Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 37
It was still early when we left Kouma Si, Wen Weixing couldn't bear to let Qiu Mo leave so early, so he dragged her around the West Market.When passing through a branch road, suddenly a faint and cool fragrance floated in front of Qiu Mo's breath.

She stopped immediately, raised her eyes to look around, and soon found the source of this fragrance at the entrance of an alley less than ten steps away from them.

Qiu Mo immediately raised her skirt and ran forward, followed by Wen Weixing and his group, and entered the alley behind Qiu Mo.

I saw an incense shop at the corner of the alley, and a half-old signboard hung on the door of the incense shop-the four characters "Pengyun Fragrance Shop" were written on it.The door of the spice shop was open, and bursts of cool aroma came out from inside, making people feel refreshed and comfortable after smelling it.

Qiu Mo raised her legs and entered the incense shop without much thought. As soon as she entered, she saw a shelf on the east side of the incense shop against the wall, displaying various delicate utensils and an incense burner.And that burst of aroma came out from the smoker.

I saw some white fragments of spices fuming in the center of the smoker. As the heat evaporated, the tops of these white fragments gradually condensed into snowflake-like crystals.The aroma is dense, and the snow is fading away.The blocky white spices will gradually disappear in the heating of incense charcoal, leaving no trace.

"Rui diptero!" Qiu Mo couldn't help crying out.

Dipterocarpus, together with agarwood, sandalwood and musk, is called "Shentanlongmusk", which is one of the four famous fragrances in China.It is the resin crystallization of the precious tree species dipterophyllum, which generally grows in the northern part of Vietnam, that is, the territory of Cochin and Persia in the Tang Dynasty.In Qiu Mo's previous life, Rui dipterocarp was very common due to the powerful transportation and logistics system in modern society, as well as the technology of artificially cultivating tree species.But now, with inconvenient transportation and frequent wars, Rui dipteroxiang represents rarity and preciousness.

What kind of incense shop is this, the shop owner can smoke Rui diptero incense in the shop so extravagantly?Although it was only the last "rice brain", it made Qiu Mo feel incredible.

"Haha, the little girl has good eyesight, she actually recognizes this fragrance."

A thick male voice sounded, and then a tall and strong middle-aged man turned out from the wing room in the backyard of the incense shop and walked to the side of the incense burner.

The man was wearing ordinary cotton clothes, and he looked like an ordinary shopkeeper.But Qiu Mo vaguely felt that the aura exuding from him was completely different from that of ordinary merchants. It was a kind of vicissitudes and calmness of walking outside all the year round and having gone through countless hardships.

Wen Weixing looked at the man in front of him and frowned slightly.He had never met the shopkeeper.However, from his figure and voice, he felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

It was Qiu Mo who was the first to react, and she nodded to the middle-aged man and asked, "Are you the owner?"

"My lord is the owner of Pengyun Incense Shop. His surname is He, his name is Guang, and his style name is Xingjiang." He Guang replied with a salute, and said with a smile: "Today, all you incense friends, you have come to my shop. It is indeed a glorious place. What do you want to see?" Just do as you are told.”

"Then can this diptero incense be sold?" Qiu Mo pointed to the incense burner and asked.

He Guang nodded: "Yes, yes. It's just the price..."

Before he finished speaking, Qiu Mo took the conversation away: "Then thank the owner, please make an offer."

"That's good," He Guang said with a smile: "But I dare not hide it from my friend. At present, the top-grade dragon brain incense is all tributed to the royal family. If there is a top-grade diptero to the people in the market, I am afraid it will cause trouble for the upper body. Yes. So the quality of the borneols in my store can only be considered average, just ordinary rice brains. The price is thirty yuan and one tael, and there are still ten taels in stock in the store."

