Chapter 40
"Fei'er, I have to trap you too!" Geng Xiaofan took off the Chanel diamond ring from his little finger and gently put it on Liu Fei'er's ring finger.
Hey! Not too big, not too small, just right!
"So beautiful!" Liu Fei'er opened her eyes wide. She had never seen such a beautiful ring.
"Yes, so beautiful!" Geng Xiaofan was talking about Fei'er's hand and couldn't help but give her a gentle kiss on her green and slender fingers.
"Fei'er, I'm leaving. Don't be idle at home. I'll give you a task. If you do this..."
"You, you," Liu Fei'er was stunned for a moment, then she burst into tears and smiled, "But what you said makes sense."
"Just do it if it makes sense." Geng Xiaofan smiled and reluctantly let go of Liu Fei'er.
After spending the night at dawn, Geng Xiaofan headed south along the official road. A few days later, he arrived at the Weihe River Ferry, where he could already see Chang'an City in the distance.
Although it is almost dusk, the ferry is still busy.
Geng Xiaofan frowned, is Chang'an so prosperous?
Taking a closer look, he discovered a problem. There were not many people coming out of Chang'an City, but there was a long queue of people going to Chang'an, and most of them were young and middle-aged people.
He grabbed a young man who was crossing the river and said, "Brother, what are you going to do when you enter the city at this time?"
"Go and work!" The young man looked at him carefully, "You are a foreigner, right? Princess Yang'a built the princess mansion and recruited craftsmen, and the remuneration was pretty good, hehe!"
"Oh, that's it!" Geng Xiaofan understood. It seems that it was popular in the Han Dynasty for "migrant workers" to work in cities. That's right. At this time, there is no harvest and there is no farm work in the fields. It's not bad to work as a temporary worker to supplement some family income.
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After crossing the ferry, we quickly came to the Kitchen City Gate. Geng Xiaofan took the horse and started walking. This time, his "father-in-law" paid for the trip. He is rich now, so he should be able to "live in style" in this legendary metropolis.
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Not far from the city, Geng Xiaofan found an inn. After settling down, he decided to take a tour of Chang'an. He had already found out that the east and west cities were in the northwest corner of the city, not far away.
"Buy horses in the East Market, buy saddles and saddles in the West Market." Geng Xiaofan was strolling around and discovered a problem. There were no horses for sale in the East Market, but instead they were all handicraft products, while horses, cattle and sheep were all in the West Market, and most of them were sold in the West Market.
They are merchants from the Western Regions.
"I was tricked by Hua Mulan again!" Geng Xiaofan whispered to himself. It seems that those ancient poems that have been passed down for thousands of years cannot be fully believed. Merchants from the Western Regions entered the city from Yongmen in the west and went directly to the West Market. They would not look far away from the nearby.
Run to the East City. It should be said that the Lue and Horse Market is reasonable in the West City, and this is indeed the case.
Tired of shopping, he bought two sesame cakes and a bowl of haggis soup from a roadside shop. Geng Xiaofan took out fine salt and pepper from his arms and mixed himself a bowl of "haggis steamed buns", which made him feel comfortable.
Got addicted.
"Master Geng!" Geng Xiaofan had just finished his meal when he heard someone calling him from behind.
Looking back, it turned out to be Zhou Da and his assistant Xiaosi.
"Brother Zhou, Xiaosi, why are you here?" Geng Xiaofan didn't expect that he would still meet acquaintances in this "strange" city!
"Let's buy some goods and prepare to go home for the New Year! Mr. Geng, why are you here?" Zhou Da and Xiao Si drove a carriage and pulled a cart of miscellaneous goods.
"I'm going home too. I passed by here and took a look at Chang'an City. Hehe!" Geng Xiaofan quickly explained. Calculating the time, Zhou Da should have just returned from selling horses outside the Great Wall.
"What a coincidence! It's really unexpected!" Zhou Da couldn't hide his excitement.
"Meeting an old friend in a foreign country is also a great blessing in life. Brother Zhou, why are there only two of you and the others?"
"They live in an inn outside the city. It's not convenient to get in and out of the city, so I only took Xiaosi with me."
"Is it far?"
"Say whether it's far or not, and whether it's close or not. Outside Anmen, you have to go through a city."
