Upon hearing what could be exchanged for, Nangong Yuan became quite impatient.
Because Yanlang City was affected by the war, there were no such things for sale in the city, so Nangong Yuan took Han Yiyi to Qingliu City, which is adjacent to Yanlang City, overnight.
It was morning when they arrived in Qingliu City. As soon as the city gates opened, Nangong Yuan led Han Yiyi into a jade shop and had the shopkeeper bring out many jade pendants for Han Yiyi to choose from.
Han Yiyi didn't know how to judge the quality of the jade pendants, so she could only take them one by one and listen to the system give her a price quote.
Qingliu City is nowhere near as prosperous as Kyoto, and naturally, it doesn't have as many good things. Therefore, among all the jade pendants that the shopkeeper brought out, none of them were priced above 30,000 points by the system, which is far less than the jade pendant that Nangong Yuan had before.
What Han Yiyi didn't know was that the jade pendant that Nangong Yuan had previously possessed was a family heirloom of the Nangong family, meant to be passed down to the Nangong family's future daughter-in-law. Its quality was naturally extraordinary.
Since the quality was not good, we could only focus on quantity. Fortunately, the price offered by the shopkeeper was not too expensive, with the most expensive being only thirty-odd taels. Compared to the grain we could exchange for, it was quite a good deal.
Since there were very few jade pendants here, the shopkeeper only brought out about twenty pieces. Han Yiyi roughly calculated that all of them together amounted to no more than 500,000 points, which could be exchanged for 50,000 catties of grain.
The difference is still too great, and besides, we can't keep feeding the soldiers porridge every day.
Two hundred thousand people, even at the lowest estimate, each person needs one jin of rice per day, which would require two hundred thousand jin of rice per day. Thinking of this, Han Yiyi couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine. It seemed that the tens of thousands of jin of rice that had been exchanged before would only be enough for them to eat a slightly thicker porridge.
What Han Yiyi didn't know was that most of the rice she exchanged was given to the wounded. As for the others, they mostly ate rice porridge. No, the rice porridge was much thicker than before. In addition, the soldiers in the cookhouse dug up some wild vegetables and mushrooms, and together they had a full meal.
Since the number of jade pendants was far from enough, the two also picked out some jade bracelets and jade thumb rings in the shop. If it weren't for the fact that some of their points were too few and buying them would be a waste of money, the two would probably have emptied the entire jade shop.
In the end, the two of them selected everything they could, and roughly calculated that they had about two million points, which is equivalent to two hundred thousand units of food.
Seeing the two men's posture, the owner of the jade shop became nervous and secretly gave a wink to his assistant, signaling him to block the entrance to prevent them from robbing them.
After the two made their selections, they asked the jade shop owner to calculate the price. Upon hearing that he would receive money, the owner's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile. This was enough for him to produce for several years. If he could sell it all, he could retire and go back to his hometown to sell a few acres of land and live a comfortable retirement life.
The boss was happily working on his abacus when he announced a number.
"Esteemed guests, the total cost is 525 taels. Since you're buying a lot, I'll round it down to 25 taels. Just give me 500 taels..."
Five hundred taels of silver, even if they sold it themselves, could only buy five thousand catties of grain. With points, they could exchange it for two hundred thousand catties. In comparison, five hundred taels of silver is already very cheap.
When the owner of the jade shop saw that the two people did not react after he told them the price, he felt a chill and quickly pulled all the items into his arms, looking at the two people with a wary expression.
Seeing his boss's actions, Nangong Yuan couldn't help but glance at Han Yiyi.
Han Yi thought to herself, "Why are you looking at me like that? Hurry up and pay the money..."
Han Yiyi was still trying to figure out what Nangong Yuan meant by looking at her when she heard him speak.
"I left in a hurry and didn't bring any money with me. Please pay for me first, and I'll give you the money back when I get back..."
Upon hearing this, Han Yi was stunned for a moment. This guy had no money, yet he rushed to bring her to buy things, so he originally planned to have her pay for them. How could that be...
Before she could even speak, she caught a glimpse of the jade shop owner winking at her, as if to say, "Girl, you'd better be careful. Don't let this pretty face fool you and swindle you out of your money..."
Seeing this, Han Yiyi couldn't help but chuckle, thinking to herself, "This boss is actually quite a nice person."
However, these were all meant to save the soldiers' lives, so Han Yiyi naturally wouldn't be stingy. But when she took out the silver from her spatial storage, her heart still ached a little.
Watching the two leave, the jade shop owner couldn't help but shake his head, thinking to himself, "It seems the world is about to have another injured woman..."
Just as they stepped out of the jade shop, Nangong Yuan asked somewhat embarrassedly.
"I wonder if the young lady has any extra silver on her...?"
Han Yiyi: ...
However, thinking of those soldiers with missing limbs, he nodded and replied.
"Yes, I still have about a thousand taels of silver..." This was all her possessions.
No sooner had Han Yiyi finished speaking than she was pulled to another jade shop.
In Qingliu City, there are only two jade shops, but this one is significantly smaller than the previous one. Even after selecting all the available options, I only have 800,000 points, less than half of what the previous shop offered.
Han Yi paid two hundred taels of silver and, as expected, received a kind look from the jade shop owner.
After leaving the jade shop, the two went to the porcelain shop. This time, Xiao Hua offered a much higher price. A small blue and white porcelain vase was worth almost the same number of points as Nangong Yuan's jade pendant.
So the two of them spent another seven hundred taels to buy a bunch of porcelain. Well! Fortunately, Nangong Yuan still had a conscience and knew to leave one hundred taels for Han Yiyi.
To avoid arousing suspicion, the two had the shopkeeper send the porcelain outside the city first.
No sooner had the two left than word spread throughout Qingliu City that a woman had been bewitched by a man and swindled out of all her family's wealth...
Once outside the city, Han Yi exchanged all her belongings for flight points, totaling 15 million points, which is roughly equivalent to 1.5 million catties of grain. At 200,000 catties a day, it would last for about seven or eight days.
If we can be more frugal, it should last for about ten days.
Hearing Han Yiyi's words, a hint of a smile finally appeared in Nangong Yuan's eyes.
On the way back, Nangong Yuan was visibly more relaxed. He put his arm around the waist of the person in front of him, his eyes filled with gratitude.
The two of them had barely rested since yesterday, and worried that Han Yiyi was too tired, so they spoke softly.
"It will take about another hour to get there. If you feel sleepy, you can lean on me and rest for a while..."
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