Chapter 33: The Dragon
Yingying has been playing with the little girl who is temporarily staying for the past few days, so she won't pester Liu Yong. Since Liu Yongduo gave food money, Yingying eats well every day. As a six-year-old child, she doesn't care about anything when she eats and plays. Although sometimes she was making trouble to find her mother, Liu Yong only said that he would take her to find her in a while, and she would stop making trouble. Yingying is still very obedient, which makes Liu Yong very relieved. These days, there are fewer ties, and Liu Yong is also happy, and he doesn't have to take her with him every day to set up a stall on the street.
Since the incident with Zheng San, Liu Yong's business seems to be better, and he can earn six or seven hundred yuan every day. What does it mean to be famous? That's it. What is character assurance? That's it. In fact, this kind of publicity is better than any advertisement. Liu Yong is well aware of this.
Liu Yong simply changed out of the Arab robe, made a cyan shirt, and wore a Confucian scarf on his head, polite and polite, like a pretty scholar. Such a new outfit aroused the curiosity of the women.
In fact, this is just a marketing method by Liu Yong. He made the most of his resources. One, handsome. Second, young men sell fat powder, which is a controversial topic. Third, change the outfit and always keep the customer fresh. Fourth, he is still handsome. If you don't accept it, a man is handsome and can attract a woman's attention. Hey, Liu Yong can't help it, he can't make a woman do it without looking at him, it's really helpless!
Foot pickers, hurry up and go to the beauty salon to do a facelift, pull a double eyelid, and then wait for the beauties to line up behind you! Of course, it's not enough to be handsome, you also have to have the ability.
And there is a big man who picks his feet but has no beauty salon to go, and even if he does, he doesn't have time or money to go, because he has to come to Liu Yong every day to report, and he doesn't bother Liu Yong when he comes, so he sits on the stake in front of Zheng San's shop. This big man is Niu Rong, and he is not at a loss at this time, because he has found his master.
Zheng San was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't dare to coax Niu Rong, so he had to let him sit there like a god. Yesterday, Zheng San coaxed his wife back. So the long lady and the short apology set for the whole day were almost, and finally amused the lady, and let him lie on her fleshy body at night.
Lin Hualang, another big man who picks his feet, came to see Liu Yong from time to time, and joked with Niu Rong when he was fine, but Niu Rong didn't laugh, he felt bored, and said how did he meet such a fool as you, and left stupidly. Liu Yong told him every time not to do bad things again. But Lin Hualang said: "Brother, I've been on the streets since I was a child, you don't let me touch some porcelain everywhere, help people fight, run errands, isn't that going to cut off rations?" ”
Liu Yong had no choice but to give him one or two hundred dollars every few days so that he wouldn't cause trouble. Wu Dutou was staring at it. Lin Hualang didn't push back, it seems that he really treats Liu Yong as his brother, he generously took the money in his hand, took it and left, and didn't even say thank you. In fact, Liu Yong still likes him like this, if he sees him outside, he feels unfamiliar. It's not easy to have a real friend in such a strange place.
The people around this Meihua Street all knew that Liu Yong and Lin Hualang were good friends, so no one dared to bully him anymore.
There is a green building in the street, although it is not the largest in Meizhou City, it is said that it can also rank in the top five. In the Song Dynasty, Qinglou was legal, and official prostitutes were also popular at that time. Poets, scholars, and even public officials all entered and exited the Qinglou. Therefore, the women of the Song Dynasty were very popular. So much so that whoever gave birth to a daughter would burn high incense. If you cultivate some music and rhythm from an early age, and then understand some poetry and articles, it is very likely that you will become the head of the line (top brand) in a certain Qinglou or a certain state capital, so that you will be full of gold and silver, and you will have no worries in this life. is like Master Li, who actually won the emperor's command. Isn't that also a kind of 'glory'?
The name of this green building is called: Zuichun Building. Liu Yong also paid special attention to this green building. After all, it is not surprising that a modern time-traveler, still a man, is interested in this aspect.
