Wandering among the shops in the East City, Zhou Chengye can feel that the commercial atmosphere here is lighter than in the West City. Although the traffic is denser than that of ordinary streets, it is still obviously inferior to the crowded level of the West City.

This is true in the East City, but it is related to the fact that it is too close to the three major interiors, namely the Tai Chi Palace in the West, the Daming Palace in the East, and the Xingqing Palace in the South.

The yards around the East City are mostly homes of royal nobles and high-ranking officials. The goods operated in the market are mainly luxury goods and various enjoyable things, so as to meet the needs of royal nobles and high-ranking officials.

The rulers of the Tang Dynasty regarded merchants as "lowly" and took industry and commerce as unfavorable, so all officials were strictly prohibited from entering the market. During the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong issued several bans: "Above the fifth rank, no entry to the market." When Wu Zetian was in power, an official named Zhang Heng was born in the Lingshi and was at the fourth rank, and was about to be promoted to the third rank. Once, after resigning from the court, the old man might be too hungry, so he bought a steamed cake on the side of the road and rode a horse while eating it. As a result, he was impeached by the censor and could not be promoted for life.

From the example of Zhang Heng, an unlucky guy, at least two points can be seen.

First, the rulers of the Tang Empire were definitely experts who were "being bitches and setting up archways". If they really hated merchants so much, would Mao want to create an East City near the three major areas? Isn't it even more satisfying to demolish the East City and then create a fourth major area? To put it bluntly, it's not that it's just awesome to shout, but actually it's necessary to make it convenient!

Second, the censor is really not a good person. Zhang Heng was hungry and rode on a horse to eat a steamed cake. He didn't have an affair with your wife and did not set fire to your house. Is it easy for you to become a third-rank official? And he was still a gang under Wu Zetian, who was killing people. If you have the ability, you will impeach the autocratic and domineering Wu Sansi and others! You will impeach Wu Zetian, who raised his father!

If his father Zhou Ziliang became the "dog censor" who was fighting against the enemy, Zhou Chengye would definitely be the first to leave. The Tang Dynasty had tens of millions of people, and only fifteen censors were only fifteen. They did not make decisions for the people and benefit the people of the world. They were staring at these trivial matters all day long. Is it really a pain to be idle?

Zhou Chengye, who was thinking about everything, came to a shop specializing in the Western Regions glassware. He was about to walk in to see a few days ago, but he saw a young man dressed in a green-clothed scholar walking towards him with a look of surprise. While walking, the scholar was muttering: "Erlang, I finally caught you today! I haven't seen you for several months. Miss Zhu'er in Yicui Pavilion was muttering you in front of me last night!"

The Kunlun slave behind Zhou Chengye was already in front of him. Judging from the posture, as long as the scholars who were rushing towards him did not stop, they would take action.

Zhou Chengye hurriedly shouted "Handa" and then flashed to meet him. Although he didn't know the guy in front of him, Zhou Chengye still heard the clues from the two simple greetings just now. If the speculation is good, the scholar who came over to say hello should be a friend or a friend who Zhou Erlang knew before traveling through time.

"Haha, it turns out it's 'breast lift'!" Because he didn't know the other party's name, Zhou Chengye had to whisper with a smile on his face, and didn't call him the other party's name.

That scholar who looked about two years old was about two years older than Zhou Chengye. His face looked a little pale, and his obvious deficiency of qi and blood was very similar to Zhou Chengye who fled from Yicui Pavilion more than two months ago.

After the scholar in Qingshan approached Zhou Chengye, he looked up and down carefully, and then asked in surprise: "Erlang is so beautiful now! But what magic medicine has he got? Hurry up and send me a few pills, I'll invite you to Chen Ji for wine!"

"I really don't have a magic pill, it's just quitting drinking and sex for more than two months!" Zhou Chengye realized that the guy in front of him was not a person, so he felt less afraid and said something casually.

A pair of peach blossom eyes from the scholar in the green shirt glanced at the two little children behind Zhou Chengye, then pulled him not far away, laughed and scolded, "Just pretend to me! Where did you get these two children? Tell me the price, how about selling one to me?"

"Damn, I treat me as my husband!" Zhou Chengye cursed in his heart, but knew that this kind of thing had always been getting darker and darker, so he said to the scholar in green clothes with anger: "Don't even think about it! These two book children are specially selected by my adults for me. They are all innocent and smart. If I dare to resell them, I am afraid that I will be beaten when I go home!"

"What if I sell these two Kunlun slaves to me? I will pay twice the price!" The scholar in green clothes leaned back and said unyieldingly.

Zhou Chengye has not yet figured out the identity of this person, and it is even more impossible to sell the Kunlun slaves he bought like a treasure, so he said in vain: "Why are you always staring at me, these slaves? Let's go to Chenji Restaurant to sit down, and I'll treat you to a drink today!"

When the scholar in Qingshan heard that Zhou Chengye was going to treat him, he said, "This is what you said. Isn't it boring for us? It just happened that Li Ziyan and Guo Yuanzhong were hanging out in Pingkang. I'll call them up and make a table together, and it's more lively even when I have a drink."

Before Zhou Chengye could object, the scholar in Qingshan turned around and before leaving, he looked at Zhang Yan and Cheng Zhi for a few more times, making the two furry children feel uncomfortable.

"Who is this with whom!" Zhou Chengye muttered a few words, so he walked towards Chen Ji in Dongshi.

When he entered the restaurant, Zhou Chengye saw Baoshun greeting guests with a few children he sent the day before yesterday. Some of the children followed behind the original staff in the restaurant, either serving soup and water, or serving dishes. It was orderly and busy but not messy.

It seems that the children still cherish their ability to live in restaurants. Although they only eat the leftover food of the guests every day, they are also full of fuel and water, better than they suffered from starvation on the crowd.

Zhou Chengye greeted Baoshun and said, "There will be a scholar in a blue shirt later. He will bring two or three friends to the restaurant to find me for a drink. You ask the waiter to take the house directly to the private room upstairs."

Bao responded to the "Okay" and took the children to busy again.

Zhou Chengye did not tell Baoshun which private room he went to, and Baoshun didn't ask at all. Because Chen Ji Restaurant reserved a good private room for Zhou Chengye, the second shopkeeper, and even if the business is booming on weekdays, this private room will not be easily allowed to outsiders.

The reason why Zhou Chengye took the initiative to invite the scholar in green clothes to drink today was because he felt that the number of people available on his hands was really limited, and he needed some inquiries and to cover up his identity.

Although he didn't know the scholar in blue, it seemed that Zhou Erlang had a good relationship with him before, otherwise he would not have gone deeper to discussing "children" as soon as he met.
Chapter completed!