Wang Mujiu, who had been inquiring about the information, finally came back, "His Royal Highness, I have inquired clearly. There are two main cities in Xi'an. One is near Jinghu Lake in Xiguan City, which is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County. It is where the people buy all kinds of daily necessities. "
"What about the other one?"
"His Royal Highness, the other one is in Dongguan City, which mainly sells horses, jewelry and other valuable commodities, and is under the jurisdiction of Xianning County."
Zhu Youjian thought about it. If the output of soap has not risen, the price will certainly not be low, and ordinary people can't afford it. Today’s soap is still a luxury item. “It’s too late today. Let’s find a hotel to stay in. Let’s go to Dongguan City tomorrow.”
With the Bell Tower as the center, four main roads extend from east to west, south to north—Dongmen Street, Ximen Street, Nanmen Street and Beimen Street. This is the widest street in Xi’an, directly facing the four city gates. .
Dongguan City is the southeast of Xi'an, the area between Dongmen Street and Nanmen Street.
Zhu Youjian took Wang Mujiu, Liu Kun, Liu Lin and two soldiers, a total of six people, starting from the clock tower and strolling eastward along Dongmen Avenue. Crossing the Baoan Palace is the main road of Dongguan City-Dongguan West Street.
"This street is nice and wide. Let's stroll along this street!" Zhu Youjian believes that the wider the street, the greater the flow of people and the greater the commercial value.
At the entrance of the street is a shop selling ceramics. It has two entrances and two rooms. The structure is on the second floor. The upper floor may be just the owner's bedroom.
The head of Wang Mujiu, everyone entered the shop one by one.
"Guardian, please come inside. Welcome to the shop, but what does the guest officer want to buy?" A man with the appearance of a small second bowed to greet him.
"Ao, let's take a look at it and buy it only if we look at it." Zhu Youjian didn't plan to buy any ceramics at all. He just wanted to look at the layout of the shop and refer to it for future soap shops.
"The guest officer just watch it." Xiao Er flashed aside, giving the shop's middle hall to Zhu Youjian and his party.
Zhu Youzhen felt the pottery and looked at it. These ceramics are not excellent, they should not be fine.
"Guguan, the small shop also has blue and white porcelain, and even the broken flower porcelain... I don't know if the guest officer should look at it?" Xiao Er's eyes were a little lost. These people are dressed in extraordinary clothes. If they walk in vain, it would be a pity.
"Fragmented porcelain?" Does this legendary porcelain with cracks and cracks on its surface really exist? However, Zhu Youjian's interest is not in porcelain, "I have something to do today, let's come to appreciate it another day!"
"The guest officer is going well." Xiao Er bowed again and sent Zhu Youjian out the door.
There are shops on both sides of this East Kansai Street. Zhu Youjian thought, it would be a waste of anyone to build residential houses on this bustling street.
After walking for almost half a mile, there is a Su embroidery shop on the east side of the street. Although Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery already exist, Su embroidery still occupies a dominant position.
"Who knows Su embroidery?" Zhu Youjian has only heard of Su embroidery. He has never bought Su embroidery. The Su embroidery he has seen is Zhou Yufeng's wedding gown.
"His Royal Highness, the subordinates know a little bit, but they are not expert." Liu Lin is engaged in investigating, so he should know more about it.
"Then, let's go in and take a look." Zhu Youjian was going to make some clothes for Wan'er and Hu Xinxue, especially Hu Xinxue, the young lady was born, and she is the same as herself, and is still a maid. Of course, they have, Zhou Yufeng can't be less, and Zhu Youzhen can't favor one another.
"His Royal Highness is going to give..." Liu Lin tentatively.
"Oh, I bought it for the princess and the others."
Liu Lin stepped forward and murmured a few words with Xiao Er.
"Guest, please here. Here are all for teenage girls, and there are both gorgeous and elegant." Xiao Er bowed to Zhu Youjian and showed him the way.
After initial identification by Liulin, Zhu Youjian bought Zhou Yufeng with butterfly green background and pink lotus, for Hu Xinxue with foundation and broken leaves, and for Wan'er with orchid embroidered in dark red. One horse per person can make several sweaters. If they exchange each other, or if they exchange one or two clothes, Zhu Youzhen can't control it. "Little Er, pack it up for me and send it to this address."
"Good!" With some money, Xiao Er's eyes looked particularly bright. It is winter, and it is the low season for Su embroidery sales. It is difficult to find customers like Zhu Youjian who bought three horses at once.
At the end of Dongguan City West Street, at the corner southeast of Dongguan City, Zhu Youjian finally saw the mule and horse market.
It is said that it is a horse and mule market, but in the empty market, there are mostly mules and donkeys, but not many horses.
"Xiao Er, why are there so few horses in your market?" Zhu Youzhen frowned.
"Does the guest officer want to buy a horse?" Xiao Er rushed over eagerly, "Some time ago, Shaanxi caused a robbery problem, and the horses on the market were all confiscated by their bandits. No, thanks to His Royal Highness the King of Letters for quelling the robbery. The horse market only reopened, and now it is mainly mules, and the good horses are still on the way."
"Huh," Shi Dao turned their eyes to Zhu Youjian together.
"Ah...cough..." Zhu Youjian didn't want his status as a kingly believer to interfere with the normal market. In fact, when Zhu Youjian came out, he asked Wang Mujiu and others to call him "Prince" instead of "His Royal Highness."
