The shop decoration is magnificent, and even the use of mirrors has begun to make the store space look larger.

"A few objective, please inside, the glass sold in the small shop is a treasure in the glass!"

After the shopkeeper saw Yu Zhiqian and the others dressed, he immediately concluded that he was a rich man and a big customer, with a bigger smile on his face and a sweeter mouth, and he wanted to sell more things and get more commissions.

After Yu Zhiqian walked in, he took a casual look, for more than two years, the craftsmen's craftsmanship has made greater and greater progress, and Yu Zhiqian has seen a lot of things that can only be seen by later generations, such as glasses, the craftsmanship has not lost to later generations, but the shape is the shape of this era, but the price of this level of glass is also expensive, many people just appreciate it for a while, and then reluctantly leave.

What kind of paper is burned in glass, no one has announced it except for insiders, the price of glass is very low now, but still not everyone can afford it, and the profit margin is very large, Yu Zhiqian glanced at it, some jade pendants made of defective products that failed to burn paper can also be bought for one or two taels of silver, cost? How much money? It still depends on labor and loss.

After a look around, I found that there were a lot of ordinary people who wore a lot, and after a walk around, I finally gritted my teeth and bought one or two pieces of glass products to go home.

The East Market is very long, but it is also very short, after Yu Zhiqian finished, he looked up at the night sky, felt that the time was still a little early, and decided to go to the West Market to see, the East Market is very lively, but they are all buying New Year's goods, Yu Zhiqian did not see anything that made his eyes shine, there are more Hu people in the West Market, and he said that he could not find some strange playthings, or see some new news.

"Marco Polo, this is Chang'an!"

A red-haired white man, with another white man, came to the front of Chang'an City and opened his mouth to introduce.

"Is this Chang'an? God, how can there be such a magnificent city on earth, this should only exist in mythology! ”

Marco Polo looked at the magnificent Chang'an City and exclaimed.

Marco Polo came from the Apennine region, with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Italian region is now at war, the Huns and Arabs are constantly kneading this land, the people in this land can be said to be the people are not living, Marco Polo in order to survive, joined a caravan, along the Silk Road all the way to the legendary Eastern Empire.

When Marco Polo came here, he heard many legends about the Eastern Empire, which were even handed down from the time of the Roman Empire, saying that in the East, there was a huge empire, where there was gold everywhere, and the people were extremely rich, and the people wore silk and satin, etc.

At the beginning of this legend, the Westerners did not hold back, and formed an army to conquer this legendary Eastern Empire, but then they were halfway through the expedition and encountered a routed army, and the two sides had a fierce battle, and finally the expeditionary force defeated the routed army, and got the news from them that they were defeated by an army from the East!

Hearing this, the expeditionary force quickened their speed, hoping to find that army, and a few months later, they encountered what their previous enemy called the eastern army, a group of nomads on horseback, and after a fierce battle, they barely defeated each other, and captured some alive.

This group of soldiers excitedly wanted to ask about the Eastern Empire from the mouths of these captives, this group of expeditionary soldiers mistakenly thought that this time they encountered the mysterious Eastern Empire army, but when they finally learned from this group of mouths that they were not the army of the Eastern Empire, but the defeated army defeated by the Eastern Empire, the expeditionary force decided to turn around!

It's terrible, this army composed of tens of thousands of Huns has caused them great damage, the expeditionary force of 100,000 people has paid more than 50,000 casualties to only a few hundred of these less than 50,000, and from the mouth of the captives, I learned that their hundreds of thousands of troops were easily defeated by the dynasty called the Han Empire in the east, and they had to abandon the place where they lived in the era and migrate to the west, looking for a new homeland!

Later, with the opening of the Silk Road, Western countries also began to know more and more news about the Eastern countries, many people with dreams, want to reach the Eastern Empire, but there are few successful people, even if the success comes, there will be all kinds of accidents on the way back, the mysterious Orient, can only be known from the Arab population, and there are all kinds of exquisite goods from the East.

Marco Polo and his party originally did not plan to come to the East, but there were some accidents on the way, and they went all the way to the Yutang Empire.

"This is where the gods dwell, the supreme ruler of this empire, and where their emperor dwells in the largest palace in the city, and is worshiped by his thousands of people!"

The guide is a Qiuci person, when he speaks, his waist is straight, although he is a Qiuci person, but he has lived in Chang'an City for many years, and finally obtained Chang'an's hukou in the first two years, but as a condition, he needs to work for the imperial court as a guide.

Most of these guides are in Yumen Pass, Yangguan and other passes, responsible for receiving Hu people from afar, collecting intelligence, and also introducing them to the laws and basic conditions of the Yu Tang Empire, etc., this order was given by Yu Zhiqian, because although Yu Zhiqian knows how big this world is, there are many things that he does not know, such as what imperial period is the West now? Yu Zhiqian didn't know what was in Central Asia, and he needed to figure out these things, so he found a lot of Hu people who were proficient in foreign languages, who were responsible for reception, guidance, and continuous intelligence collection.

Most of them are proficient in Chinese, and have lived in the Yutang Empire for many years, and at the same time settled in the Yutang Empire, they have a family and a mouth, and it is difficult for them to betray.

Marco Polo lined up, looking at the people around him who were discussing enthusiastically, and couldn't help but think of his hometown, where the war had been going on for hundreds of years, robbers, bandits were rampant, not to mention the night, even during the day, strong men did not dare to go out, let alone the women who could be seen everywhere around.

"What's that?"

Seeing someone riding a bicycle not far away, Marco Polo was stunned for a moment, that kind of thing seemed to be able to run forward on its own without being pulled by an animal, so frightened that he almost knelt down.

