Chapter 90: When Wang Xifeng met Xue Baochai
Tianjin was very prosperous during the Longzheng period, and the bustling flow of people and the sails of the port are all proof of the prosperity of Tianjin, the largest port city in the north.
Da Zheng is self-confident, although it has experienced a short period of five generations of turmoil, but the Sui, Tang, Zhou, and Zheng have been inherited for thousands of years in a row of four great unified dynasties, and the self-confidence of the Central Plains nation is unprecedentedly high.
In particular, it did not experience the weakness of the two Song Dynasty and the suppression of the Yuan and Qing dynasties, and the fierce feelings of the martial style since the Sui and Tang dynasties have been preserved to this day.
War has always been the best opportunity for Da Zheng Nan'er to change his own situation. The strange phenomenon of the Song Dynasty recovering Yanyun and not being as good as the champion and the first has no chance to appear.
Although a major war was going on outside Shanhaiguan, and countless military supplies and soldiers passed through Tianjin to the north every day, there was no sign of panic in Tianjin.
Of course, I have to say that the magistrates of Tianjin are also very competent.
Wang Xifeng took Liang Ruowei and Ping'er out to go shopping together, and naturally there were also plainclothes brocade clothes to accompany him for protection.
"It's really prosperous here, not much worse than Shenjing."
"Madame, you are right. It's not that the villain is boasting, purely in terms of prosperity, our Tianjin Wei is a few points stronger than Shenjing.
Shenjing still adopts the pattern of the market in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, although there is no curfew under normal circumstances, but after all, it is not convenient to go out of the market in the middle of the night.
It's different in Tianjin, the fang city system has been completely canceled. In the evening, many transactions are open all night, so it is naturally lively. ”
Wang Xifeng also nodded, she agreed with this point of view. I heard that Bianliang, the capital of the Five Dynasties, had canceled the Fang Market, and it achieved good results.
Later, after Emperor Taizong Guo Rong moved the capital to Luoyang, in order to strengthen the defense capability of the capital and guard against the harassment of foreign races in the north, the fang market system was restored. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dazheng also faced a serious military threat, and it has been used to this day.
However, now only Shenjing and Jinling, the north and south capitals, exist in the country, and the rest of the cities are the same as Tianjin.
"Well, grandma, are you looking at that as Young Master Xue?"
Well, Wang Xifeng looked up at the position that Ping'er pointed to, but it was Xue Pan.
Wang Xifeng also lived in Jinling for a few years when he was a child. At that time, the descendants of the three families of Jia Shi and Wang all entered Shenjing. Only the Xue family stayed in Jiangnan because they were on a mission to investigate Jiangnan for the Heavenly Family.
Therefore, the Xue family had a close relationship with Wang Zisheng, who stayed in Jiangnan from the Wang family. After all, compared to the Jinling Jia family and the Jinling historians, who were already distant relatives, Wang Zisheng of the Wang family was Aunt Xue's own brother.
At that time, Xue Baochai had just been born, but Xue Pan was about the same age as Wang Xifeng, and the two had a relationship.
As he was talking, Xue Pan also saw Wang Xifeng. It was a bit of a surprise all of a sudden. The teenage little fat man immediately ran over with a chubby body.
"Sister Feng, when did you come to Tianjin, I haven't seen you for many years, and my little brother really misses me very much." After speaking, he habitually reached out to pull Wang Xifeng.
Ping'er glared and was about to stop it. Wang Xifeng took a step back without a trace. Avoided Xue Pan.
Wang Xifeng has been a boy since he was a child, and his favorite thing is to play with boys. When she first came to Shenjing, even Jia Zhen, who was more than ten years older than her and already had children, could play together, not to mention Xue Pan, who was not much older than her.
Of course, the current Wang Xifeng is used to Jia Lian's demeanor and temperament, and naturally looks down on Xue Pan.
However, Wang Xifeng is a fairy concubine after all, and it is not a problem to deal with a big boy: "Your cousin Lian is in Tianjin, and I am here to accompany him." ”
Xue Pan only found Wang Xifeng's bulging belly at this time, and felt a little regretful: "I still want to play with Sister Feng, but I didn't expect Sister Feng to already have a baby......"
Hearing Xue Pan's explicit words, Rao is Wang Xifeng was used to it, and he was also a little embarrassed in his heart. Just as he was about to have a seizure, a call came.
"Pan'er, you're running around again!"
Wang Xifeng turned his head and looked, it turned out to be the father of Xue Pan's brother and sister, Master Xue, and a little girl who was about the same age as Baoyu at the age of six or seven walked over.
"My niece has seen my uncle." Wang Xifeng hurriedly greeted Master Xue. Although she looked down on Xue Pan, she didn't dare to treat this man who single-handedly kept the lintel of the Xue family, the royal merchant family, from falling.
Master Xue didn't look very good, his face was pale, and his spirit was insufficient. Let Wang Xifeng look at this and be a little worried.
"Ahem, the old man was dizzy, he didn't even recognize it, it turned out to be a phoenix girl. I heard that Lian'er was transferred to Tianjin, are you here to accompany him? ”
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Yes, the second master said that he had to stay in Tianjin for a few years, although it was not far from Shenjing, but it was not good for him to always return to Beijing for no reason as the chief official." So I simply moved my home. ”
"Okay, Lian'er is promising, Feng girl, you married a wishful husband."
"Uncle, what are you?" Wang Xifeng was a little surprised that Master Xue appeared in Tianjin, and the Xue family generally walked in the south of the Yangtze River.
Master Xue glanced back at the restless Xue Pan, and smiled at his daughter again: "Ahem, Fengzihao has developed well in Jiangnan, and it has been developing in Jiangbei in the past two years." I'm here to see the businesses in Tianjin. ”
Wang Xifeng turned his head to take a look, and sure enough, he saw the signboard of Xue Jiafeng's name, which looked relatively hot.
Wang Xifeng looked back at the little girl standing beside Master Xue, and said with a smile: "This is Sister Baochai, you were just born when I left Jinling, and now you have become a little girl carved in pink, time flies so fast." ”
Xue Baochai smiled shyly, but he showed extraordinary maturity at a young age.
"Sister Feng's reputation has been passed down in Jinling to this day, although I have never met you, but I have been friends for a long time."
A black line appeared on Wang Xifeng's forehead, God is famous, what kind of good reputation can he have in Jinling like a tomboy back then. This little girl is not easy to mess with, Wang Xifeng got her own conclusion.
Fortunately, now Wang Xifeng can already talk to Master Xue, so she no longer cares about this little yellow-haired girl.
"Uncle, how are your affairs handled, the humble house is nearby, do you want to go and take a look. The second master will be very happy if he sees you. ”
This is not false, when Jia Lian Pingsu and Wang Xifeng talked about the descendants of the four families, they were full of praise for Master Xue. He admired his ability to single-handedly maintain an imperial merchant family among the four major families.
I remember that the second master said very regrettably: "It's a pity that I heard that my uncle is unwell, once he dies, I am afraid that the Xue family will be left behind if there is no successor." ”
"That's what it means"