Since the sun just rose, Fangu City has been bustling like a pot of boiling water. The expressions on the faces of the herdsmen who came to Fangu City from various tribes in the grassland to do business are very happy. Trading in Fangu City is very practical and pleasant. Feel at ease, because there is a strict Han general in Fangu City who has formulated strict trading rules, which are simple and effective, and can be summed up in four words.
fair trade.
The herdsmen exchanged the goods and gold, silver and jade articles in their hands for the tea, salt and thick and beautiful Shu brocade in the hands of the merchants of the Sui Dynasty, and each got what he needed.
Generally speaking, the transaction is almost over at noon, and during the period when the city gate is closed before dark, the herdsmen will often rush to their favorite places for recreation, or go to teahouses to taste tea like Han people. Listen to storytelling, or go shirtless and spend money like water in the casino, or go to Hongxiu Zhao to watch the dazzling and beautiful dance.
If you're lucky, you might even see the number one figure in the Red Sleeve Trick, "Xi Candle Wick Dance" and perform a "Liuhua Shuixiu".
It is said that a prince of a small tribe was shocked when he saw the dance of flowing flowers and sleeves of Xicanwick, and then he asked people to carry a large box full of gold, silver and jade wares to buy Xicanwick back to his tribe. go. As a result, he was laughed out of his teeth and called him a little bumpkin from a small place.
A box of gold, silver and jade articles wants to buy everyone... This is really funny.
The prince of the small tribe who became angry immediately ordered his entourage to rob people. Dozens of strong prairie warriors really rushed up to try to be violent, but they were all thrown to the ground by the lame old man with red sleeves as a gatekeeper. That day people found out for the first time It turned out that the saying that people should not be judged by their appearance was true. The old cripple who looked trembling broke at least three bones of each of dozens of strong prairie warriors with one right hand.
And he only punched each one, and it didn't take a minute from start to finish.
The frontier soldiers who arrived after that couldn't help but pull out all the rioting prairie people, took them to the foot of Langru Mountain, and beheaded them all in front of Nirvana City. But everyone knows that the wolf riders from Nirvana City will never be dispatched to save these herdsmen who have made mistakes. This was an agreement reached between Emperor Yang Yi of the Great Sui Dynasty and Meng Ge, the great man of the Mongolian Yuan Empire. The herdsmen who entered Fangu City would be punished by the Great Sui Dynasty as long as they made mistakes.
Often at this time, the wolf riders in Nirvana City would come to collect the corpses after the Sui frontier army withdrew. Find a random place on the Wolf Milk Mountain to abandon the corpse and let the wild wolves and vultures eat it.
It is said that Ai Jin from that small tribe later made trouble in the court of Meng Yuan, because he was a relative of Hui Xiu Ke Dun, the wife of Meng Ge Dahan. The troublemaker Ai Jin pulled out and whipped a hundred whips. The badly injured Ai Jin encountered a horse thief on the way home, and finally died without a whole body.
Of course, everyone knows what happened to the horse thief.
Huixiu Kedun does not allow anyone to ruin her reputation, she knows what Mengge Khan hates the most.
According to common sense, when the sun is close to the south, the herdsmen have all gone to have fun. But today is obviously different. In the market, there are still many Han merchants and grassland herdsmen, watching the shocking scene and trembling in my heart.
horse!
Someone even came to Fangu City to sell horses!
Ever since His Majesty the Sui Emperor signed the agreement with Mengge Khan, the transactions between the two parties have indeed been booming. But there are two things that are absolutely forbidden. If found, the merchant or herdsman will be executed immediately.
The Han people in the Central Plains are absolutely not allowed to sell ironware to the grassland people.
Prairie people are absolutely not allowed to sell horses, especially war horses, to Central Plains people.
Of course, as the transactions between the two parties have been getting longer and longer, the frontier soldiers who enforce the law in Fangu City will often turn a blind eye. Selling emaciated horses that can only pull carts to Han people will not be punished if such transactions are carried out secretly.
But today is clearly different.
