Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 105 Marketplace

The prosperity of Lingzhou City is definitely not inferior to that of the capital. Due to the stimulation of a large number of smuggled illegal goods and stolen goods, it is even better than the capital in terms of market prosperity, but it is much worse in terms of gathering of talents.

Walking all the way, the most seen is "XX Wuguan", and there are also signs of "XX Gate", some of which are quite impressive. Correspondingly, the largest number of shops on the market are weapon shops, pill shops, and so on.

Casinos, black rings, and private kilns are everywhere, unlike the capital who has a clear plan, it seems a bit messy.

In addition, there are also a lot of inns, after all, the number of foreign merchants here is probably the largest in the world.

The streets are bustling with noise. Xue Mu sprinkled money casually, bought a batch of jewelry for the girls, and the girls accepted it with a smile on their faces. Zhuo Qingqing also accepted a red hairpin with a smile, and asked Xue Mu tentatively, "Master, are you observing the wells of Lingzhou City?"

"Basically, let's get a general understanding." Xue Mu smiled and said, "I really need to observe, such a day or two of wandering around is not enough, and you may have to accompany me out often in the future."

Zhuo Qingqing smiled: "You can ask us directly about many things. Several of us have stayed in Lingzhou for many years."

"That's why the suzerain allocated you to me." Thinking of the Qiankun bag, Xue Mu thought of a question that he hadn't paid attention to before, and asked, "In a place like Lingzhou where businesses gather, there are so many merchants from all over the place, and money carries How to deal with it? After all, there are not many people who can use Qiankun bags... Is there a money exchange in other places?"

Zhuo Qingqing was stunned by the question. This question is really not in the thinking of ordinary people in the Jianghu, even in the government and the public. Only those merchants who have experienced the inconvenience of carrying a lot of money will think of it. I really don’t know what the son used to do.

"Exchange in different places is impossible." Zhuo Qingqing replied cautiously: "No one dares to open a money bank on the territory of other sects. They can only open in their own sphere of influence. Even in other places, it is only a small area."

"Not even the imperial court?"

"There was a time when the money bank of the imperial court was stolen by the deceitful Tianzong, and the six doors were helpless..."

"Tsk, Xiahoudi is a melon..." Xue Mu mourned for Xiahoudi for a moment, and then asked: "So, people can only travel with a lot of money? Isn't it very risky?"

"That's right, this is what the Escort Bureau eats." Zhuo Qingqing said with a smile: "The rampant way is just the opposite, it eats the way of robbery."

Dare to form a natural ecology, right... Xue Mu caressed his forehead and said, "Where do people put their things when they get to the place? The inn?"

"This can be placed in a local money store." Zhuo Qingqing said: "I know there is one in the capital, and it is run by the imperial court. There are also several in Lingzhou, but I don't know about other places. By the way, Yanyangzong does this business in Lingzhou , borrow other people's deposits with them, and lend usury to other people to make a profit."

Xue Mu's eyes lit up: "There are such talents in Yanyang Sect! Whose idea is this?"

Zhuo Qingqing obviously didn't have any good impression of that person, so he scoffed, "Pu Xiang, a shameless, lustful fat man."

"You know each other?"

"Yes, before we separated, everyone was outside disciples. Pu Xiang was only in his teens at that time, and he was already famous for being lazy, greedy for money and profit, and he had no achievements in martial arts practice. He squinted at his seniors and sisters, and asked me to say that this kind of thing should have been expelled from the sect! for reuse."

"You guys..." Xue Mu laughed and said, "I really don't know what it means to employ talents without sticking to one pattern, no wonder life is miserable."

Zhuo Qingqing wondered: "Young master thinks highly of this person?"

Xue Mu smiled: "You think this person is vulgar, but you forget that Yanyangzong was kicked out back then. Without this person, how would you develop without money and rice?"

Zhuo Qingqing gave him a sidelong glance, and curled his lips and said, "Not everyone can have such a magnanimity as a young master."

Seeing this inadvertently mature and mature style, Xue Mu's heart moved, and he didn't want to provoke him, so he turned his head and changed the subject: "You said, if Xia Houdi and I cooperate again, it is feasible to make the exchange between the capital and Lingzhou possible. Is it?"

Zhuo Qingqing was stunned for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Qingqing doesn't know about such things. With such a strategy, Qingqing will not only be in charge of the sub-helm of the capital, which is not valued."

