Shenhao's Journey to Myriad Worlds

Chapter 97 The Prosperous Age (1/5 for first order)

Lin'an, the largest commercial city in the Southern Song Dynasty, was full of business day and night, and the streets and alleys were full of peddlers. In the third and fourth shifts, the morning market started to be noisy again when the tourists first rested.

This is the most prosperous city, and it is also the city with the best welfare. Here, porridge and food are given out every year and festival, so that the old can be cared for and the young can be educated.

This is also the most open city. From time to time, you can see some foreigners in robes, babbling incomprehensible words, and you can also see camels and white elephants walking through the streets.

Craftsmen can be seen everywhere, Goulan tile houses are spread all over the city, and there is even a restaurant over [-] square meters outside Yongjin Gate, which contains countless calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, antiques and treasures, making people linger and forget to return.

The prosperity here is beyond Wang Xuebin's imagination. He is wearing a navy blue dress with very fine workmanship and embroidered cloud patterns on the clothes, making him look very energetic.

A long box on his back was heavy, but it didn't bother him, and he ate sand balls as he wandered.

Sand dumplings are a kind of sweet food. Deep-fried glutinous rice dumplings, sprinkled with brown sugar, have different fillings. The one he ate was peach filling, which was a bit sweet, and it was just right with iced plum stuffing.

At night, the lights in Lin'an were brightly lit, and the voices of people were still unabated. Wang Xuebin chartered a flower boat to float in the lake. This boat was owned by Hongxiufang.

It is said that the women in the Red Sleeve Square are all wealthy ladies from poor families, and the Red Sleeve Square only does business for the nobles, and they do not do business for the rich.

Of course, Wang Xuebin is not interested in knowing whether he really doesn't want to do it or not.

He leaned against the railing, listened to the babbling little song in his ear, drank a sip of tea from time to time, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

He really has never seen this kind of scene. It is not that he has never been to first-tier cities in this world, but if they are compared, he can only say that apart from the better infrastructure in modern society, other things are really inferior.

This place is not like the later generations, where you don't feel the slightest pressure, and all the scenes tell you, what is gentle township is the tomb of heroes.

"Little lady, can you sing other little songs?"

In the ship building, a veiled girl sat in front of the guqin and asked:

"I don't know what the lord wants to hear? My family likes Liu Xianggong's words the most, with inexhaustible emotions. Why don't I let my family sing a triad tune for you?"

This girl opened her mouth slightly, and all she said were Wu Nong's soft words, with a tenderness and sweetness, as if she was courting you.

Wang Xuebin is not a person who doesn't understand style, he drank the tea in his cup in one gulp and said with a smile.

"Oh? The young lady is very knowledgeable, but Liu Xianggong's lyrics are too flattering, I don't like it, I wonder if the girl can sing Man Jianghong?"

The girl in the building was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile:

"Where is the gentleman talking? I don't know which song Man Jianghong is, I just sing it."

Wang Xuebin poured another cup of tea, did not drink it, but poured it into the lake water, which was brightly illuminated by the lights.

"It's the song Tianri Zhaozhao, Tianri Zhaozhao, I wonder if the little lady can play and sing?"

When the girl in the boat building heard this, her face turned red, and she said timidly:

"Lang...Lang Jun was joking, such a song, there is a slave who can sing it well..."

Wang Xuebin didn't make things difficult for her, he threw ten taels of silver at random, and landed firmly on the girl's piano table.

"You go!"

The girl was very shy, picked up the silver, and left in a boat.

Silver was not the main currency at this time. At this time, the copper standard was used, and copper coins were mainly used. However, among the people, silver was still very valuable.

The purchasing power of one tael of silver is about 800 yuan, and this flower boat needs 150 taels of silver a day, and the girl also paid for it, [-] taels per person, and the ten taels just now were purely a reward.

Wang Xuebin asked someone who knows how to pay for the price. Usually, he tipped five to ten taels. If he didn’t give too much, it would include other services.

Wang Xuebin went back to the ship building and ordered a table of dishes, and started to eat.

The dishes are delivered by them and included in the set meal. The portion is not too much, but there are many categories, all kinds of fresh and salty preserved fruits, hot and cold platters, and food with wine.

After Wang Xuebin watched them serve the dishes, he dismissed the service and ate alone.

The taste of the dishes here is very light, and the flowers are added to the dishes. It tastes fragrant and refreshing, and the taste is slightly sweet. It really has a special flavor!

"Doctor, let's have another table with a bigger portion!"

A doctor's degree here is not a degree, but a name for a waiter, who is called a doctor for tea, rice and wine.

After Wang Xuebin finished eating, he ordered another table. These things looked exquisite, but he really couldn't resist hunger. He didn't feel full after eating. He didn't know if it was a scam.

Wang Xuebin lived on the flower boat for three days.

"Yalang, how do you price a mansion?"

Wang Xuebin was all dressed up, and he was accompanied by a dentist with a troubled face. The dentist was an ancient intermediary or brokerage company. They sold as an agent and charged a commission after the transaction.

The dental store sells everything, ranging from firewood, rice, oil and salt to basic necessities, so Wang Xuebin found them and wanted to buy a property.

"Officer, you are embarrassing. All the houses in Lin'an Mansion are owned and will not be sold!"

When Wang Xuebin heard it, he asked indifferently:

"Then trouble Yalang to look for a real estate for me, the size is not limited, don't worry about money, and your benefits are indispensable!"

The dentist looked around and led Wang Xuebin to a secluded place and whispered:

"Officials, it's not that villains don't do business. I'd like to tell you boldly that none of the heads of households in Lin'an Mansion are ordinary people. They are all relatives of high-ranking officials. You can't buy them!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xuebin asked in surprise:

"All? Without exception?"

Dentist explained:

"As long as there is a house for sale in the city, those big dental dealers will come to the door as soon as possible.

Each of those big dental merchants has a backer behind them. After the conversation, first ask the backer whether to stay. If not, they will directly transfer to other dental merchants. The other dental merchants do the same, and they will not flow into the hands of the people! "

Wang Xuebin frowned, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"Then the houses of these senior officials are so empty?"

The tooth dealer was a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Wang Xuebin handed over a tael of silver and said:

"I just want to find a long-term residence, if it's difficult, forget it!"

When the dentist saw Yinzi, the embarrassed expression on his face disappeared, and he said openly:

"Officials, if you want me to say that you are a scholar, you should study hard and take the imperial examination is the right way.

As long as you can become a Juren, you will save a lot by renting here. If you become a tribute, you don’t have to pay for housing at all. Worry about it! "