Chapter 998: Behind Closed Doors
There were still two days before Yelu Hongji received envoys from various countries, and Yang Huairen was bored staying in the Wanguo Temple, so he went out with his brothers to visit Dading Mansion.
The center of Dading Mansion is still very lively, especially recently there have been many missions from various countries and ministries, and the merchants of Liao have also gathered in Dading Mansion.
When Yang Huairen saw such a scene, he suddenly felt that Yelu Hongji was still quite smart, and took advantage of the time when envoys from various countries visited each year to promote business exchanges within Liao and between Liao and other countries, which was equivalent to opening an international trading conference.
It is precisely because of this that after the beginning of spring after the New Year, a large number of foreign commodities will flow into Liao, and many of the special products stranded in Liaoguo will also be sold to various countries at this time, which will greatly improve the commodity circulation and fiscal taxation of the whole country.
Yang Huairen felt that at least in this regard, Yeluhong Jibi thought about it compared to the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, and only when the goods and money of a country flowed could the country appear to be vigorous.
Yelu Hongji must have figured out the benefits here, but the Great Song Dynasty has richer products, more developed commerce, and greater convenience and conditions than the Liao State, but the bigwigs in the court have always said that businessmen mislead the country and look down on businessmen, and the imperial court has always restricted the development of commerce as much as possible, and even Yang Huairen feels ashamed when he thinks about it.
The various restaurants and tea shops in Dading Mansion, which are usually not busy, have also begun to fill up with friends because of the influx of a large number of outsiders, and guests from different places sit together and talk about it, and the wine and joy have been negotiated into a lot of business.
For those who live in the city of Tokyo in the Great Song Dynasty, such excitement has long been commonplace, and Yang Huairen walked around the main street markets in the city, except for seeing a lot of strange costumes and various languages that he didn't understand, there was nothing else that he was particularly interested in.
A big reason is that in all kinds of commercial houses, although there are a wide variety of goods, the vast majority of items such as silk, cloth, porcelain, medicinal materials, books and so on come from the Great Song Dynasty, which makes Yang Huairen and other Song people feel strange at all.
Seeing that it was time to eat, Yang Huairen took everyone to find a restaurant with the highest building, which seemed to be the highest restaurant on the main street, and was ready to go down to the restaurant to eat.
But when people walked to the door, they found that although the decoration of this shop was gorgeous, there were only a few people who were actually dining, and it seemed that business was not very good.
And when they were about to go inside, they were stopped by two bald pigtails, Yang Huairen looked puzzled, but the two Khitan men glanced at him with disdain, and stretched out his hand to point to a wooden sign hanging at the door of the restaurant.
The sign was written in Khitan language, and Yang Huairen couldn't understand it, but Lu Jinyi said in his ear with an angry face, "Brother don't be angry when you hear it, what is written on the sign is...... Only Khitans were received here. ”
Yang Huairen's brothers were quite embarrassed when they heard the words on the sign translated by Lu Jinyi, although they were angry in their hearts, but what they were most afraid of was that Yang Huairen was angry at this time.
After all, this is someone's place, the strong dragon is not the head snake, what is really going on, although it is relieved, but it is not good to be said to have lost the country, and more importantly, it is so exciting to act is easy to affect the important purpose of this trip to Liao.
Yang Huairen ate the closed door soup and scolded his mother in his heart, but there was no anger on his face, and he said loudly with a smile, "Oh, I can't go to a thatched house, I am blind to build such a good thatched house." ”
After saying that, Yang Huairen turned around and left as if nothing happened, the brothers were stunned for a moment, and then laughed, pretending to smell something unpleasant, and then turned around and left with a disgusted face.
The bald pigtails guarding the door didn't understand what Yang Huairen said, let alone why these Han people laughed, but when they saw that they were all covering their noses, they couldn't help but raise their arms and smell them in their armpits.
The brothers felt in their hearts that Yang Huairen was quite right and calm, and they did not miss the major event of their trip because of a momentary mood.
But after walking more than a dozen steps, Yang Huairen said silently, "When we leave Zhongjing, my brothers remember to remind me and let me remember to send someone to burn down the store." ”
Yang Huairen's words were light and light, but his words were full of coldness and firmness, and the brothers also nodded silently, their hearts were awe-inspiring.
Yang Huairen's idea is very simple, you open a restaurant and engage in racial discrimination, which not only insults the people of other nationalities, but also insults the meaning of the existence of a restaurant.
After walking dozens of steps, Yang Huairen found a two-story restaurant with a very large storefront but a very ordinary decoration, compared to the cold and deserted one just now, this store was full of people, and guests in various clothes seemed to have filled the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.
Yang Huairen walked in, maybe the little two were too busy, only the little second brother who was busy adding wine to the guests looked around the hall on the first floor and found that there were no empty seats, so he shouted at them, "Guest upstairs, please" and went to work again, but no one else came to entertain them.
Yang Huairen was not unhappy, people were busy with business and there were not enough people, Suiyuan had also experienced such a thing, it was not difficult to understand, so he smiled at the little second brother and took the brothers to the second floor by himself.
I thought that the second floor should be a single room or a private seat or something, but Yang Huairen walked up to the second floor and found that the table furnishings on the second floor were only slightly looser than in the lobby on the first floor, and more than a dozen tables were placed along the surrounding walls, and every third table was separated by a screen, and a curtain was hung outside, which could be regarded as a private seat.
gave Yang Huairen an obvious feeling that the guests on the first floor of this restaurant belonged to all kinds of religions and nine streams, and the guests on the second floor were a little gentle, and the tables were almost full.
The little second brother on the second floor saw a few richly dressed Han guests, as if it was not very unusual, greeted him with a smile, quickly identified the number of visitors, and immediately led them to find two empty tables by the window.
Since the furnishings on the second floor are separated by two screens and three tables, there is still one table left in the only vacant place.
Yang Huairen didn't think it was strange at first, but as soon as they sat down, they came up with three men with fur hats, and the little second brother naturally took them to sit at the next table with Yang Huairen, which made Yang Huairen suddenly think that something was wrong.