The mouth of the mouth is the territory of Hanzhou, since ancient times the land and land are connected, the Han River has been diverted several times during the Ming Dynasty, so the road is silted, the new river channel divides Hanzhou into two, the south is Hanzhou across the water, the north is the mouth of the river, and it occupies the advantage of the shape of the confluence of the two rivers of the Han River and the Yangtze River, which is the reeds all over the place, and the Huangzhou is reached by water, because of business, and because of people.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing, there were only more than 1,000 households in the mouth, and in the Wanli period, first of all, the imperial court selected the grain exchange of Huguang in this place, and then the Huai salt was also transferred in the mouth, but do not underestimate the transaction between the grain and the Huai salt. Since the Ming Dynasty, most of the grain and rice have been transported from Sichuan and Hunan provinces, plus the rice grains transported from some prefectures and counties in this province, and the miscellaneous grains sold in Shaanxi and the Hanshui Valley, so that the mouth has become a rice and grain distribution market with sufficient supply. The people of the time praised the mouth as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, western Guangdong, Hunan everywhere, the lakes and rivers of the province, the sails belong to each other, and the food trip is reluctant to give up day and night. Due to the large price difference between regions, in addition to the official grain market, private merchants gathered, and the scale was unprecedented, and the rice was sold in tens of millions.

Hunan and Hubei have eaten Huai salt since ancient times. After the implementation of the Gang Salt Law in the Ming Dynasty, the mouth became the shore of Huguang Huai salt distribution.

Since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, about 3,560,000 taels of salt have been sold every year, and 40,000 pieces of salt have been brought in, plus the Hunan salt that has been transshipped here, totaling more than 770,000 leads. In the early years of Qianlong, it reached more than 900,000 leads, equivalent to about 300 million catties of throughput, at that time, there were dozens of places in the merchant library, and the salt ships were moored on the shore of the Han River, and the miles were endless, so that "the salt ships live in Tongjin for ten miles, and the water in the strange river does not flow."

The number of households in the compilation has reached more than 200,000 in the 40th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, among which the most prosperous and the most miscellaneous place is the Jubao Street along the river, the rows of shops are endless, backed by the boat dock of thousands of sails, the various doors and faces on the street are lined up, along the bluestone slab road that can parallel the two carriages and horses, the light can be seen and the bluestone slab road goes, what Lantian Room Study Four Treasures, Yulu Zhai Cooked Food, Luo Tianyuan Hat, He Yunjin Shoes, Hong Taihe Silk Thread, Niu Tongxing Scissors, Wang Hengfeng cigarette pouch, Luo Mingde cow candle, Ma Gongliang incense goods, Ye Kaitai pills, high viscosity plaster, Wang Yuxia tea, Datong steamed dumplings, dog meat and bean shreds, ancestor rice balls, signboards and flags cover the sky and the sun, the sound of selling comes and goes, sweating pedestrians operate in the south and north, and there is an endless stream of exchanges, which is a busy scene of trade and commerce.

In the midst of the busy flow of people, there is a leisurely idler, which is a bit eye-catching. This person is fifteen or sixteen years old, with a shiny braid behind his head, a small melon skin hat on his head, a piece of paper inserted in front of his forehead, covering the noon sun, a pair of eyes although dark and flexible, but with a little lazy, hands in his sleeves, rarely wearing a silk coat and wrinkled, at first glance is a commonly known goblin, but the spirit is the nostrils to the sky, shaking legs, shaking arms, no bones as if they wandered up the long street.

"Simao, where are you going?" The fat boss of the barbecued wheat stall at the mouth of the alley quipped.

"Go....go shopping..... go." The young man dragged out his voice, and when he passed by the stall, he didn't forget to pick up a hot roasted wheat, put it in his mouth, and inhaled the cool air directly.

"You cut off your skull, eat it and go to reincarnation." The fat boss didn't protect the food, and scolded with a smile.

The right cold powder stall gloated: "I said fat, curse Simao to be reincarnated early, I think you want your son to go crazy." ”

"You Xu cripple, are you full, Lao Tzu has no son to care about your birds, what is wrong with Lao Tzu without a son, at least Lao Tzu has a boil in the pot, there is a pestle below, sooner or later there is a son, how like you, people in their fifties, the meat is not opened, and the foot warmers are not one, waiting to be a lonely old man." The fat boss married a wife, and he didn't have a son and a half daughter for more than ten years, and the biggest hatred was exposed on the street, and he was immediately angry, and his words of return were also straight to the other party's heart.

