This ancient county town is surrounded by Xinhe River east and west, and Zhu Gaoxu and others came up from Xinhe River by water. There were also a large number of residents outside the city wall. A piece of low and dilapidated buildings were built against the river. From a distance, they did not look like a city, but an ancient town.

The beacon of the "Jingnan Campaign" was far from affecting Jiangxi, and there was no noise from cars and factories at this time, and the city seemed very quiet.

Zhu Gaoxu went south and did not take the canal route to the east. Although the road to the east was close, the official army gathered heavily and the atmosphere was tense. The road in Henan and Huguang was even more peaceful and smooth. After crossing the river, they went straight to the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and Envoy.

Without going east along the river, he avoided many important obstacles. At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also came for Du Qianrui... After Du Qianrui left Peiping, many doubts were hidden in Zhu Gaoxu's heart. He always wanted to find Du Qianrui again to ask, but there was no chance. This time he went south, he came to Jiangxi without any hesitation.

... Zhu Gaoxu noticed this pawnshop in the east of the city two days ago. Since Du Qianrui did not bring back the money, he probably wanted to be a part of it. Zhu Gaoxu first asked Wei Da to take a look in the pawnshop.

Although Zhu Gaoxu was in Peking for many years, he grew up in the capital and spoke very fluent Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Veda also spoke official language, but with a Peking accent, Zhu Gaoxu ordered him to try not to speak after he went to the pawn shop.

Unexpectedly, Veda reported when he came back and saw a flawless jade bracelet.

That kind of jade bracelet is not something that can be seen everywhere. When you see pawnshops in a small county town, it may be very likely from Du Qianrui; but it is not necessarily a coincidence. So Zhu Gaoxu arranged a plan and took the opportunity to investigate the shop only when the shopkeeper was left, so he went to investigate in person.

The shopkeeper took out the jade bracelet, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and picked it up, and looked carefully. He nodded slightly: "It's not bad, what's the price?"

"One thousand five hundred stakes of money." The shopkeeper stared at the bracelet, then pondered for a moment, and said quietly, "If you don't have money, gold, silver, and copper coins, you can only have one hundred stakes."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again. The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are very unpopular in the local area, mainly because they depreciate too quickly. However, the government laws in most places prohibit gold and silver, with money as the main and money as the auxiliary, and merchants dare not not to collect treasure banknotes... So the shopkeeper left a message, deliberately raised the price of the treasure banknotes, and said, "If you don't have money."

"Is there anything else? The gold chains and the like must be well-made." Zhu Gaoxu asked again.

"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper quickly took a few gold necklaces out of the cabinet.

Zhu Gaoxu took a look and one of them looked very familiar. There was no standard processing at this time, and the things made by each goldsmith were different. He picked up the gold necklace and looked carefully. It turned out to be well-made... It looked very similar to what Zhu Gaoxu had placed in the treasury of the County Prince's Mansion before.

"The guest officer has good eyesight." The shopkeeper praised.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and smiled and said, "You must want me to buy jade bracelets. The so-called gold price is priceless. If you collect a gold necklace, you have to weigh it. The profit is limited. I am afraid this jade bracelet will make a lot!"

The shopkeeper said, "You are joking, you are a real person here."

"What is the price of a gold chain?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

The shopkeeper said: "If you use one hundred guan, only seven guan will be used."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately took out two ingots of 10 taels of gold from his arms and placed it on the wooden cabinet, "Is this OK?"

The shopkeeper probably didn't expect him to be so straightforward and smiled happily, "Yes, that's OK!"

Zhu Gaoxu always likes to use treasure banknotes. After all, that thing was printed by the Zhu family, and there was no reserve or restraint. If you want to print as much as you want, you actually have no value. But at this time, the maximum face value of the Daming Bao Bank was always the same. To buy the jade bracelet in front of you, you need at least 1,500 pieces... How much cash is in the denomination of 151,000 yuan in later generations can be imagined that the area of ​​the Daming Bao Bank is still very large now.

The shopkeeper was picking up the gold ingot and looking carefully, when Zhu Gaoxu had already thrown the wooden box and put the jade bracelet and gold necklace into his arms.

"My family belongs to the capital." Zhu Gaoxu said.

The shopkeeper looked up at him, "You can see it, you can see it."

