Chunya laughed when she heard this: "Why did you buy this, Queen Mother? You can't eat or drink it. Besides, it's so far away that you can't leave the palace several times a year."
Mu Qingchao was disdainful: "What do you know?"
She clearly remembered that history books recorded that in the 127th year of the Southern Ming Dynasty, a large amount of black oil was dug out of Wuya Mountain.
Black oil has a great effect, it can illuminate, make ink, fight...
For many years after that, the three kingdoms of Southern Ming, Northern Qi, and Qin were still fighting over a mountain.
If we could buy this mountain, wouldn't it be equivalent to guarding a gold mine in the future?
Are you still worried about running out of money by then?
Now that the mountain road is difficult to walk, the scenery is mediocre, and there are no places of interest, it shouldn't be difficult to buy it.
The difficulty is...money.
Mu Qingchao thought for a while, then wiped off the two bracelets on his wrists, and then took off the earrings on his ears.
Then he said to Chun Ya: "Go to the pawn shop."
Chun Ya was puzzled: "Where are you going and what are you doing?"
In the past, when Mu Qingchao and the others were at Zhong's house, Chun Ya often went to the pawn shop.
When Madam married into the Mu family, she had rich clothes, jewelry, and many clothes, but she pawned them one by one and turned them into rice for cooking and charcoal for heating...
But now that Mu Qingchao has become the Queen Mother, why does she still need to go to a pawnshop?
Mu Qingchao looked at the jewelry in his hand and thought: "Go if you are told."
It's a grave sin to be a gift from the emperor, but she has done so many daring things, why does she care about one more thing?
This thing is imported from the sea, not made in-house, and people who want to come to the pawn shop will not recognize it.
Tianyi Pawnshop is one of the best pawnshops in Jinling City. The boss is fair and generous, and he has many regular customers.
The sedan stopped in front of the pawn shop.
The shopkeeper inside looked at the sedan outside, put down his account book and looked outside.
People in their line of work are used to seeing customers coming and going from north to south, so they naturally know how to wait for people to order their dishes. He just looked at the ceremonial guard outside and knew that a big customer was here.
He put aside his account book and went out in person.
But he saw the sedan curtain lifted, and a teenage girl came out.
The girl is very beautiful, but she is dressed a bit old-fashioned. One hand is supported by a maid. Her noble and graceful appearance does not look like she is coming to a pawn shop, but like she is going to a palace to be a noble lady.
The shopkeeper was waiting inside the door, and when he saw the girl coming in, he nodded and bowed.
"What do you want to be, little lady?" the shopkeeper asked.
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, Qiangwei rolled her eyes and said sternly: "Presumptuous!"
"I……"
"rose!"
Before Qiangwei could say anything, she was stopped by Mu Qingchao.
She glanced back at Qiangwei, then turned to face the shopkeeper.
She took a handkerchief and opened it. Lying inside was a pair of bracelets and two red coral earrings.
The bracelet is completely shiny and smooth without any impurities, and it is not ordinary at first glance.
The shopkeeper was a very knowledgeable person, so he couldn't take his eyes away from it on the spot.
"Madam, you..."
"Go! Go! Go……"
Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, he heard a noise coming in from the side.
It's the waiter trying to coax another customer.
The customer was only in his early twenties, with thick eyebrows and starry eyes, and the wind was blowing under his feet when he walked. His body was very upright, and he looked upright.
It's just that the clothes on my body are thin. It's the coldest month of winter and I only have a single piece of clothing to cover my body.
I just heard the waiter say: "This broken sword of yours costs me thirty taels of silver, but it's not worth even three taels."
But the man said: "They also say that you, the owner of Tianyi Pawnshop, have a vicious vision and give you the most fair money, but you don't even know what a good thing is, and you don't know about the Black Iron Sword."
"I don't care what your sword is. We are in Jinling. The nobles only like expensive jewelry and beautiful clothes.
Do you want someone to buy your sword at a high price?
Then go to the frontier and find King Wu'an in the frontier. He is good at martial arts and will definitely appreciate what you have."
When Mu Qingchao heard the noise, his eyes were involuntarily attracted.
She looked at the young man working as a sword and felt that he shouldn't be in such a down and out state.
The shopkeeper looked at her like this but thought she was distracted because someone interrupted her. He shouted to the waiter: "Wang Er, what's going on? Didn't you tell him not to let him in?"
The waiter felt aggrieved when he was scolded for no reason: "He had to break in."
While talking, he pushed people outside: "Quick, quick, get out, get out..."
Just pushing the man with one hand could not shake him at all.
He still stood there, his voice full of anger: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to give it to me, I'll leave the sword here for you, and you can lend me thirty taels of silver.
Don’t worry, I, Lu Li, never break my promise, and I will definitely repay the money."
Land from!
Mu Qingchao's heart moved, Lu Li, she knows this person.
She has seen it in history books!
It's just that it's not in the history books of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it's the Northern Qi Dynasty.
This man was a powerful general in the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was brave and invincible, and he expanded the territory. He was a great general who went down in history.
When Mu Qingchao read the history books at that time, he still wondered why Lu Li became a general of the Northern Qi Dynasty when he was obviously from the Southern Ming Dynasty.
Only then did he realize that he had been treated like this in Nanming.
But at this moment, the waiter shouted: "Are you annoyed? We are a pawn shop here, not a charity hall. If you want to beg, there is a porridge shed outside the city gate."
"Wait a minute."
Seeing the two people pushing each other hard, Mu Qingchao spoke up to stop them.
Lu Li turned around and saw a girl with a peach-like face walking towards him with slow steps.
When the waiter saw that Mu Qingchao was wearing the same clothes, he didn't dare to make any mistakes, so he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, he..."
"This sword of yours is a precious sword." Before he finished speaking, Mu Qingchao looked at the sword in Lu Li's hand.
When Lu Li saw someone admiring his sword, he had a look of relief on his face: "This sword was given to me by my master. It can cut iron like clay and make quick decisions when blowing hair."
He looked at the sword in his arms with a little more regret in his eyes.
"Why do you want to be a swordsman for such a good sword?" Mu Qingchao asked again.
"Master is dead." Lu Li had a sad look in his eyes.
"I don't have money for burial, so I can only sell my sword."
"You are really a kind and righteous person. I will help you pay for this money." Mu Qingchao made a decision immediately.
She called out: "Shopkeeper, how much do you think this thing of mine is worth?"
The prices at Tianyi Pawnshop are fair and they don’t engage in cheating. The shopkeeper said truthfully: “Girl, this bracelet is of good quality and is worth at least five hundred taels.
As for the earrings, they’re a little less than that, but they’re still worth two hundred taels.”
Sure enough, the nobles in Jinling City like expensive jewelry and beautiful clothes.
Mu Qingchao said: "Okay, I'll take the pawn. I'll give this young master a hundred taels and fold the rest into silver notes."
One hundred taels!
When Lu Li heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked towards Mu Qingchao.
When the shopkeeper saw that Mu Qingchao was willing to help, he naturally didn't say anything.
In this way, he not only got two pieces of high-quality jewelry, but also solved a problem that bothered him every day. He killed two birds with one stone. Why not?
The shopkeeper quickly changed the banknotes and gave them to Mu Qingchao and Lu Li respectively.
Mu Qingchao took the banknote and left the pawn shop, but Lu Li quickly chased after him.
"Girl, wait a minute." Lu Li called her from behind.
"I and the girl have never met each other. May I ask why the girl wants to help me?"