Xu Cripple is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the person is bitter, but he does not admit defeat in front of the person, he was beaten by the fat man, and jumped eight feet high: "Fart, what's wrong with Lao Tzu without a wife, Lao Tzu is not rare to marry your cousin, like your cousin, Lao Tzu uses his feet to fish." ”

Not necessarily a word, the fat boss came over with the charcoal tongs: "You say it again, you dare to say it again if you have the ability." ”

Looking at the fat boss who was tall and tall, Xu Cripple was still a little empty in his heart, but in front of the people on the street, he refused to accept it in his mouth: "What's the matter, you still dare to beat me?" Do you dare to beat me? Although the words are hard, they have already begun to push the mill around the cold powder stall.

The acquaintances on the side coaxed each other, the seedlings of the seedlings, the small people on the market on this street don't know how many times to stage such a trivial matter, no one will take it as a lot of things, in short, you are dead and alive when you carry the frame, and you are used to it when you turn your face and cut off your head and neck.

Just as the two of them were shaking fiercely, the young man shouted outside the circle: "Fat boss, I also eat a bowl of cold noodles without giving money, and I will help you take revenge." As he spoke, he didn't know when he came from the cold powder stall, and he didn't even ask for chopsticks, so he began to suck the crystal clear powder skin in the bowl with a sigh and snoring, and in the blink of an eye, half a bowl of cold noodles went down.

Xu Cripple looked at it, and he didn't care about the fat boss holding the murder weapon on the side, jumping on the lame leg and shouting: "The fat man is really right, you are a brain-chopping person." Seeing that the young man was about to run, he was even more anxious to chase: "Eat the cold powder, you leave the bowl for me........"

The young man took the bowl, turned his head and ran, causing Xu Cripple to limp and follow his ass, the crowd of onlookers laughed, and the fat boss scolded something, like a winning rooster, and walked away with his chest straight. A dispute was eliminated in the teenager's gag, but the teenager had an extra roasted wheat and half a bowl of cold noodles in his stomach.

Xu Cripple's legs and feet were inconvenient, how could he catch up with the young man, but in a moment, the shuttling crowd drowned the young man's figure without a trace. The young man looked behind him proudly, holding the half bowl of cold noodles that he had carefully protected just now, secretly glad that he had not sprinkled it out, and just wanted to continue eating, but unexpectedly the splitter was picked up, and he was about to scold, but when he turned his head, he saw a lewd uncle, with a short beard on his lips, and swallowed half a bowl of cold powder in an instant with a grin.

"You leave me some, I worked hard to get it, you are good, you have eaten it all in one bite." The boy was angry.

"I'm your father, you shouldn't think about your father if you have good food, honor your father." The obscene uncle has a word.

"It's been eight lifetimes of mold to have a father like you, who takes advantage of his son all day long." The boy looked at the bowl that had bottomed out, and knew that it was too late to say anything.

The uncle patted his stomach and said with a smile: "Good son, I haven't eaten yet, or let's go to the teahouse, Dad received the news that there is a dark situation in Chunniang's store in the afternoon, maybe we can have a round belly today." ”

"No need to talk." The young man didn't want to think about it, and refused: "If you don't pay a capital, it will be yours if you win, I'm stupid." ”

"How do you talk to your father, it's not up or down." The uncle's face was flat, he put up a shelf, and when he saw that the young man was not fooled, he turned around and was about to leave, and immediately changed his smiling face: "Son, I don't just think about myself, but also your mother, I don't want a hammer when I win money, can I buy delicious food for your mother and take it back?" I promised her before I went out, if I went back empty-handed, I would be nothing, at most two sentences of complaint, but your mother should be upset, right? ”

The young man looked at his hippie-smiling father with suspicious eyes, his face full of distrust.

"Or I'll swear to you, really, I really promised your mother before I went out, if I told a lie, I would ........."

The young man turned his head: "You swear that gambling is like drinking water and farting, save it." After saying this, he turned around and left.

"Why are you going?" The uncle panicked and shouted loudly.

The young man didn't look back, his eyes looked at the sky, his hands were behind his back, pacing the steps that shook and swayed, and he read Yunbai in his mouth: "It's ........ to go to the Bingfa Chunniang Teahouse"