The princess returned home, and Hong Tao took a day off for himself, preparing to take a large family to the temple fair of Xiangguo Temple. It's been half a year since I came to Kaifeng, and Xiangguo Temple has been there, but I didn't catch up with the time when the market opened, and I just made up for it today.

"Wang Da, Wang Er, you two are not allowed to disperse one end at a time, if something goes wrong with the younger brothers and sisters, the officials will ask the two of you!"

This family is indeed big enough, Hong Tao not only brought the princess, but also eight concubines, and two coachmen, this is more than 10 people.

But there are more than 19 children in the West Courtyard now. For the Chinese New Year, you have to take the children to the street to see the excitement.

When the children traveled, the two grandmothers and Xu Donglai had to follow, but Hong Tao was not at ease, so he deliberately asked people to make a rope out of Qingluo, the front end was tied to Wang Da's arm, and each child in the back was tied to his left arm, and finally Wang Er pressed the formation.

More than half of the 19 children do not have surnames, three-quarters are girls, and the oldest is no more than 8 years old. In order to make it easier to remember, Hong Tao simply asked them all to follow the surname of the colt, and lined up from 1 to 18.

Why is there no 19, 19 is not Chen Niang, the new name is Wang Chen. She is more special, she is usually taken care of by Mama Wang or Lian'er, and she does not sleep in the West Cross Courtyard, she only goes back when she is in class, and she seems to have become the little master of the house.

However, this kid is more sensible, and he is not complacent because of the sudden increase in status, and he has no intention of showing off to anyone. Every time she goes back to class in the West Cross Courtyard, she will change into the most ordinary dress, and she will not take revenge on the children who bullied her.

When the adults are not at home, Chen Niang will review her homework in the backyard alone, and she will learn to be a rough girl, and wipe the furniture, doors and windows in the main house wherever she can go, never go out of the yard for half a step, and never talk to anyone. Unless you use force, no one can take away this weird-looking little girl with a strange personality.

Even adults and children travel with forty or fifty people, not to mention in ancient times when transportation was inconvenient, even in modern times, it is not easy to do it. However, there is a common truth in ancient and modern times, what money can do is not a troublesome matter!

There are not so many carriages and horses in the Horse Mansion, it doesn't matter, Zhu Bajin's apprentices have already helped find honest, reliable, clean and high-grade carriages and horses, ox carts, donkey carts, family cars, business vehicles, and luxury cars. It doesn't matter if there aren't enough horses, they also provide ox carts and donkeys, which are no different from the taxis and rental cars of later generations.

Xiangguo Temple is located in the northeast of the state bridge, opposite the temple bridge, this bridge was originally called Yan'an Bridge, because it is too close to Xiangguo Temple, even the original name is not remembered.

According to the princess, there are more than 60 Zen temples and law houses in Xiangguo Temple at this time, and Hong Tao did not ask much about what is a Zen temple and what is a law temple.

The princess is more superstitious, and she has to come here every month to offer incense, and she is resolute in this point, and never wants to accompany her. Therefore, there should be less talk about the temple issues, lest she have to go to the incense to make vows.

Xiangguo Temple is a real temple fair, because most of the merchants are in the temple stalls, and it is open all day on the first day, the fifteenth day of the new year and every third and eighth day of the month.

The other less than half of the merchants really couldn't squeeze in, but they couldn't give up this great opportunity to make money, so they simply started practicing at the temple gate, and some even ran down the Bianhe embankment.

As long as you cross the state bridge, you will see the stalls placed along the street on both sides of the road, it is said that from the Zhenzong period Kaifeng Mansion has not been less worried about the illegal stalls near the Xiangguo Temple, but the effect is not great, and then simply turn a blind eye, as long as you don't occupy the road too much, no one cares.

"It's definitely not a fucking gem, you honestly tell me if it's scraps from Venice, and you're here to get trouble!"

Hong Tao is a big customer no matter where he goes, and before he enters the temple gate, a stall selling exotic gems on the side of the road has attracted the attention of many women.

The stall owner was dressed like the Song people, and he was also black-haired and black-eyed, but his appearance betrayed his identity. Hong Tao recognized it at a glance, this guy is by no means a Song person, nor is he from Southeast Asia, he is likely to be from the Middle East, maybe he is still an Arab mixed race from North Africa.

“…… Officials have gone to sea? As soon as the jeweler heard the word Venice, the trademark wicked smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he clenched his fists and bowed his hands, and his mouth was more pure than Hong Tao's accent.

"Ruler, I have traveled through the greens, the whites, the Bedouin felt tents, the temple in Jerusalem, Constantinople, the city of Rome, the city of Venice! If you're coming across the sea from the west, you should ......."

Women don't care if it's real or not, as long as they look good, they like it. Hong Tao is not interested in those glass beads, let alone interjecting, and he is idle, so he just talks to the stall owner for a while. Few of the Song people could understand these words, but this jeweler might be able to understand them.

"What the official said is the same as my father, I think I have been there. The villain's ancestral home is Aden, and he has lived here for more than three generations, and each generation has to memorize the route home when he is an adult, but unfortunately the distance is far away and he can't make it. ”

In front of the Ming people, Hong Tao said in too much detail, and most of the situation was not clear to the jewelers, but he was very yearning, and he didn't care about the stall, so he came to Hong Tao to be earnestly taught.

Of course, Hong Tao couldn't let him go home, and advised him not to go back. The word hometown sounds beautiful, but many times when you look closer, you are full of disappointment.

Now he can set up a stall in the big city to sell fake gems and support a large family, if he really returns to his hometown, even the people in his hometown will reject these strangers who have been away from home for a long time. Besides, the current sea route is so easy to walk, the climate, the monsoon, piracy, war, you have to catch up with any of them.

This advice was not in vain, and the gem merchant thought so, and then sold it at a discount and gave it to each of the ladies of the Pony Mansion a fake gem.

Hong Tao didn't object, people didn't give generously because of their words, if the businessmen were so emotional, they would have starved to death.

The reason why he was bleeding profusely was that he was afraid that he would reveal the origin of his fake gems in front of everyone, and he would take advantage of it, so naturally he would not smash other people's deals, which was called a win-win situation.

As for how much these gems are worth, Hong Tao doesn't think it matters. They are a by-product of the firing of glass, which can be said to be worthless in Venice, and you have to pay someone to clean it up. But when it comes to the big food merchants in the Middle East, you have to count the freight.

And things are scarce and expensive, and a penny is not a cheat. Then cross the ocean and cross the sea to get to the Great Song Dynasty, and it doesn't seem to be much to sell 100 yuan, so you should be able to make money by spending 10 yuan to buy it.

The value of the item depends entirely on people's demand for it, as long as you look at the women comparing with each other who has beautiful gems in their hands, and the smiling faces of the children holding it to look at the sun, Hong Tao thinks that it is worth it, and it is difficult to buy it with money!