Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 56 Hushang
After going around and around, Yang Hao will eventually marry Wei Chong's daughter as Princess Yuzhang.

This is the meaning of Empress Dugu, and no one can change it.

After Yang Hao learned that Yang Ming had asked Pei Shuying to intercede for him, he just patted Yang Ming on the shoulder and said "good brother", and then never mentioned this matter again.

Also, how long have he and Pei Shuying known each other?How deep can the feelings be?
After this lesson, Yang Ming felt that he should stop meddling in this kind of nosy business in the future.

Yang Guang stayed in Daxing and participated in the court meeting every day as a courtier, while the prince Yang Yong only had two days on the 15st and [-]th of each month, and he would attend as a prince assistant.

Yang Zhao and Yang Hao will not return to the fief for the time being, so in the next few days, they will take a good look around Daxing City with Yang Ming.

Daxing City is located on the south bank of the Weihe River in the Guanzhong Plain.

There is Zhongnan Mountain in the south, and Yaoshan, Huanglongshan, Sagashan and Liangshan in the north.

The center of a large plain drawn between the two mountain systems in the south and the north is Daxing City.

In the early days of Emperor Kaihuang, Yang Jian disliked the dilapidated old city of Chang'an in the old Han Dynasty. In addition, it was adjacent to the Weishui River in the north, and there was a danger of being flooded if there was a heavy rain. The drainage system in the city was too poor. On the south bank, south of Longshouyuan, twenty miles southeast of Han Chang'an City, a new capital was built, which is now Daxing City.

After Daxing City was completed, there were eleven north-south avenues and fourteen east-west avenues, which crisscrossed and divided the interior of Guocheng into square and square [-] squares.

As the saying goes, thousands of houses are like a game of Go, and Twelfth Street is like a vegetable field.

Although Daxing City looks too square and regular, its majestic imperial aura and vast and exquisite engineering are unmatched in the feudal history of the entire world.

Daxing is very lively at night. There are more than 83 people living in an area of ​​60 square kilometers. Can it not be lively?
There are no residential buildings here, and most of the people live in bungalows. Excluding the imperial city, which occupies a full one-eighth of Daxing City, one can imagine how dense the population is in other places.

Dongshi, also known as Metropolitan City, is a place for high-end consumption. No matter what you eat, drink, and play, it is not affordable for ordinary people. You can often see barbarians from the Western Regions selling some bizarre and exquisite gadgets. The price is not cheap.

These days, Yang Ming and the others basically stayed in the city and wandered around. Chu Ji, the housekeeper of the palace, followed them all the way and helped them pay on credit.

Yes, Yang Ming and the others can get credit no matter where they go.

Because in the Sui Dynasty, gold and silver were not currency in circulation, they were not in the hands of ordinary people, and only existed in large transactions between nobles.

The real circulation is copper coins, that is, five baht coins, 1000 is consistent, and the purchasing power is still acceptable.

A bucket of rice (about 6 kilograms) cost 100 renminbi at the beginning of Kaihuang, and about 50 renminbi in Kaihuang. Now the treasury of the Sui Dynasty is basically full, and it is the Taiping period, so it fluctuates between 25 and 30 renminbi.

The second child, Yang Hao, bought a big horse from Gaochang State, and he needed 1 guan, that is, 3 yuan. Calculated on the basis of 60 grams for [-] yuan, [-] yuan is [-] catties.

So it was impossible for Yang Ming and the others to bring so much money when they went out. They could only pay on credit first, and then have someone send it over. After all, they were relatively generous, and the things they bought were expensive.

Yang Ming inquired with the Hu merchant from Gaochang Kingdom. The other party accepted gold and silver. They could take them back and melt them, and cast them into gold coins and silver coins for use.

Now, Yang Ming changed his mind.

The gold in his hands now includes 100 taels from Yang Yong, and 4000 taels from Liu Chang's raid, a total of 500 taels of gold.