Drunken Spring Building is red and green, and it is very lively every day. But it opens at three or four o'clock in the afternoon every day. That's about the same as the opening hours of many modern bars.
And at night, it is even more lively in front of the door, and the ladies come out to tease the guests, just like the willows by the river under the spring breeze, showing off their posture and touching people's hearts.
The old mother had a thick white powder on her face, and when she saw a man in front of the door, she praised her young lady and persuaded her to patronize. That night, Liu Yong led Yingying to the door, and let the old mother grab it, regardless of the existence of Xiao Yingying by Liu Yong's side, he first praised Liu Yong's appearance with a smile. The ladies on the side saw Liu Yong's handsome and dashing crowd around, and they wanted to do his business. In fact, the appearance of these young ladies standing on the street is really ordinary, and it can't arouse Liu Yong's interest at all, although he was still a virgin before his death. His current criteria for choosing a mate have reached a new height.
These young ladies all rely on heavy makeup and the color of their chests to seduce those men. In Liu Yong's heart, the feeling of being surrounded by beautiful and innocent girls is different from that of young ladies with heavy makeup but not beautiful. At that moment, Liu Yong felt a trace of disgust, and quickly broke free and walked away, listening to the grunt contempt of those young ladies behind his back. to the effect that Liu Yong is a poor ghost with a little white face and pretending to be innocent and has no money......
People are like this, if you can't eat grapes, you will say that grapes are sour.
In fact, as far as Zuichun Building is concerned, even if there are no ladies and old mothers to solicit customers in front of the door, it is already a market. There are two restaurants next to the Qinglou, and for the fun male guests, it is a proper one-stop consumption to visit the Qinglou after eating.
Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the beauty is embraced in the arms, which can be regarded as a beautiful thing for ancient men.
Coupled with the night market that arose in the Song Dynasty, Meihua Street was lively from morning to April 4th. Then, after a short break of less than half an hour, the morning market opened again.
This is how a bustling commercial street is made.
The prosperity of this street made Liu Yong deeply feel the Song people's enthusiasm for commerce and the court's relaxation of commerce. In fact, Liu Yong had also learned in history class that commerce in the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous period of all dynasties. He still vaguely remembers that the state fiscal revenue during the Song Dynasty was very high. Even the financial revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was half of the country, was five or six times higher than that of the Ming Dynasty one or two hundred years later. The territory of the Ming Dynasty was much larger than that of the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, the Song Dynasty did not obtain a large amount of financial revenue by exploiting the peasants, but was the result of the rapid development of the national economy, the extreme prosperity of industry and commerce, and the increase in the level of productivity.
He remembered that at this time in the Song Dynasty, most of the annual fiscal revenue came from commercial taxes, which showed that the land of China at this time was moving from a small peasant economy to a prosperous market economy step by step.
It is said that the Song Dynasty was the most suitable era for the development of scholars, but in Liu Yong's opinion at this moment, the Song Dynasty should be the most suitable era for merchants to do business. Through the Lijiacun market on the outskirts of Qingshen County and the bustling streets of this state capital, you can imagine the commercial prosperity of the entire Southern Song Dynasty.
And this is only in the remote interior, what if it is on the southeast coast? What if it's in the capital city of Lin'an? What kind of bustling scene should that be?
These imaginations rippled in Liu Yong's heart, and he really wanted to go to Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, to see the appearance of this heavenly city that he praised as the most beautiful and luxurious in the world in the eyes of Marco Polo. As a result, he not only looked up to the east, but also at the starry sky, as if Lin'an was in front of him.
He secretly decided in his heart that it would be one of his goals to do business in Lin'an.
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On this day, Liu Yong finished collecting the stall and bought ten more cooking cakes for Niu Rong to take back to his wife to eat. Last time, because of a fight, the cooking cakes were spilled all over the ground, and they were all picked up by stray dogs and beggars. At this time, Niu Rong didn't want to live or die, so Liu Yong pretended to be angry. Liu Yong was angry, and Niu Rong surrendered. Seeing Liu Yong's prosperous stall business, seeing Liu Yong's generous mind, and seeing Liu Yong's massage to bring the old lady back to life, Niu Rong had already regarded Liu Yong as a god in his heart. For Liu Yong, he is a sincere five-body thrower, and he obeys his orders.
