It was not until the fourth day of the New Year that Yang Yuanqing finally took a breath. The New Year may be a kind of rest for others, but for those who are superiors like him, they are even busier and tired. Various social engagements are also a kind of painstaking thing.
The Yuan Dynasty holiday in the court will take five days. From New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the first lunar month, the fifth day of the first lunar month is the dynasty. Officials above the seventh rank must enter the Jinyang Hall to attend the ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the New Year.
So today's fourth day of the lunar month was Yang Yuanqing's last day of rest. He couldn't sit still. He put on some makeup early in the morning and came to Taiyuan Beishi to investigate the people's conditions and inquire about prices.
A private visit to anyone in power is willing to do. This is also the side of their ordinary hearts. They are eager to interact with the people at the bottom and understand the people's livelihood and people's conditions in person. Many times, this is actually a kind of fun. If it is positive,
The dynasty will have a sense of accomplishment.
Since Yang Yuanqing's position and power have become a high position, he has been in contact with the lower class less and less. Although he has a lot of contact with ordinary soldiers, ordinary soldiers do not represent the livelihood of the city.
Yang Yuanqing wore a lilac robe, a gauze hat on his head, a leather belt on his waist, and a black leather boot on his feet. In this outfit, not nine out of ten men would have six or seven, and it was visible all over the street. The difference
It's just the face and texture of the robe.
In fact, Yang Guang of the previous dynasty had strict hierarchical regulations on the beauty of the clothing, such as soldiers wearing yellow clothes, butchers wearing black clothes, clerks wearing blue clothes, ordinary people wearing white clothes, only officials can wear robes, and officials under the fifth rank wear green robes
, officials above the fifth rank were wearing purple robes.
There are also merchants who are not allowed to ride horses, ordinary people are not allowed to ride horses and carriages, etc. However, with the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, these hierarchical regulations have been abandoned, and merchants ride horses and butchers wear purple robes can be seen everywhere.
The Xin Dynasty established by Yang Yuanqing was also relatively tolerant of the restrictions on clothing and transportation, and there were basically no restrictions. It was just because of the advocacy of frugality. Officials were not allowed to wear silk and ride horse and carriages. Officials influenced the common people and the people.
.There are not many people wearing silk from the Sui Dynasty, and most of them are fine linen.
Yang Yuanqing's eyebrows were thicker and he added two beards. His appearance changed drastically, and he looked like a middle-aged uncle. Walking on the street, he was extremely unattractive. . .
He walked slowly towards the Beicheng City with a leather bag in his hand. Behind him, more than a dozen personal guards with high martial arts skills were also put on makeup and watched the situation on both sides with caution.
In fact, Yang Yuanqing mainly wanted to understand the circulation of silver and money. This time he rewarded the three armies and the annual salary of the officials. All the money used was new. He heard from his family that a large amount of money had appeared in the street market.
He had to worry about the price of goods, especially the increase in rice prices. The best way was to circulate large amounts of money to the Tang Dynasty and exchange him for food and various materials.
In fact, he had already done so. Countless caravans entered Guanlong, Bashu and Jingxiang, and brought a large amount of silver ingots, which would bring back large items such as grain, cloth, silk, tea, livestock, pig iron, etc. to stabilize them.
Prices in the Sui Dynasty.
After three days off, the fourth day of the first lunar month was also the reopening of the market in Taipei City. Perhaps many businessmen realized the reason for the arrival of business opportunities. As long as the practice of opening stores after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they opened their businesses early, making the people in Taipei City crowded.
Extremely lively.
It was not clear that the shops were opened, and even the bells and brothels on both sides opened to attract customers. The sound of firecrackers thumping over the Taipei City, attracting tourists from all directions.
Yang Yuanqing walked slowly, his personal soldiers no longer followed him from afar, so they kept guarding him and pushed away all the people close to Yang Yuanqing one by one.
At this time, a guard quickly stepped forward and whispered to Yang Yuanqing: "Your Highness, I have seen General Cheng, General Qin and General Luo."
Yang Yuanqing was stunned and asked, "Where are the three of them?"
"Drinking in the wine shop opposite." The personal soldiers pointed to a wine shop diagonally opposite.
Looking from the crowded heads, Yang Yuanqing saw a wine shop, which seemed to be the former Tang Feng’s bar. Since the Taiyuan Tang Feng was cracked, the wine shop was also sealed off.
However, the sign Yang Yuanqing saw at this time was "Yuan An Tavern". He was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked up at his head. The sign above his head was also Yuan An Tavern.
There were actually two Yuan'an restaurants. After a change of thought, Yang Yuanqing realized that Pei You must have bought the Bafang restaurant opposite him. This woman is very business-minded and might be able to become an imperial merchant in the future.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing had already seen the second floor of the restaurant opposite, and the few people sitting by the window drinking. Aren’t it Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin?
"Your Highness, do you want to go up and sit with them?"
Yang Yuanqing thought about it, took out a list, and handed it to several personal soldiers, "Come on the items on it, ask me one by one, and investigate three companies in each case."
"Abide by the order!"
Several personal soldiers took the list to Taipei City, and then Yang Yuanqing slowly walked towards the opposite tavern.
He entered the restaurant, where the noise was noisy and the business was very prosperous. More than a dozen men were running back and forth with sweat. The shopkeeper was busy collecting money at the counter and looking for money, and he couldn't even raise his head.
