Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1208 Luo Piao
"How to relieve worries, only Du Kang."

Xue Yantuo's emissary, Kang Li, was not a Tiele, on the contrary, he was a Sogdian.When Bi Khan was there at the beginning, the Sogdian Hu people in Zhaowu were reused, and when Jieli Khan was there, the Hu people were also reused.

These Zhaowu Sogdians are best at doing business, and they are eloquent and eloquent.They are also extremely talented in languages, often one person can be proficient in seven or eight languages.

But Kangli found that no matter how good he was at speaking, in Luoyang City, there was no one who would listen to him.Whether it was the Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Rites, or the mansion of the Yinan Dahan, he posted one post after another, but he still didn't get a reply.

Every time, it was an insignificant doorman who sent him away with a straight face and few words, as if he was just a beggar.

Lost walking on the streets of Luoyang, and finally went around and came to Datongfang near the West Market.

The West Market is close to the southwest corner of Luoyang, and Tongji Canal passes by here. It can be said that the transportation is very convenient. It is similar to the West Market in Chang'an. There are also a few squares around the West Market in Luoyang, and there are also a large number of Hu merchants.

In Datongfang, there are a large number of Sogdian merchants. The Kangli family is actually from Zhaowu Kangguo, but they went to the grassland in his grandfather's generation, but he still has a natural closeness to the Sogdian Hu merchants in his heart. feel.

When he was a Luo Piao in Luoyang, he liked to stay in Datongfang.

He rented a room of a businessman from Shiguo, and after paying some money, he could have dinner with the landlord from Shiguo every day, eating the food of his hometown.

But today, he doesn't want to go back to Datongfang, he doesn't want to eat the taste of his hometown, he just wants to drink.

Although the days in Luoyang were not long, he encountered obstacles everywhere, which made him fall in love with Luoyang wine.The taverns and wine shops here are all different, and the wine they sell is different, but each has its own taste.

"Rent a donkey? Take you to Ningrenfang. There are several girls from the south of the Yangtze River in Yihonglou, but the water is fresh, Wu Nong said softly, should you go?"

An old man driving a donkey passed by and greeted him proactively.

Conley turned his head, and saw the old man grinning at him with his teeth bared. The donkey he was leading in his hand had a bamboo plaque tied to his forehead, and there was a letter written with the words "rent a donkey".

"how much is it?"

"A silver tiger." The old man said.

"Old man, don't lie to me. I've been in Luoyang City for a long time. It's just across the corner from Ningrenfang. It takes me less than two quarters of an hour to walk there. You actually want to charge me a silver tiger?"

The old man chuckled, not the slightest bit ashamed of being seen through as a profiteer.

"You pay back the price."

"Five cents!"

"How can I do that? Luoyang is big, it's not easy to live in, and the prices are high. Besides, I'm familiar with Ningrenfang. I know which one has the best wine, which one has a good music class, and which one's girls are juicy. I know which teas are delicious, and if I give advice, I will guarantee your satisfaction."

"Ten coins."

The old man said with a smile, "I know a girl who is young and beautiful. She hasn't dressed yet. She lives in a small building. She doesn't have much reputation at the moment. If you have me to introduce you, I will guarantee you to win it." .”

"Are you still pimping?" Conley asked.

"What is pimping? It sounds so ugly. I call it service."

"Okay, I'll give you twenty dollars."

"One hundred Kaiyuan Tongbao, you are guaranteed to get what you pay for, and you will not be deceived!"

Conley nodded, took out a banknote from the bank, and picked out one with a denomination of [-] Kaiyuan Tongbao, "Look, it's exactly [-] yuan."

The old man took it, carefully looked around, and finally put it in his arms with a smile, "It's from Dadong Bank, the bill is cashed immediately, and the credit is very good. Guest officer, you get on the donkey, and I will take you there."

Kang Li was riding on the donkey, looking around. Today, there are many pedestrians in this place, so it is very lively.

"Today is really lively."

The old man led the donkey in front of him, and said with a smile, "That's right, after all, it's the Lantern Festival. After a while, when it gets dark, the street lights on this street will be beautiful. Many big merchants, nobles and officials' homes , There will also be a lamp tower in front of the door, which is more beautiful."

"Luoyang is so nice." Conley said.

"No, the capital of the world is nowhere to be found."

"Luoyang is very good, but the bride price is very expensive." Conley sighed.

"Because of the bride price? Which daughter is the guest officer looking at?"

"I have a headache because of Pingli, so I want to go for a drink."

"Here in Luoyang, it really depends on the person. Young talents, the woman doesn't pay attention to the bride price or not. You haven't seen the husband-in-law in front of the gate of the Imperial College during the drinking ceremony in the previous village. It was a lively scene. It is said that, This time more than 2000 people will enter Beijing for the Jinshi examination, and more than 200 Jinshi will be admitted at that time, and after the sages in the Golden Temple take the examination in person, the ranking of Jinshi will be hand-picked. And Tanhualang. I heard that all the nobles in Luoyang are watching. It is estimated that they will have to fight for the number one scholar. It is said that the most popular person in this department is Ma Zhou. Last year The white robe is too sacred, His Majesty wanted to confer him a seventh-rank official, but he insisted on taking the imperial examination, it is said that when he took the Taoist examination in Hebei Province, he achieved very good results and won the title of Jieyuantou."

"When Ma Zhou participated in the court examination, county examination, and county examination before, he won three cases in a row, known as the little three yuan. , that’s the big three yuan. Nowadays, the gambling houses in Luoyang even have stalls. Some guess whether Ma Zhou can win the number one prize, some guess whether he can win the big three yuan, and some guess that he will be won in the end. Whoever snatches away the son-in-law, it's very lively."

Kangli couldn't help but envy the scholar named Ma Zhou, who had not yet taken the exam, but was already famous all over the world. A scholar could get this honor. This is really a grand event that only Daqin can have.

"To be honest, I also envy Ma Zhou. I regret that I didn't go to study back then. Now, in Luoyang, who is the most honored? It's not the sons of Jin Yixun's relatives, but Confucian robed scholars. Tongsheng, scholar, Juren They all have their own special robes, and walking on the street in them is a chic style."

"Do you know how many families of princes, prime ministers and scholars want to vie for Ma Zhou's son-in-law? It is said that the threshold of the inn where Ma Zhou is staying is trampled to death every day by the stewards of the families of officials and nobles. In order to compete for Ma Zhou's son-in-law, let alone dowry gifts, they all offered various conditions to pay back. Yesterday, it was said that Feng Yancha's family offered to give [-] mu of land as a dowry. Xiao Yu, the Zuo Buzheng of Anxi, is even more willing to give ten thousand guan plus three thousand mu of land and ten shops in Luoyang and Chang'an each as a dowry for his daughter, so he wants Ma Zhou as his son-in-law."

"Hey, but Ma Zhou didn't agree to any of them." Speaking of this, the old donkey couldn't help but slapped his thigh with his palm, feeling too enviable.

Conley felt even more upset when he heard that. When Ma Zhou married a daughter-in-law, he didn’t want a dowry. Every family was not vying to offer such a heavy dowry, but the emperor asked for such a heavy dowry when he married his niece. Should the emperor marry a princess or sell her? Princess?

Or what is it that Xue Yantuo is easy to bully?
He didn't understand, why did Yi Nan Khan help Daqin Tianzi pit Xue Yantuo?
But thinking about how prosperous Luoyang is, if he were a Yinan, he would probably be reluctant to leave here and go back to the Mobei grassland.It's just that if you don't want to go back to Mobei, you can't deceive people like this.

(End of this chapter)