The merchant in a dirty leather robe was selling more than five hundred horses, and they were horses that could equip the army!
And the reason why the frontier army who enforced the law did not arrest this person was because this person's identity was somewhat special.
He is not a pure herdsman of the Mongolian Yuan Empire, he is from the Northern Liao Dynasty.
Beiliao is not even considered a country, but a large semi-nomadic tribe that lives next to the grasslands and lives in the 100,000 mountains. The population is less than one percent of the Mongol Yuan Empire, and it is not bordered by the Great Sui Dynasty, separated by a large grassland belonging to the Mongol Yuan Empire. But the Beiliao people are fierce and good at fighting, living in the extremely cold place of Baishan and Heishui all the year round, which makes them tough and courageous in character. Although they don't have many fighters, even wolf riders are unwilling to provoke them easily.
Beiliao is a subsidiary country of the Mongolian Yuan Empire.
There was no direct trade relationship between the Northern Liao Dynasty and the Great Sui Dynasty.
This is the trickiest part.
The envoys of the Northern Liao Dynasty went to Chang'an, the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, several times to meet with the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty and expressed their willingness to submit to the Great Sui Dynasty. But the emperor didn't see him once, he just let the people from the Ministry of Rites receive him well. When the envoys from the Northern Liao Dynasty left, they would often receive generous rewards. The court's attitude towards the Northern Liao Dynasty has never been clear.
So Li Xiaozong had a headache.
If this matter is not handled well, it may cause a dispute.
Standing on the second-floor wooden building of the market office, Li Xiaozong waved his hands angrily and said: "Clear out all those onlookers, no matter whether they are Han people or herdsmen... Close the market! And... send someone to Find Fang Jie, hurry up!"
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Red sleeve building, red sleeve move.
No one knows why such an outstanding song and dance troupe like Hongxiu Zhao chose to settle in the small town of Fangu, and no one will doubt that a song and dance troupe with such strength can quickly gain a foothold even if it goes to Chang'an, even in Chang'an. It is not necessarily impossible to become the leader of the singing and dancing scene in Chang'an City.
Fan Gucheng is too small and too remote. Even if the phoenix tree is planted, how can it attract the golden phoenix
For Fan Gucheng, Hongxiu Zhao is indeed a golden phoenix.
Although he has settled down in Fangu City for a year and a half, the origin of the red sleeve move is still mysterious. No one knows where they came from, and no one knows why they settled down in this remote and cold place.
Although there is a red sleeve building here, there is no doubt that no matter how luxurious this building is, it is not worthy of this group of fairy-like women. Even Li Xiaozong, the general of Biancheng Ya, is still puzzled. What did the boss of Hongxiu Zhao do? Silly actually stayed and couldn't leave. And the most curious thing is who made the rule that Hongxiu Zhao only performs singing and dancing and does not accept guests.
On the second floor of the Hongxiu Building facing the stage, there is a private room that is always reserved for people. Regardless of whether this person comes or not, this private room will never let others come in. Even the head of Hongxiu Zhao's family would not easily enter this private room, even Fang Xie, the owner of Hongxiu Tower... would not do.
This building was built by Fang Jie, and his name is also written on the title deed.
But he has neither the right nor the strength to enter the private room facing the stage, not only him, but also Fan Gu Chengya General Li Xiaozong has no right and strength to enter this private room. Once Li Xiaozong tried to enter, but he found that no matter how he walked, he couldn't get around the old lame man.
Fang Jie has always been curious about who this private room is reserved for.
But even Xiao Ding, the little maid who has the best relationship with him, refused to tell him, saying that it was a strict order to silence everyone. There are two masters in the red sleeve move, one is the head lady of the red sleeve move, and the other is naturally the candle wick who can jump into the water. Xi Zhuwick is not Aunt Xi's daughter, but her surname is Xi.
Fang Jie, who had nothing to do to watch singing and dancing in Hongxiu Zhao, couldn't help but look back at the private room on the second floor, shook his head and asked Xiao Dingdian who was sitting next to him cracking sunflower seeds: "Really, you don't want to reveal something?"
