Yang Yuanqing was indeed very efficient. On the third day after Lu Xiu moved into the temporary tent, he brought two sisters with strong martial arts skills to Chen Qing. When he saw them, Chen Qing was really shocked.
One is at least 1.8 meters tall, and the other is about 1.75 meters tall. Both of them are broad-shouldered and round-waisted. They are extremely strong and have big hands and feet. Their hands are as big as cattail fans. Their shoes must be at least 50 sizes. Although they are not ugly, they are not ugly either.
Beautiful, barely comely, but young after all, only in her early twenties.
Chen Qing understood why he couldn't get married, who would dare to marry him?
Yang Yuanqing whispered to Chen Qing: "It's them, one is named Tao Qiniang and the other is Tao Baniang. Their father gave birth to eight daughters, the eight fairies of Qingshui County. They all look the same. None of them got married. Their father
I’m so worried.”
"What are they good at?"
"One is good at swordsmanship, and the other is good at throwing knives."
Chen Qing nodded, "Show me!"
Tao Qiniang drew out her one-meter-long sword and performed a set of sword skills, flying up and down with a flash of cold light. Chen Qing nodded repeatedly. He was an expert. He knew at a glance that this Tao Qiniang was not just a showman, but had real abilities.
The sword in her hand alone weighs at least twenty kilograms, and her arm strength is astonishing.
Chen Qing looked at Tao Baniang again. Tao Baniang flipped her hands, and two flying knives appeared. They shot out at the same time and were nailed to a thin white wax pole thirty steps away.
This was so awesome that even the soldiers around him applauded and cheered.
"Not bad!"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "It's just the two of them, how can we sign a contract?"
Yang Yuanqing whispered to Chen Qing: "Their father said that if he could marry them both off, he would not pay a penny, and the soldiers of the capital would see who is suitable?"
"I'm not sure about this. One code equals another. With the current market conditions, how much does it cost to hire a personal bodyguard per month?"
"It costs ten guan to hire a master guard over in Jingzhao, but five guan here is enough."
"Let's do this! Sign a three-year employment contract, including food and accommodation. Each person will receive ten dollars per month. If you perform well, there will be rewards."
Yang Yuanqing told the two of them, and they were so happy that they grinned from ear to ear. This was probably the highest salary for a guard in Qinzhou. Their parents thought they were eating idle food at home, and now they felt proud.
Chen Qing smiled and said to Yan Jun: "Take them to Madam and let Madam take a look."
He said it was useless. If his wife didn't like it, the two of them would have to go back to being fairies.
Yan Jun took the two of them there, and after a while he came back and said with a wry smile: "Madam took them to the market!"
Chen Qing was startled and quickly ordered: "Take a few brothers and follow from a distance, hey! I'll go and have a look too!"
The market is located by Jishui a few miles south of the city. It is an open-air market organized voluntarily by vendors. At the beginning, there were only a few dozen vendors setting up stalls. Now there are six to seven hundred stalls, and there are dozens of tents in the far south.
There are jugglers, entertainers, and even a dozen tents for the leather and meat business. They are closed during the day and are relatively deserted, but the business is especially hot at night.
Five to six hundred stalls came from nearby prefectures and counties, selling all kinds of things, including rice and noodles, vegetables and fruits, wild products, chicken, duck, fish, game, fur, medicinal materials, and oil, salt and sauce.
Vinegar, home-brewed wine, and grocery stalls selling various daily necessities, cloth, silk, and even low-end copper jewelry. It can be said that everything is available. It is like attending a temple fair, and it is completely different from the small vegetable market with more than a dozen people in Ganquan Fort.
They cannot be compared.
The folk customs in the northwest are simple, and there are soldiers patrolling. There is good order, and there are no rogues or gangsters to cause trouble. There are also many women, many of the vendors are women, and the family members of the generals also buy things here. Their purchasing power is very strong.
As a result, business in the market today was particularly good.
Chen Qing found his wife in front of a stall selling mountain products. It was Tao Qiniang. Tao Baniang was so eye-catching that she even surpassed Yu Ying and Yu Lian. He saw them from a distance. Li Qingzhao, Zhao Qiaoyun and the two maids also came.
exist.
Lu Xiu was buying mountain mushrooms. She loved mushrooms very much. Qinzhou produced matsutake mushrooms, also known as matsutake, which were of high quality, so she refused to leave when she saw them.
"The sizes of these mushrooms are all different. How can they be sold for five cents each? Madam, the smaller ones cost three cents each!"
