Eyes back to Chang'an City, it has been three days since he came to Chang'an City, during this period, Li Shimin's whereabouts have been in a hurry, he left early and returned late, but he didn't know what he was busy with, but Liu Zhi didn't want to care, more things are better than less, Li Tang's affairs were originally a trip to troubled waters, and he didn't want to step into it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he first arrived in Chang'an, Liu Zhi took Fang Xingtian to start purchasing things in the city, they wanted to go west to the Western Regions, after passing the Xiao Pass, and then continue to go west It was very desolate, all the way were large areas of the Gobi, the material supply points were very scarce, Longyou and Anxi were military towns in the Tang Dynasty, plus the Tang Empire spent a lot of effort to migrate the population to the Western Regions, plus all kinds of merchants from the fifty-five countries of the Western Regions, the ancient Silk Road was not very desolate, but at this time it was a troubled time, and the trade route was not smooth, There were so few people walking in the area that large packs of wolves appeared on one stretch of the road, making the journey even more unpredictable.

When they came, it was three people riding three horses, Gao Rui himself rode his own little red horse, and did not take a carriage, but when it came to set off again, it must be necessary to form a convoy, and there was no big problem without an escort, but it was absolutely impossible to do without a carriage, food, clothing, blankets, drinking water and other materials had to be carried, and the carriage could also provide a few horses, and they had to face not only wolves, horse thieves, but also sandstorms and other bad natural weather.

Hearing that they were going west, Li Shimin also came to visit them once, and instructed the steward of the palace to follow them to Chang'an to buy everywhere, the principal was a native of Chang'an, and he was very familiar with the terrain of Chang'an and the shops everywhere.

There are two relatively large markets in Chang'an City, which are the east and west cities, the area of these two cities is the size of two squares, and its Middle East City is close to the three major palaces: Taiji Palace in the west, Daming Palace in the east, Xingqing Palace in the south, so the royal nobles and dignitaries here are more concentrated, so there are "treasures from all directions, all accumulated" in the city, which means that because this is the place where dignitaries live, so the East Market gathers rare treasures from all over the world, and the specifications of the shops are relatively high, and the price is not cheap.

As for the West Market, because of its location, it is closer to the Western Regions, so in addition to the shops run by the locals of Chang'an, there are also a large number of merchants from the Western Regions, the Wa Kingdom, Silla and Goryeo and other countries, as if there is a feeling of an international shopping mall in later generations, and there are all kinds of merchants who walk through the West Market, such as whites and blacks, bearded people from the Western Regions, Turkic people, short and obscene Japanese people (not dwarfed, and the Japanese State is not much different from the uncivilized before the appearance of the Tang envoys) and so on.

The East Market deals in rare treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, tea and silk, fine jewelry brocades and other items, while the West Market mainly deals in daily necessities such as clothes, candles, cakes, and medicines, so the director is very experienced and took them to the West Market.

Li Shimin just explained that he wanted to entertain Liu Zhi and a few people, but there were no further instructions, so the principal just asked them what they wanted, and brought them directly to the place, simple and clear, and after buying the things that he brought to everyone, he sent someone to send these things back to the house, and then said goodbye, and no longer cared about Liu Zhi and them, which is very interesting.

Liu Zhi smiled and didn't care, Gao Rui and Fang Xingtian had already run to buy snacks with their money bags and eaten.

The two bought a handful of fried sugar, but there are really no melon seeds to sell in this era, otherwise the two of them would have started eating melon seeds.

Liu Zhi shook his head with a smile behind him, Gao Rui is only seven and a half years old, and he is just greedy, Fang Xingtian, you are seventeen or eighteen years old, and you are still a great master with unique skills, and you are so childish, almost helpless.

"Don't eat sugar all the time, lest you eat tooth decay, na, eat some walnuts to replenish your brain!"

Liu Zhi said hatefully, these guys are too good at eating snacks, go all the way and eat all the way, it looks like they can save before lunch today.

"Tooth decay...... What is it? ”

Fang Xingtian took the walnuts handed over by Liu Zhi and said stupidly.

Xiao Junru also seemed to be interested in this very novel word, and also looked at Liu Zhi at this time.

