Zhao Qing shook his head and said calmly to the pockmarked young man: "I am not planning to participate in any female officer selection. Also, do the three previous statements about exchanging information still count?" After speaking, she took out a big
Coin, hand it to the other party.
The pock-marked vendor's brows knitted together, he took the money and said with a wry smile: "What the old pock-marked man said certainly counts. I'll tell you the reason right now, girl."
"The reason why Yizhai wanted to buy and sell by force was because his elderly father passed away recently. In order to fulfill his filial piety, he decided to buy some treasures from the Duanmu family."
"You said he bought and sold by force to fulfill his filial piety? Did he buy items for burial?" Zhao Qing asked.
"In our country of Yue, the Duanmu clan often purchased some special treasures from the land of South Vietnam, brought them to the capital, and traded them with the princes and nobles. Among them was a kind of treasure called the Pearl of Soul Restoration, which has the ability to make corpses indestructible.
The magical effect."
The pock-marked young man picked out three fine melons, tied the stems of the melons with strings, handed them out, and said: "The one who covers the spirit pearl covers the orifice and seals the spirit. Covering one orifice will not rot for three hundred years;
Covering the seven orifices will prevent decay for two thousand and one hundred years."
"How much is this pearl worth? With the status and wealth of Yi Zai, can't you afford it?" Zhao Qing thought secretly in his heart and asked aloud.
Obviously, Peng Ju, the governor of the city, wanted to keep his father's body incorruptible, so he was eager to obtain the Lingzhu Pearl before burial.
The so-called "covering the seven orifices" mostly refers to stuffing beads into the seven orifices of the mouth, nose, eyes and ears, which is similar to the custom of holding jade in the mouth before burial. To block the nostrils and ears, the beads should be quite small.
But a total of twenty-five carriages, even if they had to carry the daily necessities and dry food needed along the way, and the remaining space was used to hold the spiritual beads, the total number was ridiculous, and it would be impossible for even seven of them to be refused to sell to Peng Zhi. It is estimated that in addition to the spirit beads, they also packed a lot of other goods.
"I don't know about that. It's probably a sky-high price of up to a hundred gold. A melon seller like me will probably never make so much money in a hundred lifetimes."
The pock-marked young man looked at Zhao Qing again and sighed with emotion: "Nowadays, the country of Yue is in dire straits, and there are so many things that can be done with a lot of money. This is a rare opportunity for common people to seek career advancement."
It seems that he still wants to persuade Zhao Qing to try the selection of female officers.
At this moment, the sound of horses neighing and metal rubbing was heard in the distance.
At the end of the street, two rows of soldiers wearing green armor filed out, each holding a short sword and standing on both sides. They were in strict discipline and did not make any unnecessary noise.
In the middle of the team, a middle-aged man with gray hair and a red robe is riding a tall horse. He is holding a red long sword in his hand and is driving the horse forward slowly.
The middle-aged man snorted loudly, immediately drowning out the noisy noise of nearly a thousand people on the field, and then glanced at the caravan guards with lightning eyes, so shocked that they couldn't help but take half a step back.
Obviously, this middle-aged man has quite a lot of cultivation.
"Master Peng, why are you doing this?" An old sigh sounded from the motorcade, and then a green shadow flashed, and a tall, thin old man in green robes stopped in front of the middle-aged man's horse.
The middle-aged man raised his arms and said in a sharp voice: "Are you the leader of this Duanmu family's caravan? I, Peng Zhi, have raised the price to five hundred gold per stone, which is far beyond your previous pricing.
Why are you still unwilling to sell to me?"
"I govern an area of five hundred miles around Chongquan, with a population of one million. Although your Duanmu family has a fortune of hundreds of millions, how dare you look down on me with just a small fleet of cars?"
"It's not that I don't want to sell, but it's that others have made the reservation first and can't change it. This is the rule in the family. If possible, I will offer an apology and ask Mr. Peng for your understanding and let the caravan leave."
The old man took off an exquisite copper scale from his waist and exuded a strong aura, competing with Peng Zhi.
"Our contemporary head of the family, Zigong, is the grandson of Zang Boyu, the senior official of the Wei Kingdom. He is a disciple of the former Sikong and Sikou Kongqiu of the Lu Kingdom. He is quite famous in Lu, Wei, Qi and other countries."
"Even in the Yue Kingdom, there are several officials who have good relations with our Duanmu family, including Sinong Gaoru, Xingren doctor Yiyong, etc. I have heard that your family has only produced one military officer for several generations.
Sima, it’s better not to be too aggressive."
The old man held a copper scale in his hand, took a step forward, and continued to speak:
"If you want to overturn the spirit beads, I, Duanmu Shuliang, can reserve the next batch of goods for you, but you have to wait for the first half of the year. This batch of jewelry has already been reserved, and it is impossible to trade with you."<
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"The most important thing for a businessman is honesty and trustworthiness, which cannot be changed easily. When the head of the family asked me to do business in Vietnam, he emphasized it again and again. If you want to buy and sell by force and destroy the integrity of our family, I can only
I used force to protect myself."
"I can't wait so long for half a year. I have to buy it now." Peng Chu glanced at the team of soldiers behind him and said, "You Duanmu clan, please don't exaggerate yourselves too much."
"As far as I know, Qu Boyu, the official of the Wei State, is approaching his old age and no longer holds power after the death of Wei Linggong. There is nothing to be afraid of."
"Confucius of the State of Lu was driven away by Sanhuan many years ago and lost his official position. At the end of last year, I heard that he was besieged in the land of Chen and Cai, like a bereaved dog."
Beside, the soldiers and ordinary soldiers laughed one after another.
"I don't know if he escaped from the siege now or died of starvation there." Peng Zhi shook his head and said: "Master has already met such an end, let alone his disciples."
"My purchase of treasures to fulfill my filial piety is an act in compliance with God. If you, the Duanmu family, do not stop me, I will never damage my reputation. I will only leave a good reputation for 'fulfilling others' filial piety' and emphasizing loyalty."
"Haha, in order to fulfill your good reputation, I have to sacrifice my integrity, right?" Duanmu Shuliang sneered, his blue robe bulging up, already accumulating skills.
"Perhaps you are not well informed. After Confucius was besieged, the head of the Zigong family went to Chu to ask for help. King Ren of Chu sent Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang to lead his army to rescue and invited them to go to Chu. At this moment, the head of the family, Confucius, might He has become a high official in the Chu region."
"I remember that your Yue State and Chu State are now allies, right? You hold the position of Chung Quanzai, but you are not even a senior official in the Yue State, but you want to openly let the monarch have the reputation of bullying his allies and subordinates. Haha. , you should be able to guess your fate in the future, right?"
The underlying meaning is that I, the Duanmu clan, will soon have the protection of the big country Chu, and you, a small city governor, cannot afford to offend me.
In the distance, Zhao Qinggong concentrated on his ears and heard the conversation between the two clearly, thinking secretly in his heart.