Chapter Three: Gathering in the Yellow Sands (Part I)
The group traveled for three days with their own hearts, but they did not encounter a decent city along the way, and even the herdsmen's villages were scattered. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe territory of Tubo is sparsely populated, and its territory is not inferior to that of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, but its population is one-fiftieth of theirs, and most of them are herdsmen.
Lei Zhen and Lin Lingsu were inseparable from Song Lianfeng all day long, Luo Tianchu had failed to make three shots, but every time he retreated, the people on the other side were panicked, and he was always like a big enemy.
The day before the festival, they arrived at Huangsha City, a city made of earth and gravel, only one-tenth the size of Chang'an, which was quite exotic and one of the most important trading towns in Tibet. The city is full of dirt roads, and after a light rain in the early morning, the ground has been trampled by pedestrians in the mud.
The city's natives were only a minority, and most of them were merchants from Persia, Arabia, India, Nepal, Thimphu, Song and Jin. Because Tibet was located in the middle of these countries, Huangsha City became a multinational trading market, making this small town extraordinarily prosperous and rich, trading tens of thousands of silver taels every day and more than hundreds of thousands. The heads of people in the city are stirring, shouting and selling one after another, the caravan and horses are rumbling, and everyone has never seen such a lively street scene since Jingkang.
A caravan of Arab caravans led a caravan of camels past them, and the Arabs, with their blue heads covered with white cloth and dark faces, passed by with one hand to their chests, nodding their heads, and the crowd clasped their fists in return. After the caravan passed, I saw three Indian merchants with scimitars at their waists selecting carpets in front of the Persian vendors' stalls, speaking indistinctly Chinese. At present, the most popular language of doing business is Chinese, and businessmen from all over the world will speak a few words.
Of course, inns, green houses, and casinos are indispensable in such a lavish city, and the three most profitable businesses are run by the local people of Tibet, but the people employed come from all over the world, the chefs can cook the most authentic dishes of various countries, and the women of the green houses also come from many countries, and the most popular ones are the girls from Nepal and the Song Dynasty. Nepalese girls have oil palm skin, dark eyes, and a toned and moving body full of a primitive wildness, which can arouse men's desires the most, and their enthusiasm and boldness in service make men flutter. If the merchants who came and went didn't get close to the Nepalese girl, they really came to Huangsha City in vain. Most of the merchants who like to find girls in the Song Dynasty are foreigners, although the status of the Great Song Dynasty is not as good as before, but the **** girl is still like a fairy in their hearts, high up. They are full of talents, proficient in poetry and songs, and have an elegant enjoyment in addition to the pleasures of the flesh.
At this time, several Nepalese girls stood outside the gate of the Qinglou in a sultry manner, smiling and waving at passers-by. They wore a red veil on their heads, and a gold chain was tied to their foreheads, and a thinner gold chain was tied to it, and a jewel was attached to their noses. Their tops are very short, revealing a belly without a trace of fat, wearing printed gauze skirts on their lower bodies, wearing sandals on their **** jade feet, and coating their toenails with bright red ointment. The soldiers of the Qi State all stared at them with their faces, and Lin Lingsu also looked at their jade feet with a wicked smile. Zhu Zhirui frowned and said: "How can they dress like this, their bellies are upside down, how can their feet be exposed?" Zhu Yushi said: "People's customs are different from ours, maybe they don't care about this." Liu Lin said with a smile: "That's what they do, let alone showing their feet, they will show themselves anywhere when the time comes." After speaking, seeing Zhu Zhirui glance at him, he suddenly lost his speech, and said again and again: "I don't want to be surprised if I don't speak cleanly, I hope Miss won't be surprised." Zhu Zhirui ignored him and turned her head to the side. In Liu Lin's heart, no matter how beautiful the Qinglou woman is, she is not as good as a hair of Zhu Zhirui, he has respected Zhu Zhirui as a god, and he does not dare to disobey in the slightest.
