Chapter 273 The Little Lady Selling Oranges
Pingkangfang.
As night fell, the drums in Chang'an Sixth Street were still beating, and the streets were already sparsely populated.
However, in front of Pingkangfang, it was a lively scene, with many horses and horses queuing up to enter the workshop. These people are not all residents of Pingkangfang. In fact, there are very few real residents of Pingkangfang now. , or the temporary rental place for the scholars who came to Beijing.
Of course, Pingkangfang is still the largest business district in Chang'an. Apart from many shops, the most famous one here is the night market.
The East and West markets in Chang’an are only opened in the afternoon and closed at dusk.
In the entire Chang'an City, only Pingkang Square is open at night and still brightly lit. All these are the new policies of Qin Lang, the young prime minister.
It was dark, the door of the workshop was closed, but the area of hundreds of mu in the workshop had just become lively.
People who have been busy all day, especially the officials in the capital, like to come to the workshop to relax, drink tea, taste wine, listen to music, watch dances, and watch wrestling and cockfighting.
Pingkangfang is also the only place where shopping is allowed.
From small clothes and dolls to large carriages and horses, you can rush to buy them here. The so-called rush sale is a kind of gambling behavior. In addition, there is Pumai, which is a tax package system. Shops such as restaurants in the square implement a tax package system. The transshipment department directly sets a tax amount according to the size of the shop and the scale of operation, and taxes are collected according to the amount.
Returning to Beijing from Sanyuan, he took a bath at home and changed into a white robe, Qin Lang also walked out of the house in the dark.
At the door, Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baoqi and other brothers have been waiting for a long time. These are playmates who have made friends before. Although Qin Lang has been promoted to the prime minister now, he is not born with them and will often meet with them. Drinking or hunting together.
Ah Huang and Qin Yong also changed into plain clothes to accompany them.
Originally the imperial court stipulated that officials above rank five were prohibited from entering the market. Qin Lang raised objections to the emperor, thinking that as long as officials do not put on a guard of honor to clear the market, and do not engage in forced buying and selling, then it should not be prohibited.
After some debate, Li Shimin also canceled the ban.
Fifth-rank officials can enter the market, but guards of honor are not allowed to clear the market.
After Qin Lang was assassinated last time, the emperor specially issued an edict that the prime ministers go out, and the Jinwu guards are responsible for clearing the area, and everyone on the street must avoid them. Moreover, the emperor specially pulled out soldiers from the left and right Qianniu guards, and each prime minister sent a hundred thousand Niu Wei's guard guards the entourage.
Combined with the original defense attendants of the prime ministers, the security of the prime ministers has been greatly increased. Even the other officials of the third rank and above, the emperor will also send additional guards of thousands of cattle to enjoy the corresponding number of guards.
Those who dare to bump into the guard of honor of the prime minister and block the way of the prime minister, the Qianniu guard can even be killed as a street stick.
"Without Qianniuwei?"
Cheng Chumo asked in surprise when he saw Qin Lang actually let Qian Niuwei stay.
"We're going to the night market to drink and go shopping. You asked me to bring a hundred thousand cow guards. What kind of wine are you drinking here? Besides, look at our group, which one can be a hero with one as ten? We are such people, who Who will deliver it?"
Although Qin Lang didn't bring Qianniuwei with him, Qin Yong, Qin Yong, Ahuang, and the old iron gun, Dugu Yanyun, were all good fighters, and Cheng Chumo, the disciples of the Hunqi, also practiced martial arts at a young age.
The brigade commander of Qianniuwei dared not refuse to listen, but in the end he personally led a team to follow the guards.
Although everyone travels in plain clothes, they all have swords hanging from their waists.
These days, people in the Tang Dynasty are martial arts.
Scholars have to hang a sword when they go out, and it is standard for officials and soldiers to carry a knife. As long as you don't wear armor, hold a crossbow, or hold a spear and big knife, no one will care.
A group of people don't ride horses, anyway, they just stroll around in the square, which is very lively.
The streets and alleys in Fangli are all equipped with street lamps. When it gets dark, someone will light the lanterns.
"Let's watch the wrestling first. Recently, I heard that a group of female wrestlers came to Yuxianlou. The newcomers will perform tonight. You can't miss it." Cheng Chumo was almost drooling.
Qin Lang promoted the pilot project of Pingkangfang, built a commercial area, and built a city that never sleeps, and then the merchants below immediately followed up. As long as the government does not prohibit it, the merchants will be extremely keen to find business opportunities and follow up.
Yuxianlou is a restaurant. Naturally, the restaurant is for drinking, but in order to attract business, the restaurant is not just for drinking.
For example, the Yuxian Building is very big, with three floors inside, and there is a wrestling ring in the middle of the lobby on the first floor, but this merchant is a genius, he did not invite a group of strong men to perform wrestling, but trained a group of female wrestlers Performance.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, the female wrestlers were only wearing obscene underwear, ninety-nine percent of their bodies were exposed, and then the two women were wrestling and hugging each other on the stage. The scene naturally made the guests drunk.
By the way, you can also place a bet to guess the winner or loser, which adds to the fun.
"Where are the wrestlers coming from? Don't be like the last time at the Zouzijiao teahouse. The wrestling women who got there are stronger than men, so they are really not interested."
"Don't mention that family, I feel sick just thinking about it now." Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly shouted, he himself was dark and ugly, but in the end he thought other wrestling women were also dark.