"Tooth decay...... It is...... It's just that you eat too much sugar, and the worms that like sugar will run to the very bottom of you and eat your teeth! ”

Liu Zhi didn't know how to explain it to them, this involved too much knowledge in later generations, and if he explained to them what bacteria and corrosion, they probably wouldn't be able to accept it.

Girls love beauty, and it is naturally not beautiful to think that their teeth have been eaten by insects, so although Xiao Junru heard Liu Zhi's words, although he was still half-convinced, he had already thrown all the sugar in his hand back into the bag in Fang Xingtian's hand.

It's Fang Xingtian, this guy is still smiling, he seems to disdain tooth decay, and if he has candy to eat, he will be happy.

At this time, it has just entered the summer, there are not many fruits that can be eaten, walnuts are also walnuts from last winter, they are relatively hard, and they have to pinch one to eat one, Liu Zhi felt troublesome after eating a few, and his hands were sore, but Xiao Junru, there was Fang Xingtian, a free laborer by her side, and she was very beautiful!

At this time, the West Market was far less prosperous than in later generations, after all, it was still in the war years at this time, and the scope of control of the Tang Dynasty was relatively small, so there were not many merchants who entered Beijing, but the Guanlong nobles were originally famous for their land and commerce, so the market of the two cities was not very bad, but it was not lively.

They were almost ready by this time, the supplies for the road were ready, the carriages, blankets, tents, weapons, fuel, drinking water and food, and there was not much left after these things were prepared.

But just these things, at least two carts to load, this is not an easy job, the Western Regions is not like the Central Plains, there is basically no post station on this road, so most of the time you need to sleep in the wild, and there are wild wolves on the Gobi Desert, and there are horse thieves rampant, so you need to prepare torches to drive away wild beasts at night, prepare weapons to resist horse thieves, the words of the three of them are only afraid that it is not enough, so Liu Zhi thought about hiring some people at this time.

At this time, there was a dart board, in ancient times, when there were no banks and money banks to deposit and withdraw money casually, merchants wanted to go to a certain place to do business, and they needed to carry a lot of property, so they would be targeted by strongmen, so they chose to hire the dart board to set off with them, and the people of the dart bureau protected their safety along the way.

Liu Zhi once thought of simply dispatching the people from Langya Pavilion, the number of people is not too many, only three or five people are needed, their main problem at present is that the number of carriages and horses is a bit large, the number of people is not enough, and they can't drive it.

However, this will add a burden to Langya Pavilion, their manpower in the Western Regions and Guanzhong is not very sufficient, mobilizing their strength is equivalent to weakening their strength, some gains outweigh the losses, and once there is a real change, if these people are damaged, the loss will be great, and although the people in the dart game are not so caring, but the loss will not be too sad, the nature of the two is different.

This matter was simply told to the two of them, Fang Xingtian just nodded, the ghost knew what he meant by nodding.

Gao Rui was a little interested in this, and said the name of a dart game.

"The Fuwei dart game is very good, my father once said that this dart game was when he was alive, it is said that it is very powerful in the entire Great Sui, and many businessmen and even officials will invite them to come out when they take office!"

"Fuwei Dart Bureau?"

Liu Zhi whispered, this dart game seems to have an impression, but the impression is not very deep, so I can't think of it for a while.

"Well, I saw the name of this dart game when I was in Luoyang City, it's a very big and magnificent kind!"

"Well, okay, then let's find someone to ask and see if there is such a dart game in Chang'an City, if there is, then let's go over and take a look!"

Go to the Western Regions, the itinerary is estimated to take at least half a year, and the general dart game is estimated not to take such a task, but if it is a world-famous dart game, then maybe there will be a special, but no matter what, at least you have to give it a try, otherwise you don't know anything.

Liu Zhi pretended to inquire about the Fuwei Dart Bureau, and entered an intelligence bureau in Langya Pavilion, there were several such contact points in the east and west cities of Chang'an City, and after inquiring about the situation of the Fuwei Dart Bureau, he asked the other party to check the details of this dart bureau.

It's really a coincidence, Chang'an City really has such a dart game, and it's in the West Market, which is very good, saving everyone a lot of footsteps, at least not to run back.

