Zhenguan's prosperity and fame

Chapter 17

Regarding Fang Chen's explanation, Su Lie kept it in mind. It seemed that the sergeant Liu Rengui he met before probably had a lot of ability.

"Hubing! Hubing!"

"Take a look, sir, come in and play for a while?"

"Horse! A good Chollima, who is in charge and will give you a few taels of silver to take this good horse away?"

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After entering the city gate, there are vendors, restaurants, art institutes and gambling houses.
It has to be said that compared with the desolation on the way to escape from famine, this place seems to be a prosperous city.

Because Fang Chen and others are refugees, they can only walk along the side road, so as not to spoil the normal life of the traders and other Chang'an residents. There is also a more important reason, that is, the road in the middle of the road is for the expensive People are ready!

"Master Fang, is this Chang'an considered prosperous?"

Su Lie let out a long breath and asked with a smile.

Fang Chen nodded, "Compared with our previous days, Chang'an is really surprising, but after watching it for a long time, it's nothing more than that."

Su Lie raised his eyebrows and smiled, but didn't say much, Fang Chen had this temper.

"Master Fang, this is the West Market in Chang'an, and the East Market is where nobles often go." Zhang Liuzi behind him spoke up.

In Chang'an City, there are a total of [-] squares and cities, which is an astronomical number. It is said that they were built by Taoists after careful calculation and layout.

Small merchants for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and even craftsmen who travel to the rivers and lakes, can ask for a bite to eat in the West Market. There are more Hu merchants, and many caravans in the Western Regions have even settled in the west of the city.

The East Market is even more dignified. Compared with the "chowder" of the West Market, the East Market is a place frequented by high-level executives and dignitaries.

To give a simple example, in the art academy in the west market, it only costs a hundred dollars to go in and call any girl, but if you go to the art academy in the east city, the nuns won't let you in for less than two pennies.

Datang's control over the East and West Markets is not limited to this. In order to prevent high-ranking officials from going to the West Market to cause trouble, Li Er specially ordered that officials of the sixth rank or above are strictly prohibited from going to the West Market.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the admonition officials of Yushitai can go to the West Market for shopping and consumption regardless of their grades.

After all, the place with the least oil and water in the entire Tang Dynasty is Yushitai.

Doing a job that the emperor doesn't like, and all the officials don't like, either admonishing a certain duke for misbehaving, or grabbing the other party's pigtails all day long.

The most representative figure is the most well-known admonishment chief in the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng!

This old man is terrible. He was a confidant of Prince Yin Li Jiancheng at the beginning, but after the Xuanwumen incident, he was accepted again by Li Er.In order to protect his family from being implicated, Wei Zheng became a truly lonely minister!
Why is he always against Li Er?Enemy against all officials?Just to reassure Li Er!

It is not easy to be an official, but even more difficult to be an emperor.

Fortunately, Li Er is not the kind of master who likes to grasp big and small things at once, otherwise the matter of releasing military power with a glass of wine would have happened hundreds of years earlier!
Unlike the refugees, most of the people in Chang'an City had smiles on their faces.

This kind of happy atmosphere made Fang Chen feel very comfortable, and he was particularly envious of the simple temperament of the ancients.

If you can have a full stomach every day, you can farm and raise land, you will not rebel, and you will become the most staunch defender of the entire country.

If Fang Chen yelled that Tang Dynasty was not good at this moment, he would probably be beaten to death by the people of Chang'an.

Of course, Chang'an City is just an example. After all, Fang Chen knows exactly how big this whole world is!

"Master Fang, we can go shopping for another two hours, and then we will leave the city!"

"Two hours?"

Seeing that Zhang Liuzi didn't seem to be lying, Fang Chen's face was very ugly.

"Master Fang, please don't get me wrong. There is a curfew in Chang'an, not to mention there are so many refugees staying in the city, there will always be problems!"

Fang Chen's anger faded away, and he asked, "Then why, they still squeeze in?"

them?Of course it refers to refugees!

Liu covered her mouth and smiled wryly, "Master, they are all hard-working people. They entered Chang'an City just to try their luck. If some nobleman takes a fancy to them, they will have a job and a meal."

She gave Liu Shi a blank look, this girl is talking more and more presumptuously now, she just changed her name to Master, and basically regarded herself as Fang Chen's servant.

"Liu Zi, wait for the others to go out of the city. Su Lie and I have other things to do."

Zhang Liuzi nodded, and told the rest to leave. Mrs. Liu hesitated for a moment, and followed suit.

Women and other people know a saying, that is, men do not make decisions when they are outside, and they can do whatever they say.What's more, she is just Fang Chen's servant now.

Su Lie was surprised: "You want to go with me too?"

Fang Chen nodded, that's for sure, Li Jing and Qin Qiong, to be honest, he really wanted to see what the two of them looked like after throwing out the demonization of later generations.

Su Lie suddenly felt a headache, he didn't know if those two "big shots" would agree to meet him!
"Master Fang, how should I introduce you?"

Fang Chen thought for a while, saying that he is Su Lie's nephew and nephew would definitely not work, and distant relatives would not sound good either!

"Why don't you just say that I'm the eldest brother you know?"

Su Lie couldn't laugh or cry, "Master Fang, stop joking."

Fang Chen curled his lips, "It doesn't matter, you can't take advantage of me anyway, other reasons are up to you!"

Su Lie shifted his gaze to Fang Chen's waist, there was a "murder weapon" pinned to his clothes!Do you want to use that as an excuse?
"Don't even think about it!"

When Fang Chen said this, he tightened his grip on the sniper rifle on his back. In his opinion, the only way to save his life is to keep the gun close to his body.

"Ugh"

Looking up to the sky and sighing, Su Lie didn't know what to do for a while.

The two stared at each other for a long time, and said at the same time, "I have an idea!"

"You speak first!" "You speak first!"

"Okay, let me say it first. Master Fang, if I say that you are my junior brother, is this possible?"

"Bah! To be your junior? I'm ashamed!"

Su Lie was born in a wild way, where did he ask for a teacher?Most of what he relied on on the battlefield was the experience gained from fighting, as well as the art of war dictated by his father, otherwise he wouldn't have been so miserable.

But it is undeniable that Su Lie did have some skills, and he became a general just by relying on that little trick.

Bravery comes first, the enemy comes second, this is the general of Tang.

There is an article praising his contribution of "destroying the three kingdoms before and after, and capturing their masters alive", it can be seen that Su Lie is still the kind of general who relies mostly on his brains.

Seeing Su Lie's aggrieved appearance, Fang Chen couldn't help kicking him. Su Lie was not at all unhappy with this kind of behavior. How much strength can a child kick someone?On the contrary, after finding out Fang Chen's temper, Su Lie realized that there is no other person besides him who enjoys this qualification.

In Fang Chen's words, that is, it means that you are pleasing to the eye, or else you will roll as far as you can!
"Little Master Fang"

He gave Su Lie a hard look, "Master is your savior!"

"Uh-huh?"

Su Lie nodded in response first, and then was stunned again, as if he understood something.

(End of this chapter)