mortal clerk

Chapter 52 A City That Doesn't Exist
When the two entered the restaurant, they saw that the four floors of Weiyue Building were connected through the middle, and the above second floor was surrounded by railings. There was a protruding platform in the middle of the second and third floors in the north, which happened to be the second, third and fourth floors. See both.There are some numbered wooden boxes of different sizes neatly stacked on the platform.

It was also the first time for Li Qingniu to see this kind of design, and he didn't know what it was useful for.I thought that if I asked Lao Shen now, I would definitely be ridiculed by him for being ignorant.Bian had no choice but to follow Lao Shen up to the second floor.

As soon as the two of them reached the second floor and found a seat facing the street, the waiter came over to greet them warmly, but Lao Shen was an old acquaintance, so he sent the waiter away after ordering wine, vegetables and tea.

"Boy, the Weiyuelou's wine and food are not very special, but their 'Weilouchun' wine is very famous in the whole Guimen County! Why don't you try it too?"

"Old Shen, what's so good about this wine? It's so spicy!"

"Oh boy, have you ever had a drink?"

"Old Shen, I stole my wine and drank it very early on. Apart from being spicy, that stuff has nothing to do with it!"

Old Shen said disapprovingly, "What do you know, kid? This wine is a good thing. After drinking it, you will not only be happy and excited, but also forget a lot of things."

"Anyway, I don't drink it. I feel dizzy and uncomfortable after drinking it."

"You kid, you know a fart. Forget it, just forget it if you don't drink."

Lao Shen stared at Li Qingniu for a long time, and found that he was carrying that ugly bamboo stick. Although he knew it was a scabbard, it was too ugly.

"Boy, when we get to the county seat, I'll take you to make a decent scabbard!"

"I think this one is very good now, it was made by my second dad!"

Old Shen saw that Li Qingniu's expression became lonely when he mentioned his second father, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Xiao Niu, do you know what this Weiyue Tower is for?"

Li Qingniu looked at Old Shen helplessly: "Oh! Old Shen, you're not turning the topic round at all!"

"Uh, I'm afraid that bringing up old things again will make you sad!"

Li Qingniu touched the bamboo stick and said in relief:
"You're right, the scabbard is indeed a bit ugly, so let's change it. It's mainly because of the spanking behind you when you're walking! Hahaha."

"Hahaha. That's right. Then change, people always look forward."

At this time, the food and wine were already on the table, but they were all things Li Qingniu had never seen before.When he picked up a piece of golden meat and put it in his mouth, he realized how new he was to the world.So he didn't care much, and started to gobble it up.

Seeing that he was eating vigorously, Old Shen poured another cup of Wei Louchun and handed it over. Li Qingniu took it without looking carefully, thinking it was a cup of tea, and drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking the wine, I realized that it was wine, but it was not as spicy as imagined, but instead had a sweet taste, and I called out: "Happy!"

Couldn't help being excited, and drank a few more glasses.

……

When the two ate meat and drank heavily, there were two people sitting opposite each other at the railing on the third floor.

One of them was thin and thin, dressed as a scholar, with delicate features and a calm demeanor, reading a book while sipping tea.

The other person was dressed in a military uniform, exuding a heroic spirit, and there was a purple sword on the table.

The man in military uniform turned his head just in time to see Li Qingniu devouring his food, and poked the man reading the book with his hand.

"Mr. Xuan, look at the second floor opposite, that kid looks really ugly, as if he hasn't eaten in 800 years!"

After finishing speaking, he saw that Mr. Xuan didn't pay attention to him, and went to snatch Mr. Xuan's book angrily.Annoyed:

"You, you carry this broken book with you everywhere you go! What's the point!"

Mr. Xuan was looking at it vigorously, and when the book was taken away, he saw the angry look on the other side, and leaned forward to beg.

"Oh, little Ruirui, return the book to me, there is only one chapter left! I will accompany you when I finish reading this chapter!"

"No, you liar, you said you would buy rhino horns with me, but in the end, you didn't get any rhino horns, but you bought a bunch of books yourself!"

"Okay, okay, return the book to me! I promise to accompany you to find the rhinoceros horn after reading this last chapter!"

"That's a good idea!"

……

Naturally, Li Qingniu didn't know the evaluation of his eating appearance on the third floor opposite, so he only cared about eating and drinking, but after a while the table was full and there was not much food left.

Old Shen couldn't help shaking his head when he saw his eating.

"Xiao Niu, you saved some wine for Uncle Shen!"

Li Qingniu spat out a chicken bone and replied vaguely: "The wine is gone!"

Old Shen picked up the jug and looked, sure enough, the jug of Wei Louchun was gone!
While Old Shen was depressed, a gong sounded, and a graceful woman in a red dress walked out from the high platform.Loudly said:

"Everyone, the bid time has come, and our Weiyuelou auction is about to start! I am Hongyan, the host of today's auction..."

Only here did Li Qingniu realize that this is the auction mentioned in the book!

"Old Shen, why did you bring me here? I don't have money to buy anything!"

"You kid, it's good to come here to learn more! Maybe there's something you like!"

"Then why don't you go to the county town to buy it? Isn't there an auction house in the county town?"

"I don't understand, kid! Although this county has a bigger auction house, it doesn't necessarily have the things here!"

"Why is this?"

"Although the auction house in this county is large, the cost is also high! Moreover, if business travelers from south to north enter the county, they have to pay taxes on every kind of goods. It's different here, many of them come from the south. Most of the people who come here will auction off the good things they have collected here before entering the city, and only need to pay some auction fees to the restaurant. People who come from the north don't have to go around to the county town in the east, they can also Come straight south to here."

Li Qingniu was surprised: "Isn't that tax evasion? The government doesn't care?"

Old Shen looked at the innocent Li Qingniu, and explained: "Silly boy, didn't you realize that there is no city wall in this city? "

"Yes, why?"

"This ghost gate was originally just a garrison checkpoint. The government did not build a city here. Later, most of the caravans traveling from south to north would camp here, and gradually evolved into a trading market. Some merchants are here. After building a house, there is the current Ghost Gate City.”

"Then the government doesn't come here to collect taxes?"

"Think about it, if you want to do business here, can you do it without a government background? Therefore, most of the industries here are owned by various forces in the county."

Speaking of this, Li Qingniu was even more confused.He asked again: "The county doesn't care, and the court doesn't care? Isn't it a lot of tax revenue?"

"You are right, half of the taxes collected in this county have to be turned over to the imperial court, and all the proceeds here go into personal pockets! In the counties and counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is only ghost gate here, and there is no such place .”

"In such a big city, the government doesn't even know of his existence?"

"Boy, this Ghost Gate County is tens of thousands of miles away from the capital of God. Who would care if there is an extra city here? As long as the county says there is no such thing, then there is no such thing."

"Then why don't you see Deacon Mu and the others?"

"They? They come from the capital of God, and they are doing big business."

……

During the conversation between the two, more than ten kinds of items have been photographed continuously on that stage, most of which are rare animal furs, beautiful jade and jewelry from the south, precious medicinal materials from the west, and even pearls and shark tears from the east.

Li Qingniu has only seen most of the items in books, but never seen the real objects, so he finds them novel.After taking a few more items in a row, the voice of Hong Yan, who hosted the auction, suddenly rose.

"Guests, the following auction item is incredible. It is a snow ganoderma produced in Kunlun Mountains, which has miraculous effects on healing the damaged soul!"

Hearing that it has a miraculous effect on healing the damaged soul, Lao Shen, who was originally drunk, suddenly sobered up.

　Write hard and don't get discouraged.Even if you are not recognized, you must finish the story in your heart.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)