Chapter 78: Entering the Palace
"Chu Ze, look, these two duck feathers are so beautiful......"
", that's a mandarin duck is good......."
“....... Of course I know, I'm just going to test you."
“......... Cut"
"Chu Ze, this pair of little white dogs sold by Hu Shang is so beautiful, is it okay to buy them and give them to Princess Qinghe?"
"Brother Chu Liang, that's a wolf in the Western Regions! I don't think the princess will like wolves......."
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After school, a few people walked all the way and chatted all the way,....... Half an hour later, the drunken tower finally arrived. Chu Ze looked at the layout of this building, the cornices loomed among the green trees, it was really a good place.
Xiao Er at the door saw Cheng Chuliang coming, and greeted him with a charming smile: "Cheng Gongzi hasn't been here for a long time, and the little one misses it very much." ”
"You're missing my bounty, aren't you?"
Xiao Er happily accepted the reward, led Chu Ze and his party to the fourth floor, said that it was still the old place, and retreated by himself. Chu Ze rolled his eyes, what old place? Fortunately, Cheng Chuliang seemed to know very well, and led Chu Ze directly into a room called 'Sao Ke Ju', and when he saw the name of this room, Chu Ze was about to spray. In fact, the word "sorcerer" here means literati and inkmen.
When I entered the room, there were already several people in the room. A sturdy young man saw Cheng Chuliang entering, and with a smile on his face, he patted his shoulder and said, "Chuliang is late today."
"Cut, tap, shoot me off!" The sturdy young man smiled and led Chu Ze and the others to sit down, this young man was Fang Junfang's beloved. One by one, everyone sat down to salute.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant personally served the wine and food, respectfully toasted a glass of wine, and quit by himself. Chu Ze sighed in his heart that this shopkeeper really knows how to do business.
At that moment, a few people shouted five and drank six, and feasted. After three rounds of drinking, Chai Lingwu asked Cheng Chuliang embarrassedly: "Brother Cheng has been to Hushang in Xishi recently?" ”
Cheng Chuliang said: "Recently, Chu Ze's house has not come out to repair the house, and Lao Cheng has not been there for many days. ”
Chai Lingwu said with a smile: "So why don't I wait and go to the West Market now to have a look and buy some strange things." ”
Cheng Chuliang glanced at him with disdain and said, "Cut! ... If you want to see the orchid dancers, you just can. I heard that Arina had just entered a group of Persian dance girls, her body was very soft, and her figure was good-looking...... "Before I finished speaking, except for Chu Ze, the rest of the people were all incarnated into some kind of canine, how could they still have the heart to eat and drink, Cheng Chuliang settled the account, and several people walked all the way to the West Market.
In the Tang Dynasty, the West Market was far away from the imperial city, with many shops, daily necessities, and prosperous commerce, and was the economic and financial center of Chang'an at that time, so it was also called the 'Gold Market'.
It is not far from Kaiyuanmen, the starting point of the Silk Road, so many Hu merchants have shops here. There are Daeshi and Persian merchants in the distance, and there are Baekje, Silla, and Tibet in the near distance, and there are even many Dongying people. The variety of countries that bring different cultural practices is an eye-opener.
Cheng Chuliang and the old horse knew the way, and took everyone directly to a very large store, and a small Kunlun slave at the door hurriedly went in to report.
After a while, a fat Persian merchant greeted the door and said with a smile: "Today, the magpie has been calling for a long time, and it turns out that a distinguished guest has come to the door." The younger Muhammad Ali Isnur met the nobles. ”
Cheng Chuliang waved his hand impatiently and said, "Where did you get such a long name, it's called Ali." These are my friends, you are well entertained! Lao Tzu and others will inevitably give you benefits! ”
Ali respectfully agreed. In the Tang Dynasty, the status of merchants was low, and foreign merchants had no status, but these merchants were all elites, and their observation of words and expressions was first-class, so how could they not see that these were high-ranking officials and nobles.
Ali led everyone into the backyard, several maids served tea, Chai Lingwu couldn't wait to ask: "I heard that you have a few Persian dancers in the recent days, call to take a look." ”
Ali smiled and nodded, clapped his hands, and immediately came in an old woman with a mustache in her hand, followed by 6 women, blonde hair and blue eyes, and a bewitching figure.
That year, the old lady took all the women to salute, and she played her beard, and the six women danced, and the fragrance was gusting for a while, and the dance was wild. Several people were dumbfounded, and the song was over, and the meaning was still unfinished, and a few more songs were played, and several dancers were already sweating under the repeated beating.
Ali ordered the women to go down and bathe, and then came to see the guests. Clapping his hands again, the little Kunlun Nu touched a small tray, there were several kinds of strange food on it, Ali smiled and said: "All the nobles are here, Ali has nothing to entertain, these foods are transported from thousands of miles away, please try it." ”
Chu Ze almost didn't jump up when he saw it, it turned out that there were corn, walnuts, raisins and other things on this small tray.
Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, the productivity was not as good as that of later generations, and an acre of rice field could harvest 2-3 stone rice at most, that is, about four or five hundred catties, and it would be good every year. And this corn is cold and drought tolerant, the planting requirements are not high, and it can be regarded as a high-yield crop in later generations, and it is very easy to produce more than 1,000 catties per mu at that time.
Chu Ze put down his wine glass and said to Ali, "Do you have seeds for these foods?" ”
Ali said: "These things come from thousands of miles away, there are not many, and I gave some to a group of relatives and friends, and there are not many left, if Childe likes it, wait for me to give Childe some more." ”
Chu Ze hurriedly said: "I want seeds!" Well, how about you get me these seeds, and if there are some other rare plant seeds, I'll give you 15 yuan per catty? ”
You must know that at this time, if a family of three has 2 yuan a month, they can already live well. 15 yuan to buy a pound of seeds, it is even more unheard of.
Ali opened his mouth and couldn't believe it, and everyone also advised Chu Ze, how could Chu Ze agree, these seeds can change the output of Datang grain, and insisted on asking Ali to find them.
Although Ali is a big businessman, how can he refuse to get some seeds to make a fortune, so he naturally agrees, and he will definitely have it in a few months.
Chu Ze knew that the transportation was inconvenient at this time, and it was already very fast to get things in a few months, so although he was in a hurry, he had to give up and taste the corn and grapes of this thousand years ago calmly.
Several dancers came up to serve after bathing, and Chai Lingwu and Cheng Chuliang were obviously veterans, touching the women around them.
Seeing that Chu Ze and the others looked at each other, they shrank their hands and feet and didn't dare to move, which was very embarrassing.
Ali knew that these were all chicks, smiled secretly in his heart, changed the topic and invited a few people to go to the shop outside to have a look, where would Chai Lingwu and Cheng Chuliang go, hugged the beauty and entered the room respectively, watching Cheng Chuliang enter the room, Chu Ze really had to worry about his health.
The rest of the people, under the leadership of Ali, visited Ali's own store, and then went to other stores to hang out.
After walking around for an hour, when they returned to Ali's house, Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu were pale, waiting for everyone. Everyone made fun of the two, Ali gave a few more people some corn kernels and walnuts, everyone said goodbye, and Ali sent them out the door.
After turning a street, several people broke up, agreed to get together again next time, and dispersed, Chu Ze followed Cheng Chuliang towards Cheng's mansion, because he wanted to go to school in Guozijian, it was really inconvenient to go back to Taiping Village, so he had to temporarily borrow to live in Cheng's mansion.