VIII. Tokyo
The Song Dynasty was a super-large economy that stood at the pinnacle of world development before the Industrial Revolution.
This is the best interpretation of the Song Dynasty, but also the most regrettable interpretation, at least at this moment in Yue Tuo's eyes, all this seems to be in a dream, you can see the scene that will only appear in the twentieth century in the twelfth century, how can you not make Yue Flip feel moved? The endless flow of people, the small shops that can be seen in the eye, the shouts of small merchants and hawkers, and the voices of big restaurants and big shops all constitute a more perfect scene than the Qingming Riverside Picture of Zhang Zeduan.
This is clearly the embodiment of human civilization......
Since the moment he entered the city of Tokyo, Yue Tuo felt that he had entered another world, the soldiers at the city gate were very respectful to Lin Chong, and shouted that Lin Jiaotou did not collect a poll tax, so he let Lin Chong and his party enter Tokyo City, and walked through the passage of the city gate, and what was presented in front of Yue Flip was another world, under the blue sky, there was no end in sight of the crowd flowing, and he only learned from the books that there was no difference in the knowledge of the Northern Song Dynasty Shifang, but Yue Fan never thought of what the situation would be after the difference between the cities and squares was canceled.
Tokyo City told him what will be the situation after the cancellation of the city and the square, the prosperity of commerce, it is estimated that the whole earth will not find a second city, along the way, Yue Chuan is simply dazzled, a cup of freshly squeezed soy milk, absolutely green; The two pennies are crispy and delicious; The sika venison meat for fifteen yuan is full, without Sudan dyes and preservatives, and the goose and duck chicken meat for fifteen yuan is clean and delicious......
The vendors of the barbecue stalls waved the pu fan, so that the aroma of the mouth-inducing water went straight down for three thousand miles spread, trying to attract more customers, all kinds of meat shops were full of people in front of them, and the shirtless and sweaty butchers brandished sharp butcher knives to cut the already fragmented bodies of pigs, cattle and sheep.
Eel, steamed buns, chicken skin, waist and kidney, lung filling, fried liver...... Only you can't think of it, you can't see it, you can't buy it, Yue Fei, who saw the real civilization for the first time, has lost his mind, waving the copper coins and Jiaozi in his hand, and keeps buying, at this moment, Yue Fei seems to have seen the scene when his girlfriend lost her human nature and reason after entering the supermarket, and also seemed to see the scene when he was full of bags......
Who says only women go on a shopping spree? The man lost his mind, and the real local tyrant saw the commodity, the same madness.
However, the younger brother Kongfei obviously still loves his younger brother, and he is not willing to give these things to his younger brother, they are all held by himself, and after a while, he has returned with a full load, winning a big victory, big bags and small bags of steaming food, Yue Fei has a hu cake on his mouth, a bag of sika venison in his left hand, and a cold drink of Bai Huahua who doesn't know what in his right hand.
Yue Fan asked Lin Chong, who was smiling from ear to ear, extremely speechless, only to know that this was a relatively expensive cup of chilled honey milk of twenty yuan, which was more expensive than sika venison, and not ordinary people could afford it, but the Yue family didn't matter, they were rich and capricious, and after all, they were children, and they left their parents for the first time, without too many constraints, Yue Fei naturally forgot the family motto of being diligent and thrifty, and ate Hu Cake and Sika Venison in a big gulp, and then drank a sip of honey milk from time to time, Then he took out a roasted golden chicken leg from the large bag on his body with his free hand, and took a bite, ah! That's beautiful!
Zhou Tong, who was also smiling from ear to ear, slapped Yue Fei's head with a smile, and scolded with a smile: "Xiao Killing, haven't you seen the world, buy so much, eat it!?" Spending so much money, I don't know how to be thrifty! ”
Having said that, no one could see that Zhou Tong did not blame Yue Fei in the slightest.
Yue Fei's mouth was full of meat and cakes, he couldn't speak at all, he kept "woo woo", Zhou Dong's heart was full of joy, the wrinkles on his face were stretched, and Lin Chong, who had been in the center of depression, also showed a sincere smile, seeing this scene, Yue Fei also smiled, especially after seeing Yue Fei's cheeks bulging to the extent that he could compete with hamsters, he held his stomach and laughed non-stop.
Lin Chong saw the appearance of the Yue brothers, especially Yue Fan, a child who rarely showed a smile, showed such a sincere smile, so he decided to make persistent efforts to open his heart, so that he should at least be like a child, even if it was only for a few days......
In fact, Lin Chong, who loves his wife, plans to buy some ingredients for tonight, lest his wife have to show up......
Coming to the vegetable market, Yue Flip is also an eye-opener, compared to the later vegetable market, these vegetable markets are really clean, the taste is not unpleasant, because it is open-air, there is no gloomy feeling, there is no bad smell, no pesticides, no catalysts, naturally do not have to worry about buying toxic food.
