When General Peng heard Gu Shouxin's idea, he didn't say much. He just told him to do it. He said that he had plenty of people being punished every day, so it would be fine to send them to make some contributions to Kuncheng.
Kuncheng doesn't have many people, so the Gu family didn't plan to make any New Year's goods to sell in the twelfth lunar month.
Grandpa and Grandma Gu selected several kinds of food that the children in the family liked to eat and made New Year's goods for them at home. The others were busy with their own things.
Soon, it was the 20th of the twelfth lunar month.
Cai Xiaolian planned to take Gu Xin and Gu Si to the trading area of several countries. They had also stocked up on some embroidery and toiletries over the past two weeks.
She originally wanted to bring Gu Nian along, but Gu Nian was currently engrossed in the laboratory and couldn't tear herself away. The cement was about to be produced, and she had no interest in doing business at all.
Cai Xiaolian made an appointment with Peng Yizhu and Madam Peng Si, and then took the two children to the trading area.
Peng Yizhu and Madam Peng were already waiting there. This time, they brought Cheng Huaiyu and a thin, weak little boy, Peng Mu, Madam Peng's eldest son. He looked rather refined and didn't seem like the son of a military family at all.
It is said that this child has always been in poor health due to congenital deficiencies, and is currently the only boy in the Peng family who plans to go to school.
Peng Mu greeted Cai Xiaolian, Gu Xin, and Gu Si politely, and after recognizing them, she stood next to Cheng Huaiyu.
The group entered the trading area together.
Kuncheng's trading area is very large, and it is guarded by Peng Family Army troops all around.
Cai Xiaolian finally saw the bustling market and also saw many people from neighboring countries whose appearances were different from those of the people of Da Zhou.
Peng Yizhu and Madam Peng introduced Cai Xiaolian to each person, explaining which country they belonged to. Among them, only the people from Langge looked similar to those from the Great Zhou Dynasty; the others were almost immediately recognizable as not being from the Great Zhou.
In places like the Goddess Kingdom, the women are very forthright, speak loudly, and act more like men than men, while the men beside them act like demure women. Moreover, these women generally wear several gold bracelets, gold hairpins in their hair, gold earrings, and even their clothes are adorned with gold and silver.
The people of Jinnan Kingdom are relatively dark-skinned, but not like African blacks. However, compared to most ordinary people of Da Zhou, they have a distinctive feature: they carry various jade ornaments, with relatively few gold or silver ones.
The people of Izumo are generally tall and strong, with deep features and large eyes. They sell furs, as well as fresh beef and mutton.
The Sand God Kingdom and the Izumo Kingdom look similar, and they mostly sell spices.
Of course, these countries also have some handmade items made by individuals. Unlike Xingnan Kingdom, they cannot directly trade with the imperial court in the capital. They only do small business in Kuncheng and are mostly ordinary people.
The merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty mainly dealt in cloth and tea, which were not available in other countries.
The entire trading area is not necessarily a barter system; gold and silver can be used for purchases. Silver notes and copper coins are not accepted; only gold and silver are accepted.
After looking around, Cai Xiaolian went straight to Jin Nanguo's stall. The stall was full of stones, and Cai Xiaolian knew that these were raw stones.
She asked the price: "How much?"
The stall was rather calm; the owner was a thin old man, but his eyes were very shrewd.
He glanced at the hand of the maid behind Cai Xiaolian and asked, "Ten taels of silver each. Of course, you can exchange it for something else. Madam, is your maid carrying tea leaves or cloth? Do you have any fresh ones?"
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