Chang'an City, shrouded in mist, gradually woke up.

Chen Xiaoer, who looked a little roe deer, rubbed his eyes and came to the distribution point of "Minbao".

This newly appeared newspaper, in just half a year, has been integrated into the life of Chang'an City, and many people in the streets and alleys have another way to make a living.

For example, Chen Xiaoer.

Chen Xiaoer, 14 years old, male, female.

However, his family was poor, and he was only eight years old to work as a servant, at the age of twelve as an apprentice, and recently he has another trade, every morning, before the master has even gone to work, he first went to the "Minbao" distribution point to pick up newspapers, and then sold them along the street. A newspaper, three cents, if he has a good day, he can sell about 100 copies, and he can also earn more than 10 cents.

This made him also know a lot of words, so when he habitually glanced at the words in the headlines of today's newspapers, he found that he recognized most of them.

"XX big X wins, Ye Zhongcheng will return to Beijing in the next day"

There is only one person in the court who is called Ye Zhongcheng, that is, Ye Chang, a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty who has not yet reached the age of thirty, has become a legend, an inspirational model, and an idol of Chen Xiaoer. He always pays more attention to the situation of idols, so he asked the guy who distributed the newspaper: "Today's headline, is it Ye Zhongcheng?" ”

"Exactly, Ye Zhongcheng has won the battle again"

"That's a natural thing, Ye Zhongcheng is a star in the sky, and he is specially designed for Tang Jing to sweep the four sides" Another person who came to receive the newspaper said disapprerovingly.

In the past few years, the news about Ye Chang in Chang'an City has gone from one victory to another. Not only is this the case on the southwest front where he stays, but also Liaodong, which he remotely controlled, has now expanded his territory, pushed the border line directly to Yalushui, and exchanged hands with Silla several times openly and secretly.

"It's different, it's different, this time it's a defeat to the big food, it's just a small country before, and the big food is different...... Haven't you seen the newspaper say a few times ago, this big food is a big country, Daqin, Dashi and my Datang are the three major countries today, and my Datang rituals worship the ancestors, and Dashi and Daqin worship the only god, and their respective national strength is about half of my Datang......"

Because Ye Chang went to Anxi, after the first issue of "Minbao" came out, he began to introduce the situation in the world. Over the years, Ye Chang has also published some books on geography, but the impact is not very great, but this time, with the help of "Minbao", he made some superficial introductions to the geography of the world. He didn't introduce it too far ahead, but only briefly put forward the concept of the three continents in the world, and then began to introduce it for certain countries, of which the big food is the focus.

At this time, in Chang'an City, Hu merchants gathered, looking for a few Hu merchants, corroborating each other, and introducing the situation of the big food, which was not too much of a problem.

Chen Xiaoer listened carefully, and soon, it was his turn to get the newspaper, he handed over the deposit of 100 yuan, and then he took 100 copies of "Ming Pao" and began to walk towards his goal.

There is no need to think about the west market and the east market, naturally there are people who are strong and related to the Chang'an rangers, and he just goes to a few more remote markets to sell, but Chen Xiaoer still has a secret place. After receiving the newspaper, he first went to Jinguangmen, and under a canopy-like building, he went straight to a shuttle bus

"Shuttle" is a new business in Chang'an, Chang'an City is too big, in the past relied on oil wall cars to travel, but now, there is a "shuttle". At the beginning, there were only three lines, from Jinguangmen to Chunmingmen's west-east line, from Anhuamen to Fanglinmen, Qixiamen to Yanximen's north-south line, a total of three rutted rails and double-lane roads, there were dozens of shuttle buses running on it, all of which were eight-horse-pulled, both brisk and convenient, each shuttle bus could take more than 80 people, but only one coachman, one two ticket sellers. The price is also cheap, only two cents for each square passed.

Chen Xiaoer didn't take a bus here, two cents was still too much for him, and Yongyangfang and Zhaoxingfang, the targets of his newspaper sales, were not currently on the bus.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, lalala, sell newspapers, today's news is really good, three coppers in one newspaper, astronomy and geography, all-encompassing"

Chen Xiaoer's shouting alarmed the people who were waiting for the shuttle, some of them are far away, I am afraid that they will have to sit from beginning to end, such a long distance, if you are literate, take a newspaper to pass the time, it would be better.

After a pause, Chen Xiaoer saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he began to drink again: "Ye Zhongcheng, the living god of wealth, won the battle again, and one of the three major countries in the world was defeated by Ye Zhongcheng's 30,000 soldiers and horses."

Ye Changren is not in Chang'an, but there has always been a legend of him in Chang'an City. Chen Xiaoer shouted out this voice, and someone suddenly exclaimed: "30,000 people defeat a million people, this ...... This is killing pigs, and a million pigs are not so easy to kill."

Chen Xiaoer glanced at him with disdain: "Ye Zhongcheng is a person, he is eight zhang tall, his waist is eight zhang, his tiger is back and his waist is bear, his eyes are around the sea, his eyebrows are like brooms, his eyes are like the moon, his fangs are bearded, he holds the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, he is 100 zhang long, and weighs 108,000 catties......

