Chapter 40 The first laziness in the world

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The market is the largest market in Sendai Castle, with a crowd of vendors, a weaving of people, and a variety of people. In the midst of the bustling crowd, you can even see ghost merchants from the Rakshasa Kingdom in the Western Regions.

The Rakshasa people have thick eyebrows and big eyes, long hair hanging down their shoulders, and their complexion is much whiter than that of the people of the Great Xia Dynasty. They casually draped their colorful wide clothes on their bodies, and swaggered through the market in groups of three or five, which was very conspicuous.

Most of these merchants sell some things unique to the Rakshasa Kingdom, such as colorful lizard beasts, Yang Shenmu for spices, and black crystal, a specialty of the Rakshasa Kingdom, which has become popular in recent years.

The girl Ah Cai has never seen these foreign people, let alone many strange things.

Luoying Street, the name comes from the tall Luoying trees planted everywhere on the street, these trees belong to deciduous trees, the trunk is straight and long, no branches will grow on the main trunk below three zhang, only when it reaches more than three zhang will the branches and leaves, grow palm-sized heart-shaped leaves. Therefore, the tree is very suitable for planting on the street, and there is no need to prune below three zhang, which does not hinder the passage of vehicles, horses and pedestrians, and the thick leaves have a good shading effect in summer.

The tooth market on Lok Ying Street is actually on a huge open space on the side of Lok Ying Street. This clearing is planted with fallen trees, so all the trading and buying and selling is carried out in the tall woods.

In the early spring, the tree sprouts tender new shoots, and it looks light green from a distance, but when you get closer, you can only see the blue-gray trunk and branches. The tooth market unfolds in miles of woods.

Finding a person from the tens of millions of people in Sendai City is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, but fortunately, Ah Cai is not in a hurry, so he wanders around the Luoying Street Tooth Market, passing through a large fishy and unpleasant mule and horse livestock market, which is a medicinal herb market, Ah Cai focuses on this, hoping to find information related to Xu Feng.

"Little girl, buy medicinal herbs! I have the most complete range of medicinal herbs in the world, and I will give you the fairest price in the world!" shouted an old man who sold medicine.

The shops and stalls set up in the tooth market are just peddling and advertising their own goods, and if they really want to make a deal, there are special warehouses and shops. It is sold at the tooth market because it is the most popular here.

The reason for its popularity is that it is the largest free market in the whole of Jungju. The free market, in fact, is the legal black market. Merchants traded with each other here, and the Bactria Dynasty did not charge any taxes, and relaxed the conditions for goods and personnel entering the market to the greatest extent. In the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, only Sendai Castle, which was famous for its trade, had the strength and qualifications to open such a market.

Crossbow arrows that are forbidden to be sold by the imperial court can be bought here, and even cultivation items that ordinary people can't reach at all are also sold here, and there is a special area, like an antique trading market, which is densely populated, and there are obviously not as many customers as other vendors.

Ah Cai shook his head politely, and after a little browsing, the medicinal materials on the old man's stall were indeed relatively complete. After visiting all the medicinal herb markets, I didn't hear any news about Xu Feng.

As he was about to leave, Ah Cai suddenly saw a person, and immediately remembered that he had seen this person in the town of Blackwind. Because this person is so unforgettable. It's not that he looks peculiar, but the overall impression is too special, just a trip from the door of the Huichun Hall Pharmacy is enough for Ah Cai to forget.

The man smelled of laziness all over his body, and his casual eyes showed a look of indifference to everything, the wide robe was dirty and torn, the hem seemed to have been torn, and his hair was messed up, barely combed into a bun on the top of his head. What was even more strange was that the man had a three-foot-long straw stuck in his head, and he leaned loosely and proudly against a fallen tree.

"This big brother, did you get from Blackwind Town?"

Hearing the voice, the scholar squinted and looked at it, confirmed that the little Lori in front of him was asking him, and said, "Girl, don't affect the business, the little student is busy." ”

Ah Cai really couldn't see what this sloppy scholar was busy with, and when he saw the straw on his head again, he woke up to the fact that this scholar was selling himself!

A Cai was amazed in his heart.

Sure enough, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds, and it's the first time I've seen it when I sell myself, and I'm selling it so seriously.

This sloppy scholar was the one Xu Feng met at the Black Wind Town Inn. He came to Sendai to make a living, and at first he was expecting to find a job as a staff member under the official gate, but after being chased by the wolf dogs released from the Gaomen compound a few times, he broke off this idea. Bookstores, Mosi, and other places related to literati were his second choice, although he didn't chase him, which shopkeepers just shook their heads like crazy when they saw him.

spent all the money given by Xu Feng without restraint, and was kicked out by the landlord, Yuan Yongsheng simply found a place to live without spending money. Like all beggars in the world like summer, the warmer weather also made Yuan Yongsheng's heart bloom, and under the white jade bridge in the east market became Yuan Gongzi's new place to stay.

