After several days of running around, Zhao Xuanyi finally arrived in Hangzhou, and Shen Wei bought a large house in Tangxi Ancient Town. Tangxi Ancient Town is located in the north of Hangzhou. It is an important town in Zhejiang and a classic Jiangnan water town, with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal running through it. And passed.
In ancient times, this was the water gateway of Hangzhou. Tangqi has a long history. It was first built in the Song Dynasty. Since the Yuan Dynasty, merchants have gathered here. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was the first of the top ten famous towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a profound cultural heritage and many literati. It is a place with outstanding people. ancient town.
Zhao Xuanyi had heard of this place. In his time, it was free and open, but he had never been there. Now, he came to this place of outstanding people in advance!
When everyone walked into the town, they saw that the people here seemed to have good living conditions. At least their clothes were very bright, and there was no bitter look on everyone's face. The faces of everyone they saw were very rosy, not the kind of people who would be hungry for a long time. man of!
The streets are bustling with people, and young men and ladies from various families are walking on the streets. This is the south. Even in winter, it is not as cold as the capital. People wear thicker coats, but they do not need to wear cotton-padded jackets, which can be worn by some thin people. I saw a cloak on my body, which is considered the thickest piece of clothing!
When the people in the town saw a convoy of more than a hundred people entering the town, all the people were curious, thinking that the rich man had come to the town? There are so many items, and they are all escorted by escorts. You can tell they are expensive items at a glance!
Du Xinyu was sitting in the carriage, looking outside. This was her second trip away. Although she was taken away the first time as soon as she left, this was the first time she saw what the outside world was like!
"Sir, look, there are a lot of new things on the street, and what are they eating? They look delicious!" Du Xinyu was very excited when he saw the novel things!
Zhao Xuanyi gently held Du Xinyu in his arms, "Don't worry, we will live here from now on. We will change these things every day and you will be able to taste them all!"
"Yeah!" Du Xinyu was very happy. This place was far away from the capital and her father, and Li Hanyan didn't come with her either. Du Xinyu couldn't be happier!
"I will buy you whatever you want from now on. Am I good to you?"
Hearing Zhao Xuanyi's words, Du Xinyu's eyes suddenly became very alert, "Do you have something for me to do?"
"Actually, that's not the case. I just want you to do a small favor!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
"Tell me!"
"Help me give birth to a child, our Zhao family's bloodline cannot be cut off! And then...hey hey? Why are you going?" Before Zhao Xuanyi could finish his words, Du Xinyu was about to get out of the carriage, but Zhao Xuanyi pulled him back tightly. .
"You go find Zi Yuan, can you bear to let me do this?" Du Xinyu said angrily.
"Don't you have to give birth sooner or later? Let's do it as soon as possible?"
"You're dreaming! I have no father or mother now. No one can care about me. Let's wait until ten years to discuss this matter!" Du Xinyu said very reluctantly.
Zhao Xuanyi was so worried. It would be fine if he didn't have the ability to raise children. But now he has a millionaire, several beauties, and all the conditions, but no one is willing to give him a child. This can't help but make Zhao Xuanyi a little anxious. !
While Zhao Xuanyi and Du Xinyu were talking about life events, they saw five or six men coming to the front of the motorcade on the street. The five men stood in a row and instantly blocked the wide road!
When the convoy saw someone blocking the road in the street, it immediately stopped. After all the more than a hundred carriages stopped, they almost blocked the entire street. When Zhao Xuanyi and Du Xinyu's carriages stopped, Zhao Xuanyi was very surprised, "What's going on?" ? Why did it stop? Are you here?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
Zi Yuan looked ahead and seemed to be nowhere. Shen Wei and Wang Heqing chased after her from behind. "What's going on? Why did the convoy stop?"
I saw an escort running over from the convoy in front: "Master, there are five people standing on the street in front, and they have blocked the road!"
"The road is blocked? Why?" Shen Wei asked.
"They said there are rules in this town. This road was newly built by the prefect. Travelers and merchants from outside have to pay a certain amount of money for road maintenance. Seeing that we have so many carriages, we can give them a discount, one car costs two taels of silver!"
