Eternal traitor

Chapter 21 Market
After arriving at the market, Li Hua and De Meihua separated to act. De Meihua is now implementing his own acquisition plan, while Li Hua took the remaining 100 taels of gold and two male bodyguards to start looking for what he wanted .

"What does the shopkeeper want to find? How about letting the magistrate here choose it for you??"

It was Gu Shiba, the man next to Li Hua who was speaking. These servants did not have names, and the numbers were their order among the servants.

"Oh?" Li Hua glanced at the man next to him in surprise and asked doubtfully, "You shopkeeper Gu still has contact with the city magistrate here??"

"Returning to the shopkeeper, the market order is an extremely low-level official, and there are dozens of city orders from the King of Qin. As long as the name of the Gu family is revealed, they will know what to do."

While speaking, even Gu Shiba, a servant, seemed to look down on the magistrate here, which is enough to show how low the magistrate's status here is.

"Lead the way ahead."

After thinking for a while, Li Hua ordered Gu Shiba to open the way. There was no other reason. It was getting late at this time, and Li Hua didn't have much time to spend here, and the market here was too big. It's better to find a local snake to help.

After walking for a few minutes, Li Hua found one of the market orders in this market.I saw a man in official clothes drinking tea under a simple pavilion, talking to the surrounding vendors about what?It looks a bit like an official.

"You are the mayor here??"

Li Hua walked into the gazebo with the two men. At this time, the city magistrate had already stood up and stood respectfully aside, looking at the gorgeously dressed Li Hua with a humble expression.

"Little official Huayu, who are you?"

Huayu is a city magistrate in his 40s. Although the magistrate is only a small position, it is also lucrative. These vendors make a little contribution every month, which makes his life quite nourishing.However, he still had to wait cautiously when he met these rich kids.

"Bold, this is the shopkeeper Li from the Gu family, why don't you come down to greet me?"

Before Li Hua could speak, Gu Shiba who was on the side was already a little annoyed, and roared angrily, as if he was very dissatisfied with this little official's attitude.

"It turned out to be the treasurer Li. The next official was not welcome, and some were not welcome."

When Hua Yu heard that he was from the Gu family, he trembled for a moment, knelt down in front of Li Hua, and kowtowed a few times like a kowtowing bug.As for the vendors behind him, it was even worse. These people knelt on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads for fear of being implicated.

"No problem." Li Hua was already able to bear Qin Chao's group of people kneeling down at every turn, and he also knew what to do with these people whose identities were lower than his own. "I came here to look for some gadgets. If you can exert a little extra heat, you will be rewarded."

"The villain knows everything, and he can say everything. Please just tell the adults."

How dare Huayu say more? ?Not to mention rewards, he is thankful for not being beaten up.

"Get up."

Li Hua also didn't want to see this group of people kneeling all the time. This is the feudal system of the old era, and the weak have no dignity at all.

"Thank you sir."

"Thank you sir."

After hearing Li Hua's words, a group of people slowly got up and stood up, waiting respectfully for Li Hua's order.

"What unusual ingredients do you have here for dinner?"

Li Hua had eaten the food of Gu's restaurant, and there was no taste at all except for the salt, and it didn't mean it was unpalatable, it just had no taste at all.For his picky tongue, eating is simply torture for Li Hua.

Although these people have tried very hard, it is still too bad.

"It's just salt."

How did Arima know that something was out of the ordinary? ?Apart from salt, Qin Chao has never heard of anything that can be used as ingredients? ?Isn't this embarrassing him obviously? ?

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Hua Yu knelt down, trembling, not daring to answer. In his opinion, he was lucky to be beaten and survived. If he was unlucky, he might be beaten to death by the shopkeeper.

"That's all." Li Hua didn't want to embarrass this poor guy, and then he looked at the merchant beside him and asked, "Do you know?"

A group of vendors looked at each other, not daring to answer.One of the old men looked at Li Hua tangledly, and finally lowered his head.But all of this was seen by Li Hua, and Li Hua said at random: "Old man, just say what you want, I will reward you if you are satisfied, and you will not be punished if you say something wrong."

"This..." The black-faced old man in sackcloth opened his mouth, struggled for a long time, and finally opened his mouth, "I heard that people outside the Great Wall like to poke rice with red, I don't know Is it true?"

"Oh? Is there such a thing in the market??"

Although Li Hua didn't know what the red stamp was, he might be able to know what it was if he could see the original.

"There is a red-stamped seedling in the villain's house. If the adult needs it, the villain will go to the house to get it."

The old man replied cautiously, wealth and wealth are in danger, and the noble man in front of him is quite easy to talk to. He is willing to take a gamble. If he loses, he will lose a seedling. If he wins, he may get unexpected benefits.

"Tell me, what are the characteristics of this red stamp?"

Li Hua didn't want the old man to make a trip in vain, so it's better to make it clear.

"In the words of my lord, this thing is drought-resistant, born in the shade of two feet high, green when immature, bright red when mature, about an inch long... ·······"

"Enough is enough, that's all I want."

Although the old man didn't finish his sentence, Li Hua already knew what this thing was. If there were no accidents, the red stamp was "pepper". "Eighteen, reward ten taels of silver."

"Yes."

Gu Shiba took out a certain amount of silver ingots from his pocket, and put them in the old man's hands.I feel a little distressed in my heart, this is ten taels of silver, which is enough for the income of ordinary people for a year.

"Thank you sir, thank you sir."

The old man hurriedly stuffed a silver ingot into his arms, then kowtowed to Li Hua fiercely on his knees, his wrinkled black face was full of joy.

"You follow me first, and we'll talk about you later."

Li Hua didn't want to go to the market again, he was not satisfied with peppers.

"Yes Yes Yes."

The old man got up and stood respectfully behind Gu Shiba, waiting for Li Hua's call, staring at the ground with dry eyes, not even daring to lift his head...
(End of this chapter)