Volume 1: Storm in the Western Region Chapter 107: Shocking Price
Zhao Rang wanted to ask more about the owner of the Sunset Racecourse, but the guide obviously didn't want to say more and gestured with his right hand several times to signal them to enter the inn.
As a commoner, it is sinful to talk about nobles, let alone the great nobles in the upper four countries! The guide relied on his status as a guide and spoke with great authority, so that no one around him could understand.
That's why I introduced him a little bit to Zhao Rang. If he said more, even if Zhao Rang accidentally mentioned it when talking to people in the future, it would be a big trouble for him.
What's more, the guide had a vague hunch that Zhao Rang and the others would meet this "blue-shirted swordsman" sooner or later, so there was no need for him to say anything.
What makes Zhao Rang feel the most different is that in Dawei, a master who is equal to the blue-shirted swordsman will definitely not open a business if he does not have a family.
Business is a manifestation of philistinism. Businessmen, no matter how big or small, like to calculate and care. No matter whether it is a knife or a sword in their hands, it is not conducive to a martial arts heart. For example, Shang Shiyi has the words "Northern Sword King" on his head.
” honor, and did not use his reputation to make profits for himself and his apprentice Li Yanyun.
Walking into the inn, everyone felt strange.
The lobby of this inn is more like a miscellaneous shop.
A tall girl from the Western Region nodded politely and politely to everyone, saying hello, and then stood quietly aside without saying a word, waiting for Zhao to let them look at the layout of the hall.
Zhao Rang took a quick look and saw that it should be seven or eight miles deep, but it was all so packed that it was overwhelming.
Facing the front is a huge wine barrel that covers the entire wall. I don't know what kind of wood it is made of. There are three iron rings on the outside. It is slightly rusty red and looks like it has been there for some years.
From far to near, there are leather goods, gems, special food, and many specialties from the Western Regions that Zhao Rang has never seen and cannot name.
Among the leather goods, there are not only exquisite leather carvings, but also extremely luxurious carved saddles and stirrups. They are placed side by side. Just looking at them can arouse the ambition of these passionate young people to gallop on the grassland!
"A good horse deserves a good saddle! Such a saddle must be placed on a top-quality horse produced by Sunset Racecourse!"
Ximen Dazhuang liked hunting, so naturally he couldn't put it down. He wanted to reach out and touch it, but at the critical moment, the girl from the Western Regions who had been standing by him stopped her with her hand.
Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong looked at each other, and both of them saw that this girl was not simple!
Not only did he come last, but he also grasped the timing so accurately. Although Ximen Dazhuang just stretched out his hand casually without thinking too much, it is not easy to do this. It seems that the inn run by this swordsman also has
These are not ordinary waiters and maids.
"Why, don't let me touch you?"
The girl from the Western Region slowly retracted her hand, then bowed to Ximen Da Zhuang and said in standard Dawei words:
"Dear guest, these saddles were made by the owner at the request of the most prestigious leather carver in Shanye Kingdom. Please do not touch them without the owner's permission!"
Zhao Rang was secretly shocked when he heard this.
He was not surprised by the content of the girl's words, but he was surprised by the standard of the girl's words.
His words were well-spoken and he didn't even have an accent. Zhao Rang asked himself that his Dawei dialect was not as good as hers. Dawei people in the far north of the country often have heavy nasal sounds. And in the south, they speak dialects.
Lin Li, to Zhao Rang many of the words sounded no different from Western dialect, and they were all incomprehensible anyway.
"It turns out you can speak powerful words..."
Ximen Dazhuang whispered.
Thinking back to what he had shouted "a good horse with a good saddle" just now, he felt very embarrassed now. If he had known that this girl could understand and speak, then he would not be so excited anyway.
Zhao Rang saw his embarrassment and was worried that if this guy was unhappy, he would try to use money to make some trouble.
This is Ximen Dazhuang's consistent style. It would be a dream to meet an ordinary business boss! But the boss here is not only a great nobleman among the four countries in the Western Regions, but also a swordsman.
Even though he also runs an industry, his different status may mean that he does not attach as much importance to money as an ordinary businessman. If Ximen Da Zhuang's behavior is misunderstood as an insult, then he and others are still in Danye Kingdom.
How to get around in the royal capital?
So Zhao Rang had no choice but to step forward and politely said to the girl from the Western Region:
"Sorry, we just came here and don't know much about it. I just thought it was for sale here, so I just wanted to take a closer look."
When Ximen Dazhuang heard this, he became confident again:
"Yes, praise and criticism are buyers! If I don't look carefully, how can I buy it?"
Zhao Rang cursed in his heart... He was here to give him the steps, not to support him! With such a big head, why don't you know how to move it?
After sorting out his thoughts, Zhao Rang was about to say something more, but he heard the girl say:
"I'm sorry, dear guest, everything here is the owner's private collection and is not for sale."
This time, Zhao Rang was unable to get off stage.
