Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 293 I want to meet the prince
"Master, the road is blocked just because there is a shop in front that sells these two gadgets."

"Look, these are called cigarettes, and they are used to smoke to refresh oneself. This is betel nut, which is also used to refresh one's mind. I saw that in Xianyang City, many families of princes and ministers are in the buying team."

"I paid a high price and bought it from two ordinary people, specially for you to taste."

Xun Zheng took the cigarettes and betel nuts from the coachman, frowning with a puzzled look on his face.

"I blocked the road just to buy these two things? Who opened that store? It has such energy?"

Xun Zheng looked at the cigarettes and betel nuts in his hand with an incredulous expression on his face. He had just opened the curtain to look outside, and he did see the carriages of the left and right ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty, as well as the family members of Wang Jian's mansion and several other important officials in the court. .

"Is this thing so good? Can it attract so many people to buy it?" Xun Miaoke looked curious and wanted to see it too.

Seeing this, the coachman quickly reminded Xun Zheng, "Sir, I just heard the guy in the shop selling these things say that these two things are for men, and women and children are not allowed to touch them. Suitable for women and children.”

"It's rare for anyone to pretend to be a ghost." When Xun Miaoke heard what the coachman said, he immediately rolled his eyes.

At this time, the guard outside said that the road was open, and the coachman quickly drove away from the main street and went straight to Xun's mansion in Xianyang City.

On the carriage, Xun Zheng studied cigarettes for a long time, but he didn't understand how to smoke them. However, he remembered that the carriage driver said that betel nut was edible, so he threw it into his mouth and started chewing it.

It turned out that the betel nut was too strong. Xun Zheng only chewed it for a while before he couldn't stand it because it was so refreshing.

He is an old man in his sixtieth year, how could he be able to bear this kind of food suddenly!But he believed it because the coachman said that eating betel nuts would refresh him.

Soon, Xun Zheng began to get used to the taste of betel nut. He felt that the betel nut made him tired from the journey in recent days, and it disappeared in an instant. Xun Zheng's eyes were filled with light.

"I never expected that there would be such a miraculous thing in Xianyang City. No wonder the princes and ministers lined up to buy it!"

"I just don't know how to smoke this cigarette? Will it be more effective than this betel nut?"

After arriving at Xun's home, Xun Zheng got out of the car and asked the groom. Only then did he know how to use cigarettes. When Xun Zheng lit a cigarette and mastered the method of smoking, he became more energetic.

"Wonderful, wonderful, these dignitaries in Xianyang City really know how to enjoy, betel nut, cigarettes, good, good!"

"Come on, everyone, go to the Daqin Tobacco and Alcohol Center and buy out all the betel nuts and cigarettes there!"

Xunzheng knew the taste by eating marrow, and became addicted to cigarettes and betel nuts, so he immediately arranged for the coachman to take people to buy them.

But unexpectedly, when the Xun family's carriage driver took people to the Daqin Tobacco and Liquor Center, he learned that the cigarettes and betel nuts had been sold out. The carriage driver had no choice but to take people all over Xianyang City to see if he could get a higher price. Bought some and went back to resume life.

Otherwise, if he just went back empty-handed, his master would definitely not be able to spare him.

But the coachman underestimated the attraction of cigarettes and betel nuts to the people and dignitaries of Xianyang City.

Now everyone knows the benefits of betel nuts and cigarettes, even if they use them too little, who would sell them?

Of course, there are also some for sale, but the starting price is ten times the original price, and this is still the lowest price. The money the coachman brings is only enough to buy one or two cigarettes.

In desperation, the coachman could only go back to the house dejectedly. But when he returned to the door of Xun's house and saw Xun Zheng already guarding the door, the coachman's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

"You are back. Where are the things? Hurry up and take them out!" Seeing the coachman coming back, Xun Zheng approached the coachman in three steps at a time, and reached into his arms.

Xun Zheng was rarely interested in anything on weekdays, that is, cigarettes and betel nuts, which were too attractive to him, especially after smoking cigarettes and chewing betel nuts, the taste was really unforgettable, so it was so gaffe.

Seeing his master's eager look, the coachman panicked and knelt down in front of Xun Zheng, "Master, I'm so incompetent, I couldn't buy cigarettes and betel nuts."

"What? How is this possible?" Xunzheng's eyes widened. "Are cigarettes and betel nuts expensive? How much money did you bring with you? Why can't you buy them?"

"Master, it's not about the money. It's because the Daqin Tobacco and Liquor Center has sold out. The small one wants to find someone to buy it at a high price, but no one pays attention to the small one. There are only a few of them. They are all profiteers and want the small one to pay the price. Only sell at ten times the price, the small ones are really..."

As soon as he heard what the coachman said, Xun Zheng's eyes glanced at the expression of the servant behind the coachman, and he knew that he was not deceiving.

Twenty times the price, the coachman can't be the master, this price is too outrageous!

Xun Zheng squinted his eyes, and suddenly thought of a question, "Only the Daqin Tobacco and Wine Center sells these betel nuts and cigarettes? Do you know who made these cigarettes and betel nuts?"

"This little one has already been inquired about." The coachman quickly replied, "It's His Royal Highness."

"Prince? Zhao Yi?" Xun Zheng looked surprised, "Are you sure you are not mistaken, he made it? The Daqin Tobacco and Alcohol Center..."

"It is also the prince's property." The coachman took over Xun Zheng's words. "After many inquiries, I have confirmed that the shop is correct. Now the shop belongs to the prince's celebrity, and Wang Chi is taking care of it himself."

"Wang Chi, Zhao Yi!" Xun Zheng's eyes were full of shock, "Why is this kid everywhere, what secrets does he hide, why does he understand everything?"

"That's right." The coachman nodded again and again: "Master, now in the whole of Daqin, I am afraid that only the prince can have betel nuts and cigarettes. We have no friendship with the prince, or else..."

"Shut up!" Xun Zheng's eyes flicked over the coachman with cold eyes, and the coachman immediately fell silent and didn't dare to say any more.

After thinking for a long time, Xun Zheng raised his eyes and looked at the people around him, "Meng Chao, make arrangements as soon as possible. I want to see the person from Xianyang Palace."

"Obey." Meng Chao was an official wearing a third-rank court uniform. After agreeing to Xun Zheng, he couldn't help reminding him: "My lord, besides the one from Xianyang Palace, do you need to invite anyone else?"

"No need." Xun Zheng waved his hand, but immediately hesitated and said, "If possible, I would like to meet the prince."

"This..." Meng Chao suddenly had a bitter look on his face when he heard this, "My lord, the one from Xianyang Palace is easy to see, but the crown prince may be difficult to see, but you don't know that this crown prince is not something that ordinary people can see. "

After hearing Meng Chao's words, Xun Zheng was even more surprised. After hearing Meng Chao's explanation, he finally understood...

(End of this chapter)