At this time everyone woke up and turned their eyes to other places, even looking at the horse dung in the market.
"Oh, let's go back first. Anyway, there are no good horses here." Visiting the horse market was originally Zhu Youjian's incidental target. He just casually took a look at the horse market in Xi'an, because it is close to Mongolia. Maybe there are any BMWs. Liangju may also. Since Ma Shi is dominated by mules and donkeys, he has no interest.
"The guest officer, wait a minute." A man in black who was about forty years old and was very sturdy in black stopped Zhu Youjian. "The guest officer is someone who knows the goods. I happen to have a good horse. Is it objective? Would you like to see?"
"Good horse? What kind of good horse?" Zhu Youjian is more interested in people. It seems that he may be the owner of this market.
"The guest officer can see it by himself." He said to the little second on the side: "Go, bring'Xue Huo'."
"Yes, let's go for the little one." Xiao Er agreed, and went to the stable in the southeast corner.
"you are… "
"It's good that the guest officer knows that my name is Li Xian, and I have been driving the horse market here for more than ten years." Li Xian bowed his fist to Zhu Youjian.
"For more than ten years? How is the business in this horse market?" Zhu Youjian believes that Xi'an Horse Market is close to Mongolia and has sufficient supplies, so business should be good.
"Thanks to the officer's blessing, it's fine."
At this time, the child had brought the horse over, and Zhu Youjian scanned it first. The horse was white all over, without a single hair. The length and height of the horse were one round larger than the common Mongolian horse.
"Sure enough, it's a good horse! However, this shouldn't be a Mongolian horse?"
"The guest officer has good eyesight! This is the legendary Dawan horse, the extinct'Bai Xue Ying Ri' horse." Li Xian gave Zhu Youjian a thumbs up.
"Huh! Didn't you just say that it is called'Xuehuo'?"
"Yes! Its name is Xuehuo, because its body is white, without a trace of miscellaneous hair. But it has a grumpy temper, like a fire, so it is called'Xuehuo'. It is a variety of'Bai Xue Yingri', even in the Western Regions. It's rare to see." Li Xian seemed to be complimenting one of his treasures.
"Western Regions? Isn't your horse from Mongolia?"
"The guest officials do not know that war horses are the lifeblood of the Mongols and will not easily be sold to the Han people, especially good horse breeds. Therefore, we must open up new sources of goods." Li Xian said here, and carefully looked at Zhu You After checking, it seems that Zhu Youjian is spying on his business secrets.
"Don’t worry, Li Dongzhu, we are not in the horse business, and we will not grab your job. We are only interested in the source of this horse. Just now Li Dongzhu said that this horse is from the Western Regions. It seems that Ming and the Western Regions are separated by Jiayuguan. Could the army allow you? Horse dealer?"
"This... let's be honest, the army generally releases the imported goods, as long as the tariffs are passed at the point of delivery, and the excellent horse breeds are mainly sold to the army." Li Xian felt that Zhu Youjian was too young to look like it at all. The appearance of being able to sell horses far away.
"Ao, but Dongzhu Li, Yeerqiang doesn't seem to produce war horses, right?" The west of Jiayuguan is now the Yeerqiang Kingdom, which is already the traditional Western Regions, but that area is relatively desolate and there is no grassland. Zhu The inspection knows that there should be no expensive war horses.
"The guest officer is very knowledgeable. Daming knows that Yeerqiang doesn't have much." Li Xian gave Zhu Yoyoujian a thumbs up again, "Yeerqiang does not produce war horses, even if there are any famous horses. Good horses are mainly produced in the country. To the west of Yarkand, apart from Dawan Horse, Da Shima is also good."
"Da Shima? Are you talking about the Ottoman Empire?" Zhu Youzhen was silent on the surface, but was amazed in secret, and finally met someone who knew a little about Central Asia.
"It should be, but I have never been to Ottoman. I have only been to Bukhara and Kazakh grasslands as far as I can." Li Xian was also surprised. Who is this young man? How does even Osman know
"Bukhara? Kazakh?" Zhu Youjian didn't know whether it was happy or sad. This was once the territory of Dahan and Datang. Now, apart from the horse dealer Li Xian, there are probably not many people in Da Ming who remember them. Don't worry about them, "Li Dongzhu, can you talk about Blava and Kazakh?"
"Guest, you..." Li Xian finally became alert.
"Don’t worry, Li Dongzhu. Although I do a little business, I have nothing to do with War Horse. I will never grab business with you." Zhu Youzhen knows Li Xian’s concerns. It seems that if I don’t reveal his identity today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain his trust. Up.
Li Xian raised his head and looked at the sun that was already rising high, his lips moved, not knowing whether he was chewing the air or Zhu Youjian's words.
"Dongzhu Li, run to Jiayuguan line at you personally. I will sell this horse. You can make a price." Zhu Youjian really liked'Xuehuo'. He walked towards'Xuehuo', ready to pat the horse on the back. .
"Guguan, no." Li Xian hurriedly stopped. "Don't hide from the visitor. Although Xuehuo is expensive, it has not been domesticated so far, and strangers cannot get close."
"No domestication?" Zhu Youjian didn't understand. Without domestication, how would he know its capabilities
"Guardian,'Xue Huo' is too staunch, I tried my best, but I can't tame it." Li Xian felt that'Xue Huo' was like his calamity.
"Oh, then...Which one of you can train a horse?" Zhu Youqian asked the entourage around him.
Immediately, five shaking rattles appeared in the air.