"What?" When Tang Tianli heard this, he was furious. "What despicable rat dares to ask me for tolls? Let me go and see!" After Tang Tianli finished speaking, he flicked the reins and drove his horse to the front!
When Shen Wei saw that things were not going well, he hurriedly followed. As Wang Heqing was an escort, these troublesome things should have been his fault. Naturally, he couldn't lag behind and ran over on horseback!
Zhao Xuanyi listened to the conversation of several people and laughed, "How interesting! You actually have to collect tolls? I'll join in the fun, sister-in-law, please drive the carriage to the front, and I'll see who is asking me for money!"
Jinglan, who was driving the car, also laughed when she heard it. She thought that she hadn't encountered such an interesting thing for a long time. She flicked the reins and the carriage quickly walked up from the side!
Tang Tianli came to the front of the motorcade and saw five men standing sideways on the street, basically blocking the road. There was no way for the carriage to pass. Tang Tianli pointed at the five men, "Which gangster are you from? How dare you hug my house?" Master's whereabouts? Do you really not know whether to live or die?"
I saw the five men across from me. They were all young, around 20 years old. The clothes they wore were not very dazzling. They were all gray and brown in color. However, the material of the clothes was extraordinary. It looked like high-quality silk. No matter how you look at these people, they don't look like people who are short of money, and even with their clothes, they don't look like ordinary people!
The leader, a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, walked out. He was wearing a peacock green gown. He looked very ugly. He had a crooked mouth and slanted eyes and had a turtle mustache. He was thin and walked lightly. He didn't pay attention at first sight. No matter how you look at your body care, you don’t look like a serious person!
"I said, didn't you listen to what I said? This road was built with money from Hangzhou Magistrate Cheng Kaixuancheng, and the local people also contributed money and efforts. It was not easy for everyone to build this road. You Hundreds of horse-drawn carriages pass by here. Who will be responsible for the damage on this road? Seeing as you guys are big-cart-packed, you are not short of money. Is it possible that Cheng Cheng doesn’t feel sorry for Mr. Cheng’s hard work and the common people? All the hard work?" The man said loudly with an arrogant smile on his face.
After hearing this, Tang Tianli laughed loudly, "Prefect? Fourth-rank officials! Ouch, you magistrates have such great authority! I have lived in the capital for so many years, and no one dares to ask me for road maintenance fees. How can you, fourth-rank officials, compare with me?" The first-class officials in the capital are all very powerful, and I have learned a lot today!"
When this man heard Tang Tianli's words, his eyes flashed, "It turns out you are an uncle from the capital, so you know the rules better. Do as the Romans do, don't you think you'll be embarrassed?"
Tang Tianli chuckled, "I have money. Have you seen the hundred carriages behind? The yellow ones are gold, the white ones are silver, the green ones are emeralds, and the red ones are agate! Although the things are good, you can't take them away!"
"Hahaha! There are still things in Tangxi Ancient Town that I, Bai Tengfei, can't take away? I think this is weird!"
When Tang Tianli heard this, Bai Tengfei? Never heard of it! Shen Wei and Wang Heqing looked on without saying a word. In their eyes, such rogues were no different from dead people, but they were just too lazy to do anything!
"Junior brother, this is your hometown. Who is this person? Do you know?" Shen Wei asked, fearing that he was a subordinate of some big shot and had just arrived in another city, so it was not suitable for a conflict!
Wang Heqing shook his head, "I have lived here for so many years, but I have never heard of such a number one? New here?"
"Do you know the prefect he mentioned?"
"Is Cheng Kaixuan? I know, but I didn't hear that he asked for money to build roads! Did we encounter this kind of thing before when we left? I think it's just a group of rogues who are trying to get money for it. Do you want to send a few people to beat them with sticks? Walk?"
Shen Wei shook his head gently, "Don't worry, after traveling for so many days, you can just watch a show!"
Zhao Xuanyi got off the carriage and went to the front with the help of Du Xinyu and Zi Yuan. Seeing that there were still many people watching, Zhao Xuanyi came to the circle of people and said, "Excuse me, who is this person who is blocking the road and asking for money? In broad daylight. Why are there such people?"
