Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 212 Shangshui Gang

There are [-] gates in Chang'an City. At this time, the Cui family's carriage arrived at the Qixia Gate in Chang'an City. You just need to enter the Qixia Gate and go straight ahead, then the place you will arrive at is Dongshi.

"stop!"

With a cry, Cui Xiuniang's little head stuck out from the carriage.

"What are you doing?" Cui Jue looked at Cui Xiuniang worriedly.

"What are you doing?" Cui Xiuniang grinned, "I'm going to get out of the carriage, by the way, second brother, thank you for the carriage, now you go to Dunhuafang, I'm going to Chang'an City to play, I will go back by myself in a few days, I don't need you to worry about it."

After finishing speaking, Cui Xiuniang jumped off the carriage, followed by a horse, and then rode to Chang'an City.

"Hey you. You. You...!" Although Cui Jue wanted to stop him, Cui Jue also knew that he couldn't stop him at all, so he could only use force with his mouth, but his body was very honest, watching Cui Xiuniang helplessly. Hit the horse and go.

Following Cui Jue sighed and said speechlessly: "I'm finished now, and I don't know which young master is going to be unlucky, I will definitely be scolded to death!"

As soon as Cui Xiuniang entered Chang'an City, she was shocked by the number of people in Chang'an City. Although there were no shops on the streets of Chang'an City, the carriages and people on the streets were really busy, countless.

Sometimes, you can also see some mobile vendors.

But if you want to really see the vendors, you have to enter Lifang. As a separate residential unit in Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty, Lifang is like today's residential quarters. It is neatly arranged, with uniform rules, and very orderly.

These communities are all rectangular, but because the width of each street is different, the size of each community is not exactly the same.The perimeter of the Lifang is surrounded by tall walls, and the foundation of the walls is made of rammed earth boards, with a thickness ranging from 2.3 meters to 3 meters.

In each square, there are generally open east, west, north and south cross streets, with one door on each side.Only the 36th square in the south of the imperial city only opened the East-West Street and the East-West Gate, but not the North-South Street and the North-South Gate. It is said in history that "I don't want to open the North Street to be discouraged, so as to break through the city".

On the street, what Cui Xiuniang saw most strangely were those Hu people. At that time, there were not a few foreigners who came to Chang'an for their fame, and people at that time collectively referred to these foreigners as "Hu people".

When the Hu people came to visit the Tang Dynasty, they had to wear the costumes stipulated by the Tang Dynasty. However, such regulations did not make the Hu people feel bad. On the contrary, they were attracted by the prosperity of Chang’an, and lived a happy life in Chang’an City. Some Hu people even simply married local Han people and lived in Chang'an City, and some Hu people even served in the imperial court!
"Hee hee. This person is so dark, so ugly!"

After Cui Xiuniang saw a black man, a grin appeared on the corner of her mouth. However, Cui Xiuniang did not agree with the appearance of the black man, so she followed Cui Xiuniang to Dongshi first.

After all, the East Market and the West Market were not only the centers of economic activity in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, but also the centers of national industry and commerce at that time, and important places for economic exchanges between China and foreign countries.Merchants gather here, there are many mansions and shops, there are a variety of goods, and the trade is extremely prosperous.

Cui Xiuniang, who had heard about the two cities a long time ago, of course had to go to the two cities first.

However, Dongshi disappointed Cui Xiuniang. It may be because Dongshi is close to the three major palaces, and the surrounding squares are mostly the mansions of royal families and dignitaries. Therefore, most of the goods sold in the market are high-end luxury goods to satisfy the royal family. The needs of nobles and dignitaries.

There are not many novel and interesting things, and there are still many restrictions in Dongshi. Cui Xiuniang can't ride horses, she can only lead them, and there are few things to eat. They are all restaurants.

After playing for a while, Cui Xiuniang left without interest, and then came to West Market.

The West Market is different. The West Market is farther away from Sannei, and there are many common people's houses around it. The products sold in the market are mainly daily necessities such as clothes, candles, cakes, and medicines.

In addition, merchants from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Korea, Baekje, Silla, Japan and other countries gathered here, especially the "Hu merchants" from Persia and Dashi.

They lived in the West Market or some workshops near the West Market, sold the spices and medicines brought from Central Asia to Chinese officials, and then bought jewelry, silk and porcelain from China.Therefore, there are many shops opened by foreign merchants in the West Market.

