The north bank of Hangou is Yangzhou City, and the south bank is a large area of shops, warehouses, and wine shops, spreading for several miles.
Princess Taiping's garden is also on the south bank of Hangou, not far from Fucheng, about five or six miles away, on the edge of Hangou in the east of the city.
Although it is the middle of winter at the end of the year, the scenery of Jiangnan is not like that of the capital city, it is still lush and green.
Li Chongrun brought a lot of things, including property, money and silk, on this trip. Li Chongrun, Yang San and others carefully guarded them for a long time. It was not until the sky was dark that they put everything into the warehouse.
As soon as my cousin got off the boat, he took a few of his followers and went to look for places with fireworks like wine shops and brothels, but he didn't come back all night.
Early the next morning, Li Chongrun was rarely disturbed by anyone, and he lamented that he had not slept in. Li Chongrun complained angrily about his suddenly reliable biological clock, while brushing his teeth under the care of the little yellow-haired lolita.
Fang'er had been promoted, and before she had time to change the maid beside her, Aisha happened to follow her to Jiangnan, and Li Chongrun's daily life was left to her to take care of.
My cousin sent someone to the garden to spread the news. He just said that he was a little drunk yesterday and found a boat to sleep in. He told everyone not to wait for him, he would come back naturally after he had enough fun.
Li Chongrun knew his cousin's temperament, so he simply ignored him. He just heard that he was having a good time in Yangzhou, which made him feel a little itchy. Fortunately, he prepared a carriage in the garden, and Li Chongrun prepared to take his little cousin to Yangzhou city.
change.
Just hearing that they wanted to see the Spring Breeze Ten Miles Yangzhou Road, Wu Qi and the others were very excited to give it a try. Even Gongsun Lan's icy face showed some anticipation.
"Everyone goes, everyone goes."
Li Chongrun liked the excitement the most, especially when he could take a group of girls shopping, so he naturally agreed without blinking an eye.
However, the carriage in the garden was not big and could not accommodate so many people. Li Chongrun took Gongsun Lan and Huangmao Xiaololi on horseback and followed the carriage from a distance. Although it was a bit cold, fortunately, he could enjoy the three hundred and sixty-six
Ten-degree panoramic sunroof.
Perhaps because of the cold weather, Yangzhou City was a little deserted. After crossing a somewhat dilapidated bridge, we arrived at the south gate of Yangzhou City.
Although the princess has not been to Yangzhou for many years, Her Royal Highness's favor has become increasingly favored. Naturally, everyone is very familiar with it. Naturally, the gatekeeper recognized the princess's carriage from the mark on the carriage. The carriage was full of people.
The little baby, knowing that he was a junior from the princess's family, didn't even dare to accept the money for the city gate, so he respectfully invited him in.
"Yangzhou looks like this."
The yellow-haired little loli was on the horse, controlling the horse very carefully to avoid the mud on the ground, while complaining to Li Chongrun, "When I first came to Datang, I heard that Yangzhou was one of the four major ports in the world. From a look at it, it seemed to be somewhat famous.
It’s unrealistic.”
Li Chongrun was also very surprised. Yangzhou was the third largest city in the world in terms of finance and taxation. It claimed to have gathered all the wealth in the world. There was no reason for it to be so deserted and even a little dilapidated. Especially the tiles on the city walls and the bluestones on the floor were covered with thick moss.
Looking at the carved characters above, you can still vaguely see the word Jin, which seems to have been there for hundreds of years.
A hurried old man on the roadside heard the conversation between the two, stopped with a smile, and explained to Li Chongrun in a Mandarin with a slight dialect accent: "If this young man wants to visit Yangzhou, he should go there.
To the south of the Zhuo River, along the Guan River, there is a prosperous scene ten miles long."
"My father-in-law, you are so polite. Why do all the merchants go outside the city?" Li Chongrun was very surprised. They all went outside the city to do business. Are they not afraid of bandits?
"Your Majesty, the world has been at peace for a long time. The governor's law enforcement is quite strict, and any violation of the law will be punished as a serious crime. Therefore, although Yangzhou is not a place where people pick up things on the road, it is not harmed by mountain bandits and water bandits. The city is small and businesses cannot develop.
So most of them went to the wharf at the junction of Guanhe River and Hangou to open their shops, which could save money on city gates and avoid the pain of curfew. After going back and forth, there were only a few government offices and schools left in Yangzhou City, and even the most
All the important shipping companies have moved to Henan."
The old man explained slowly, stopped talking, and said goodbye to Li Chongrun.
Only then did Li Chongrun realize that the large tracts of shops and warehouses he saw when he got off the ship were the real Yangzhou.
When everyone hurried to the real place of Yangzhou fireworks, Li Chongrun realized that there was a place in this era that could catch up with the commercial pedestrian streets of later generations.
There is a very straight bluestone road on the embankment to the south of the Guanhe River. The side near the water is full of trees. Although it is near the middle of winter, the peach trees and the like are already withered branches and leaves. But I think
In the coming spring of March next year, what a grand scene will be seen in these ten miles of peach miasma.
There are also countless towering huge camphor trees standing among the peach trees, with pavilions and canopies, full of greenery.
On the other side are countless shops, restaurants and bars, with all kinds of flags fluttering in the biting north wind, confusing the eyes of passers-by and emptying their wallets.
