Chapter 0479. An uninvited guest in Byzantium
The era name of Aroshun was completely abolished, and the Northern Tianzhu began to use the second year of Yonghui, officially beginning the era of the Tang Dynasty's rule in India. [Eye-fast reading book new domain name., initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]
Every time the dynasty changes, the interests are reshuffled, it will always bring great prosperity and prosperity, this is the case in North Tianzhu, the iron hooves of the Tang army have broken through the various checkpoints left by the original Jieri Dynasty, and the trade is irrepressibly prosperous, take the Grand Canal to Fujian, and then go to India by boat, which is much better than going to the vast desert.
In particular, merchants only need to pay a tariff in New Suzhou in the Bay of Bengal, and they can do business unhindered in the territory of North Tianzhu, even if the tax of Fujian is a bit heavy, and there are countless checkpoints to ask for money, they can still make a lot of profits, and the smooth trade routes even make the price of Tang goods such as silk in Tianzhu even lower, but let the local remaining Kshatriya nobles also benefit.
On the other side of the Silk Road, merchants from Persia, Byzantium, Egypt and Syria were also keenly aware of this new trade route in the south, although the fierce and belligerent Punjab was a little difficult to walk, but it was much better than the dangerous deserts of Central Asia.
More and more curly-bearded Persian merchants, Egyptians, and even Byzantine merchants in Roman robes as far as the far afield traveled through the territory of their old enemies into the new center of the intersection of East and West, the city of Qunu.
On the one hand, the decline of Guanzhong is due to the drastic changes in the climate, on the other hand, it is not without the influence of the southward movement of the Silk Road, a trade route affects a dynasty, it sounds like a fantasy, but in fact it is very real, since the rise of the Maritime Silk Road in the Song Dynasty, Guanzhong has never given birth to a dynasty that dominates the world.
I don't know what kind of expression the eldest grandson Wuji will have now when he is desperately fighting against the Western Turks, and after recapturing the Silk Road, he finds that it has become a dead end.
Today's Qunu City has also come to a big change, the original more than 100 Buddhist temples and Brahmin temples are less than half of the more, these monks and Brahmins were sent by Li Jie to Chang'an, Asuka Jing "preached", for the faith to dedicate his life, Buddha statues and statues have been taken away, and the vacated temples have been turned into business inns by Fujian, and even the school palace.
In order to welcome more and more business travelers, Li Jie really made great efforts, a public toilet in five steps in the city of Qunu, and set up signs along the street, especially a special team of Japanese people, Southeast Asian Malays, modeled after Jin Wuwei's urban management brigade, even the Tang people are the same, whether you are a prince of India or a big merchant in Tianzhu, those who dare to defecate everywhere not only have to be cleaned, but also have to pick up dung in each public toilet for a day.
Picking up dung can be regarded as untouchable, people in the outer layers of society, just a few days down, Tianzhu people were slipped over, what made Li Jie depressed was that most of the people who violated the precepts in the future were Tang people, and the big businessmen who came and went often had a little guy or something, but they were caught by the natives of Southeast Asia who didn't know them, and they grinned and walked all over the street.
"Hehe, this is Qunu City, has it not changed from the last time I came, it seems that the Tang people in the East are just like this."
In the west of the city, mixed with a large number of merchants entering the city, a group of Byzantine merchants seemed inconspicuous, but as they walked, when they passed through the city gate, the second gorgeous Mediterranean-style four-wheeled carriage in the caravan was pushed open by a small white hand, and then there was a pleasant complaint of a young woman, which immediately frightened the Byzantine merchants who were negotiating with the Tang military tax collector at the gate of the city.
"My Miss Anna, when you're away, can you make less trouble for your uncle?" Wrapped in the red and white robe of the Mediterranean, the fat one is like a crab roe dragon bun, or a soup dumpling, greasy sweat beads are rolling down the fat face, the big businessman turned around and admonished, while being frightened and painful, he took out a gold coin and handed it to the commander of the Tang Army defending the city, not wanting the captain to rush in like a hot hand and throw the gold coin on the ground, while reprimanding loudly.
