C17 (2/2)
Nangong Xiu scolded him!
His cold and handsome face turned green and white with anger.
The tailor shop owner asked, ”Your Highness. Can this promissory note be redeemed? ”
”Of course! Could it be that this king, as a relative of the royal family, can be relied on a commoner like you to wager small amounts of money? How much is it? I'll ask the housekeeper to take you to the accounting office. ” Although Nangong Xiu felt like he had been fooled, even though he was unwilling, he could only swallow his anger at this moment.
”What?” Four hundred and eighty miles? This was enough for an ordinary commoner to live for a year! How dare he cause trouble for the people! ”How dare you open a black shop at the feet of the Son of Heaven!”
”Prince, please calm your anger! This commoner is innocent! This commoner is a proper businessman, and the third generation owns a tailor shop.
”Then why are your clothes so expensive?”
”Your Highness. There are some reasons behind this. ”
”What is it?”
”Esteemed wangfei didn't just buy one piece of clothing, but many.”
”How many?”
The boss of the tailor shop replied with a bit of brazenness, ”More than 20 pieces.”
”What!?” More than 20 pieces? Is this woman crazy? Why does she buy so many clothes at once? ”
”My lord. Well... Women like to buy clothes, especially beautiful women. A noble and beautiful woman like esteemed wangfei was naturally …
”Alright, alright!” Stop it! Down! Butler Jian, bring him to collect the money! ”
Nangong Xiu did not want to continue listening and quickly waved her hands to send them off.
After a while, there was another request for an audience.
Nangong Xiu impatiently asked, ”Is it the Royal Concubine who signed the promissory note in your store this time?”
”The Prince is wise! ”Yes!”
The owner respectfully handed over the promissory note.
Nangong Xiu was so angry that her teeth started to itch. However, he refused to show it.
”How much do I owe you?”
”A total of three thousand taels!”
”What?” Over three thousand taels? That was enough to buy five hundred stones of fine rice! It was understandable to buy so many clothes. Why would she buy so much rice? Even if it's just a rice bucket! You won't be able to finish it in your entire lifetime! ” Nangong Xiu was about to go crazy from anger. He finally knew the consequences of offending a woman …
”My lord. ”The wangfei didn't buy the rice for herself, so she let me send it all to the beggars outside the city.”
Finally, the person who asked to see the prince had a special identity. He was the most famous gambling den in the capital.
”My lord. Esteemed wangfei lost 14,000 silver at our casino. He has mortgaged this mansion to us! This is the promissory note, please look it over! ” The boss of the gambling den handed over the promissory note.
Even the Royal Mansion lost?
He took the promissory note and looked at it …
Nangong Xiu rolled his eyes and fainted!
That idiot must have been angered to the point of having kidney stones, right? Hehe.
Bing Ying was in a good mood, very, very … Good!
All day long, she was happily shopping, playing, having money in her hands, and her life immediately became better. Even if she didn't have any money, she didn't need any money. She just needed to sign her name and the promissory note would naturally be sent to the manor …
Bing Ying suddenly realized that it was pretty good to be a wangfei to play and enjoy life to her heart's content. She didn't need to bring along a handgun and dozens of fake ID cards, she was afraid of being followed and assassinated wherever she went.
As for the soldiers and constables on the streets, they basically posed no threat to her at all.
Night fell.
Bing Ying was on the street for the whole day. She was tired and hungry.
So I wanted to find a restaurant to eat.
She discovered that there were a lot of restaurants in this world. There were at least two to three big restaurants and about ten small restaurants.
The culture of the Kingdom of Tianyue was astonishingly open and civilized. Bing Ying estimated that the population of the Tianyue Kingdom's capital, Tianmu City, and the size of the city, as well as the degree of flourishing free trade, should be many times more prosperous than when the Tang Dynasty was at its most prosperous.
Wow!
How fragrant!
Suddenly, a strong fragrance came from the breeze!
It seemed like someone was cooking meat! How fragrant!
Bing Ying was already hungry, but when she smelled the fragrance, her appetite suddenly increased.
Thus, she followed the scent and walked forward. After walking for about a hundred meters, he saw that at the end of the street, there were many people queuing up, forming a long line. And that was where the fragrance was coming from!
What was that smell? How fragrant! It was also somewhat familiar!
Bing Ying walked closer.
Only now did he realize that it was a small restaurant.
The shabby door was so narrow that it could only allow two people to enter at the same time. No wonder there were so many people lining up! It turned out to be such a small restaurant.
”Big Sis.” May I ask what you people are queuing up for? ” Bing Ying asked a girl in line.
”Roasted duck!”
”Roasted duck?” Is it that delicious? Why are so many people queuing up? ”
”So many people every day! In the middle of the night, there were people lining up! The taste of the roast duck here is first-rate. Although this restaurant has just opened, it is already very famous. ”
”No wonder it smells so good.”
”Girl, you should hurry up and line up as well. Otherwise, there would be more people waiting in line! The roast duck in this restaurant was very cheap. Five silver coins could buy one whole duck! Everyone queued up to buy a lot! I don't know if I'll be able to sell anything later! ”
”Thank you.”
Bing Ying smiled faintly.
In the market, the price of cabbage was 1 copper coin for each steamed bun and 1 copper coin for each steamed bun. The price of meat buns was 2 copper coins. A copper coin is RMB 0.5 yuan if converted according to the 5 cents per steamed bun. 1 tael of silver was 5 yuan. 1 tael of silver was 50 yuan. A tael of gold is 500 yuan.
A whole roasted duck costs five silvers, which is twenty-five yuan.
It was indeed very cheap. Very cheap.
Bing Ying walked to the front of the group. She saw a burly man and patted his shoulder.
The man turned around and said in a vicious tone, ”What?”
”Give me your seat.”
”Are you stupid? I queued for two hours before I was able to get first place! You want me to give it to you? ”In your dreams!”
”What about this one?” Bing Ying felt out a certain amount of gold. It was at least five taels.
The man was immediately dumbfounded. ”Good! Good! I'll give it to you! ”