Chapter 001 A princess from the west
Since the 19th Tang Dynasty, Jiangling City has been a must-fight place for military strategists. It is a place that is bound to the throat of the north and south. It can reach Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, and south to the south to the south. It is one of the most prosperous cities in the Song Dynasty except Kaifeng Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture.
There are many merchants and wealthy merchants in Jiangling. If the richest one is the Zhang family, whose mansion is located in the center of Jiangling City. The Zhang family was originally from the capital. They moved to Jiangling more than 20 years ago. When they came, the Jiangling Magistrate personally retired from his official uniform and took a few followers out of the city to greet him for ten miles. So Jiangling City spread. The Zhang family's ancestors were an amazing official in the capital. Now they have taken off their armor and come to Jiangling to go to business.
The head of the Zhang family is named Zhang Qingyuan. He is not tall and does not look kind. When he first saw it, he was a little un angry and powerful. However, if he had been watching for a long time, he would have a cunning look that he had been in business for many years. After Zhang Qingyuan moved his family to Jiangling, he dispersed his family's wealth every year to help the poor people. In addition, he built a large number of beggars in Jiangling City had a place to live, and he was a real good person in this area.
I heard that Mr. Zhang was talking about a jewelry business worth tens of thousands of taels of silver today, and suddenly the servant muttered in his ear. Mr. Zhang slammed the table and cursed: "You bastard!" Then he left without saying anything, his face was extremely gloomy.
The businessman on the other side turned black and looked at Zhang Qingyuan having walked far away. He put his hands on his hips, like a resentful woman: "How can you curse someone who is being stabbed by a thousand knives?"
A buck teeth servant hurriedly ran into the door of the Zhang family. He stayed in the Zhang family for four or five years, but his feet were not smooth. He passed a threshold and fell to eat shit, then got up and scolded, and continued to run in. When he encountered the threshold, he had experience in falling for so many years. He never forgot to lift his mouth every time he fell, otherwise he would have broken the two buck teeth.
After falling buck teeth seven times, he finally ran to the place and howled like a wolf, "Young master, it's not good. The master is back and he said you are a bastard!"
A lazy voice came from the room: "Everyone says it's hard to make money, I say it's too late to make money, but everyone says it's good to have money, but I say it's a worry."
"Oh, the young master is so scared? Why are you writing poems?" Buck teeth touched his head.
"Bad, little buck teeth, my dad didn't scold me like that. Have you ever been afraid of me?" Zhang Shaoyang stood up slowly from the recliner and stretched his waist. Only then did he realize that Zhang Shaoyang was very beautiful, with a pair of goose-shaped faces that were extremely handsome, and without any feminine spirit. In addition, his rich and gorgeous outfit made women envious.
While speaking, Zhang Qingyuan stepped in and sneered: "I heard that Mr. Zhang had another deal of 100 taels of silver today?"
Zhang Shaoyang was not afraid, pulled a chair and sat down carelessly, and smiled and said, "That's not!"
"I heard that you bought two rumors from the top courtesan Zui Menglou. What a basket of romantic talented men who can't match the young man of the Zhang family?" Zhang Qingyuan said almost gritted his teeth.
"Dad, isn't it easy?" Zhang Shaoyang leaned over with a flattering look on his face.
"I'm asking you to have a good time!" Zhang Qingyuan raised his slap and was about to hit him. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shaoyang had expected that he had already avoided it.
"Not bad, your ability to lose your family is so fucking free!" Zhang Qingyuan was extremely angry and finally calmed down.
Zhang Shaoyang curled his lips: "Dad, don't you just spend money on making money?"
It was already the late winter season, and Zhang Qingyuan's breath was much further away from usual. He never expected that this son, who was the first in the thirteen-year-old provincial exam, got the last place in the provincial exam the next year. He just thought he was a young and stage frightened. Unexpectedly, he was the first in the state exam at the age of fifteen, and got the last place in the provincial exam at the age of sixteen.
Who doesn’t know that Zhang Qingyuan has a “stage fright” son in Man Jiangling now?
When Zhang Qingyuan thought of the words that could not match the Zhang family's young man, he felt stuffy in his chest. He gave him one hundred taels of silver as soon as he said, and he didn't care about me working hard outside. When he saw the Zhang family's young man smiled silly, Master Zhang covered his chest and sighed: "Forget it!"
Mr. Zhang just returned to the room and thought that he would not be upset. If he continued to get entangled, he would be angry to death by his own son one day!
Unexpectedly, before he sat down, a head stretched in at the door and said with a smile: "Dad, you are blessed!"
"Full your mother's blessing, get out!"
Zhang Shaoyang is now feeling relieved, and always feels uneasy when he is not scolded. Now, it’s better, how comfortable it is.
After being comfortable, the little buck teeth next to him came out at the right time: "Young master, there is a Tubo princess coming to the west. I heard that there is a ring in the city. Don't you join in the fun?"
When Zhang Shaoyang heard this, he became interested and thought that the princess of the Song Dynasty had not seen him, but could have seen the Tubo princess. He had originally planned to go out to find flowers and ask about the willows, but he changed his mind and shouted outside the hall: "Crazy, let's go and see the princess!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure jumped straight from the eaves of the house. It was the crazy person called by Zhang Shaoyang. This person was half a head taller than Zhang Shaoyang, and his body was thin, but his eyebrows were particularly clear, with clear edges and angular features. His pair of sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and with a slender sword in his hand, it made people feel pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at it.
"Every time I jumped so high, I could be very good at martial arts!" Zhang Shaoyang looked disdainful and took the lead to walk out the door, muttering, "I'm leaving, I'll take you to see the fun."
The Zhang Mansion is very big and worthy of Jiangling's richest name. It has a long corridor and a flower pond everywhere. After passing seven gates, it was time to reach the main gate. The little buck teeth paid special attention this time. Finally, they did not trip over the threshold. When they were happy, they showed two big teeth. However, as soon as they smiled, they suddenly felt like they tripped under their feet and fell to the ground. Zhang Shaoyang quietly stretched back his feet and pretended that nothing had happened.
As soon as the three of them left the gate, a thin middle-aged man walked out of the Zhang family and followed slowly behind the three of them, carrying a four-finger-wide sword on their backs. The four of them walked faster and faster and gradually integrated into the crowd on the street.
There was a place in Jiangling City, and there were pedestrians at this time. There was not much good weather. In addition, I heard that a Tubo princess came, and almost everyone left the house. I had to see that the princess had a few heads.
In the middle of the crowd on the inner and outer three floors, there was a wooden platform that had just been built. At this time, there was a sedan chair surrounded by red sand. In the sedan chair, a woman could be seen sitting with six or seven followers following the sedan chair. They were all seven feet tall and strong. Compared with the light and thin Song people, these people were obviously much more fierce.
"The Tubo princess of my Liugu tribe is here. I am here to go to Beijing to meet the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. The princess has long heard that there are many capable people in the Song Dynasty. Today, she passed through Jiangling City and set up a stage here. I want to compete with the Song Dynasty's civil and military affairs here. Let me see if this Song Dynasty is really like this, it is still a name for itself!" One of the big men said wildly, with their words full of provocation, as if they were quite disdainful of the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!