Volume 2 Prosperous Bianjing Chapter 124 The Good Show Begins Five
The merchants of the crescent moon world have their own foothold in various big cities in the Great Zhou, especially Quanzhou, and the Pu family has established the crescent chamber of commerce in Fujian.
The bearded merchant who was eyeing Jiang Zhi and Jiang Lan's sisters was writing tadpole text under the white light of whale wax, and urgently reported the new situation of Daxiangguo Temple to the Pu family. The organization of the event and the business wisdom it contains occupy eighty percent of the space, and the rest is analysis and suggestions.
Five implicit rhythmic knocks rang out, and a short, masked man approached, staying in the shadows.
"Lord Abfeis, those two little girls are in the Pujing Nunnery in the northeast corner of the Great Xiangguo Temple, and it is said that the monk Yuanzhi brought them back to the Great Zhou from Saibei. The big one is called Jiang Zhi, and the small one is called Jiang Lan, and he needs his subordinates to ...... directly" The masked man's voice was so sharp that it was uncomfortable for anyone to hear it.
Abphes put away his pen and ink and shook his head, "Don't provoke the two infidels of Yuanguang and Yuanzhi for the time being, they should burn their sins with fire and repent to the true God, but not now." β
"Continue to stare at Pu Jing'an, these two stunners I want to sacrifice to the eldest son, in exchange for the friendship of the eldest prince, so that I can gain a foothold in Quanzhou. Step aside, and let the Grand Shopkeeper Dura come to me. Abfis spoke fluent Da Zhou Mandarin, and at first glance, it sounded more standard than some scholars.
"Yes!" The masked man bowed respectfully and withdrew.
"The methods we see today are unheard of, and although the Han people are rancid and weak, they are full of talents."
"Bianjing has a lot to offer! The sages of the crescent moon world once said that even if learning is far away in China, it should be sought, and it is true. β
"The true God is above, Abfis as a sincere servant, and will use your kindness and light to dispel evil in the hearts of the infidels......" The rich merchant of the crescent moon who had just been wise now knelt on the ground and worshipped sincerely.
On the second day of the event, the sun broke free from the shackles of the river and sprinkled the orange morning light on Bianjing. Li Xiang shuddered and woke up early.
After Li Xiang came to Bianjing, he almost didn't stop for a moment, who asked him to find a way to live for too many people? I used to go to bed late and get up early, and I slept deeply.
Xu Shi's long-term plan finally began to bear fruit, and Li Xiang's heart was relaxed, and his sleep quality was better. Looking at the wet small tent between his legs, Li Xiang had no choice but to change into one, then wash his face and brush his teeth, and start his morning exercise.
Mingyue Zhuang Gongzhong funded and arranged a settlement less than 100 miles to the west, south and east of Bianjing City, which was guarded by Xiong Chengwu, Chengjianghu, Yang Jianchuan and Qin Zhong in turn.
At the beginning of the grand meeting of the surnames, Li Xiang transferred Qin Zhong and the four of them back to Bianjing to listen to them, which did not mean to let a few protΓ©gΓ©s see the world.
Zhang Qingping and Yang Yingdong went out of the city, taking the "Zhuang Ding" sent by Mingyuezhuang in batches to guard the stronghold outside the city. These two middle-aged men lacked interest in the grand gathering of the surnames, and had no complaints about the arrangement of the owner to transfer them out of the city.
The craftsmen who came from Mingyuezhuang to help the homeless people set up workshops need the protection of Zhang Qingping and the others. The young and strong players selected from the homeless people also have to go through the preliminary training of the two before they can follow the caravan and go to Mingyuezhuang for naturalization.
The craftsmen, accountants, scholars, and other elders of the same skill among the displaced people also had to study the laws of Mingyue Zhuang for two weeks in the stronghold guarded by the two of them before they could go to Xunyang in batches.
After the morning exercise, Li Xiang and Liu Susu had breakfast together.
Seeing Liu Susu's eyes sparkling, Li Xiang bit the little pickle and asked, "What's wrong?" β
Liu Susu was stunned for a long time before he blushed and said, "That, can you accompany me to the Ten Thousand Surnames Festival?" β
The feudal etiquette of the Great Zhou Dynasty has not yet developed to the extreme, and when eating people, it pays more attention to eating appearance, but many conventional rules have been very effective.
Li Xiang and Liu Susu have not yet become married, but they actually went shopping together, and Liu Susu proposed it himself. If you change to a small rich family, or a family above Xiucai, it is inevitable that Liu Susu will be despised.