Many people have a problem, the more good people are to them, the more they don't like them, and they feel that they are cheap. I just have a soft spot for those who ignore and look down on me, thinking that what is difficult to get is good, but after getting what I want, I found that it was not enough. Therefore, smart women will not let men get their wishes easily, and smart men will always avoid women's entanglement.
The accompanying guide led everyone to a Tubo inn, which was the place to receive the guests of the horse viewing club. After the guide received the reward and left, Song Lianfeng saw that Luo Tianchu and Liu Shaoqing were shopping in the downtown area, Luo Tianchu was wearing a long amber chain produced in Tingbu around his neck, an Indian hat with a peacock feather on his head, and a Persian gemstone snuffbox in his hand. Liu Shaoqing was very interested in the weapons of various countries, looked at the dagger, swept the scimitar, and finally held a long knife from Dongying and kept watching. Song Lianfeng cursed a few words secretly and followed everyone into the pavilion.
The pavilion is three floors high, the first floor is the canteen, the second and third floors are the guest rooms, the decoration is full of Western style, the floor and stairs are covered with colorful Persian carpets, the walls are hung with pictures of ornaments from various countries, long tables and futons replace tables and chairs, and the air is filled with the aroma of Nepalese azalea. The shopkeeper is a tall and strong Tibetan man with a scimitar hanging from his waist. If you want to be a shopkeeper in this mixed realm, you can't suppress the formation. His name is Condo, and his attitude towards everyone is not very respectful, only that he has reserved rooms for foreign guests, but other guests are also welcome to stay and open as usual. Although Liu Lin was dissatisfied with his attitude, he couldn't help but have a seizure, the key is that everyone is still hungry, and there is nothing more important than a big meal.
The meal is the most authentic butter tea in Tibet, consumed beef, stone pot chicken, Tibetan fragrant pig, crispy cheese cake, blood sausage, ginseng fruit rice and cheese dim sum, everyone is feasting and enjoying the deliciousness, when they saw Luo Tianchu and Liu Shaoqing walking in with a bunch of newly bought gadgets. Everyone suddenly stood up with their weapons in their hands as if they were facing a great enemy.
Kang Duo shouted in Chinese: "What are you doing, don't you know the rules here?" Luo Tianchu smiled: "We are here to stay and eat, not to make trouble." As he spoke, he took out an invitation to the horse club. Condo looked at it and said to him, "Sit down and eat something." Luo Tianchu walked around Qi Guo and the elders of the horse gang, pointed to the food on Liu Lin's table and said, "Give me a copy according to what he has on the table." Kang Duo said: "That's the amount of four people, and the two of them can't finish it." Luo Tianchu said: "I'll give you how much money you should have." Condo shook his head and said, "Regardless of money, it's a shame to waste food, everyone eats as much as they want, and never gives more." ”
Luo Tianchu showed respect and said, "Yes, then please arrange it." Condo nodded and said, "Since you are coming to Huangsha City for the first time, you must know the rules of the city. No matter how much hatred there is between you, you are not allowed to fight privately in the city, let alone hurt or kill people. Outside the city, it doesn't matter if you kill the world. Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "If we follow the customs, we must abide by the rules, but what if someone else wants to kill me first? Can I fight back?" Kang Duo said: "Of course you can fight back, and the one who will be punished is the one who makes the first move." Luo Tianchu said: "How will it be punished?" Kang Duo said: "Chop off a hand, drive out of the city, and never enter Huangsha City again." This rule is to create a good business environment, where everyone can do business in the city with peace of mind. Qin Ling sneered: "If you say cut off your hands, you will cut off your hands?" Kang Duo lifted the clothes on his chest, revealing the saber on his waist, and said: "Don't forget that our city lord is a guest of Chu, do you dare to say it again in front of his old man?" Qin Ling laughed twice and said no more.
Luo Tianchu and Liu Shaoqing sat cross-legged on the futon, and after a while, the food came up, and the two of them ate. Luo Tianchu glanced at the Qi State and the Ma Gang who were waiting for the battle, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't dare to be presumptuous on the territory of the Chu City Lord. (To be continued.) )