Chapter 69: The Treasure Club (2)
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79 Reading Network Reminder: You can quickly find us in "79 Free" or "79 Reading Network" Chapter 69 Bao Hui stood on the street of Xishi and gasped. She noticed that although the pattern of the West Market is similar to that of the East Market, it is divided into nine areas by four main streets, and the Municipal Bureau, the Equalization Department, and Chang Ping occupy the same position, but there are great differences between them.
First of all, because of its proximity to the Silk Gate, the West Market became more prosperous and more international. There are far more foreigners in this area than in the East Market, and there are many Persian mansions, jewelry stores, spice shops, pharmacies, warehouses, and liquor stores. Peony saw a lot of different dresses, different accents, respectively from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Goryeo, Ji, Silla, Fusang and other places of foreign merchants come and go, look at their dress, and from Persia, the most "Hu merchants" from Persia, Dashi, the streets and alleys can always see their camel figure slowly and leisurely.
Secondly, because the West Market is far away, most of the people living around are civilians and Hu people, so the types of merchants are also very different from those in the East Market, the East Market loves to sell luxury, and the merchants sold here tend to be more civilian, mostly clothes, candles, cakes, medicines and other daily life, and because of this, there are more people who appear here, far more noisy and lively than the East Market. Even the orchids here are more daring than those in the East Market, and they stand beside the wine shop in gauze skirts, smiling and waving to the passers-by, inviting them to taste the wine in their hands, looking at the good-natured, and even stepping forward to grab it and pour it. The guests don't get angry, they laugh, and the passers-by are not surprised.
Peony followed closely behind He Zhizhong and the others, and he just felt that he couldn't see enough of it. Li Xun didn't know when he touched her side, walked with her, and said in a low voice: "You haven't been to Yangzhou, and there are many businessmen in Yangzhou, if you have the opportunity to go, you will see and hear a lot of unexpected things." β
Peony nodded: "If I have the opportunity, I really want to go around and have a long experience." I heard that there are winter peonies in Jiangnan, and I really want to see them. β
Li Xun smiled lightly, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard He Zhizhong say in a deep voice: "The place is almost here." Hold on to us later, speak, don't move your hands, just listen with your ears. β
Peony and the others saw that he and Da Lang looked serious, so they also solemnly responded. Less leaning, the donkeys, horses, felt carts and so on parked on the side of the street gradually increased, and everyone turned the street to a winding alley, but saw a number of people outside an inconspicuous street store, pointing and talking softly, all saying that this time there was a rare treasure that did not come out of the world, what it was, but no one could say clearly.
But the door of the shop was closed, leaving only a two-foot-wide strip for people to enter and exit, and two fat and tall men, wearing round-necked robes and black gauze heads, and high-nosed curly hair, were firmly guarded, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.
He Zhizhong counted the eight people in his group here, stepped forward to salute the two Persian Hu, and said with a smile: "These are all our own nephews and relatives, and I want to open my eyes." The two men were obviously familiar with him, and they smiled and returned the salute and let a few people in, without asking any more questions.
Da Lang took the opportunity to introduce the rules of the treasure meeting to everyone: "This treasure will be held once a year, and the Hu merchants will bring treasures to each other to see whose treasure is the most and best, and the winner can wear a hat to sit first, and the others will be ranked on both sides according to the value of their treasures." Once the seats are assigned, they can be bought and sold freely. Like us, there is nothing to compare with them, just to open their eyes and buy jewelry, naturally they can only be spectators. There are limited places to watch, treasures are precious and valuable, not everyone can come in, if it weren't for Daddy and their decades of business and trust, they wouldn't be able to bring so many people in. β
Inside, through a small patio and around a row of narrow wings, a patch of green suddenly broke into view, and a large hall behind the green tree suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Before they could get closer, laughter came out of it, all in Persian, and Peony only knew that they were very happy, but he didn't know what to say.
A dark-skinned Kunlun slave walked out in a snow-white round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, saluted He Zhizhong and Da Lang with a smile, and said in fluent Beijing dialect: "An unexpected distinguished guest came today, and he brought a little more people, and the location was limited. β
He Zhizhong's eyes sank and looked at Li Xun, who smiled smugly. He Zhizhong retracted his eyes and said to Nakun Kunnu: "Don't worry, this is nothing, when I took a sea boat, dozens of people crowded into a cabin, and I also squeezed it." β
The Kunlun Nu smiled brightly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. The snow-white teeth and robes and the shiny black skin are intertwined, black and white, so unstriking. He Zhizhong, Peony and the others were fine, but He Wei and the others were deeply attracted and only stared at him.