Liu Susu's mother was born in a scholarly family, and now she has Ma Rulan's guidance and knows some "rules", so she is shy and worried.
But when Liu Susu was on the mountain, he was always with Li Xiang. Now that she is in Bianjing, she can only say a few words with Li Xiang during dinner, and she is inevitably aggrieved. Su Su made an expression of "I'll just say it casually, and if I don't agree", but the speed of drinking porridge exposed his careful thoughts.
Li Xiang quickly figured out all this, so he didn't care if anyone was gossiping. Joke, Lao Tzu is a man who gradually controls Qinling, will he care about gossip?!
But Li Xiang deliberately teased Liu Susu and made a contemplative appearance, as if it was difficult to make a decision. It wasn't until Liu Susu glanced here a few times from time to time that Li Xiang said: "You first follow the eldest sister to visit the attic of the Buddha Hall, there are many good things in it, go to ...... at noon"
After breakfast, Liu Susu happily went to find Ma Rulan, and after meeting Jiang Zhi Jiang Lan, he went to Daxiangguo Temple.
Li Xiang took Qin Zhong and others, who were eager to try, and took the horse thrown down by his mother to set off together, and Cheng Jianghai followed behind in a big robe.
On the second day of the grand event, the south gate of Daxiangguo Temple.
There are obviously more dignitaries and dignitaries who came over today, but because of the different routes taken, they are not crowded at all. Seeing the merit box at the door, Li Xiang couldn't laugh or cry, isn't this a clear way to kill the rich and help the poor?
After overnight adjustments, the next day's grand event of the surname was more smooth and the various arrangements were more reasonable.
Because most of the shops took over the charcoal stove and began to serve hot tea, only three tea spots were left in the middle of the road, and the rest were changed to juggling performances, which was very lively.
On the first day, there was a slight incident, when the monks brought hot water to the tea points, several people were burned, so the hot water on the second day would be picked up by a special water truck.
Along the way, many shops sent people to distribute small bamboo chips, also known as "business cards", on the road. That is, in big cities like Bianjing, Quanzhou and Guangzhou, things that are a little ahead of their time are useful.
Most of the shops were replaced with large plaques and flags overnight, and the red, blue, green and purple colored flags flew, and the sunlight was thrown into pieces and fell into the crowd.
With the cheers of the people and the shouting of the shopkeepers, the movements of the jugglers became very slow in Li Xiang's eyes.
A little boy was restless in his mother's arms, always trying to touch the props of the juggler, but his mother slapped his little hand, and his mouth began to tremble.
A young lady who had just married was holding a flower paper umbrella, and as soon as she opened it, she was bumped into by a passing family, and her husband, who looked like a scholar, reached out to help.
A dock slender man with rough hands and strong arms bought candied fruit for his elderly father, and the old man squinted his eyes happily and handed the largest piece to his grandson.
Over the uneven place of the green bricks, Li Xiang was tripped and came back to his senses. Wiped his eyes with the wide sleeves of his shirt, "How can you shed tears?" It's obviously a flashy scene in the prosperous era, I should be happy, and there is no wind and sand here......"
Xiong Chengwu and the others who followed behind did not notice anything unusual, only Cheng Jianghai was aware. The tears on the ground quickly disappeared, and Li Xiang and his party continued to move forward.
The time was close to noon, and Li Xiang and the others finally came to the Buddhist hall pavilion that could only be entered with an invitation card in hand. Yang Jianchuan's mountain buns ran to see the rare and exotic beasts, and only Ma Chaobei followed Li Xiang into the spacious pavilion.
The largest three-storey attic in the outer temple has always been the main force to attract dignitaries, wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen. But on the first day of this attic, it maintained the same layout as the past few gatherings, and many large families were very disappointed by this, especially after comparing it with the area visited by the people, "It's not as good as the long street that the people walk around?!" β
Abbot Yuanguang knows this. On the night of the first day of the grand gathering of ten thousand surnames, the superintendent of the Great Xiangguo Temple commanded the monks and carried out a major renovation of the Buddhist hall and pavilion. Master Yuanguang made up his mind to use the sense of contrast to arouse the interest of the rich and noble, so Ma Chaobei saw a scene that he would never forget.
In fact, the Buddhist hall and pavilion on the first day were full of foreshadowing, otherwise it would not be possible to complete the big changes overnight.
The first floor of the large attic is dominated by jewelry. It seems to be conventional, but the stores all receive distinguished customers in a small circle surrounded by sandalwood tables, which is very similar to the taste of the fine jewelry market in Li Xiangyuan's time and space.
