The heavy snow has just stopped, and the warm winter sun will sprinkle a faint golden light on Chang'an City, and the white snow is shining brightly.

The planes of each city in Chang'an are square, and the system of the market gate wall is very strict. The market is surrounded by a wall, and it can only be entered and exited through the city gate. There are doors on three sides of the city, and the façade is open three times, and the city gate is opposite to each other.

The snow in the city is cleaned by a special person, and it is not thick, which cannot hinder the continuous flow of people coming in and out. Standing outside the city gate, looking at the bustling crowds in the city, he was a little panicked, and held Aunt Wang's arm tightly, for fear of being separated from her.

Aunt Wang patted her little hand and comforted, "What are you afraid of?" I originally wanted to catch a morning market, but I still delayed some effort. Now that the market has been open for most of the day, there are naturally more people. ”

With a red face, he said in a low voice, "I have never seen so many people on the grassland. ”

Aunt Wang scratched her little nose and said, "Don't keep talking about the grassland, otherwise I'll be blind and I'll spend time helping you dress up." ”

He nodded sensibly, signaling that he understood. Early in the morning, Aunt Wang rushed to the farm outside the city early, and saw that although she was wearing Han clothes, she was combing the braids of the Qiang people, and she couldn't help patting her head, secretly annoyed that she was not thoughtful. He hurriedly dragged her into the house, untied all the braids, and divided her hair into two halves, and tied them into a knot on the top of her head, like two sheep's horns. It is the so-called "total horn", which is the ordinary dress of Han teenagers from ** to thirteen or fourteen years old.

Although the Han Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and there are many foreign merchants and envoys in Chang'an City, the Han people despise the foreigners very much, thinking that they are all barbarians. If Aunt Wang takes a little girl of a foreign nationality to visit the East Market, not to mention being looked down upon, the price of buying things alone is afraid that it will be a lot more expensive.

It took a lot of effort to toss like this, and when they arrived in Chang'an East City, they were already on the third pole. Grunt, a soft sound came, Aunt Wang squinted her eyes, and quipped: "Little girl, are you hungry?" ”

Na Bazi nodded slightly, and said shyly: "Well, I forgot to have breakfast." ”

"It just so happens that my aunt is also a little hungry, let's find a good place to rest and fill my stomach." Aunt Wang took her into the market, and walked briskly along the tunnel (that is, the passage, not the tunnel of later generations), shuttling deftly in the dense crowd.

The center of the tunnel in the city intersects like a cross, and the tunnel is sandwiched between the two sides of the tunnel with a row of buildings displaying goods. The shops are all lined up in an orderly manner. There is a house next to the city wall where goods are stored. The system of listing is not only easy to manage, but also convenient to trade. All merchants who operate in the city are registered in the register, which is called the city register. Those who have a municipal registration must pay the city rent to the government office.

It is worth mentioning that the city rent was originally the income of the emperor's royal profit-making agency. A few years ago, under the strong suggestion of the crown prince Liu Che, Emperor Jing issued an edict that the rent of Chang'an City in the future would be halved, and the remaining income would be paid to the state treasury. When the government and the opposition heard the news, they all called the Son of Heaven virtuous, and they needed to know that the annual rent paid by Chang'anfang City was as high as tens of millions of yuan, which was equivalent to the rent paid by a large county. His Majesty the Emperor can give up such heavy profits, which can really be regarded as a concession to the people.

The butcher stalls on both sides of the butcher shop are full of fish, beef, mutton, and pork. Although it is called a meat shop, in addition to the butcher shop, there is also a vegetable shop, selling some vegetables, ginger leeks, dates, oranges and miscellaneous fruits. There are even omnivorous shops that sell soybean paste, large dried fish, small trash fish, dried meat, dried fruits (chestnuts), and dried vegetables.

Seeing that many people were negotiating the price with the shopkeepers, it made Yang Bazi full of emotion. In the grasslands, although every family raises some livestock, not everyone can afford to eat meat. Ordinary Qiang people, most of them eat some millet and barley, and if they encounter a famine, they have to find some grass seeds and wild vegetables. However, the ordinary Han people have the money to buy all kinds of food, which is really much better than the Qiang people's words.

Aunt Wang walked through the meat store that covered a large area, stopped in front of a shop in the food store, and gasped slightly: "Tired, right?" It's finally in place. ”

When he looked up, he found that the shop in front of him was quite different from the many restaurants next to it, the main entrance of the shop and the wall facing the tunnel were all transparent dark green glass. The rest of the walls in the shop are pasted with white tiles, and the warm winter sun shines into it, and the whole shop looks very bright and clean. There are no food tables and mats common to Han people in the shop, but tables and chairs, which are covered with linen tablecloths and neatly arranged.

