Since the cement road was repaired, the people of Youzhou are now grateful to Dai De, it used to rain, and there was a puddle of mud at the door, and they couldn't walk at all.

Now it's good, the road that can't help but be on fire has been repaired, not only can run horses, but also can walk cars, solid as a rock, not afraid of rain and snow, I heard that it is called a cement road, and it is divided into left and right streets, 'pedestrians go to the right', now the children of every family often go to this cement road to play, hopscotch or something, it seems that this children's game is also passed from Liu's family.

Now that the cement road is repaired, the most beneficial are those traders who run around all day, not only the horses run faster, the carts are more than twice as fast as before, and more relaxed, the whole Youzhou is singing the praises of Xu Dashan's good deeds.

The first year of Zhenguan, July 22.

Early this morning, Xu Yang got up early in the morning, because he was always busy making money and building recently, he remembered that he hadn't had a good taste of Datang City, so he planned to go to the street to have fun today, take a good look at Youzhou City, and of course, bring Mengli's girl.

After washing and dressing, Xu Yang wore a snow-white T-shirt made of silk, silk summer cropped pants, the pants felt very cool, I don't know how many times more comfortable than those chemical fiber T-shirts and jeans in later generations, he looked in the mirror, felt good, and walked out of the yard.

As soon as he got out of the yard, he met Liu Mengli jumping in the distance.

"Brother Xu Yang~" Liu Mengli smiled very happily, because today Xu Yang promised to take her out to burn the flask~ That is, the meaning of shopping in Persian explained by Xu Yang.

"Girl~" Xu Yang saw Liu Mengli coming over, and touched her head lovingly.

"Brother Xu Yang~Where are we going to play today~" Liu Mengli asked excitedly pulling Xu Yang's shirt.

"Let's go to the market in Youzhou City today, and now go to the backyard to find Daguang first." Xu Yang chuckled at the corner of his mouth

"The fourth set of military physical boxing, fighting training, preparation!"

"Daguang!" Xu Yang's voice came from afar.

A big bald man with tiger eyes, it was Biao Daguang, he looked towards the door of the compound, and saw Xu Yang and a girl in pink calling him at the door.

"All stand upright!" After saying that, he trotted all the way to the door, ran to Xu Yang, and saluted a standard military salute: "Captain of the Chengguan Flying Tigers, Biao Daguang, good chief!" ”

Xu Yang waved his hand lightly and smiled: "Daguang, Mengli is not an outsider, and she doesn't have to salute when she is there in the future." ”

I saw the big man raise his head with his chest up and said, "Yes!" Heads. ”

Xu Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Daguang, today Mengli and I are going out to visit Youzhou City, you sent me four bodyguards last time, and you will also come together." ”

The bald man seemed to be slightly excited, and said, "Subordinates obey orders!" Then he remembered something and asked, "Then should the training of the Flying Tigers be stopped today?" ”

Xu Yang touched his chin, thinking about the matter of gunpowder should also be put on the agenda, using this kind of cross-cutting weapon to equip his armed forces is the king, he said slowly: "Today, the squad leaders will first train together in physical training, and from tomorrow, you don't need to practice military physical boxing, but the special training continues, and I have a new training plan for you." ”

The bald man's eyes were full of excitement, the military physical boxing was relatively boring, and the special training was too tired, and he was finally able to start a new training subject

Youzhou is a city that has been inherited for thousands of years, and its geographical location is very important.

The name of Youzhou appeared in Chinese history about the Warring States Period, according to the "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period: There is a Historical Review": "There is Youzhou in the north and belongs to the land of Yanguo".

The area of Youzhou roughly included present-day Beijing, northern Hebei and Liaoning.

In the first year of Tang Wude, Luo Yi, who occupied Zhuo County, was returned to the Tang Dynasty, and after this strategic place was obtained by the Tang Dynasty, Zhuo County was restored to Youzhou, and Jicheng was changed to Youzhou City, and it was the seat of Youzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, the status and role of Youzhou City were very prominent. Whenever the country is strong, it will use Youzhou City as a strategic base to expand its territory; When the country is in decline, it becomes an important place for military defense; When the state stabilized, it became a trading center in the north, promoting economic and cultural exchanges between the Han and the northern nomads.

Now that the Tang Dynasty was first built, the people's lives are becoming more and more stable, and the nomadic tribes in the north are also recuperating and digesting the plundered wealth after launching several wars, so the fortress of Youzhou is also in a stable and peaceful state.

Tang Youzhou City is a city that is slightly long from north to south, slightly narrow from east to west, and has a rectangular plane. The area around the castle wall is about 12 kilometers today.

