There are thirteen fur goods brought to Chang'an this time in Zhangjiazhai. Among them, nine cars of leather, three cars of fur, and one car is a treasure.

The so-called treasure refers to precious furs such as bear skin and tiger skin. This beast in the Tang Dynasty is not considered a rare species. Not to mention it is everywhere, it is much more than later generations. But after all, it is a ferocious beast, and ordinary hunters cannot deal with it. Most of them cannot save their lives when they encounter it. Only when they gather together to hunt, can one or two ends be captured through traps and other methods. Compared with ordinary wolf skin and sheep skin, it is much more precious.

With Ergou's threat, Lao Hu and others did not dare to ask for the price everywhere. On the basis of the price of fur merchants shipped to border towns in previous years, they gave 1.5% of the price. In this way, it was nearly 30% cheaper than the same-grade goods in Chang'an West City, but even so, the total value of these thirteen trucks of goods was more than 3800 trump cards. This was the first time for the horse bandits who lived in Longyou and were accustomed to bartering goods.

"There are three thousand guan coins here, and eight hundred taels of silver. You should all know that if you change the silver to copper coins, you can change it a lot more. The Marquis told me that you won't give you a discount, you will get a discount. Please count the points, and you won't leave after you order it. The Marquis has arranged wine and food for you. Have you heard of three cups of the Bashang wine shop? It's a jar of three guan coins. The Marquis remembers that you have worked hard all the way and will give you ten guans to taste."

Li Zhien held the account book in her hand, while talking while recording it. Although she was a steward with no status, she was able to work until today, not because of Bai Qiaoqiao's trust. She really had this ability. As long as the money she had lived from her, she would not have a penny of money. Even if she had no money to buy candied fruit, she would not steal it, but would ask Bai Qiaoqiao for it. This is something Li Mu admired very much, so he has never lacked Li Zhien's pocket money. Li Zhien's monthly rate is the highest, and he can get some rewards from time to time, and his life is also very happy.

Lao Hu and others thanked him so much. This time, there was no need for Ergou to say it. They themselves felt ashamed. The Marquis was the Marquis, and it was different to take action. If you wanted it all, you wanted it all. If you took action, you would have to make it thousands of chunks of money, and you would also arrange food and drink. Such generous people would still be suspicious, which is really inappropriate.

While reviewing himself, Lao Hu and others gave the money a little while, according to the amount of goods they brought, they distributed the money on the spot. Saying it is said, doing it is done, and everyone is very realistic in front of the money.

Although Zhangjiazhai was called Zhangjiazhai, with the Zhang family as its leader. In fact, it was not the one-man rule of the Zhang family. At first, Zhangjiazhai was established, there were several groups of people in the same place. Because the Zhang family was the most powerful and Zhang Xun took the lead, everyone took the lead and obeyed him. In recent years, Zhang Xun has grown older and has no son but only one daughter. The influence of the Zhang family has gradually weakened. When discussing matters, there were more and more contradictors. At first, the leaders planned to let their son marry the daughter of the leader, so that they could inherit Zhangjiazhai naturally. However, Zhang Tianai looked down on either of them, and in the end, each family gave up the idea. The rule of the Zhang family was in danger. If the Tang Dynasty had not destroyed the Turks this time, Zhangjiazhai would have had civil strife.

This time, Zhang Tianai brought a caravan to Chang'an to sell fur. Among the thirteen cars of goods, there was only one car in the Zhang family. The other twelve cars belonged to six, with an average of two cars in one family, which shows the current status of the Zhang family.

Fortunately, the Zhang family has been the leader of the village for so many years and still has accumulated some. The goods brought by other families are ordinary fur and leather, but the Zhang family brings all "treasures". There are six complete bear skins and two rare white wolf skins. In terms of value, it is actually more than the other six families.

Zhang Tianai was also next to her. According to the value division, she deserved 700 guan. The leaders were not people who didn't understand the relationship at all. They knew in their hearts that this deal would be successful. It was because she and Zhulu Hou had old face. After discussing with each other, they raised another 100 guan. There were exactly 800 taels of silver, so they packed the 800 taels of silver in a box and gave them all to Zhang Tianai.

The silver in the Tang Dynasty was not like the later dynasties, with prescribed standards. There were all shapes, such as large pieces, small pieces, utensils, silver cups, etc. When measuring the value, it was mainly based on weight. Eight hundred taels of silver, even eighty kilograms of silver, it didn't look much.

Zhang Tianai felt very complicated when she looked at the money. On the one hand, she did need the money, but at the same time she was very uneasy because she felt that Li Mu didn't need so much fur, and she bought it all just to repay her kindness. But she knew that she had no kindness to Li Mu, and she had never thought that she would really save Li Mu. She was ashamed of this kindness.

