In the swaying of the river, under the chatter of Uncle Zhang, the fishing boat slowly drifted along the Jialing River towards Shunqing Fucheng.

"It should be almost there", Liu Ximing watched the ships around him gradually increase, and knew that there should be a city nearby.

Sure enough, after a while, the figure of a city wall was visible in the distance, and the dock outside the city was full of people.

When he was about to arrive at the wharf, Liu Ximing stood on the boat and carefully observed everything in front of him, only to see dozens of stone wharves neatly arranged in a row stretching into the river, dozens of boats of various styles moored next to them, there were both fishing boats without canopies, there were also two-layer large ships with sails, and several three-story boats in the middle also carried pavilions, like painting boats, and there was still the sound of silk and bamboo.

Dozens of shirtless men on the dock were carrying all kinds of goods up and down, and a few stewards were shouting beside them. Merchants dressed in various colors of silk and satin, students dressed in jade-colored shirts, and women in gorgeous costumes wearing scarves are a busy scene.

There is a torii archway on the steps of the pier, and a large house with a green glazed tile roof is built behind it, and there are several brick houses with green tile roofs next to it, and several people who look like tax collectors sit at the door.

Liu Ximing and Li Biao got off the boat with the basket on their backs, and thanked Uncle Zhang and said goodbye, but before they took a few steps, they were shouted by the person who looked like a tax collector to pay the tax.

Liu Ximing said with a bitter face: "Bad official, I haven't sold this dish yet, where did I get the spare money?" ”

Li Biao also shouted beside him: "Don't deceive us, I've been to Fucheng many times, you collect ship taxes here, what taxes do we charge for selling vegetables!" ”

The official sneered: "Joke, of course, I have the final say on what taxes to collect, and if I don't collect them in the past, I will promote you." Maybe it was because he saw that Li Biaoniu was tall and big, and he didn't say that he was too persecutive, and said: "Since you can't come up with the money, use the vegetables!" ”

Liu Ximing suddenly understood, this is not a tax, it is estimated that he saw that the vegetables in the back basket are different from the ordinary vegetables, and he thought about rubbing the oil, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I originally wanted to honor all the officials, I didn't bring much today, you can take this point to taste first, and I will bring more next time!" ”

Fortunately, Liu Ximing only brought vegetables, and it was not worth a few dollars, this Xu official also had a temporary thought, and when he saw Liu Ximing going up, he smiled: "Hey, you are sensible, put it here, your name is Wang Ying, remember next time!" ”

That's when the two were released.

"Phew,!" Li Biao waited for him to go away, and then said to Liu Ximing: "You shouldn't give it to him, you really don't have to pay taxes in the past!" ”

Liu Ximing smiled helplessly, this Biaozi brother is a bit Biao, how can a person not bow his head under the eaves, comforted him a few words and walked to the city.

When approaching the city wall, Liu Ximing found that the circumference of the Shunqing Mansion was about ten miles, the wall was three zhang high and two zhang thick, and the city wall was based on mountain stones, with solid soil inside, green bricks on the outside, and a moat five feet wide outside.

Zhangjiawan, where Liu Ximing lives, belongs to Nanchong County, and Nanchong County is an annex of Shunqing Mansion, and the county and government are in the city, so this Shunqing Mansion City is so lively. Walking across the bridge over the moat, Liu Ximing paid a penny gate tax for each of them and entered the city.

As soon as he got out of the city tower, the voices of people suddenly boiled, and all kinds of shouting and noisy voices rushed to his face, and Liu Ximing immediately had a feeling of entering the times.

Liu Ximing was standing on the street in a daze, Li Biao took his clothes and walked in one direction: "In the past, I used to sell vegetables on the edge of the market, let's go there today, we have to hurry up and occupy a place!" ”

Liu Ximing looked around and hurriedly followed.

The city square next to the city gate is also very lively, the archway in front of the square is intertwined, and most of them are dressed relatively plainly. Liu Ximing carefully observed and found that most of the items sold in the market were household sundries of ordinary people's homes, such as clay pots, wooden combs and the like.

Finally arrived at the other side of the market, Li Biao familiarly took Liu Ximing to find a small vacant space and put down the back basket, Liu Ximing looked around, surrounded by farmers like him and the two of them who came to sell their own things, some sold vegetables, some sold mountain goods, and some sold medicinal materials.

As soon as he put down the back basket, several women who were shopping nearby immediately surrounded him: "How much is this dish a catty?" There is no way to call the vegetables produced in the space look too good.

Liu Ximing smiled when he saw his face, and hurriedly greeted: "Five cents a catty."

Liu Ximing was really happy when he came to the door at the beginning of the business, and when he looked up, he saw that several vegetable vendors around him took advantage of the people who bought vegetables and came over: "This little brother, your dish is so good that it sells for five cents a catty, how do you tell us to do business!" A group of people came over and shouted.

Li Biao's neck straightened: "What's the matter, what does it matter to you that we sell vegetables, are you small to bully us?" ”

Eh, how small are you, and the people around you are speechless.

Liu Ximing hurriedly grabbed Li Biao, and after thinking about it, wouldn't it be a great loss if he sold this dish at the usual price, so he hurriedly said: "What everyone said is reasonable, from now on, I will sell it for eight cents a catty, and you will sell it for five cents a catty, and each will earn his own money, what do you think?" ”

The group of people dispersed at this time, and Liu Ximing breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't notice a few pairs of jealous eyes staring at him.

