(I wrote a chapter on the train, and I wrote another chapter in the hotel at night, and the 8th one was done, but the 9th one really didn't know.) A brother said that the teacher spoke above, and I wrote below, which I would never dare. Now pay attention to discipline, and don't tell you face-to-face, take a photo and send it back to your unit, and then you will wait to be punished. Where do we have leaders who suffer this loss because they doze off when they study, I am a small soldier, or study hard honestly. ）

Chang'anfang City, there are West City and East City, East City mainly serves the dignitaries, and the West City is completely civilian, popularized, covering an area of more than 1,600 acres of West Market is the largest market in the world at that time, there are more than 40,000 fixed shops, involving more than 200 industries, as the so-called only you can't think of, there is nothing that you can't buy here. Not only domestic goods are sold here, but also a large number of goods from the Western Regions and Japan are sold here. More than ten years ago, Chang'an was robbed, and the West Market was greatly damaged, but time is the best healing elixir, and now the West Market has once again returned to its previous prosperity.

Walking on the streets of Xishi, Li Ze knew that this was the return of the largest commercial center above the city boundary, and if it continued to develop as it is now, Chang'an would inevitably be spared another war, and the ensuing southward shift of the economic center of gravity also made it impossible to return to the prosperous years of the past.

Chen Changping and Li Mi were like curious babies, and as soon as they entered the West Market, their eyes were glazed. Under Li Ze's management, Wuyi is a very prosperous commercial area, but the entire Wuyi, up to now, is only more than 100 shops, and Zhending City, the capital of Chengdu, a big city with a population of more than 200,000, has only more than 1,000 shops, but here, there are more than so many on a street.

After the Xinde General's Mansion was settled, Li Ze took Chen Changping and Li Mi out to visit the West Market on the second day, not because he wanted to buy things, but on such a market, it was easiest to get a glimpse of the economic truth of a place. However, before coming out, he followed a small tail, Liu Ruyan was dressed in a green coat and a small hat, dressed as a man, and unswervingly followed behind Li Ze.

There was no way, Li Ze could only take him with him.

Now even a young lady like Liu Ruyan has long been straight-eyed. Although she has been a delicate girl since she was a child, she doesn't have to worry about food, clothing, and use, but after all, she is also a person from a small place, where has she seen such a big market and such a dazzling array of goods, only Li Ze is not surprised, and it is not unusual.

"What beautiful jewelry!" Li Ze, who was walking in front, heard the exclamation behind him, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that Liu Ruyan had walked straight into a jewelry store on the street. And Xiao Er at the door, his eyes were also very poisonous, even if Liu Ruyan was wearing a man's clothes, he saw it at a glance, and when he saw Liu Ruyan going inside, he greeted him attentively.

"This little lady, please come in, our Rong Bao Tang is the largest jewelry store in this West Market, you look at this style, this texture, in the West Market, you will definitely not find a second one." If you are not satisfied with the existing style, you can just say the style or take out the pattern, and our skilled master will immediately customize it for you. ”

Liu Ruyan had already been dazzled, and nodded again and again when she heard the words.

Li Ze, who came in with Liu Ruyan closely, couldn't cry or laugh a little, grabbed Liu Ruyan, and said in a low voice: "The goods in the West Market are all big road goods, although they look good, but the quality is far inferior to the East Market, you want jewelry, I will take you to the best store in the East Market to order it when you go back." If you buy it here, your uncle and aunt will inevitably blame me for fooling you. ”

Although Li Ze's voice was low, Xiao Er's ears were even sharper, and he immediately lowered his face, "This Xiao Langjun don't talk nonsense, I don't dare to say that the things in the East Market are not good, but the things in this store are definitely not bad, you can buy it, but you must not ruin the reputation of this store." ”

Hearing Xiao Er reprimand Li Ze, Li Mi immediately darkened his face and was about to attack, Li Ze waved his hand and said with a smile: "Little Second Brother is right, I was reckless." While apologizing, he dragged Liu Ruyan to leave.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ruyan shook his hand and got rid of Li Ze, and said: "I like the style here, I don't care about anything in the West Market, little second brother, bring these things to me to see." ”

Xiao Er's face changed very quickly, he looked at Li Ze with a tiger face, but in a blink of an eye, he looked at Liu Ruyan with a smile, and quickly took out more than a dozen pieces of jewelry, and filled a wooden plate.

Li Ze looked at these styles indeed, but the quality of these things can only be said to be so-so. But seeing Liu Ruyan's love for it, he could only give up.

As long as she is happy, he is not short of money. I am afraid that Liu Ruyan will make a fool of herself when she takes these things to attend the meetings of those noblewomen in the future. makes people laugh that Liu Ruyan is a girl from the countryside after all, and she can't recognize the goods.

But it doesn't matter, with their own strength and status, even if they laugh, they only dare to laugh behind their backs, they must not have the courage to laugh at Liu Ruyan in person, and when Liu Ruyan stays in Chang'an for a long time, his vision grows, so naturally he will not wear these things anymore, and it is also excellent to reward his subordinates when the time comes.