The two murmured for a long time, and the other guards beside them were already full of jealousy. At this time, a girl squeezed over and asked with a smile: "Does the young master like older than himself? So does the suzerain, and so does Sister Qing... ..."

Zhuo Qingqing turned her head away in embarrassment. Xue Mu can't laugh or cry, if you talk about serious business, don't talk to people who are a little old and experienced in management, should you talk to you little goblins who are not only practicing martial arts, but also rouge, gouache, jewelry and hairpins?

At this moment, there was a commotion ahead.

Xue Mu and others stopped to look, only to see a fat man in Taoist robes leading a dozen big men with swords and swords, and a group of people swaggered and patted on the door of a big house, shouting: "Pay back the debt!"

Zhuo Qingqing said in a low voice: "That fat man is Pu Xiang. Wearing a nondescript Taoist robe, he calls himself a real person."

Xue Mu's heart moved, and he asked, "Is it normal for Lingzhou to call on people to collect debts like this?"

"If there is an IOU in black and white, it is indeed a routine, and the rules of the world are to repay the debt, which is justified."

"Tsk, it's really..." Xue Mu couldn't help laughing, this Lingzhou is indeed very quack.

Looking carefully at the gate of the mansion, it turned out to be a sect. There are two stone tigers at the gate, which are carved majesticly, and a large plaque on the gate reads "Tiger Gate".

Xue Mu felt a little nostalgic. At that time when I went to Beijing with Yue Xiaochan, the first thing that attracted my attention was a disciple from the Tiger Sect who was making friends with others... At that time, Yue Xiaochan said that this third-rate sect had produced excellent disciples, and was quite touched. .

Unexpectedly, when I came to Lingzhou, I went shopping for the first time, and I saw Menghumen again, so it was a bit of fate.

More fate came... The door opened, and a big man strode out like a tiger, his eyes wide open, his beard like a sword, and he said angrily: "Pu Xiang! Everyone is of the same class, don't push people too much! My master has already fallen ill in bed, can't we extend the time?"

This is obviously the one that Xue Mu had seen before, and he was even more kind when he saw it...

But Pu Xiang rolled his eyes: "Just for the sake of fellow Jiang Hu, I have already given a grace period of three days."

"But you've paid off the profits in these three days!"

"Please, I am a lender, not a philanthropist."

"My master borrowed the loan because you cheated me!"

"You can't talk nonsense about this." Pu Xiang shook out an IOU, and said with a smile: "Killing people pays their lives, debts are paid back, black and white, even if you talk all over the rivers and lakes, you can't escape a reason."

The man's eyes were wide open, his strong arm muscles were bulging, he was obviously very angry, he held back for a long time before he said reluctantly: "I have just returned to Lingzhou, please allow another three days, I will raise money by myself."

Pu Xiang laughed and said, "Three days after three days, three days is too much. You must settle the interest first, right?"

The big man said angrily: "You pulled out even a blade of grass inside the door! Where can I get the money to pay you!"

Pu Xiang smiled and said: "This house is not bad, if it is paid to the real person, even the principal and interest will be counted."

"This is the ancestral house of our sect!" The big man said angrily, "If your Yanyang sect wants to destroy my fierce tiger gate, you might as well just say so!"

"Oh, my real person is a businessman, kindness makes money, so don't mention destruction or anything." Pu Xiang smiled and said: "How about this, I heard that your teacher's wife is quite beautiful..."

"Boom!" The big man couldn't bear it anymore, a fierce tiger roared out, Pu Xiang rolled on the spot, and several men behind him came out with swords and collided with the tiger, and then all fell and flew out, rolling fell to the ground.

Xue Mu secretly praised. It's true that under the Jingshi Wuwei formation, the suppression is too great, this guy's prestige at the moment is much stronger than the original arena...

At this moment, a round of dazzling scorching sun crashed down from the sky, and the dazzling knife light slashed at the big man.

"Feng Lieyang!" The big man's expression changed, this guy has been away from Lingzhou for many years, when did he come back?

He knew that there was an absolute gap between himself and a world hero like Feng Lieyang, and it was almost impossible to beat him. Seeing that the knife was about to strike, the big man was about to fight, when someone shouted angrily from the other side of the long street: "Stop arresting everyone!"

There are many twists and turns, today is really the time to go shopping in this street... Xue Mu turned his head to look with great interest, and saw a big fat man who was fatter than Pu Xiang rolling towards him like a ball, which happened to be extremely fast. , like a fired cannonball, it will arrive in the blink of an eye.