Chapter 186: The East Market Incident
When Li Su woke up, it was noon the next day.
Recently, he seems to have become a frequent visitor to the Cheng family, and the Cheng family knows him, seeing Li Su rubbing his hangover head and walking out of the door, the people quickly served hot water for washing and eating.
Cheng Biting Jin went to the court, and the six little bullies in the family were nowhere to be seen, everyone was very drunk last night, and it is estimated that they haven't woken up yet.
Chengfu's breakfast is very real, a big bowl of spicy soup and a large piece of cooked mutton, Li Su's eyes are straight, this thing is used as breakfast, if you eat it often, it will be short-lived......
declined this real breakfast, and it was inconvenient for Li Su to go to the inner courtyard to say goodbye to the old lady, so he asked someone to say a word and left the Cheng Mansion.
Walking on Suzaku Street, Li Su was a little dazed, he found that he couldn't find his destination......
That's right, Li Su has been too idle lately, and Li Shimin's dismissal of him seems to have become a reward for him, rewarding him for being lazy and lazy without guilt recently, spending only a few days a month with gunpowder, and the rest of the days are all mixed eating and waiting for death, and what is even more pleasant is that he has three major transactions in the city, such as printing books, spirits and perfumes, and he does not have to run around for a living, and waits for his wealth to grow in a heap of nothingness every day.
Standing on Suzaku Street for a while, Li Su decided to go and see Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi left Taiping Village and entered the city for a few days, this guy is a little more clever than his brother, and he should not be able to suffer a loss in the city with the three sects and nine streams, Li Su is very confident in him, and I believe that it will not be long before he can see the second brother of the Wang family with a ruffian face, claiming to be the leader of the two cities of Chang'an, leading a group of idle men and ruffians to run rampant and domineering, and everyone hates him......
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The east and west cities of Chang'an City are too big, and it is not easy to find Wang Zhi.
The East Market is crowded with people, flowing like a river, and Li Su endures the uncomfortable feeling of rubbing shoulders with passers-by. As well as the peculiar smell of Hu Shang from all over the world, as well as the stench of various horses and camels, he secretly lamented that he would have to take a bath several times tonight, while inquiring about Wang Zhi's residence without giving up.
It didn't take long for Li Su to find that Wang Zhi was mixing well, and asked the tenth passerby. I actually knew him, and pointed to a small bungalow like a jungle in front of Dongshi and told him, which was the residence of Brother Wang.
Brother Wang...... Tut!
I really can't bear to tell this little brother how miserable Brother Wang is in Taiping Village......
There are many merchants in Dongshi, and only a small part of the local merchants in Chang'an account for a small part, most of them are merchants from various provinces and state capitals in the Tang Dynasty, as well as Hu merchants from various countries.
The Tang Dynasty advanced both civilly and militaryly, although it was also slightly discriminatory against merchants, but it was already very enlightened compared to the dynasties. At least there is no explicit text that Shangjia is inferior, and the most important national policy after Li Shimin ascended the throne is tolerance, including one qiē and accommodating one qiē. In the past 11 years, many national policy adjustments have been made in commerce, and in order to maintain the smooth flow of the Silk Road in the Western Regions, they even did not hesitate to launch several wars, which shows that commerce also has a certain weight in the hearts of the Tang monarchs.
With such efforts, today we can see the prosperity of the eastern and western cities of the capital Chang'an. Hu merchants are everywhere.
As for the countless discrimination and inhumane treatment that Hu Shang received in Datang, this ...... It has nothing to do with being a businessman. In the eyes of the Tang people, any animal other than the Tang Dynasty is just a monkey, there is an invincible Shengming monarch who sweeps the world, and a group of bloodthirsty and demonic founding generals, as well as hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong soldiers who are victorious in hundreds of battles and who destroy whom, it is very logical for the people of Datang to regard any foreigner as a monkey. Moreover, humans don't need to be too polite to monkeys......
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There are many foreigners in Dongshi, and Li Su relied on the face of a person from Datang Guanzhong, and he was not discriminated against all the way, and soon found Wang Zhi's residence.
Wang Zhi lived very economically. As soon as Li Su raised his eyes, he saw how simple the residence was, a row of low bungalows like pigeon cages, arranged on both sides of Dongshi Street, Li Su couldn't help but feel a little sad, and when he left Taiping Village, he explained to Wang Zhi, don't wronged himself while making friends, although the food is good and the accommodation is good, Wang Zhi smiled and responded, but the result was still too economical.
Li Su smiled, becoming more and more curious about Wang Zhi's current situation, and wanted to see Wang Zhi leading his younger brother rampant in the street market with an arrogant face to collect Hu Shang's protection money.
A dark alley next to the street was full of people, and it seemed to be very lively, and the outside was tiptoeing around and not knowing what was going on, squeezing hard inside.
Li Su frowned, consciously bypassing this group of people watching the excitement, he hated to go to crowded places, it was too dirty.
In the crowd in the dark alley, the bustle continued, and the idlers outside couldn't squeeze in, so they scratched their ears and cheeks in a hurry, grabbed the people in front of them and asked, "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”
The insider was very entertaining, and shared the seeds very happily: "It's beating people inside, it's so ruthless, I've knocked out a few teeth, and I haven't stopped yet, this is to abolish him......"
"Who is so daring? Aren't you afraid of the martial marquis who patrols the streets? "Watching the lively idlers is actually very law-conscious.
The insider sighed and said disdainfully: "Wuhou? Wu Hou had already dodged, did he know who was beating people? ”
"Who?"
"Subordinate officials of the East Palace, if you are a martial marquis, do you dare to come up?"
The idle man shrunk his neck and said with a smile: "The melon is just a mess, who can afford to provoke the subordinate officials of the East Palace?" By the way, what happened to provoke the people of the East Palace? ”
"It is said that it is for a bearded girl, sold in the market, the subordinate official of the East Palace wants to dedicate it to His Royal Highness the Prince, and he only wants to take people away after only half a penny, just like the Ming robbery, an idle man can't bear it, argues a few words, and the subordinate official beats people......"
Listening to the lively idler, he suddenly wondered: "I know everything I know about living in the East Market, who is so short-sighted?" ”
"I don't know, I heard that it's a new arrival, surnamed Wang, tsk......t"
Li Su suddenly stopped.
The new arrival, surnamed Wang? It can't be such a coincidence, right?
Holding back the surging sense of discomfort, Li Su desperately squeezed into the crowd.
"Get out of the way! Let's make it! ”
Squeezing left and right, but never squeezing in, Li Su was heartbroken, and simply bent down to drill into the legs of the crowd, and the dissatisfied shouts and scolding of the idlers kept coming from his ears, and he even received several cold punches on his back.
Li Su was so anxious that he was too lazy to care too much, and it took a lot of effort to get into the inner circle of the crowd watching the excitement.
Squinting at the past, the scene in front of him made Li Su's eyes crack.
It was indeed Wang Zhi who was beaten, his face was swollen like a pig's head, his linen clothes were torn into strands, lying on the ground with one hand to protect his head, but the other hand was lying on the ground weakly, and the junction between the wrist bone and the arm bone was twisted into a strange angle, obviously broken.
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ps: It's almost the end of the month, and I'm scratching my heart and asking for a monthly pass!!! (To be continued......)