Li Zicheng and Song Xiance left the harvester and walked along the road to the town.
Li Zicheng brought more than a hundred guards to Shandong this time. These guards were all dressed as merchants and hung far behind Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng did not want to be seen as unusual, so he asked these people not to get too close and only follow him from a distance.
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As soon as he arrived at the town, Li Zicheng was surprised by the bustling scene.
The market is obviously a township, not even a county town, but it has a dignity that cannot be matched by counties in Shaanxi and Henan. The market is paved with cement roads, there are drainage ditches on both sides of the road, and there is a trash can every ten feet. In the cement
There are various shops on both sides of the street, and there are various signboards on the eaves of the shops. From a distance, you can see the various signboards fluttering in the wind, which is very beautiful.
Among those shops were rice shops, cloth shops, salt shops, cattle shops, farm tools shops and butcher shops. Li Zicheng understood that these shops must be in a town. But those tea shops, tobacco shops, molasses shops, etc., where there is an endless stream of customers,
Shop, porcelain shop, silk shop, gold and silver shop. Li Zicheng couldn't understand it.
What Li Zicheng couldn't understand even more was that there was more than one of these stores, and there were three or four of each type of store competing with each other.
You must know that in Shaanxi, where all the gentry were killed, no one could afford these tea, tobacco, porcelain, gold and silverware and silk. In other words, the soldiers who had just looted the gentry might have searched some when they robbed the houses of wealthy households.
But soon they were used up and worn out, and no one used these high-end products anymore.
Even Li Zicheng himself ate brown rice and drank cold water, but did not have these things.
As for the two-story teahouses, gorgeously decorated restaurants, three-story brothels and large theaters in the market, Li Zicheng was a little overwhelmed.
The transparent glass windows on the windows of the restaurants and brothels gave off dazzling light under the reflection of the sun, which made Li Zicheng's eyes dazzled.
Even the county town of Shaanxi does not have such gorgeous entertainment facilities.
Li Zicheng knew that the gentry in Li Zhi's territory did not have tax-free rights, and all the gentry were very poor. It can be said that this rural town serves farmers. But in a rural market that serves farmers, why would there be such shops selling high-end goods?
, there are so many entertainment facilities, and all of them seem to be doing good business.
From time to time, I see peasant women wearing ordinary cotton clothes walking into the store, haggling for a while, and then coming out holding various goods wrapped in cardboard. Moreover, the faces of these people who bought these high-end goods are very calm, as if they are
When buying daily necessities, my face is calm and there is no excitement at all about buying something good.
A large curtain hung in front of the theater, making it impossible for people to see the scene inside. But the loud cheers that came from time to time still made people understand how lively it was inside.
The madam in front of the brothel saw a single man on the street and struck up a conversation with him. She didn't dislike the man who was obviously a farmer.
If it weren't for the large flagpole in the middle of the town with several red lanterns hanging on it, with the four characters "Liu Lou Town" clearly written on them, Li Zicheng would not have believed that this was a rural town.
There were even three horse shops selling horses in the market. Li Zicheng stood in front of the horse shop for a while and saw a man wearing simple peasant clothes leading a pack horse out. The man was holding the horse's hand.
He looked very happy, obviously he bought a new horse and went home.
Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance in surprise and asked, "How can the people of Shandong be so rich?"
Song Xiance did not dare to call Li Zicheng Chuang Wang in the town for fear of revealing his identity, so he only replied in a low voice: "My boss, could it be that this market is the largest town in this county? My boss, please don't be deceived. Why don't we change the market?"
Want to see the city?"
Li Zicheng also suspected that this market, called a township market, was actually the main market in the county. After listening to Song Xiance's words, he strode towards Dongming Market Town, thirty miles away to the east.
Li Zicheng's guards pretended to be traveling merchants and followed him to Dongming Market Town in twos and threes.
After walking for an hour and a half, Li Zicheng and Song Xiance arrived at Dongming Market Town.
However, what Li Zicheng did not expect was that Dongming Market Town was larger and more lively than Liulou Town.
Passing through a tall three-story archway, Li Zicheng saw rows of shops crowded on both sides of the vertical and horizontal cross roads. The shop signs were like clouds floating on the street, constantly fluttering with the early summer breeze. They were full of goods.
Horse-drawn carriages shuttled back and forth on the cement road, and they all drove on the right, making it lively and orderly.
Wealthy peasant women wore cotton clothes dyed in various colors and went shopping on the road. From time to time, there were children playing in twos and threes on the road, all of them with rosy and healthy faces, and they were obviously eating well.
There is a school in the middle of the town, with the five characters "Dongmingji Primary School" written in block letters on it, covering a large area. There are "policemen" in black uniforms patrolling back and forth on the roads of the town. Those policemen have short guns on their waists.
, very mighty.
Li Zicheng stood at the gate of the town market for a long time and shook his head. Only then did he believe that the people in Shandong were so rich and that any small town could have such prosperity.
The four of them were really tired from walking, so they walked into a luxuriously decorated restaurant to rest. As soon as the four of them sat on the table, a waiter with quick hands and feet brought four bowls of tea.
Song Xiance took a sip and cursed: "What a shame, this free tea is actually the best oolong tea."
Li Zicheng shook his head and was speechless at what he saw along the way. Shandong's wealth and prosperity, and the well-off people of Shandong, had surpassed Li Zicheng's imagination.
Li Zicheng took a sip of tea and walked into the restroom of the restaurant. The two guards did not dare to neglect and quickly followed him, guarding the door of the restroom.
However, as soon as Li Zicheng walked into the toilet, he was dumbfounded.
Unlike all the restrooms Li Zicheng had seen in his life, the restroom in the restaurant was not dirty at all. There was a large sink upon entering the door, and a large glass mirror was installed on the sink. A light-transmitting glass window was installed high in the toilet, and the position was very convenient.
It's so high that people outside can't see the toilet.
The walls and floors were covered with white tiles, which looked like ivory, which made Li Zicheng feel a little dissatisfied that the uppers of his shoes were dirty.
There is a flush toilet at the end of the toilet, which is also ivory and very clean. Of course, in Li Zicheng's eyes, this is just a strange round pier, and he doesn't know what it is used for.
Li Zicheng looked around the toilet, but he really didn't know where to urinate, so he reluctantly walked out of the toilet door.
"Xiao Er, come here!"
The waiter was a little surprised when he saw two big men standing guard at the door of the toilet, but he still walked over. After entering the toilet, the waiter heard Li Zicheng ask angrily: "How do you use this toilet?"
Li Zicheng deliberately spoke with a Henan accent so that no one would know that he was from Shaanxi.
The waiter laughed and said, "Are you merchants from Henan?"
The waiter opened the iron lid on the toilet and said, "Businessman, pee in this."
Then the waiter pressed the iron button on the toilet, drained the water from the pool with a splash, and said: "Press here to flush after peeing."
Then the waiter opened the faucet on the sink and said with a smile: "Businessmen, wash your hands here after using the toilet."
The gurgling well water from the tap made Li Zicheng's eyes wide open.
The two guards around Li Zicheng were even more frightened and leaned towards Li Zicheng suddenly, as if they felt that something was too strange and wanted to protect Li Zicheng.
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