The front mountain and the four fields of Liangshan are like the periphery of the cottage of Zheng'er Bajin, while the back mountain and the large flat land along the coast are located in large and small settlements, and it is not far from the river for eight or nine miles, which is a suddenly open estuary, and the so-called sea market located on the sandbar of the estuary.

Of course, compared to a regular port or something, this is more like a seasonal, large-scale logistics camp and smuggling distribution center, where a large number of unidentified foreign personnel and materials come from the sea all year round, haunting the period.

For the Shantou clique in Liangshan, which is based on the rogue and is mainly engaged in anti-government, the production and economic structure itself is relatively monotonous and deformed.

Therefore, in order to maintain its own economic lifeline, it had to rely heavily on the transportation and trading of overseas feudal domains to make up for it.

Therefore, when the sea market is opened twice a year, up and down Liangshan, the old and weak women and children who usually lack a sense of zài swarm out like ants, making this place a prosperous place for life.

As winter approached, so many people popped up near the seaside at once, and all kinds of makeshift stalls sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and then drowned in the gurgling heads.

Usually on Liangshan there are vassal families with a very low sense of zài and other dingkou. This is also one of the few days throughout the year when Liangshan, which lacks consumption channels, can buy and consume to your heart's content.

Although the besieged officers and soldiers here were burned down once and used as a battlefield for the Dengzhou army to break into, it was quickly rebuilt, of course, mainly with bamboo and wood structures.

The large sea ships moored near the shore use flatbed boats to deliver mountains of goods and groups of merchants. These include rare items that are rarely seen on a daily basis to meet the needs of local hamsters before winter.

Theoretically, the miscellaneous warehouse I also manage also has a trading demand, but it belongs to the kind of blind shopping for goods. However, using the management of miscellaneous warehouses and daily access, the difference between various personal cognition and discrimination, although I did not make any money, I also accumulated a sum of gray materials on hand. This is a good opportunity to also exchange other items, even portable currency.

thereupon

When I went out on the boat this time, there was already one more person by my side, carrying a big burden and pushing a small cart, silently following his follower, a teenager with obvious Fanhu blood.

He was taken captive up the mountain with his former master, an obese Hu Shang, and was one of the additions to the autumn wind activities on the periphery of Liangshan after defeating the siege of the Wuzhou official army.

It was only at great cost that his master was ransomed, and he was completely forgotten in the dark corners of the dungeon, moldy and stinking.

When I sent a batch of household utensils to the filthy dungeon under the guidance of the guards, and accidentally saw him, he was already covered in skin and bones, and the wounds on his body were overgrown with maggots, ready to be thrown out to make room.

But he came back to life, suddenly hugged my thigh, and said a few words that made me change my mind. It took me a verbal promise and a small price to acquire ownership of this young man who was clearly of Hu descent.

I wasn't a person who could take care of others, so I scraped off the rotten flesh of the insects, and used grease and sheep's blood, notoginseng, and other messes, and boiled paste to apply to his wounds, and then wrapped them in a broken blanket, and occasionally poured some leftovers into boiled paste, and survived the high fever and fever of complications. So I had a little taciturn slave, a bone that I picked up from the dungeon.

That's right, it's called Aguta, but in this era, there is no Wanyan tribe, and there is no Jurchen race, and Aguta is from the territory of Andong Protectorate, a small Zahu settlement that doesn't even have a name, and is just a descendant of the local feudal leader slave hunting team.

Although this name is a bit sensitive, it is not unacceptable to think that the history of time and space dislocation has lasted for hundreds of years, and it is enough to completely annihilate or change the life trajectory and destiny of many people for generations, so after countless generations, even if it is advanced or postponed, it is not unacceptable to have some familiar names.

This precarious times and the experience of tossing and turning have taught him enough deference and obedience, at least from the surface. It also saved me a lot of things, so occasionally I asked him to recognize some basic words and common sense.

"Ahmeda, it's time to ......"

My memories were interrupted by a whispered reminder that "Ahmeda" was his special name for me, which means "benefactor" in the local colloquial language.

I stood up with a bang, stretched my hands and feet, and stepped out of the sweltering canopy, greeted by a cold and fresh sea breeze, and then saw that the ground was full of newly built wooden buildings and straw huts, and even paving on the ground.

The most conspicuous are the various itinerant brothels and part-time liquor shops, and the laughter of men and women indulging in the red wine and green of the East fills the area. Everywhere there were indulgent and drunk people, and those who rolled on the ground in a clump with the overturned tables, or the overturned straw curtain doors, or the reckless men who simply fought without saying a word, and the ubiquitous crowd of onlookers and roaring.

For most of the men up and down Liangshan, the most common and popular are obviously the women who come to the same ship to do the leather business, and the same principle applies to the boatmen who sail the sea all year round and come here to settle here, so they also occupy the innermost and most sheltered from the wind, and even make colorful curtains and special signs for them.

The most common of them are said to be women from Silla and Wadi, who speak stammering and unskilled Chinese, and even in broad daylight, they are soliciting business in droves, and even laughing with interested benefactors, while lifting their skirts and corsets in broad daylight, which can be regarded as checking the goods on the spot.

