As the sun rises, the streets and alleys of Yulin County are alive, and the wine and meat are fragrant, attracting diners passing by.

In the small shop where Xia Shang is located, the master holding the knife skillfully cuts the beef on the thick chopping board. As the knife is raised, it shows calmness and properness. At a glance, you can tell that it has decades of knife skills. The store is filled with smoke from the thick bone soup and diners from all walks of life who can't dissipate the smoke of thick bone soup. The table is placed with braised beef that is red and has a little bit of white and the unique family matters of the people of Yulin County.

There are small scenery hidden in the small corners, but it brings a little poetry to people. Perhaps this is the most authentic and authentic ancient life.

A bowl of beef as thin as paper and as wide as palm served. The deliciousness and temptation that could not be hidden not only conquered Xia Shang, but also made Yazhi swallow. Although the taste was a little light, the pure beef taste and real portions were full of sincerity from ancient people.

While eating beef and listening to the chatting of people around, Xia Shang found that this was a good way to understand this society. Whether it was a snack stall or a small tea stall, guests who gathered together were always talking about the latest happenings around him.

Xia Shang happened to need to collect information, so he still knew too little about this world.

After lunch, Xia Shang asked Li Zhong and Yazhi to go back first and go to another place alone, hoping to hear some useful information.

In the afternoon, Xia Shang went to several small tea stalls and wandered around the alleys and courtyards of Yulin County for a few times. He heard a lot of rumors. For example, Miss Li's family elopes with the scholar named Zhang's family, and the daughter-in-law of the Luo family had sex with Lao Wang next door, etc.

But what I said most was naturally the fact that the Xia family was raided.

These are all seemingly inconspicuous news, but many problems are revealed.

What Xia Shang is best at is integrating information. His daily work in the past was to extract the core content of several or even dozens of books, find their commonalities, and convert them into new content.

The same goes for integrating gossip.

A day later, Xia Shang already felt that something was strange about the Xia family.

First of all, the situation facing the dynasty-

In the sixty years of the founding of the Hua Dynasty, Emperor Huashang reigned for 17 years, Emperor Huasheng had succeeded to the throne for forty-three years, and now he is seventy years old.

Three years ago, the barbarians in Shu rebelled and occupied Chengdu, Lingyang, and 46 counties in three continents in half a year. The whole country was shocked. Emperor Huasheng personally dumped 300,000 troops to attack the barbarians in the west. Unexpectedly, when the two armies were fighting, they were shot in the left abdomen. Although they saved their lives, their health became worse and worse. Now they are bedridden. I heard that it has been two months since I was in power.

Emperor Huasheng was critically ill, and the dispute over the crown prince surfaced. Among the princes, the most popular ones were the eldest prince Li Xin and the second prince Li Xiangyang. The two were fighting openly and secretly for the position of the crown prince, and there were rumors even in Yangzhou City thousands of miles away. It is conceivable how complicated the situation in the capital is now.

This is the background information collected by the Xia Shang Dynasty. If the third prince, that is, the mediocre king Li Shou, would have traces to come to Yangzhou under such a grand premise.

The emperor now has thirteen sons, among which the eldest prince, the second prince, and the third prince are more suitable for the position of crown prince in terms of age. However, the position of the crown prince has not been determined, and the third prince was named Yongwang early, and is also the only prince among the princes. It can be seen that the third prince's status in the capital is not high. The main purpose of being canonized by the emperor is to make him retreat in the face of difficulties and is also a way for the emperor to protect his son.

The third prince appeared in Yangzhou at this time, and then appeared in the flower building in a noble manner. He even snatched a woman from a rich young man regardless of his identity...

This must be the third prince who is pretending to show the two brothers in the capital. I don’t know if it is really expressing his opinion to the two brothers or deliberately showing weakness.

In either of the above two situations, the third prince should not attack the Xia family at this critical moment.

Moreover, the third prince is just an idle prince now, with no power or power. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that there will be no development with him. What ability does he have to make the huge Xia family disappear in a blink of an eye?

There must be something strange about the Xia family. The news is not sufficient now, so Xia Shang decided to go to Yangzhou City to inquire tomorrow.

Xia Shang was concerned about the raid of the Xia family, while Li Zhong and Yazhi were more concerned about the ten thousand taels of gold.

Seeing that the day passed like this, the young master did not take any action.

Yazhi was fine, but Li Zhong seemed a little anxious.

The next morning, Li Zhong was about to ask Xia Shang about his plans, but suddenly he heard Xia Shang say he was going to Yangzhou City. Li Zhong was overjoyed and said that the young master was going to the city to look for business opportunities.

So the three of them quickly got on the carriage and went all the way to Yangzhou City.

