My wife is Wu Zetian

Chapter 8 Auction, Grandson Yan?

After a day of shopping, Li Yanran was finally tired, and returned to her house with Li Feng.

"Men Hulu, just tell me if I'm handsome when I captured the thief today?"

Li Feng glanced at Li Yanran and nodded.

I have to say that what the other party did today really impressed him.

"That's right if you're handsome. Let's continue tomorrow. Miss Ben, be responsible for being handsome. Just call 666!"

"Old Li, we're going to Dongshi tomorrow, you go and find out what's interesting in Xiadongshi, Miss Ben has to do a good job in strategy,"

Li Yanran has long been used to Li Feng's boring look, and she didn't expect him to be a good flatterer, so she continued talking on her own.

At dawn the next day, the two disguised themselves again and left the house, heading towards Dongshi.

Compared with the many vendors in the West Market, the East Market has far fewer people, but the stores in this place will be larger, and the corresponding prices will be higher.

The same Hubing may only be sold for one penny in the west market, but it can be sold for three pennies in the east market, or even five pennies in the east market.

The corresponding price has been raised, and the service and meat content of Hubing will also be improved.

The two were walking on the streets of Dongshi, Li Yanran's eyes suddenly lit up, because she found something that she didn't even dare to think about.

A group of donkeys dressed in sackcloth are tied outside a store.

"Donkey rental?"

Li Yanran has question marks all over her head, what is this?
"Both young masters, do you want to rent a donkey?"

Li Yanran was staring at the donkey in a daze, Xiaoer hurried over to say hello.

"Rent a donkey?"

Hearing this, Li Yanran was completely stunned. How could there be donkeys rented in Chang'an City?

Could it be that the Tang Dynasty was so advanced?I'm afraid this is not the earliest Didi hit donkey, this is too good at playing.

"My son, Chang'an City is ten miles from east to west, and nine miles from north to south. Although the East City is not big, the coolies will have their feet scratched when walking down, let alone those wealthy sons and officials' children, so most people who travel They will rent a donkey instead.”

Seeing Li Yanran's appearance, Xiao Er took the trouble to explain.

"Then how do you rent this donkey?"

So it turned out that Li Yanran asked the price of renting a donkey. After all, it is better to expect the donkey to talk than to rely on Li Feng.

"Young master, our donkeys are very cheap, only 20 renminbi for 50 miles. If you rent two donkeys at once, I can give you a discount. How about 20 renminbi for 48 miles?"

Xiao Er didn't despise Li Yanran just because he was a child. In his opinion, everyone is the same. After all, anyone who can come to Dongshi to visit has some money in his pocket.

"Then how do you calculate how many miles the donkey has traveled?"

Li Yanran was dumbfounded when she heard that the fare was charged according to the mileage. Isn't this the principle of taxis in later generations?Billing according to the rules is too advanced.

"Young master, I don't know. Our donkey walks slowly. It takes half a day to walk twenty miles, so it is clearly stated that the fee is charged by the mile, but in fact it is charged according to the time of return. It is fifty cash in half a day, and it is one day. One hundred wen, I put it this way, you understand."

Xiao Er carefully explained the charging situation to Li Yanran. After all, they are based on sincerity, and they are doing long-term business. It is impossible to cheat people just because the other party is a child and compromise their reputation.

"So that's the case, then come two donkeys, Li Feng, and give me the money."

Li Yanran also nodded at Xiao Er, the other party didn't mean to look down on her at all, that posture was very similar to some luxury store clerks in later generations, who prioritized service and made her feel very comfortable.

"One end."

Li Feng directly took out fifty copper coins and threw it to Xiao Er.

"Both young masters, you still need a deposit, half pass."

Xiao Er counted the copper coins, and after confirming the amount, asked the two of them again for a deposit for the donkey.

Li Feng frowned, but still took out half a copper coin and handed it to Xiao Er.

"Thanks for your patronage, this is a contract for renting a donkey, please keep it well, and then you can exchange it for your deposit based on the contract."

Xiao Er handed the contract to the two of them, and the donkey rental deal was considered complete.

"Xiao Er, is there anything interesting in this East City?"

Riding on the donkey, Li Yanran asked.

Although Li Feng was asked to inquire about the interesting things in Dongshi yesterday, but the places Li Feng inquired about were all antique shops and the like, so what's the use?

Li Yanran only went to these places because she felt that she had a hole in her head. Not to mention that there are many of these things at home, even without her, she would not take a second look. After all, she can't understand,
Those things at home, if she wasn't afraid of getting angry, she would have replaced them with gold, silver and jade.

"I heard that Yaxing has recently brought a group of refugees from Lingnan Road to conduct a slave auction. There are many beauties among them. If you are interested, you two young masters can go and have a look."

Hearing this, Xiao Er blurted out directly.

"Slave auction?"

Li Yanran couldn't help being taken aback. As a new youth who grew up in the new era, this word is too far away from her.

"Of course, if the two young masters don't like this, there is a circus troupe beyond the dental shop, it's very interesting, you can go and have a look."

Hearing Li Yanran's words, Xiaoer felt that he had said something wrong, and he introduced the slave market to the two hairy children, wasn't he uncomfortable?

"Okay, thank you little brother."

Li Yanran nodded, grabbed the donkey with her legs, left the donkey rental house and walked forward.