In order to prevent corruption among the city gate officials and tax officials, Li Jie really thought of a trick to transfer the low-level officers who were about to be promoted or received low-level titles to take on these positions.
That's glorious land and rights, who wants to be greedy for a small sesame seed and lose a big watermelon? The act of bribery by the big merchant not only made the city gate officials angry, but also shouted loudly for a team of officers and soldiers to drip the Byzantine caravan aside, and thoroughly checked whether there was any tax evasion, and even punished several gold coins for bribery, warned the record file, and the big businessman's face was wrinkled into buns.
"My Miss Anna, I beg you, just give your uncle less trouble." After entering the city, the big merchant lay down in front of the carriage with a sad face, but unfortunately, he still answered him with such a faint disdain.
"Uncle Amuriel, how many are you left with 10,000 gold coins?"
The big businessman with a beautiful maroon curly hair shawl, wearing a bohemian ruffled long skirt in the West, and jumping out of the car, and looking at the slender figure, couldn't help but light up his eyes, but seeing the pair of bright chestnut eyes looking at him playfully, Amu Lie couldn't help but pat his thigh sadly.
"Tens of thousands of gold coins are not mine, they are our family, and they belong to your father Constantine......" Without refuting the sentence, Amullie turned pale with fright with a bun face, and quickly covered his mouth and looked left and right, but unfortunately the beautiful Roman chick still didn't give him time to be afraid, and pouted very arrogantly.
"Okay, okay, I know, is the Tang people just like that? Isn't it smashing and blackmailing, isn't it just saying a bad word about them? While muttering, leading the little girl, Miss Anna jumped out of the carriage and walked to the city on her own, and by the time Amuliel reacted, she had slipped out of the way.
"Hey, Anna, where are you going?"
"Haha, Uncle Amuliel, you just go and unload the goods, anyway, this Miss Chengben has been shopping, and she can't lose it!" Laughing and scattering the sick child, the little maid who was beating wildly with her little heart disappeared into the corner of the street in the blink of an eye, and the heart attack of Amulie was almost absent.
"Come back!"
Although Qunucheng is said to have not changed much, it has actually changed a lot, the street situation, and the various people walking on the street are several times more than before.
A few people who picked up the big feces passed by their shoulders, and almost didn't touch Anna, so angry that the chick didn't get mad on the spot, but the person ran away, and turned around in a hurry, and the face of the tavern was as red as a monkey's belly, and the drunken half-orc legion of the wolf surrounded him with a smile.
"Hello, the flower girl is dripping with Mixi, and Mixi is dripping! Oops, eight-grid tooth road! ”
One person was kicked in the crotch of his pants, and the four dwarves all woke up, holding their crotches and hanging and scolding, how far Anna had already run out with the little maid.
"God, this is the Don people? Don people who deserve to go to hell! Ran a long way, she ran out of a sweat, and got into another street, Anna shouted in annoyance, since she entered the city, she has been feeling uncomfortable, and scolded angrily against the wall.
"Damn the Tang man, don't you just scold him?"
This is a bit wronged, she is unlucky for various reasons, except that there is no sentence arranged in the morning, and the Tang City Guard can't understand Latin.
"Miss, why don't we go back?" The little maid even tragically pulled the long lady's gloves on Anna's arm and persuaded her, lifting the corner of her skirt, Anna nodded angrily: "Let's go, anyway, the Tang people are not fun." “
"Great......"
"But Miss Ben wants to fill her stomach before leaving, remember that there is a temple nearby that is super delicious, come with me!" Before the little maid finished cheering, Anna hurriedly pulled the little maid to turn her head and ran, and the little maid couldn't help but wail again, after eating, it should be oops, this thing is so fun, this building is so beautiful, she knows her young lady too well.
