On May 17, the day of self-defeat, everything is appropriate, and you are good at feasting and drinking,

It was easy to wait until the lights came on, drank a little drink, bathed in incense clothes, rode in a carriage with people following in front and behind, and slowly drove up to the city in the cool night breeze.

The venue of this banquet was in the Dragon Bird Garden in Shangcheng, so we were able to officially enter this city for the first time, which is full of mansions and villas and gardens.

Unlike the street lamps used for lighting in the outer city, which are slightly choking under the rust and mottling, the street lamps in the upper city are more delicate and slender, and they are wiped and maintained every day, so that the white copper lampshade shines like silver, and it also has a faint fragrance when it burns, which is said to be because the fuel of the street lamps in the upper city is all made of special whale oil.

The distinction between the two classes and different worlds is slowly widening the invisible distance on this small difference on the street.

Not to mention the ubiquitous scent of ponds, flower beds, grass fences, potted gardening, and all kinds of brightly colored street signs and signs, all of which require a lot of investment and labor to maintain.

However, it is said that some people think that the scenery in the upper city is too sunny and snowy, and all kinds of high-end atmosphere are not close enough to public life and entertainment pastime, and especially go to the outer cities that are closer to the people to have fun and mingle.

The purpose of this invitation was to compensate the people in the city who had been affected by the war and to solicit relief.

Although at the end of the end, there was an accident and I had to stop because I had to stop, but the previous gains were already considerable, and I thought truthfully and arrived at the brightly lit destination.

The welcome canopy built of bamboo, wood and colored silk extends from the front of the garden gate to the entrance of the street, the ground is covered with a soft Persian velvet blanket, and there is a pair of glazed hanging lamps every three steps, looking like a long dragon of lights from afar, creeping behind the huge courtyard wall.

Smell the rich smell of dipterophore, chicken foot and frankincense mixed in the air, as well as the peaceful silk bamboo and singing voice.

"I feel like I've become a turtle for Mao Lao Niang......"

The mysterious creature pretending to be enjoying the night view couldn't help but complain.

"Calm, calm, you're a person who wants to do a big business...... How can it be so light

I was quietly reassured.

"You can imagine them as just some reincarnated dogs......"

Slaves dressed in neat cloth clothes stood in groups under the two walls, holding basins of towels and sesame oil flower boxes, listening to the call of the guests.

"Youde, you came just in time......"

Madame Chan came over from the crowd where she was talking, and the mysterious creature walked to the side to summon the servants.

She steered me aside, hesitating for a moment

"I heard that Cui Wanting is in your house?"

"yes"

I nodded, and I was in for it

"What's going on with her......"

She said with a somewhat complicated expression

I briefly talked about the causes and consequences of being chased and picked up halfway

"Well, I wonder what happened to her......"

Mrs. Chen looked at me deeply before she sighed

"However, this is also your injustice......"

"Mao, sister, you know ......"

I was surprised.

"Even if I didn't know it before, I know it now......"

"It's a descendant of my old friend, and it's rare to get acquainted...... As a guest of my house, I suffered a calamity."

She stopped talking.

"I can only sue you, sometimes rumors are always true......"

"Sister, ...... you are"

I scratched my head in confusion, could she have misunderstood something?

"If you want, take her ......"

She said suddenly, as if she had made up her mind.

"What......"

I opened my mouth a little in surprise, almost choked on saliva, she would have such a statement, I thought I would take the opportunity to say a few words about me or something, but I just pushed the boat down the river, and jumped directly to the stage of receiving the house

"Although she has been wronged in terms of reputation, but the matter has come to this point, and there is no better way......

Okay, I'm completely Spartan (vov), what are you thinking in your head, where and where is this?

"Otherwise, send it to me...... I'll convince her well."

As a good thing that was suddenly pie in the sky, I didn't know how to respond, and I could only answer with a few syllables in my throat,

"Wan Ting's identity is more delicate, there are still people who don't covet it, at least you are the least bad choice......"

She continued to meditate on some kind of affection.

"I just hope that for my sake, don't worry too much about what has happened......"

I continued to stay like a wooden chicken, and when Mao heard this, I felt like I was the victim.