Fruits, raw pork, raw chicken, rabbit meat, fish of the Yellow River, ordinary small fish, hairy crabs, game, you name it, except for the vegetables that are not ripe at this time, the others are really what they sell here.
Lin Chong smiled and instructed his entourage to buy food, and then looked at Yue Fei, who had already taken off the leash, and explained to Yue Tuo, who was still calm, that the vegetable market here is the largest vegetable market in the whole of Tokyo, but everything that is available in this season can be bought here, even the products of Jiangnan, can also be bought here, and the big merchants here use sea boats to transport it by sea, and seafood, raised by seawater, experienced boatmen gallop across the Yellow River, and strive for the people of Tokyo City to eat fresh seafood.
Zhou Tong sat in the car, lovingly looked at Yue Fei who was waving banknotes to make a large sum, and then looked at Yue Fan, who was talking to Lin Chong, and felt that he was really right to come this time.
Yue Fei finally stopped his crazy shopping behavior after his body was overwhelmed, and Yue Fei expressed relief and looked at the remaining money in his hand...... As the saying goes, earning money is a kind of ability, spending money is a kind of technology, Yue Fei's current ability is limited, but the technology is indeed quite superb, self-taught, a hundred Jiaozi can be exchanged for fifty or sixty yuan of silver and more than a dozen yuan of cash, Yue Fei spent half of it......
However, looking at Yue Fei's frustrated expression because his physical strength was not enough to continue to support his shopping spree, Yue turned his mouth shut.
Looking at Yue Fei, who was full of people, and even the car was piled up with a lot of goods purchased by Yue Fei, Lin Chong was thoughtful, and then, Lin Chong took Yue to Moxiangxuan, a very high-end place for the four treasures of the study and books in Tokyo, Lin Chong directly took a large piece of silver cake into it, and the silver of the Song Dynasty already had the ability to circulate partially, especially in the bulk goods transaction, the use of silver was allowed, and there was a situation in the early Song Dynasty where silver was used to pay taxes.
Lin Chong wanted to buy a set of four treasures worthy of his identity for the "little Yan Xianggong", and some books, Mo Xiangxuan's hospitality first saw Lin Chong dressed as a warrior appear in Mo Xiangxuan, which can only be reached by literati and ink artists, and they were still a little unhappy, a stinky warrior actually dared to come here? Just as they were about to start driving people away, they saw Yue Tuo's existence.
The standard literati posture, the scribe's robe, the handsome and extraordinary face, although they are young, but the literati aura on their bodies can be seen at a glance, and they suddenly died down, because they didn't know the specific situation, maybe which nursing home protected the children of large families to buy books?
"I don't know what this little Langjun wants to buy?" A clerk walked over, and chose to ask Yue Chuan without hesitation between Lin Chong and Yue Tuo, for the same reason, Lin Chong is a standard martial artist's dress, and a martial artist buys such high-end literati utensils? Laughing to death......
Lin Chong's face was solemn, and then he came back to his senses, and regained his smile: "Liulang, choose for yourself, here are all utensils that only scribes buy, you have to study hard, participate in the imperial examination, and make a name for yourself, and glorify your ancestors!" ”
Yue looked at Lin Chong, and then at the clerk with a respectful face, understood seven or eight points in his heart, nodded, and didn't say anything, it was inevitable to argue, but Yue Chuan didn't discuss with these people the idea of whether it was a literati or a martial artist, so he chose to be silent and silently chose what he liked.
The clerk breathed a sigh of relief, and it was really right not to rush people away, the reason why Mo Xiangxuan has developed to this day is because decades ago, the first generation of shopkeepers had studied with him when a new champion was down, and he had a copy of the Four Treasures of the Study Room and the Analects, after the roll call of Donghuamen, the top of the new branch champion high school, became a big official, knew the grace of the newspaper, and vigorously funded Mo Xiangxuan, Mo Xiangxuan has today, the old shopkeeper earnestly taught, don't underestimate any reader, because you don't know which one will be the next new champion, Either one could be the next new champion.
This may also be a fair place in the Song Dynasty, the improvement of printing, the development and improvement of the imperial examination system, the collapse of the family, the monarchy-commoner dual society has gradually developed and improved, coupled with the national policy of the Song Dynasty, the Zhao and Song family laws, the status of the literati in the Song Dynasty is unprecedented, as long as any child of a poor family is willing to study, maybe one day he will become a great official, glorify the ancestors, who dares to underestimate the scholar?
But who wouldn't dare to underestimate a martial artist?
Especially the pretentious readers......
Yue Tuo accepted Lin Chong's gift, although Yue Tuo was not sure that he would definitely participate in the imperial examination of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and would not necessarily embark on a career in office, but Yue Tuo could be sure that reading, being a scholar, and having the identity of a scholar, in these ten years, and even in the later years, within the rule of the Song Dynasty, could be passed.