The more important thing is that in the West Market, there are many small merchants and hawkers, and there are also acrobats and jugglers. Not as good as Dongshi, if one is not careful and the money bag is gone, it will be over.

"Oh sugar man, there are also sugar men here, boss give me a Zhang Fei!" Cui Xiuniang rode on the horse and directly threw a string of money over, one string of money was ten coins, and one string of money was one hundred coins.

What made Cui Xiuniang speechless was that the boss on the opposite side shook his head and said, "Girl, it's your first time in Chang'an!"

"How do you know?" Cui Xiuniang was curious.

The boss said hehe: "Because of Zhang Fei's twelve essays, you are still missing two essays."

"Why is it so expensive?" Cui Xiuniang was speechless, but she still took out two pennies from her waist and threw it over.

"It's still expensive?" The boss picked up two Wen and said with a smile, "The toffee in Dunhuafang costs one hundred Yuan!"

"Toffee. What is that?" Cui Xiuniang was curious, but at this time, the boss stopped talking and began to concentrate on drawing Zhang Fei. Soon Zhang Fei was finished, and Cui Xiuniang was overjoyed immediately after picking it up.

After that, I started to lick it, and after one bite, it was extremely sweet. Sure enough, Chang'an's sugar figurines are much more delicious.

Riding the horse forward, Cui Xiuniang was eating sugar figurines while watching the bustling scene of the West Market. However, the West Market is different from the East Market. Because it is close to Ouchi, the East Market sells all valuables, and the common people Not that much either.

Therefore, the law and order in Dongshi is still very good.

But this kind of law and order does not exist in the West Market. There are many people in the West Market, especially some people who come in from outside the city to sell. .

The government didn't come to Xishi to collect any booth fees, and this vacancy gave some Chang'an local ruffians an opportunity.

Although Chang’an City is at the foot of the emperor, there are also some gang organizations at the foot of the emperor. The largest gang organization is called the Shangshui Gang. The Shangshui Gang has more than 500 people and controls the West Market. Anyone who sells things in the West Market The common people must pay them money.

If you pay it, everyone will be happy, but if you don't, then I'm sorry, you don't even want to do business in West Market.

If you want to find the government, it is true that the government will help you for a while, but the revenge of the Shangshui Gang is also very poisonous. He will follow you like a maggot attached to the bone, and fight with you. They say that the soft is afraid of the hard, and the hard I'm afraid I won't die.

The Shangshui gang is a group of desperate people, so ordinary people are almost unwilling to offend this gang, and they just pay their money obediently.

It's just that in today's Chang'an City, a group of people who have never met before are gathered together. The appearance of these people at the same time predicts the demise of the Shangshui Gang.

Chapter [-] The oppression begins

"Father Chang'an is really beautiful!"

A little girl about eight years old was sitting in the back basket. Although the little girl was eight years old, her body was very thin, and she was as big as a five-year-old child now.

Why is the little girl sitting in the basket, because the little girl's legs are sick and can't walk.

The man carrying the little girl is about 30 years old, with a vicissitudes on his face. In addition to carrying the little girl, the man also carried a bag of green pears on his shoulders. This was planted in front of his house. Today the man plans to sell all these green pears , and then buy a bar of soap for my daughter.

The little girls in my village like soap the most. As long as they wash it, it can leave a fragrance on their hands. My daughter also wants it very much. The man knows it. He picked the green pear this time because he wanted to Buy a bar of soap for my own daughter.

"Yes, Chang'an is very beautiful.!"

Hearing his daughter's excited voice, the man nodded slightly. However, the man knew that Chang'an was beautiful, but Chang'an was also very scary. The man once shed his last drop of blood for Chang'an, but Chang'an gave him the worst. memories.

"Oh Yaya, the West Market is right in front of you. When we sell this bag of green pears, Daddy will buy you a piece of soap. What flavor do you like?"

"Really...?" The little girl Yaya showed an excited voice: "Father, I want the cherry blossom flavor. Xiaoyu has a piece, but baby, I only smelled it once, and it's because I'm her best friend." .”

"Understood, dad will buy you one too this time!" The man smiled slightly, then lifted the bag, and then walked into the West Market with big strides.