Li Zhong did not enter the city and guarded the carriage outside the city.

After two days of getting along, Yazhi found that the young master became easy-going after losing his memory, and his words and behavior were steady and capable. He did not look like a young and energetic young master, but like a rich man who had experienced great storms and waves. In contrast, Yazhi was more afraid of Uncle Zhong.

Now that Uncle Zhong is not by his side, Yazhi is not so reserved. Soon after entering the city, he asked Xia Shang: "Master, do you have plans to 10,000 taels of gold?"

I wonder if I didn’t hear Yazhi’s words, Xia Shang suddenly turned around and asked, “Do you know where there is a cloth shop or a garment shop in Yangzhou?”

Yazhi didn't understand very much: "What are you looking for a cloth shop and a garment workshop?"

"Of course, it's a good dress."

When they saw the outfits of the two, they were indeed not decent enough.

Xia Shang had been wearing the brocade shirt for several days, and it was wrinkled and scaly and corrupt. Yazhi was wearing plain clothes for folk women, not very beautiful, and made her beautiful embryo look a lot.

It is said that there is nothing wrong with buying a piece of clothing, but the current economic situation of Xia Shang is not very good.

Ten thousand taels of gold have not yet been settled, and now some unnecessary things are spent, Yazhi is a little worried.

Despite his worries, Yazhi still led Xia Shang to find a cloth shop.

"Jiangnan Buyi" is a large cloth shop in Jiangnan, famous town. It not only sells various quality cloths, but also has finished clothes. Its coarse linen clothes of 30 to 50000 taels and rare brocades of 30,000 taels are all displayed in the store.

Choosing clothes is a favorite among women. When Yazhi sees the dazzling array of luxurious clothes, she can't control herself.

Especially the long-sized robe made by "Li Jin" hanging in the middle of the store, not only has excellent production and a straightforward design, but also has hundreds of golden carp embroidered in the inner layer with golden silk.

Yazhi looked at her eyes and explained repeatedly: "Young Master, this 'Li Jin' is a secret product of the Li family. It is made of dyed silk and has a natural color. However, it is complicated to make it. It is said that the girl with the best craftsmanship can only make one 'Li Jin' in her life, so it is extremely precious. Even if the emperor wants to customize the clothes woven by 'Li Jin', it must be announced three years in advance. If this garment is worn on the young master, I don't know how grand it is!"

Although the clothes are good, the price is ridiculously expensive.

A full fifty thousand taels of silver!

"Who would buy such luxurious clothes?"

Even Xia Shang felt that this price was not worth it, and he thought he could only be used as a display item and kept hanging there. Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted: "Shopkeeper, I want that 'Li Jin' Confucian shirt."

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry, this Confucian shirt was first taken by me, Mr. Tong. The store owner, pack it for me."

"Master Tong, I'm going to make a reservation for this dress today. I'll pay 55,000 taels of money for the store."

"Wow!"

The scene was lively now, and I don’t know which masters from the two families actually started arguing about a piece of clothing.

In just a quarter of an hour, the original price of 50,000 taels was pushed to 80,000 taels.

The dispute in the store brought the two back to reality. Now the property can't even afford a thread of the clothes.

After delaying half an hour in the cloth shop, Xia Shang changed his clothes to Yazhi each and spent a lot of five taels of silver.

Nowadays, Xia Shang is wearing a brand new straight-up style, a simple light blue color, and a dark green belt. He looks much cleaner and neat. Then he has a hair ribbon, which is light in the wind, and the literati's charm is fully displayed. After leaving the cloth shop and standing on the street, he has a look that makes the girl passing by blush.

"Young Master... Why did you give Yazhi... such clothes?"

Behind him, Yazhi's voice was as light as a mosquito. She followed Xia Shang with a small step and did not dare to look up, her face turned red with shame.

"What? Isn't it fit?" Xia Shang looked back curiously and his eyes lit up, "It fits very well! Why should I be twitchy? Remember, you are a man now, who is the man who walks like this?"

Yazhi was dressed in snow-white children's clothes, dressed in a well-behaved manner, and her hair accessories were tied with ribbons like a man. How could this be the famous young man? She was clearly a weak and cute little boy.

Yazhi was the first time she was a man. Although there was no flaw in her dressing, it was not so easy to change her demeanor and conversation.

"Master, what are we going to do?"

"I heard that Yichunyuan by the side of West Lake is as famous as the Liuyue Tower where you are. Today we will go and open our eyes."

Xia Shang replied that he was absent-minded, but Yazhi was shocked.

"Young Master! Are you planning to go to Qinglou?!"

Xia Shang didn't say anything more, but he was still thinking about everything that happened in the cloth shop. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!