Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 63 Offending Liu Zan?

After Xu Qing came out of a certain red-light district, he had already found out where several generals that Shangguanyi and Xu Qing knew lived.It's just that the distance is far away, and it's afternoon again, so I didn't go looking for it, and went back to my residence.

Xu Qing and his party had a lot of people, so it was inconvenient to stay in an inn, and Xun Xueer and the others were female relatives, so they found an empty yard that was not too big or small, so it could be used for large items such as carriages.

Back at the residence, Xun Xueer asked Xu Qing:
"Brother Xu, how long are we going to live in Chang'an?" Xu Qing turned his head to think about it, how long we will stay depends on whether Li Yuan is an expatriate or an internal stay.

"I don't know yet, let's see what old man Li means..." Xu Qing said again: "What's the matter, are you homesick?"

"No, brother Xu, I think if we live longer, we'll buy a house..."

"But we don't have much money, so we have to make our own gifts..." Xu Qing said depressedly. He didn't get back the money and food from the rent in the city, and his daily expenses can be extravagant, but there is a shortage of houses to buy, so there is less talk in Chang'an city It's also the second ring, isn't it?
"Brother Xu, you don't know. As early as the departure, the storekeepers who sent their names sent several letters of money. Their money is no more than Steward Yang, and they are sent directly to the inner government..."

"Oh, how much money is there?" Xu Qing asked, thinking that his hands-free shopkeeper was too capable, and he didn't know the source of his income.

"Four, 500 taels, we can buy a small house facing the street, two floors into the second floor, and we can live in it when Ye Yu comes back, and we can do some small business in front..." Xun Xueer was like a shrewd little girl. The woman calculated carefully in front of Xu Qing.

"Have you already made up your mind?" Seeing that Xun Xue'er had said so much in detail, Xu Qing asked.

"Yeah, Xiaoyue and I went out to have a look today..." Xun Xueer said shyly, after all these things should be left to the man in charge.

"Yeah, okay, let's stay here for a few days first, and then we'll talk about it after meeting the emperor..." Xu Qing said after thinking, if you want to let it out, there is no need to buy a house here.

"Brother Xu..."

"Ok?"

"Where you are is my home..."

"What..."

The next day, Wang Shan ran errands to meet Shangguanyi and his party, Niu Cheao followed Xu Qing to give gifts.Xu Qing was thinking while sitting in the carriage, not to mention, this street in Chang'an is good, not bumpy, the carriage is stable,
"Liu Zan, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, huh? Luo Shixin seems to have to go to worship, so don't take my good wine... The others, Qin Wang Li Shimin, and Qi Wang are going to have a look, too. I need to keep a few jars for spare, eh..."

Liu Zan lived in Chongxianfang, and Xu Qing lived in Dunyifang, only two folkfangs away, much closer than Cheng Yaojin who lived in Zhuque Street.Chongxianfang is the residence of ordinary Beijing officials, and Dunyifang is the residence of ordinary civilians. Xu Qing doesn't care about these things. There are fewer dudes, and it is more comfortable to live in the commoner square.

Passing through the square called Yong'an, and then Yanfu square, the journey went smoothly, but when I walked out of Yanfu square, I was stopped.A lazy man saw Xu Qing's carriage approaching, stopped it with a few people, and said:

"Stop! Go through the door and pay..."

"Pay? Why doesn't he want to pay?" Niu Checao pointed at the passers-by passing by.The lazy man said: "They are a few muddy legs, they can collect money... ahem, no, because they are not merchants, and they have to pay taxes when they go to merchants!"

"We are not merchants, we are here to visit friends." Niu Checao came back, Xu Qing who was sitting in the car did not speak, but listened carefully.

"Heh, pretend to me, the person who lives here is not a high-ranking official, who can you recognize!" The lazy man opened his eyes wide and pretended to be angry.

"If you don't admit it, why don't we search it to see if there is any goods?" Another boy-like man said with a sharp voice.Niu Chicao then thought about it, this rule is wrong, you pay taxes when you enter the gate, you pay taxes when you enter the market, you have to pay taxes if you have never heard of it.So he said:
"Even merchants don't have to pay taxes here!"

The leading man smiled and said:

"Look, isn't this an honest admission? Let me tell you, my elder brother manages this street! If you want to do business here, you have to rely on our protection. So you should pay the tax honestly."

"No, we don't do business here..." Niu Checao was clearly out of his mind, so if he answered like this, he would be at a disadvantage.It means that we are indeed Hong Merchant, we just don't do business here any more.Now the status of a businessman is low. It’s okay if you didn’t know you were a businessman just now.Sure enough, the man at the head became more confident when he heard the words of the cow grazing, and said viciously:
"Crossing the road is fine, otherwise, hey, there are hooligans who robbed things, so don't..."

Xu Qing felt that if he didn't come out to help, the cows would eat grass and make a noise, and he would do it.There are many and big officials in Chang'an, which is similar to the capital of the later generations. Throwing a brick can hit everyone at the top. If you offend someone, even Luonan will not be able to go back.And these people dared to block the road in broad daylight, obviously someone was protecting them.Xu Qing lifted the curtains and scolded righteously:

"You guys are too brave, right? This is at the feet of the emperor, and you dare to set up checkpoints to collect taxes?!"

No one has the guts to admit that Xu Qing is famous as a teacher, even if he hits someone again, it will not be so dangerous, at least the public opinion is on this side.The leading man was also quite witty, knowing the knife in Xu Qing's words, he hurriedly said:
"Who are you? No matter who you are, just pay and leave, if you don't pay, get out!" In this sentence, "collect tax" was changed to "collect money".The one who collects taxes is the state owner, the one who collects rent is the landlord, and the one who collects money is the road owner. What is the road owner? The owner of "this road is opened by me".

"You guys are too courageous. This is at the feet of the emperor. In broad daylight, you dare to block the road and rob?! Robbers!" Niu Grazing is still very good at learning. He adapted Xu Qing's words and cursed, which attracted passers-by. Follow here.

"Okay, brothers, let's see how capable the two of them are, and how dare they dare to shake the world here!" The leading man rolled up his sleeves, ready to use his strength.Xu Qing put down the curtains and sat peacefully, not caring.Just now he took a look at the few people blocking the way, they were skinny, and the cattle ate grass so that they could beat them with one hand.

I only heard a few muffled noises outside the carriage, a burst of low whistling, and the horses pulling the carriage snorted a few times with contempt, and the man in the lead said dejectedly:
"Ah, okay, okay, wait, I'll ask my elder brother to go."

"Hehe, it's so good, it's so bad..." Niu Chocao clapped his hands, as if he could overthrow these people without any effort, Niu Chocao then asked inside the car: "Young master, Chongxianfang is in front of you, what do you want?" Don't ask about General Liu's residence first?"

The cow didn't care about eating grass, but the passers-by talked a lot. A few honest old men hesitated, reminded the cow to eat grass and said: "Strong man, you have committed a serious crime, go away..."

"Yes, yes, yes, Zhongwu General Liu Zan has a son, Liu Xiong, and they are both Liu Xiong's lackeys."

"Run away, General Liu treats his son very dearly!"

"You are offending General Liu Zan! General Liu Zan is the uncle of the county!"

(End of this chapter)