He had seen glass and tiles in the farm, and they were rare things to hear from the Han stewards, and even if they had money, they might not be able to buy them. Thinking that the owner of this shop had a lot of background, he pulled Aunt Wang's sleeve and hesitated: "Auntie, I'm afraid we can't go into such a precious place." ”

Aunt Wang smiled: "Why is it expensive or not, this shop is a partnership between my stinky boy and a few classmates, and you dare not let me go in?" ”

"What? This...... Brother Dogan opened it? "Surprised, the big mouth is a little unbelievable, although Aunt Wang is the manager of the farm, but she has always been dressed as a commoner, not like a powerful person in the family.

When Aunt Wang saw her little appearance, she knew that she wanted to go wrong, but she didn't have time to explain to her, so she took her straight into the shop.

"Yo, Aunt Wang is here." A meaty short and fat young man greeted him, greeted him affectionately, and specially arranged the two to sit down at the table by the window, so that they could bask in the warm winter sun.

"Today, they have all gone to private school, why are you still greeting guests in the shop? Didn't you hire a few people? Aunt Wang frowned, seemed to be a little unhappy, and said seriously: "Although the business is important, you can't miss your studies!" ”

"Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, I, who is in charge of the accounts, naturally have to go to the shop to calculate the accounts that have been opened so far. It just so happened that the Five Classics were taught in the private school today, and I was a merchant's child, and I couldn't be an official after learning the Five Classics, so I simply took leave with my husband. The short and fat boy scratched his head and explained: "Isn't this just the case that Aunt Wang is coming, so I naturally want to greet him personally." ”

"If you have a sweet mouth, then let's have two bowls of soy milk first, then two egg scones and two pancakes." Aunt Wang blurted out numbly, obviously a frequent visitor.

The short and fat boy smiled: "Okay, you wait, it's right away!" ”

After a while, the short and fat boy brought up the food ordered by Aunt Wang with a plate and placed them on the table one by one. He chatted with Aunt Wang for a few more words, and then went to the back hall to settle accounts.

He took a sip of the soy milk in the bowl, and felt that it was very fragrant and sweet, and there was no slightest smell, which was much better than the goat's milk on the grassland. The egg scones and pancakes were also eaten like they had never seen before, and they were crispy and crispy. For the little girl, this sweet fried food is naturally very appetizing, and she was a little anxious to eat, almost choking, and quickly poured a mouthful of soy milk, which relieved her breath.

Aunt Wang on the side saw that her face was covered with oily flowers and bean juice, she couldn't cry or laugh, so she hurriedly took out a handkerchief and gently wiped it for her, and said with some distress: "Silly girl, eat slowly, no one will rob you, it's not enough to go on again." ”

His eyes were a little red, and he looked up and was about to say something, but he suddenly froze, and his thin body trembled uncontrollably. A stocky young man was standing outside the shop at this time, staring directly at Na Bazi through the transparent glass window, his eyes full of surprise and excitement. After the eyes of the two were intertwined, the young man nodded slightly, carefully glanced around, seemed to be scrupling about something, and then slowly left without looking back.

Yang Bazi chuckled in his heart, but tried his best to keep his face calm, not letting Aunt Wang see a hint, but he was excited in his heart: "That's right! It's Brother Zang Suer! He's not dead! ”

Zang Suer is the son of the wolf king Gashi, the chief of the wolf tribe, and Gesang, the aunt of the wolf, is the sister of Gash, that is, Zang Suer's aunt. Because his mother was a Han female slave, Zang Suer had not been valued by Gash, but Gesang loved this well-behaved nephew.

After Gesang married into the Beihe tribe, he had no children under his knees, only a daughter of Zang Bazi, so he often took Zang Suer to live for a while, and loved him as a son. He likes to pester Zang Suer and listen to him tell some legends on the grassland. A great hero, a beautiful fairy, Brother Zang Suer can always speak vividly. It can be said that the relationship between the two is like that of brother and sister.

At the beginning, from Abba's mouth, he heard the news that the wolf tribe was wiped out by the grassland horse thieves, and woke up from a nightmare for several days. I always dream that Zang Suer's brother fell to the ground with a bloody face, begging her for help. It wasn't until the shaman in the tribe prescribed some calming herbs that he gradually slept peacefully. Unexpectedly, not long after, she was also arrested by slaves and taken to the territory of the Han people during an outing.

I never thought that Yang Bazi actually met her brother Zang Suer in the capital of the Han Dynasty, and she was excited, and she couldn't help but gain and lose. Why is Brother Zang Suer here? Why dress up as a Han Chinese? Is he here to save me? But why did he leave in a hurry? ……

In a post house in Chang'an City, a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears was glaring angrily at several guards who were kneeling on the ground, and said fiercely: "Look for me carefully, you must not let him escape, it doesn't matter if he lives or dies!" He knows too many things, if it is spread out, it will affect the lord, not only will it be difficult to protect my surname, but I am afraid that the whole family will not be able to die! ……”

(Huhu, it's too late to get off work, and the update is a little late, this chapter is yesterday's third update.) On Saturday, which is today, there are two more watches. ）

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