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "It's a coincidence. I have seen a musician in the capital. He wore the same jade bracelet. The musician was named Du."

"Oh?" The shopkeeper suddenly stopped moving, stood there, and then smiled, "I don't know the origin."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Show me the billing account, I will buy a few more things, and you have the final say in the price."

"This..." the shopkeeper pondered. He hesitated for a while and said, "It's not a musician who is a bracelet. It's true that his surname is Du. We all call him Lao Du."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I will give you a hundred guan. How about you take me to find Lao Du?"

The shopkeeper looked up at the sunset hanging west outside the door, shook his head and smiled, "I'm afraid I'm afraid of having my life to spend money! I'm hungry in the city and I don't know you before. It's so dangerous to go out of the city now."

"That's true." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly raised his hand and punched the shopkeeper, "bang" and suddenly made a "bang" sound of bone dislocation. The shopkeeper groaned, and his fat body fell down softly, tilting to the ground.

Zhu Gaoxu put his thumb and index finger in his mouth, puffed his cheeks and blew it. Then he ran to the back of the wooden cabinet. Seeing the two ingots of gold falling to the ground, he picked it up and stuffed it into his arms, and then found an account under the counter and stuffed it into his arms. He hugged the shopkeeper's heavy body and carried it up suddenly.

A carriage rushed to the door, blocking the door on the side, and a whistle came from outside. Zhu Gaoxu immediately carried the person and ran to the door, put the person directly into the carriage. He slapped the wooden board of the carriage first, and then jumped up vigorously.

With a "slap", Veda in front drove away.

Zhu Gaoxu was in the carriage and tied the shopkeeper firmly with a rope. He reached out to touch his chin for a while, pinched it hard and made a "click", then stuffed the cloth ball and then tied it with a cloth strip.

He then put the person in a large wooden box with breathing holes and still tied it to the wooden box. Everything was done very well and was prepared earlier.

Veda drove a carriage and walked along a stone road to the river. Wang Bin from a black-shouted boat also came out and came up to carry a box with Veda on the boat. Several people were working silently, without any words... There were four people on this trip, all of whom were generals in the army, and even the eunuch Zheng He was able to lead troops to fight.

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward, untied the horse from the curved wood, slapped the horse's fart, and released the animals.

Without any delay, several people jumped onto the black-sailed boat again, and Zheng He immediately rowed the boat and left the riverside. Zhu Gaoxu and others carried the boxes containing the people to the bottom of the boat, covered them with wooden boards, and put the boxes containing Jingdezhen porcelain again.

Before closing the city gate, they rowed to the water gate. There were officials guarding it. When there was nothing in the city, the yamen runners were almost responsible for collecting money. The goods had to be collected according to the quantity when entering and leaving the city gate. At present, the ground in Jiangxi was still peaceful. When Zhu Gaoxu and others rowed into the city, they were only charged for money, and even saved for inspection.

A official on the shore reached out to greet the boat to dock. The official first glanced at the draft of the black-sailed boat, bent down and took a look in, and said, "Qian Baiwen."

Zheng He stood at the bow of the boat, put down the squats, took out a string of copper coins and handed them on it.

The official took the money and immediately waved his hand!

The black-sailed boat smoothly left the water gate and rowed towards the Xinhe River. The sunset was setting, and the last rays of light shone on the shimmering river surface, which was particularly beautiful. Zhu Gaoxu breathed a long sigh of relief and looked back at the Yugan County town, feeling that the ancient city looked even darker under the sunset.

As the boat slowly sailed away from the city, night gradually came, Zheng He lit several lanterns on the boat. A "dongdongdongdong" sound came from under the board. Zhu Gaoxu and others then moved the things and put the shopkeeper out of the box.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the straw curtain, pointed at the scene outside, and glanced at the shopkeeper, "Now we are out of the city. I will open the things in your mouth, don't yell?"

The shopkeeper nodded vigorously.

"Swish!" Wang Bin suddenly pulled out a single knife from the corner. The shopkeeper's eyes widened, making a sound "Woowuwuwu", and constantly shook his head.

Zhu Gaoxu then removed the cloth strips and balls from his mouth.

"Green Forest Heroes, please spare me!" After the shopkeeper was let go, he said this directly.
Chapter completed!