The cannon fodder fake prince at the beginning, I won by hugging thighs

Lu Jiao didn't take this small amount of money seriously.

"Ox carts are too slow. Horse carriages will be available after my parents arrive in Beijing. So let's buy a mule cart!"

"No, no, we will just hire a bullock cart and return the money to you after we get the monthly salary."

In fact, according to Liu Aizi's own idea, he didn't even want to hire an ox cart.

Lu Jiao held back the twitching of his lips and said, "Okay, I'll buy it if I say so. There will be more servants in the house in the future, and we will need to use a mule cart for daily shopping.

You can't drive a carriage to buy groceries!"

When Liu the Dwarf heard this, he thought it made sense and said nothing more.

Lu Jiao pursed her lips, thinking that she should set some rules for Liu the Dwarf, but now she was in Huichun Hall, not the place to talk, so she swallowed her words for the time being.

She opened the paper package again and distributed the meat buns and tofu pudding to Liu Aizi's family.

Old Lady Liu couldn't eat anything greasy, so Lu Jiao bought her a bowl of porridge.

Jiang took care of Old Lady Liu all night long and her eyes were all blue. When she took the porridge, she was almost moved to tears.

As Mrs. Liu watched her family enjoying their meal, she felt that the rice porridge in her bowl tasted a bit bitter.

"It's all your fault! I might as well give up my broken body!"

Seeing that the family was about to burst into tears again, Lu Jiao urged them in time: "Eat quickly, we have to go buy a mule cart later. If you go too late, you won't be able to choose a good mule!"

Liu the Dwarf wiped his face and said repeatedly: "Young Master is right! Mother, don't think too much, just eat!"

The family squeezed on the narrow wooden bed and had a delicious meal.

After dinner, Jiang accompanied Liu Lao Niang to get acupuncture, Liu Shuanzhu was in charge of boiling the medicine, and Liu the Shorty took Lu Jiao to the nearby mule and horse market.

As soon as we arrived, a man in his thirties came up to us.

"What do you two want to buy? A cow or a mule?"

Liu the Dwarf subconsciously looked at Lu Jiao, who said without hesitation, "We want to buy a mule cart."

Wu Mao clapped his hands and said, "Then you have finally found the right person!"

As he said this, he took out a wooden sign from his arms and placed it in front of Lu Jiao.

"I am the dealer in this mule and horse market, specializing in helping people choose livestock. Don't worry, I will definitely help you buy a mule cart that suits your needs!"

Liu the Dwarf understood immediately. Isn't this the code used in the mule and horse market? If you encounter an unreliable person, he might even collude with the horse dealer to make a random price.

He hurriedly approached Lu Jiao and whispered, "Sir, although I am a cake seller, I can still take a look at this animal. There is no need to find a broker."

Lu Jiao pressed the short Liu's arm and replied with a smile: "It's okay. With the government-issued broker's badge, I don't think they dare to play tricks."

What she didn't say was that she actually hoped this person would play tricks on her so that she would have a reason to cause trouble for them.

A horse merchant must be very rich and have a lot of good things.

Lu Jiao collected his thoughts and asked, "How much is the commission?"

Wu Mao looked at the two of them, and thinking that he hadn't opened for several days, he gritted his teeth and replied, "10%!"

"Let's go check on the mule first."

That’s it!

Looking at the mule first, does this mean that if you like something else, you will buy it too?

Wu Mao smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into slits: "Okay! Come over here!"

Along the way, Lu Jiao's mental power was not idle, and it scattered around to collect information.

Later, in a yard marked with the words "Ma's Cattle and Horse Shop", he saw a mule in its prime.

Although it is a little more expensive than directly finding an ordinary seller, it has the advantage of being witnessed by an official broker and having a formal sales contract, so there will be no disputes in the future.

Not counting the deed tax for the red deed and the broker's commission, the mule alone cost Lu Jiao twenty taels of silver.

If Liu the Dwarf knew about this, he would definitely be heartbroken.

It would never be like now, like seeing Jiang for the first time on the wedding night, looking at this mule.

While Wu Mao was at the Mule and Horse Market government office to sign the red deed, Lu Jiao took Liu the Shorty to look at the carriages.

There were very strict regulations on the carriages used by officials and civilians in the State of Jiang.

Some canopies can only be used by officials.

There were many luxurious carriages parked in the warehouse, and Lu Jiao couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Ma Shang looked at Lu Jiao like this, thinking that he had never seen such a thing before. He said with a bit of arrogance, "What's over there is not something that ordinary people like you can dream of!"

Lu Jiao was too lazy to say anything more to him. She had even ridden in the carriage of the Prince's Mansion, so why would she be interested in this?

However, there was no point in explaining it so clearly to a horse merchant like him. Lu Jiao calmly looked away and continued to follow the horse merchant into the depths of the warehouse.

In the end, Lu Jiao chose a carriage with a lake blue roof to distinguish it from the mule cart hired outside so that no one would misunderstand it.

On the way to the gate, Lu Jiao accidentally heard the neighing of a horse and actually heard the anger in it.

Lu Jiao turned around and asked, "What happened?"

The horse dealer walked over there, as if he saw something commonplace: "Our caravan recently brought back a batch of horses from the northwest. This one is the troublemaker among them. The horse trainer is currently training it!"

Because they were about to go to the northwest, they would inevitably meet other horse merchants, so Lu Jiao couldn't help but ask one more question.

"How do you choose a horse?"

It was because there were no other guests that Ma Shang was willing to talk to Lu Jiao more.

From temperament to fur color, physique and body shape, not only Liu the Dwarf, but also Lu Jiao seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

Although the horse in the middle of the yard looked gray and not shiny, and was a little thinner than the mule I had seen before, its entire body was black without any stray hairs, and there was only a hint of white on its forehead and four hooves.

It really suits Lu Jiao's aesthetic taste. She exclaimed: "It is indeed a good horse!"

"Yes! Unfortunately, his temperament is too fierce."

Ma Shang felt a little reluctant.

The horse had been beaten and starved along the way, but even after arriving in Beijing, it still looked unruly.

If they continue to starve, I’m afraid there won’t be much meat left even after they are killed.

What a huge loss!

"How much silver is this horse?"

This sentence was like the sound of nature. Ma Shang looked at Lu Jiao and found that he was just a boy who was not even as tall as him. He was immediately deflated.

“No, no, my Ma family has been running this mule and horse market for decades, how can we do something that would ruin our reputation!

This horse cannot be sold unless it is tamed!"

Lu Jiao pointed to the center of the yard and said, "But your horse trainer is about to be thrown away."

As soon as he finished speaking, the thin horse trainer fell off the horse.

That was not the end. The horse felt a lightness on its back, shook its head, and raised its hooves, almost stepping on the trainer's head.

"What are you all standing there for? Go and save them!" Ma Shang exclaimed.

Lu Jiao ignored the chaos in the courtyard and asked again, "How much silver is this horse?"

The horse merchant was so anxious that he paced back and forth at the gate of the yard. Only after five big men tied up the black horse tightly with ropes did he remember Lu Jiao's question.