The old lady learned that the cooking cake was given by Liu Yong, and scolded her son, only saying that Niu Ronghuo couldn't help Liu Yong, and asked for other people's cooking cakes plainly, where is this to repay the favor!
Niu Rong smiled innocently and said, "Mother, I'll help the officials push the cart." ”
"Is this a return for gratitude? Yours is the real thing. However, in Wei Niang's view, this benefactor of Niang is not an ordinary person, he may be the reincarnation of Shenlong, and he will be a person who will do great things in the future. If my mother is not mistaken, our benefactor is likely to be born on the day of the second dragon in February. The old lady put the pancakes in a hot pot lit on the fire, and said in the affirmative.
"Mother, how did you see it, aren't your eyes blind?" Niu Rong thought that the old lady's eyes were better. I couldn't be happier.
"Your mother I sensed it with my heart, that night the benefactor saved Wei Niang, and Wei Niang felt that there was a spirit around her, and the aura was so strong, so that Wei Niang felt a little scared at that time. When she knew that he was the benefactor who saved her mother, she knew that this person was a good person. So I'll let you follow him, and we'll be slaves and slaves of a dragon. The old lady said Shinto. But Niu Rong was confused, he just wanted to ask Liu Yong the next day if he was born on February 2.
"Official, we have a question for you." Niu Rong was very respectful to Liu Yong.
"Well, you ask." Liu Yong nodded.
"Was the official born on the second of February?" Niu Rong asked.
"February two?" Liu Yong thought about it, he really didn't know when this Liu Yong was born, but the day he crossed the resurrection was indeed February 2. "Well, even if it's it."
What do you mean even if it is? Niu Rong was puzzled and pinched the back of his head. Thinking about his wife again, is the old lady also a fairy, can she pinch it?
Liu Yong saw that he was puzzled, so he said firmly: "Yes, I was born on the second day of February." From now on, he thought, his birthday will be the second of February.
Today is February 18, pinching his fingers, sixteen days have passed, and Liu Yong can't help but look sad. Thinking about the six-month appointment, he really can't afford to waste time like this anymore.
The next day, he didn't go out of the stall, but wandered around the street by himself, because Yingying had another playmate, a little boy, and a little girl's cousin.
Liu Yong remembered the appearance of the three children playing in the yard, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's cousin again." Because he remembered Fang Jinzhi and her cousin. Gu represents so many cousins and doesn't see much retardation. It's funny.
More than a dozen ladies of all sizes have gathered on Meihua Street, all of whom have come to buy Liu Yong's fat powder. But I saw that Liu Yong had spread a piece of paper on the ground and pressed it with stones, and wrote: "Closed today, I hope your relatives will understand." ”
'Relatives', the big and small ladies who watched blushed, but they were all happy in their hearts, and they all thought that the 'relatives' that Liu Yong said were themselves.
When the men saw it, they all looked sideways, thinking that Liu Yong's behavior was too much. Damn, there is my wife among the ladies who buy fat powder!
However, Liu Yong is such a good person, if he does things seriously, you will not be used to it. For more than half a month, the people on Meihua Street seem to have adapted a little.
"Hey, Da Lang, I can see your lady come to buy rouge. Beware of red apricots coming out of the wall! Hey hey ......"
"What? Didn't your lady come? I see if she buys it or not, and she reports it every day! ”
"Fuck you, your mother comes to report every day!"
"You scolded me?"
"I'll just scold you, what's the drop!"
"I'm ......"
Liu Yong really brought a new prosperity to this bustling street, with a vinegary prosperity.
Liu Yong slipped into the labyrinthine alley where he escaped that day, thinking about meeting the green-shirted girl, because these days in addition to thinking about how to make money, he is missing that pale green.
But he was disappointed, and walked out of the alley, there was no pale green, but there was a circle of people on the opposite street, not knowing what he was looking at.