C329 Blackheart shop (1/2)
Along the way to the East City, Xiao Wen discovered that this market was much more prosperous than he had imagined.
Although compared with the markets of the twenty-first century, or perhaps the markets of Korea, the markets here were clearly slightly inferior. However, Xiao Wen realized that this place was not as abandoned as he had thought.
There were all kinds of shops selling jewelry, top quality fabrics, delicacies and even gorgeous weapons. All kinds of noble boys and girls wearing gorgeous clothes were walking on the streets, buying things they liked.
Originally, Xiao Wen wanted to go straight to the tailor shop after entering the East City. Men are like that, after all.
In the twenty-first century, many men go straight to shoe stores when they buy things, such as shoes. When you see a favorite shoe, pick it up immediately and pay the bill to leave.
This was a habit that had evolved for men in primitive societies in order to hunt more efficiently.
However, Xiao Wen had forgotten that in their team, there were two women, Sun Shangxiang and Shangguan Waner.
After entering the East City, Xiao Wen immediately realized that he should not have brought Sun Shangxiang here.
After they stopped the carriage, Sun Shangxiang's eyes lit up. She immediately ran towards a weapon shop and picked up a gorgeous bronze dagger embedded in a gem. She asked the owner, ”Shopkeeper, how much is this?”
At this time, Guan Yu also walked over. He frowned and said, ”Sir said that bronze is weak. Weapons made from this thing aren't of high quality. You'd better not waste your money. ”
However, Sun Shangxiang rolled his eyes and said: ”Are you really going to fight with a dagger? This was impossible. Daggers are fine as long as you look good. ”
As she spoke, she browsed through the ruby on her dagger.
Guan Yu could only look at Xiao Wen helplessly. When Xiao Wen saw all of this, he could only helplessly say to Sun Shangxiang: ”If you want to buy it, use your own money.”
”It doesn't matter.” Sun Shangxiang giggled and said: ”I have plenty of private money!”
Meanwhile, the manager walked over with a fawning expression. He said, ”Miss, the ruby on this dagger was paid to the former Emperor Sui by the Western Regions a hundred years ago. Afterwards, the Sui Nation perished and this gem fell to the outside, and I was lucky enough to obtain it. So I hired a skilled craftsman and set the gem on the dagger. ”
Following that, he pointed to the jade sculpture of the Flying Dragon that was coiled around the handle of the dagger, and said: ”The dragon on this is the work of the Ming Kingdom's jade carving master, Lu Zigang. On it, there is even Master Lu Zigang's inscription! ” As he spoke, he pointed to a dragon scale above.
Sun Shangxiang took a look and saw that there were indeed a few crooked words written inside these tiny cracks in the dragon's scales. If not for the owner's reminder, she would have thought it was a flaw in the jade dragon.
From the looks of it, this was clearly Lu Zigang's signature.
Therefore, she asked, ”Shopkeeper, how much is this dagger?”
The manager squinted his eyes and started laughing. He could tell from Sun Shangxiang's outfit that Sun Shangxiang was a top-notch noble, thus he extended five of his fingers and said: ”I have never seen this lady before, so it must be your first time here. So I'm going to make a friend with you. ”Today is my loss of blood. Five hundred silver, how about it?”
Five hundred silver taels?
Hearing this, Sun Shangxiang was overjoyed. This amount of money was nothing to a rich woman like her who had a lot of pocket money.
Therefore, without any hesitation, she took out five hundred taels of silver from her pocket.
Things like silver notes shouldn't have appeared in the beginning of Tang Dynasty. However, because of the Song Kingdom's economic development, they had already created a valid banknote. And this thing can circulate in many farming countries.
It was obvious that the owner of this shop was also collecting banknotes. He stretched out his hand and happily took it.
However, Xiao Wen, who was waiting not far away, was dissatisfied with the transaction process.
From his observation, he could tell that the owner was trying to cheat him.
He was unable to see the quality of this dagger from a distance. However, he could tell that when the shop owner introduced the dagger, his body revealed a few expressions that represented he was lying.
Therefore, Xiao Wen made a decision on the spot and directly walked over, grabbing Sun Shangxiang's silver bills and said: ”Ah, it smells good, there's no need to spend that much money.”
Hearing that, before Sun Shangxiang could say anything, the shopkeeper said: ”Sire, do not speak carelessly. I, Old Lin, have opened a shop in the East City for more than ten years. You should ask the people who passed by and whether I have lied to them before? ”
”You did not lie to the nobles of Luoyang because you did not eat grass by your nest. ”But we're all from outside the city, if you don't kill us, we'll be at a huge disadvantage.” Xiao Wen sneered.