Two days passed quickly, and on the third day, Zhang Wei took Linghu's post and went to Linghu Grocery Store to report.

This time, Zhang Wei did not let Wen Tingyun accompany him, but asked Wen Tingyun to arrange for the car in the grass hall to send him to Chang'an West City, which is located in the west of Chang'an City. The reason why he came here alone, Zhang Wei has his own ideas, one is to be able to walk around the city casually according to his own mind, and by the way, he is familiar with the life in Chang'an City; The second doesn't want to trouble Wen Tingyun anymore, people can take care of their own food and housing, and it's already very good to find such an errand for themselves, if they let the family send them over, the spectrum is a little too big.

Since you are a "low-key" person, let's keep a low profile.

The car entered from the Anhua Gate on the west side of the south gate of Chang'an, and after passing through Da'an Fang, Datong Fang, Dunyi Fang, Yong'an Fang and many other squares, Zhang Wei's car came to the West Market Gate in the west of Chang'an City.

"You go back, I'll just go in by myself." After getting out of the car, Zhang Wei said to the Caotang driver.

"No---, that Zhang Gongzi, you go slowly, and if you need to, you can send someone to tell me." After a few days, the subordinate also became familiar with Zhang Wei and was much more polite.

"Okay, I won't send you, let's go quickly." Zhang Wei said to his subordinates.

The people got into the car, waved the horsewhip, and headed south back to the thatched cottage.

Zhang Wei, who walked into the Tang West Market for the first time, was unfamiliar with this place and was full of curiosity.

Compared with the East Market, the West Market is farther away from the Imperial Palace, and the surrounding areas are mostly ordinary people's residential areas, such as Huaiyuan Fang, Guangde Fang, Qunxian Fang, etc., and the ordinary people live in the squares all over the surrounding areas of the West Market.

From the south gate of the West Market all the way to the north, Zhang Wei can clearly see that most of the commodities in the West Market are clothes, candles, cakes, medicines and other daily necessities. You can also clearly feel the strong commercial atmosphere of the West Market, if nothing else, it should be the most important economic activity center of Chang'an City and even the Tang Dynasty.

"No wonder, the people of Duling Thatched Cottage call this place the gold market, could it be that this place is full of gold? Well? Where is the gold? Why didn't I see it? Zhang Wei couldn't help laughing at himself.

The east and west markets of Tang Chang'an are the same as the fangs in the city, there are tall walls on all sides, each city accounts for about the area of 2 squares, there are 4 main streets and many small streets, and there are 2 gates on each side of the wall.

There are many doors, high walls, and deep and long streets, "Where is this street market, is it all a small castle?" Zhang Wei muttered as he walked, "Since it is for the family to trade goods, it should be more open and brighter, why make this place more like a prison?" ”

What Zhang Wei didn't know was that the West Market, as the most important trading market in Chang'an City and even the entire Tang Dynasty, carried out closed centralized trading, that is, gathering several similar commodities and trading them in the form of shops, shops, and shops. These shops, shops, and shops are equivalent to today's wholesale departments, supermarkets, shops, and so on.

"Equalizer? What's that? As he walked, Zhang Wei came to a place called the Equalization Bureau, and he was very curious, so he stood in front of the door and looked at this place carefully.

"You are a bully and dominate the market, forced to buy and sell, let's go to the leveling bureau and say." Just when Zhang Wei was curious about this place called the Equalization Bureau, two people dressed as businessmen walked towards this side with a scuffle all the way, talking as they walked.

Isn't the leveling bureau the market management agency of this West Market?

Is Ping fair?

Is it the standard?

Needless to say, the bureau is equivalent to today's industrial and commercial bureau, market administration bureau and so on.

Equalizer? What a good name, you can see the meaning at a glance.

Is there such an accurate name in the world? Grandma 0, who said that the wisdom of the ancients is not as good as that of today, the wisdom of the Tang Dynasty is no worse than that of modern people! But in the case of this institution, the name is a direct and clear reflection of the wisdom of others.