According to the Hu merchant's words, five taels of gold can buy a good horse.

So Yang Ming made an appointment with the other party at a meeting place, and after leaving Yang Zhao and the others that night, they met at a place called Changlong Restaurant.

Gaochang State, that is, the Turpan of Xinjiang in later generations.

Hu Shang’s name was Qu (qu) Lai, and the surname Qu was the surname of Wang in Gaochang, because the current king of Gaochang was called Qu Boya.

According to this Qu Lai, King Gochang was the grandson of his grandfather's brother.

In Gaochang State, only people with the surname Qu could sell horses.

"Five taels of gold are too expensive, and not many people are willing to buy horses with gold. How many horses do you have now?"

After finishing speaking, Yang Ming raised his hand and waved in front of the other party, and then he took Qu Lai's gaze away from Chen Shuyi.

Yang Ming thought to himself, what are you looking at, you don't lack beautiful women, right?

Qu Lai with a full beard smiled and said in broken Chinese:
"I have 45 more horses left in Daxing, one five taels of gold, no bargaining."

45 horses?Do you think I have such a small appetite?
"Too little," Yang Ming shook his head.

"It's quite a lot," Qu Lai heard this, knowing that the other party was a big customer, he hurriedly said, "There are two hundred horses that are still on the road, can you buy them?"

Yang Ming curled his lips and said directly: "How many are there in your hometown?"

Um?Now Qu Lai was stunned, two hundred horses is not enough?That's 1000 taels of gold?
"There are only 350 horses that are sold to Tai Sui every year. If there are too many horses, there is really no need. Horses need to eat grass. If they don't eat grass, they won't grow up. If they don't grow up, they can't be sold."

Yang Ming nodded: "How about this, you will sell all these horses to me in the future, and I will say the number, two taels of gold for one horse."

After finishing speaking, Qu Lai stood up, patted his buttocks and left, not forgetting to bring the snacks on the plate.

With a bang, the door was slammed shut.

Yang Ming was stunned. You think my asking price is low, so you're going to bargain with me?
What does it mean to slap your ass and leave?so stubborn?

"You are too good at chopping." Chen Shuyi leaned over and said, "You chopped more than half of it directly."

Didn't I watch TikTok too much?
Just when Yang Ming was thinking about how to find him back, the door creaked, and Qu Lai's head came in from the outside:
"Three taels of gold, nothing less."

Isn't that right? The price is negotiable.

Yang Ming smiled and asked the other party to sit down, and said, "I can give you a deposit right now. Daxing's 45 horses will be sent to Hedong County for me. Do you know where Hedong County is?"

"I know," Qu Lai nodded arrogantly, "I've been to Jiangnan."

Then you are better than me, I have never been there before, Yang Ming said: "The horse that is still on the road, when will it arrive?"

"It will take seventeen or eight days. Horses also need to eat grass and sleep," Qu Lai gulped down tea as if drinking water.

After all, only rich people can drink tea in the north, and ordinary people in the north don't like it.

Chen Shuyi is different, she has to drink tea every day, and she has formed a habit.

Yang Ming said: "For the two hundred horses on the road, you also send them to Hedong County. Naturally, someone there will hand over them to you. As for the tail money, when I see the horses, I will naturally give them to you."

Qu Lai readily agreed: "Yes, yes, I'm not afraid of your repudiation, I know your officials from the Great Sui Dynasty, very big officials."

"How big is it?" Chen Shuyi asked curiously.

Qu Lai chuckled, "How about Changsun Sheng (sheng)? You're a senior official, right?"

cut!Do you know Changsun Sheng?

Does Changsun Sheng know you?
Yang Ming didn't bother to expose the other party. As the envoy of the Sui Dynasty, Changsun Sheng had dealt with the Turkic royal family for a long time, so he was very famous among the Turkic people and the Hu people in the Western Regions.

By the way, he is the father of Changsun Wuji.

(End of this chapter)