After the villains heard my voice, they all lost their composure.

"My lord, can you still do it?"

Yan Mu'an wanted to go shopping on a whim. Yong Chang felt that this was the easiest thing to do, so he walked out with the money and went out. Originally, he just wanted to go to a shop, sit down and have a cup of tea, and then the shopkeeper All the good things were brought out and the princess slowly selected them.

But actually

"I'm fine. Where else do you want to go, Princess?"

It is true that you can drink tea and sit down after entering the shop, but the princess often just sits for a while. If she thinks something looks good, she just says, "Wrap it up and send it to the palace," then gets up and leaves, and then walks aimlessly on the street, looking for the next shop. A store that's pleasing to the eye.

How did she know that Yan Mu'an was excited? She had not gone shopping seriously in such a long time since she came here. When she was in the capital, she looked around and felt that everything in the capital was unpleasant. Either the houses were dusty and unattractive, or the streets were ugly. It's narrow and unclean, but Yongcheng has a large territory and wide streets. Even the houses look much more spacious. You don't have to sit next to me and I squeeze you together.

It can be said that the sky here feels a lot bluer. What you see is not the continuous mountain peaks, but the sky is high and the sky is vast. Of course, the mood is different.

Even the shops in the city are bigger than those in the capital.

"Didn't you listen to what the shopkeeper just said? At the end of this street, just turn a corner and you can reach Yongchang Baibao Street. They said that there are all treasures sold there, such as pens, inks, paper and inkstones, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, top-quality jewelry, etc. Collect them all.”

The person who came out today as the lead boy was Zhang Shi. He was the first servant to rush to Yan Muan and introduce himself. Now his father and sister have gone to work in the palace. Their family is very satisfied with their current life. Today Being called to lead the way is even more dedicated.

"What the princess said is that Baibao Street is not the most prosperous street in Yongcheng, but it is the richest street in Yongcheng. The two-foot-wide ground in the middle of the entire street is paved with broken jade, which is called It is the Baiyu Road, also called the Wealth Road."

"Listen, Baiyulu."

Yan Mu'an said that he wanted to go and have a look immediately, and he did not want to ride in the carriage. He felt that he could not see anything in the carriage and it was bumpy and boring.

Yongchang accepted his fate and stepped forward. He didn't understand how the princess, who usually complained about the pain in her heels after walking two more laps in the mansion, was not tired when she went shopping.

When the prince and princess traveled, the battle was naturally quite large. They attracted many looks on the road, but none of the group was affected. Only Luo Hui and others kept looking around, fearing that someone without a good eye would jump out.

Zhang Shi walked in front, turned the corner and said hurriedly: "Princess, this is it."

What you see is a different world. The streets are not as spacious as the streets you just visited, but the ground is paved with patterned bluestone slabs. In the middle of the road is gravel, which is what Zhang Shi calls broken jade. It extends all the way to the entire street. Is it jade?”

"all."

Zhang Shi introduced, “A long time ago, this street was home to carving jade pieces. Every household heard the sound of the carving machine. There were as many as a hundred merchants selling jade articles. Each caravan brought jade materials back from other places, but not all of them Jade materials can be sold for money. When they encountered jade materials that could not be sold, they all were piled on the walls of their own courtyards. Later, when stone materials were needed for street renovation, someone proposed to take out the jade materials that each house did not want and pave the road. This is the road under your feet. .”

"In the early years, we would sneak here in the middle of the night to dig for jade. What we didn't like at that time may be a good thing now. Some people even dug up a complete bracelet. But later, the government tightened the grip. This street has its own patrol. Team, gradually no one dared to come."

Yan Muan was very curious, "Is this place very close to the jade mine?"

Zhang Shi shook his head and said he didn't know where the jade mine was. "The big ships can move here because they are brought here."

Yan Mu'an didn't ask any more questions. With developed waterways, everything was possible.

Yan Muan walked into the first store she encountered. It was a store that mainly sold jade jewelry, but she was not very interested in jade. She just walked around and learned about the market before going out. After walking a few steps, she came back. It was interesting when she entered a calligraphy and painting shop. Although she couldn't appreciate the techniques, she could appreciate how good it looked. Yongchang took the chance and sat down, hoping that the princess could stay in this shop for a longer time. Strangely enough, he had never been so tired after riding a horse for a day or practicing for a long time. At this moment, he not only felt exhausted, but also quite tired. I feel tired. I really don’t know what’s good in this street. Isn’t it better to just buy whatever I like? Why should I choose slowly?

"Brother Wu, will anyone buy my painting?"

An extremely shabby middle-aged man came to the door. The shopkeeper was afraid that he would make the customers in the store unhappy, so he asked the waiter to take him to the backyard. Yan Muan glanced at him and asked, "Here to sell paintings on consignment?"

The shopkeeper handed over her hand. She already had a guess in her mind as to who the person in front of her was, but first she didn't dare to confirm it, and secondly she didn't dare reveal his identity. She could only say with a smile on her face, "There are always some customers who take my paintings." They come to sell on consignment, but most of these people are not well-known, so it’s not easy to sell them, and they can’t sell them at a high price.”

Yan Mu'an understands that valuable paintings have to wait until the person who painted them is gone before they become valuable. It is extremely difficult for someone to return the painting or it is difficult to find a painting.

"Bring me the painting of that person just now."

The shopkeeper quickly dug out a scroll from the general bottle not far away. After opening it, it was displayed in front of Yan Muan. It was a picture of spring in extremely bright colors, with horses riding on horses, children playing and kites for royalties. How about this for now? Don’t say it, it’s hilarious just looking at it.

"This painting is different from him."

A shabby middle-aged man, a spring picture with strong colors, the paint alone costs a lot of money.

The shopkeeper said: "This man's paintings have always been strong and bold. They are different from the simple, distant, distant and cold paintings that everyone likes nowadays. They are not very popular with everyone. Here is also his painting of white clouds and maple leaves, which is also colorful and very solemn. ."

As he said that, he took out another one. Yan Muan looked at it and nodded. Seeing that she seemed to like it, the shopkeeper came up with another picture with brighter colors and more details of deer singing in the forest. Yan Muan fell in love with it at first sight. , in her eyes, the lighting in the room was very average, and the dusty paintings hung there were somewhat dull, but Yan Muan's one looked more comfortable.

"Wrap up these three pictures."

"Also, please ask the three gentlemen of these paintings."

There are no seals on the three paintings, which shows that the shopkeeper was ready to take advantage of them early on.

The shabby middle-aged man hadn't left yet. He knew that all three of his paintings had been sold and hurriedly ran out, "Hurry up and pay me the bill. I'm in a hurry to use the money."

"Mr. Wen, you are here, please don't lose your etiquette."

The shopkeeper stepped forward and smoothed things over with a smile, "I know you are in a hurry, and your money is indispensable."

Mr. Wen looked at Yan Mu'an and bowed his hands, "Madam, you want to ask me something? But what's wrong with my painting?"

Yan Muan smiled and said, "I just want to ask why there is no seal?"

The shopkeeper became nervous as soon as the paintings came out. After all, it was him who asked for it. He could tell that all three paintings were good. You must know that there are people who specially buy paintings without seals, like Mr. Wen, who have no money and no background. Man, if his painting has a seal, it is better to sell it without a seal. The buyer will not know who painted the painting after buying it back.