Change the Tang Dynasty Li Yuanba

Chapter 236 The Anecdote of the City Gate
"Hongxiu, let's go back and rest, it's windy outside, it's not good for your health to stay outside for a long time."

Li Cha said softly to Duan Hongxiu.

"Well, let's go back and rest. Xiao Xiao'er is very naughty when she sleeps, so don't catch the cold."

Duan Hongxiu nodded in agreement.

"Hehe, don't worry, that brat, even if Boy Liu catches a cold, he won't catch a cold. You think your husband gave you this gene for nothing. How can my son get sick so easily?"

Li Cha said with a little pride.

"Go back, don't be smug."

Duan Hongxiu gave Li Cha a white look, and walked into the tent.

Having nothing to say all night, Duan Hongxiu snuggled into Li Cha's arms and fell asleep unknowingly with a disturbed heart.

Datang Anxi Pass, this is a pass established by Datang on the western border after the surrender of the entire Western Regions.

It is also the only way for all Shang Lu to enter and exit the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.

Anxi Pass is very large, with two huge gates, one entering and the other exiting, without interfering with each other.

With the increasing economic development of the Tang Dynasty, the domestic business can no longer satisfy the appetite of many big merchants. They directly sent their business to Arabia, Egypt, and some even went to the Byzantine Empire.

It is very simple for Datang merchants who leave customs, just check whether there are any items prohibited by Datang to leave customs.

It is not so easy to enter the customs. All foreigners who come to Datang to do business must have documents signed by their country.

Every time you go to a town, you must first go to the commercial office of the town for the record. Only with the seal of the commercial office of the town can you be allowed to buy and sell.

It was not so early in the morning, and the merchants who wanted to enter the customs had already lined up, waiting for the customs inspection.

Li Cha looked at such a long line, if he really wanted to line up, he didn't know when it would be.

Li Cha directly led the crowd to the front of the line.

It stands to reason that jumping in line like this will definitely be opposed and spurned by others, and if it is bad, you will be beaten if you encounter a bad temper.

But Li Cha and his group went all the way from the end of the line to the front, and no one made a sound.

Walking to the front, I heard the scolding of a gatekeeper and the begging of foreign businessmen.

"Your paperwork has expired and is useless. Go back, don't stay in this inkblot, don't you see that there are so many people queuing up behind?"

The guard at the gate glanced at the document and threw it back at the merchant's feet.

"My lord, please show mercy and let us go. The paperwork is overdue, we know, but we could have arrived here before it expired, but there was a snowstorm on the way, and we stayed for half a month before leaving to here."

"My lord, please show mercy. If you don't sell these goods, we will all starve to death on the way back."

The leading businessman spoke unprofessional Tang dialect with an awkward accent.Constantly begging.

"It's not that I don't have a heart of compassion. It's the rules of the Tang Dynasty that cannot be questioned. Documents that have expired cannot enter the customs. Find a way for yourself."

"My lord, our whole family is counting on these goods in exchange for money to eat. If you don't let me enter the customs, our whole family will starve to death. My lord, you can do it."

The businessman was still begging there.

But no matter how much he begged, it was completely useless to the general who guarded the goal. Rules are rules.

"Needless to say, sell it cheaper to other merchants. This is your only way. Get out of the way, next one."

General Pi said with a blank face.

"What should I do about this? God Amon, please show your poor people a way out."

The businessman stepped aside obediently and burst into tears.

No matter how unwilling they are, foreign businessmen can only be obedient in front of Anxiguan in the Tang Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, Duan Hongxiu's attention was caught by his words of "Amon God".

She couldn't help thinking of the scene when the Egyptian people sent her out of the city.

Duan Hongxiu gently tugged on Li Cha's sleeve, the meaning was obvious, she wanted Li Cha to help the poor Egyptian businessman.

Li Cha also understood what Duan Hongxiu meant, and nodded slightly.

At this moment, the assistant goalkeeper who had just called out the next one also saw Li Cha and his party.

At this time, a smile appeared on his face, which was completely different from the expression he had treated the Egyptian businessman just now.

"Ah, big brother, what are you waiting for, come in quickly."

"Get out of the way first, haven't you seen our Datang caravan come back?"

After finishing speaking, the gatekeeper yelled to the caravan on the side.In fact, those caravans had already made way for Li Cha and the others.

"Brother, welcome home, it seems that the income this time is not bad."

General Pi said to Li Cha with a smile.

"Haha, not bad, not bad."

Li Cha replied with a smile.

"I said, big brother, you can't make enough money. How good it is to make money in our Tang Dynasty, why go outside and suffer that. Let's take a good rest when you come back this time."

