Volume 5: Whose Great Cause, Chapter 11, Spoils
The carriage stopped at the gate of the East Market, the East and West Cities are the most prosperous places for commerce in the capital, each square of Daxing City is planned in good order, these two cities are about the size of two squares, can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time to buy and sell, the West Market is mostly for the sale of some large livestock such as cattle and sheep, horses, etc., the East Market is much more complicated, silk, porcelain, tea and all kinds of daily necessities, rich in variety, it can be said that there is everything.
Yang Yong and his two daughters came over, and Liu Hu, the commander of the guards, leaned over with a difficult face, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there are too many people here, which is not conducive to the emperor's safety, do you want to go elsewhere to see?" ”
When Yang Lan heard the urgency, except for the East Market, there were only a few shops in the Fang in other places, where was the East Market lively, and hurriedly shook Yang Yong's arm: "Father, can you go in and have a look?" ”
Yang Yan's face also had a leaping expression, looking at it with the eyes of the water spirit, as if he was afraid that his father would regret it, Yang Yong smiled dumbly, nodded, and Yang Lan immediately jumped up with joy: "Father is so good." ”
I am the Son of Heaven, if I can't even visit an East Market, what's the fun of being the Son of Heaven, I'm not a white dragon fish suit, there are so many people around me, and it's in the capital, can't I protect it? Yang Yong thought secretly in his heart.
Seeing the emperor nodding, Liu Hu knew that it was pointless to persuade again, so he made a few gestures and commanded the guards of the East Palace to carefully squeeze out a road for the emperor and the two princesses to pass.
When Yang Yong just got off the carriage, many passers-by at the gate of Dongshi saw Yang Yan, Yang Lan's two daughters were unusually beautiful, although Da Sui couldn't help women to go out, but compared to the previous week, it was still slightly preserved, and many daughters of high-ranking families rarely went out, not to mention Yang Yan, Yang Lan's appearance was not comparable to that of ordinary daughters, and she couldn't help but point at Yang Yong. Some thugs were even overjoyed and wanted to squeeze in to rub oil when there were too many people in the bazaar.
Just watched as dozens of sturdy men around wrapped up the middle-aged man and two girls in the middle. Those little gangsters could only sigh in disappointment, knowing that the person in front of them must be either rich or expensive, not to mention that they can't squeeze through, even if they can squeeze through, they can't offend, so they can only dispel the idea of rubbing oil themselves.
The shops along the way were crowded with people, Yang Yong and his two daughters could only walk slowly in the middle, looking at the prosperity under his rule, Yang Yong was also in a very happy mood. s
Of course. The quality of the things sold here is difficult to compare with that used in the palace, but there are many kinds but not comparable to the palace, Yang Lan will shout and jump up every time she sees a novelty, and let the guards bring it to her, as long as she can see it, she will buy it, and recently, seven or eight guards have carried all kinds of things in their hands. Yang Yan, as an older sister, is much quieter than Yang Lan, just looking east and west, and rarely asks to buy anything, but every time she buys one, a sweet smile blooms on her face.
Seeing the happy expressions of the two daughters, Yang Yong showed a smile on his face, women's enthusiasm for shopping has not changed at all even for more than a thousand years, even princesses. Unfortunately, such days are too few for them.
There was a noise of gongs and drums in front, and it turned out that it had come to the middle of the East Market, there was a large open space here, but it was still divided into three layers and three layers outside the outer three layers full of people, in the open space, there were several high platforms, and each stage was performing, horn fighting, beast play. Vaudeville......
Every time they arrived at the amazing place, there were bursts of applause below, Yang Yan and Yang Lan stopped under a juggling, and stretched out a bamboo pole on the stage. Several boys, who were only seven or eight years old, were doing all kinds of thrilling actions on bamboo poles. In Yang Yong's previous life, it seemed that only some local teams could perform such acrobatics, but at this time, the two princesses were fascinated. As soon as they arrived at the thrilling place, they also learned from the people around them to applaud vigorously, and after a while, their little hands were already bulging red.
Such a performance is naturally difficult to attract Yang Yong's interest, however, seeing that the two daughters are happy, Yang Yong stopped, let them watch it, after a while, the performance ended, a young man walked around the venue with a black tray covered with red silk, and the copper coins were suddenly thrown to the tray like raindrops, however, most of the copper coins were smashed on the man on the tray, and the young man was not annoyed, so he smiled and suffered, for him, the more he smashed, the higher the income, even if he had to endure the pain of flesh and skin.
Yang Lan also learned to throw a coin to it, and with Yang Lan's skills, he naturally couldn't throw it into the plate, and with a bang, the coin fell into the middle of the table and rolled forward along the wooden platform.
