She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 108
The location of the Sena Fair this year is [-] kilometers away from Chengyang County, which is actually not too far away. Horseback riding only takes half a day, but they are not in a hurry this time, so they have enough time to rest.

On the way, Captain Tian asked in puzzlement:
"Your Highness, are you going too? Will it be unsafe. After all,"

He raised his chin towards Al and speculated:
"What if his parents are setting a trap for us."

Captain Meng interrupted:
"Maybe it's a trap and you're still here."

"Of course they will come. With so much cheaper horses, even the traps are worth a trip. Besides, they wanted to set up a trap, and they killed one or two hundred people. Let's be more alert and rush out."

What he didn't say was, isn't there still the third prince here? Watch him closely, even if he can't stop the other party, he can slow down a little bit.

Xu Shu did not shy away from Al and said directly:
"My aunt is not a character who trusts others. In fact, before Ah Wang wrote the letter, my aunt heard the news from the informant, saying that there seems to be chaos in their clan.

This time they gathered manpower to come to Chengyang County, but not only did they not plunder anything, but they did not even get enough of the benefits that the people behind the scenes promised to give them.How can those people who were just following the arrangements for the benefit not make trouble?

In addition, Ah Wang has been reluctant to pick him up, and even offered to let him stay, then..."

In short, Pei Peng felt that Ale's father was no longer capable of setting traps, and thinking about it a little more wickedly, Pei Peng felt that the old man was going to dump the seller's property and run away.

A group of people rode on their horses, and found a flat grass to rest for a while on the way. By mid-afternoon, they had already seen the appearance of Sena Daji.

It was said to be a big market, but in fact a lot of people gathered near the water source. Because the place was empty, the stalls were not close together and were scattered here and there.

Xu Shu looked back at her pedestrians, and felt that they were still a bit conspicuous. In the case that most of the faces were foreigners, and in the case that the Han people basically went to business for a long time, they brought nearly a hundred elite cavalry. There are so many visitors here, it’s like they just came to ruin the place.

Fortunately, there are woods nearby that can cover the troops and horses, so the rest of the cavalry went to hide in the woods. Xu Shu took Cheng Weiwei, two school lieutenants Montaigne, and Ale, and approached Sena Daji lightly.

At the outermost edge of Sena, the place closest to the water source, there are basically herdsmen buying and selling their own livestock, including cattle and sheep tied together with straw ropes, and scattered horses, all covered with white and gray stone powder. Marks made to mark the ownership of each family.

Xu Shu got off the horse, holding the horse rope tightly with her right hand, and leaned over to look at a tall brown horse.

She didn't rush to touch it. She took out a rough salt block from her purse, put it on her hand, and handed it under the horse's nose.

The horse sniffed lightly, looked at Xu Shu several times, and then lowered its head and licked the salt block in.

"What's the price of this horse?"

The horse owner looked Xu Shu up and down, saw that she was Han and wealthy, and quoted an inflated price.

Xu Shu turned his head and left. The other party was reluctant to give up the opportunity to sell the horse, and chased after him to report several numbers. He stomped his feet and decided to give up. Xu Shu knew that this was the lowest price he had expected. Only then turned around and walked back.

A new question was raised:
"How many horses do you have? If I buy more, how much cheaper can you give?"

The other party had a troubled look on his face. He wanted to make money, but he didn't dare to sell too many horses.

What's more, his own family does not have many children. If he wants to do this business, he has to be with his relatives and friends. There are too many people talking about it, and if it is heard by the grand dukes, it will cost money and life.

He hesitated for a while, but reluctantly refused:
"Not much. If you buy more than a dozen horses, I can scrape them together for you. If there are too many, I won't be able to sell them."

Xu Shu asked several horse sellers with the same words, and found that it was impossible for her to bypass the aristocratic forces of various tribes and purchase a large number of horses.You can buy about twenty horses at most.

And the nobles of these ethnic groups are indeed not short of money to the extent of selling horses, and are only willing to sell cattle, sheep, wool, etc.

It can be seen from this that Ale's parents seem to have indeed fallen into a tail-docking predicament for survival.

Sure enough, Ale, whose face was so smeared with black ash that his mother didn't recognize him, was depressed emotionally visible to the naked eye.

He saw some familiar faces at the Sena Daji. Naturally, they were not ordinary herdsmen, but the sons and nephews of the Grand Duke's family in their clan, or the subordinates who needed to be used.

This is arranged to maintain the order of Sena Daji, and each clan will send some people to do this kind of work.

He saw people from his uncle's original follower's family, and also saw people from his cousin's mother's family or his in-law's family.These forces all defected to their group after his father took the throne.

He also saw the people under the Yan family that his father newly married, which was his uncle's original Yan family.

This is nothing at all, for such important gatherings as the Sena Daji, it is normal for his father to distribute the benefits to these forces.

But A'le followed Xu Shu around in a circle, only to find that the people who were supposed to come did not come. For example, the people his father had always used very important, such as his mother, did not send anyone.

His parents are not so generous that they don't share the benefits of such lucrative things. It can only be that their situation prevents them from assigning people to do these things.

Xu Shu pawned the price of the horse, and also bought bits and pieces of herbs and dairy products that were not common in the Central Plains, and some furs that were not of good quality but were indeed cheap. In the process, she also saw that Ah Le was in a bad mood.

Sure enough...it's not much different from what A-niang guessed.

Xu Shu walked further, and there were more goods sold here.You can also see some merchants. They put cloth, pieces of rough tea bricks, and some commonly used items in daily life to exchange with the herdsmen.

Xu Shu also saw the salt seller. In fact, the other party only put a pile of dry salted fish on the ground, and nothing else.

But there are the most people waiting to buy goods here, and the merchant brings the most guards.

The merchants don't even sell goods to the herdsmen alone, they only discuss business with those who are well-dressed. Every time a transaction is made, the merchant will assign a person to walk away with the other party, as if to pick up the goods.

Xu Shu stood and watched for a while. She thought it was strange at first, but after guessing that it was a salt dealer, she completely understood this weird trading method.

Xu Shu and the others came a day earlier than agreed, so this day was just a casual stroll and shopping.Xu Shu got the answer she wanted, and seeing that everyone else was almost done shopping, she proposed to find a place to rest, recover her spirits, and deal with the people sent by Ale's parents to trade horses tomorrow.

There is a lack of lighting candles on the grassland. Not long after Xu Shu and the others left, today's Sena Fair ended. Two of the herdsmen who had been asked by Xu Shu about the price of their horses quietly rode them out for sale. The horses went in the same direction.

(End of this chapter)