Xu Mo wouldn't be so far from getting up at this hour.
He really wanted to go to local market last night to broaden his horizons and see the world.
But...
he didn't have enough copper coins.
When he settled the bill yesterday, the one who signed as Ah Chou didn't give a single copper coin, but brought two pieces of cloth as payment. According to the market price assessed by the system, he earned nearly a hundred more coins.
The one who signed as Li Er also took a piece of cloth, and had two hundred coins left, so he used copper coins to settle the bill.
Cloth can also be used for trading.
But you can't bring cloth to a place like Pingkangfang, right?
Others were having a good time eating and drinking, and took out copper coins, gold, silver, and jade pendants to reward others. Why did you take down the cloth on your shoulders, cut it into a neat piece with scissors, and give it out to reward others?
This doesn't seem right.
However, although I can't eat flower wine, it's still okay to go shopping in the market.
The Tang Dynasty is divided into two markets, the East and the West.
The West Market is the most prosperous and lively, but... the things in the West Market are not very expensive. It is a market that favors civilians, merchants, and foreigners.
The East Market is not as lively as the West Market, but... east of Chang'an, around Pingkangfang, all the nobles and gentry of the Tang Dynasty live.
The goods in the East Market are all rare.
If you have some money, you have to spend it and see if there is anything you want.
As for opening a store...
there is no rush.
The things in my hands are unlikely to be replaced in the Tang Dynasty. Even the bread with the lowest technical content. The Tang people may be able to make similar products, but the taste and mouthfeel are far inferior.
Not to mention spicy strips, facial masks, refined salt and other things.
Merchants do have to hold customers.
But I have a monopoly now!
Then I am the boss.
When you are tired of shopping, it won't be too late to go back and open the shop.
The Tang Dynasty is indeed a prosperous era.
Although... there are many things in the market that he doesn't like.
Halfway through shopping.
A street vendor attracted his attention. He was not a Tang person, but a foreigner, with dark skin, short stature, and typical Southeast Asian looks.
He held a cage in his hand, and in the cage was a green parrot.
He was selling on the street, using his unskilled Chinese.
"The parrot that can learn to talk is sold at a low price, only one hundred Tang coins, one hundred Tang coins can take it away!"
But...
no one paid attention to him.
Even many Tang people would show disgust on their faces when they saw him.
Xu Mo approached, and the man was like meeting a savior, his eyes shining: "This young man, do you want to buy a parrot? One that can learn to talk."
"Since your parrot can talk, why do you tie its mouth?" Xu Mo glanced at him and asked.
He was indeed quite interested in this parrot.
But... what is more interesting is that, obviously the selling point of this parrot is that it can speak human language, but its mouth is tied up.
And the disgusted and disdainful expressions of those Tang people just now were not directed at this foreign merchant, but at this parrot.
Speaking of this topic.
The foreign merchant's expression twisted, and his already dark face became darker: "This... um..."
He stuttered, and only uttered a few modal particles, let alone a complete sentence, not even a complete word.
"Since you're selling it, what's wrong with saying it?" Xu Mo frowned and waved his hand, "Are you here to make fun of me?"
The foreign merchant shook his head violently: "How dare I make fun of you, it's just that it's really hard...hard to say."
"This parrot is good-looking, but its mouth is a little smelly."
Foul mouth?
Xu Mo raised his eyebrows.
At this point, the foreign merchant sighed heavily: "I am a Javanese, and I brought this parrot to the Tang Dynasty three months ago."
"I thought this rare thing could be sold at a high price, and I did negotiate the price at the beginning, which could be sold for ten rolls of silk cloth."
"But who knew that on the way to Chang'an, it learned some swear words from somewhere."
"It curses as soon as it opens its mouth! It has ruined my business."
"Until now, even if I offer a price of 100 coins, no one is interested."
Parrots can talk, even if they curse people, it is a fun thing.
How badly must the curses be for people to not want it.
"Untie its mouth, I want to hear how badly it curses people." Xu Mo curled his lips and waved his hand.
The foreign merchant nodded and untied it without hesitation.
If he wanted to sell the parrot, this was a hurdle that had to be overcome.
He carefully took the parrot out of the cage, tied the rope tied to its legs to his wrist, and then gently pulled off its muzzle.
The parrot flapped its wings, flew to the foreign merchant's head, and pecked at it.
While pecking, it cursed in the Luoyang dialect.
"Tie your dad!"
"Tie your dad!"
Xu Mo raised his head slightly.
The foreign merchant shrank his head and smiled bitterly: "My dear, you also saw it, it's like this..."
Before he finished speaking, the parrot tilted its head, twisted it to 90 degrees, and looked at Xu Mo with a crooked look.
The foreign merchant cursed in his heart.
If it was just cursing, it wouldn't have been unsold for so long. The main reason is that this parrot curses, and it only curses the buyers.
"Beautiful! Beautiful!" The parrot flapped its wings and spit out two unexpected words.
The foreign merchant was stunned.
The parrot paused as if showing off, and then changed two words to praise Xu Mo: "Handsome! Handsome!"
The foreign merchant's eyes became strange. He looked at the parrot, full of disbelief - although it is a good thing not to curse, but you were not like this before!
Could it be that the parrot will also be tempted by beauty?
You are green!
"Isn't this mouth sweet?" Xu Mo stretched out his hand and tentatively stretched it out to the parrot.
The parrot did not dodge or evade, but took the initiative to stretch its head over and rubbed his fingers affectionately.
The foreign merchant nodded at a loss and responded dryly: "Ah, well, yes."
The parrot rubbed for a while, as if it remembered something, turned its head, and began to peck at its seller again.
"Brainless monkey! Brainless monkey!"
It cursed.
The foreign merchant had a stress reaction, touched his pocket, took out a handful of hazelnuts, and held it in the palm of his hand.
The parrot flew and landed in a makeshift food bowl. It pecked at a few hazelnuts and took out the flesh. However, it did not eat the flesh itself. Instead, it held it in its mouth and gently put it in Xu Mo's hand.
"Eat! Eat!"
For some reason...the foreign merchant could hear a hint of flattery in the simple tone of the parrot.
"I want this parrot." Xu Mo looked at the intact hazelnuts in his palm, then looked at the parrot that flew to the foreign merchant's head and continued to curse him as a "brainless monkey". He nodded with satisfaction.
The foreign merchant was still at a loss. He took the purse handed over by Xu Mo and let him untie the parrot's rope and tie it to his hand.
What's going on...
Didn't it curse people fiercely before?
Now that it sees this Tang Dynasty gentleman, it becomes a bootlicker?