"The sky is going to change!" Mr. Yu Laosi, who worked at Chen Kee Jewelry Store, beat his waist and yawned.
The sky outside is still blue, and the autumn wind is a little bit cool, but it is far from bone-chilling. But the clerks in the entire store turned a blind eye to the clear sky outside, and nodded one after another, agreeing with Yu Laosi.
"Yes, yes, goods are moving very slowly recently!"
"Yes, yes, many people have gone to the Wei River to harvest the autumn harvest, won't the goods move slowly?"
"Tossing around!"
"No way, who allowed us to live under the emperor's feet!"
The people in the capital have received the same influence since they could speak. Therefore, they have always been much more sensitive to the disturbances above their heads. The change of weather in their mouths at this moment refers not only to the real weather, but to the Suzaku
Directly north of the main street, everything is happening inside Zhaoyang Gate. (Note 1)
We can't blame the common people at the emperor's feet for being poor-mouthed. Youdao means that when dragon kings fight, fish and shrimps suffer. Whenever there are some major changes in the court, the first ones to be affected are definitely the common people in the capital. Not to mention the Queen of Heaven.
When he was in power, people would be killed every three to five years. Take the changes in the current situation in recent years as an example. Any time the power is re-divided, the market will be depressed for a long time. Often the gods will still
There is no winner or loser, but the poor people below have no rice to cook with.
The recent omens are not very good. Those princesses, princesses, princes, and marquises ran to the Wei River in groups, saying they were going to the village to inspect the autumn harvest, but they loaded all the boxes and cages at home on the carriage.
, it seemed that he had no intention of coming back within a year and a half. Immediately afterwards, those noble disciples who usually showed off in the market also disappeared. It is said that they were shut up at home by the older generation to think about their mistakes. It is unknown when they will come out again.
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These two types of people have always been important patrons of the jewelry store. Without them, the entire store immediately became deserted. No wonder Yu Dacheng thought of his old waist again, beating and complaining all day long.
If all the shops on the street were equally depressed, everyone might feel better. People don’t suffer from poverty, but from inequality. When you see others who are as unlucky as you are, you will naturally not feel that God is doing things unfairly.
Diagonally opposite Chen Ji Jewelry Store, Zhu Ji Nan's store is always full of carriages of all kinds parked in front of it, as if the changes in the capital have nothing to do with his family. Every distinguished guest who comes out of Zhu Ji's family is behind him.
The servants all carried large and small packages in their hands.
"People are so angry that they can't help it!" Yu Laosi squinted his eyes and stared at Zhu Ji who was looking at him with jealousy in his eyes. "The moon waxes and wanes, and the water overflows. Sooner or later, one day...
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Suddenly, he stopped cursing and his eyes widened instantly. The guys who were enduring Yu Laosi's chattering suddenly lost the noise in their ears, and they were all slightly stunned. Immediately, they all put their heads to the window and stared at Yu Laosi's house.
Staring at the same position.
That person definitely didn't go to Zhu Jinan's store to buy things. Just looking at his plain and shabby clothes, Yu Laosi believed that there was no way this person could buy anything casually displayed in Zhu Jinan's store opposite.
He got up. But that man carried an indescribable pride and confidence, as if the disdainful looks in the eyes of the guests coming and going at Zhu Ji's door didn't exist, and he walked slowly inside.
"It's fun!" Based on his intuition, Yu Laosi thought gloatingly. There is a kind of gangster in the capital who specializes in blackmailing merchants as a means of living. As long as he takes a fancy to someone, he will either yell in the store and lose the wallet containing money, or
It was said that the ankle was damaged by the floor tiles. In short, if the merchant does not spend some money to avoid the disaster, the matter will never end.
However, in the past ten years, today was the first time that Yu Laosi saw anyone who dared to go to Zhu Jinan's store to extort money. Who in the capital didn't know that Zhu Qiye, the shopkeeper of Zhu Jinan's store, had played with the imperial concubine's brother Yang Jiedu since he was a child.
Good brothers who have grown old? The so-called Zhu Ji is actually Yang Ji. He just hung a "pig's head" on the door in consideration of the great ancestor's legacy that dignitaries were not allowed to do business.
More than ten years ago, before Yang Guozhong became the governor of Jiedushi based on his sister's relationship, he dared to break the legs of several gangsters who had no eyes for Zhu Ji's blackmail and threw them into Qujiang Pool to feed the bastards. Now the Yang family's
Although his position in the capital was at its peak, there was still someone who dared to take advantage of Zhu Ji. Either he was tired of his life, or he was a country bumpkin from out of town who didn't understand the depth of the water in the capital.
The waiter who greeted guests at Zhu Ji's door probably thought the same thing. For the sake of God's kindness, he stretched out his arms and stopped the uninvited guest before he came in. "What are you doing? Look at the sign at the door before you come in!"
"Oh!" The simply dressed but very neat guest took a few steps back, looked up at Zhu Ji's gold plaque, and then walked back at the same speed, "Isn't this Zhu Ji? Did I go to the wrong place?"
"Yes, this is indeed Zhuji, the only one in the capital!" The doorman stretched out his toes to block the guest's way. He put his fingers on his chin and the corners of his mouth, and scratched the corners of his mouth with his index finger.
, and said with a sneer: "Looking at the accent, brother is from out of town, right? Our Zhu Ji specializes in selling items from various maritime countries that come from Guangzhou Port, but gold is very expensive!"
"Oh! I know about this. I already asked about it before I came here!" The plainly dressed guest nodded, not paying attention to the contemptuous looks of the guys. "I'm not here to buy anything. Please put your feet away."
.Be careful not to trip yourself!"
After that, he continued to walk slowly in. The two gatekeepers were so angry that their noses were crooked, and they stretched out their hands to push the guest's shoulders, "If you don't buy anything, what are you doing... Oops, ah..."
I don’t know what trick the guest used. The hands of the two waiters didn’t even touch each other’s clothes, and they fell out like a gourd. However, the direction of the fall was very strange. One person went into the house, and the other
People walked out of the house, "thumping" and "thumping", as neatly as if they had been rehearsed in advance.
"Who is acting wild here!" In an instant, four burly men rushed out from behind the counter, stretched out their big palms like cattail leaf fans, and at the same time grabbed the guests' hands and feet. It was too late to speak, but it was too late to see the guests.
With another slight turn, the four sturdy men fell to the ground. There was a muddy footprint left on the crook of each person's knee, which was as clear as if it had been printed in advance.
"Oh my god. Hurry up and close the door and lower the window!" Yu Laosi shouted, and rushed towards the door with a certain agility that was not befitting his age. "Don't look, don't look, or you may be in trouble!"
"Bah, bang, bang, bang!" All the shops in half the street took the same action in an instant. Anyone who can open a shop on this street is not a fool, and everyone can see that this person is definitely not a simple rogue.
As for the people who dared to blatantly cause trouble for Zhu Ji in broad daylight, there were at most two or three families in the entire capital.
Note 1: Zhaoyang Gate was the inner gate of the imperial city in the Tang Dynasty.
