Main Characters: Yu Yuanzheng, Shangguan Ziqi
Yu Yuanzheng transmigrated into the original host on her wedding night. Upon arriving, she was immediately forced to listen to her cousin and hus...
The visitor was none other than Mr. Xiao Qinghe, the Deputy Minister of Rites, who was sent by the Emperor to the embassy to receive foreigners.
He was in his forties and was running out of breath.
"Meet, meet Prince Rong, Princess Rong, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince's Consort. Crown Prince's Consort, I really can't serve those foreigners, please follow me to Changhe Street.
Those people are curious about everything they see and want to buy everything, but they have no money at all.
The merchants dared not accept the money they took out, which was completely different from our Dawei. Now, on the street, the owner of a shop stopped him and refused to let him go.
I can't communicate with them, I have to rely on gestures, it's really too difficult."
Lord Xiao was sweating on his forehead even in the middle of winter.
After hearing his complaints, Yu Yuanzheng was speechless.
Why are these far-flung explorers so restless?
They really think that just because Wei is polite to them, they can do whatever they want.
But in order to avoid their actions, Yu Yuanzheng had to finish her meal quickly and let him solve the problem.
Shangguan Ziqi also stood up and went with her.
As the couple followed Xiao Qinghe to the Changchun Street, they saw from afar that group of blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners were surrounded at the door of a shop, surrounded by people who came to watch the fun.
The people knew who these people were yesterday and were no longer afraid.
There were also several officials in official uniforms talking to the shopkeeper.
The most conspicuous one was Edward, who was wearing their unique strange clothes and had a sword at his waist.
He was gesticulating and gesticulating something.
"Make way, make way!" Xiao Qinghe led the way.
The crowd made way for him, and Yu Yuanzheng could see clearly that Edward was holding a blue and white porcelain vase in his hand. The shopkeeper was holding his sleeve tightly, and the two were in a stalemate.
Edward was mumbling something, but the shopkeeper stamped his feet anxiously: "Sir, please give me money!"
Yu Yuanzheng stepped forward quickly and said in fluent English: "Mr. Edward, what are you doing? Please return the vase to the shopkeeper."
Edward heard the familiar language and turned his head suddenly, with surprise flashing in his blue eyes: "Your Highness, you are here.
I just wanted to buy this beautiful bottle, but the gentleman didn’t seem to understand me.”
Yu Yuanzheng turned to look at the shopkeeper: "He said he wanted to buy this porcelain vase."
"My humble servant greets the Duke of Zhenguo.
But he couldn't come up with the money!
He gave me this in exchange for my vase.
This vase is the most valuable item in our Changlong store. It costs at least one thousand taels of silver. What he gave is not good enough.”
The shopkeeper spread out his hand, and a gold coin with a foreigner's head on it was lying in his palm.
The maximum quantity is two taels, which is not enough to pay for the supplies.
Yu Yuanzheng then understood why the two were so confused.
One wants to buy it, and the other complains that he doesn't have enough money.
"Mr. Edward, this is called a blue and white porcelain vase, and it is the most distinctive artwork of our Great Wei.
It is not an ordinary vase, it has ornamental and collection value and is expensive.
It's much more noble and elegant than the glass bottle you showed me before.
And you only gave one gold coin, which is far from enough. You need at least fifty gold coins to buy it."
Yu Yuanzheng explained helplessly.
The onlookers were all stunned. They didn't expect the Duke of Zhenguo to be so powerful that he would say things like this about someone they had never seen before.
And they couldn't understand what these people were saying at all.
For the people who have never seen it before, it is really an eye-opener.
They all started whispering.
"You really are worthy of being the Duke of Zhenguo, you are really capable, even saying such strange things.
And she is not afraid of these people.
Look at those people, each of them is so tall, like a tower.
If I were to stand in front of those people, I would be trembling with fear." A woman said to her companion.
"I think these people are a little strange, but they don't mean to hurt anyone. They are brought here by the government. It is obvious that they just want to buy things."
"Who knew they were so unreasonable? They didn't even pay enough money, yet they dared to take other people's things."
"Maybe they don't know how much it's worth. I see the clothes they wear are made of good material, they don't look like poor people."
"Who knows? Let's see how the Duke of Zhenguo mediates."
When Yu Yuanzheng told Edward the real price, Edward paused.
"Oh, God, it's so expensive." He had no choice but to let go and return the vase to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was not greedy and returned the gold coin that he had never seen before to Edward.
"Mr. Edward, we just arrived in Beijing yesterday. Aren't you tired? Why don't you take a rest before coming out? I was planning to take a good rest today, go to the embassy tomorrow, and take you out for a walk. I didn't expect you to be so anxious."
"Your Highness, we are fascinated by the capital of Wei. There is no place for us to stay. Besides, the officials of Wei are very considerate. We can go out and explore the streets by ourselves."
These people have been away from home all year round and are in very good spirits, so they don't need to rest at all.
"Okay. Let me take you around now." Yu Yuanzheng had no choice but to be the guide.
But just as they walked out of Changlong Porcelain Shop, they saw another foreigner named William running towards them holding a big rooster.
But because he didn't hold it tightly, the rooster broke free from his arms, flapped its wings and flew away, then ran around among the crowd.
"My chicken, my chicken." William shouted and chased the rooster, running around in the crowd, causing the people to laugh.
Shangguan Ziqi was trying to hold back his laughter until it was very uncomfortable. He saw that the foreigner had knocked down several civilians while chasing them. He really couldn't bear to watch it, so he took out a piece of silver and shot it at the rooster.
The rooster felt pain, staggered, and fell to the ground, where William held him down.
"My lovely chicken." William touched the chicken's head.
The rooster didn't want to be touched, so he tilted his head and pecked fiercely.
Jub pecked a small hole in William's hand, and blood immediately gushed out.
"Oh, God." William slapped the chicken on the head angrily.
"Mr. William, what's going on with you?" Yu Yuanzheng stepped forward and asked.
"Oh, your highness, this chicken is so interesting. He is very good at fighting. So I want to buy him to play with. I have never seen a rooster that is so good at fighting.
It pecked its opponent's head and made it bleed, but it itself was not hurt at all. Look, there is not even a drop of blood on its body."
William held the rooster in front of Yu Yuanzheng and Shangguan Ziqi as if he were presenting a treasure, and spoke excitedly.
"Qingfeng, find out what's going on." Shangguan Ziqi couldn't bear to watch and ordered the servant behind him.
Just a chicken can arouse the interest of these foreigners.
After a while, Qingfeng came over carrying a man in his thirties.
"Prince, he knows best."
"My humble servant greets His Majesty the Crown Prince and His Majesty the Crown Princess. I used to set up a cockfighting stall on the street corner to make some money. This gentleman saw that my big rooster won, so he gave this to me and then took my chicken away." The man took out a gold coin that Yu Yuanzheng had just seen from his arms.
Good man, he really doesn’t know the prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
A piece of blue and white porcelain worth one thousand taels was given a gold coin, and a chicken was also given a gold coin.
It seems that those who can go out for adventure are all from wealthy families, but where would the money support them to travel so far?
Qingfeng was also dumbfounded.
Go and get the silver that the prince had just used to kill the chicken from a boy, give it to the man, and exchange the gold coin for it and put it into William's hand.
"You can buy a hundred chickens with this gold coin." Yu Yuanzheng explained.
"Oh, God. Thank you, Prince, for buying this chicken for me." William smiled and put the gold coins away.
Why does this sound so funny?
Yu Yuanzheng couldn't help but laugh: "Let the embassy's chef cook it for you tonight."
"No, no, no. It's a warrior, you can't eat it."