Behind Qiu Mo, Shuang Han almost couldn't help shouting out, thirty Wen a tael? !Let’s say that the current price of rice has skyrocketed due to the famine, but thirty coins can buy a stone of rice!
But Qiu Mo knows that this incense is worth it, and she uses this incense as a joint incense, and will not burn it alone, so even if she collects all the stock in the store, as long as she keeps it properly, she can still use it for a long time of.

There are too many places where borneol can be used in the Hexiang formula of the later Tang Dynasty, and she can't miss this opportunity.

"Third lady, we don't have enough money with us..." Shuang Han didn't dare to say anything in public, so she could only secretly whisper to Qiu Mo.The third lady thought well, but she didn't think about whether she had enough money in her pocket.Twelve taels of borneols would cost three hundred Wen, which would add up to two catties of copper coins, so you can’t take them with you when you go shopping.

Qiu Mo was speechless for a while, only thinking about buying, buying, and buying, but forgot that there was no such thing as banknotes in this era.

Qiu Mo and Wen Weixing had agreed before that unless Wen Weixing thought of buying some small gifts for her, she would not want him to invest in the materials or equipment related to her incense making. This is called maintaining the independence of her profession. .Although Wen Weixing didn't quite understand it, he still admired her self-improvement and self-reliance.

Only at this moment, Wen Weixing saw Qiu Mo's embarrassment.

He turned his head and said something to Chang Run, who nodded and accepted the order.He stepped forward and handed a jade pendant with the word "Wen" engraved on it to He Guang, and said: "Boss He, let's pay part of the cash first, and the rest, please use this jade card to go to Wubenfang to Wen." The government came to get it."

He Guang heard the words, and turned to look at the jade card in Chang Run's hand. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and an unbelievable but ecstatic expression appeared on his face.

"This this……"

He slowly reached out to the jade tablet, but suddenly he stretched forward and grabbed Chang Run's hand firmly.

Everyone present was taken aback and did not understand what was going on.Chang Run was even more frightened. He frowned and almost threw the jade plaque out.

He tried hard to withdraw his hand, and shouted: "Boss He, what do you want!"

He Guang didn't answer, and he didn't let go of Chang Run's hand.He just stared at a diamond-shaped birthmark on Chang Run's right hand, gasped for a moment, calmed down his excitement, and asked in a trembling voice, "Young gentleman, how old are you?"

Chang Run was already confused by the strange man in front of him, and it took him a long time before he replied, "I...I'm not sure, it should be ten...13 years old."

"13 years old..." He Guang murmured: "My ancestors, Rui Niang, I may have found a new son...."

Qiu Mo and Shuang Han stood aside and stared dumbfounded, and Wen Weixing finally figured out why he always had an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he first met He Guang, so it was because of Chang Run? !
　Xiangsheng small knowledge
　　The Story of Rui Dipteroxiang and Concubine Yang

　　In the last years of Emperor Xuanzong's Tianbao period, Jiaozhi Kingdom paid tribute to Tang Dynasty dipterocarp, which was shaped like a cicada.The Persians said that only the knots of the old dipterocarpus have this fragrance.It is called Ruiborneo in the palace, and its fragrance can reach more than ten steps away. Xuanzong only gave ten pieces to Concubine Yang Gui.

　　Xuanzong fought against the prince in the summer, and asked He Huaizhi to play the pipa while Concubine Yang stood aside to watch the battle.After placing several pieces, seeing that Xuanzong was about to lose, Concubine Yang put the dog in her arms on the seat. The dog climbed up the chessboard and disturbed the chess pieces. Xuanzong was very happy.At that time, the breeze blew Concubine Yang's scarf onto He Huaizhi's scarf, and the scarf fell off after the concubine turned around.After He Huaizhi returned home, he smelled the strange fragrance of his turban, so he put the turban in his pocket.

　　After the Anshi Rebellion, Xuanzong returned to the palace as the Supreme Emperor, and kept thinking about the deceased Concubine Yang. He Huaizhi presented him with a treasured scarf, and played out the past one by one.Xuanzong opened the kit, cried and said, "This is the fragrance of Ruiborneo!"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)