Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 272 Exchange
On that day, Zhao Zhen secretly conferred titles on Liu Tang, Shi Qian, Tang Long and Pei Xuan. After lunch, he arranged for the heroes to stay in the military camp to accompany Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi. Zhao Zhen took his wives and concubines, and ten imperial guards as guards, and rode to the county town to visit his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law.

On the way, Hu Sanniang couldn't help feeling a little nervous. She held the reins tightly with both hands and spoke less.

Zhao Zhen saw this and rode to Hu Sanniang's side, saying softly, "Don't worry, Sanniang. Madam Cheng Wan'er and the other two have all paid their respects to our parents. My family was originally just a poor family, and we have only started to own property in recent years. It is said that people from poor families are always marrying up, so there are few rules. My parents, brother and sister-in-law are good people, so Sanniang don't have to worry."

Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan, who were riding on their horses, also ran over to comfort Hu Sanniang, and only then did Hu Sanniang relax a little.

The group entered the county town and went straight to Zhao Jin's residence.

The huge convoy was coming from afar, and Zhao Jin had seen it early. When Zhao Zhen and his party stopped, Zhao Jin had already called his mother Li E to come out of the counter. Zhao Zhen quickly dismounted and called out "Father" and "Mother".

The family walked through the shop and entered the back hall. Zhao Zhen led Hu Sanniang forward to greet them. Li E smiled and said, "I heard Erlang say last time that he wanted to marry a beautiful bride, but I never thought she would be so tall. Erlang is much shorter than you when he stands next to you, so your child will not be short either."

Listening to Li E's jokes, Hu Sanniang finally felt relieved.

At night, after a family dinner, Zhao Zhen and others returned to their house in Nanshi to rest.

That night, Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan took Zhao Zhen back to the east wing early, and Ji Qingwan had to arrange for Hu Sanniang to stay next to Ji Xuan in the west wing.

Sure enough, that night, the twin sisters used all their tricks, and the three of them tossed and turned in the middle of the night before they fell asleep.
She is so pretty and charming, like a fairy. She is so lovely and worthy of praise!
On the second day, Zhao Zhen and his party returned to Bailiu Village.

In the next few days, Zhao Zhen drank wine and ate meat with his brothers every day, and competed in martial arts. Seeing that the agreed time was approaching, Zhao Zhen called up his troops and set off for Hanji Township.

It was the Cold Food Festival, and no one on the road made fire. They only ate dry food, pickles, and meat. It was getting dark when the group arrived at Hanji Township. I don't know if it was because of the night, but Zhao Zhen felt that the atmosphere in Hanji Township was much more solemn. When Zhao Zhen and his group were about to enter Hanji Township, Song Shiqin and Song Jinhong had arrived outside the town gate and were waiting there.

After exchanging pleasantries, Song Shiqin led Zhao Zhen to a camp that had been set up earlier. Along the way, the townspeople were all holding lanterns, coming and going in a hurry, looking very busy.

Song Shiqin said, "Brother Zhao Zhen, please rest here today. I will send someone to bring you some hot water, soup and cakes. Please rest early today. I will talk to you in detail tomorrow."

Zhao Zhen said, "Brother Song, go and do your work. I don't need to worry about this."

Song Shiqin bowed and left in a hurry.

Zhao Zhen ordered everyone to check the camp, and when they found nothing wrong, they arranged for them to have a meal and rest.

Early the next morning, Zhao Zhen and others got up early and dressed themselves.

The guard Song Qian, who had been seen earlier, brought food and invited Zhao Zhen to discuss matters.

Zhao Zhen gave everyone a few words of advice, took Liu Tang with him, and left with Song Qian. Walking on the road, Zhao Zhen observed carefully and saw that although the people in the town came and went in a hurry, they did not seem to be panicked, as if they had already adapted. After greeting, Song Shiqin asked, "Brother Zhao Zhen, did you have a good rest last night?"

Zhao Zhen said, "Nothing happened last night, it was pretty peaceful. I wonder what plans Brother Song has for today?"

Song Shiqin asked, "Brother, there is no rush. After dinner, I will go to the pile with you to take a look and then we will make a plan. I wonder if you have any extra giant clam magic tools?"

Zhao Zhen had thought about it long ago. Although he brought soldiers with him this time, he did not intend to bring them into the mist of the pile. He only brought Liu Tang, Hu Sanniang, Dong Laodao and eleven others, as well as Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan, and himself, a total of fourteen people. Each of them held a short sword made of wood, a peach wood sword, or wore a rosary made of eighteen giant clam shells.

There were naturally enough magic tools, and Zhao Zhen was also interested in selling them, so he took out a string of first-level giant clam prayer beads from his arms and said, "I have a few giant clam prayer beads here, which are only first-level Buddhist treasures. They have only one characteristic, which is to emit Buddha light, which can help people concentrate and calm their spirits, and suppress demons."

As he said this, he handed the rosary to Song Shiqin, who took it, felt it carefully in his hand, and then handed it to Song Jinhong. After the two of them looked at it, Song Jinhong said, "It is indeed a magic weapon. I wonder how many pieces Zhao Lizheng can sell? Is there anything better?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "Most of the giant clams are first-level materials. More than 600 beads were made, but only more than 140 can emit Buddha light. Now only seven sets of Eighteen Realms prayer beads have been made."

Song Shiqin said, "Brother, the price of this level of weapons is usually 600 strings of cash or more. There is no market for magic weapons except here. Brother used eight spirit fish tails, which was converted into less than 2000 strings of cash. How about I buy them for 400 strings of cash each?"

Afraid that Zhao Zhen would not agree, Song Jinhong immediately said: "The Buddha light of this rosary has a protective function. Holding it can indeed cause damage to the soul. It would be even better if it were made into a weapon. I'm afraid the protective power of this Buddha light is not satisfactory."

It was difficult for Zhao Zhen to refute, after all, what Song Jinhong said was true.

Song Shiqin asked, "Brother, how much is this?"

Zhao Zhen said, "I can sell all seven of my prayer beads to you, Brother Song. I want 3000 strings of cash. However, I don't want cash. Please exchange them for cotton or cotton cloth. I'd like to give you a discount on the price. You have been growing cotton for many years, so I think you may have some exotic species. It would be best if we can exchange them for them."

Song Shiqin and Song Jinhong looked at each other, and Song Shiqin said, "Let's calculate it this way." Song Jinhong also said, "We do have some exotic cotton here, and we have already made cloth. The production of these exotic cottons is not high, so cotton cloth is naturally rare, and it is even rarer on the market. If Li Zheng Zhao needs it, I can naturally exchange it here, but the quantity is not large, and most of them still need ordinary cotton cloth."

Zhao Zhen nodded and agreed. This gain was an unexpected surprise.

Song Shiqin said, "There is no rush for the transaction. Let's take the brothers to the mound first. We will enter the fog at noon today. The Yang energy is at its strongest at this time. Although it is impossible to distinguish between morning and evening in the fog, after exploration, it is true that the ghosts and monsters in the fog are weakest at noon."

Zhao Zhen took out the other six strings of giant clam rosary beads from his arms, handed them to Song Shiqin, and said, "Brother Song, use these beads first. When the trip to Yudui is over, we can trade again."

Song Shiqin did not refuse, he took it and said, "Thank you, brother. I really need it, so I'm welcome. And please rest assured, brother, I will not be unfair to you in this transaction."

(End of this chapter)