When Yang Yuanqing saw Pei You at first sight, she sat behind the shopkeeper, holding a round fan in her hand, and looked at the influx of guests with a smile.
Today is the first day of opening, and she is also very concerned about the business of the new wine shop. Judging from the current customer flow, it is so good that she can't imagine. She was happy and began to plan the opening of the next wine shop.
Suddenly, Pei You felt something, and she seemed to see a very familiar figure. She looked at the door, her eyes locked on a middle-aged man.
This figure, face shape, and eyes, except for the thicker eyebrows and two beards, the others are exactly the same as Yang Yuanqing.
At this time, the middle-aged man looked at her and smiled at her. Pei You suddenly covered his mouth and almost shouted. She was already sure that this was Yang Yuanqing. Isn’t there a personal guard behind him?
She ran out of the counter in a panic, and ran to Yang Yuanqing with a long skirt in one hand, grabbed his wrist, pulled him aside, and asked nervously, "Your Highness, why are you here?"
Yang Yuanqing waved his hands to the two guards who were almost drawing their swords and signaled that it would be okay. Then he said to Pei You lightly: "If I hadn't seen you first, you had already gone to see the King of Hell, do you understand what I mean?"
Pei You saw the ruthless gazes of several guards, and she realized that she was so scared that she hurriedly let go of Yang Yuanqing's wrists and her face changed.
Yang Yuanqing showed a smile on his face and looked at the restaurant, "Is this restaurant yours? It's not bad! When did you buy it?"
Pei You felt guilty and lowered her head. She didn't dare to lie, so she had to honestly say, "This tavern is my name under your banner, and General Wei Ben spoke for me, and spent 50,000 yuan to buy it.
Not enough, I asked Minqiu again that she had borrowed 30,000 yuan and she would definitely pay it back this time."
Yang Yuanqing was not angry. Many officials in the court knew that Pei You was his elder sister-in-law. Even if she didn't say it, others would give her face. As for borrowing money, it was Min Qiu's business, and he generally would not care about it.
"You only bought 50,000 yuan, you've made a lot of money." Yang Yuanqing said with a smile.
Pei You saw that Yang Yuanqing was not angry, and she couldn't help but say proudly: "That's right, this tavern is worth at least 100,000 yuan. Someone originally paid 90,000 yuan to buy it, but the Municipal Bureau did not agree and sold it to me directly for 40,000 yuan.
, I feel a little embarrassed to say.”
"You are so thick-skinned, are you still embarrassed?"
Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but mock her, and pointed at it, "Let me find a seat next to them, I want to hear what they say?"
Pei You has been in the mall for many years and is very good at observing words and observing. Yang Yuanqing's ridicule made her extremely excited, which shows that Yang Yuanqing doesn't care about getting a restaurant with her means, but she just feels a little contempt. This is okay, she whispers
He smiled and said, "Is it not easy to find a seat? Come with me!"
Yang Yuanqing followed her to the second floor and entered a elegant room from behind. The guest had already booked it. Qin Qiong and the other two happened to be next door. The wall panel was very thin, and the conversation between the three of them could be clearly heard.
"I'll get you some wine and food?" Pei You whispered.
Yang Yuanqing nodded, pointed to the door again, signaling her to close the door, Pei You closed the door and went out, and then Yang Yuanqing sat down against the wall and listened to what was next door.
"I really don't understand why Your Highness has not attacked Qi County? I'm so anxious that I waited." This was Qin Qiong's voice. He sighed, looking a little depressed.
"Old Qin, your mother and your wife are not in Licheng County anymore. Whether to fight or not, you're so anxious!"
"You are wrong. Who doesn't have their own hometown? Thinking of Qi County being ravaged by bandits for so many years, I feel heavy in my heart, especially the fellow villagers in Licheng County know that I, Qin Qiong, was a general in the Sui Dynasty, and they all looked forward to it with eagerness.
I'll call back, but...ah!"
"Brother Qin, don't worry. Your Highness has told me that I will definitely attack Qingzhou this year. And I heard that your Highness meant to attack Dongfang first. I guess I will destroy Li Mi first and then attack the Tang Dynasty."
"Hey! You two are abominable people, let me talk about some interesting topics. Don't analyze strategies all day long. Are you tired? Let me tell you, Your Highness is going to entrust us to go out and build our country. I build our country. You two build our Qin Dynasty.
Guo and Luo Guo, we are all kings, hehe! Three palaces and six courtyards, seventy-two concubines..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Qin Qiong was a little angry.
"Old Qin, please don't be so stern, okay? It's scary. I didn't say nonsense. What Your Highness told me on the boat last time was the time to go to Liaoshui... OK! OK! I won't say it,
Don’t beat me up!”
"Old Cheng, you should have a stinky mouth. Last time you said that Your Highness wanted to marry Princess Danyang, even my wife knew about it. You said you just talk nonsense all day and deserve to be beaten."
"Is this my nonsense?"
Cheng Yaojin was anxious, and almost the entire restaurant heard his shouts, "Who can't see this matter? Who dares to propose marriage to Princess Danyang? Last time when the prince's mansion was inviting guests to dinner, His Highness stared at Princess Danyang in a daze.
Have you forgotten? Just like that, he squinted his eyes and stared at Princess Danyang's butt. Didn't you notice it?"
At this time, Yang Yuanqing wanted to use a needle to sew Cheng Yaojin's stinky mouth. He could no longer help but scolded: "Cheng Heiguo, shut up!"