"Have you finished your work? Why don't I buy you a drink? I live in Chuanshe, Weiyi, not far from here." Geng Xiaofan had been riding alone along the way and was almost bored to death.
"Okay! Xiaosi, let's get drunk with Mr. Geng tonight, and then leave the city tomorrow!"
"Haha!" Geng Xiaofan was amused. It seemed that Zhou Da really wanted to kill him.
The three of them happily returned to Chuanshe, settled in, and sat down.
"Master Geng, have you remembered your hometown?" After a few glasses of wine, Zhou Da couldn't help but ask curiously. He had been doing business with Geng Xiaofan for more than a month, and when asked where he lived, he always said he didn't remember, but now he wanted to go back.
Hometown.
"I'm ashamed to say it, I seem to be suffering from amnesia." Geng Xiaofan made it up and took out the "official certificate" from his arms, "Master Liubao helped me find my household plan, and I realized that my original home was
In Fufeng." He didn't mean to "show off" in front of Zhou Da, he really wanted to understand the life of the Han Dynasty through Zhou Da.
Zhou Da took the "household version" and looked at it carefully. He was shocked! "It turns out to be Lord Geng! Tsk tsk!"
"What? Is it very powerful?" Geng Xiaofan pretended not to care.
"You must have encountered some special situation. With your status, your family must be anxious if you haven't been home for so long!" Zhou Da carefully returned the "household version" to Geng Xiaofan.
"Ashamed, I can't remember anyone else in the family." Geng Xiaofan still pretended not to care, but he had already determined that his "big man status" should still have a high social status.
"By the way, Brother Zhou, you have been to Chang'an many times. Are there any interesting places in Chang'an?" Geng Xiaofan has finally found a "guide".
"Chang'an City! There are many interesting places in Chang'an City, but it's a pity that we people can't go there." Zhou Da took a sip of wine, his eyes full of "longing and yearning".
"Brother Fan, Sir Bu Jue, you know Changle and Weiyang, there is an Anmen Street between the two palaces, where you can have everything you want to do!" Xiaosi couldn't help but interrupt.
"Don't call me Sir. It sounds awkward. You should call me Brother Fan." Geng Xiaofan clinked a bowl of wine with Xiaosi and then asked, "Xiaosi, tell me about Chang'an City."
"Chang'an City is actually quite simple, with three city gates in the east, west, and south. The largest one is Duanmen Gate in the south. Anmen Street in Anmen divides Chang'an City into two halves. Weiyang Palace is on the west and Changle Palace is on the east. Weiyang Palace
To the north are Beigong, Guigong, and to the north of Changle Palace is Mingguang Palace. The East-West Market we just went to is the northwest corner of Chang'an City, and beyond Yongmen in the west is the Xianyang Ancient Road..."
Xiaosi "knows the layout of Chang'an City very well" and introduces it to Geng Xiaofan eloquently.
"According to what you said, the city of Chang'an is full of palaces. Where do the people live?" Geng Xiaofan roughly understood. These famous palaces have already occupied the city of Chang'an. It can be said that the city of Chang'an of the Han Dynasty was the royal Chang'an.
city!
"Common people! The princes and nobles have no place to live, let alone the common people." Xiaosi chuckled.
"The princes and nobles don't have mansions in Chang'an City?" This was somewhat beyond Geng Xiaofan's expectation.
"Yes, not many! Most of their mansions are outside the city."
"Oh, that's it!" Geng Xiaofan understood.
"Xiao Si, come and give you a bowl!" Geng Xiaofan has always had a good impression of this Xiao Si. The young man usually doesn't talk much, but he is smart and clever and can make people feel at ease when doing things.
"Brother Fan, I respect you too!" Xiaosi said nothing and picked up the wine bowl.
After drinking for a while, Zhou Da felt drunk and patted Geng Xiaofan on the shoulder, "Geng, Geng, brother Xiaofan, when I meet you, I have met a noble person!"
"What kind of nobleman am I?" Geng Xiaofan thought Zhou Da was just being polite.
"You asked me to go back and forth to Yanmen, Chang'an, and my trading journey was more than half way. Although the goods you asked me to bring you were not much, the price was so high that it did not delay me from transporting other goods. In the past six months, I have earned
Chapter completed!