In the summer of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the city of Chang'an was peaceful and calm.
The emperor went to Jiucheng Palace. In addition to his concubines, he was accompanied by a large number of palace maids, eunuchs and guards. Of course, they were also protected by the army. In addition, the big shots in the court would naturally follow him, as well as their relatives at home.
, servants, taken together, it’s really not a small number.
As a result, the solemnity of Chang'an City has been reduced a lot.
But at the same time, places like the East Market, West Market, and Pingkangfang became lively. From the sound of drums to the beginning of the curfew, there was an endless flow of people most of the time, which made the shopkeepers unable to help themselves.
Be happy and smile.
Early this morning, Wang Yun and his two cousins got up out of bed and spent almost half an hour walking to the gate of Dongshi.
"This place is one of the busiest markets in Chang'an City."
Pointing towards the inside, Wang Yun said with a proud smile on his face: "Thousands of people come in and out every day, and the goods bought and sold are even more dazzling, not only things from our Tang Dynasty, Goryeo, Turks, but also
There are goods from the Western Regions, as long as you have heard of them, you can find them here..."
"It's amazing...there are so many people!"
"Are the people in this place as good as our city?"
They were no different from the young people of later generations who traveled for the first time to work or go to school in big cities. Wang Yun's two cousins stared at everything in front of them with their eyes wide open and their mouths wide open.
In fact, the shock in their hearts has not dissipated since the day they arrived in Chang'an City the day before yesterday!
People in the future will simply not be able to understand this kind of shock.
Even if the young people of the future have never been to a big city, they have at least surfed the Internet and watched TV... Even if it was earlier, when the Internet had not become popular and TV was not popular, at least they had read books and gone to school.
There are propaganda posters in it, right? So even if it is the same time as "Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden", the young people in the future will at least be mentally prepared. The rest is just to see with their eyes and listen with their ears.
But for the two of them, the situation is completely different.
This is the Tang Dynasty, the thirteenth year of Zhenguan!
For most people, the scope of activities in life is only a few dozen miles around... Some people have never even left their own villages in their entire lives! And even if they live in a "city", they are nothing more than a big city like Luzhou.
It's just a town.
They never dared to think about a city of Chang'an's level.
So this is why when Li Shimin thought he was generous and planned to let his heroes and sons be hereditary governors, everyone including Changsun Wuji expressed opposition, and even said that he was trying to kill the donkey.
Compared with Chang'an, except for a few cities such as Luoyang, other places are not worth mentioning at all!
Anyway, at this moment, looking at the crowded and bustling scene in the East Market in front of them, and thinking about what they had seen in Chang'an City in the past two days, Wang Yun's two cousins felt a desire to stay in the city.
Chang'an, the thought of never going back...
"Let's go in and take a look!"
Seeing the shocked expressions on his two cousins' faces, Wang Yun felt very comfortable. He immediately patted one of them on the shoulder and said with a smile: "There are a lot of good things here, just take your favorite reading.
, there are at least ten bookstores in the entire East City! And the bookstores here are not like yours, which only have dozens of books to support the scene... Gee, the bookstores in this East City have at least hundreds of books!"
"Ah? Really?"
After hearing what he said, the little cousin was suddenly surprised and happy, and his eyes widened again.
Hundreds of books?
This is really awesome!
There is only one bookstore in their small town, and the number of books sold there is always just the same dozens, almost never increasing. What a pity this is for a book lover?
So now when I heard my cousin's words, my little cousin suddenly couldn't bear it: "Hurry up then, let's find a bookstore and take a good look!"
"Hey, don't worry!"
At this moment, the eldest cousin who had been staring at him silently became unhappy and quickly interrupted: "Cousin, don't go to the hospital yet! Ahem, I've long heard that Hu Shang in Dongshi is special.
Many, and...hehe, I heard that Hu women are completely different from me in the Tang Dynasty, with unique styles, but I don’t know if it’s true?”
When he said these words, his eldest cousin grinned, not showing the slightest hint of shyness.
"Haha, of course it's true!"
Seeing his eldest cousin rubbing his hands with an expectant look on his face, Wang Yun was immediately happy.
This is right!
The eldest cousin still has an appetite for me, unlike the little cousin here, who is obviously already fourteen years old, but turns out to be like an unweaned child, doing nothing but reading and writing, which is so boring.
and……
To be honest, Wang Yun just likes to see his cousin look so ignorant!
"Let's go, brother will take you to open your eyes!"
Regardless of his little cousin's objections, Wang Yun happily took them to a Hu shop he knew well. As he walked, he whispered: "It happens to be not far from here. It's owned by a Hu businessman who sells spices. I
Brother, you said, that shop is quite big, and a concubine of Hu Shang is in charge of it... Tsk, tsk, you will know what a Hu girl looks like when you get there!"
As he spoke, Wang Yun's eyes shone brightly.
In fact, taking his cousin to open his eyes or something was just an excuse for Wang Yun.
The fact is that Wang Yun wanted to see it himself.
Since seeing Hu Ji for the first time, Wang Yun has never forgotten it. Especially at night, whenever he thinks of Hu Ji's long legs, thin waist and chest, he will toss and turn and stay awake all night long...
When you come to Dongshi, how could you not visit it?
So what the eldest cousin said was just a starting point, Wang Yun's own thoughts were the most important.
Just after walking three or four hundred steps, the little cousin suddenly stopped and looked at a shop next to him that he couldn't move his legs. After looking up at the name of the shop, Wang Yun suddenly understood in his heart,
At the same time, I felt quite helpless.
What a bad luck, why did you encounter a bookstore first?
And judging from the plaque and facade of this bookstore, it’s obviously a “big store”!
"Cousin, eldest brother, let's go to this house first and have a look!"
The little cousin didn't understand what his brother and cousin were in a hurry to do, but since they had already arrived at the door of the bookstore, how could he hold back? Naturally, he immediately said: "I promise that after entering, I will only look at it a few times, and read twice at most.
This book...can take up to half the time to burn incense!"
"..."
Seeing his pleading look, the two brothers were immediately speechless.
Wang Yun couldn't refuse because of his status as a guest, while his eldest cousin hesitated because he knew his younger brother's temperament very well and knew that if he forced him to leave, the next trip to Dongshi would be very unpleasant.
After a while, he could only smile bitterly at Wang Yu: "Cousin, since you're here, let's go in and take a look. It won't take long..."
Then a group of three people approached the Xinhua Bookstore. After scanning around, they were all stunned.
what's the situation?
This bookstore looks quite grand from the outside, but why are there so few books on the shelves? It seems like there are only two bookshelves with something on them?
With this doubt, the little cousin frowned slightly, walked to a bookshelf, picked up a book and opened it: ""University"? Why is there only such a book? Huh? The font looks weird.