Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1275 Zhang Ji Groceries
Dawn broke.

Zhang Baozai has already woken up. This is Linyipu, which is also the capital of Linyi Kingdom. Its official name is Singapura.As for the origin of the name, it is related to Brahmanism.

Linyi country is dominated by occupying people.In the Qin and Han Dynasties, Linyi belonged to Rinan County, Jiaozhou. Later, the Champaign District, the son of the Gongcao of Xianglin County, was connected to the Yonghe Second Year of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Thousands of Champaigns rebelled in Xianglin County (Hue), killing the county magistrate, and captured In the county seat, the governor of Jiaozhou of Han Dynasty sent troops on an expedition, but the soldiers mutinied halfway due to fear of the expedition, resulting in the failure of the expedition, and the District Company was able to capture Rinan County and establish Linyi Kingdom.

The Ou family passed down the country for more than a hundred years and had no heirs. It was said that it was located in the nephew Fan Xiong. Fan Xiong and his descendants were killed by the minister Fan Wen after 60 years of inheritance.

So Linyi entered the second dynasty era.

It was at the time when Fan Wen became king that Linyi Kingdom expanded again, conquering Daqijie, Xiaoqijie, Shipu, Xuyi, Qudu, Ganlu, Fudan and other neighboring small countries, and paid tribute to the Eastern Jin Dynasty , Later, he also attacked Rinan and Jiuzhen counties of the Jin Dynasty many times, and defeated the conscript army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty several times.Since then, when Fan Wen and his son were in power, they sometimes paid tribute to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and sometimes rebelled and harassed them.

After Fan Wen's grandson, Fan Huda, succeeded to the throne, he was also called Bhathara Bhagmo I. During his 33-year reign, he believed in Buddhism, built a temple for the god Shiva, and moved to a new capital. , named Singapura (Hoi An)

However, after the capital was moved, the second dynasty of Linyi quickly suffered civil strife and perished.

Fan Yangmai established the third dynasty of Linyi.

Later, the descendant of the second dynasty, Gaowuludaravarman, replaced the third dynasty and established the fourth dynasty.

After the reign of his son Shang Puba Mo, named Fan Fanzhi in Chinese, the Central Plains had been unified by the Sui Dynasty at that time, because Fan Fanzhi rebelled frequently. The capital of the country was broken, and three counties of Bijing, Haiyin and Linyi were established in the old place of Linyi.

At that time, Fan Fanzhi fled overseas, and the Sui army returned a few months later, taking away the 18 yuan gold ancestral tablet from the ancestral temple of Fan Fanzhi's family, as well as many golden figures in the temple.

Fan Fanzhi then returned to the old land, but he didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, he hurriedly sent envoys to apologize, and then he continued to pay tribute.

After the Great Qin unified the Central Plains, Fan Fanzhi also paid tribute on the table, and also presented elephants, white parrots, etc.But on the other hand, on the border, Lin Yi is also constantly making disturbances.

However, in recent years, the sea trade has been booming, and Linyi has borrowed a lot of light and made a lot of money because of its coastal advantages.With money in hand, Lin Yi Wang Fan Fanzhi became a little bloated again.

Zhang Baozai has been in the Lion City for many years, or he is actually half of Linyi.

His father was a Sui soldier who accompanied Liu Fang to conquer Linyi in the first year of Sui Daye. Later, after breaking the capital of Linyi, because of the unacceptable water and soil, a large number of Sui soldiers fell ill and many died.

When Liu Fang withdrew, there were still many Sui troops who were sick and unable to follow the retreat.

Zhang Baozai's father stayed behind with some sick comrades. When Fan Fanzhi came back, he did not dare to kill these Sui soldiers.Zhang Baozai's father and all his comrades joined Fan Fanzhi's imperial guards. After all, it was too far away from the Central Plains, and they couldn't go back.

After they stayed, they also married Zhanren in Linyi, had children, and bought property.

Zhang Baozai's father was an officer and instructor in Fan Fanzhi's imperial army, and his salary was not bad. He married a wife and took concubines in Linyi and had seven or eight children.

Zhang Baozai grew up in the Lion City, but he still learned Chinese characters from his father when he was very young. Later, Zhang Baozai also sailed on a boat and worked as a shop assistant, and finally opened a shop by himself.

Zhang Baozai opened his shop this year because his father gave him part of it, and he borrowed money from Han merchants in Lion City.

The shop he opened is a grocery store, and the goods in it are mainly goods from the sea merchants of Qin State, such as silk, porcelain, brocade, frosted sugar and rock sugar, paper, ink, brushes, tea, wine and salt, and even iron pots and other iron wares. .

The shelves of the small shop are full of goods, and behind them is the warehouse.

His goods are actually bought on credit with Qin merchants, and he settles the bill regularly.

In Lion City, although his shop is not big, it is considered to have a relatively complete range of goods. He sells goods to Linyi people in his shop, which can be traded in gold and silver, copper, or even locally produced goods. Some native products were bartered.

After washing up, Zhang Baozai took stock of the goods as usual, and then rearranged them neatly. Looking at the goods, he nodded with satisfaction, and then opened the shop door.

Remove the door panels one by one, and spread them on the bench outside the door, so there are two more rows of stalls at the door, so some goods can be placed at the door.

After all this is done, the genius is bright.

There are already many pedestrians on the street.

As the capital of Linyi, Lion City has a large population, especially here is an important port, which is another big port southward after the Qin State Maritime Merchants left Jiaozhi Port, so it is very lively here.

Not only the great Qin maritime merchants who went south, but also many merchants from Tianzhu, even Persian merchants, many Arabs, and even Romans, Franks and other foreign merchants from Western Thailand.

Naturally, there are also many Funan people, Chenla people, and those dark-skinned and curly-haired Kunlun people in Kunlunhai.

Coupled with the occupation of local people, Linyi City is very prosperous and lively.

Standing at the door of the shop, Zhang Baozai looked at the signboard on his shop, 'Cheung Kee Department Store'.Those four characters were written by his father himself. Although Zhang Baozai had also practiced calligraphy, his writing was not very good.My father was different. My father was a soldier of the Sui Dynasty. His hometown was originally from the Central Plains. He came from a good background.

"Brother Zhang, the goods you asked for have been replenished for you."

A Qin businessman dressed in silk came over with a smile. Zhang Baozai was very happy to see him. This is an old friend. He used to work as a clerk in his shop, and later borrowed money from him to start the grocery store. The shop, and even the goods in the shop are all on credit from his family.

"Brother Liulang came so early?"

Cui Liulang smiled, "I heard that some of your items have been sold out, so I'll make up for you quickly."

"It would be good to send someone here, why did you come in person?"

"Stop by and see how your store is doing. I've saved a lot of money with you, so I care a lot."

The two walked into the shop talking and laughing.

Cui Liulang put down the goods he brought, looked at no one around, and said in a low voice, "How about the matter you asked to check?"

"I went home for dinner last night and talked with my old man for a long time. I found out all the news Brother Liulang wanted. Now there are still 2000 guards in the city, and the other [-] have been transferred to the north in batches. Reinforced."

(End of this chapter)