Under the scorching sun, the temple gate is still in any direction, but it seems to be a lot smaller, and a large number of men are lined up in front, Tianzhu people, Tang people, black and white people, in the queue, Anna's master and servant are particularly eye-catching.
"Hey, miss, why don't they look at us kindly." The little heart was pounding, and the little maid whispered sadly, looking left and right, but Anna still slapped her chest with a big grin: "It's not dead, Miss Ben will protect you, isn't it just a group of stinky men?" ”
The queue speed was still quite fast, the man came out after a while, and a bad smell wafted from inside, so that Anna and the two girls frowned, and finally lined up to themselves, but the old man guarding the door stopped the two of them: "Women are not allowed to enter, they have to go to the other side." ”
"Why are women not allowed to enter, Miss Ben has come to eat it, and she will eat it this time!" After enduring the strange gaze for a long time, Anna finally broke out, yelling in annoyance, Sanskrit was clear, but the old man of Tianzhu was wide-eyed, and the men in line behind him were even more stupid, and immediately covered his stomach and laughed.
"Haha, they're here to eat."
"It's strange that the Byzantines actually eat that kind of thing."
"Nonsense, other chicks obviously eat this." A strong black man also laughed and patted the crotch of his pants, and the protruding lump made a group of men laugh again and again, at this time, regardless of race, the two laughing Anna became more and more confused, but it can be counted, the old man Tianzhu who was full of black lines pulled Anna to the side and pointed to the side.
"Girl, see clearly, this is a men's public toilet!"
In the distance, a large sign simply drew a man with circle lines showing the logo of Tintin peeing, and at a glance, Anna's white face immediately turned red into a tomato......
"Ahhh
After a few screams, a large group of men covered their crotches and chased them out angrily, and on the street, a team of urban management soldiers immediately blocked it and shouted: "At the feet of King Min, you are not allowed to gather to fight!" ”
"No, Lord Chengguan, that Byzantine woman is a hooligan and kicks us male babies in the public toilet!" The face was about to be distorted in pain, and a young man from the Tang Dynasty shouted sadly, and when he heard it, the faces of the city management officers all became strange, and they turned their heads, and sure enough, Anna's master and servant were running away.
The world is so big that there are no surprises. sighed with emotion, and in the depression of the bitter master, the five chengguan also turned their heads and ran wildly, shouting: "In the name of King Min, stop!" ”
After all, I ran away just now, and the soldiers of the Chengguan Mansion were selected as elites, and after a while, Anna and the two were about to be caught up, seeing the gloating gaze of the Chengguan behind her, she gritted her teeth angrily, and Anna Xiaoniu reached out and reached into the center of her low-cut skirt's bulging little breasts, gritted her teeth and said, "You forced Miss Ben to make a trick." ”
Hula, a large group of people rushed over and jammed the five chengguan in the center, looking at the people who were looking down and picking up silver coins, the five chengguan couldn't help but scream in anger, and watched Anna and the chick slip away again.
"Huhu, damn Tang people, a hundred silver coins! Miss Ben's pocket money for half a year! Don people who deserve to go to hell! On the corner of another street, leaning against the wall, Anna gasped for breath and cursed in grief and indignation, and on the other side, the little maid rolled her eyes even more tiredly.
"Little, miss, go back!"
"I have no money, so I have to go back." Full of depression, Anna drooped her little brain and said dejectedly: "Go back and see if Uncle Amulle can support my two hard-working nieces." ”
A master and a servant walked out of the alley listlessly, at this time, there was a sudden shout like a landslide and tsunami at the other end of the street, seeing a large group of people gathered over, Anna immediately jumped up like a chicken blood, and her eyes lit up: "There is a lively look!" ”
"Miss!" Sadly, watching Anna run farther and farther away, the little girl was depressed and almost vomited blood.......