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Chapter 115 Princess Gao Ji

Zhao Zhen walked in and saw Lu Zhuocheng waiting in the store. Zhao Zhen took out twenty coins and sent the porters away first, and then started chatting with Lu Zhuocheng.

Lu Zhuocheng looked at the six steel knives and three boxes on the table and said, "Except Mr. Zhao, are the boxes filled with advanced weapons?"

Zhao Zhen opened the three boxes one by one and said, "Today I met the shopkeeper who used to sell weapons. He happened to have a suitable weapon, so I bought it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhuocheng picked up the [Short Iron Axe], [Bow with Golden Bird Painting and Treasure Carving], and [Three Strands of Bright Silver Holding the Heavenly Fork], looked at them, and asked: "How much does it cost?"

Zhao Zhen compared one with five, then Lu Zhuocheng said: "One thousand five hundred strings?"

Zhao Zhen said: "It's less than 1,500 knives. Adding these six fifty-fifty steel-making knives, the total is 1,440 knives."

Lu Zhuocheng asked curiously: "This shopkeeper is not making any money? The market price of this level of weapons is 500 to 800. Which store is going to clear out its inventory and quit? Come on, take me there to see if there are any more There’s no bargain to be found.”

Zhao Zhen pressed down Lu Zhuocheng, who was about to make a move, and explained the matter. Lu Zhuocheng sat down and said, "No wonder." After saying that, he sat down and picked up the weapons and looked at them one by one.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Lu Sanlang, has anything good happened recently?"

Lu Zhuocheng said: "I just took a look at the weapons. There is indeed some good news."

Zhao Zhen said: "Lu Sanlang, I am here this time to ask you something."

Zhao Zhen said: "Lu Sanlang, you also know that my family was originally just a farmer. My father only started to make a fortune. It has only been more than thirty years and my background is shallow. I have never inquired about the royal family before, and I know very little about the royal family. The day before yesterday , the chief of Gaohu Pavilion told me that there is a royal woman who wants to meet me. Come here to inquire about it."

Lu Zhuocheng smiled and said: "But it doesn't matter."

"The carp and herring are priced at 15 guan per catty, 50 guan for a hundred catties, 12 guan for the canopy bed, and 55 guan for the small bone carving of peonies. Brothers, how about the price?"

Lu Zhuocheng said: "I have also heard that these two brothers have made some achievements and are now very long."

Lu Zhuocheng said excitedly: "Zhao Erlang, it seems that you have become rich. Don't forget each other if you want to be rich or noble."

Lu Zhuocheng said: "Zhao Erlang, you came back not specifically looking for me, right?"

"This is the first item. Two families want to buy the four-tailed carp. This year, their children will go to school in the county to lay the foundation for the children. They will use it at the beginning of the month. Since they are not selling alone, these two families have read the list and one family wants more than seventeen. Carp weighing twenty kilograms, one carp weighing one hundred kilograms, and a green poplar wooden canopy bed. Another family asked for twenty-five herrings weighing no less than thirty kilograms, one herring weighing one hundred kilograms, and a peony bone. Carved, a canopy bed made of blue poplar wood.”

Zhao Zhen said: "How about you go to my restaurant to eat fish? I'll get you a big fish of 100 kilograms as a treat."

Zhao Zhen said: "Exactly, my brother Zhao Xiang has no merit, but fortunately he has worked hard, and he will be able to cross the rank in a few days. According to the law, at least one is a senior, so I want to get acquainted."

Zhao Zhen said: "It is indeed my eldest brother Zhao Xiang. He has been in the army for many years now. I know that brothers Guo Kaiwen and Guo Kaiwu are also in the army. If I want to get acquainted, I will call brother Li Tianyou. Let's have a banquet and we all know each other. Fan."

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, there is nothing wrong with doing things reliably. For this entrance banquet, the word carp means carp leaping over the dragon's gate, which is a good sign. What can this herring say?"

Lu Zhuocheng said: "Brothers, you must have heard that 'the young are better than the blue'."

Lu Zhuocheng said: "Now that it's settled, I'll inform the Guo brothers and Li Tianyou brothers."

Lu Zhuocheng said with a smile: "I'll take care of this matter. I'll have some free time in a few days and get together. Rich Zhao, do you think all these expenses are yours?"

Only then did Zhao Zhen suddenly realize.

Zhao Zhen hesitated and said: "Lu Sanlang, you are from Ya and have many contacts. Brother, I want to know something about something. Do you know anyone in the royal family?"

Zhao Zhen thought about it, and according to what Gao Hu said, they would only see each other in the next day or two, so he wasn't worried about anything going wrong. Lu Sanlang had many contacts with him, so it didn't hurt to talk now. Then he said: "Lu Sanlang, do you know Gaohu in Luliu Township where my Zhuangzi is located?"

Lu Zhuocheng said: "Brother, I am just a little private person. I only have one store, which I rent, and I only hire one assistant. I have heard a lot of rumors about how to meet people from the royal family. What's going on, brother? Tell me and see if your brother knows."

Lu Sanlang said: "I have been to Luliu Township a few times. I only heard Linghu Zhonghui talk about it, but I have never met him by chance."

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I haven't even written my horoscope yet."

Lu Zhuocheng pondered for a while and said: "In addition to Mr. Zhao, I, the Gao State, are descendants of the King of Zhou. It is a vassal state with the same surname as the Zhou family. The royal family is different from ordinary people like us. The men of the royal family are called surnames, and the women are called surnames. The Zhou royal family is The surname is Ji, so the daughter of Emperor Zhou is called Wang Ji, and our country, Gao, also calls the royal women Gao Ji."