"If you don't have the heart, then send it out...... Avoid more impacts"

"From now on, you are a person with a great future and high hopes, don't let this little thing hinder your reputation......"

"I understand, thank you for your concern."

Well, I was a little confused when I heard this, and finally I was partially normal.

Although I know that it is somewhat utilitarian, I still can't help but be a little moved, and it seems that it seems to be getting more and more into the role of ordinary people's sisters and brothers.

According to the information vaguely revealed in the course of her introduction, although the people gathered here tonight do not represent the most powerful, or the most influential and financial level in Guangfu, there is no doubt that there are many candidates with the most potential and prospects who have emerged in various fields in Guangfu in recent years.

It would be better to be able to get acquainted with each other and achieve some kind of mutual assistance and mutual benefit. The owner of this room is an important minister of the shogunate and the elder of the court who has retired for many years, and likes to promote those rookies and talented people the most.

As a kind of night banquet celebrated on Cheng dù, although there is no traditional nouveau riche who are eager to pile up all the good things on their face, but all kinds of exquisite details, especially the historical accumulation and family heritage of the host's family for generations of ministers to lead the coquettish.

The big fiery red coral like a tree branch, the pair mirror made of the big wheel clams, the whole tortoiseshell polished screen fan, the incense couch made of sunken wood of the Tianzhu Sea, the lamp mountain inlaid with large pieces of mica and crystal,

Precious porcelain such as Yueqing and Xingbai from the Lingnei, even if the royal secret color engraved with Zhenguan and Kaiyuan years are only the most common pans.

Take one out at will, it is enough for half a month's food and clothing for an ordinary family of five, not to mention those precious incense medicines that are burned as candles and lamp oil, and even I can't name them.

As for the dishes that are self-serving, they can only be described as dizzying, such as the golden fragrant fish trays cooked with shark eggs and turtle egg batter, the yellow and white soup fried with unknown caviar and squid paste, the scaly soup stewed with flying fish and jumping fish, and the three treasures plate with elephant trunk deer lips and tongues.

I can probably recognize a dozen of them, and the rest can only be tasted by the blind man touching the elephant. Even if it is the most prosaic-looking boiled lettuce, the soup may be made with more than a dozen kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas as the base, repeatedly boiled and filtered.

"This is Xingdong of the Southeast Branch of the Nanhai Society...... alias Gu Liancheng, and also the underwriter of the official debt of the Southeast Road"

"This is the head of Xinjingwen, one of the few major copyists in Guangfu...... Zhen Xugong, it is said that he has some connections in Yushitai"

"This is the owner of Longchuan Road, and he is also one of the largest outsourced merchants of the Ordnance Prison......"

"This gentleman is the imperial supplier of Ouchi, and he has the title of Shang Jincheng in the palace province......"

"This is Du Gong, the largest construction family in Guangfu, and the feudal slave driven by his subordinates, known as 100,000 yuan......

"This is the behind-the-scenes owner of Fu Chun Xing, specializing in the treasures and local products of various continents in the South China Sea, and he is a special merchant designated by the government......"

"This is Song Xiaoxiu of the Secretary Province, but his father is Song Yuangong, who is known as the South China Sea Duotian Weng...... Loved buying property everywhere the most"

"This is Master Chen, who is my distant family, and he is in the crude drug business...... The Baicaotang under his name is located in all the eastern provinces, and it is also one of the designated suppliers of the Tai Hospital and the Medical Bureau."

"This is Shen Baiyi, whose ancestors were the Qintian Supervisor and Volcano Commander of the Northern Dynasty, and one of the supervisors of the Guangfu Institute of Physical Creation and the Yanhua Academy......"

"He, his name is Zhang Tiancheng, and he can be regarded as having a similar background to you, a foreign clan from Tianci Prefecture in Xikaidao, and the Zhang clan outside the mountain...... In the southwest area of Tianzhu, very influential"

"This time, he brought more than a dozen ships of seafood treasures to Guangfu to develop his family......

"This bald man is a Ping Kefu, and the ancestor is a member of the Ping clan who was separated from the naturalized Japanese ministers, and the Han and Xing run in Guangfu specialize in foreign goods from the West...... Quite large"

Under her invitation, the various names and backgrounds of the various guests at the banquet were presented to me one by one.