I can't help but think of a video of Amsterdam's red light district specially posted by a big dog in the forum, and all kinds of Yanmar people shouting "There is an invoice, you can be reimbursed".

The closer I got inside, the more chaotic it became, and I witnessed at least five or more group fights along the way, as well as a stripped naked human body lying naked in the sewage of the alley.

led Ah Guda through these winds and moons that hide dirt and dirt, and it also attracted a lot of attention and greetings.

However, I wore this special wooden plaque representing Liangshan's identity around my waist, which was enough to save me most of the unnecessary trouble, leaving only a bunch of eager and disappointed eyes.

As a result of crossing the line or committing a big mistake under the special order system maintained by the Liangshan thieves, they directly ignored most of the options of punishment and saving people in traditional punishments, and only jumped directly to the final choice of two options such as being executed on the spot or chopped into meat sauce in the process of trying to resist, which is obviously crude and simple and practical for these people from overseas with complex colors.

As I continued to make progress, the smell of inferior fat powder mixed with wine and sweat in the air finally faded, and I saw other things that a normal market has, in the salty sea breeze, the endless stalls, and the crowds of people, making the huge seaside beach narrow and crowded.

There are also barbecue stalls that seem to be out of the world, all kinds of squid and shrimp and grilled skewers of whole fish, which made me feel like I was back at the food stall at the entrance of the university, but the groups of young livestock have become open-minded and big-footed men.

Deep-fried tofu and shredded green onions rolled up in dough, salty cakes cooked with mixed grains, sliced conch meat, fried buns with fatty meat wrapped in rice flour, and miscellaneous soups made with sea rice and vegetables.

The most common soup is the fresh soup made of clams and sea vegetables, and the smoke that curls out of the many soup pots fills and warms the faces that have been blown blue and white by the cold sea breeze.

In addition to gathering in the streets to sell and shout, various forms of juggling, and even more high-end kabuki music, it is mainly for those maritime merchants and smugglers who have been floating on the sea all year round and have not landed for a long time.

Then there are all kinds of messy and bizarre grass markets, most of which are street stalls, with only a few straw huts and a few shops made of wooden slats. There are even bookstores, and of course they sell vulgar stories with low printing quality, full of errors, and for the lower class people.

There are even a few Spring Palace brochures, signed by Wen Tingyun, Li Shangyin, or something, just by flipping in and looking at it a few times, it makes people feel blind.

Most of the markets are bartered mixed with coin transactions, such as putting up signs specifying what to trade and then taking something in exchange. I took this sign, and the annotation drove away a group of people who came forward to grab, occupied a conspicuous position, and explained a few words to be regarded as the opening.

As a common currency of this era, there are many things, from the ancient money of the previous dynasty to the Kaiyuan Tongbao issued by the founding of the country, and even the popular gold and silver cakes and various treasures of the foreign domain, but it is relatively strong and indeed from the Taixing reform, the general domestic treasure currency system began.

The smallest unit is the so-called foot iron coin, because of the material of black cast iron, it is also called small black money; The second is the bronze material when five small coins and when ten coins, also known as green coins or blue eyes; Then there are the white coins of white copper when twenty and when fifty, also known as white eyes.

Then there are the large coins of precious metals, the small silver treasure of silver for 100 yuan, the silver treasure of 200, the large silver treasure of 500, the small gold dollar of 1 thread, and the large gold dollar of 500.

Because compared to black money, green money, and white money, silver treasures and gold dollars are not perforated, and are also known as large and small yellow and white cakes. Among them, the value and fineness of the coins issued in the more than 200 years from Taixing to Puning are the most stable.

Since then, for various reasons, the treasure coins routinely issued by the imperial court have either increased in value or reduced in denomination, so the credit and price comparison are not so safe, so they are generally based on the largest number of issued in the Taixing period.

Among them, the "three made" is the best, its fineness and process quality, even more than the official sample of the Jingshi Casting and Printing Bureau, the so-called Nanping made, Yizhou made and Anxi made, it is said that because the local mineral color is good, and combined with the refining process of the craftsmen from the foreign domain, it is the head and model of more than 100 furnaces and money prisons in the world.

Of course, as far as my predecessor knows, the statement of Yizhou has been proven to be just a fallacy, in fact, most of the money and materials made by Yizhou are from the Wa Kingdom, but they are still used according to the convention.

For example, the dozen or so coins I have been hiding on my body, the most valuable ones are a small gold and seven large silver, mainly the activity funds I brought out when I was in Luodu, a total of about five or six yuan, and the purchasing power of the Taiping Year when I counted the money in the bucket rice was a lot of wealth. Even in this turbulent period when prices are high, you can live a full life for a month or two.

I also bought a crab lid at a food stall run on the side of the road, and slowly crossed my pace with the flow of people, asking prices and watching the market at will.

The big crab with teeth and claws is now fished, the lid is uncovered and buckled on the Silla rice, and it is steamed through high heat until the yellow and white crab juice and crab paste penetrate into the rice, and the crab claws are smashed and flattened, and the snow-white crab meat is directly peeled out, and the rice soaked in crab flavor is dug with a wooden spoon, which is particularly delicious and appetizing.