If the Great Xia Dynasty posted a notice to find the most idle person in the world, then Yuan Yongsheng would definitely be at the top of the list.

This sloppy scholar will never speak if he can express the meaning with his eyes, and if he can express it with words, he will never move his body, and he will pursue the "three as much as possible" principle of not talking, trying not to do things, and trying not to care.

has no concern for everything in the world, and is even more comfortable with the world, and even does not care about his own suffering, going with the flow, anything. The heart is just calm, just lazy, as if trying to live like a tree, or even as air, nothing, but everywhere.

Wherever he went, Yuan Yongsheng didn't bother to care, and did whatever he wanted, so he had the move of sticking a straw in his head. At this time, I was waiting for the customer to ask, who knew that it was a little girl who was disturbing her business.

Although it is very strange, it is the only clue about Xu Feng at present, and Ah Cai is unwilling to let it go easily.

"I'll forgive me, sir, I'm also from Blackwind Town, and I just want to ask you about someone. ”

The sloppy scholar snorted lazily.

Ah Cai began to describe Xu Feng's appearance, focusing on Xu Feng's clean and tidy appearance, and then hurriedly made a comparison.

The scholar thought for a while as if he was asleep, and said solemnly: "Xiaosheng has seen this person, we are Taoist friends." ”

The Great Xia Dynasty regarded the Sanqing Daomen as the authentic practice in the world, so the Taoist friends in the mouth of the practitioners generally refer to the same Daomen, and in the mouths of scholars and scribes, the Tao also refers to learning. For example, Chao asked, it is okay to die at night, and so on. Therefore, in the Great Xia Dynasty, Taoist friends not only refer to the same cultivators, but also refer to the academic career, and scholars and sons are also often called Taoist friends.

"Great, tell me, you've seen it there. Ah Cai said excitedly.

"We had a night in Black Wind Town, and that fellow Daoist also had the meaning of giving silver to Xiaosheng. ”

"Ahh

"If the girl finds that Taoist friend, she must inform Xiaosheng, and Xiaosheng should thank her in person. ”

Ah Cai said: "The Taoist friend you mentioned, his name is Xu Feng, he is my husband, and I came to Sendai to find him so that he can teach me medical skills." Oh, I almost forgot, my name is Yu Acai. ”

"In Xia Yuan Yongsheng, there is news from Mr. Xu, please tell me, I live in ...... Lives in Baiyuqiao, East City. ”

While the two were talking, a noble son led more than a dozen family members swaggering towards this side.

Behind the carts, horses, mules, donkeys, maids, servants, and young ladies followed a large group of black pressures, loaded in the car, and held in their hands, all of which were just purchased items, and they were discharged far away.

This kind of shopping is no one except for the famous gentleman Pan Xilin in Sendai City.

Pan Xilin had a fan stuck behind his neck at the moment, his hands on his sleeves, shrugging his shoulders, and he looked like no one was hanging.

When I saw Ah Cai, my eyes immediately lit up, and when I saw the scholar standing next to Ah Cai, I couldn't help but shake his head. I thought it was this sloppy scholar who wanted to sell the little girl in front of him.

You must save this little girl from the sea of suffering, what kind of trader is this, dressed like a flower child, and there is just a lack of a maid who grinds ink in his study recently.

This is a "people's market" in the tooth market, mainly buying and selling women in the green building, there are also eleven or twelve-year-old maids and Xiao Si, there are special dealers to dress them up, poor people dress a little decently, teach a few words of auspicious greetings to dignitaries and nobles, and wait for rich businessmen and officials to come to inspect and buy.

There were also slaves from the Rakshasa Kingdom transported from the west of the dynasty, and the treatment was even lower, and dozens of fallen trees were simply surrounded by ropes into an area, and several slaves were squatting or standing in the middle, with long hair and shawls, almost naked, looking at the master waving the long whip with frightened eyes.

In addition to having a special tooth shop to buy and sell maids and Xiao Si, and occasionally selling one or two Rakshasa slaves, the Great Xia Dynasty did not allow other people to trade, and he had never seen anyone buying and selling young scholars, let alone selling his own, so Pan Xilin would think that Yuan Yongsheng was selling Ah Cai.

"Let's make a price!" Pan Xilin said to Yuan Yongsheng.

Yuan Yongsheng said the price he had already thought of: "Nineteen taels." ”

Yuan Yongsheng has never done a selling, and he follows the rules of the mule and horse market, adding a little silver to his age, and the mule and horse still need to touch their teeth and estimate their age. I don't need it, I am seventeen years old this year, and one year old is worth one tael of silver, plus I am in the prime of life, and the premium is two taels of silver, just nineteen taels.