What else could he say? He could only greet the girl's owner silently in his heart, that is, the great nobleman, the great swordsman... "You are amazing, you are noble! You have so much stuff, but you still won't sell it if you put it on display!"
Zhao Rang touched the soft top and immediately lost his mood. In addition, the guide had already negotiated with the guy in charge of arranging the room for them, and they were just waiting to pay for the key. Zhao Rang wanted to quickly choose a room and leave here, especially
Stay far away from this girl from the Western Regions...
I don't know why, although she is beautiful and has a good figure, there is always a strange feeling when such standard and powerful words come out of her mouth. She is like a puppet in the hands of a puppeteer, her body and face are both...
It was made, only the voice was done in ventriloquism. Coupled with her neither angry nor happy expression, it made Zhao Rang feel unnatural. At first, he was willing to look at her more, but now he was not in the mood at all.
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"Sir, you can take a look at the house here. Is it suitable?"
The guide pointed to the Western Regions characters on the booklet and translated them bit by bit for Zhao Rang.
He arranged a room for each of the three men, but let Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang live together.
Zhao Rang couldn't make up his mind about such a matter... If the three of them could talk about anything, and there were women on both sides that he couldn't afford to offend, he still decided to ask clearly.
"How do you two want to live?"
Zhao Rang held the room book and walked to Ye Sanniang and Yuan Kexin and asked.
But these two women were so immersed in jewelry, and their eyes were full of jewels, how could they care about Zhao Rang?
As a last resort, Zhao Rang could only ask again.
This time Ye Sanniang waved her hand impatiently and said:
"You can stay wherever you want, don't bother us looking at the jewelry!"
Zhao Rang curled his lips and returned the room book to the guide:
"That's it. How much is the total cost?"
The guide stretched out three fingers and opened his mouth. Before he could speak, Zhao Rang turned to Ximen Dazhuang and said:
"Quick, three hundred taels!"
He couldn't wait to get into the house.
I even thought about how to spend tonight.
After entering the house, wash your face and hands carefully first, and then call for a full tub of hot water. You have to drink it yourself because it will overflow if you jump in. When the soaking tastes dry, drink it.
The wine is a specialty here. Of course, the older it is, the better. After you have drunk for sixty-seven minutes and become stronger, you can stroll along the long street, look at the lively places, look for some special food, and finally come back to have a good night's sleep.
"That...master!"
Zhao Rang's spirit was suddenly brought back by the guide.
"What's wrong?"
The guide said slowly:
"The room fee is not three hundred taels, but three thousand taels!"
Ximen Dazhuang looked indifferent and wanted to pay, but Zhao Rang held him down.
"Tell me again, how much is it?"
The guide stretched out three fingers and said:
"Three thousand taels!"
Zhao Rang laughed angrily.
He thought the guide was an honest man before, but now he started to bully him! Rolling up his sleeves and clothes, Zhao Rang was ready to "convince people with virtue" and reason with him, but Yuan Mingkong was ignored again.
Hold on.
"What's wrong with you?"
Yuan Mingkong pursed his lips and motioned to Zhao Rang to look at the water sign behind the counter.
But the words written on them were all Western characters, and Zhao Rang couldn't understand them.
However, he knew that Yuan Mingkong would not hold him back for no reason, so he waited patiently for him to explain.
“The price written on it is the same as what the guide said!”
Zhao Rang couldn't help but clicked his tongue.
Even he felt that this inn was too expensive, and he didn't believe that anyone could stay in it or keep running it! Maybe it was the great swordsman or nobleman who came here to play for himself, without even thinking that someone who had taken advantage of him would actually stay here!
"But it says that as long as the guests stay here, they will be Haidiya's friends."
Yuan Mingkong changed the subject and continued.
"You can drink his wine as much as you want, and you can also go to the sunset racecourse! Before you leave, you will also get a pleasant gem!"
As soon as the last two words were spoken, Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang were like two flags facing the wind, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong, and said in a non-negotiable tone:
"Stay here!"
Yuan Mingkong was still waiting for Zhao Rang's intention.
But Zhao Rang had already turned his eyes away.
"Can't you live here? I'll pay for it!"
Only Ximen Dazhuang felt that they were all taking too much time...to live or not to live, there were only three words in total. The room fee of three thousand taels, when calculated to one thousand taels of silver per word, he felt it was nothing. Because of the wasted time.
After a while, his Ximen family had already earned more than this amount of money.
"Stop! Listen to you two!"
Zhao Rang had no hope, so Yuan Mingkong had to make his own decision.
He took out the flying money letter from Ximen Dazhuang brother in Chagan Toluogai's semicolon from his pocket and asked:
"Your house prices are so high, you have to charge a lot of money, right? Not many people can touch the cash."
The waiter in the room replied respectfully and politely:
"Dear guest, if it is Fei Qian from Tongbao Bank, you can use it directly!"
The influence of Tongbao Bank in the Western Regions has been proved once again. The 50,000 taels of flying money can be enough for them to eat, drink and live in the "Qingshan Guest" for ten days.