Chengdu built in Tianbao fifteen years, before that called Yizhou, the first year of Tianbao, Yizhou changed its name to Shu County, placed the capital governor's mansion, the section of Jiannan 38 counties, of which Shu County under the jurisdiction of Chengdu, Ru, Pi and other ten counties, the population of nearly one million, with rich products and developed commerce, handicrafts are famous, ranking second in the Tang Dynasty states and counties, second only to Yangzhou, the land of fireworks, Chengdu commerce is extremely prosperous, goods from the Minjiang River, to Jiazhou and then turn to the Yangtze River eastward, half a month later you can reach thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, and you can even transfer ships to the sea to Japan, Goryeo, so giant businessmen abound, so there is a saying that 'Jiannan is ten rich, nine Tibetan Chengdu'.

Li Qing and his entourage, traveling westward, crossing the water, passing through Jianzhou, when a round of blood-red morning sun erupted, shooting out thousands of golden lights, Chengdu's towering and majestic city wall was finally faintly visible.

"Brother Li, we have been on the night road all night, and everyone is exhausted, should we find a place to rest and sharpen?"

Yang Zhao is no longer Li Qing's subordinate, and after arriving in Chengdu, Li Qing will take him to visit Xian Yu Zhongtong and find an errand for him. At this time, he lay on his horse, and did not get off the horse for a day and a night, and his waist was really sore and unbearable.

"Let's hold on a little longer, everybody! Go into town and rest again. ”

Although after a night of turbulence, Li Qing was full of energy, there was no trace of tiredness on his face, and before the carriage stopped, he jumped down, but he stumbled, almost pounced on the mud, and was so frightened that the curtain screamed in surprise, and he was sleepy.

"Childe, Brother Yang is right, everyone is tired, so you should find a place to rest for a while."

When he got to the ground, Li Qing felt that his legs were as weak as mud, and when he looked back at everyone, they were all sluggish, his eyes were red, he wanted to enter Chengdu in one go, but the situation in front of him was really impossible.

"That's it! Brother Yang, you ride a horse fast, please take a look around, is there a place to rest? ”

Yang Zhao pointed to a few weeping willows in the distance and said with a smile: "There is a tea shed behind the willow tree, I often go there, I might as well go there to rest." He rode his horse and galloped first.

"Go to the willow grove in front."

Li Qing climbed into the first carriage, hoarse voice whispered, the coachman answered, waved the whip, several carriages walked slowly, only a moment of effort, then arrived at the tea shed, the day was just dawn, the tea shed was empty, there were no guests, so when Yang Zhao came to tell the letter first, even the shopkeeper was alarmed, and he had already brought a few guys to laugh on the side of the road and wait, and when Li Qing and his party approached, they immediately rushed up, leading the horses and welcoming the guests, shouting and shouting, and it was lively for a while.

"Shopkeeper, is there anything to eat in the store? Be hot! "Rushing all night, Li Qing was already hungry.

The shopkeeper had already seen that Li Qing was the head of this group of people, so he had not left him, and when he saw the question, he replied with a smile: "The shopkeeper is good at the noodles and minced meat, the cake is thin and thick, and it is accompanied by a hot bowl of vegetable and meat soup, are you interested?" ”

Li Qingzao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he had to stretch out his hand in his throat, and before the shopkeeper finished speaking, he hurriedly shouted: "First serve fifty meat patties, a bowl of soup for each person, put more ginger and shallots, and the taste should be spicy." ”

"Good! Good! The shopkeeper turned around and shouted a few words, and smiled at Li Qing: "I don't have a customer accent from Chengdu, and if you have any questions, just ask me, I have been opening a store here for 20 years, and I know a little bit about the rumors and customs and taboos in Chengdu." ”

"Then thank you first, I do have something to ask later." Li Qing secretly praised in his heart: "This is called business!" ”

The glow disappeared, the sky gradually brightened, there began to be pedestrians on the road, the tea shed was noisy, unconsciously it was already full, at Li Qing's adjacent table, sat five or six Hu merchants from the Western Regions, high nose and deep eyes, but spoke fluent official dialect, the words were round, without the slightest hint of Hu Yin, listened carefully, but was surprised, they were actually talking about Tang poetry, only to hear a heavy eyebrow man whispered:

When he left home, he returned to his hometown, and his hometown accent did not change, and his sideburns declined.

When the children don't know each other, they smile and ask where the guests are from.