Youzhou has the outer city and the sub-city, the sub-city is located in the southwest corner of the city, according to the west of Youzhou City, the south wall of the city and built. "County Chronicles" said that Tang Youzhou City opened ten gates. According to historical data, it can be known that eight of the ten gates of Youzhou City are the gates of the outer city, that is, two gates are opened on each side of the city wall; The other two city gates are Tang Youzhou, and commercial activities are concentrated in the "city". There is Youzhou City in the north of the city, which was an important material distribution center in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

This Youzhou City, also known as Youzhou Market, is the central business district of Youzhou.

Today, the main place for Xuyang people to visit is this central business district.

Today's weather is not hot, slightly cloudy, which also makes the originally hot July a little cooler, Xu Yang decided not to travel by carriage and instead ride a bicycle.

Liu Mengli, this girl, has been clamoring for one since the first bicycle came out, Xu Yang had to order a bicycle for her alone, which made Liu Mengli happy for a long time, and got her own bicycle, Liu Mengli didn't mention how excited she was, although she fell a lot, but in just three days, this girl learned to ride, not to mention, she really looked good at riding.

As for the bodyguards of the Flying Tigers, cycling is also one of the training subjects, and Xu Yang told them that they will ride motorcycles, drive cars, and ride tanks in the future, which also makes them excited.

Everyone rode bicycles and galloped on the repaired cement road, attracting passers-by to stop and watch frequently, Xu Yang A few big men are okay, but Liu Mengli did not paint men's clothes today, her long black hair fluttered in the wind, Xu Yang specially customized a more conservative modern pink dress for her in the wind, and the return rate was simply 100%.

Liu Mengli is still a little embarrassed, the Tang Dynasty male and female grades are very strict, women can't go to the street lightly, but Xu Yang doesn't care about this at all, and even Liu Mengli feels that Xu Yang hates this strict hierarchy, he often instigates and encourages himself to play on the street, although Liu Mengli goes to the street, but he only dares to go out in men's clothes.

Yesterday, Xu Yang specially explained that he didn't need to dress up in men's clothes today, just wear his favorite clothes on the street.

Liu Mengli has always trusted Xu Yang very much, and today when Brother Xu Yang saw him wearing a pink dress, the gaze in his eyes was a little hot, which made Liu Mengli happy and shy.

The cement road is very stable, it is not difficult to ride at all, and the people in the city are grateful to Xuyang for the move of building the road, because many sections of the road are in disrepair before, with potholes, and it is almost impossible to walk on rainy days.

Xu Yang is enjoying the scenery along the road at this time, although the architecture of the Tang Dynasty is not as neat and luxurious as the later generations, but it looks like it has a different taste, the antique wall tiles, the dark gray bricks, the red lacquer doors of some large households, the two stone lions at the door, all make Xu Yang feel novel, he wants to use cement to build the house The heart gradually disappears, such a building, more beautiful than those high-rise buildings in later generations, and more quiet and tranquil, not to mention that if you have to build a stadium, the cement production capacity must be insufficient, Recently, the limestone of the entire Youzhou has been almost bought by itself, but it is estimated that it is only enough to build a third of the stadium.

"Chief, where are we going now?" The bald man is dressed in a dark blue chengguan uniform, and he looks powerful.

"Daguang, you don't need to call me chief outside, just call me son, just like my bodyguard." Xu Yang felt a little awkward to hear the word chief outside.

"Okay, Childe." The big man touched his bald head and smiled stupidly.

Xu Yang smiled slightly and said, "Let's go shopping in the market now." ”

Everyone was unsure why, Xu Yang smiled and said, "Mengli, explain to them~"

I saw Liu Mengli leisurely pedaling the bicycle and laughing: "shopping, flask~, the meaning of buying goods in Persian." ”

"Oh~" Everyone suddenly realized

"New Tang Dynasty Book: Five Elements Chronicles": "In June of the second year of Dashun (891), the building disaster in Youzhou City extended to hundreds of steps. "You can see its commercial scale. Due to the prosperity of commerce, there are also shops in some closed fangs. The inscription of "The Great Prajnaparamita Sutra" in the "Compilation of Inscriptions of the Fangshan Stone Sutra" records: in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (847~860), "Youzhou Jixian Boundary Jibeifang Tanzhou Street West Store", indicating that there was a store in Youzhou City Jibeifang (now Sanmiao Street). It also contains the Tang Dynasty "Youzhou Jixian Jieshi East Gate West Store", indicating that the second store pù has been extended to Youzhou City Gate at that time. Obviously, there are "cities" inside and outside the city of Youzhou. The "city" has all kinds of shops.

Xu Yang and his group arrived at the market, which was already overcrowded, and the road was full of bustling pedestrians, Xu Yang and others got out of the car and asked a bodyguard to find an open space to watch the bicycle, and the rest of the people went to the market.

