Chapter 132: I’ll vent her anger later]
The horse seller hesitated for a moment, then, seeing the buyer about to walk away again, quickly grabbed him and agreed, "Okay, okay! Twelve taels is twelve taels, deal."
Chen Fenghe couldn't help but frown upon hearing this. A Ferghana horse from the Western Regions, worth at least several hundred taels of silver, was being sold as a meat horse today!
She was just about to open her mouth to buy the horse when Xiao Yunshuo's voice suddenly came: "Twenty taels, right? I'll buy it."
As he spoke, a money bag was thrown over and landed heavily in front of the horse seller.
The horse seller saw the money bag on the ground and quickly picked it up. Wasn't it heavy with twenty taels?
The horse seller immediately beamed and said, "Sir, twenty taels, deal! You're not allowed to go back on your word!"
As he said that, he quickly stuffed the horse's reins into Xiao Yunshuo's hand, and then ran away with the money bag.
Chen Fenghe: “…”
Although this horse is worth more than twenty taels, the other party is willing to sell it for twelve taels. There is no need to rush to be a sucker. Just spend twenty taels to buy it...
The man who originally wanted to buy the horse got furious when he saw this. He put his hands on his hips and said to Xiao Yunshuo, "Who are you? Do you know who my master is? How dare you intercept my business? Are you asking for a beating?"
Xiao Yunshuo glanced at him coldly and didn't bother to talk to him at all.
Yuan Xu laughed and said, "Who are we to care about you? Who is your master to care about us?"
The horse buyer was immediately furious and said, "Oh! You're so arrogant! I'm telling you, I'm the chef of the Song Mansion in Qizhou City! My grandmother wanted to eat something new today, so I came here to buy a horse! If you dare to cut in, I'll beat you to a pulp!"
As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves and swung a fist.
Xiao Yunshuo didn't even glance at him, and went straight to look at the horse. Yuan Xu casually raised his hand and grabbed the man's fist. Then, with a clever move, the man's arm was dislocated and he screamed in pain.
"Ouch! Let go!"
As soon as Yuan Xu loosened his grip, the man fell several feet away and landed face down on the ground!
The man scrambled to his feet, grunting, and as he fled, he turned back and cursed, "You have guts! Just wait and see how my master will deal with you!"
Everyone present couldn't help laughing when they saw how embarrassed he looked, but they didn't dare to laugh.
A kind-hearted person came forward and whispered, "You have offended the Song family. Hurry and leave Qizhou City and escape! The Song family is the brother-in-law of the brother-in-law of Prime Minister Shen in the capital. They are domineering in Qizhou City. Even the prefect has to give them three points!"
After hearing this, Shen Fenghe couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
This is really... Enemies meet on a narrow road.
However, the original owner's scumbag father is really not to be kept. His brother-in-law's brother-in-law can be so powerful and rampant, but he is so cold and mean to his own children.
Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu were naturally not afraid of their brother-in-law's brother-in-law. Yuan Xu thanked them casually and walked away.
Shen Fenghe leaned over and asked, "Is the Song family very rich?"
The person being questioned was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course not! They're one of the most powerful families in Qizhou City! Do you know the former Gu family in the capital? They were once a royal merchant family. Later, the main family fell into decline, and Master Gu, a branch of the family, inherited most of the Gu family's assets in Qizhou City. However, the Gu family's children are not very motivated, and now they rely on the Song family and the connections between Prime Minister Shen in the capital to continue their business!"
Chen Fenghe pondered and said, "In other words, the properties in Qizhou City are nominally owned by the Gu family, but in reality, they are all under the name of Shen Shian?"
After hearing this, the man quickly covered his mouth and lowered his voice, saying, "Young lady, how dare you call Prime Minister Shen by his name? If the lackeys of the Song family hear you, you will be in big trouble..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "I was wrong. Thank you for reminding me, uncle."
The man didn't dare say anything more and walked away.
Chen Fenghe went over to look after the mule.
Xiao Yunshuo glanced at Chen Fenghe and frowned slightly.
Since Chen Fenghe was his Crown Princess, he naturally had heard about her.
It is said that she was sent back to the countryside by Prime Minister Chen to grow up in a farm, and was later brought back to the capital in order to fulfill the emperor's grandfather's will to marry him as the crown princess.
The fact that Shen Shi'an favored his concubine over his wife and only favored his concubine's daughter was known to the whole capital. As the legitimate daughter, she must have suffered a lot of grievances.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yunshuo's eyes couldn't help but darken.
She knows medicine, cooking, hunting and archery. Isn't it because no one took care of her when she was a child that she had to learn it by herself?
A hint of heartache appeared in Xiao Yunshuo's eyes.
Let's wait until later and then slowly vent her anger.
Chen Fenghe quickly picked out a mule and asked for eight taels of silver. Yuan Xun bargained and finally bought it for fifteen taels of silver, including the one the official wanted to buy, for a total of two mules.
The officers bought another cart.
Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu bought two more horses and a carriage with a canopy, which made Shen Fenghe extremely envious.
If it weren't for her status as an "exile", she would have had to get a carriage with a canopy to block the wind.
Chen Fenghe even had the urge to run away.
However, if she ran away, Qin Mengyue, Chen Wu, Yuan Xun and others would be in harm's way.
After thinking about it, Chen Fenghe sighed and decided to forget it.
Although she is not a saint, she doesn't like innocent people to suffer because of her.
Who told her to be transformed into the original owner's identity? She'd better wait until she reached the place of exile before deciding.
In addition to mules and horse-drawn carts, Chen Fenghe also visited various shops in Qizhou City. Looking around, he found that the most scarce items were food and medicinal materials.
Seeing them emerge empty-handed from the shop, someone approached them and kindly said, "Are you looking to buy food and herbs? I'm afraid all the shops in Qizhou City are out of stock right now. If you want to buy any, you'll have to go to the Gu or Song family's food and medicine shops. They're probably the only two in the whole city that have them. But you'd better prepare enough money. Prices in Qizhou City have more than doubled!"
Another person sighed angrily, "Alas! With the pandemic raging, these officials and merchants are taking advantage of the situation to hoard goods and drive up prices. How can God be so blind!"
The first person immediately whispered, "Stop talking! Aren't you afraid of being arrested by the government?"
After talking, the two of them quickly dispersed.
Upon hearing this, Chen Fenghe couldn't help but sigh. "So he's even engaging in the activities of a profiteer? How shameless!"
After hearing this, Chen Fenghe remained calm, bought some walnut cakes for the children, and went back.
The three little guys were overjoyed to see that they had walnut cookies to eat. Chen Fenghe gave each of them a piece and let them eat it, and threw the rest into the space.
She thought about it and went to the stable.
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