By the river, the water flows and falls into the mountains. Diao Xiu'er sometimes lies in her mother's arms, sometimes she lets her fly, running around.

The mother and daughter are collecting elm sauce, peach blossoms, and mad grass.

Among the people, in February, in addition to sacrificing the land god and the grain god, a few essential tasks are to collect elm frying, steam it first and then dry it, and then store it.

In ancient times, elm fennel could be used as an emergency food...

As for the collection of peach blossoms and madness, it is used as a dye.

As more and more Taoist disciples were present in Yulin Temple, the dyeing agent needed for making Taoist robes naturally increased, which increased the work of female Taoist nuns, mainly Renman.

Looking at the elm-shaped shredded trees all over the trees, Diao Xiu'er asked curiously: "Mom, in the big house I went to yesterday, many sisters played with me... I asked what their name was? They said they didn't have a name. One of the most beautiful sisters told me that they could call her "Diao Chan"! Mom, what is "Diao Chan"?"

"'Diao Chan' is a female official in the palace..." Ren Man explained to his daughter carefully: "The female official who is in charge and sorts out the top names of those officials is 'Diao Chan'!"

As Ren Man said, in the Han Dynasty, the hats worn by court officials were called "Diao Chan Crown", and the female official Diao Chan was in charge of these hats!

Diao Xiu'er's big eyes blinked repeatedly, as if she liked the title "Diao Chan".

"Mom, I will be a 'Diao Chan' when I grow up!"

As he spoke, Diao Xiu'er sat in her mother's arms...

Ren Man is wearing a coarse cloth short coat today and rolling up the corners of her pants. She is holding Diao Chan, as if... Suddenly she remembered something, looked back at Diao Xiu'er, and said seriously: "You can't mention what happened yesterday to anyone..."

"For..." Diao Xiu'er wanted to ask "Why?" But when she reached her mouth, she found her mother's solemn cheek and immediately swallowed all the words back into her stomach.

She just asked in a low voice: "Big brother, can't you tell me?"

The older brother Diao Xiuer mentioned is naturally Liu Yu.

Calculate the days, and the eldest brother will be back soon.

"Big brother can't!" Ren Man's tone was extremely affirmative.

She recalled that when she left the palace yesterday, the chief eunuch told her - "You must not tell anyone about what happened today. This is good to you and to your Lord Liu!"

Ren Man dared not be careless, so he warned his daughter with a serious expression.

"I remember!" Diao Xiu'er pouted her mouth and then ran away with a smile, shouting while running. "Mom, look... look, there are so many mad grass... I want to dye my mother and my elder brother new clothes."

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…

A village five miles east of Luoyang City.

It reveals neatness in the simplicity.

Wuji Zhen’s family bought several farms here, connected them, surrounded them with wooden stakes, and became a place to enclose horses.

In the farm, there are flags and banners everywhere, with the words "Good horses, each sold for two million yuan!"

You should know that before "Dong Zhuo casts small coins", the prices of the Han Dynasty were generally stable. The two million coins here, in terms of purchasing power, were about 6 million yuan in later generations!

It seems that this sells no longer a "horse", but a "BMW"!

What can be accompanied by is the huge gap between the rich and the poor in the Han Dynasty.

If it is said that in the future, twenty percent of people will have eighty percent wealth;

Then, because of land annexation and because of clans monopolizing all resources, it is no exaggeration to say that in the late Han Dynasty, one percent of people had 99% of their wealth!

Of course...

Because a horse here dared to sell for two million yuan, it attracted a large number of passers-by!

At first, everyone thought it was a gimmick, but now the price of a horse is only 200,000 yuan per horse!

Two million...how can it be sold?

The members of the Wuji Zhen family were all kicked by Ma Dun?

But...in fact.

For ten days, the "two million yuan per horse" was extremely stable and the business was extremely bleak. Many people who were eating melons were talking about it. The Zhen family was really hard-working!

On the other hand, Zhen Yi was regarded as a "stupid" by others for a long time, but he had become accustomed to it in two days.

He even recalled that year.

