Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 8 Tobacco Leaf
Chapter 8 Tobacco Leaf
This pair of women disguise themselves as master and servant.

It was Princess Changle who sneaked out from the palace, and the young servant in Tsing Yi beside Changle was her personal maid Yingying.

The two were hanging out in the lively Chang'an City.

The hawkers on the street, the numerous wine shops, and the caravans from the Western Regions all made Changle feel very novel.

She lived in the deep palace for a long time, and the lively atmosphere among the people was unmatched by the palace.

"My lord, look, it's His Royal Highness King Wu, and Mr. Qin Yang."

Suddenly, the servant girl Yingying pointed forward.

Chang Le looked in the direction she pointed, and his eyes fell on two handsome young men.

These two young men.

It was Qin Yang and Li Ke.

"How come third brother is with Qin Yang?"

Seeing Li Ke following behind Qin Yang, Chang Le Liu frowned, his eyes full of puzzlement.

"Sir, should we go up and say hello to them?"

Yingying asked.

"Need not."

Changle shook his head. She was traveling in disguise this time, and neither her father nor mother in the palace knew about it.

Let alone let Li Ke know.

But thinking of being a woman disguised as a man, Chang Le's eyes flashed a hint of cunning.

"Let's follow up and take a look."

Chang Le smiled mysteriously at Yingying, and quietly followed behind Qin Yang and Li Ke.

cross the street.

Qin Yang and Li Ke came to Xicheng District.

From the Weishui alliance to the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led his troops to attack Dingxiang. After breaking the Turks, the Tang Dynasty ushered in the most powerful period, and many countries surrendered one after another.

In order to trade with other countries.

Li Shimin promulgated a policy to set up a trade zone in the west of Chang'an City.

West City.

Businessmen in fancy dress can be seen everywhere.

Among them, there are foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes.

From here, it is enough to prove the strength of Datang.

"Master, someone is following us."

At this time, Li Ke quickly walked behind Qin Yang and reminded him in a low voice.

"is it?"

Qin Yang looked calm.

"On the way, I turned my head back three times and walked through many side roads, but the pair of master and servant behind me kept following me."

Li Ke explained.

Li Ke has been good at martial arts since he was a child, brave and smart, and he is much more sensitive to everything around him than ordinary people.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yang turned his head and looked behind him with the corner of his eye.

as predicted.

Not far behind, there is a young man in a long robe with an extremely coquettish appearance.

Seeing the young man's face, Qin Yang always felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it.

Knowing that someone was deliberately following him, Li Ke looked at Qin Yang and said, "Master, do you need me to take action?"

Qin Yang thought for a moment, and finally shook his head.

The two walked into the trade area.

Here, merchants from the Western Regions and traders from all over the Tang Dynasty can be seen everywhere.

Qin Yang took Li Ke to wander around.

Unknowingly, Qin Yang came to a stall of a Western Region vendor, and something on the stall caught his attention.

"what."

Qin Yang noticed that in addition to agate gemstones, there was a kind of dead grass on the stall in front of him.

Grab the dead grass and take it to the tip of your nose and sniff it lightly.

There was a look of joy in Qin Yang's eyes.

"The smell of tobacco."

Before time travel, Qin Yang was an old smoker, so he was very familiar with the smell of tobacco.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Li Ke saw that Qin Yang was holding dry grass in his hand, with a joyful expression on his face, and suddenly felt a little curious.

Qin Yang handed the tobacco leaves in his hand to Li Ke and said with a smile:

"Li Ke, do you know what this is?"

Li Ke took the tobacco leaf, imitating what Qin Yang did just now, and sniffed it with the tip of his nose.

A pungent smell rushed straight from the nostrils to the mind.

"What is this that is so pungent?"

Li Ke's eyes widened. He didn't expect that the dead leaves in his hand smelled so bad.

"It's called tobacco."

Qin Yang explained.

"tobacco leaf?"

Li Ke showed a dazed expression.

Qin Yang didn't explain too much. It would be too much of a waste of time to explain the uses of tobacco leaves to an ancient person.

At the same time, Qin Yang secretly began to calculate in his heart.

If it is said that pepper is known as the gold of the Tang Dynasty, then tobacco leaves must be as good as it is.

After all, Qin Yang can process tobacco leaves.

Make into cigarettes.

Until then.
Thinking of this, Qin Yang felt excited. After all, at this time, he was the only one who knew that tobacco leaves could be processed into cigarettes.

To know.

Things are rare.

Tobacco leaves may not be rare, but they are processed into cigarettes.

It is the most unusual thing in Datang.

Seeing this scene, Li Ke was even more at a loss.

Although he didn't know why his master Qin Yang was so interested in ordinary dead leaves.

But there is one thing.

Li Ke firmly believed that Qin Yang had his reasons for doing this.

After all, Qin Yang chose him.

Is my own master.

"How much is it?"

Holding the tobacco leaves, Qin Yang looked at the merchants from the Western Regions.

Seeing Qin Yang's initiative to ask, the businessman from the Western Regions secretly sized him up, then made a gesture and said in the broken Central Plains language:

"Ten coins."

Qin Yang narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, robbing people existed no matter what era.

But Qin Yang is not a little sheep.

"Three coins."

Qin Yang was firm.

"No, no."

The merchant from the Western Regions waved his hands quickly. He thought Qin Yang was a fat sheep, but he never thought that the other party was actually a good bargainer.

"Two coins."

When the Western Region businessman shook his head and refused, Qin Yang bargained again.

This scene stunned Li Ke.

According to common sense, if others disagree, the price should be raised appropriately to facilitate the transaction.

How can others disagree and continue to bargain?
Also confused.

And the merchants from the Western Regions.

Qin Yang's actions really made him feel unexpected.

However, precisely because of this.

The businessman from the Western Regions got angry and shouted around, and a dozen businessmen from the Western Regions gathered around him.

All of them looked bad.

With the support of his companions, the merchant from the Western Regions was full of confidence. He looked at Qin Yang and said: "Ten coins, just ten coins, not even a penny less!"

"What if I don't!"

Seeing that the other party was going to sell by force, Qin Yang narrowed his eyes and sneered.

"Then you can try!"

The merchant from the Western Regions glanced at his accomplice.

The people from the Western Regions surrounding Qin Yang put their hands on the handles of their waists.

Most of these Western Region merchants are equipped with sabers.

"Bold!"

Seeing this scene, Li Ke couldn't bear it.

As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was furious when he saw that people from the Western Regions dared to sell goods with knives in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"It's none of your business!"

The traders in the Western Regions didn't know Li Ke's identity and thought he was Qin Yang's friend. Therefore, they didn't pay attention to Li Ke at all, and finally their eyes fell on Qin Yang.

He snorted coldly: "If you don't pay today, you won't be able to walk out!"

"Then I want to see if you can keep me!"

Qin Yang threw down two coins, collected all the tobacco leaves on the stall, and led Li Ke towards the outside of the trade zone under everyone's gaze.

"Kill him for me!"

After looking at the two coins on the stall, and seeing Qin Yang leave with the tobacco leaves, the Western Region merchant was completely angry.

(End of this chapter)