"Where are we going? A circus troupe?"

Li Feng grabbed the reins of the donkey and looked at Li Yanran on the donkey.

"Go to a circus troupe, go to a dental shop."

Li Feng knew that even ten donkeys would not be able to pull back what Li Yanran had decided, so he could only obediently lead the donkey towards Yaxing.

After entering the area of ​​the tooth shop, Li Yanran discovered the high platform in front of her early on. There were more than a dozen women in ragged clothes standing on it, and they were pointed at by the people below like goods.

"Let's go."

Li Yanran pointed with her hand, but Li Feng had no choice but to lead the donkey and walk over.

"There are a total of ten people here. They are all refugees from Lingnan. They just signed a contract to sell themselves as slaves. Take a look, everyone.

Although these women's clothes are ragged, they all have pretty faces. They were all young ladies before. As long as they take care of themselves for a while, they can restore their original appearance. "

The person in charge of the auction was a professional dentist from the dental firm. Looking at the crowd surrounding him, he directly picked up a small face of a refugee with his hands and showed it to everyone.

"Stop talking nonsense, we're all waiting, let's start now."

A middle-aged man with a half-smile looked at the woman on the stage with bright eyes, and urged him to start quickly.

"You see, this master is already in a hurry, so I don't want to talk nonsense. The starting price for each of these ten girls is three guan, and the total price is [-] guan. Let's start."

Yaren is not angry at all, after all, he is a professional, if he can't bear this anger, this business will not be able to continue.

"31 rounds."

"31 pens and five hundred words."

The people below were asking the price consistently, and the person who spoke at the beginning couldn't help curling his lips.

"A group of bumpkins, I, Jinyulou, will give out [-] guan on Thursday"

"Golden Jade Building?"

The person who directly bid for [-] Guanya was also taken aback, but he was also relieved to hear the name of Jinyulou.

Jinyu Tower is also considered outstanding in Chang'an's Fengyue venue. Every night, countless young masters spend money like water there,
Although the current price is fifty guan, the wealth that these ten women can bring to them is far more than that.

"How about it? I'm bidding fifty guan. Is anyone going to grab it from me in Jinyulou?"

Jin Yulou's Thursday stared at the audience, he was just a bunch of bumpkins, with consistent and half-consistent asking prices, he really didn't even deserve to carry his shoes.

Everyone in the audience couldn't help being depressed for a while. Ordinary people are better off just watching the fun, but the snake people in other small brothels can't wait to eat Thursday's meat.

"Hiss, let it go, let it go."

"That's right, I can't afford it, I can't afford it."

Hearing this, the few people who were still excited just now chose to give up.
There must be someone standing behind the Jinyu Tower to be so big. If the people don't fight with the officials, they can't afford to provoke them, and they don't dare to provoke them.

"My lord, what should I do, this Jinyu Tower is not easy to mess with."

A snake man at the side of the crowd spoke to the young man surrounded by two guards.

"Why is Jinyulou so easy to mess with? Who is behind them?"

The young master looked at the woman on the stage, his eyes were full of camouflage, and he didn't listen to what the snake man said.

"Jinwuwei General Zheng Xuanfeng."

The snake man frowned, and directly reported the backstage of Jinyulou.

"Zheng Xuanfeng, I thought it was some high official in the imperial court. It's just a dog. These women, I must take down, otherwise what should I do with Xuanhualou?"

Hearing Zheng Xuanfeng's name, the boy didn't care at all.

"I, Xuanhualou, bid seventy guan."

"Seventy strings?"

Hearing the price, Yaren was stunned.

If these ten people were sold at the usual price, they could be sold for about sixty guan. Now that they were photographed in the prestige of the Jinyu Tower, he was ready to sell at a low price, but unexpectedly, a big winner of [-] guan came out.

"Seventy guan? I heard it right, I'm afraid this person is not the entrustment of the dental office, and he wants to cheat Jin Yulou?"

"Xuanhualou? Have you heard of it?"

"I haven't heard of it. I guess it is a dragon crossing the river. Otherwise, it would be impossible to compete with Jinyulou."

All eyes were on the young man who was asking the price, the price of seventy pennies was already beyond the worth of these women, and they still had to compete with Jinyulou, it was fierce.

"Is there really a fool who is not afraid of death and dares to compete with Jin Yulou for business?"

Thursday stared at that person coldly, his eyes full of chills,
Dare to grab things from Jinyulou, I'm afraid I really don't know how high the sky is and how thick the ground is.

"Boy, I'll give you another chance to withdraw your offer. I have the right to pretend it never happened."

While the snake man was talking on Thursday, the thugs beside him also walked slowly towards the young master.

"Isn't it just a little Zheng Xuanfeng? Why do you still want to threaten me? Zhang Si Zhao Wu, call me."

While the boy was speaking, the two guards had already rushed to Thursday's side like the wind, knocking down several of them to the ground.

"Boy, if you have the ability, leave your name behind."

Thursday knew that he had kicked the iron plate today, but he was still not cowardly at all, and asked the other party's name.

"Want to know the name of the young master? I'm not afraid to tell you, the young master's surname is the eldest grandson, and his single name is Yanzi."

The young master kicked on Thursday's body, and let him get out of the way with a cold shout.

"Changsun Yan? The son of the Changsun family?"

(End of this chapter)