Tibet

Chapter 724 Qiupu County
The next morning, Yang Yuhuan woke up from a deep sleep. They had been tossing until midnight last night before going to bed. She opened her beautiful eyes and saw Ailang supporting his head with his hands and looking at her with a smile.

Yang Yuhuan blushed. She was very aware of her husband's evil smile. He must have had bad ideas again. She said coquettishly: "You tortured me to death last night, and you still won't give up?"

Li Ye held her in his arms, pressed her down like a mountain, and teased in her ear: "Let me guess a riddle for you. It's neither gold nor iron, nor jade nor wood, nor fire nor ice. In my free time, I'm as lazy as a reptile. , When angry, it overturns the river and the sea, guess what?"

Yang Yuhuan said with a trembling voice: "I've never seen it idle."

"Haha! You guessed it, fasten your seat belts, we are about to take off!"

Yang Yuhuan hugged her husband's waist tightly. She marveled at his infinite energy and felt his strong body. She suddenly thought of the past, hey!Not to mention it, she was completely lost in the morning mist.

After struggling for another half an hour, the two of them got up and dressed. Yang Yuhuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Let's agree first that we won't allow it during the day."

"You are too tempting, what should I do if I can't stand it? How about you make up and look like a beggar woman!"

"Bah! A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory. If you ask me to dress up as a beggar woman, I would rather jump into the river."

Li Ye hugged her tenderly for a moment. At this time, Yang Yuhuan rang the summoning bell. Her two maids were separated from them by two cabins. The sound insulation effect was excellent and they could not hear any movement here. They knocked on the cabin. The wall couldn't hear it, so I installed a summoning bell. If you pull the rope here, the bell will ring on the other side.

Li Ye also knew that Yang Yuhuan was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and he was very principled and would not allow himself endless indulgence. When he saw Yang Yuhuan pulling the summoning bell, he had no choice but to leave angrily.

Yang Yuhuan finished washing and came to the living cabin to find her husband. Li Ye had already finished breakfast and was checking the map in the living cabin.

Yang Yuhuan pursed her lips and smiled: "My husband likes to set up a table with mountains, rivers and rivers made of mud on it. I also like that kind of map!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "That's called a sand table. It requires hundreds of people to survey and draw for at least three years before it can be produced. I have no involvement in Jiangnan West Road and East Road, only drawings and maps."

Yang Yuhuan sat down opposite Li Ye, and the maid brought her breakfast. Yang Yuhuan ate very little. She liked to drink milk, eat fruits and vegetables, and carnivores like fish. Her breakfast was also very simple, a cup of milk, a bowl of porridge, and a fruit.

"I'll ask the chef to fry an extra egg tomorrow. You need to add an egg in the morning, otherwise you won't have enough energy."

Li Ye likes to eat fried eggs in the morning. He has a big appetite and will eat five fried eggs in one meal.

Yang Yuhuan's pretty face turned red, she rolled her eyes at Li Ye, nodded and said, "You can add an egg, but I don't want it to be brown like yours. I want it to be tender, and the yolk will runny when you poke it lightly with the chopsticks."

Li Ye said to the maid next to him: "Remember to remind the chef!"

"My maid will remember it."

After breakfast, Yang Yuhuan wiped the corners of his mouth with a wet towel and asked, "Husband, where are we now?"

"We should have arrived in Qiupu County. The fleet will dock to replenish water in a while. It will take at least half a day. Let's go down for a walk."

"Okay!"

Yang Yuhuan clapped his hands and said happily: "I have been taking the boat for a long time, and I just want to get off the boat and go for a walk. What fun places are there in Qiupu?"

"Jiuhua Mountain is not far from the river, about fifty miles, but a trip will take at least two days. We don't have enough time, so why don't we go for a walk in the county."

Yang Yuhuan nodded, "It's better to go to the county and see the local customs."

