seen so much money, and it was also the first time that he had been in close contact with so much money!
Moreover, he felt that there was nothing wrong with what Xia Zhaoyi said. If you lose it, you can make more money. It is just money. Anyway, following her, making money seems to be really easy.
After making money, they didn't plan to go back to the inn to pick up Pang Yi yet. Xia Zhaoyi went to Jiangya Racecourse east of the market.
Along the way, Lao Tong and Zhi Changle expressed their curiosity about this market. This is not a big city, there are no walls around it, it is just a small town of some size, but this market is better than the ones they have been to before.
Those big cities are much more lively.
Xia Zhaoyi didn't explain to them why it was so lively here. She kept looking around all the way, especially after leaving the market. She kept looking at the open-air wine shops and teahouses on the road, and the groups of porters and vendors.
She is a child now, and looking around like this will only be regarded as curiosity, so she doesn't need to hide it and looks at it unscrupulously.
"Ali, what are you looking at?" Zhi Changle asked.
Xia Zhaoyi shook his head: "Nothing."
She was just a little idle, but she wanted to see if she could find some forces and then judge the situation.
In the past, when she was bored and wandering around, she could often spot a bunch of spies and spies, so-and-so's secret guards, so-and-so's maids, and Tianrong guards who often went out in disguise to handle cases.
The closer you get to the capital, the more such people there are, each with their own purposes, traveling through markets, towns, and rural villages.
And she has always been a bystander. When she encounters something interesting, she will go back and tell it as an anecdote to her father and second brother.
Looking at it now, she didn't know whether her judgment was still accurate. After all, it had been two years, and she didn't know if these people's habits and contact methods had changed.
Along the way out, it became colder and colder, and the sky gradually turned dark.
Jiangya Racecourse is located in Jiu Yaoling, fifteen miles east of the market. It took them a long time to walk there. When they got there, it was dark, and the steward at the foot of the racecourse stopped them and refused to let them in.
"We are here to buy a carriage." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"I stopped selling it a long time ago. Come back quickly." The steward waved his hand impatiently.
"Why don't you sell it? We can pay more."
"Is this your child?" The steward looked at Lao Tong.
Lao Tong shook his head: "No."
He didn't even dare to call himself the baby girl's brother. After all, the brother protects his sister, but this baby girl took care of them along the way, as if he had magical powers.
The steward looked at Xia Zhaoyi and waved his hand: "You can go, it's getting late."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
"You're new here, right," Xia Zhaoyi said.
The steward looked back at her: "What?"
"I said, you are new here." The little girl raised her head, her eyes bright and clear under the large lanterns on both sides, "I knew the former Manager Qiu, and he was much easier to talk to than you."
"Do you still know Lao Qiu?" The steward became interested, "How do you know Lao Qiu?"
"I not only know Lao Qiu, I also know that Mr. Zhuge loves to drink peach blossom wine from Dingtao and eat pink jade cakes from Zhaozhou. The pen he uses for writing must be Zihao, and the inkstone he uses must be Duan inkstone.
Everything in life is very particular, and I can tell you about his habits for three days and three nights."
The steward was a little stunned, blinking and looking at the girl.
Zhuge Yu's Zhuge is the Zhuge of Yi'an Zhuge. He is rich and noble, prosperous, and his clansmen are spread all over the world.
Although Zhuge Yu was not a direct descendant, with the word "Zhuge", his life was hundreds of times richer than that of ordinary wealthy people.
Because I have been pampered since I was a child, I have been picky about many details, but few outsiders know about these picky things.
"How did you know?" the steward asked the girl.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Are you going to sell me horses? If you do, I'll tell you. But it's okay if you don't. When the time comes, I'll go directly to Zhuge Yu and give me a few horses."
Hey, this tone...
The steward wanted to laugh a little, but looking at this little girl's smart and confident look, she really felt like she and Zhuge Yu knew each other.
Forget it, it didn't matter whether he knew them or not, it was just two horses, just sell them, he didn't want to get entangled with them, it would be a lot of trouble.
"Okay then," said the steward, "come and pick a horse with me."
With that said, the steward called to his subordinates not far away and asked them to bring lanterns.
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle did not expect to be so easy to talk to, and at first they thought they would definitely not be able to buy it.
Seeing the lantern being delivered over there, Xia Zhaoyi followed, and the two of them also hurriedly lifted their heels.
"There are wars everywhere now, and the court has strict control, so no horses will be sold, and it's not that I don't want to sell them," the steward said casually as he walked, "I sold two horses to you, and the court will come to collect the horses next month.
We have to add two more horses ourselves."
"I didn't get it for free," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "although I know you are not short of my money."