"It's different this time. I heard that it's a Japanese woman. They are all small and exquisite, but they are also bumpy. They must be very interesting."
Qin Lang doesn't care, the so-called watching wrestling, in fact, these animals are just watching women fight naked, after all, it's not for sex, just like watching WWE women's wrestling in later generations, the men's fights are routines, exciting. As for women, the excitement of fighting is much less, but it is better because they are all beautiful, King Kong Barbie, infinitely sexy.
So everyone went directly to Yuxian Tower.
The signboard of Yuxian Building is extremely bright. Their family specially built a lantern building as a signboard. At night, the strangely shaped lights are lit up and can be seen from a distance. Their signboard is very distinctive, with a white beard fluttering in the middle The old fairy is holding a wine gourd, and there are two naked female wrestlers on the left and right. Anyone who sees it wants to come in and have a look.
At the door, there are young men in Tsing Yi who are in charge of parking the horses for the guests. They lead the guests' horses to the stable at the back, and they will also carefully help the guests brush and feed the horses. The service is very thoughtful.
By the door, there are a few fruit sellers sitting squatting. These are small itinerant vendors, and they don’t need any capital. In Kangfang, you only need to pay a very small market entry tax.
"Grand officials, oranges, Jiangnan tribute oranges, Jizhou tangerines, big and sweet!"
A girl about ten years old, dressed in floral cloth, with a bamboo basket of tangerines on the ground in front of her, greeted them warmly as they passed by.
"Push to buy?"
Although the little girl is small, she is very generous. It seems that she has been a peddler in the night market for a while.
She took out a handful of copper coins.
"flutter!"
Cheng Chu silently squatted down.
"How many rolls?"
Buyers in Pingkangfang are also an activity to increase their attractiveness. They use copper coins to throw. The copper coins thrown are called head coins.
Three throws at the same time are called three stars, four are called four stalls, six are called Liucheng, and eight are called eighty-seven.
If all the throws are heads or all tails, it is called Hun Cheng, and if both heads and tails are thrown, it is called back.
According to the number of coins thrown, merchants will have different discounts. The higher the difficulty, the greater the discount.
Of course, there are also lottery and throwing darts to buy.
The first deposit is free.
Cheng Chumo directly asked for eight dollars, "I want to eat a basket of free oranges today."
However, it was obviously difficult to get eight coins tossed at the same time. Sure enough, Cheng Chumo threw the money to the ground, and the result was three positives and five negatives. Naturally, it was the back.
The original price on the back.
Old Cheng refused to accept, "Come again."
"Come again, a penny." The little girl picked up the money and said with a smile.
Old Cheng put on his belt and untied his money bag, and took out a copper coin. The girl took it with a smile, and handed the cash to Old Cheng. Old Cheng held it in his hand, and pretended to shake it a few times, and finally sent it to the girl, "Little lady, give me a breath."
"open!"
Old Cheng tossed money, but this time he had four pros and four negatives, and he still lost.
"Come again."
Old Cheng squatted there and made ten blows in a row, spending ten coins, but failed once.
Even the little girl persuaded him, why don't you spend a little less money and try it?
Old Cheng stood up, clapped his hands, "Forget it, don't rush, how much is this basket of oranges, brother bought it at the original price."
The little girl was overjoyed when she heard it, and she could go home earlier if it was sold out.
Oranges from Jiangnan are not cheap, but for Lao Cheng, even a drizzle is not a big deal.
Although he paid an extra ten cents, Lao Cheng was very satisfied and enjoyed helping others.
There were two oranges for each person, but they were all divided up at once.
"My brother will come again next time!"
Old Cheng returned the basket to the little girl, waved his hand, and was dragged away by Yuchi Baoqi who was waiting impatiently.
The guys at the entrance of Yuxian Tower are pretty good, none of them drove away the small vendors at the door, and they were very enthusiastic about the guests who came.
Seeing the oranges, wine and other belongings in Qin Lang's hands, he didn't stop him.
Pushing open the curtain, a wave of heat rushed over.
"Hey, it's so lively!"
Cheng Chumo shouted while peeling the oranges.
Although it was just dark, more than half of the people in Yuxian Tower were already seated. On the wrestling field in the middle, there was a young girl brandishing a sword. This was the hot spot for sword dancing.
"Hello, all guests!"
Cheng Chumo said straightforwardly, "I booked a private room at Tianzi on the second floor earlier."
Yuxian Tower not only has female wrestlers, good wine, but also prostitutes. The first floor is scattered seats, and there are low-level prostitutes from Beiqu. As long as you pay a little money, they will accompany you to drink, cuddle and touch OK.
Of course, people with status look down on women in Beili. Even if the top female prostitutes in Pingkangfang and Nanqu don't come to these tea houses and restaurants, some restaurants will bring a group of young, beautiful and high-end women. There will be female prostitutes in the middle tune.
"It turned out to be Master Cheng. The box has already been prepared. In addition, Miss Shishi from Tianxian Pavilion has arrived with her sisters. She is waiting in the room now."
After Xiao Er saw the appointment card, his smile went up a step, and his bending down became even lower.
"Miss Shishi has arrived?" Lao Cheng immediately laughed and led the way upstairs.
This guy looks like a dandy.
Everyone looks like each other.
Qin Lang smiled, and went upstairs with him. Come out to play, you have to fit in.
(end of this chapter)