After figuring out this section, Li Ze also stood beside Liu Ruyan with a smile, looking at where she chose some jewelry.

"I want it all!" Liu Ruyan turned her head, looked at Li Ze, and said with a smile.

"Buy, buy, buy!" Li Ze waved his hand and motioned for Li Mi to pay.

The little second brother is happy to fall from the sky, looking at the clothes of these people are not without luxury, I originally thought that it would be good to pick one or two, but I didn't expect this little lady to ask for it all as soon as she opened her mouth, and there are two sets of noodles in this plate! It seems that the little Langjun said that he took the little lady to the East Market to pick up jewelry, which was really not bragging.

Today's Caixing is shining, this is probably because those noble ladies in Chang'an City are tired of shopping in the East Market, and they specially came to the West Market to have fun.

"One hundred and eight taels!" Xiao Er's voice trembled a little, just this one, his commission is worth his ordinary month's income.

Li Mi reached out and took out a handful of golden melon seeds from his arms, took more than a dozen and threw them to Xiao Er, "Is it enough?" ”

When they go out, it is naturally impossible for them to carry strings of copper coins, and silver and gold ingots cannot be circulated on the market, but these gold melon seeds and other things can be used as money exchange.

took a small scale, Xiao Er weighed these golden melon seeds, and said with a smile on his face: "Enough is enough, I have to find some back!" ”

"No need!" Li Ze waved his hand and said, "I've rewarded you." ”

"Thank you, Xiaolang-kun." Xiao Er smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth, he had never seen such a cool customer, they came here to buy jewelry in Pingsuxi City, that is not the master of the matter? And the business in front of me is doing well, but after returning home today, you must pay a good visit to the God of Wealth.

"One set for my own use, and one set for you to bring back to Xia He, just say that I gave it to her." Liu Ruyan smiled and bent her eyes, and said, "You must say that I gave it to her." ”

"Okay, okay, sure!" Li Ze smiled and dragged Liu Ruyan out, he really didn't expect Liu Ruyan to still think about Xia He at this time, it seems that when they were in Wuyi, the two of them got along very happily.

A few people left the jewelry shop in the greeting of the guest officer who came again, and walked not far ahead, but saw a wine shop in front of it, a large group of people stood where they couldn't stop applauding, clapping and cheering, and several people were also happy. But I saw a high platform set up in front of the wine shop, and on the platform, a blonde woman was dancing enthusiastically, her body spinning like a windmill, and she was dizzy to watch.

This is not only Liu Ruyan, Li Yu, Chen Changping, but even Li Ze is also attracted, after all, this is the first time he has seen a blonde and blue-eyed foreign woman since he came to this world.

"She's so ugly!" This is Liu Ruyan's first sigh.

Without waiting for Li Ze to speak, she continued: "Her dancing is so good, if I turn around like this a few times, I'm afraid I'm going to faint." ”

"I'm not ashamed!" This is Li Mi speaking, because the woman on the wooden platform is indeed wearing too little, the large chest is exposed outside, not to mention, the two white and pure long legs are also dancing with her, and the wisps of silk are also clearly visible after they are rotated, and on the two arms, there are several metal bracelets, with the dance of the arms, there is a crisp impact sound.

After the dance, before the woman could speak, the copper coins were already raining down.

"One more!" Someone shouted from the audience.

But Li Ze knows very well that he should start selling wine next, but looking at the speed of throwing money, it should be said that dancing is more profitable than selling wine.

Signaled Li Mi to throw some copper coins up, he must have watched other people's performances, and the money still has to be given, Li Ze still has this bit of discipline.

Scattering a handful of copper coins, Li Ze continued to walk with the three of them.

Li Ze finally saw the main goal of his visit to Xishi today, the grain store.

He wanted to know the price of food in Chang'an now.

"A bucket of rice is a hundred dollars."

"Fifty dollars a bucket."

"Twenty dollars a bucket!"

With the boss's offer, not only Li Ze's face changed slightly, but also Chen Changping and Li Mi on the side. The price is too high. You must know that Wuyi has always practiced unified grain purchase and sales, and has been trading at a loss for the past two years, with the sole purpose of maintaining the stability of local grain prices with flat grain. Moreover, the Northland is still a land of war! But even so, the grain they bought at a high price was only 70 or 80 yuan a bucket, and when they sold it inward, it was only 50 yuan a bucket, wheat was only 20 yuan a bucket, and millet was only 78 yuan a bucket. The price of grain in Chang'an has more than doubled. You must know that relying on Luoyang's trough transportation, Chang'an is connected to the main grain-producing areas in the south of the Yangtze River.

In peacetime, the price of food is so high, once there is a war, I am afraid that the price of food will roll up. The riot more than ten years ago made the price of rice in Chang'an reach a record of thousands of Wen Yidou, and the rebel army was able to quickly conquer Chang'an, which is inseparable from the fact that the people in Chang'an City have been unable to live.

In this, only Liu Ruyan doesn't understand. Chen Changping and Li Mi have both been hungry, and they are very sensitive to food prices.

The three of them looked at each other, and all shook their heads at the same time.

Under the glamour of the prosperous era, the crisis has actually begun to manifest.