"It's Guan Yunchang who holds the Qinglong knife," someone laughed and scolded: "You newsboy, I don't know where I heard the storyteller's nonsense, so I put it on Ye Gong." I've seen Ye Gong with my own eyes, but he is just the height of an ordinary person, and he looks handsome and sven, where is the monster with a blue face and fangs."

Chen Xiaoer is a native of Chang'an City, he has seen a lot, so he is naturally not afraid of the guest, he glanced at him: "I also said that I have seen a saint, last time I saw a saint carrying a golden flat shoulder across the street, and twenty fathers-in-law around him, all holding gold brooms"

Everyone laughed, and someone beckoned: "A newspaper for three cents?" This price is a bit expensive, take a copy and I'll take a look, if there is really a big defeat of Ye Zhongcheng and a million soldiers, I will give you money. ”

"Uncle, you can joke, three monnies are bigger than bread to the villain, and to you, uncle, it's just three grains of rice." Chen Xiaoer is not fooled: "If you save three grains of rice, I will lose three pieces of cake"

"There's news from my uncle, let's buy a copy and take a look?" As he argued with the guests, a boy next to him, about sixteen or seventeen years old, whispered.

"Since Xiao Langjun said it, let's buy a copy." The attendant beside the young man laughed.

"Take it back to my mother and sister to see, so that they will be happy and happy." The boy muttered.

Thinking of his family, he laughed, and it happened that Chen Xiaoer came to his side, and when he saw him laughing, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

The young man in front of him was a year or two older than him, but he was tall, more than a head taller than him, and he was no different from an adult. The clothes he was wearing were not linen, but cotton, and the smile on his face carried a kind of confidence.

"It's just that I was born in a good family." Chen Xiaoer thought to himself.

"Sanwen, give me a copy." The entourage beside the boy said.

After taking the money, Chen Xiaoer handed over the newspaper and glanced at the young man again, who nodded to him with a smile.

At this moment, the shuttle bus arrived, Chen Xiaoer originally thought that the young man would take the shuttle bus, but he never thought that after everyone else got on the bus, the young man and his entourage did not move in place. Chen Xiaoer was a little curious, and couldn't help but remind: "Xiaolangjun, the shuttle bus is coming"

The young man glanced at the car and thanked him: "Thank you, I'm waiting for someone here." ”

Chen Xiaoer retreated silently, although the young man seemed polite, but the more this was the case, the more Chen Xiaoer felt that the gap between himself and the other party was too big.

Just then, the gates opened.

Chen Xiaoer was busy selling, and when he saw the city gate open, he hurriedly ran over, and saw that the people who arrived at the city gate early in the morning and waited for the city to open the city came in one after another. Chen Xiaoer shouted loudly, and occasionally one or two people would come forward and take out three pennies to buy a newspaper.

After entering Chang'an, they were anxious to understand the situation in Chang'an, especially the market situation, and the "Minbao" not only had the market quotations of the east and west markets, but also some advertisements. Today, though, all eyes are on the headlines.

"Ye Zhongcheng broke the Great Food, and the general Wei Boyu attacked with a thousand people, rescued the 7,000 Han prisoners who had fallen before Gao Xianzhi, captured Talas City, and bravely attacked Li Siye to attack Baishiling and captured the commander of the Great Food, Qi Yade...... Ah, Ye Zhongcheng will return to Chang'an with Dou Zhongjie, the king of Ningyuan, to offer prisoners, and at the same time, there is also the first batch of goods sold by the Anxi Chamber of Commerce to Chang'an? ”

"The price of this horse is going to fall"

"How so?"

"The countries in the river have always produced good horses, and Ning Yuanguo is the great Wan country mentioned in the ancient books, with Ye Zhongcheng's skills, how can there be no reason to sell these good horses into the Central Plains, and the price of horses will fall."

"It's good that the price of horses has almost doubled in recent years, and the price of cattle and sheep is also rising, and we can hardly afford to eat mutton."

In the midst of the discussion, Chen Xiaoer sold more than a dozen newspapers, and when he was about to leave here, he saw a group of people entering the city behind the crowd.

The group of people were all riding big horses, and their expressions were cold, and they looked very imposing. Chen Xiaoer was about to peddle newspapers, and then he heard a cheer, and when he looked back, the young man came galloping forward, with a look of surprise on his face, and rushed towards those who were riding big horses.

One of the people riding the big horse, seeing that the young man was also surprised, hurriedly dismounted, opened his arms to welcome, the young man rushed to him, hugged his arm, shook it very affectionately, and then thought of something, let go of his hand and retreated, and bowed deeply.

