Chapter 122 The Dark Corner
After a few bowls of wine, everyone felt relieved and laughed. These people walked on the prairie for several months, suffered countless hardships, were frightened, and finally arrived at their destination. Everything was the ideal appearance and everyone was happy.
In the middle of each mat is a carp weighing several pounds. After frying, it is made by Du Zhongxiao based on the squirrel mandarin fish in his memory. These people have never seen such a delicate way of eating, and many people are careful.
Fan Heiyan was blocked by several young people and was not allowed to eat vegetables. Because he did not listen to the old man's advice, he brought a few companions to the city to have fun in the afternoon, and now he is punished. Since he had eaten in the city, he would be spared tonight's food.
Du Zhongxiao looked at the happy crowd and sighed. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the land north of Guanzhong and west became a nomadic land for the Hu people. Many of the Han people who lived there have become slaves to others, wandering and displaced, and the population continued to decrease. These people came to the Volcanic Army and recruited craftsmen from the wool industry themselves. They just led the way. They just couldn't see hope there and tried every means to return to the Central Plains.
I understand in my heart, but I can't lose any courtesy. Qianjin City Horse Bones are one. Only by treating them well can more useful people come to the Volcano Army. The sympathy for those who return home from thousands of miles here is two. They have suffered too much, and as people of the same tribe, they can no longer bully them.
Zhang Junde and a few old men were drinking wine and eating delicious dishes, and tears were shining in their eyes.
Yelu Buhua rode on the horse and looked at the pedestrians on the road with a gloomy face. Once things started, the development in the future would often be unexpected. As soon as the business in Tanglong Town opened, it attracted the surrounding merchants. The news spread and attracted more merchants. Not long after, there were more tea sheds and restaurants on the way from Shengzhou to Tanglong Town. Judging from this situation, villages and towns might appear in a few days.
All this came too quickly, which caught Yelu Buhua off guard. As he walked along the way, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had lost many opportunities.
It was almost evening, and Yelu Buhua entered Tanglong Town and headed straight to the town yamen. After reporting, he entered the yamen, but the one who met came to Zhongping.
Yelu Buhua knew that he was a puppet and could not make the decision. He asked unhappily: "I heard that Du Zhijun was here a few days ago, why didn't he see him?"
Lai Zhongping replied respectfully: "Du Zhijun was plagued by official duties and had already returned the day before yesterday."
Yelu Buhua secretly said bad luck and asked again: "Who is the one in the city now?"
Lai Zhongping said: "Everyone in the city has its own rules, and everyone does things according to the rules. If there is a dispute, report it to the yamen and there will be officials to lay off the work."
Yelu Buhua had no choice but to know that Du Zhongxiao was not here in his own identity, and the officials in charge of the Song Dynasty must have disappeared. After chatting with Lai Zhongping, he had to say goodbye. After coming out, he wrote a letter and ordered people to send the volcanic army to Du Zhongxiao.
At night, I saw the streets of lanterns as day as the day, which was extremely prosperous and could not reach Shengzhou. Yelu Buhua was bored and wandered around.
On the way, I met a hawker selling candied haws. Yelu Buhua saw that the color was cute, so he bought a bunch or two and took it in his hand, and ate it while walking.
Tanglong Town is not big. After walking two streets, pedestrians on the road were scarce. Yelu Buhua threw away a bamboo stick he had eaten and wanted to turn back. He didn't want to throw it at the feet of a woman sitting on the side of the road. The woman looked up at Yelu Buhua, looked happy, got up and walked up quickly, and whispered: "Celebrity, where are you from?"
Yelu Buhua saw that the woman was over thirty years old and was mediocre in her appearance. She had a flower on her temples and said angrily: "Come to the north."
The woman leaned forward and lowered her voice: "It turned out to be a guest from afar. It's really hard. Isn't it lonely for a person to be so night?"
Yelu Buhua was stunned for a moment and immediately realized that this woman was in that kind of business, and somehow she came to him. After looking at the woman up and down, Yelu Buhua couldn't help but smile bitterly. What is her identity? She was actually found by such a village woman.
With a sneer, Yelu Buhua said, "No matter how lonely he is, he is more likely to have someone like you who is not good at all."
The woman was not only not ashamed, but also her eyes lit up. She leaned forward and whispered: "Customer, what's the point of not looking down on my sister? I have a charming little lady in my room, with a fat and thin air, so I can choose it for the guests."
Yelu Buhua was so angry that she laughed: "Is there no yamen in this city? Let you do this!"
The woman also smiled: "Customer, please feel free. This is the territory of the Song Dynasty, and people around you can live freely. As long as the Song people are not allowed to do this, the yamen actually doesn't care. Let me tell you that in a few days, the yamen here intends to build a place outside the city, openly set up gambling, and have all kinds of fun. Our master got the news and came early. When we open there, we are all serious business."
Yelu Buhua couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he heard this. Unexpectedly, Du Zhongxiao had such a courage and even did such a business. The casino is a gold-selling cave, and women are a comfortable nest. These two types of businesses make the fastest money and do not require capital. It's just that Yelu Buhua relied on his identity and had never done it before.
After thinking about it, I felt that something was wrong. Why did the yamen ignore this business as long as it was not a Song people? Wouldn't that mean that the people who do business here are Khitans? That's all, how can Yelu Buhua hold on to her face?
With a stern face, Yelu Buhua said, "I am from the North and I don't have any Song people doing business here. What's the point?"
The woman sighed: "It's not important for the people of Song. It's just that the yamen rules, and there are no Han people. The man knows that the yamen along the border are most afraid of Han people as slaves to foreign people, let alone children. How can you do this business without being a slave?"
The Song Dynasty was flexible in enforcing laws for foreigners and yamen, and generally required local officials to follow the laws and regulations of the foreigners. Even if the court laws were violated, they would consider the customs of the foreigners as appropriate, and not necessarily in accordance with the laws and regulations of the court. In fact, not only for the foreigners, but also for the local officials to perform government affairs, namely the law of the town. The imperial court laws were dead, and officials were flexible in enforcing them. The conflict between the British and Han people in the border areas was the cause of many social conflicts, and there were some special regulations. Most of the foreigners still had slavery. In order to take care of their habits, it was strictly forbidden for the Han people to be slaves to the foreigners. If they were really bought by the foreigners, there was also the provision that the government paid for redemption. If this kind of business was used by the Han women, it would be directly violated.
The more Yelu Buhua thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. The Khitan nobles had a large number of Han slaves, so why did they turn around when they got here? Seeing that the woman got closer and closer, she wanted to feel disgusted. She shook her sleeves and strode angrily.
The woman looked at Yelu Buhua's back and sighed: "What a little man, why don't you understand the charm?"
Walking back to the bustling street, Yelu Buhua found a stall to sit down, ordered a bowl of wine, a plate of meat, and a person to drink alone. Every bright and beautiful place must have a shameful dark corner. This kind of place appears without aware of it, and is always accompanied by light. Yelu Buhua has been doing business for many years, and is not a wealthy child who has never left the house, but is very clear about this principle.
After drinking a bowl of wine, the depression just now slowly dissipated and the mind became active. Du Zhongxiao had met himself, and he was a Jinshi, and was definitely not someone who allowed such things for money. What does the woman just now say that she would build a casino outside the city, or even have all five poisons. What does it mean?
Looking at the pedestrians on the street, Yelu Buhua understood a little in his heart. If it was not built outside the city, these dark corners in the city would inevitably exist, and it would be impossible to eliminate it. It is better to make money in the dark than in the light, and he could also make money openly. This is a way. But this kind of business cannot be let go.
Chapter completed!