Chen Qing couldn't laugh or cry on the sidelines. Is this still the dignified wife of the Duke of the country? She bargained for three cents and five cents.
"If you don't sell them for three cents, they only cost five cents each. My uncle picked them from the mountains."
When Chen Qing saw that there were forty or fifty mushrooms in the pile, he said in Qinzhou dialect: "I want them all."
"I came here first! Husband, why are you here?"
Lu Xiu's little eyebrows just stood up when she saw her husband next to her. She immediately changed her face and said with a smile: "Really, you should tell me first if you want to come!"
When the old lady selling matsutake mushrooms heard that she wanted them all, she smiled happily and said, "Okay! I'll find you a basket to put them in!"
Lu Xiu quickly pulled her husband aside and whispered: "She just let go. The little one can be sold for four cents."
Chen Qing knew that his wife was not stingy, and bargaining was her pleasure, so he smiled and said: "This kind of high-quality Matsutake mushroom costs a lot of money in Lin'an. You should buy them all right away, just in case others see it."
, you won’t be able to buy as much.”
"That's right!"
Lu Xiu was too involved in the situation just now, and now she realizes that bargaining with two pennies can be done secretly behind the scenes, but now that her husband is here, she has to give him face.
She waved her hand and said, "I want them all, how much does it cost?"
The old lady smiled and said: "Three hundred coins!"
"its not right"
Lu Xiu bit her lip in time. It was obviously only fifty-five, and two hundred and seventy-five cents was the right number, but she actually wanted twenty-five cents more for herself. She met a profiteer.
She winked at Yu Lian, who took out three coins and handed them to the old lady. She counted them for a long time before nodding, "Okay, I'll come back the day after tomorrow to sell dried mushrooms. They're all of the best quality. Girl, please come!"
Lu Xiu snorted, "Let's talk about it later!"
"Girl, the small bamboo basket is made of fine tortoise shell bamboo. Others sell it for fifty cents each, but I only sell it for twenty-five cents."
"Oh, thanks."
Lu Xiu blushed a little and quickly pulled her husband away.
"What should I buy next?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
"Let me look at the list!"
Lu Xiu quickly took out a list from her handbag. These were the ingredients that Meng told her to eat more.
"If I want to buy eggs, I also need to buy turtles and old hens, and I still need to buy them."
The Tao sisters followed Lu Xiu majestically, one on the left and the other on the right. When many vendors who were preparing to greet them warmly saw them, they all stuck out their tongues and retracted their heads.
Two days later, the last batch of supplies from Ganquan Fort arrived in Chengji County. At this point, the transfer of Ganquan Fort was completed.
At this time, the scouts sent to Deshun Prefecture also returned.
Chen Qing immediately summoned the generals to discuss sending troops to Deshun Prefecture.
Chen Qing hung a map of Deshun Prefecture on a wooden stand and told everyone: "I just got news from the scouts that the puppet Qi army in Deshun Prefecture still only has a thousand people and is stationed in Longgan County."
Chen Qing pointed at the Longgan County Road close to Pingliang Prefecture with a wooden pole: "This is the prefecture magistrate of Deshun Prefecture. It is only twenty miles away from Pingliang Prefecture. It is the west gate of Pingliang Prefecture. Logically, the puppet Qi army should be here.
Heavy troops were stationed to guard the gate of Pingliang Prefecture, but in fact they did not pay attention to the west gate. On the contrary, the number of puppet Qi troops in Pingliang Prefecture was about 5,000, which was directly five times that of Deshun Prefecture."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Pingliang Mansion is the gate of Jingyuan Road. It is normal for the Puppet Qi Army to value it. Deshun Prefecture, like Gongzhou, is too far away from them, has a small population, and low taxes, so it has no value to them, so the Puppet Qi Army
The Qi army only stationed a thousand troops symbolically, and we can definitely capture it."
Yang Zaixing pondered for a moment and asked: "What is the attitude of the Xixia people towards Deshun Prefecture?"
"That's a good question!"
Chen Qing said slowly: "The Xixia Army controlled Zhenrong Prefecture in the north. They once occupied half of Deshun Prefecture, but were later ordered to withdraw by the Jin soldiers. But they will definitely not be reconciled and will definitely come back. After all, from our
If they seize Deshun Prefecture, they can occupy it openly and openly. This is what we need to consider. It is easy to seize Deshun Prefecture, but it is not easy to hold it."