The scale of Chang'an City's Fuwei Dart Bureau is not very large, in an alley in the West Market, it is a courtyard that is not big or small, and the door is relatively deserted, so it can be seen that the business is not good.

After Liu Zhi and a few people entered the door, a handyman greeted them, led them to the main hall, a few people brought tea to entertain them, and the other group of people went to inform the steward to come out to entertain, it can be seen that their attitude towards the guests is still very good, there is one thing to say, although in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the country is heavy on agriculture and suppressed business, and the status of businessmen is generally relatively low, Guanzhong has the proverb of "cars, boats, shops, feet, teeth, and if you are not guilty, you should be killed", among which the cars and ships are still serious businessmen, and they are considered to be good people, But other businessmen have been called the ninth rate, is a kind of discrimination, I used to watch a TV series, the name is "Zhenguan Long Song" is about Li Shimin's daughter Princess Ankang fell in love with a businessman's adopted son, and encountered very big resistance, which is not an exaggeration at all, and even the screenwriter in the TV series raised the status of the businessman, the status of the businessman has not been high in ancient times, the Song Dynasty was commercially developed, and the status of the businessman was slightly improved, But in the eyes of scribe officials, it was still something that was not on the table.

The status of businessmen in later generations was higher, and even in the process of economic globalization, they became a new object for everyone, but their attitude was not necessarily as good as in ancient times, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was normal for the other party to show such a posture.

"Childe, this dart game in Chang'an City is so small! Not as big as Luoyang City! ”

The little girl has seen Luoyang City's Fuwei Dart Bureau, these two comparisons, of course, I think that Luoyang City's Fuwei Dart Bureau is much better, which inevitably does not have the effect of her adding points to her hometown, but the status of Chang'an City is not as good as Luoyang after the Sui Dynasty moved the capital, which is indeed nothing to argue, so the other party will shift the main energy to Luoyang, that is nothing unusual, Luoyang's location is much better than Chang'an, after all, you can take both land and water, flat and stable, convenient location, It's a really good place for business.

I wanted to nod, but there was a burst of laughter from inside, only to hear someone laugh and say: "What this young lady said is not bad, this dart game in Chang'an City is the sub-dart game of Luoyang City, my Dewey martial arts are not as good as my senior brother, and his ability is not as good as him, and he naturally can't afford to carry such a big burden on his shoulders, his own family knows his own affairs, since Dewey only has such ability, it is better to only eat such a big bowl of rice, what do you think of this son?" ”

He originally heard what Gao Rui said on the way here, so he muttered his luck and opened his mouth, in fact, when he spoke, he was still at the arch of the backyard, but after saying a word, he had already calmly achieved the main seat of the main hall, but this bright hand was beautiful, showing that his martial arts were indeed very high.

Liu Zhi and Fang Xingtian glanced at each other, this person's martial arts are good, but he hadn't heard much about them before, and according to him, his senior brother's martial arts are even more outstanding than him, so who is his senior brother?

Dewey originally wanted to show his hand, show his strength, and talk about business later, but after he entered the hall, he suddenly raised his head and glanced at Fang Xingtian, his heart was full of powerful eyes, this young man's cultivation was unfathomable, and he had a sense of uneasiness that he couldn't see the reality of the other party.

However, the other party's eyes also have scrutiny and curiosity in it, obviously he is also very curious about his own skills, which makes him feel a little better in his heart, and finally he will not insult the master and lose the face of the Fuwei dart game, of course, if the other party is really here to talk about business today, it will be easy to do, if the other party is to dismantle the platform and fight in the ring, then the problem is already a little tricky.

But before he could finish thinking about these things, he saw the noble son sitting in the lower position, and his heart sank again, this noble son was only afraid of ...... I'm afraid it's not easy!

People who practice martial arts can judge the strength of the other party through the breath of the other party, the level of cultivation, the breath of the other party is very flat, but their eyes are very sharp, this is the unique temperament that the person who practices martial arts has after breaking through a certain level, just like when they are with the opponent to make moves, they can see through the opponent's weaknesses and loopholes at a glance, in the long run, their eyes will become very sharp, and the breath can be controlled by themselves after cultivating to a certain level, many masters will control the breath, Don't expose your strength in advance! (To be continued.) )