At that time, I was "stupid" and brought my tribe members to the East City of Luoyang, and sold it to the outside world at a price of 100 times. At first, most of the people watching were ridiculed, but in the end they were all shocked!

The more ridiculed you were at the beginning, the more shocked you were in the end!

That scene is unforgettable to this day!

It seems that the scenes of selling Huyou during those days are very similar to those today?

So Zhen Yi didn't care about the eyes of the people around him, and sat cross-legged, looking at the nose and the heart, looking at the Buddha's horse peddling.

Of course...

Zhen Yi's mood was not without any turmoil.

More than two thousand horses!

If this is true according to what Liu Guanzhu said, one horse is two million... Then the wealth they have in the Zhen family will be...

"Gudong"!

Subconsciously swallowed a saliva, and sure enough, there was everything in my dream!

But reality is still a sufficient backbone!

The Hu artifacts soared by a hundred times because the Hu wind in the palace was prevalent. However, the price of this horse was not only set up by the imperial court to set up "Rai Ji Stables" and "Catch counties and national horses", but there were no new government orders.

This decree has been issued for a month. From a business perspective, it seems... the Zhen family has missed the best time to sell.

Even if the court abolished this decree and circulated the county and national horses in the market again, his Zhen family would have to pay all their ancestral property!

The more I think about it, the more I feel inexplicably scared.

"Master, look, someone is here..."

A slave quickly called Zhen Yi, who was resting with his eyes closed... and pointed to the entrance of the horse farm.

Zhen Yi looked into the distance.

Sure enough... I saw a man slowly coming like stars and moonlight.

This man stood up, but his temperament was particularly eye-catching. He was dressed extremely luxuriously, but his body was a little weak, to be precise, as if he had overdrawn himself early because of some intense exercise.

But those eyes are particularly eye-catching, and they are domineering and majestic!

The emperor Liu Hong was surrounded by everyone!

As usual, he played King Chen and Liu Chong, and even the huge "King Chen" flag was displayed on the carriage he was riding.

but…

What surprised Liu Hong was that the horse farm was surrounded by people!

It seems... many people inside and outside Luoyang City came here to watch.

Liu Hong thought about this carefully, but he could understand it.

As the saying goes, it is more uncomfortable to see others making money than to see yourself not making money; similarly, seeing others losing money is also a different kind of happiness for the people!

just like…

These "melon-eating" people all came to witness the "hoarding" of the Wuji Zhen family, but in the end "smart is mistaken by being smart"!

——A evil businessman!

Liu Hong quickly walked to Zhen Yi. While he looked at Zhen Yi up and down, Zhen Yi was also looking at him. As early as when they entered the door, a slave came to spread the news - King Chen Liu Chong was here!

Zhen Yi naturally knew that this King Chen Liu Chong and his son Liu Hong were one of the few vassal kings who had real power!

Zhen Yi did not dare to neglect, so he simply looked at the person and lowered his head.

——"Secretary Zhen Yi, I have met King Chen!"

Liu Hong with his hands behind his back, looking playful, walked to the wooden railing, looked at the horses in the circle, and murmured softly. "The horses are well raised, and they are all good horses."

After saying this, he turned around. "Are you Shangcai Ling Zhen Yi?"

“That’s right!”

"I didn't do it well, but I started the business of horse dealers."

Liu Hong said something a little lazy, but Zhen Yi became nervous.

"Reporting to King Chen, the subordinate officials refer to the 'report' issued by the court. Anyone with excellent local assessment can take a long vacation every two years! Therefore, take advantage of the long vacation to do some business!"

As Zhen Yi said...

The Han bamboo slip "The Law of the Second Year: Law of the Establishment of Officials" stipulates that if an official is more than 2,000 miles away from his hometown, he can visit his relatives once every two years, each time for an 80-day holiday.

In addition, those who have excellent assessments for two consecutive years can also take a long vacation of 50 days.

Zhen Yi used his holiday to sell horses, which did not seem to violate the court's laws!

"I heard that in order to hoard these two thousand horses, you not only sold all the business of the Zhen family, but also sold 90% of the ancestral property? Is there such a thing?"
To be continued...