"My nephew visits my uncle, and my uncle Buwu Siyi"

"Why are you here?" The man smiled and rubbed the young man's hair: "Could it be that I slipped out to play, I came back to test your homework, if it is not good, be careful of being beaten"

"If the homework is good, the uncle will take the nephew to Anxi, and the nephew will also serve the country and kill a few big thieves and slaves to play"

"Joke, cannibalism is not easy to kill, if you learn good skills from the idiot master, I will consider taking you to the border."

They spoke in a loud voice, Chen Xiaoer looked at the man, and was very envious in his heart, this uncle should have returned home with meritorious service at the border pass, and he happened to meet his nephew.

At this moment, I heard someone next to me trembling and said, "Ye Gong...... Ye Zhongcheng? ”

The one who spoke was the one who claimed to have seen Ye Chang, and his voice was not small, and the people around him were alarmed, and they all looked at the group of knights.

Chen Xiaoer also looked at it generally, and was very excited in his heart: Could this person really be Ye Chang?

It was Ye Chang.

At this time, it was already November, and it was snowing in August, and if he delayed any longer, he would only be able to return to the Central Plains in the coming year.

"Uncle, don't worry, I can practice good martial arts, and the idiot master also said that I am talented."

This young man is Ye Chang's nephew, but the nickname of Cinu is no longer needed, and the big name Ye Zhu has been changed, and the name is naturally taken by Ye Chang.

After Ye Chang went to Yunnan, Li Longji gave another house in Chang'an City, right next to his old house, Ye Chang finally took his sister-in-law Fang out on the grounds that Li Tengkong was lonely at home, and returned to Chang'an again. Even with him, his nephew Ye Zhu and niece Xiaoniang, as well as Xiang'er, all came to Chang'an together.

Xiang'er doesn't need to go into details, now he is by Li Tengkong's side, Ye Chang attaches great importance to Ye Zhu's education, he personally drafts the teaching materials to study, and also invites the upright junior brother Shanzhi to teach him martial arts.

"That's good, that's good......" Ye Chang was also very happy when he saw his nephew who had been away for half a year, and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go back"

"Ye Zhongcheng, Ye Zhongcheng, is Anxi really as the newspaper said, is it a Saiwai Jianghuai?" He was about to leave when he heard someone shouting.

A group of people all gathered around, including those who had originally gotten on the bus, and they all came down one after another, looking at Ye Chang eagerly

The Tang Dynasty is open, and because of its eclecticism, the pursuit of money and wealth is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Scholars may have to fake a high level, but the common people are not, they are extremely enthusiastic about the legends that represent wealth. Ye Chang himself is a legend among legends and doesn't talk about him, and old legends like Wang Yuanbao don't talk about him, even in recent years, people like Wang Qinian, Feng Ruofang, Lin Luan and others have also been famous in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty has no resistance to going to the frontier or even abroad to make a fortune, and the imperial court is greedy for taxes on goods and goods, and this kind of behavior has gradually changed from tolerance and acquiescence to encouragement.

Hearing them ask, Ye Chang smiled and said: "Anxi is not everywhere like the Saiwai Jianghuai, most places are still not suitable for farming, but the area suitable for farming is almost halfway. Moreover, there are many mineral deposits, and more importantly, there are excellent pastures for large livestock such as cattle, horses, alpacas, etc. ”

He didn't brag nonsense, he just told the truth, but everyone present listened with great concentration, and their eyes flashed with a desire for wealth. Ye Chang added at the end: "You don't have to worry that there are only Hu people in Anxi, and there are Han and Hu people over there, about three adults are Han people, and many Hu people can read Chinese characters and speak Chinese." ”

At this point, he refused to continue, and although the people around him still wanted to ask, they didn't dare to stop him. Hearing Chang beckoned to Ye Zhu, got on his horse and prepared to leave, but at this moment, Chen Xiaoer, who was holding the newspaper, suddenly rushed out and knelt in front of Ye Chang's horse.

"Leaf ...... Ye Zhongcheng" Chen Xiaoer raised his eyes and looked at Ye Chang.

Ye Chang looked at him in surprise, this young man was thin and dark, and looked a little malnourished, Ye Chang asked, "Xiaolang, what's the matter with you?" ”

"I, I ......" Chen Xiaoer originally wanted to say that he wanted to follow Ye Chang to join the army, but he was looked at by Ye Chang, and for some reason, his words changed: "I'm selling newspapers, Ye Zhongcheng, buy me a newspaper"

Ye Chang smiled dumbly, nodded to the entourage beside him, and the entourage stepped forward and handed him three pennies, and then took away a newspaper. Ye Chang said softly: "As long as a man has ambition and is not afraid of low background, today you are just a newspaper seller, but you rely on your own ability to support yourself, do it well, and know that he will not become a momentary figure in the future."

He seemed to know what he was thinking

Chen Xiaoer suddenly burst into tears, in his life, he was either scolded or beaten, and several big people have encouraged him like this

For a while, he forgot to get up, and it wasn't until Ye Chang left with a smile that he was shocked, ran two steps behind, and said loudly: "Ye Zhongcheng, my name is Chen Xiaoer...... No, my name is Chen Pei, Chen Pei"