Li Ye reminded: "Wear thick clothes. The weather is still quite cold at this time of year." Half an hour later, the ship slowly docked. Li Ye wore a brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a gauze hat on his head. Wearing a long sword and a mutton-fat jade ring hanging on his jade belt, he rode his Ten Thousand Miles Fire Dragon Horse. He was tall and straight, and looked particularly like a jade tree facing the wind.

Yang Yuhuan also rode a rouge horse, wearing a dark red skirt, a moon-white fox fur jacket, a bamboo hat on her head, and gauze covering her face. She peeked at her handsome husband from time to time, which made her heart So sweet.

The two rode horses slowly and rode side by side, with two cavalry in front leading the way, followed by two maids on horseback, and behind them were more than twenty personal guards.

There was a needle-like drizzle in the sky, and the undulating mountains in the distance were shrouded in rain and mist. It felt a bit like a fairyland in an ink painting. Although the scenery was beautiful, the spring cold and spring rain were quite chilly.

The road was muddy, and after walking for a few miles, the group entered Qiupu County.

The county is not big, with a circumference of only a dozen miles, and there are more than 1000 households in the county. There is only one main street that is three miles long, paved with stone slabs, with wooden houses on both sides, and various shops along the street.

Qiupu County is a famous supply place along the Yangtze River with developed commerce. It is close to the city gate and has dozens of various supply stores. Businessmen traveling from south to north will rest here and there are many businessmen from other places on the street.

Perhaps due to the prosperous commerce, this place has lost the quiet and simple feeling of a small county town, and is a bit flashy and philistine.

Yang Yuhuan saw a shop selling bamboo products with exquisite workmanship. She immediately became interested. She had lived in the palace for a long time and had seen too many treasures. When she saw this simple yet exquisite bamboo product, she I couldn't put it down.

Seeing the big business, the shopkeeper quickly introduced with a smile: "This is the bambooware made by the most famous bamboo champion here. I will compare it with some ordinary bambooware and I will know it at once."

He took a few bamboo bowls from under the counter and put them together. Those bamboo bowls were indeed very rough, but the top-quality bamboo bowls in the shop were polished very smooth and delicate, and felt so good that even Li Ye couldn't put it down. .

"The bamboo is also the best Xiangfei bamboo. The spotted skin on it is very beautiful. It is a century-old bamboo that can only be found in the deep mountains!"

"How much does a bamboo bowl cost?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

"This is sold by the pair. It's three hundred cents per pair. It's very expensive if I take it in. If it's 250 cents per pair, I'll earn you fifty cents."

Li Ye winked at the soldier, who understood. He went around to inquire about the price. This small amount of money was nothing to Li Ye, but he didn't like being cheated. In his impression, bamboo products were cheap. Where can I get three hundred coins?
"Husband, there is a bamboo couch here!"

Yang Yuhuan discovered that there was a bamboo couch hanging on the wall. The shape was something he had never seen before. It was actually round and had a circle of backrests around it.

Li Ye was immediately interested. Isn't this the bamboo armchair of later generations?

"Take it off and take a look!"

The shopkeeper took down the bamboo couch and said with a smile: "This is used by the monks for meditation in the summer. I sell hundreds of them in one summer, but the number one bamboo is very rare and expensive. Only the abbot buys it."

At this time, the soldiers stepped forward and quietly said to Li Ye: "The Bamboo Champion wants this price because he is afraid that what he is getting is a fake Bamboo Champion's bamboo utensil."

Li Ye nodded and asked with a smile: "Then how can I tell whether it is a bamboo champion?"

"It's good to look at things, isn't it? You can tell the high-quality bambooware at a glance. The young master should be someone who knows the goods."

At this moment, a group of officials came and knelt down to pay homage. The leading county magistrate shouted loudly: "Zhao Shikun, the humble magistrate of Qiupu County, pays homage to His Royal Highness King Lu!"

The shopkeeper trembled with fright. It turned out that this young master was the world-famous His Highness Prince Lu. He also hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

(End of this chapter)