""Gongyang Zhuan" records: 'When the emperor marries a daughter to a prince, he must let the prince with the same surname take charge of her.' Therefore, the royal daughter is also called a princess. Only the royal children do not study in county schools, they are all in private schools. The heirs of princes and ministers rarely intersect with the two ends of the natural spectrum like us. It is said that the royal family has been passed down for thousands of years, and the treasures in the palace treasury are countless." "Brother, if you become a princess, the dowry alone can make my brother With no worries about food and clothing, from now on, he will truly be a member of the Zhao family."

"I heard that there are quite a lot of girls in the royal family. Most of them are married to princes and princes, and few of them marry commoners. Although the brothers are talented, they will not let Gao Ji marry. It seems that the brothers must be the same as Gao Hu. Okay, this is the chance. But brothers, don’t have high expectations. After all, Gao Hu is not a person with much power. I am afraid that the status of someone who is on a blind date with a brother will not be too high."

Zhao Zhen said: "You can only know after seeing it. Brother, are there any others?"

Lu Zhuocheng rolled his eyes and said, "That's all I've heard. Although there are many children in the royal family, they are not just cabbages. They can be found everywhere."

Lu Zhuocheng then said: "Zhao Erlang, do you still remember the horse from the Western Regions last time?"

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Of course I remember that good horses in our country, Gao, are rare. It is even rarer to have so many at one time."

Lu Zhuocheng said: "This man is called Zhai Yancheng. He is from the Zhai country in the west. He also has three uncastrated stallions in his hand. They are fierce and have not yet been tamed. They can be used as stallions. The price of each horse is 3 guan." How about it? Want to go and see it?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Good stallions are rare, so naturally I am interested. I want three, it might be cheaper."

Lu Zhuocheng said: "Others can't do it, Zhao Erlang, you should be able to negotiate some prices if you go." After that, he called the boy, found a load, and picked up several weapons. The three of them went straight to the livestock area. When the shopkeeper saw Zhao Zhen and Lu Zhuocheng, his eyes lit up and he pointed to the horse tied next to him. Zhao Zhen nodded.

After seeing the gift, Zhao Zhen said: "Shopkeeper Zhai, I heard that there are still three uncastrated stallions. I wonder if there are any others? They are all out at once and the brothers have bought them. This will save the shopkeeper trouble."

Zhai Yancheng said: "Haha, I never thought that my brothers would come to buy them. Someone had ordered these horses, but something went wrong before they were delivered. We will sell them again. When the brothers want them, they will cost 420 horses."

Zhao Zhen walked around the three horses and saw that these horses were indeed unruly and energetic. He said, "It's okay, but these three horses are too strong. I need the help of shopkeeper Zhai to send them to Bailiu Village."

Zhai Yancheng said: "They are all regular customers, so of course. I only have these three good horses left here. The others are draft horses, pack horses, and riding horses. Brother, I want them."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Are there any good ones?"

Zhai Yancheng thought for a while and said: "Zhu San'er, go and drive out the five char horses from the horse."

After a while, Zhao Zhen saw the Shire horses that Zhai Yancheng had mentioned. The five horses were at least 8 feet high at the shoulder, and the tallest one was nine feet tall. The height of the head is more than one foot, and there are slender hairs around the feet, and the color of the hair is brilliant under the sunlight.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help shouting: "What a tall horse."

Zhai Yancheng said: "These are the draft horses I use to pull carts. Although they are tall, they have a docile temperament. When they are full, they can easily pull 200 pounds of goods, each weighing 100 pounds."

After hearing this, Lu Zhuocheng said: "Shopkeeper Zhai, you are a little bit up for grabs. Although these horses are tall, they are just draft horses, and they cannot be compared to war horses."

Zhai Yancheng said: "Lu Yalang, this horse is rare. Apart from me, have you seen it anywhere else? This horse is from an island country in the far west. My family also got it from the mist world. It is only a hundred and ten years old." There is no horse for sale on the market. It is also because Brother Zhao Zhen bought many horses and I did not have much goods on my return trip, so I sold this horse."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Okay, just one hundred horses, brothers want them all. But are there more?"

Zhai Yancheng said: "Only these five. But there is also a vegetable horse, which is very tall, one foot long from head to tail, and eight feet high from hoof to spine. Its body is as black as ingots, and its four hoofs are white. , if it runs fast, a horse with the name of Kicking the Snow Wuzhai cannot run. Unfortunately, although this horse looks good, it can't run as fast as a riding horse, so it was sent to the vegetable horse team. When the brothers wanted it, this horse was sent to To brother.”

With that said, Zhai Yancheng motioned to Zhu Saner, who was standing beside him, to drive the horse over.

Zhao Zhen said: "In that case, thank you so much, Shopkeeper Zhai."

After a while, Zhu Saner came over with a horse. Zhao Zhen saw it and immediately stepped forward and circled around the horse. He nodded and said: "It is indeed handsome. Shopkeeper Zhai, for some reason you put it in the vegetable horse team?"

Zhai Yancheng said: "This horse doesn't have a good skin, but it runs slowly but at a leisurely pace. It is not as good as these five draft horses."

Zhao Zhen was deeply surprised after hearing this. At that moment, Zhao Zhen paid money and asked shopkeeper Zhai to send the purchased horses to Bailiu Village.

Zhao Zhen and Lu Sanlang resigned from shopkeeper Zhai together with their assistants, and Zhao Zhen and Lu Zhuocheng chatted again.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Lu Sanlang, your shop only has one room, is it a little small?"

(End of this chapter)