He opened the wooden box and showed it to Yuchi Ziling. Inside were several books. He immediately closed it again and put it in his arms.
"Well, I wasn't lying to you, was I? It seems like this is your first time in our new city. So, I'll give you the cheapest deal, just ten taels of silver, which will definitely improve your marksmanship."
It has to be said that Yuchi Ziling was moved. She was a gun player and had two gun barrels hanging behind her.
But she hesitated again. She didn't have much money to begin with. She had spent more than three taels of the ten taels she had earned from robbing bandits in the past few days, and now she had less than seven taels of silver left.
After hesitating for a moment, she became conflicted again. This set of marksmanship was only ten taels of silver, which was a really good price to be honest. If she didn't buy it, she'd be missing out on hundreds of millions.
Lao Jia saw that she really wanted it, so he spoke again,
"Forget it, I don't think you like it very much, so let's say goodbye. We'll meet again in the future if we're lucky."
After saying that, he turned around and made to leave.
"Hey, who said I don't like it? Don't go. Can the price be a little cheaper?" Yuchi Ziling was frightened and immediately tried to persuade him to stay.
Old Jia turned his back and showed a triumphant smile on his face, then turned around and spoke,
"Really want it?"
Yuchi Ziling nodded.
"Alright, since you're also a gun wielder, I'll give you a discount. Take the eight ounces."
"Can it be less? I'm really short of money."
Lao Jia secretly complained about being poor, but his expression was still enthusiastic as he said,
"Sir, what do you think is a suitable price?"
"Five taels." Yuchi Ziling said firmly.
"Deal." Old Jia readily agreed without raising the price. After all, he could get the goods very cheaply from Uncle Huang's factory and made a lot of money.
Yuchi Ziling did not hesitate, took out five taels of silver, and happily exchanged it for the exquisite box in the other party's hand, her heart beaming with joy.
It turns out that a 50% discount has such a strong impact on women.
As soon as she got the box, Yuchi Ziling was eager to open it and take a look.
Lao Jia quickly stopped him,
"Sir, how can you take out such a secret manual and read it casually? It's better to go back to your residence and read it first. Be careful that someone might covet it."
When Yuchi Ziling heard this, she thought, "Well, that makes sense," so she put the box away, waved her hand, and continued walking towards the city with Cai'er.
Cai'er followed behind and asked,
"Miss, how much money do we have left?"
"It's just over a couple of days, so it shouldn't be a problem to stay in a hotel for two days. Anyway, this place is so close to Binhai County. I'll go find Uncle Jiang in two days, so there won't be any delay."
…
It is said that Jiang Hai returned to Xincheng and had already entered the city at this time.
He got off the carriage at Yanchun Tower in the east of the city and walked in by himself. Wenzhi naturally returned to Jiang Mansion with his martial arts skills.
There is no security issue in the new city, and Wenzhi is not with Jiang Hai all the time.
Yanchunlou was actually part of the Jiang family's property. Jiang Hai had a VIP suite upstairs that was extremely luxurious. When he wasn't at the Jiang residence, he basically lived there.
When Jiang Hai went upstairs, he saw Liu Zi coming downstairs in a hurry.
"Sixth son, what are you doing?"
"Oh, young master, the master asked me to come and see whether you are staying here or going back to the Jiang Mansion today." Liuzi lied with a guilty conscience.
At this time, Jiang Hai was a little tired from returning from his journey, and he did not notice Liu Zi's abnormality, so he said casually,
"Forget it, let's go back tomorrow. Just tell stepmother."
"Don't you need to tell the master?"
"You are so stupid. How could my stepmother know that my father doesn't know?" Jiang Hai was amused by his stupidity.
Liuzi also laughed, and hurriedly left Yanchun Tower to go back to Jiang Mansion to report the news.
Originally, when Jiang Hai returned, a group of beautiful women would flock to him. But he was feeling irritable recently and only wanted someone named Jingjing, so he went upstairs alone.
Jiang Hai came to the balcony of the suite, sat on the third floor, watched people coming and going downstairs, and relaxed.
…
On the other side of Chengdong Street, there is a lobby of an inn called [Chengdong Affordable Accommodation].
Yuchi Ziling said angrily,
"You're a shady shop, right? The cheapest room costs three taels a night?"
"This is the price in Xincheng. We are the cheapest inn. If you don't believe me, go ask around." The shopkeeper replied righteously.
"Black-hearted shopkeeper! Let's go." Yuchi Ziling and Cai'er walked out of the inn angrily.
"I've never seen such an expensive inn. The cheapest one costs three taels. This is no different from robbery."
Cai'er was also very angry and kept complaining as she walked.
"Miss, let's look for another place. They won't all be as shady as this one."
So the two of them walked along the east street for a distance and looked for a few inns.
It turned out that the shopkeeper had not lied to them. Three taels was indeed the cheapest, and there were even exaggerated prices of ten taels.
The two of them were silenced now. Yuchi Ziling began to regret why she bought that crappy spear technique earlier. She was really too impulsive.
But who could have predicted this? Before, staying in Nanshan County for a night only cost a little over a hundred wen, and the little over a tael in my hand was enough to stay there for ten days.
The two walked helplessly on the street, feeling extremely depressed.
"How about I sell the horse?" Cai'er touched her horse.
"Let's think of another way. If it doesn't work, we won't stay in a hotel. It's not cold now anyway, so what's there to be afraid of?" Yuchi Ziling once again thought of sleeping on the streets.
"..." Cai'er was speechless. Does the young lady want to experience what it's like to sleep on the streets?
Just when the two were frustrated about the accommodation problem.
A familiar voice called out,
"Brother Su, Brother Su, this way."
In front of me, on the Yanchun Building, Jiang Hai was standing on the balcony, waving and shouting at Yuchi Ziling.
Yuchi Ziling didn't react at first, but Cai'er saw it and pointed her in the direction of Yanchun Tower.
She looked up and saw Jiang Hai, and had an indescribable feeling in her heart. This man seemed very familiar.
However, she was a stranger here now. Apart from this person, she only knew the owner of a printing factory.
As he got closer, Jiang Hai shouted again,
"Wait for me, I'll take you down."
After hearing this, Yuchi Ziling also stopped. Then she thought, this guy doesn't look like a bad person, so it should be okay to borrow a few taels of silver from him for emergency.
In a moment, Jiang Hai ran downstairs.
"Oh, Brother Su, what a coincidence, how did you get to Xincheng?"
"Brother Haiwang," Yuchi Ziling said with a bow, "Are you from Xincheng?"
"Haha, yes, people from Xincheng, let's go upstairs and have a couple of drinks."
Jiang Hai's rare dog-licking behavior attracted the surprise of passersby. What happened to the young master? When did he become so polite to others? Many people even gathered around to watch.
Passerby A and Passerby B discussed quietly.
"Could it be that our young master is into homosexuality? Look at this handsome young man."
"Well, now that you put it that way, it does make sense." Passerby B nodded in agreement.
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