The large wax reflects the jewels on the sandalwood table. The jewellery does not look gaudy, but it adds a touch of femininity, and it is even more luxurious in the elegantly decorated attic.
There are tusks thicker than Ma Chaobei's arm, and Ma Chaobei and Li Xiang drool together. There is a big agate in the fist taken out by the crescent moon merchant, and under the light of the whale candle, it is full of bizarreness. There is also a whole hollow gold step, made of gold and silver thread through pearls, and the butterflies on it seem to be dancing around the flowers.
Ma Chaobei suddenly realized that such a big place was actually very warm and felt amazing, and looked up and asked Uncle Li Xiang.
Ma Chaobei followed Li Xiang, walked to the center of the attic, walked into the circle surrounded by brocade clothes, and found a large charcoal stove. Ma Chaobei opened his mouth wide, his own small room had already installed a charcoal stove, but it was very small, and the big guy in front of him ......
More than a dozen super-large charcoal stoves that were carried to the attic Buddha hall overnight attracted everyone's attention. This kind of super-large charcoal stove is a "luxury gift" prepared by Li Xiang for the rich family, and one of them is also plated with silver.
The super-large charcoal stove that Ma Chaobei saw could only burn large pieces of charcoal, not charcoal balls, and there was no furnace core, but a layer of bricks! Coupled with a thick iron cylinder, this kind of charcoal stove will cost hundreds of catties of iron. As for the heating effect, you can know a thing or two by looking at the excited looks of some old people and the satisfied demeanor of the noble ladies.
Ma Chaobei tilted his little head, looked at the big guy in front of him, and remembered the little black bump at home again, and said proudly: "I want to go to school and put this big guy in my mother's room!" β
Laughter was heard.
Several wealthy merchants used their hands with gold rings to pat the tiger-headed horse facing north and say a few words of encouragement. As for Li Xiang, they only glanced at it, they looked at Li Xiang's clothes, and felt that Li Xiang must have been cheapened by rich relatives, so he could come and see the world.
Wang Xiaojiu was guarding the silver stove, answering the nobles' questions with a smoking voice, and also to prevent the dangerous actions of some nobles, the big charcoal stove was very hot. Stumbled upon Li Xiang, Wang Xiaojiu glanced at his subordinates, and his subordinates retreated.
"Brother Tai is Li Xiang?" A crisp voice sounded behind Li Xiang, who asked the horse to stand still facing north, and then turned around.
Li Xiang didn't notice that a man in his twenty-four or five, dressed in a foreign robe, turned his head to stare at him when he heard the word Li Xiang. Cai Quan's younger brother took note of Li Xiang's appearance, and after returning home, he mentioned the encounter with Li Xiang and Wang Wan'er.
Wang Wan'er, dressed in a scholar's robe and dressed as a man, looked fresh and slender, holding a folding fan behind her back with both hands, and the corners of her lips curled.
Wang Wan'er tilted her head slightly, and her demeanor made Li Xiang stunned for a moment, until Wang Wan'er scolded the disciple in her heart, Li Xiang said, "Your Excellency has a good figure...... Oh no, Your Excellency is the granddaughter of your teacher, Wang Wan'er? β
Seeing that Li Xiang was actually looking around at her, especially on her chest, and showing a slight look of disdain, Wang Wan'er really wanted to use her nails......
Defining Li Xiang as a disciple in her heart, Wang Wan'er held back her anger, rolled her eyes slightly and said, "You are a disciple...... Oh no, ahem, you made the charcoal stove? "By the end, the sound had been pressed to a minimum.
The meeting between the two was so embarrassing, so embarrassing that Wang Wan'er and Li Xiang didn't dare to look at each other for a long time, Wang Wan'er actually had a special feeling in her heart, and she always wanted to embarrass Li Xiang......
In the end, Li Xiang proposed to talk while walking, and Ma Chaobei also ran over. Not far behind the three of them, the Wang family's guards followed closely.
The largest attic of Daexiangguoji Temple is divided into three floors and was fully utilized in this grand event of ten thousand surnames.
Around the first floor, the place near the wall is divided into dozens of small spaces, which are pet cubs provided by seven or eight merchants. Cute little tigers can't be bought home, and round puppies and kittens are different.
It turns out that a unique and thoughtful shopping experience and a warm and bright interior environment can inspire some people, especially women, to buy.
In the short time that Li Xiang and Wang Wan'er visited, more than a dozen cubs had already been set. A few stewards were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, and sent waves of men back to the business to report the news, even if they were robbing, they had to bring more pets over.