The guide Li A was not surprised, looking at the group of people who were shouting, he despised them in his heart, rare and strange, but he still did his duty as a guide, this group of people gave a lot of money, and he made a fortune, so he could have a good year: "This is a bicycle, this is something invented when His Majesty the Emperor was still the crown prince, you don't need any livestock to pull, you can move forward, of course, there is a train station in the city, there is also a steel monster there, you don't need people to pull yourself can run, the speed is very fast!" ”

"It's really amazing, if this thing can be sent to the Apennines, we will definitely get rich!"

The guide glanced at them: "Don't think about it, this kind of thing can't be transported out of you!" After finishing speaking, it was finally their turn to enter the city, Li A led Marco Polo and others into Chang'an City, just entered the city, and felt the crowd boiling, on both sides of the road, there were constantly people shouting.

"The tricycle goes to Dongshi, goes to Dongshi, and there is one more left!"

"Carriage, carriage, go to Pingkangfang, there are people who want to go to Pingkangfang, get on the bus!"

“……”

Marco Polo was stunned for a moment, looking at the people shouting everywhere, not understanding what this group of people was doing.

"These people are soliciting visitors, Chang'an City is very large, we enter Chang'an City from the West Gate, if you just rely on walking, it may take a long time, so you need to travel, such as want to have fun, go to Pingkangfang, generally speaking, ordinary people want to walk over at night, they need to walk for two hours, enter the city at noon, to be able to catch up with the evening drinking, but now by carriage, it only takes half an hour to arrive!"

Hearing the guide's words, this group of people was a little curious, what kind of place was Pingkangfang.

"So what kind of place is Pingkangfang?"

"Ahem, it's a good place, but you need a lot of money there, so you better hurry up to the West Market, sell the items in your hands, and exchange them for money before you can go to Pingkangfang!"

"Good!"

Soon found a car and rushed to the West City, there were more people in the West City than at the city gate, Marco Polo opened his mouth wide and looked at the people around him, why are there so many people in this country, is it possible that everyone in this country is concentrated here? I couldn't help but look curiously at the guide beside me: "Why are there so many people here?" Are there so many people every day? ”

Li Ah smiled: "No, it's just that you came just in time to catch up with the biggest festival in the empire, the Spring Festival, and during this time of the Spring Festival, the whole country is celebrating!" ”

"Is it the Emperor's birthday? There used to be such a big festival in our country, and it was the emperor's birthday! ”

"No, legend has it that on this day, there will be monsters that will descend on the world, and people need to unite on this day to drive out this huge monster, so ......"

"Huge monsters?"

"That's just a legend! Come with me, register here, and someone will assign you a special sales area, where you can sell your goods, but you have to pay taxes for every transaction you make, ten taxes and two! ”

"So tall?"

"This is already very low, except for this money, you don't need to pay any money, and the same is true for Han people to do business!"

"Okay!"

Marco Polo looked at all kinds of people around him, as if people of all nationalities in the world could be found here, and even he saw a few white people who looked similar to himself, but the number was a little small, but it didn't seem to be very good, there was gold everywhere, Marco Polo didn't see it, what he saw was a strong country, so strong that it was hard for him to breathe.

Marco Polo had a habit of writing a diary, and all the way, he was writing a diary, and most of his money was spent on paper, but now he was more anxious that the number of his quills was a little small, and he was about to run out, and the people of this country had a different way of writing from him, and he had not yet learned it.

Along the way, Marco Polo not only recorded the customs and customs, but also recorded a lot of things, such as the army of the Yutang Empire, Marco Polo swore that he had never seen such a majestic army, that was when they met in the grassland, when the caravan they followed met horse bandits, hundreds of horse bandits surrounded them, at this time, a patrol of the Yutang Empire of only one hundred people, met them.

The result is self-evident, hundreds of horse bandits, there is no power to fight back at all, one blow will be defeated, and the army of the Yu Tang Empire, no casualties, Marco Polo's family was once very rich, otherwise he would not be able to write, he can see that the armor worn by ordinary soldiers of the Yu Tang Empire, in the Apennines, generals may not be able to have such armor, but in this country, ordinary soldiers can pass on.

The second is wealth, after entering the territory, he found that many workers are paving the road around the clock, using a material he has never seen before, when he walked on the cement road, he found the benefits of this kind of road, the whole team traveled a lot faster, even on rainy days, there was no effect.

In addition, there are many people, from the time he entered the territory of this powerful empire, he felt that it was a completely different place from his previous experience, the farmland and farms that can be seen everywhere, whether it is in the mountains, or somewhere, you can meet people, as if there are people in every corner of this country, especially after arriving in Chang'an City today, I found that there are so many people in this country.

And the people in this country are very strong, unlike the people in their own country, they are not tall, and their bodies are very weak, the people in this country are really tall, Marco Polo is tall in his own country, here, he is very ordinary.

After following the guide to fill in the information and settle the final fee, Marco Polo followed a small official to a small stall where they could do business.

They have also made several transactions along the way, and the goods in their hands are some goods they bought from the Arabs, carpets and some precious stones and gold and silver products, whether they can't be sold, they don't know, because they have also heard from others that these things are more popular in the Yutang Empire.

At first, they were going to buy some glass, but then they were stopped, and the people who stopped them told Marco Polo and others that there was no shortage of glass in this country, and it was rich in glass! Suspicious, in the end they didn't buy it.

Marco Polo watched his uncle busy, while he took out his parchment book and quill, and began to prepare to write today's diary, as for rest? So many people on the street? Wait until you've sold some of your goods before you go find a place to rest!