The voice was sharp and childish, as if a five or six-year-old child was deliberately straining his throat to make it.
The stall owner who was talking just now was frightened.
Turning around, I saw a grey parrot with a small tuft of yellow feathers on its head standing on the wine jar, opening and closing its mouth.
The sound, like a child crying, came from its mouth.
"Where did this parrot come from?"
"You're so clever, you can even imitate human speech?"
The attention of some people nearby was also attracted.
Those who would come out to set up stalls at this critical juncture instead of staying at home to celebrate the festival are more or less "blinded by greed". Several of them looked at the parrot with a gleam in their eyes.
"We haven't seen a talking parrot in Shahe City." Someone whispered, "I heard that the young prince of the Prince's Mansion also likes to keep pets. You said that if the Prince's Mansion catches a vicious dog, it will be rewarded with a big house in the south of the city. If we give this talking parrot to the young prince, can we get two houses in return?"
The person next to him spat when he heard this, "You wish!"
But after spitting, he couldn't help but look over there with burning eyes.
The stall owner who was selling mulberry wine had come to his senses by now. After looking around at the eager eyes around him, he said with a stern face, "Don't try to steal it. This parrot flew to my stall on its own and imitated my speech. You should let me take it away."
"You open your mouth and whatever you say is the truth? Is your name written on the parrot's feathers?" a stall owner opposite immediately retorted in a hoarse voice.
While the two sides were arguing, someone was quietly approaching the mulberry wine stall, ready to grab it directly...
At this time, a waiter hurried out from the back door of the inn, "Stop it, that's the parrot brought by the Yanzhao Kingdom caravan!"
"Are you crazy? You still want to catch it!"
After the guy shouted these two times, everyone who was rushing towards the parrot stopped immediately.
The little parrot took advantage of this opportunity, flew down from the wine jar, squeezed into the crowd, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Hey, don't let that parrot disappear."
"The guest from Yanzhao Country is still looking for it. Everyone, please help find it. If you find it, in addition to the reward given by the guest, our Sanghua Inn will give you an extra sum."
Upon hearing this, the people who were still setting up stalls no longer cared about their own stalls and joined the search for the parrot.
In order to appear to fit in, Wei Yunlan and his companions also separated themselves into two groups and joined the search.
Zou Yun and Wang Lu had both left, and taking advantage of the chaos now, they could sneak into the inn and find out what was going on.
Wei Yunlan and Sang Ji were left guarding the stall.
Wei Yunlan pulled the scarf on his head closer and asked quietly, "Is Yanzhao Kingdom very powerful? How does it compare to Qimeng Kingdom?"
"Then the country of Qimeng should be stronger... Every year, countries will go to Qimeng to make pilgrimages and offer tributes." Sangji whispered, "But Yanzhao is closer to our Mosan country. Many things in Mosan are sold by Yanzhao."
Wei Yunlan thought about it in his mind.
The relationship between Qimeng, Yanzhao and Mosan.
It is almost equivalent to the relationship between Dayong, the capital, the provincial capital, and some remote small cities in the province.
The people in those small towns yearn for the prosperity and bustle of the capital, but that prosperity and bustle is more like an illusion to them. Instead, it is the provincial capitals that are closer that truly govern them.
Among the countries in the northwest, Mosan is located in the easternmost area. If they want to go to the central area, the most prosperous Qimeng Kingdom, they still have to pass through many countries on the way.
Yan Zhaoguo, who sounds like he is not easy to mess with, is one of them.
Wei Yunlan asked quietly, "Do you know what Yanzhao Country produces in abundance?"
"spices!"
Sangji could actually answer this question. It happened that he had seen two bags of spices at the market a few months ago. The owner of the spice stall told people that all the spices in his hands were bought from Yan Zhaoguo.
"Those spices smell a bit pungent, but the more you smell them, the more fragrant they become. I heard people say that if you add some when stewing meat, the flavor will be much better than just adding salt." There was a bit of yearning in Sangji's eyes. Although he had obtained the spices of Yanzhao Kingdom, he had never really tasted them. He traded the two bags of spices to others at the price of three silver beans per bag.
The silver beans he got in return were given to a younger girl who had broken her leg and was taken to the hospital to have her bones set.
"Spices..." Wei Yunlan listened to Sang Ji's description.
Those spices that look like leaves or grass seeds are not available in Dayong.
If it can really add flavor to cooking and be brought back to Dayong, it will definitely be sold.
There is still a sum of gold and silver in her space. She can take out those gold and silver ingots or objects made of gold and silver and trade them in the country here.
However, Wei Yunlan didn't want to use gold and silver.
In addition to gold and silver, she also hoarded a lot of things in her space.
For example, before leaving Dayong, there were silk and porcelain prepared specifically for the trip to the northwest, and there were also things that were moved out of the warehouse of the Jinyang Marquis Mansion earlier.
The chaos of searching for the parrot gradually eased. As people continued to come in and out of the back door of the inn, the vendors returned to their stalls.
Two men who looked young walked out of the inn, looked around, picked out some food, and came to Wei Yunlan's stall.
"Why are there so few things on your stall?" the shorter of the two asked with a frown.
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