Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Ximen Qing pointed to the shops lined up on both sides of the street and the bustling crowd on the street, and said with a smile to Tang Long: "Brother Tang Long, this Tokyo city is so prosperous, and the girls in the restaurant are so beautiful, don't you want to have fun for a few more days? Brother, I’m really worried about this. Brother, I’ll mention this to Teacher Xu tomorrow. Brother, you can go back to Yanggu after you draw the picture. Brother, I’ll stay here with Jiao Ting and Brother Yun. Bianliang, Tokyo, is a good experience."

When Tang Long heard this, he shook his head like a wave drum, and said in his mouth: "Brother is so biased! Why do you only give the benefits to Brother Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun? Brother, I will not go back to Yanggu, I will follow Brother, I will work for my brother here in Bianliang, Tokyo."

"Brother Jiao Ting, are you really not in a hurry?" Ximen Qing asked with a suppressed smile.

"Don't worry, brother, I just thought about it carefully. If I ask to see my uncle's cousin's treasure armor now, I'm afraid my uncle and cousin will think that we are only here for his treasure armor. It would be cold It broke my brother's heart. We should stay here for a little longer, ten days and a half months, before bringing this matter up." Tang Long said with a smirk on his face.

"Haha~ You are not stupid! Brother Tang Long, where is the noise ahead?"

Chapter 95 Prosperity Like a Dream

Hearing this, Tang Long looked around and saw that the lights ahead were brightly lit, and it looked like a bustling place.

Tang Long thought for a while, and replied: "Brother, I haven't been to Bianliang City for a long time. If I remember correctly, there is the famous Horse Walking Street in front of me. In Bianliang City, Tokyo, there is no other street like that. A more bustling night market."

Hearing this, Ximen Qing was full of interest, and walked quickly with Tang Long to see the most prosperous scene in the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, the commerce of the cities was developed, especially in Bianliang City, Tokyo. Since the founding of the country, the Fangshi system of the Tang Dynasty was abolished. The high walls of the Fangshi were cut through, and many houses were converted into shops, whether it was the market in the city or the suburbs. The bazaars here are all bustling scenes where merchants gather and business is booming.Even the "royal road" where the emperor often came and went had the phenomenon of "invading the street" by the commercial market.

A section of the street about a hundred feet south of Xuande Building, the main entrance of the imperial city, is called Yujie, which was originally the exclusive passage for the emperor Zhao Guan's family to travel.

But this imperial street, except for the temporary martial law when the emperor travels on business, prohibiting pedestrians from approaching, is actually full of vegetable stalls on weekdays, and it seems to have become a vegetable market.

Until the current official Song Huizong became the emperor, the art-loving emperor couldn't bear the fact that a vegetable market was blocked outside the gate of his imperial city every day, so in the third year of Zhenghe he ordered a ban on street stalls on the imperial street, and he was not allowed to There are horses and horses.

After driving away the vegetable sellers, Emperor Song Huizong planted trees and flowers on both sides of Nayu Street, full of lotus, peach and plum.Between spring and summer, the two sides of the royal road are colorful and look like embroidery.

The official Song Huizong relied on imperial power to keep his ears clean and realized his pursuit of artistic beauty, but he was not less scolded by the person who used to set up the vegetable stall.

Even so, Song Huizong, who was the emperor, could only clean up the hundreds of feet of streets. Other streets in Bianliang City in Tokyo were full of businesses, and the whole city was shrouded in a strong commercial atmosphere.

In Bianliang City, Tokyo, the commercial development has penetrated into the bone marrow. The most absurd thing is that even the monks are selling pork.

Xiangguo Temple, the largest temple in Tokyo, not only opens the temple three times a month, rents out the space for people to do business, but also organizes a group of monks to run a "pig roast house" specializing in pork business.

Master Huiming, the leader of the "Pig Roasting Yard", is recognized in Bianliang City as a master of meat cooking in the Song Dynasty, and he is good at meat dishes.