After groaning, he sighed: "The Siming Maniac is finally going back to his hometown, but when will I return to my hometown." ”

He was depressed, took a few big sips of the wine bowl, and said with a crazy smile: "I have been in business for 30 years, but I didn't expect to be planted in Chengdu. ”

The companions next to him persuaded each other: "This time the loss is the Hai family's fraud, not that Brother Li is not bad, we all return to our hometown, naturally we will not leave Brother Li behind, Brother Li will go with us." ”

"The guest is biased, the Hai family is a remnant of Songzhou Tubo, not my Shu people, if you can block the forest." I don't know when, the shopkeeper actually appeared next to him, he arched his hand to the heavy eyebrows Hu Shang arched his hand and said: "Listen to the tone of the guest, it seems that he has encountered misfortune, although the small shop is simple, but he also knows the truth that a word is heavy and light, even if the customer drinks money, even if the small shop invites guests, I only hope that the customer is outside, don't say that the Shu people are not kind." ”

When several Hu merchants heard this, they got up and apologized, and then settled the wine money, rode north, and the shopkeeper watched their figures gradually disappear at the end of the official road, and then smiled back to Li Qing: "The business sea is sinister, how can they be a foreigner who can fight the Hai family." ”

"The shopkeeper might as well sit down and talk!"

After the shopkeeper sat down, Li Qing asked unhurriedly: "I am also a foreigner who came to Chengdu to do business, can the shopkeeper tell me about the situation in Chengdu's business community, and what is going on with the Hai family?" ”

The shopkeeper looked Li Qing up and down for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's not easy for the son to come to Chengdu at such a young age!" We Chengdu is famous for its prosperous business, there are many opportunities, and the natural risks are also great, so we can not say anything else to do business in Chengdu, but there are a few people who must know. Li Qing's spirits perked up, and he stared at the shopkeeper with blazing eyes and said: "Shopkeeper, please speak, Li Qing's ears are listening!" ”

"Gongzi turned out to be a national surname, to say that the Chengdu business community can be described as a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, there are a lot of giants, but in Chengdu to call the wind and rain, stomp a foot in the Minjiang River to overflow, there are only five well-known characters, the first person, and Gongzi is also a national surname, but it is a real prince, the official Ren Yizhou is not a driver, the surname is Li Minglin, is the second son of the emperor of my Tang Dynasty, his wealth is not the first, but the identity, title and prestige are incomparable to the other four, so the first place, but I heard that he will return to Beijing at the end of the year, maybe there will be some changes in this ranking in the future; The second place is also a big official and businessman, the official Ren Jiannan Dao interviewed Xian Yu Zhongtong, although this person ranked second, but the money is the most, Li Don't drive away, this first ranking belongs to him. ”

"What about the third place?" Xiaoyu suddenly interjected behind Li Qing and asked, Li Qing was startled, and when he turned around, he found that all his subordinates were around him, and only Yang Zhao was leisurely drinking tea in the distance, as if the business world had nothing to do with him.

The shopkeeper saw that everyone was fascinated by what he heard, and he coughed proudly and continued: "This third is the Hai family that the group of Hu merchants just now, it is rumored that they are descendants of the Tubo people in Songzhou, and almost all kinds of businesses are involved in restaurants and businesses, but they mainly make a fortune by doing business with Tubo, but there are two reasons why the Hai family is ranked third, one is that it is rumored that he has some relationship with the King of Tan in Beijing, and the concubine of King Tan is the daughter of the Hai family; Another reason is that the Hai family has a relationship with the underworld. ”

"Underworld!" Everyone exclaimed in unison, they only heard that there were some hooligans and pisses in Langzhou, and there was an underworld in Chengdu.

"Be quieter!" The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped, he looked left and right, and then said in a low voice: "This Hai family is a tyrant in Chengdu, if there is any new business to make money, he will definitely get involved, a few months ago, there was a big businessman in Yibanzhou who offended his family, and was forced to lose all his money, and finally it is said that even people died on the way home." ”

Li Qing's heart was in turmoil, he didn't dare to imagine what the Hai family would react to if he launched slush, as well as his supermarket chains and hypermarkets, everything was fresh.

"The fourth place is the Shi family, which monopolizes the tea industry in Chengdu; The fifth place is the Tang family, and it is said that the paper of the Kyoshi Guozijian and the Hongbunkan was provided by him. ”

The shopkeeper talked eloquently, but Li Qing didn't hear a word, he suddenly had an ominous premonition, and his heart seemed to be covered by a faint gray mist.

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Note 1: The Siming maniac is He Zhizhang, and he proposed that the time of returning to his hometown was December of the second year of Tianbao, and this article was advanced by four months due to the needs of the plot.

Note 2: Emperor Rang, that is, Li Longji's eldest brother Li Xian, gave up the throne to Li Longji and was honored as Emperor Rang.

Note 3: In the early years of Tianbao, Yizhou was renamed Shu County, and it will soon be changed back, so this book will not be changed, so as to save readers confusion.

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I recommend to you Yangdong's new work "Who is the Big Hero", which is really well written, like a picture of the social customs of the Northern Song Dynasty.