General Pi greeted Richard very warmly.

But Li Cha's enthusiasm for the goalkeeper is a bit strange.

He knew very well that the other party recognized their identities at all and completely regarded them as ordinary caravans.

"General, you need to go through formalities to enter the customs. We stayed outside for a long time. When we left, there was no Anxi Pass yet, so we didn't know anything."

Li Cha said.

"Ah? Brother, how long have you been outside, but you have suffered a lot. It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

"Brother, do you still have the document that you left the customs at the beginning?"

General Pi first sighed, and then asked.

"How can there be any customs documents? At that time, the Western Regions were still in chaos."

Li Cha wanted to see how this general would handle this matter.

"Ah? Brother, you don't have anything, so it will be difficult for me. Do you have any relatives in Datang?"

Pi will ask again.

"Yes, there are, but they are all in Chang'an City."

Li Cha replied truthfully.

"It's fine if you have it, but you may have to wrong the elder brother for a few days first."

"Big head, take this elder brother to the inn first and take good care of him. After suffering so many years outside, he finally returned home. He can no longer be bullied by his own people."

General Pi turned his head and shouted to a soldier behind him.

"Brother Ma, leave it to me, and you can rest assured."

The big-headed soldier walked towards Li Cha with a smile.

"Brother, you go with the big head first, as long as you can prove your identities, you can go home. Now that Tang has a radio, as long as your family is still there, you can find out within two days. "

General Pi said to Li Cha with a smile.

"General, we can enter the customs like this? We have nothing, and his paperwork is only a few days out of date. Is this okay?"

Li Cha asked curiously.

"Of course there is no problem. With the faces of big brothers from the Tang Dynasty and the proficiency in the Tang dialect, everything will be fine in our Anxi Pass."

General Pi explained with a smile.

"But it's a little unfair to them."

Richard asked.

"What's not fair, they come to me to earn money from our Great Tang, and then return to their own country to enjoy it. It's not like big brother, you are earning money other than Great Tang, to build Datang. Can this be the same. "

"Just them? Are they worthy of being compared with us Tang people?"

"If you want the same treatment, cast a good baby in your next life, and cast yourself in my Datang family."

General Pi showed contempt for these foreign businessmen.

This kind of pride of being a Datang person is deep in his bones.Don't show it at all.

"Brother, you think he may have traveled for half a year to come here, and the paperwork is only a few days out of date, so can't you accommodate it? After all, it's the life of the family, and it's all bet on this batch of goods."

Li Cha pleaded for the businessman.

"Hey, brother, you don't care what these foreigners do. Why can't they come here within the paperwork time?"

"Brother, I also do business outside. I know the hardships involved. If you can accommodate me, please accommodate me."

Li Cha quietly stuffed a piece of gold into the captain's hand.

"Hey, brother, no way. Really no way."

General Pi did not accept Li Cha's gold, but returned the gold to Li Cha in front of everyone.

"Brother, I know you are a kind person, but these businessmen can't get used to their problems. But since the elder brother has said so, I will give the elder brother this face today."

"Hey, that one, stop howling. Come here with your documents. This time you met a kind person."

General Pi shouted at the Egyptian merchant.

The Egyptian businessman hurried over with the documents.He looked at Pi Jiang expectantly.

"This time you met a kind-hearted person, and this elder brother is the guarantee for you. This time, I will let you in, no exception."

"To be a human being, you must know how to be grateful. If this big brother hadn't interceded for you, even if you cried to death here, I wouldn't give you this stamp."

General Pi said to the Egyptian businessman while affixing the seal "Anxi Pass" on the document.

Li Cha didn't understand why he did this.

Not only did he not accept his own gold, but he also didn't take credit for it at all, and pushed all the benefits to himself.

He has no relatives and no reason with him, and he didn't know him before. He didn't think that his own face was so big that he could make this general break the rules and let the businessman whose paperwork was overdue just by pleading.

After receiving the stamped document, the Egyptian businessman was very grateful.Excitedly entered the city gate.

"Brother, why do you want to do this, I don't quite understand."

Li Cha couldn't hold back, and asked directly.

"Big head, come and take my place. I'll take this elder brother to the post."

General Pi shouted at the big-headed soldiers beside Li Cha.

"Okay, Marco."

"Brother, let's enter the customs and talk while walking."

The lieutenant general who was called Ma Ge by the big-headed soldiers said to Li Cha.

"Okay, let's talk while walking."

Li Cha nodded in agreement, and then a group of people followed Pi Jiang and entered the Anxi Pass.

They finally stepped into the land of Great Tang again.

(End of this chapter)