Aborigines and merchants are concentrated in the southeast corner of the city, surrounded on all sides by border barracks, which is also the unique style of Shuofang's military city.
There are no local officials in Shuofang, and the general in the border city is indeed very busy, where can he have time to take care of these things Pull a piece of land, be sandwiched in the middle by several troop transport roads, and then build a five-foot-high square wall on all sides, the beautiful name is a square market, and it is also given a name: Southeast Fang.
Located in the southeast corner of Shuofang City, it is not called the southeast square to call any more apt name, and catchy, and easy to understand, ordinary people can not take it out.
There is a square gate in the market, two wooden doors, double open, it is estimated that a carriage is still easy to enter, but it is too dilapidated, mottled, the grass has grown on the door, has withered, and is crushed by the snow to lodging, and there is even a small tree, which can be more than three feet high, bare and pestle there, like a flagpole.
The door of the square is wide open, and there is a loess road more than a zhang wide, the snow has been cleared, piled on the side of the road, a pile here, a pile there, frozen hard, in the sun looks crystal and colorful.
There is a thin layer of ice on the road, and walking on it crunchs also plays a role in preventing thieves from stealing.
Zhao Wudi walked into the gate and saw that there were narrow alleys on both sides of the road, which were directly connected to the road, and on both sides of the narrow alleys were low thatched huts, each with a yard, which was cut off by a loess wall less than three feet high.
The doors of all the houses were opened in the narrow alleys, and none of them opened to the middle road, Zhao Wudi looked and looked, but he didn't see a single one that looked like a shop, and his head suddenly became big.
The predecessor was just a pawn at the bottom, and when he first arrived in Shuofang City, he was driven to the wilderness thirty miles north of the city, and he had no money in his pocket, so he really hadn't been here.
Zhao Wudi walked along the middle road, looking around from time to time, like a thief who stepped on a point.
Just when he was confused, a little old man came out of a narrow alley, Datang should call him an old man, his whole body was dry and dry, there were not a few taels of meat, and he nodded and shouted with a flattering face: "Ouch, Master Jun, do you need help here, the old man is the Fang Zheng of the Southeast Fang, and there is no one in the Southeast Fang who the old man does not know." ” Fang Zheng is the head of the management of a fang, an official who is not an official, and is recognized by the local government, and is generally held by a person with high moral standing in the fang.
Seeing the appearance of this old man, Zhao Wudi couldn't help but doubt the rumors, and the Fang Zheng in front of him didn't look like a respected person.
At the same time, he was also very curious, since there should be a square in this southeast square, there should be a square man, then there should be bad handsome, and there should be bad people.
But he looked left and right, and didn't see anyone else, so he arched his hand and said, "I don't know what to call my husband."
Datang is a dynasty that attaches great importance to filial piety, and respects the elderly, and the person in front of him is estimated to be fifty years old, which is considered a high life in this year, and the etiquette should not be missing.
"Hehe, the old man's surname is Su, and everyone in the workshop calls me Su Fangzheng."
The old man stroked his gray beard with one hand, but a touch of pride appeared on his face.
This is the Tang people, whether rich or poor, noble or humble, they have a kind of pride in their bones to be a Datang people.
Zhao Wudi said: "Su Fangzheng, that's the case, a certain general will be ordered to find a shop that sells black oil, but a certain has never been to Southeast Fang, I don't know where this shop is, and I asked Su Fangzheng to point out the direction." ” "The military master is considered to have found the right person, there are only two shops in this Shuofang City, just in the innermost part of this workshop, door to door, the old man will take the military master there."
Su Fangzheng smiled, made a gesture of please, and then led the way.
The southeast square is actually not big, all the way to the end, Zhao Wudi silently estimated, the left is only a hundred or so, and there are less than a thousand people in the sky.
Sure enough, at the end of the road, there are two shops open door to door, a "Sihaiju", a "Xinhe", across the road, and Zhao Wuxian's impression of the shop is also different, there is a courtyard in front of the shop, people have to pass through the courtyard before entering the shop, but it is also chic.
The merchants in the world are all rich people, and this shop is the palace compared to the thatched houses of those aborigines, at least in Su Fangzheng's eyes.
The courtyard walls are six feet high, and all of them are planted in the ground with logs thick with bowl mouths, and between the logs are inch-thick wooden plank walls, which are also painted and shiny in the sun.
The gatehouse is very beautiful, painted with shiny vermilion lacquer, and there are two large copper rings on it, indicating the identity of the owner.
That is, I am a businessman and I have money, because in today's Tang Dynasty, copper coins are the main currency in circulation, and gold, silver, pearls and jade are only valuables, and cannot be directly circulated as money.
Since it is a shop, it is naturally open to do business, but it also saves the need to knock on the door and hand over a greeting post or something.
Because Zhao Wudi was going to a shop selling black oil, not a shop without a purpose, Su Fang was directly inviting him into Sihaiju.
Zhao Wudi followed Su Fang through the courtyard and came to a house that was much brighter than the general's festival account, and looked up to see a large plaque inlaid with copper in jujube wood, with three big characters on it "Sihaiju", which is the font of Zhu Suiliang, which is very majestic.
The door of the shop was open, and Zhao Wudi stood in front of the door and looked inside, but he didn't see a single figure, not even a watchdog.
He couldn't help but slander in his heart: I can't see a ghost shadow, and this special mother is also a shop He forgot what this place was Shuofang City is just a border military city, and those killers in the border army are naturally allocated by Zhao Zheng no matter what they eat, drink, or Lasa, and there is no penny of military salary, who has the money to visit the shops As for the aborigines in Shuofang City, they are all some hardships to make a living, not to mention that now that the first snow has fallen and the weather is cold, who is not hiding at home to warm the bed In this case, no one came to buy anything, so how did these two shops survive, and it would not be their owners who were idle and had nothing to do, so they came to this hellish place to build a Beppu Hehe, people do big business, and there is basically only one person who comes and goes, that is, Zhao Zheng, who is in charge of money and food supply in the Shuofang border army.
This is the God of Wealth, as long as there is one of him, it is enough, as for these bitter haha, it should be regarded as doing good deeds.
If it is not open for three years, it will be open for three years, this is the vision of a businessman, and its long-term vision is not inferior to those prime ministers who call for wind and rain above the court.
Although it is said that the shop is open for trading, unlike a private house, it is not allowed to enter, but after all, it is empty, and Zhao Wudi is not easy to raise his feet and enter, so he looked at Su Fangzheng with the meaning of inquiry.
Su Fangzheng grinned, revealing a mouthful of macular teeth, which seemed to be missing three or five, and yelled inside: "Old man Yue, you are an old immortal, there is a deal coming to the door":