Early in the morning, the south corner of Yixing.

The old man strolls in front of the alleys with a wooden pillar in one hand and a copper luo in the other, and in the alleys are rows of houses, some of which are hung with signboards that look like shops; Some have no signboards, but they have chimneys and even yards, and there are piles of wood, stone, earth, and sand in front of the door, which look like workshops.

Although each shop occupies a different size, it is arranged in a very regular row, as if it was negotiated in advance, and the distance between each shop is roughly the same. Not only that, but if you look closely, you will find that the goods sold in the same row are the same, such as a pen and paper shop in one row, a garment shop in another, a stone shop in another, and a carpenter shop in another.

Such a row of shops and workshops forms a series of lanes.

As far as the eyes can see, there are a total of 26 lanes here, representing the 26 lines of Yixing, which is the market of Yixing.

At this time, the sky is bright, in front of each lane, there is a person who holds Luo like an old man, they have old and young, only the range where the old man stands, there are three lanes in front of the empty people, there is no stander.

And the innermost row, there are only 3 houses, no signboards, it seems to be a workshop.

The so-called line has rules, industry has a business order, in Yixing want to do business must enter the industry, these people are the head of each line, called the head of the line, after the daily opening of the market in Yixing, they will be like now holding Luo in front of the lanes, knock on it, inform the peers that the day's livelihood has started again.

This is not a ceremonial activity, but a hundred years of rules, at this moment the head of the line looked up at the sky, one after another knocked down the gong in his hand, the old man also raised his crutch to knock down, but unlike the rest of the line, he finished knocking, and went to another alley to knock it, knock it, and then go to another line.

After knocking on three lines in this way, he gave up, and these three lines were the soap industry with only 3 workshops, the brocade industry with a total of 16 workshops, and the garment industry with a total of 8 shops.

Soon, workers and bosses from all walks of life began to pack up their shops, tools, and start business.

After the old man knocked on it, a young man behind him stepped forward to carefully take the gong in his hand, supported him and said, "Old ancestor, let's go home." ”

The old man smiled and said: "This Luo is an official matter, you should be careful to take it, if it is broken, you will go to prison." ”

The young man Lang Jun followed with a smile and said, "Got it, old ancestor, let's go home quickly." ”

The old man shook his head and said, "Why hasn't your father come yet?" ”

The young man said: "Don't worry, Daddy will be here in a while, let me accompany you back first." ”

At this time, it was the middle of winter, the weather was cold, and the young man was afraid that the old man would be frozen, and he needed to know that his ancestor was a hundred years old.

The grandfather and grandson were about to leave, but they saw a carriage coming from the bridge, and the old man's old eyes were cloudy, and he couldn't see near objects clearly, but he could see the distant things really.

I saw that outside the carriage, in addition to a small man who was driving the carriage, there was also an old man who was close to the sixtieth birthday, and two women poked their heads out of the carriage, and the old man outside the carriage was pointing to the bridge to go down the market, as if he was introducing this place to them.

One of the women had a look of novelty on her face, and after listening for a while, she smiled and said a few words to the woman next to her, while the other woman remained silent, as if looking at the market scene in great shock.

This group of people is Su Yang'er, Xiaoling and Lao Wang, Su Yang'er poked out half of her head, while listening to Lao Wang's introduction to the market, while looking at the neat and tidy workshops and shops planned in the rows, the shock in her heart can be imagined.

"In the novel, isn't it possible to buy a random place and open a store, why is it so troublesome..."

At this moment, Su Yang'er only felt dizzy, she never expected that doing a business would be so troublesome.

The complexity of the "Business Administration Law" of the Song Dynasty was far more complex than she imagined, and when she heard Lao Wang mention entering the industry, she couldn't help but think of the "business license" of later generations.

I only listened to Lao Wang's words: "There are rules for the industry, there are business rules, whether it is a workshop or a business, you must talk about the rules." ”

"The first thing is to worship the head of the line, and the head of the line agrees that you can only enter the industry before you can become a naturalized citizen, otherwise you will be a layman."

"Yang'er, your father is the head of the Shanglu Banxing and the twister line in Tangyin County."

Su Yang'er was dumbfounded for a while, but she couldn't help but ask, "Are there any people who don't enter the business industry?" ”

"Not in the industry?" Lao Wang pondered for a moment when he heard this, and said: "Yes, it is very difficult, and foreign businessmen's trading may not be possible." ”

……

The old man saw that the carriage of Su Yang'er and his party was from far and near, and said to the young man beside him, Lang Jun: "Our relatives are here." ”

"Relatives?" The young man Lang Junzheng wondered why the old man suddenly didn't leave, and he was even more puzzled when he heard this.

Until the carriage approached, the old king in the carriage saw the old man and hurriedly ordered the carriage to stop.

Lao Wang jumped out of the car and said in surprise: "Third uncle, why are you here?" ”

It turned out that this old man was Su Weng who came to visit when the Su family first arrived in Yixing.

As he spoke, Lao Wang glanced at the young man behind Su Weng, and when he saw the gong in his hand, he suddenly realized.

Su Weng smiled and said, "Is Xiao Yang'er also here?" ”

"Yang'er?" The young man Lang Jun's face changed when he heard this name, and he hurriedly hid behind Su Weng and lowered his head.

At this time, Su Yang'er and Xiaoling also walked out of the carriage, they were condescending, and they were stunned at first when they saw Su Weng, but when they looked at the young man Lang Jun who was hiding behind him, their eyes changed, and the two girls said in unison: "It's you!" ”

"Oops!" When the young man heard this, his face changed drastically.

"You've seen it?"

Su Weng pulled the young man Lang Jun behind him to his front and introduced, "This is the little doll of the third family, Su Qianyi." ”

"Qianyi, this is your Uncle Wang, this is Yang Er, according to the seniority, you should call her a niece."

Su Qianyi saw that there was no way to avoid it, so he simply raised his head and said, "Qianyi has seen Uncle Wang, I have seen... Little niece. ”

Su Weng raised his cane and poked him lightly, and said, "You should call her Yang'er." ”

At this time, Xiaoling opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but Su Yang'er stopped her and said to Su Qianyi slightly: "Yang'er has seen uncle..."

Su Qianyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that they hadn't dismantled themselves.

But when Lao Wang and Su Weng were greeting each other and exchanging ideas, Su Yang'er took the opportunity to walk up to him, dragged out his voice, and said quietly: "Dong Lang... Does your neck still hurt? ”

It turned out that this Su Qianyi was a fake blind man who pretended to be a blind man yesterday, but was severely beaten by Lu Jingyuan and fled in embarrassment!

"Dong Lang... It turns out that you are my uncle, do you think your niece is beautiful? ”

"Dong Lang, why don't you look at me, what are you afraid of?"