There are a lot of people who know the goods in the city, not to mention the lack of living materials in the Ming Dynasty, all of them are as good as monkeys, and more and more people come to buy vegetables.

Liu Ximing saw that the business was so good, so he asked Li Biao to weigh and collect the money in front, took off his coat and draped it on the back basket, and quietly took some out of the space and mixed it in when he handed Li Biao food.

"You guys sell it so expensive, and other people's ones only cost five cents a pound!" There were also women who wanted to bargain.

"Ladies, you have all seen that my family's food is different from other people's, and the amount is really not much, everyone should buy it quickly."

When almost half of the sale was sold, the crowd of people around the grocery shopping suddenly dispersed, and a man dressed in a round-necked official uniform-style dress squeezed in: "It's all gone, the yamen is on business." ”

Liu Ximing's heart suddenly became targeted, he glanced around, and vaguely saw a few gloating faces.

arched his hand and said: "This, the errand officer, what is the business!" ”

The man looked ruffian, and raised his head: "Have you ever sold vegetables here and worshiped the ground?" ”

Liu Ximing looked at Li Biao with inquiring eyes, and Li Biao immediately whispered: "This is the yamen's helper Ding He, and he wants to give money, otherwise it will be really difficult for them to be disgusting, and I will give a few pennies on weekdays." ”

Liu Ximing hurriedly surrendered his hand: "I just arrived, I don't know the rules here, I'll give it here." After speaking, he counted ten cents from his bosom and handed it over.

"Hey, hey, I want to send away the master with such a little money, do you look down on the master? Don't talk nonsense, seeing that your business here is so good, you don't want much, give a tael of silver! Ding He sneered and opened Liu Xi's hand.

cnmd, Lao Tzu didn't know if there were one or two of these vegetables after they were sold, of course Liu Ximing refused, and immediately argued, Li Biao also stepped forward, and the scene was at an impasse for a while.

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Chen Yiding is in a good mood today, he has recently done a few new articles, he feels good about himself, and he feels that if he maintains this level, maybe he will be able to get a middle school student in the next college exam, but for the sake of safety, he still has to find someone to comment and comment.

Early in the morning, he packed up and rushed to Fucheng, and finally found his fellow student in the county school, Chen Jianzhang, and wanted to ask him to help submit it to the gentleman in the county school for comments.

Seeing that the meal was approaching, the two made an appointment to go to the drunken immortal residence in the market to drink and talk.

Chen Yiding and Chen Jianzhang walked towards the restaurant while talking and laughing, and when they were about to arrive at the market, Chen Yiding suddenly heard a familiar voice coming, and wondered in his heart: "Why is this voice so similar to nephew Liu Ximing?" ”

Looking up, I saw a group of people surrounding the place, my sister's second son Liu Ximing and a sturdy young man were confronting a person in public uniform, and he was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly said to Chen Jianzhang: "Brother Xiwen is slow, the person arguing looks like my nephew, I'll go and see!" Then he walked quickly towards Liu Ximing.

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"What are you doing here, and why are you arguing with others?" Chen Yiding shouted loudly while he was still outside the crowd.

Hey, this person is so familiar, it's uncle! Liu Ximing remembered it vaguely, and suddenly rejoiced.

This Ding He is pasted up like stinky shit, because in the city, Liu Ximing didn't dare to make a big deal about it, and now that many relatives are around, he can still be brave.

"I've seen my uncle, but my nephew didn't do anything evil, but this person insisted on slandering me!" Liu Xi ordered him to salute. I saw that a person next to my uncle was wearing a jade-colored shirt, presumably a friend of my uncle, so he gave up his hand again: "I've seen a show." ”

Chen Yiding saw that his nephew understood etiquette, and consciously had face in front of his friends, and he was very relieved, and after a closer look, he suddenly felt that Liu Ximing was very different from the previous meeting, not to mention the heroic posture, and the actions were quite polite, not at all like when he was a naughty boy before, he hurriedly asked the reason.

When the two of them talked happily with their nephews there, Na Pi Ding He was shocked, it turned out that he saw Chen Jianzhang wearing a raw shirt, and he had a retreat in his heart.

Chen Yining listened to Liu Ximing tell the truth, although he felt that his nephew was a little embarrassed to sell vegetables on the street, but he was also angry, and scolded Ding He: "You are a yamen ganger, you don't have an official body, where did you have the courage to blackmail people for money!" ”

Of course, he also knew that he was just a child, and he was afraid that he couldn't scare this splash, so he turned to Chen Jianzhang and said: "Brother Xiwen, my nephew is the son of Liu Shanqi and Liu Wenmao, and he is also a scholar. ”

Chen Jianzhang saw that there were farmers selling some vegetables and other things, so he didn't want to get involved. However, when I heard Chen Yining say that this is Liu Shanqi's son, I knew that it was not good to shrink my head again, although the relationship with Liu Shanqi was average, but after all, he was a classmate of the county school, if he didn't help such a trivial matter today, I was afraid that it would hurt his face when he spread it out. Immediately pointed to Ding He and said: "Good you dog, dare to do anything wrong in broad daylight, I have to tell the county to punish you!" ”

Ding He suddenly felt a pain when he heard this, and hurriedly told the three of them non-stop: "Xiucai Xianggong atoned for his sins, Liu, Gongzi also asked for atonement, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, what he just said is a joke, a joke." This is the farewell. With that, he ran backwards.