For example, in this seafood market, the largest mixed noodles steamed cake costs a big green coin, compared to the cheapest seafood such as dried fish, shrimp and crabs, which are sold according to baskets, for the simple reason that these things are not hungry and easy to spoil.

The most expensive is the live livestock, if the whole chicken or half a leg, it costs at least two or three big white coins or a small silver, and it is rare, and most of the air-dried cured meat can be bought on the market.

While eating the crab lid, I picked up several useful or interesting things from these messy stalls one after another.

For example, I even saw a small number of canned food with obvious trademark packaging, as well as some deep-processed dried seafood, albeit in bamboo tubes, clay pots, and non-transparent variegated bottles, with liquid or sticky paste-like fruits, vegetables, and meats.

Well, as a world guided by a time-traveler, this is no longer enough for me to make a fuss, and I was going to buy it without much bargaining.

However, the selling method is to guess, that is, a large can to pay a white coin, but what is in it depends on your own luck.

Pickles and pickles of various flavors are the most common results, canned beans and pig blood products or meat of unknown frozen puree, and occasionally rare fruit meat and fish floss.

Along with these canned foods, there are also biscuits and cured meats known as the dry food of the navy, but as soon as I look at the color, shape and texture, I can be sure that the person who invented this thing must have a bitter enmity with the navy, but seeing that the price is really cheap, I bought a little.

After all, the South China Sea Zhudao in my memory is one of the few happy lands in this troubled time, so although it is still inseparable from the imperial court in the north, but because of the discipline of these merchants who come and go between the north and the south, it is too strong, and all kinds of products and products in private have never been cut off.

For example, Annan Baiyao, which claims to be able to treat most injuries and wounds, stop sores and stop bleeding and muscle rejuvenation.

That's right, it's Annan Baiyao, is there a feeling of a cottage, but people say that this is the best external trauma medicine in the Nanling area after the original origin of Jiannan Baiyao and Nanping Baiyao.

There are also pull-outs, which are claimed to be applied externally and internally, reduce swelling and toxin, and dissolve various gastrointestinal imbalances of dysentery. It sounds quite similar to the emergency medicine of later generations - marching scattered, and even the emergency pills in the bottled powder are the same.

There is also a kind of paper wrap of cooling powder, which can eliminate the danger of ant insect bites, and dispel the effect of dissipating dampness and awakening the mind, well, the influence of the predecessor of the traverser is really omnipresent.

Although the price is not cheap, and there is a risk of counterfeiting, I still paid for it after a little verification.

The best thing to sell in the market is a wide variety of liquor, of course, most of them are cheap multigrain liquor drunk by the lower classes, and I also bought a large bottle of cane head yaki, although it is a little muddy and yellow, but it is indeed shochu.

In this way, after being taken back and filtered and re-steamed with silk yarn, a purer ingredient can be obtained, whether it is used to make medicinal wine, or to concoct plasters, or to be used as a potion for external trauma treatment, it can come in handy.

I bought some more sugar, and it was evident that the south had grown sugar cane or sugar beet and other sugar crops on a sufficient scale at this time, so that the sugars that appeared in this market were both coarsely boiled and with a lot of residue of black or caramelized sugar bricks, as well as large pieces of bright yellow so-called plate sugar, which were sold with a small hammer.

There are also large barrels of syrup, small urns of ointment sugar, or various shapes of sugar lotus root, sugar balls and so on. Even better, it is paper-wrapped, white-colored sugar sand, and coarse and fine sugar crystals like rock sugar.

Even stone honey with milk and other ingredients, small grains of fine sugar with a fruity flavor, and the most expensive are naturally sugar pills and candy in jars and boxes. A small box will cost a small silver treasure and a half.

I paid for a large silver treasure and bought a few large packets of sugar cubes and a jar of syrup, and then bargained for a small packet of odd tasting pilled candy that couldn't be sold, not just as a daily snack, but also as a pick-me-up and a temporary calorie supplement when needed.

Syrup can be used to make rice cakes fried with sugar, and it is also one of the portable foods that can be stored for a long time in winter. Well, I'll admit that my hamster control is kind of a seizure.

After buying these things, I spent almost all the money on me, and used the leftover bits and bits to buy a packet of shrimp paste, along with a crab lid wrapped in leaves.

I carried these things, and threw them to Ah Guda to watch, during this time, on the stalls lined up, most of the goods have been sold, looking at the yellow and white mixed colors of the bags, it seems that the harvest is not bad.

"Look at the good things...... If there's anything you can't decide, just leave a message."

"Hmm......"

He still cherishes words like gold.

I'll take all the money out and continue to walk to another block.

This side is much cleaner and tidy, with all kinds of sheds and wooden houses, and people coming in and out of the river, and the more eye-catching thing is in a vacant land surrounded by a wooden fence.

It's a small-scale human tooth market, and it's one of the channels through which Liangshan deals with expired meat tickets, but at the moment it's almost all Tunu people from overseas domains, short in stature, dark-skinned, and squatting on the ground like livestock.