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Chapter 297 Settle Down

Xia Dehai sent Liang Chuan and his group through Wan'an Ferry. He wanted to do something big with Liang Chuan. Unfortunately, Liang Chuan didn't know his background now and did not accept him. Liang Chuan did not completely give up his idea, but just told him to stay here and not do evil again. If he is needed for a talent like him with excellent water quality in the future, he will definitely come back to find him.

After passing Wan'an Ferry, Liang Chuan looked back and looked at the vast river water. In my memory, a long bridge should be built in the future. How many people walked through this long bridge? The tides rose and fell last year, and the river flowed eastward and the sea waves flowed backwards, and only this bridge remained forever.

The group did not go far, and there were hotels and villages on the roadside, and there were more people. The fields on the roadside were full of sky and fields. Although it was night, the frogs in the fields were like choruses, which was very lively. A few people found a hotel and rested. This was much more comfortable than spending the night in the wilderness, at least not so many mosquitoes and insects.

Luocheng and Qingyuan are bounded by Wan'an River. After crossing the river, they will officially enter Qingyuan County. The next morning, the group boarded the road early, and the scenery on the road was very different from the other side of the river. Quanzhou Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan, Luocheng, Taocheng, Changkeng and other counties. The prefecture is located in Qingyuan, so the city is also in Qingyuan. The county government of Qingyuan County is not far from Weiyuan Tower, the capital of the prefecture. Qingyuan Ancient City is made of stone strips, and there is a moat outside, which looks like the shape of Bagua, so the people are also called this river Baguagou. Many people have gathered outside the city, and a prosperous scene has taken shape. The people live and work in peace and contentment. Various industries are in full bloom. Specialties from all directions gather in Qingyuan. Ships from the southeast continuously transport goods from the sea. The southeastern sea is well-known.

Qingyuan City was built in the late Tang Dynasty. After five generations of expansion, it changed from the original four gates to the seven gates, namely Renfeng Gate, Yicheng Gate, Deji Gate, Chaotian Gate, Tonghuai Gate, Linzhang Gate, and Tongjin Gate.

Liangchuan and his party came from Xinghua in the northwest and entered the city from Chaotianmen at the north gate. Thorn thorns were planted everywhere in the city, and light red flowers were dotted on the branches. Other places were rare to see. Liangchuan came to Quanzhou City later generations, and there were so many Thorn thorns, and there were only green plants on both sides of the road. Unlike now, the open spaces in the city were planted with Thorn thorns.

Liang Chuan was with four people, and now he was not in the mood to look at the customs and customs. The most urgent thing was to find a place to settle down first and settle the group first. Liang Chuan thought that he still owed him a thousand guan of money at Hussein, and that he didn't have much money to carry, so most of it was left for Yi Niang's family. It would be easy to find this God of Wealth first.

Most of these foreigners are active near Qingyuan Port and rarely go to the inland. First, they are speechless, and second, the court also has a relevant management system for these foreigners. They do not do whatever they want, and they are even more unlikely to move around at will. Foreigners also like to join in groups. If they fall in love with them, it will sooner or later be a hidden danger to the dynasty.

The court established the Maritime Bureau to specialize in overseas trade, and then set up Laiyuanyi to specialize in the management of foreigners. Laiyuanyi belongs to the Honglu Temple and serves as the responsible person to receive and manage visitors and foreigners from ethnic minorities. These two institutions are close to the prefecture government office and belong to the East Wall of Qingyuan. On the East Street, the East Street is also the most prosperous place in the state prefecture and Qingyuan County office.

Xinghua is already a prosperous place compared to Fengshan, but compared with Qingyuan, the scene is not worth mentioning. Even Shen Yuzhen and Ye Xiaochai were dazzled. They were considered people who had seen the world and were also shocked by the bustling scenery of Qingyuan. There were countless jewelry and things on the streets, and there were rouge, water and pink women's red objects everywhere. The fragrance of powder sachets and brocade sachets were as numerous as stars. Several people took root under their feet and walked in front of the stall.

Girls love beauty, while Zhaodi's sketches are just greedy. The street is filled with the aroma of meat and wheat and noodles. The smoke of cooking fires flew up the chimney to the sky, giving people a warm and satisfying feeling. In the oven in front of the cook cake shop, steamed cakes, wheat cakes, wide scallion cakes, chrysanthemum cakes, mung bean cakes, ice cakes, and stuffed cook cakes that cannot be named. Qingyuan has rich aquatic products, shrimp buns and crab roe buns are arranged everywhere, and the residents of the past sat around, and everyone's mouth was filled with oil. Eat a bite of meat buns, drink two sips of tea, and scrape the oil and water in their stomachs. This is considered a meal.

Zongzi is a special snack for the Dragon Boat Festival. It is rare to see it on weekdays. However, there are meat dumpling shops everywhere in Qingyuan County. The glutinous rice is made of fragrant rice wrapped in egg yolks and pork. The vegetarian mushrooms are simmered in the steamer. Before I could open the cage, the glutinous rice fragrance had already floated far away, causing Zhao Di and Zhao Xiaopin to keep swallowing.

