The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 10 Do You Have Gold Kaiyuan?

Under the leadership of Liu Fangzi, Li An walked into the East Market. In this East Market, there is a lot of business. You can buy a variety of commodities in the East Market, including rice, wheat, meat, wine, Vegetables and fruits, clothing, textiles, gold, silver, gems, medicines, horses, vehicles, etc., as well as banquets, operas and other entertainment items.

There are also various commercial banks in the East Market, such as the scale store, the autumn bridle store, the bran store, the pen store, the meat store, the fish store, the gold bank, the iron store, the oil and indigo store, the candle store, the clothing store, the medicinal materials store, Silk shop, silk shop selling brocade, Huqin shop, Doujia shop, Zhangjialou restaurant, pancake shop, Persian restaurant, etc.

There is also a very modern consignment shop, which is equivalent to today's consignment house, specializing in selling old things on behalf of others.

Walking in the East Market, as long as you raise your eyes slightly, you can see the flag pavilion. This flag pavilion is the place where the market is supervised. There are officials and government officials above who can clearly see the situation in the market.

If something happens, these officials and servants will immediately go down to the flag booth to mediate.

After Li An entered Dongshi, he walked all the way forward. The place Li An was going to go to today was the Persian Residence. After walking for less than 10 minutes, Liu Fangzi quickly said: "Mr. Li, ahead is the Persian Residence. This is Persian Residence is pretty good!”

Afterwards, Li An saw a Persian mansion. Outside this Persian mansion, there were two Persian dancers showing their big breasts and small waists. They kept swaying their own waists. There is also a small bell hanging on it that makes a sweet ringing sound, attracting many passers-by to stop and watch.

Liu Fangzi and Li An stepped forward together. Neither of them went to admire the bodies of the two Persian dancers, but walked directly into the Persian mansion. Li An and Liu Fangzi had just walked into the Persian mansion. Everyone looked at the two of them.

A foreign shopkeeper in the store saw a Tang Dynasty person walking into his Persian mansion and quickly walked out from behind the counter. He bowed and saluted Li An and Liu Fangzi and said, "Two distinguished guests, don't know where to come." Is there something going on at the villain's Persian mansion?"

Although Li An and Liu Fangzi didn't have gorgeous clothes, this Persian businessman in gorgeous clothes was very polite to Li An and Liu Fangzi, why...?

Because this is the status of Tang people in the eyes of these foreigners.

Although the Tang Dynasty accepted these foreigners and gave them preferential treatment and respect, Li Shimin was not a fool. He still wanted to distinguish the status of foreigners and Tang people. In the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin issued a decree: "All Tibetans Anyone who takes a Han woman as a concubine cannot return it to Tibet."

It means that foreigners have no problem marrying Han women as concubines, but if they want to return to China in the future, they are not allowed to bring "Han women" back.

Because Datang women are not something you can bring back if you want. This is the distinction, and it is also to show the status of Datang people. Unlike now, as long as they are foreigners, they are always superior to us, and they are not foreign, but in our country. Chinese foreigners are always superior to Chinese people, which is a bit sad and deplorable.

"Excuse me, sir, what's your name?" Li An saw that the other party was polite, and Li An also showed his own politeness.

"Oh distinguished guest of the Tang Dynasty, the name of my hometown is too long. If you don't dislike me, you can call me Lao Jin!" Lao Jin, a Persian, looked at Li An and smiled.

"Hello Mr. Jin, my name is Li An, you can call me by my name."

"Ah Mr. Li." Lao Jin was still very polite, because in Chang'an, it is best not to offend the people of Datang, this is the rule.

"I wonder why Mr. Li came to my place?" Lao Jin asked his question again.

"It's like this. I have an item here that I want to sell, but I don't know the price, so I hope that Mr. Jin can help me estimate the price, and I also hope that Mr. Jin can accept this item if he likes it."

"Oh, what is it? Can you let me take a look?" Lao Jin asked with some interest.But Li An looked around and said, "Mr. Jin, the things are a bit expensive. If possible, can you find a separate place?"

"Oh, I'm rude. Mr. Li, please follow me to the second floor. There is a quiet place there. Mr. Li, please rest assured. I, Lao Jin, must be an innocent child. As long as the thing is good, I, Lao Jin, will definitely produce one. A price that satisfies Mr. Li." Lao Jin smiled slightly.

At this time, Liu Fangzi said: "Mr. Li, I won't go up. I will wait for you here. If you need anything, just call and I will arrive immediately."

Li An looked at Liu Fangzi and nodded with a smile. In this way, Li An and Lao Jin went to the second floor together. After reaching the second floor, Lao Jin introduced Li An into his study room. After Lao Jin closed the door, , Li An was not shy and took out a pair of glasses he brought.

The moment the glass appeared, Lao Jin, who had closed the door, just looked back and his whole eyes sank directly into the glass, and he could no longer pull it out.

"This, this, this, this is the crystal cup..."

Lao Jin's lips were trembling, and he came to Li An with a hint of excitement. Looking at the glass in Li An's hand, Lao Jin really didn't know what words to use to express the excitement in his heart at this time.

"It's so beautiful. It's so beautiful. Only when I have lived to this age can I know what the real treasure in the world is. In front of this crystal cup, any gorgeous gem will lose its original color.

Oh, Mr. Li, you have really harmed me, Lao Jin. If I can never see this crystal cup again, my life will be worse than death. "

Li An looked at the excited and troubled look of the Persian Lao Jin in front of him, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, because only Li An knew what kind of crystal cup this was. It was the most common glass cup in modern times. It is used for brushing teeth.

However, the value of this glass has doubled in the Tang Dynasty at this time, because there is no such pure white and transparent glass in the Tang Dynasty at this time. There is only a cup made of polished crystal, but the cup made of polished crystal There is absolutely nothing purer or more transparent than the glass in Ang Lee's hand.

This makes the glass in Li An's hand a rare treasure.

"Mr. Jin, could you please give me an estimate?" Li An asked looking at the Persian Lao Jin.

"Estimation?" Lao Jin was stunned for a moment and said, "This crystal cup is priceless in the hands of a close friend. The price can only tarnish this crystal cup!" After saying that, Lao Jin looked at Li An's hand with pity. The glass cup said: "However, in the hands of those who want to sell it, it also has a price. I don't know about others, but if it were me, I would be willing to bid three thousand guan.

Because a big man previously purchased a crystal cup for a thousand guan, and this pair is purer and more transparent than that crystal cup, so I think it is at least [-] guan. "

When he heard about three thousand guan, Li An felt slightly confident, because when he came, Liu Fangzi had already told Li An about the price of goods in Datang at this time. Three thousand guan was definitely a sky-high price. You have to know the current price of rice. But for five cents per catty, a thousand guan for a house in Chang'an is just a matter of choosing the best location. Three thousand guan is an absolute huge amount of money.

But Li An didn't want three thousand guan, he wanted Jin Kaiyuan, so three thousand guan was not the answer Li An wanted. Then Li An looked at Lao Jin and asked, "Do you have Jin Kaiyuan?"

　Many people think that Kaiyuan Tongbao is the money of the year, and the reason is that Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, had the year name of Kaiyuan, which is wrong.Kaiyuan Tongbao is a non-annual coin, which was cast in the early Tang Dynasty. It was inscribed by Ouyang Xun himself. Ouyang Xun was a figure in the early Tang Dynasty, and Li Longji was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is impossible for Ouyang Xun to inscribe Li Longji's coins.It is purely a coincidence that Li Longji set the year name as Kaiyuan.

　　
　
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