Chapter 523 - 159: Green Hat
"Not much, five hundred taels of silver."
"Miss Jiang the Second, you can’t be joking," said Lu Jiu. If all precious horses could be bought for just five hundred taels of silver, then every street and alley would be filled with such fine horses.
"Indeed, it’s true. I bought it from a horse trader in the East Market," Jiang Li said.
Speaking of the East Market, everyone immediately understood what kind of place it was. It was a must-visit for any trader. Whether one made a profit or a loss depended on one’s eye for quality. Since Jiang Li said so, she must have found the horse trader who mistook the foal for a common one, while she recognized its extraordinary qualities and bought it.
"Then, Miss Jiang the Second, where is this horse trader? Are there any other horses?" Kong Liu asked eagerly. The thought of buying a precious horse for five hundred taels of silver was too tempting for anyone to resist.
"Yes, indeed, are there any other horses left?" Wen Renyao also chimed in excitedly.
"There are many other horses, but when I was there, there was only this one Sweat-Blood Precious Horse," Jiang Li said with a smile. "If you really want to go, you can certainly try. Maybe the owner has recently acquired new precious steeds." Although she said this, the implication was not very promising. Everyone listened and knew that such luck didn’t come every day.
The one who encountered this foal was lucky but lacked judgment, while those with good judgment were unlucky, unable to find that horse trader. Only Jiang Li had both luck and discernment; she just happened to enter the East Market that day and recognized this one among a group of foals.