Fenghou

Chapter 418
Yang Yuanqing's efficiency was indeed very high. On the third day after Lu Xiu lived in the temporary tent, he brought two sisters with strong martial arts skills to Chen Qing. Seeing them, Chen Qing was really shocked.

One is at least [-] meters tall, and the other is about [-] meters tall. Both of them have big arms and round waists. Beautiful, barely considered handsome, after all, young, only in his early twenties.

Chen Qing understood why he couldn't get married, who would dare to marry him!

Yang Yuanqing whispered to Chen Qing: "It's them. One is Tao Qiniang and the other is Tao Baniang. Their father gave birth to eight daughters. They are the eight fairies in Qingshui County. They all look the same. None of them married. I'm so sad."

"What are they good at?"

"One is good at swordsmanship, and the other is good at throwing knives."

Chen Qing nodded, "Show me!"

Tao Qiniang drew out a one-meter-long sword, danced a set of swordsmanship, flew up and down, the cold light shone, Chen Qing nodded repeatedly, he was an expert, and he knew at a glance that this Tao Qiniang was not a showman, but had real skills. The big sword in her hand alone weighs at least twenty catties, and her arm strength is astonishing.

Chen Qing looked at Tao Ba Niang again, Tao Ba Niang flipped her hands, two throwing knives appeared, shot out at the same time, and nailed to a thin white wax rod thirty steps away at the same time.

This was so powerful that even the soldiers around him applauded and cheered.

"Not bad!"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "It's just the two of them, how do you sign a contract?"

Yang Yuanqing whispered to Chen Qing: "Their father said that if he could marry the two of them, he wouldn't want any money. The guards of the capital will see who is suitable?"

"I'm not sure about this. One size is equal to one size. With the current market conditions, how much does it cost to hire a personal male guard for a month?"

"Jingzhao's expert guards cost ten pennies, but five pennies are enough here."

"Let's do this! Sign a three-year employment contract, including room and board, ten per person per month, good performance, and rewards."

Yang Yuanqing told the two of them that they were so happy that their mouths reached their ears. This is probably the highest salary for guards in Qinzhou. Their parents thought they were idle at home, and now they were proud.

Chen Qing smiled and said to Yan Jun: "Take them to Madam and let Madam have a look."

He said it's useless, if the wife doesn't like it, the two have to go back to be fairies
Yan Jun took the two of them there, and after a while he came back with a wry smile and said, "Madam took them to the market!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, and quickly ordered: "Take a few brothers and follow from a distance, hey! I'll go and have a look too!"

The market is located by Jishui a few miles south of the city. It is an open-air market spontaneously organized by vendors. At the beginning, there were only a few dozen vendors setting up stalls. Now there are six to seven hundred stalls, and there are dozens of tents in the southernmost part. There are jugglers, performers, and even a dozen tents for skin and meat business. They are closed during the day and are relatively deserted, but the business is especially hot at night.

Five or six hundred stalls came from nearby states and counties, selling all kinds of things, selling rice and noodles, selling vegetables and fruits, selling mountain products, selling chicken, duck and fish meat, selling game, selling fur, selling medicinal materials, selling oil and salt sauce Vinegar, homemade wine, grocery stalls selling daily necessities, cloth and satin, and even low-end copper jewelry. It can be said that everything is available, just like going to a temple fair. It is completely different from the small vegetable market of a dozen people in Ganquanbao Not the same.

The folk customs in the northwest are simple and simple, and there are soldiers patrolling, the order is good, there are no rogues and ruffians to cause trouble, there are also many women, many vendors are women, and the family members of the generals also shop here. Their purchasing power is very strong. As a result, the business in the market today is exceptionally good.

Chen Qing found his wife in front of a stall selling mountain products. Tao Qiniang and Tao Baniang were so eye-catching, even surpassing Yu Ying and Yu Lian, they were seen from a long distance away. Li Qingzhao brought Zhao Qiaoyun and the two maids there. exist.

Lu Xiu is buying mountain mushrooms. She loves mushrooms very much. Qinzhou produces matsutake mushrooms, which are matsutake mushrooms. They are of high quality, so she refuses to leave when she sees them.

"The pine mushrooms are different in size, how can they all be sold for five yuan, aunt, let's take a smaller one for three yuan!"

