Chapter 83: The Heart Is Forcing the Boundary, and the Body Can't Help Itself (Part I)
Of course, these Hu businessmen must not have thought of what the meaning of this is, but at this moment they have only one idea! Datang is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire! They came here with awe, but there's a problem.
That is, these people are actually very high-status people in their respective countries, such as pure Hu merchants disguised by Ashilu, because in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions or further away in Dashi, Persia and other countries, the status of merchants in these countries is not like that of the Tang Dynasty.
What's more, those who can be businessmen in these countries often have a very high status behind them, and they are all big nobles.
Of course, it is not excluded that there are many Hu businessmen who have gone bankrupt in the West, but have taken risks to enter the Silk Road in order to make money.
But in the vast majority of cases, those who can successfully come to Datang have status, because only these big businessmen can hire bodyguards, and some scattered businessmen have long been eaten and wiped out by horse bandits and Turkic tribes.
And these people have a psychological gap after coming to Datang, on the street, even an ordinary hawker dares to spit on them with contempt when they see them, but they don't dare to do anything to these people.
Because Datang is too powerful, they can't afford to mess with it.
But aren't they aggrieved in their hearts? Aggrieved! But aggrieved, you bear with me!
This is the case in the face of ordinary people in Datang, let alone in the face of the real ruling class of Datang, the scholar class? And those who came to Chang'an with political tasks are not to mention, so their hearts are on fire!
And at this moment, there is a shopping mall, in this place where the magnates of the Tang Dynasty are coming, in this shopping mall opened by the three princes of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they have actually received the greatest respect? Even the three princes didn't even give face to those scholars!
Oh yes, no need to give! After all, it is His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and they all understand.
And now, here with His Royal Highness the King of Shu, they can actually get back their lost face!
At present, there are many Hu businessmen who are ready to come to join tomorrow! Although it is said that silver members can't afford it, brass members can still do it! These people who can live in Chang'an are definitely rich people, and at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was still good for these foreign politicians who came to Chang'an as the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, at least their food, drink and accommodation were free.
Although Hu Shang said that it was not free, they themselves had money!
And His Royal Highness the King of Shu has a lot of goods here that they are extremely excited about, and they can make a lot of money when they take these things back, so of course they have to make a membership anyway.
But what these Hu merchants don't know is that those scholars can't bear it for a long time, fuck, they usually don't look down on these Hu merchants, and now the Hu people actually let these Hu people ride on their heads, can this be endured? Tomorrow Lao Tzu will go to apply for a silver membership, and you will obediently squeeze Lao Tzu next to him.
I can't make trouble, but I'm a Silver member, so I can ask for this position, as long as I come early enough, let's stay where I am one by one.
It's just that it will definitely not work today, and it is impossible to run home to pull money at this time, and today I can only watch this Hu businessman show off his power in front of them.
Li Zhen is here on behalf of his father today, as a gold member, he naturally receives the best treatment, if he wants the best position in the hall below, it is his, but Li Zhen has always followed his father's teachings, low-key, low-key.
So he just quietly entered a private room.
But although he entered the box, everything was treated as the best, for example, the people below didn't know what performance was there today, but he was here...... But there is a program list.
He knew what was coming next.
And there are fresh fruits next to it, and there is a special juice that seems to be made of fruits, which is very delicious, and these ...... It's all free!
You must know that Li Zhen has never seen these things at all, and if they are put in a tavern, they are definitely worth a lot of money.
Especially this fruit, in the spring, the fruit of the south cannot be transported at all, and ...... Where did this grape come from? It's not grape season either! You must know that in Datang, even in summer, you can only eat the season when you eat related fruits!
And he actually ate grapes in the spring! This...... Even His Majesty probably won't be able to eat it, right?!
I have to say, this feeling is so refreshing, the design of this box is extremely clever, there is a layer of glass in front of him, he can see the people below, hear the arguments below, but the people below can't see him.
And at this moment, Li Zhen suddenly vaguely understood what was going on, today's performance...... It can't be specially arranged by His Highness, right?
At least Li Zhen feels that with the following controversy, there will definitely be no one to handle membership tomorrow.
However, here in the King of Shu, everyone is arguing a few words verbally, and soon today's performance began, Yang Anning, who had not appeared for several days, and several little ladies appeared again, and they sang the song that is said to have been written by His Royal Highness the King of Shu, "Exploring the Window", there is a small story in it, and everyone can understand it.
At least His Royal Highness the King of Shu said that he heard it from elsewhere, and everyone didn't know who was singing in the song, but it didn't prevent everyone from scolding this negative man after listening to it.
At the end of the song, before the literati below could open their mouths to praise a few words, the Hu Shang named A Shilu, who was sitting in the best position, directly shouted, "Okay!" Reward! ”
Ah Shilu's voice was very loud, covering everyone's voices at once, and many literati who were holding back some elegant words were directly interrupted from their thoughts!
At this time, Ah Shilu can be said to have aroused the anger of the crowd, but before everyone could open his mouth to scold, Ah Shilu directly took out a stack of exchange coupons from his pocket, took out two from them and threw them directly into the flower basket in the hand of the maid next to him.
The maid who got the two exchange coupons immediately said loudly: "Silver member Ashilulang Jun will reward you little ladies with 200 yuan!" ”
Just such a sentence suddenly stunned the literati below.
The number of 200 is not big, but it is not small, and some of the literati here can take it out, and some of it can't, the problem is ...... The part of the people who the fuck took out, who can hold 200 copper coins on them?!
Consistent copper coins are 1,000 yuan, and a Kaiyuan Tongbao weighs 2 baht and 4 wires, which is exactly one penny, and one coin just represents one penny. Ten Wen weighs one tael, and one thousand Wen is the consistent money weighing six catties and four taels.
Who can go out and carry 1,200 pounds of things?
I...... All the literati want to vomit blood, these Hu merchants! No...... Don't talk about martial arts!
Usually although they also have a large amount of rewards, but those times are in the Qinglou, and they usually give tips and let the next person send them. In fact...... At that time, it was cool, and there were people who didn't admit it afterwards, but there were not many of them.
And His Royal Highness the King of Shu doesn't recognize this here, people are throwing cash, and you are empty-mouthed......
Aggrieved! Aggrieved! I really want to pretend that I haven't pretended! It's uncomfortable!