In the bazaar, there are countless shops and stalls, the northern Khitan, the Tatar, the Silla, the Turkic, and the Goryeo people, living together with the Han people, doing business together, and the clothes are also varied.

Xu Yang and Liu Mengli walked all the way forward, followed by four big men in chengguan costumes, asking nearby passers-by to get out of the way of a certain distance.

Xu Yang saw this bazaar, with a wide variety of commodities and a dazzling array of goods, which was not inferior to the shopping streets of later generations.

In fact, the bazaar of Youzhou is indeed very spectacular, after all, it is an important material distribution center in the north, the commodities are rich, the division of labor in the industry is very fine, there are rice rows, white rice rows, rice rows, japonica rice rows, slaughter rows, meat rows, oil rows, five ripening rows, fruit rows, pepper shoots rows, charcoal rows, pig iron rows, grinding rows, cloth rows, silk rows, small silk rows, color silk rows, cotton rows, head rows, new goods stores, groceries stores, boots lines, etc. In addition to the silk fabrics produced in Youzhou, there are also products from other places. There are also various metal tools and household utensils such as hoes, shovels, plows, hammers, knives, and hooks in the market. Some products are quite exquisite, such as the "Bijin Xian" bronze mirror, which is not only beautiful in shape, but also has a trademark behind the mirror, showing the high level of commercial and economic development at that time. Tea sales are also very impressive. Tea is not produced in Youzhou, and the tea sold in the market is trafficked from the south by merchants.

Xu Yang and Liu Mengli watched excitedly on the street, buying this and that from time to time, a white jade jade, a stone bracelet, a vase, and calligraphy and paintings.

Xu Yang walked to a shop selling tea, and there was a lot of tea outside.

"What does the guest need? ~ We have all kinds of tea in our store, what southern Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots, Shenquan, Dongbai, Xiangyu tea ~ everything ~ "I saw a handsome young man, who looked only a teenager, dressed in patched plain clothes, looked very poor, and introduced tea to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang was slightly stunned, there were so many tea leaves in the Tang Dynasty, and he didn't even know it.

"Do you have any Tieguanyin here?" Xu Yang asked, the young man looked embarrassed, and said, "I really haven't heard of this kind of tea." ”

"What about Huangshan Maofeng?" "No, there is Huanggang tea, produced in Huanggang, Huangzhou, is this the same?"

"This is not what I want, so do you have any West Lake Longjing?" "It's really nothing"

Xu Yang nodded reassuringly, and said in his heart that there were no tea leaves in his later life, and it seemed that the current tea was not a threat to him.

Xu Yang's heart was stable, so he carefully looked at the young man who introduced tea to him, and saw that he was indeed a beautiful man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a resolute face.

So he asked him, "Is your tea easy to sell?" The young man sighed and said: "The guest officer knows when he looks at my outfit, now the tea market in the market is in the hands of the family, like us ordinary people can only buy and sell a little from it, barely make ends meet, this shop was originally opened by my grandfather, but his old man was infected with the wind and cold a while ago, and can only recuperate at home, but he has no money to hire a doctor, I'm afraid grandpa Alas" The young man's tone was full of deep helplessness and self-blame.

Xu Yang thought about it, his Datang Tea Alliance Company was about to start selling tea, and there was a shortage of people to manage, so the young man in front of him was a good choice, so he turned to Biao Daguang and said: "Daguang, give him ten yuan and let him see a doctor for his grandfather." ”

"Yes." The bald man said angrily, and then handed over the ten pieces of money to the young man.

"I can't ask for this money, it's useless," the young man said with some trepidation.

Xu Yang patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and said, "From now on, you will follow me to do things, ten taels of silver per month, and a salary increase and bonus when you do a good job, and these ten taels will be used as an advance payment for your monthly salary." ”

The young man suddenly trembled with excitement, he threw himself on his knees, and choked up: "Thank you for saving your life, the villain is unforgettable, and he will definitely repay the adult." ”

Xu Yang picked up the young man named Zhou Duan and said, "You clean up here first, go home and ask Langzhong to see your grandfather, and report to Liu's Mansion in Youzhou at noon tomorrow." ”

The young man named Zhou Duan still couldn't help but thank him, and Xu Yang and the others left.

Everyone has been shopping in the market for a day, dinner in a Dongshi restaurant next to the market, since the opening of the Datang Hotel, all the hotels in Youzhou have been impacted, the original business of the Dongshi restaurant, now the business is very bleak.

Of course, Xu Yang doesn't have the slightest sense of guilt, natural selection, survival of the fittest~

When he rode home in the evening, Xu Yang was so tired that he didn't take off his shoes, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.