Practice has proved that this time Zhang Wei guessed correctly, and the Equalization Bureau, or the Equalization Bureau, is the management agency in the market. However, in the Tang Dynasty, the management agencies of the East and West Cities were not only the Ping Zhun Bureau, but also had an agency dedicated to the management of guards and guards, called the Municipal Bureau or the Municipal Bureau.

What a precise, what a concise name!

City Bureau, the city's Authority.

Hahaha, hahaha, I have to be impressed by the extraordinary wisdom of my ancestors, not to mention anything else, but we have to learn for a few years at the level of other people's names.

This is just the scene of Zhang Wei seeing the stores in the market, in fact, the trading area of the Tang West Market is still somewhere else, and it is also a place with walls on all sides, opening the city gate, and relatively closed.

Secret transactions, this is the most typical feature of the Tang West Market.

Since it is a secret transaction, how can it be done without a market?

The two parties to the transaction have loaded the goods, got in the car, and ran away without giving money? This is not the same once there is a market and a manager.

Didn't give money and want to leave?

Hmph, it's no wonder that the officials of the market don't break the dog's legs.

More importantly, the Tang West Market implements a strict access control system, when the door opens and closes, there are strict regulations, one minute earlier is not good, and one minute later is not good. The gates of the two cities are opened and closed together with the city gates, street gates and fang gates of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and there are gatekeepers in charge.

Now I understand, the goods are loaded, and the "**" (credentials) are also opened, and the money is not given and you want to go? That's absolutely impossible. The wolf-like doormen and officials will definitely do this clean and beautiful thing, leaving no traces.

At this time, Zhang Wei, who was walking on Xishi Street, had a feeling that this place was actually quite familiar, "Isn't this the area around Lianhu District, Xi'an City?" ”

As a native of Shaanxi, a pure Guanzhong person, Zhang Wei came to Xi'an, the provincial capital, more than once, although he did not know the specific location of the West City during the Tang Dynasty, but the location of Lianhu District of Xi'an City today is still clear.

In addition, Zhang Wei also found that there are drainage ditches on both sides of each street in the Tang West Market, and there is a sidewalk about 1 meter wide on the outside of the ditch.

"More than 1,000 years ago, people thought of using drainage ditches, no wonder thousands of years have passed, this city has not been flooded. I was really impressed by the excellent urban construction of my ancestors. O ancestors! Please take my adoring knees! Zhang Wei not only felt a lot of emotion when he thought that many cities in Guangzhou, Beijing and many cities in the south of the Yangtze River would be flooded whenever it rained heavily.

Walking and walking, Zhang Wei came to a large restaurant.

"Orchid Restaurant?" Is this the famous orchid restaurant?

On the restaurant, there are four big characters written "Orchid Wine Shop". There is a flagpole outside the building, and the words "Orchid Restaurant" are still on the banner on it. Fortunately, the characters of the Tang Dynasty are not very different from today's, and even people with a level of education like Zhang Wei can still recognize the big characters on them.

Before coming here, Wen Tingyun had reminded Zhang Wei that the grocery store in Linghu Mansion was in the west of Xishi, and not far from it was the famous "Orchid Restaurant".

When Zhang Wei heard that the grocery store in Linghu's Mansion was close to the orchid wine store, he couldn't help but feel like a flower, hahaha, hahaha, this is really God help me! I was so satisfied to be able to work in such a place as close to the orchid restaurant.

"Hahaha, hahaha, I'm here at the orchid restaurant---"

Orchid Restaurant is a two-story restaurant, covering a large area, not much different from the area of today's big restaurant, to occupy such a large area in the Tang West Market, without a certain economic strength and political power, it is impossible to succeed.

"Hmph---, these guys who have never seen the world told me how luxurious the orchid restaurant is, and now that they are all here, why don't I see anything special? You people in the Tang Dynasty really don't know anything, I don't believe that this orchid restaurant can be compared to the Red Mansion? Can it compare to the Hilton Hotel? Zhang Wei was somewhat disappointed.