This Kunlun slave has heard of it for a long time, and he has also seen the powerful family on the street with him, but unfortunately he did not have the opportunity to observe and observe at close range. Why is it so dark? Won't you dye your clothes black? He Wen quietly stretched his fingers out of the cuffs, took advantage of Aubu's turn, quickly wiped them on the back of Aubu's hand, and then secretly picked them up and looked at the light, seeing that his fingers were still clean and white, he touched Zhang Pa out in disbelief, wiped it repeatedly, and after making sure that it did not turn black, he squeezed his eyes at He Wei and He Hong, and smiled knowingly.
Peony saw it in his eyes, although he felt that his nephew was a teenager's nature, curious, not malicious, but this kind of behavior was really rude, and he glared at the nephew fiercely. She has seen some Kunlun slaves, all of whom are used by their masters as property to show off, most of them are naked and oblique shawls on their upper bodies, or banners around their waists, wearing shorts, and there are very few who wear the clothes of this dynasty in a regular manner like this Obu, which shows that the master's family does not despise him. I don't know if He Wen's behavior will offend people?
"Xiao Langjun, there is no difference between you and me." Aubu turned his head and smiled gently, and generously stretched out his hand to show He Wen, who blushed with embarrassment and quickly hid behind Li Xun. Orb didn't care, and turned to lead. He Zhizhong said coldly: "I have no knowledge, I have no courage, and I am embarrassed" He Wen suddenly even the tips of his ears were red, and he couldn't wait to bury his head in his arms.
When everyone entered the hall, Peony looked curiously, but saw that there was an empty Hu bed in the middle of the hall facing the door, and the two columns under the Hu bed were covered with Yin mats, and the top was densely filled with Hu merchants who were wearing Hu clothes, wearing Hu hats, or wearing local robes, and were talking happily and warmly. There are some Yin seats scattered around, but there are some local people sitting on them, seeing He Zhizhong and Da Lang, they all greeted them warmly, there is no shortage of women, but the number is smaller.
Peony thought to himself, this Hu bed is probably the throne of the Doubao King who came out of Xinke, right? And these locals are all the same as their own family to grow up and do business? Li Xun had already said in a low voice: "Danniang, Liu Chang is also here." β
How is he everywhere? Peony frowned and looked in the direction indicated by Da Lang, but saw Liu Chang, Pan Rong and a few richly dressed, some familiar men occupied a corner with the best and most airy viewing corner, and they were looking at their group with different expressions. Liu Chang glared at himself viciously, or at Li Xun beside him, Pan Rong was squeezing his eyebrows, but the other men were watching the show and watching it change. Another man wearing a moon-white round-necked wide-sleeved robe, skinny and sallow, sat on the side with his eyes down, his face expressionless.
Peony thought about it sideways, it seems that Liu Chang's business also has jewelry, but listening to the news from Yuhe, it seems that it is not very profitable, mainly for Taobao treasure. In this case, he should not be regarded as a big jeweler, not at all comparable to a person like He Zhizhong who is more famous among Hu merchants, how can he enter here?
She thought of what Orb had said: "an unexpected guest...... I can't help but speculate secretly, could it be that the Houfu of Chuzhou has some kind of relationship with the owner who held this treasure meeting? So Liu Chang entrusted Pan Rong's blessing and got into it? What is the real purpose of Liu Chang's coming here? Want to meddle in the jewelry business and suppress the He family? Cut off the life of the He family? Thinking of his viciousness, Peony couldn't help pinching a cold sweat and asked Li Xun in a low voice: "Do you know what he is going to do?" β
Li Xun shook his head with a light smile, and said in a very determined whisper: "Although he didn't tell me what he was here for, we all knew that he must have come to lose." β
Peony was a little surprised by his answer, and raised his eyes to look at He Zhizhong and Da Lang, but seeing that He Zhizhong was as calm as ever, Da Lang clenched his fists, as if he was about to rush up and beat Liu Chang violently if he didn't agree with him.
Pan Rong saw Da Lang's violent appearance, turned around and whispered a few words to Liu Chang, Liu Chang smiled contemptuously at the He family, and no longer looked at the peony with a side face, but respectfully talked to the skinny man with a sallow face, but the man ignored it and looked very arrogant.
Li Manniang glanced at Liu Chang and the others, pulled the peony's sleeve and said in a low voice: "That's the one you used before?" β
Peony nodded.
Li Manniang pouted: "It's not a good thing to look at like that old thing." Let's go and sit next to them."
is also a master who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, no wonder there will be those eight children who are not afraid of the heavens and the earth, Peony couldn't help but smile: "It's so wide, why do you have to squeeze with them?" They all like to smoke strong incense, so aren't you afraid of smoking you? β
Li Manniang said: "It's not certain who smokes whom." What are you afraid of? β
He Zhizhong calmly looked around and said, "Sure enough, only there can sit down for our family." Danniang, don't be afraid, let's come to the treasure meeting in a dignified manner, where to sit and where to sit. What's more, it has always been my place there. β
Today, there is a plus, the small code word is not easy, I implore you to support the genuine support genuine, is the greatest encouragement and support for the small meaning. Thank you.
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