Chapter 1636: Scarcity Makes Things More Valuable
The palace master's carriage returned to the palace with great fanfare.
It's not the number of people that's large, but the number of animals.
A group of snow deer used as mounts, dozens of majestic snow wolves, and two huge white bears naturally created a lot of momentum.
Wherever the imperial carriage passed, people on the roadside knelt on the ground with faces full of piety and awe.
Tang Bao lamented that the hierarchy here was also very strict.
After Princess Linghua and others had taken advantage of Yun Mo, they began to look at the small stalls on both sides of the road with great interest.
Most of the items on the stalls are fruits that cannot be named, or some crude weapons, etc.
For example, there is a spear carved from some unknown wood, and a roughly polished black machete. Oh, this machete seems to be made of stone.
Everyone was slightly surprised.
These are supposed to be weapons, right?
However, this weapon is too crude, isn't it?
In Dayan, even the hunters in remote areas mostly use iron machetes.
No one would come out to set up a stall with stones.
Princess Linghua's eyes lit up when she saw a jade carving placed on the roadside.
"Does that look like a snow fox?" Princess Linghua pointed and asked.
Er Pan followed Princess Linghua's gaze and saw a white jade sculpture made of mutton-fat jade, carved into the shape of a little fox.
"Likely!" Erpan said.
After saying that, he suddenly remembered something.
He seemed to have heard from his aunt that Princess Linghua had a little white fox.
"You like it? I'll buy it for you."
After Erpan finished speaking, he jumped off the snow deer with nimble movements.
“How much is this?”
Er Pan asked the old man kneeling on the ground, wrapped in animal skins.
The old man replied with a look of deep fear: "Just take it, Immortal."
Er Pan: “…”
When I heard the word "immortal", I suddenly felt speechless.
What kind of immortal is he if he can’t ride on clouds or control the wind and rain?
Erpan no longer even had the thought of pretending to be an immortal.
"I'm not an immortal. Just tell me how to sell it and how much silver it will cost. Is this enough?"
Er Pan said this and took out a large ingot of silver and placed it in front of the old man.
Old man: “…”
My eyelids twitched.
Is the immortal humiliating him?
“Enough, that’s enough…”
A look of humiliation appeared on the old man's face.
Tang Bao couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
The roads here are all made of silver, which is probably as white as the bluestone slabs of Dayan.
Giving someone a silver ingot is like giving them a stone.
What's more, if people want silver, they can just find a piece from any corner. Why would they need to exchange it for anything?
Although jade is not valuable here, what they sell is their craftsmanship, right?
"Uncle, what currency do you use to buy things here?" Tang Bao looked at Yun Mo and asked.
"Currency?" Yun Mo was slightly stunned.
Then, as if he understood what Tang Bao meant, he said, "Barter."
Tang Bao: “…”
It is true.
"Erpan, just exchange it with your purse or handkerchief." Tang Bao said loudly.
Er Pan: “…”
Although Erpan has been doing some stupid things these days, he is not stupid after all and immediately understood what Tangbao meant.
"I'll trade this for mine, okay?"
Erpan took out a new cotton handkerchief.
This handkerchief was sent by the sewing room in the mansion.
If it were in Dayan, a cart of these handkerchiefs could not be exchanged for a jade carving like this.
The old man's eyes lit up.
"No, no... this is too, too..." The old man was so excited that he stuttered. Before he could finish the word "precious", he was interrupted by Erpan.
"Too little? Well, how about adding this purse?"
Erpan also felt that it was too embarrassing, so he took out another purse.
There were still a few taels of silver in his purse, and Erpan was reluctant to throw it away, so he quickly put it in his arms.
Old man: “…”
Although he didn't understand why the immortal used such a precious thing, the silver sand for decorating the road, it didn't stop him from staring at the thing in Erpan's hand, and his blood pressure soared.
The old man swallowed, looked at the green bamboo embroidered on the handkerchief, then looked at the eagle embroidered on the purse, and was so excited that he could hardly speak.
Only the immortals in the Cloud Palace were worthy of possessing such a precious and exquisite item. No, no, none of the immortals he had seen entering and leaving the Cloud Palace before had ever worn such a rare item.
"This, this, this... no, no, no..." The old man's lips trembled and tears welled up in his eyes.
"It's still too little?" Er Pan raised an eyebrow. "Well, I think it's too little too. How about you tell me what you want and I'll see if I have it?"
"A handkerchief is enough." Yun Mo couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
In fact, a handkerchief can be exchanged for a whole cart of such worthless gadgets.
Yun Mo's eyes fell on the purse in Erpan's hand, and he suddenly felt that he might have to change the gift he had originally prepared.
At the same time, I felt a little curious about the outside world.
Erpan exchanged a handkerchief for a jade carving, and handed it to Princess Linghua with satisfaction amid the old man's profuse thanks.
"This is for you." Er Pan said with a grin.
Princess Linghua blushed.
"I don't want it!" Princess Linghua suppressed the inexplicable joy in her heart and tried to keep a straight face and said, "It's just a worthless handkerchief in exchange. I have plenty of handkerchiefs. Can't I change it myself if I want it?"
After saying that, he looked at Xia Siya.
Both of them saw the craze for shopping in each other's eyes.
Scarcity makes things valuable!
It turns out that some of the worthless little items on them are extremely precious here.
I should have brought more handkerchief purses.
Although most of the items displayed on these stalls are crude, there are also some exquisite items.
For example, that little golden tree, its shape is exactly the same as the big tree in the woods outside the city, but its texture seems to be gold. Okay, there's also an emerald tree next to it, both are miniature versions, the size of a palm...
Tang Bao also saw these things and wondered in his heart, is this considered the surrounding area of Yunzhong City?
She also wants to exchange some as souvenirs to take back and give to others.
Xuanyuan Jin saw through the little girl's thoughts at a glance, and couldn't help but wonder how much he could take out in exchange for something the little girl liked...
Nowadays, the gold, silver, jade and other things on your body are not valuable anymore. What is valuable is the clothes you wear.
Erpan was rejected, but he didn't feel embarrassed, but he was a little depressed.
Women really love to hold grudges.
However, Erpan's frustration only lasted for a few moments before he regained his invincible cockroach state.
My elder brother went through so much hardship and got through it all, so what’s this little setback of mine?
Erpan thought of this and said something very philosophical.
"Even if you change again, you won't be the same person anymore, just like you and I tomorrow are not you and I today."
Princess Linghua: "..."
He turned his head and looked at Erpan in surprise.
I didn't expect that Erpan, this carefree and silly boy, could say such Zen-filled words.
Er Pan saw Princess Linghua looking at him, shook the little fox in his hand, smiled, and said, "I'll keep this for you. Whenever you want it, just tell me. If you're too embarrassed to ask for it, I'll give it to you as a betrothal gift after we return to the capital."
Princess Linghua: "..."
She didn't want to blush, but her face turned red on its own.
She didn't want her heart to beat faster, but it beat faster on its own.
Princess Linghua glared at Erpan.
How can such a person have any wisdom and affinity with Buddhism?
I will never understand it in this lifetime!
Soon, everyone arrived in front of a magnificent palace, chatting and laughing, with curious looks on their faces.
Then, they looked at each other and were all dumbfounded!
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