And most of them, the most mentioned, discussed, and enthusiastic topics are the reconstruction and reconstruction projects of Guangfu after the war, or the content of the projects to distribute the spoils after the chaos, as well as all kinds of true and false speculations and rumors.

The five cities of Guangfu, each with tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of households, do not count the 12 major districts. Wealthy families and wealthy people of all backgrounds lived during the period, thousands.

Compared with my petty fights like me, who rely on money and debt to make short-term speculation to make money, they are the real big players, because they are doing industrial speculation.

It is believed that after this period of time, the large fields, farms, orchards and plantations, workshops and workshops in the five cities and twelve districts of Guangfu will change their new owners, and in this era, for most people, land and property are the source of real stable output and income, and commercial activities are just derivatives of this qiē.

As the center of economic and political affairs, the added value of the land and industry in the region where Guangfu is located is the first of the country, and over the years, it has almost reached a very high level between various transfers.

Therefore, the war and destruction caused by this mutiny gave these emerging forces from other places an opportunity to intervene on a large scale, and they could buy these real estate properties that were "ownerless" because of the ruin of their families, or because of the bankruptcy and decay, and could not be operated and maintained at a much lower price than usual.

It also gave me a first glimpse of the appetite and power of capital in this era, which naturally inevitably caused more people's second family breakdown, the death of their wives and the rejection of their widows.

Although I and the Borneo people behind me are also one of them, at least under my leadership, the conditions given will be slightly better, and we can't be so unscrupulous, and have a little more choice than others. For example, providing them with the possibility of replacement and employment.

This is also the maximum I can do, after all, I am not strong enough to break the unspoken rules called "market", and then I am not noble enough to sacrifice my own interests to cause public anger and gain dispensable gratitude and fame for the sake of not wanting others.

After all

There is no compassion and justice to speak of in itself, and the only thing that can restrain it is the law and order under the regime, and only under the constraints of a strong and relatively enlightened regime can it give full play to its advanced nature and superiority, and turn the competition for interests into a driving force for social progress.

And once it loses the restraint of the regime or becomes the behind-the-scenes force that manipulates the regime, it is like releasing an insatiable beast, desperately devouring the nourishment that the person can find like a glutton, and even swallowing it incomprehensibly and begins to devour itself until it collapses.

The short-lived commercial city-state regimes in history are the best examples, on the one hand, they have become an emerging force and driving force for social change, but on the other hand, because of the reality of capital's pursuit of profit, they have to be instinctively driven to give up those slightly more long-term and more optimal choices, and make many strange behaviors that they know are short-sighted or called brain-dead.

I can also understand to some extent why the dynasties in history vigorously suppressed the merchants, and the social classes and influences they represented, because compared with the peasants who were tied to the land, the tax and servitude system of these merchant feudal dynasties obviously belonged to one of the unstable factors, especially in the face of natural and man-made disasters, the profit-seeking nature of the merchants themselves could easily become the focus of hatred and duty of various social classes.

On the one hand, they need the savings of merchants to maintain the circulation of basic social materials, and on the other hand, they are naturally vigilant in the ruling class, and they will use privilege and discrimination to suppress them, and even legally list them as peasants and craftsmen, the lowest level of the social class at the end of the five people, so as to avoid this force with greater mobility and difficulty in control.

In fact, in the middle and late dynasties, the capital power generated by commerce has been closely linked to the upper elite class through a large number of various means of consignment and marriage, and has become one of the catalysts for the collapse of the regime and the decline of the ruling power.

It seems that a hundred years after the founding of the Southern Dynasties, there is also such a trend, but it is covered up under the superficial prosperity created by the import of overseas resources, and the upper echelons still have the determination and intention to reform and seek new ones, plus there are still the vast areas of the Northern Dynasties and Lingwai as the direction of diverting contradictions, so there has not yet shown any decline.

However, after this Qingyuan Mutiny, which happened in Guangfu and can be said to be painful, it seems that something is different, and the fig leaf and painting skin of Fengheng Yuda in the Southern Dynasty also seem to have been picked up, but most people haven't noticed it yet.