An old man in his sixties saw Zhao Xuanyi and said, "Young master, you must be a foreigner at first glance, right?"
"Ah! Not bad! I just came here!"
"No wonder, this Bai Tengfei is not ordinary, he has a backer!" The old man said with a look of disgust.
"Oh? I don't know who it is?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"Didn't he just say that? Cheng Kaixuan is the prefect! His sister's name is Bai Yulan. I heard she is quite pretty. She married Cheng Kaixuan a month ago and became her ninth concubine. Not only is this the only one who has achieved enlightenment, Chickens and dogs ascend to heaven! Bai Tengfei took this group of fox friends and wandered around the streets. When he saw the business travelers coming and going, he would eat and drink cards for various reasons! "
"Generally speaking, outsiders are very powerful and don't overwhelm local cowards. Most of them just give them some money and that's it. Today's large convoy will probably lose a few taels of money!"
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he smiled. A small magistrate, a concubine's brother-in-law, with such great official power, really left the imperial city and spread the emperor everywhere! "Hel me over!"
"Yes!" The two girls helped Zhao Xuanyi to the front of the motorcade. When Tang Tianli, Shen Wei and others saw Zhao Xuanyi coming, they all dismounted and came to Zhao Xuanyi to salute, "Sir!"
Zhao Xuanyi nodded slightly, looked at Bai Tengfei, and wondered how this person looked. Skinny as a stick, with two mung bean glasses and a small mouth with two rabbit teeth, what a guy! If you saw this at night, you would definitely not recognize him as a person!
When Bai Tengfei saw how much everyone respected Zhao Xuanyi, he guessed that this was the real master, so he hurriedly walked over with a smile, "Oh, you are their master!"
"it's me!"
"Looking at your outfit, you must be a smart man who knows the rules!"
"It's okay, everyone who has met me says I'm smart!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
"Son, you said that hundreds of carriages passed by and the road was damaged. We will have to repair the bridge and repair the road later. Isn't it an exaggeration to ask you for a few hard fees?" Bai Tengfei asked with a smile.
"It's not an exaggeration! It's very reasonable!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
When Bai Tengfei heard this, he slapped his hands in a row, "Young master, you are sensible and not like these bullshit slaves. Then... do you mean it?"
"Of course, we are outsiders after all!" Zhao Xuanyi said and looked at Zi Yuan, "Take out the money bag!"
Zi Yuan was very obedient and handed her money bag to Zhao Xuanyi. After Zhao Xuanyi opened it, there were broken silver, copper coins and a gold ingot. Zhao Xuanyi handed over the entire belongings to Zi Yuan. Naturally, she couldn't live without money in her pocket. !
When the others looked at it, they couldn't help but frown. Tang Tianli thought to himself: When did my young master become so easy to talk to? Are you afraid of being captured and beaten by the Tatars? There is no way you can give money to such a person!
Zhao Xuanyi fumbled in the money bag for a long time, and finally took out two coins and threw them at Bai Tengfei's feet. "Thank you, everyone!" Zhao Xuanyi said very politely, and then returned the money bag to Zi Yuan!
When everyone saw this, they covered their mouths one after another. They were afraid of getting into trouble, so they suppressed their laughter, but some people still couldn't help laughing! To compare with the forbearance of this group of people, Tang Tianli, Shen Wei and others would not be so polite and laugh out loud!
When Bai Tengfei saw the two copper plates on the ground, his face turned green with anger. When he heard the jeers around him, he was instantly furious. He kicked the two copper plates away and pointed at Zhao Xuanyi, "Boy, you are looking for death! You Do you know who I am?"
"I haven't asked for advice yet!"
"My name is Bai Tengfei! Do you know?"
Zhao Xuanyi looked surprised, "You just... Bai Tengfei?"
"Got it? Why don't you hand over the money quickly, lest I get angry!"
Zhao Xuanyi's surprised expression only lasted a few seconds, and then turned into a blank look on his face, "I've never heard of it. Is it famous?"
"Hahaha...!" The scene boiled over instantly. This contrast was so unbearable that all the people laughed loudly!
