When Du Qi returned to his residence, it was already late.
After dinner, Du Qi went to bed early to conserve his energy. The next morning, after he got up, he habitually wanted to drink a cup of morning tea, but when he thought of the rich tea soup mixed with all kinds of flavors, he really did not dare to compliment it, so he had to give up the idea of drinking tea.
It was early spring now, the time to pick spring tea. After eating breakfast, Du Qi pondered and prepared to make some tea himself. After he had an idea, he was ready to put it into action.
However, to do things, he needed money.
Du Qi did not know much about his own private money, especially when he did not have any memory of it in his mind. Immediately, Du Qi called his henchman Liu Jian and asked, "Liu Jian, how much money do I have now?"
"No money!"
Liu Jian's head shook like a rattle-drum.
Du Qi was stunned and said, "In any case, I am the second young master of the Du family, how can I not have money?"
Liu Jian explained, "Young Master, you made this yourself. In the past, Madam wanted to give you money, but you said that you were studying in the residence all day long and did not lack food and clothing, so there was no place to spend money. So, you rejected Madam. "
Speaking of this, Liu Jian felt wronged.
The personal followers of other big families' young masters were extremely rich. But Du Qi did not like money, he, as a personal follower, was also very poor, and his wallet was very shy.
Du Qi patted his forehead and remembered the relevant memory.
It was really like that.
This Lord was really too dull, he did not even want money, making Du Qi not know what to say.
Du Qi ordered, "Liu Jian, go to the accounting room and get a sum of money."
The sum of money was a thousand coins.
After Li Yuan became emperor, that is, at the beginning of this year, the Sui money was abolished, and the Western Han five bao money was forged into "Kaiyuan Tongbao". In today's Tang dynasty, the most popular money in the market was the Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coin.
For an ordinary family, the sum of money was a large amount.
Liu Jian smacked his lips and said with a frown, "Young Master, do you need to go to the accounting room to get a sum of money? With such a large expenditure, Madam will definitely ask. When the time comes, how am I supposed to explain myself? "
Du Qi thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'll go to the backyard and talk to my mother."
"Young Master is wise!"
Liu Jian hurriedly flattered him and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He was worried that his young master would misspend the money after receiving too much money. If that happened, he would be punished as well.
Du Qi went straight to the backyard, where the Jeong Clan was weaving. When she saw that Du Qi had arrived, she stopped what she was doing and asked with a smile, "Erlang, you usually don't take the initiative to leave the courtyard. Why have you come to mother's courtyard today?"
Du Qi said, "I entered the Palace yesterday and caused Mother to be worried. I blame myself, so I specially came to pay my respects to Mother."
The Jeong Clan laughed when they heard that.
He was very gratified.
The Jeong Clan said, "Niangqin is fine, you don't need to worry. For now, all you have to do is study hard. "
Du Qi said, "Your son will remember Mother's instruction. But after your son fell into the water, I also understood a principle. "
The Jeong Clan asked, "What principle?"
Du Qi said, "We are scholars, so we can't only study, or else we will become bookworms. While studying, we must broaden our knowledge and practice martial arts to strengthen our bodies. Otherwise, even if we can't reason with others, at least we can protect ourselves. It won't be like before, when your son was easily pushed into the lake and fell into a coma and made Mother worried. "
The Jeong Clan's eyes were full of praise, "My son has been enlightened. Good, good!"
Du Qi continued, "Your son is going out today to stroll around and buy some martial arts tools to strengthen my body. Apart from that, I'll also buy some daily necessities. "
"You should buy and go out for a stroll."
The Jeong Clan said with a smile, "Erlang, go to the treasury and withdraw two strings of money. Don't worry about not having enough money, and don't worry about what will happen to your father. There's nothing to worry about as long as Mother is here. "
"Thank you, Mother!"
The corners of Du Qi's mouth rose, and a bright smile appeared on his face.
Liu Jian stood at the side, his cheeks twitching.
He didn't know his own Young Master anymore. If it was before the Young Master fell into the water, not to mention two strings of money, he probably wouldn't even ask for a hundred money. He wouldn't even bring money when he went out. But now, the Young Master obviously came to ask for money, but he didn't say how much he wanted. He only said that he wanted to buy some items, and the Madam directly withdrew two strings of money.
One in front and one behind, the gap was too big.
But this change was what Liu Jian liked.
Liu Jian happily went out of the courtyard with Du Qi, went directly to the treasury to withdraw two strings of money, and then walked out. Liu Jian said as he walked, "Young Master, you're too amazing. If it was me, I would just say it directly if I wanted to withdraw money. But you, Young Master, didn't say anything, and the Madam asked you to withdraw two strings of money. "
Du Qi said, "This is the difference between you and the Young Master, so you can only be a follower."
Liu Jian said, "Young Master is wise!"
After the two left the mansion, they went straight to the West Market, which was further away.
There were East Market and West Market in Chang 'an City, which were on the left and right sides of the Imperial City. The East Market was close to the East Palace and the Imperial City, so the East Market was a favorite place for most of the officials and nobles, while the West Market was closer to the ordinary people.
Du Qi arrived at the West Market in a carriage. He walked around and admired the scene of the West Market.
This was Du Qi's first time being so close to the market of the Tang dynasty.
The West Market was bustling with people coming and going.
There were also countless merchants.
In fact, whether it was the East Market or the West Market, there were countless merchants. The shops that produced and sold the same kind of goods here were concentrated in the same area, which was called a row. In the East Market and the West Market, all the goods sold were divided into categories. At most, there were 220 rows, which was a grand scale.
Du Qi walked around and went to the place where tea was sold. It was spring tea now. When he arrived, many peddlers were selling freshly picked tea leaves. These were the tea leaves that had not been processed and were not made into tea cakes.
Du Qi walked among them, picking and choosing. After spending a little less than an hour, he bought a hundred catties of freshly picked spring tea, as well as some other items.
Liu Jian looked confused and frowned, "Young Master, why did you buy so many tea leaves? We also have tea leaves in our mansion. If you need tea leaves, you can just take them from our mansion. "
Du Qi asked, "Do we have freshly picked tea leaves in our mansion?"
"No!"
Liu Jian shook his head and said, "The tea leaves in our mansion are all processed and made into tea cakes."
Du Qi said, "That's it. Don't talk nonsense and hurry up. We still have things to do when we get back."
"Yes!"
Liu Jian answered immediately.
The two of them hurried back to the mansion in a carriage. Du Qi took 100 pounds of fresh tea leaves and went straight to his courtyard, ready to process the tea leaves.
However, when Du Qi was about to stir-fry the tea leaves, he suddenly realized that there was no wok in the mansion. Because nowadays, food was mainly boiled, steamed, and roasted. Although there was an iron wok, there was no wok like in the future.
Du Qi wanted to stir-fry the tea leaves. A normal iron wok was not enough. It had to be a special wok to achieve the effect of stir-frying.
Now, Du Qi had to make a wok.
Fortunately, after asking Liu Jian, Du Qi learned that there was a craftsman workshop in his residence. Therefore, Du Qi went to the craftsman workshop and asked the craftsman to quickly make a wok that could stir-fry vegetables and tea leaves according to the design of a wok.
Now that it was used to stir-fry tea, it could be used to stir-fry vegetables in the future.
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