The West Market was full of people. There were so many people, the man felt a little happy, because if there were more people, his green pears would not have to worry about selling. Soon the man found a place where no one was around, and put the pears in the bag And my daughter was put down.

Then the green pear was revealed, and then her daughter was put aside.

"We're selling green pears, we're selling green pears, one penny per catty, home-grown green pears!" Yaya began to sell them in a sensible manner, her sweet voice also attracted the attention of many people.

After a while, a woman who looked like an aunt came over and asked, "Is green pear sweet?"

"Sweet, it doesn't cost money if it's sweet or not, you can try one first, Auntie!"

Seeing that someone was about to buy it, Yaya happily handed over a green pear to the aunt. At this time, Yaya's father was watching all this with a smile. This is the man deliberately training his daughter. The daughter is great, and the man is of course happy.

"Okay!" The woman took the green pear, took a bite and said with a smile, "Not bad. Give me five catties!"

"Daddy, this aunt wants five catties!" Yaya called her daddy happily.

At this time, the man hurried over and said, "Okay. I'll give you five catties right away!"

However, although it was five catties, it gave a full six catties. The aunt was happy, and Yaya who received five Wen was also happy. When the old lady left, Yaya happily showed the five Wen in her hand to her Daddy see.

The man also showed a smile when he saw the five cents, and then signaled to Yaya to put it away. Seeing Yaya put the five cents into his small purse, the man felt relieved.

Soon Yaya's cries sounded again, not to mention, Yaya's cries are still very useful, after a while a few more customers came, bought more than half of the green pears, and made almost fifty cents.

Just when Yaya thought that she would be able to buy soap soon, Yaya felt a little thirsty. Originally, the man wanted Yaya to eat a green pear to quench her thirst, but Yaya was reluctant because green pears are used to sell money.

There are many wells in Xishi, Yaya begged her father to fetch water for herself to drink.

But just after the man left, Yaya's troubles also came. While Yaya was still selling hard, a man with a bunt came over with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth, and two people followed behind him. A man in a black shorts suit.

"Little girl, how do you sell green pears?"

The bunt man looked at Yaya with a smirk. At this time, Yaya still naively thought that the other party was her guest, so she hurriedly greeted her: "One penny and one catty. It doesn't cost money if it's not sweet. You can try one first."

After speaking, Yaya kindly handed a green pear to the bunt man.

But what Yaya didn't expect was that just after the bunt man took a bite of the green pear, his face that had been smiling all the time suddenly changed and scolded: "You thief woman, what is sweet, this is obviously sour Already!"

After finishing speaking, he directly threw the green pear in his hand at Yaya. With a bang, the green pear landed on Yaya's head and was smashed to pieces. Yaya's head was also left red and swollen.

It's just that Yaya didn't care about the pain at this time, but quickly explained: "Guest, my green pear is not sour. Many people ate it just now and they all said it was sweet. Otherwise, you can change it to another one.!"

"I'll replace you with a thief!" The bunt man didn't listen to Yaya's explanation at all.

Then the two black-clothed attendants behind the bunt man rushed up, smashed the green pears in Yaya's bag with a stick, and kicked Yaya's back basket with one foot. After Yaya fell to the ground, she struggled Crawled out of the basket, and cried, "Don't smash my pears, don't smash my pears, my pears are not sour, really not sour."

While crawling and crying, Yaya wanted to protect her green pears, but it was all in vain. The other three young men smashed the remaining green pears to pieces.

"My pear, my pear!" Yaya cried sadly, and accidentally, Yaya's purse fell off.

'Clap' sound.

The bunt man snatched the purse and laughed and said, "Haha. That's right, I can just pay the booth fee.!"

"This is my money, this is my money!" Yaya struggled to climb towards the bunt man.

However, just when Yaya was about to climb up to the bunt man, she was kicked aside by the bunt man: "You paralytic, do you know who I am? I belong to the Shangshui Gang.

The money is the booth fee of the Shangshui Gang. "

After finishing speaking, the bunt man walked over and kicked Ya Ya and cursed: "You are a paralytic!"

He followed the two men who were about to take him away, but at this moment, Yaya's father finally came, saw his green pears being smashed to the ground, and saw his daughter being knocked aside, helpless cry.

At this time, the man's cheeks also turned from iron black to angry red: "You bastards.!"

Yaya's father roared, and rushed towards the group of bastards from the Shangshui Gang!

(End of this chapter)