Chen Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Is this still the dignified Mrs. Guogong?Three pennies and five pennies to bargain back home.

"Three pennies are not for sale, but five pennies each. My Dalang picked them from the mountains."

Chen Qing saw that there were forty or fifty pine mushrooms in this pile, so he said in Qinzhou dialect: "I want all the pine mushrooms."

"You, I came first! My husband, why are you here?"

Just as Lu Xiu raised her eyebrows, she saw her husband next to her. She immediately changed her face and said with a smile: "Really, you should tell me first if you want to come!"

When the old lady who sold matsutake mushrooms heard that she wanted them all, she smiled and said, "Okay! I'll find you a basket to pack them in!"

Lu Xiu hurriedly pulled her husband aside, and said in a low voice, "Just now she let go, the little Siwen can be sold."

Chen Qing knew that his wife was not stingy, and that bargaining was her pleasure, so he smiled and said, "This kind of high-quality matsutake mushroom costs a lot of money in Lin'an, so you should buy them all right away, in case someone sees them , you can’t buy that much.”

"That's right!"

Lu Xiu got into the game too deeply just now, and now she realizes that she can do it behind the scenes of bargaining for a penny or two. Now that her husband is here, she has to give him face.

She waved her hand and said, "I want them all, how much?"

The old lady smiled and said, "Three hundred Wen!"

"its not right"

Lu Xiu bit her lip in time, it was only fifty-five, two hundred and seventy-five coins was the right amount, but she asked her for an extra twenty-five coins, and met a profiteer.

She gave Yu Lian a wink, and Yu Lian took three slings of money and handed it to the old lady, who counted for a long time before nodding, "Okay, I'll come back to sell dried mushrooms the day after tomorrow, all of them are of the highest quality, the girl wants to come!"

Lu Xiu snorted, "Let's talk!"

"Girl, the small bamboo baskets are made of high-quality tortoiseshell bamboo. Others sell them for fifty yuan, but I only sell them for twenty-five yuan."

"Oh, thanks."

Lu Xiu blushed a little, and hurriedly pulled her husband away.

"What will I buy next?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"I'll check the list!"

Lu Xiu hurriedly took out a list from her handbag, which were all the ingredients Meng told her to eat more.

"I want to buy eggs, turtles and old hens, and more."

The Tao sisters followed Lu Xiu majestically from left to right. Many vendors who were about to greet them warmly stuck out their tongues and retracted their heads when they saw them.

Two days later, the last batch of supplies from Ganquan Fort arrived in Chengji County. So far, the transfer of Ganquan Fort has been completed.

At this time, the scouts sent to Deshun Prefecture also returned.

Chen Qing immediately summoned all the generals to discuss sending troops to Deshun Prefecture.

Chen Qing hung a map of Deshun Prefecture on a wooden stand, and said to everyone: "I just got the news from the scouts that the puppet Qi army in Deshun Prefecture is still only [-] strong, and they are stationed in Longgan County."

Chen Qing pointed to the Longgan County Road next to Pingliang Mansion with a wooden pole: "This is the governor of Deshun Prefecture, only twenty miles away from Pingliang Mansion, and it is the west gate of Pingliang Mansion. Logically, the puppet Qi army should be here They stationed heavy troops to guard the gate of Pingliang Mansion, but in fact they didn’t pay much attention to the west gate, on the contrary, the puppet Qi army’s number in Pingliang Mansion was about [-], directly five times that of Deshun Prefecture.”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Pingliang Mansion is the gate of Jingyuan Road. It is normal for the Puppet Qi Army to value it. Deshun Prefecture is the same as Gongzhou. It is too far away from them, with a small population and low taxes. It is of little value to them, so the Puppet Qi Army The Qi army only stationed a thousand troops symbolically, and we can definitely take it down."

Yang Zaixing pondered for a moment and asked, "What is the attitude of the Xixia people towards Deshun Prefecture?"

"That's a good question!"

Chen Qing said slowly: "The Western Xia Army took control of Zhenrong Prefecture in the north. They once occupied half of Deshun Prefecture before, but were later ordered to withdraw by the Jin Bing, but they must not be reconciled and will definitely make a comeback. If they seize Deshun Prefecture in their hands, they can occupy it openly, and this is what we need to consider. It is easy to capture Deshun Prefecture, but it is not easy to hold it."

(End of this chapter)