The appearance of Master Huiming of the "Roasting Pig Yard" is a living sign. As long as he is there, how many roast pigs will be robbed every day.

The meat sold by the monks has been sold as a signature old shop, and the business atmosphere of Bianliang City in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty can be imagined.

In addition, Tokyo Bianliang is not only bustling with business during the day, but also very lively at night.

In the Song Dynasty, due to the development of private commerce, the curfew system that followed the millennium was abolished, and the business hours were relaxed.The city gates of Bianliang City were closed very late and opened very early, which was convenient for people to operate and play at night.

According to the "Song Hui Wants to Collect Drafts? Shihuo" records: "On April [-]th in the third year of Taizu Qiande, the Kaifeng government decreed that the night market in the capital city should not be banned until the third drum came. "The promulgation of this edict clearly announced the legalization of night markets before the Three Drums. As a result, Bianliang, Tokyo began to have a bustling night market with bright lights.

By the Huizong Dynasty, the business of Bianliang in Tokyo had developed to its heyday, and the night market was even more grand than ever.

There are no restrictions on business hours and business locations. The night market is over, and the morning market is open again. There are ghost markets and even flea markets. Tokyo Bianliang has become a city that never sleeps.

In Bianliang City, Tokyo, there are two most famous night markets, one is Zhouqiao Night Market.

Meng Yuanlao, a scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, described the night market in Bianliang with a lot of pen and ink in "Tokyo Menghualu", and said in the section "Zhouqiao Night Market" in the second volume: "From the south of Zhouqiao, you can drink rice and cook meat on the street. , Dried preserved...until the third watch."

Zhouqiao Night Market, crossing Yulu Road and facing the Bianhe River, is located in the water and land hub of Tokyo. With the spectacular Zhouqiao and the towering Mingyue Tower, the place is picturesque and full of tourists.

"One day, the lights and mist illuminate the bright clouds, and nine hundred tourists raise dark dust." The prosperity of the night market can be seen from this.

However, Zhouqiao Night Market is not the busiest night market yet.The busiest place in Bianliang, Tokyo is the Mahang Street Night Market.This street is more than ten miles long, and there are shops and shops along the street, as well as official residences.

It is said in "Tokyo Menghua Lu" that outside the Donghua Gate, the market is the most prosperous... All food, fresh flowers and fruits, fish, shrimp, turtle and crab, quail and rabbit preserved meat, gold and jade treasures, and clothing are nothing but wonders in the world.If the taste is ten or ten, the guests should have ten or twenty flavors to drink, and they will have it according to the order.When it is old, new fruits, melons and vegetables are on the market, as well as eggplants and gourds.

The night market here is "a hundred times more prosperous than Zhouqiao", so that the night market on Maxing Street is so crowded that pedestrians cannot stop.

Another anecdote about the Mahang Street Night Market is that there are no mosquitoes on this street.

"Tieweishan Cong Tan" said that the world suffers from mosquitoes and gnats, and the capital city alone has no gnats in "Maxing Street". "Ma Xing Street" is also the place where the night market and restaurants in the capital are very prosperous.Gnats are evil, and "Ma Xing Street" is full of noisy people, and the lights are shining in the sky, every four drums, so there will be no mosquitoes.

Maxing Street is located in the old Fengqiu Gate, from Tushizi on Panlou Street in the south to the new Fengqiu Gate in the outer city in the north.Not far from Tushizi to the north into Maxing Street, there is a cross called "Quaer City". To the north of the intersection is the famous restaurant in Tokyo-Xinlelou and Helelou.In front of Helelou is the "Horse Market", so the street is named Ma Xing Street.

In addition to this "horse market", there are more medical clinics, pharmacies, tea houses, hotels, and gousi restaurants on Maxing Street.

In this era, when it comes to the most profitable businesses, one is blocking roads and robbery, and the other is opening shops and selling medicines, both of which are life-saving money.