Liang Chuan looked at the appearance of several people, so he could only give him some money. He wanted to eat and play and was satisfied first. He walked along the way and searched everywhere, and wanted to find an empty house for someone to rent. He quickly settled down. The few people agreed to meet under the bell tower on East Street.

There are people all over the streets, and there are really everyone. The dark Kunlun slaves, that is, Africans, Indians in South Asia, and locals can see them everywhere. There are also many monks and Taoists, who are really all kinds of people. Most of them are still business people. They either carry goods or carry bags and look hurried, all for profit. Now it is the time to start winter. When the north wind comes, a large number of sea boats will go south with the wind. Now merchants will take advantage of this time to sell goods and transform them into outsiders and seize the last chance of this year.

Liangchuan walked down East Street, and there were no free shops on both sides of the avenue. Every household opened its doors and did a lot of fun doing business. Liangchuan could only walk to the side. There were several alleys on the side of East Street, one called Menlou Lane, one called Chengtian Lane, and several unknown alleys. Although they were called alleys, as the city wall expanded, it was almost close to the scale of East and West Street.

Liang Chuan walked into Chengtian Lane. The entrance of the alley was crowded, and there was no more people walking back. Liang Chuan walked to the middle of the alley and saw a shop under a house with a copper lock hanging on the door, and a large letter posted at the door: Rent. The shop on the left side of the shop was quiet and scattered, with a big sign hanging at the door: "Bi Ji." There were only many people in the store who were posting books and papers, but the customers didn't see many. On the right is a gate, and the dilapidated wooden door at the door was covered with a faint look, looking like the place of a wealthy family, but the ragged scene was probably almost defeated.

The shop on the left was dejected and had little effort to do things. There was no way to do business in half. Others in the whole place were full of vitality in business. The shop was very different. Liang Chuan leaned closer and saw that many people were holding pieces of wooden boards and carving knives on them. Some people in the shop were brushing ink on the wooden boards, then peeling the paper off and drying it.

Liang Chuan looked at it for a long time and it turned out that this was a printing shop.

This industry is rare, but looking at this scene, it seems a bit unsatisfactory. Liang Chuan looked into the room at the door for a long time, but no one came out to say hello. Liang Chuan spoke first, found an older one, licked his face and asked, "Brother-in-law, borrowed a step."

The old man was binding the book paper. He did it carefully but didn't see Liang Chuan enter the door. After hearing his question, he realized: "Oh, a guest is here." He hurriedly put down his hand and took Liang Chuan to the side of the coffee table beside him, sitting down, preparing to entertain Liang Chuan.

"My father-in-law, who is the rented house next to me? I saw that it was written on it. I intend to rent the house. If my father-in-law knows, he will tell me." Liang Chuan sat down with the old man and asked.

"The house next door is also my family's property, but now I don't care about the matter now. All the matters are left to my son to take care of. You sit for a while, he goes out to pick up the wooden boards, and he will come back." The old man didn't expect that it was still an old shop owner. Since the power has been handed over, it's his son who is the one who decides, so wait for his son.

The old man saw Liang Chuan having a face, his accent didn't look like a local, and he was quite polite in his speech. He was very impressed when he first met. He brewed a brew of loose tea for Liang Chuan, and the tea soup was green and asked with a smile: "Where is my friend?"

Liang Chuan took a sip of tea and replied: "I was originally from Xinghua." In fact, Liang Chuan didn't know where his body's owner wandered to Xinghua, but now he is in Xinghua, he is a native of Xinghua.

"Oh? I heard that some days ago that someone in Xinghua rebelled, and the momentum was quite high. I almost occupied Xinghua City, which made us in Qingyuan panic. I wonder if it was true or not?" The old man was very good at yelling, and he would play with people when he saw them, and he would specifically talk about it with information, so that the guests would not be dissatisfied.

Speaking of this rebellion, Liang Chuan was the most powerful person who did not hide his own personal feelings. He was just like making tea and telling the story of the rebellion of the people of Xinghua Mountains. However, his own heroic deeds were omitted, which exaggerated the momentum of the government. Even so, the old man was stunned. The southerners had seen too few wars. The north was fighting, and the south wanted stability. If there was chaos in the south, the world would not have a place to settle down.

The two spoke happily. At this time, his son came back from outside. As soon as he sat down, he cursed: "Damn, these kills have increased the price again. The wooden board is about to increase the price by 10%, and the deposit is added by 10%. We have to talk about it carefully. If it doesn't work, we can only replace the person and enter the board."

The owner's son is slightly older than Liang Chuan, with a pale face and no beard. He looks like he is not from a farmer family. He took a sip of tea and found a customer in the store and talked to his father very happily.

"What is this?" the owner's son asked softly.

"We have been waiting for you for a long time. This little brother is planning to rent our shop. I have a great conversation with this friend Liangchuan. Our shop has been idle for a long time and can be rented to him. What about Zhaosheng?" The old shop owner looked at his son and said.

"Yes!" The owner's surname is Bi and his name is Zhaosheng, and his face was overjoyed: "I'm actually a prosperous shop, because my family made some ink printing books by myself. Many people disliked the ink smelly smelly. After reading it, they couldn't rent it out. If you figure it out, I'll hand you the key immediately!"
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