Xiao Ding Dian is indeed a Xiao Ding Dian, but only twelve or thirteen years old. Red lips and white teeth, a symbol of a beauty embryo. Although it is small, it is already beautiful. It is said that he is learning dance skills with Hexi Candlewick, and he is very likely to become the next pillar of Hongxiu Zhao in the future.
She is Aunt Xi's personal maid, and of course her status is far above that of a maid.
The girls in the whole building will also speak politely to Xiao Dingdian. Not to mention anything else, but to say that their dividends are all sent out by Xiao Dingdian's hands every month. From this point of view alone, Xiao Dingdian's position in Hongxiu Zhao is self-evident.
The little girl was wearing a goose yellow velvet skirt, looking extremely cute.
She shook her head while eating melon seeds, and said solemnly: "Didn't I tell you that this is the last thing in this building. If Madam Xi finds out, I will talk nonsense , will definitely smash my ass."
"It's okay to raise a rotten butt, but curiosity can't be suppressed."
Xiao Ding rolled his eyes at him, and spat: "Why are you so cruel? You only care about your own curiosity, and you don't care about my ass?"
After saying this, she suddenly realized something, and then blushed.
After being silent for a while, Xiao Dingdian suddenly leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Fang Juexiao, you ran to this building when you have nothing to do, did you have a crush on some girl?"
Fang Jie was startled, and then he pretended to be profound and smiled.
"Tell me, which one is it? Seeing that you are not bad, you bring me delicious food every time you come here. It is not impossible for me to help you with something... If it really works, no matter which girl follows you It's not too bad, you are a rich man anyway. And you are not bad, like a dedicated person."
Fang Jie was deeply shocked: "Are you pimping..."
"I won't charge you money."
Xiao Ding said solemnly.
"well… "
Fang Jie sighed: "Sure enough, the fort was breached from the inside. I want to say that I have a crush on you, what should I do?"
Xiao Dingdian turned pale with shock, pointed at Fang Jie's nose with a cold face and cursed: "Shameless!"
Fang Jie burst out laughing: "What are you thinking? I can pick other girls at will, so I can't choose you, right? If Madam Xi finds out about this, she will smash your ass."
"You...don't tell me, okay?"
Xiao Dingdian's momentum suddenly weakened.
"Okay, then tell me, who is that private room reserved for?"
"no!"
"I'm going to see Mrs. Xi right now, and say you're a pimp!"
"don't want… "
"Speak or not?"
"Yes... yes... ah!"
Xiao Dingdian suddenly screamed, as if someone had touched his butt suddenly. Of course, no one dared to touch her butt in the red sleeve move, she was really frightened. Fang Jie looked back in some confusion, wanting to see what frightened this nervous little girl to such an extent.
"Yes...it's him."
Xiao Ding trembled and looked at the door, his face full of disbelief: "It's really here... It's really here!"
A man stood at the door.
A man that Fang Xie would never forget for a lifetime.
He was wearing a washed-out blue shirt and robe, and his long hair was tied behind his head casually. His eyebrows are like distant mountains, his eyes are like sun and moon, he looks extremely clean, his face is calm, and his eyes are indifferent. This is a type that can instantly fascinate a group of young girls. He is about thirty years old and exudes a mature charm. Although he is not that kind of extremely handsome man, even though he is not that kind of extremely strong man.
Some bookish, some uninhibited.
But judging by his attire, he didn't look like a rich man. What convinced Fang Xie of this was that this man came in empty-handed, without bringing anything.
Enter the red sleeve move, which man will come empty-handed? If you don't carry a package of money on your back, you won't have the face to enter Hongxiu Zhao's door!
Of course, Fang Jie often came to drink tea as a landlord.
As if sensing Fang Xie's gaze, the messy middle-aged man who looked ordinary but looked handsome also slowly moved his gaze over. He glanced at Fang Jie lightly, and suddenly raised his brows slightly, couldn't help but take another look, and then let out a very light snort.
"What a domineering method!"