Manchus originated from the white mountains and black waters and made a living by hunting. Many past customs were not discarded after entering the pass, such as their obsession with fur.

The Qing emperors asked the troops outside the pass to hunt wild animals in a planned manner every year. In the later period, even the Mongolian palace joined the hunting activity.

Every year, a certain amount of top fur must be paid to the Forbidden City. Once there are fewer tributes in a certain year, the emperor will even issue a special order to denounce them!

If you have something to do, you must follow it!

The preferences of the emperor and princes and nobles directly influenced the officialdom, and the officialdom directly influenced the people, which led to a huge fur trade market in the Qing Dynasty.

The main goods traded by the United States and the Qing Dynasty in the early days were not opium at all, but the top otter skins in North America!

During peak periods, more than 20,000 otter skins exported to the Qing Dynasty by the United States every year. For these furs, otters in the Atlantic Ocean in North America were almost killed!

The sea otter skins purchased in the United States at that time were sold for a high price of 100 US dollars when transported to Guangzhou. Such huge profits made all the hunting teams in North America crazy.

From this we can see that the popularity of fur goods among the Qing Dynasty was popular at that time!

Especially those who are officials, if there are not many good furs to support the scene in winter, they will even look down on their subordinates. In the eyes of a person, the real good furs are equal to the ferocity of their prey!

No matter how precious, soft, and warm the fox skin is, it is still a sissy. Men can even get wolf skin, bear skin or even tiger skin!

Like the black wolf skin in Li Tuo's hand today, six pieces of skin are spliced ​​together to form a fur cloak that is above the knee. This thing is draped on his body, and no matter how strong the northwest wind is, it can never be blown through. This is a warmth.

After all, Isha is a man of mankind who understands some old rules in the Eight Banners. While putting a cloak on Li Tuo, he said, "I heard from my ancestors that adult male wolf skins are all spiritual..."

"You lie on the fold and sleep. Not being able to get rheumatism is just a benefit... Once the night is late, if someone walks and gets close, you can feel the hair of the wolf's skin standing up!"

"Ouch! How evil is it?" Li Tuo suddenly became interested.

"Haha... they are all rules passed down by the old man. To be honest, I have never experienced it, and there is no such good wolf skin at home..."

A little official in Shuntian Mansion had all his ears with mechanisms. When the two adults talked about wolf skins, they liked it very much. Without saying a word, they crossed out the wolf skin cloak worth less than 400 taels from the list. From now on, the Salon family will never have this good fur again!

While speaking, a yamen runner carried boxes of trophy to Li Tuo to see. The clerk who was holding the pen bent down and kneeled beside Li Tuo and whispered to the famous man.

"Han jade belt buckle...a set of nine pieces...sea water patterns..."

"Hmm? Han Yu! Hahaha... If he had Han Yu buckle, why would he steal things... This thing can be seen at a glance, an imitation of the late Ming Dynasty!"

"Oh... Lord Li is very knowledgeable, so I will change it now... Ming imitation of Han jade belt buckle..."

"There is a piece of japonica bouquet vase in the eight directions..." After looking at Li Tuo, he was not interested. The little official waved his hand and moved the treasure and then moved it down. Then there were sets of treasures and displays.

"A pair of silk-wrapped golden phoenixes... four sides of Huiyan... two shark leather sheaths and waist knives... several calligraphy and paintings..."

It was indeed a centipede. The Salon family made him lose his fortune like this. There were still many valuable displays, which shows how his father was greedy back then.

Boxes of calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, displays, land accounts...even opium paste hidden in the study was dug out, and furniture with good wood was also registered one by one.

But it's strange that Li Tuo seemed a little interested in the black wolf-skinned cloak at the beginning, and he didn't pay any attention to anything else.

This made his subordinates unable to guess what adults like. What treasure is Li Tuo greedy for? Why are he so many things that he looks down on them?

But just as people were relaxing, an open-mouthed cage was carried over, with some tattered calligraphy and paintings, fan covers, etc.

"Miscellaneous paintings, fans, fan pendants... a total of thirty-eight pieces..."

"Wait...fan?" Li Tuo's half-closed eyes opened and said, "Take it and take it carefully!"

The little official holding the pen never thought that the imperial envoy would like to see these dusty rags. "Sir... these are all rags copied from the warehouse, there is nothing good..."

"Rare! Do you want to talk too much?" Yisha glared at him, ran over and hugged the box in front of Li Tuo. "Sir, please take your own eyes!"

Li Tuo's hands quickly looked through the cage, as if they were looking for purpose, especially when almost every hand of the fan was opened and carefully watched.

It was not until he turned to the bottom of the box that he pulled out a quaint and worn folding fan from a royal blue fan cover. After opening it, Li Tuoxi couldn't help but slapped his thighs happily.

The paper on the fan has turned yellow, and there are two shrimps staring at the eyes from the water plants. It is such a simple fan, but the signature is the word Tang Yin.

"Oh... Tang Bohu's fan? Do you still like this? The young man from Liulichang asked you for a hundred gifts!"

"Where did Tang Yin's shrimps open? They looked fake..."

Li Tuoke had no intention of talking nonsense to these servants. He stuffed the fan back into the fan cover, then stuffed it into his sleeve and kept it in close contact, then glanced at the clerk holding the pen.

"Fan? What kind of fan? Who of you saw the fan?"

"Oh...yes yes... what the adults said is, there is no fan..."

With a big stroke, Tang Yin's fan completely disappeared.

Li Tuo found what he wanted, but he was not concerned about the others. Instead, he asked his subordinates, "Does those teams have any letters? Haven't you caught Saron yet?"

"Sir Qibing, casinos, opium opium houses, brothels... I have searched all of them, but I really haven't found the shadow of Salon's? Why did this guy fly?"

While he was talking, a team of the nine-sect admiral led a team rushed in, sweating and steaming up.

"Sir, I went to Shaanxi Lane to search for Salon's house, but I didn't find anyone but got a news... Salon's house recently hooked up with the little yellow warbler in Cuiliu Tower. This guy and woman often go to Caochang Hutong for private meetings, and there is a Salon's house there!"

"The little yellow oriole in Cuiliu Tower? The one who sings a song is famous? Didn't it mean that you only sell your skills but not your body?" asked a servant.

"Barring, that's all for deceive outsiders, but you don't sell it? As long as you give enough money..."

Li Tuoke didn't have time to care about these gossips, "What? Caochang Hutong? Isn't that two alleys away from here? Salona must have hidden himself after hearing the wind!"
Chapter completed!