Hearing the sound of the coin falling on the stage, the young man with the tray in his hand suddenly lit up, moved quickly under his feet, stepped on the rolling coin, picked it up and saw that it was indeed a silver coin, he blew the silver coin and then put it in his ear to listen, the smile on his face suddenly became stronger, and he hugged his fists: "Thank you for rewarding." ”
A silver coin can be exchanged for five hundred copper coins, and it is good to receive one or two hundred copper coins under a performance, this silver coin can be worth several performances, no wonder he wants to thank him, many people in the audience also watched the young man put away the silver coin with envy, and the most they lost was only more than ten copper coins, but they did not have the courage to reward a silver coin at a time.
When they lost the money just now, no one could see who threw it over, everyone couldn't help but look around, and finally their eyes were fixed on Yang Yong and his party, everyone was stunned, naturally it was for Yang Yan and Yang Lan, and the two women were shocked, just looking at the guards who were vaguely surrounded around, and no one dared to come over to talk, but they inevitably glanced at them from time to time.
For the eyes of the people around them, the two girls are quite unaccustomed, in the palace, how dare those chamberlains and palace maids stare at them so unscrupulously, plus the juggling has been watched, Yang Lan pulled Yang Yong's sleeve and signaled to leave, Yang Yong of course met his daughter's request, and the group continued to walk forward.
"Flash, flash, there's a carriage coming."
As these words fell, there was a sudden chaos behind Yang Yong and the others, and the pedestrians on the road dodged to both sides, giving way to a passage in the middle, and not far away, there was the sound of horses neighing and wheels rolling.
Liu Hu and other East Palace guards were shocked, for fear that someone would come to the emperor, and hurriedly escorted Yang Yong and the two princesses to the side, there were already many people here, so that these East Palace guards squeezed, and suddenly became even more chaotic, some of the goods in the left and right shops were scattered all over the place, but at this time, no one paid attention to them, and they stepped on them with their feet, and some good fabrics were suddenly covered with footprints, even if they could be washed and sold, the value would be greatly reduced.
A jingling bell came, the carriage that had caused chaos just now drove over, there were more than ten evil servants in front and behind the carriage, they all held whips in their hands, and crackled in the air, the carriage was pulled by two tall horses, the body was very gorgeous, the front was controlled by two emperors, and there was a big fat man sitting behind, looking forward to the surroundings, looking at the chaos on the road, disappreciating the big mouth, very proud.
After the carriage had passed, the chaos in the streets had subsided, but the damage had been irreparable, and there were not only cloths, broken porcelain, dumped tea, but also many people throwing away cloth shoes, and a short distance away, a boy in his teens was crying with his mouth open, I don't know if he was frightened or injured in the chaos just now.
Yang Yong's face turned pale, fortunately the fat man's carriage was not fast, otherwise such a crowded place would accidentally cause a large-scale stampede, I am afraid that the fat man did this on purpose.
"Find out who this person is?" "Yes." Liu Hu responded and gave an order to one of the guards, and when he saw the guard go down, Liu Hu uneasily suggested to Yang Yong: "Your Majesty, it's too unsafe here, go back to the palace." ”
Yang Yong's You Xing had already been completely defeated by what happened just now, nodded, walked out of the East Market, Yang Yong got into the carriage, and Yang Lan whispered in Yang Yong's ear: "Father, no matter who that big fat man is, Father must punish him severely." ”
"That is, my father must punish him severely." Yang Yan, who has always been soft-hearted, also spoke.
"Then tell me, how should my father punish that fat man?"
"Hit the board, let him hurt a little and he won't dare to do it again."
"Kill the head, no, the whole family will be beheaded."
said that it was Yang Yan who played the board, and it was naturally Yang Lan who said later, Yang Yong touched Yang Yan's head: "Pingyang, you, you are too kind." He touched Yang Lan's head again: "Songyang is too fierce, such a person, if he didn't commit the crime of murder, he would be exiled at most." ”
"Yes, father, exile him for 10,000 miles." Yang Lan raised her head and said with a smile, "Erchen heard that there is a continent in the extreme south, and the people on it are not only as black as charcoal, but also eat human flesh, so it is best to exile that big fat man." ”
Yang Lan said that the extreme south does not refer to Africa, but refers to Borneo, at this time the farthest place that the Great Sui Sea ship can reach, there are black people on the island, it is said that Kunlun Nu is from Borneo, however, only the merchant Yuer arrived, and the official ships have not yet arrived, but because of the popularity of Kunlun Nu, it is widely spread among the magnates in the capital, and it somehow reached Yang Lan's ears, in her heart, if exiled there is much more terrible than killing the head.