Hurrying and hurrying, he finally got out of the city before the gates closed.

As soon as he got out of the city gate, he heard the sound of the guards behind him shouting orders, and then he stopped the people who were still behind, and the city gate slowly closed, and it was useless to ask for mercy from the people who were a step late.

Chang'an has a strict access control, and it must be closed when the time comes, especially now that the Tang Dynasty has not been established for a long time, this system has not been relaxed in the slightest.

"Hey, it's a little bit off, fortunately."

"This guard in Chang'an is really unsympathetic."

"That is, this is not as good as Jiangnan, in Jiangnan, there is still a little accommodation, but not here."

Leaving the city in time, there is no need to be cold and hungry in the city all night, everyone is very happy. Especially with dozens of catties of copper coins on his back, it made everyone's mood much better.

The Jingshi of the Tang Dynasty, no compared to the Song and Ming dynasties, not only the shops and markets in the capital are in the east and west cities, but also outside the city, it is strictly forbidden to establish shops.

Out of the city gate, there is an open field.

A wide official road, except for rows of willow trees on both sides, is the farmland outside the ditch.

This kind of majestic imperial capital Xiongcheng, but outside the city is a piece of farmland, which makes Li Xiao a little unacceptable.

At this time, it was not completely dark, taking advantage of the twilight, I rode on my horse and walked forward for about two or three miles, only to see a few wooden houses on the side of the road, this is a tea shop on the side of the road, not that they don't want to open outside the city gate, but the government has a ban, not too close to the city gate.

"Drink a cup of tea and rest, eat some dry food, it's been a busy day."

Dismounted, found two tables, and everyone sat down.

The young man came over to ask, seeing that the guy was eight or nine years old, if he was in the next life, he would still be just a primary school student, but in Datang, such a big child had already started working. Either they helped with the farming at home, or they were already herding cattle and sheep at the landlord's house to earn their own food, and some of them had even gone to the shops to start apprentices like this child.

"Give us two pots of tea."

"What kind of tea do you want?" The young man asked skillfully.

Da Biao said very directly, "Just two pots for one penny, bring me two pots." ”

Tea was already very popular in the Tang Dynasty, but it was not as popular as in the Song and Ming dynasties, when more people drank tea were aristocratic officials, scholars, doctors, etc., and their drinking method was not to make tea like later, but sencha, which was very complicated and leisurely, which was very in line with their identity.

Of course, ordinary people like Li Xiao and others are not used to drinking that kind of tea, and they can't afford to drink it. Ordinary people drink some cheap tea cakes at this time, and some even have some other tea dried on leaves.

This kind of tea is cheap, and this tea shop on the side of the road costs two large pots for a penny, and water is added for free.

Of course, two pennies are actually not cheap for ordinary people.

When the tea was served, Li Xiao took a few glances and found that it was not a tea leaf, but a sun-dried plant leaf that he didn't recognize, and the leaf was still steamed and sun-dried, like a root tea cake.

Now when the guests want to drink, pull off a piece, then mash it, add a little salt, add some ginger, green onions, etc., and then boil, well, a pot of cheap tea is ready.

Li Xiao couldn't drink anything good about this kind of tea, but Da Biao and the others drank it very deliciously.

First, it's hot, walking on the road in the winter, the hands and feet are cold, and drinking a cup of hot is absolutely unobstructed. Again, salt is added to the tea, which is very expensive these days, and people must eat salt. Salt can replenish physical strength, drink a cup of tea with salt, and the rest of the road is also energetic.

Li Xiao thinks that in fact, drinking this kind of tea, it is really better to make a bowl of seaweed soup, a handful of seaweed, a bowl of boiling water, add a little salt, brew, sprinkle some green onions, if you knock an egg to get some egg drops, then it will be more flavorful.

There is also a noodle restaurant next to it, which also sells some noodle soup, but it seems that not many people are willing to pay for a bowl of noodles. Everyone buys more tea, and then eats the dry food they bring with them.

There are all kinds of nests, breads, and this is still a very simple era.

Li Xiao tore apart a piece of yellow flour cake that had already become cold and hardened, and then threw it into the tea soup bowl in front of him, there was no mutton soup or bun, but it did not hinder him.

Da Biao did the same, tearing the cold dough into the hot tea, and then eating the cake. Although thousands of cucumbers have just been sold, and everyone has more than 5,000 copper coins in their hands at this time, everyone will not immediately think of luxury and order a few bowls of noodles to eat.

Drinking two pots of tea for a penny and eating their own yellow rice flour cakes, everyone was very happy. followed Li Xiao all the way from Jiangnan to Guanzhong.

also left the upheaval in the first half of the year behind.

At the beginning, everyone couldn't go on, their eyes were red, their teeth were red, they bit their feet, they stomped, they raised their arms and shouted, and they were reversed. But in the blink of an eye, he was killed by the officers and soldiers and abandoned his armor, and no one wanted to continue the days of fleeing and panicking in the face of danger.

came to Guanzhong and left his hometown, just because Li Xiao told them that they could start anew here.

Although I arrived in Lanxi and found that the situation had changed, now that I followed Li Xiao, I at least had a place to settle down and earned my first money.

There is a place to live at night, two meals a day during the day, and there is no need to hide in Tibet, everyone is already very satisfied.

No one wants to go back to the life of a few months ago, and everyone prefers to be a down-to-earth citizen.

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Blue Creek.

Zhang's compound, vestibule.

The little overlord Zhang Chao handed a box to his father Zhang Papi like a treasure.

"What the hell? Spending money again? How many times have I told you, you haven't spent money indiscriminately, and no matter how big your family business is, you can't stand the blind tossing and turning of three days and two ends. ”

Xiaobawang smiled and said, "Dad, I didn't spend money blindly, this is a good thing, you open it and take a look." ”

Zhang's temples are already white, and the middle-aged fat is shy with a big belly, sitting on the bed of Hu, like a big lump of meat. looks like a fat man who is quite kind, but in fact he is quite cunning and ferocious, the Zhang family put usury, and forced many people to die.

The box was delicate, which reminded him of the old ginseng that his son gave him last time. Last time, the old ginseng was taken to the sitting hall of the medical hall to see, and it was indeed an old ginseng of several decades, which was very good.

"Another ginseng?"

"Dad, just open it and take a look."

"Last time, it was good, I didn't expect Zhao Cripple to have such a good inventory, it is estimated that he still has some such good things in his hands, you have time to force it again, maybe you can get those good things out." If he doesn't know each other, then let them make the girl of the Li family a concubine for you to pay off the debt. ”

"Dad, what's so good about that girl in the Li family, there is a yellow-haired girl, and she is not thin, but I prefer the girl of the Zhao family more."

"What's so good about that woman surnamed Zhao? Married to the unlucky ghost of the Li family, such a woman doesn't want to give it away for nothing, and entering our house will only bring bad luck. Even if you don't like the Li family's girl, for the sake of their Li family's property, you have to accept her as a concubine. ”

"Daddy."

"There's no need to discuss this matter, it's a big deal that you just ignore her after you pass the door, and you should have an extra cat or dog." Zhang Papi said coldly.

As he spoke, Zhang Peel opened the box, and found that it was actually a cucumber inside, and he couldn't help frowning.