People in various costumes shuttled on the bluestone road. Only today did Li Chongrun realize that rubbing shoulders was not an exaggeration, but a real realistic style of writing.
Unlike many merchants from the Western Regions like Luoyang, many of the merchants who came and went were dwarfs. Although they were wearing round-neck robes, they were wearing strange hats. Li Chongrun had seen several people dressed like this in the Imperial College.
As an overseas student, I know he is from Japan.
But there were indeed a lot of people, and the leading carriage tried several times, but could not squeeze into the narrow bluestone road. Seeing that this place was not far from the garden, Li Chongrun simply got off the horse and asked people to take the horses and carriages.
He took it back and took a group of little girls for a stroll.
There were countless performers on the roadside, practicing their stalls on the ground to perform an oboe or something. After walking a few steps further, I saw a storyteller's stall on the roadside. The storyteller was a fat, dark man who was talking happily.
Journey to the West.
Li Chongrun had the urge to rush up and stop his shameless piracy. He just thought it would be better not to be exposed, so he led his little cousin away angrily.
Passing by countless sellers of fish and various kinds of biscuits, there was a biscuit stall with a long queue. Wu Qi happily waited in line for a long time and came back after selling a few biscuits. Li Chongrun broke off a piece.
After tasting it, I found that it was actually filled with cherry filling. It tasted very sweet and refreshing.
Passing by a stall selling candied haws on a stick, Li Chongrun rarely fulfilled a wish he had had since his previous life. He bought it together with the straw stakes for tying the candied haws on his shoulders, and happily ate it with the other little girls.
While strolling around in a very ostentatious manner, after just strolling for a while, he ate dozens of candied haws and ate them all.
As we walked a little further in, there were far fewer shops and warehouses on the roadside. Instead, there were gradually more wine shops and restaurants. Seeing that it was already dinner time, I had just eaten a lot of appetizing candied haws, and my stomach was rumbling.
There was a roar. Li Chongrun wondered if he should find a restaurant to have a meal.
Although this place is no longer bustling with people, it is still a somewhat prosperous place. An old man wearing a raincoat is actually fishing in this busy city. Li Chongrun was greatly impressed and said to himself that this old man could not live without such a prosperous scene.
I was so moved, I guess he is a typical figure among fishermen.
Originally, Li Chongrun just wanted to say hello and ask where there is a famous restaurant nearby. Unexpectedly, just as he opened his mouth, the old man raised the fishing rod in his hand, and Li Chongrun saw that the fishing rod was not connected to the fishing line.
Instead, a thin rope was used to connect it to a painting boat rippling in the river in the distance. A gentle bell sounded, and the boat cut through the rippling clear waves and quietly moved towards the shore.
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It turned out that this fisherman turned out to be the signboard of Huafang. Li Chongrun was greatly embarrassed, and then he noticed that there was not only this old fisherman on the shore, but there was one every other place.
I wanted to immediately explain to my little cousin that I was not looking for a young lady, but I didn't expect that my little cousin was staring at the boat from a distance more intensely than me. Before the boat could even dock, she was already holding Li Chongrun's sleeve and preparing to go there.
Rush forward.
The boatman who painted the boat was a woman in her thirties. She was not too surprised to see this formation. Although everyone was dressed richly, there was nothing noble about them. She just thought it was a young man from a wealthy family going out.
When traveling, I had more maids and followers with me.
"This young master has good eyesight. Our Yiyunxuan is the number one on the Guanhe River!" The woman greeted Li Chongrun warmly while setting up a springboard on the small bluestone pier that protruded from the river bank.
However, Li Chongrun's face was slightly red because of his own mistake, so he took off the iron fan from his waist and fanned it slowly in his hand.
"This boatman, I just want to find out which restaurant has the best food around here."
"Oh, what a coincidence, our boat just caught two four-gill bass today. This fish is the most delicious. Even the gods can't sit still." The woman said it very beautifully.
, stretched out his hand and prepared to help Li Chongrun onto the boat.
However, Li Chongrun suddenly felt a strong wind coming from behind his head. He was attacked several times on the back of his head, making him extremely sensitive to attacks from behind. He waved the iron fan in his hand and blocked it behind him without thinking.
Hearing the sound of "Dang", the sound of gold and iron clashing, Li Chongrun's hands went numb. He turned around and turned to the direction behind him. On the second floor on the other side of Qingshi Road, a young man holding a slingshot shouted to him with a very arrogant expression, "Been beaten."
He blocked it, how should this be counted?"
Without waiting for Li Chongrun's arrangement, Gongsun Lan stamped his foot, leaving a mark on the ground. Using his momentum, he turned his back to the wine shop and rushed into the wine shop like an afterimage.
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Several screams and the sounds of weapons clashing were heard, and several figures were kicked down from the second floor by Gongsun Lan's red boots. They broke the windows along the street and fell directly onto the bluestone road downstairs.
The boy holding the slingshot was cut off by Gongsun Lan with a knife, and he jumped down from the second floor while being held by Gongsun Lan's neck collar. However, when he landed, his knees hit the ground, which seemed to be broken. He was holding his legs miserably.
There was groaning.
"Not only did I block Leran, but I also sent people to beat you up. So what does it mean?"
Li Chongrun imitated the young man's arrogant manner and looked down at these gorgeously dressed young men. He thought to himself that I am now the toughest dandy in the backstage of Yangzhou City. How dare these boys dare to treat me like this?