"elder sister."

Bai Qiaoqiao's voice came from behind. Zhang Tianai turned around and saw her, and the guilt in her heart became even worse.

"Qiaoqiao..." Zhang Tianai came over and took Qiaoqiao's hand, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sister, I have something to say to you."

Qiaoqiao blinked and said, "Sister, why are you serious? Just say something? I'm here to ask you for dinner. Let's talk while eating."

Zhang Tianai stood still and said, "Sister, I want to confess to you. Actually... I didn't plan to go to Dingxiang to rescue you from the beginning. At that time, there were only fifty people around me, and these fifty people were the foundation of my Zhang family. If it was gone, it would definitely hurt my vitality. At that time, you and I just met you, and I didn't know who Li Mu was. I really couldn't make up my mind to rescue him. I knocked you out at that time. Actually... I just thought that if the Turks left and helped him collect the body, it would be an explanation for you. Now that you are so kind to me, and he helped me like this, I feel ashamed of it."

Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao didn't speak, Zhang Tianai felt even more panicked. He held Bai Qiaoqiao's hand tightly and said, "Are you angry with me?"

Bai Qiaoqiao suddenly smiled and said, "Sister, I'm scared you. How could I get angry? Under such circumstances, it's already very rare for you to do that. And when I talked to my husband about this, my husband said, "I did it right, but I did it wrong. I am a woman, what can I do in front of the army? I can only drag my back. Fortunately, I met my sister, otherwise I might lose my life if I return to Dingxiang City, but my husband would have to distract myself from taking care of me, which may delay major events. My husband remembers your kindness, but actually remembers it's not your kindness to rescue him, but because you saved my life. My husband said, "We are one, and if you save me, it's the same as saving him, so it's time for him to repay you, so it's time for him to repay you, and my sister doesn't have to worry too much."

Hearing Bai Qiaoqiao say this, Zhang Tianai felt a little better, but another indescribable feeling arises. He envied Bai Qiaoqiao for having such a good husband, and felt that he was pityed by others, and it was hard to explain. After biting his lip, Zhang Tianai said again: "It's better to do this. I won't want this amount of money. I'll be able to move it back later..."

"Oh, sister," Bai Qiaoqiao said helplessly: "Sister, don't care too much about money. Besides, my sister didn't take it for nothing. Isn't these furs worth so much? I'm not hiding it from my husband, I couldn't bear to leave it for me before, and I advised him. But my husband said that I was born to be useful, and I will come back after spending all my money. As long as I keep enough money for the household, the excess is not spent, and I will make a lot of copper and iron, which is useless. Only by spending it can you earn more. As expected, as he said, the daily money in this mansion is like flowing water, but the money is like flowing water. I don't know how much it is. It's all the girl Zhien who is keeping the accounts, and I'm happy to be idle. So my sister doesn't have to take it too seriously. Just let me eat with me. Husband is waiting, and I'm afraid I'm going to be anxious if I don't go back."

Zhang Tianai felt even more complicated and unspeakable. He didn't know what to say, so he had to follow Bai Qiaoqiao to the backyard. Seeing the two of them coming, Li Mu nodded and signaled, and his hands were still busy.

Zhang Tianai looked at what Li Mu was fiddling with and couldn't recognize what it was. She saw a stone slab on the table, a brazier on the stone slab, and a copper pot was burned in it, and a smoked "chimney" was standing in it. There was thick soup boiling around it, and Li Mu was adding things to it.

The way to eat "hot pot" has been in ancient times. However, it is not called "hot pot", but "gudong soup", which is named after the sound of food entering water. Historical records show that during the Warring States Period, people used pots to cook food. However, the carbon fire copper pot that was common in later generations made by Li Mu was the first to be served in the Tang Dynasty.

In this era, it was extremely difficult to eat a hot pot. Because there were few seasonings, Li Mu went to Chang'an to search for the east and west markets before he realized that there were no chili peppers in the Tang Dynasty.

Hotpot without spicy taste is soulless.

Li Mu studied it for a long time before using dogwood, pepper, ginger, mustard, green onion, and garlic. He barely made a relatively acceptable spicy soup base. Other seasonings are okay, but the price is not too expensive. However, the most common pepper in later generations was surprisingly expensive, because the pepper in this era was not produced locally, but imported products from India, one tael of silver and one tael of pepper, it is impossible to use it for stir-frying and barbecuing like in later generations. It is usually used as medicine and alchemy, not as seasonings.
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