Ximenqing opened a herbal medicine shop in Yanggu County, and became the leading family in Yanggu County.The pharmacy on this Ma Xing Street has been doing business with millions of people in Tokyo, and they have made a lot of money, and many wealthy families have been born.

Ximenqing smelled a familiar scent of medicine from a distance, so he couldn't help but quicken his pace, and came to Maxing Street, watching the various pharmacies doing business with great interest.

I saw that after nightfall, lamp sheds were tied up in front of the shops on Maxing Street, shining like daytime.There are stalls and department stores everywhere for people to choose at will.

On the street, people come and go, in an endless stream.And there was constant shouting from the crowd.

Ximen Qing followed the prestige, and saw that there were many carts filled with tea soup on the street, and the peddlers selling tea soup were walking around the street with pots, so that those citizens who were tired from walking and had dry lips and mouth could take a sip of fragrant tea , drink a bowl of sweet soup, lift your spirits, and continue to catch up with the night show.

On the side of the street, there are still people leading donkeys to solicit business.

Because the streets of Maxing Street are quite long, if a resident is tired from shopping in the night market and his legs are sore, he can rent a donkey and ride it home or back to the hotel.The donkey owner will also lead the donkey for you graciously, and personally take you to the destination.

Many little ladies who were tired from walking came and went on the horse street on donkeys, which became a beautiful scenery again.Not to mention that Tang Long and Tang Mazi, who had no female relatives, were salivating at the sight, but Ximen Qing and his officials were all feasting their eyes.

What a wonderful time!It's a pity that after ten years, the iron cavalry of Jin Bing will ruthlessly trample through the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.What you see before your eyes is nothing but a dreamlike prosperity.

Ximen Qing was walking on Ma Xing Street, feeling infinitely moved in his heart, suddenly like a dream.

I have traveled to this era, and I have tried my best to flap the wings of butterflies. I don't know what kind of storm will be set off on this earth ten years later?

Chapter 96 Tokyo Past

Walking in the bustling Mahang Street Night Market, Ximenqing looked at the pharmacies with a thriving business, and thought that if he traveled here decades earlier than now, he would definitely choose to expand the pharmacy business.

From opening stores in Yanggu County, Dongping Mansion, Dongchang Mansion, and Daming Mansion all the way to the Mahang Street in Bianliang City, Tokyo, he became a wealthy official in the whole country.

At that time, a beautiful wife and concubine married a large group of her and had dozens of children. They would surely live a happy life, and they would not be in vain being struck by lightning for a while.

such a pity!Traveling to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the world will be in chaos. If you only have money, you are just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.At that time, a group of rebels could take away the wealth accumulated by Xing Xing's decades of hard work in business.

Therefore, Ximen Qing's goal now is no longer just to make money in business, but to become a wealthy official.Instead, they secretly develop private armed forces, so that they can settle down in case the world changes in the future.

From Maxing Street all the way to the south, Ximen Qing and Tang Long walked through Quaer Market and Tushizi, and returned to Gaoyang Zhengdian in No. [-] Tianshui Lane.

During the daytime, Yulan accompanied Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun to visit Ma Xing Street, and returned to this shop before nightfall, waiting for Ximen Qing.Seeing that Ximen Qing came back, he hurriedly and courteously served Ximen Qing to go back to his room to wash and go to bed.

There are hundreds of coquettish women in this Gaoyang Zhengdian, sitting in the corridor, poking their heads at the guest officials who come to stay and have a drink, waiting for the selection of the guests.If they meet that handsome young man, they will take the initiative to talk to each other, vying to lure that handsome young man to have fun together.

Ximen Qing was handsome and generous, which naturally attracted the attention of these women.Many women are waiting for the opportunity to hook up with Ximen Qing.

Yulan is talented and intelligent, how could she not know the reason? So she has been waiting for Ximen Qing inside the main store of Gaoyang.