Ancient Fortune Records

Bridges and roads are being built in full swing everywhere, and Licheng is no exception.As a big city in Licheng, Shen Li sent people to build roads long ago. Shen Li voluntarily donated the money for road construction in the early stage. However, the gentry in Licheng knew that they could still make meritorious deeds for themselves, so they immediately stopped Shen Li. Thanks to his generosity, many road sections were built with silver donations from local people.

A team of Turkic people riding mules was standing at the gate of Licheng City. They had to unload their goods. Recently, the demand for mutton in the city had increased. After delivering the goods, they could buy enough salt and sugar to take back.

"Is this really Licheng?" A young man asked in a tone of novelty and feigned impatience.He was still wearing clothes made of lamb skin, because they walked all the way from the grassland, and the temperature in the grassland was still very low at night and dawn.But it was already the time when the sun was rising, and it was no longer suitable to wear this suit. He tore his clothes impatiently, wanting to take off his shirt.

Licheng is the city on the north side of Youzhou, where there are more Han people, and it is close to the Xi, Khitan, and Turkic peoples.Licheng is the most complicated city. Unlike Jicheng, where most of the population is Han Chinese, the ethnic groups here live together, but there will be more conflicts, and people are not very reasonable. Whoever has a big fist will have "reason". " will be "accepted" by others.

The gate guards in Li City are the strictest, but in recent months, they have gradually relaxed.

Some Turkic people with unshaven beards used to be interrogated for a long time when they entered the city, but now they don't have to.

"Anu, I told you a long time ago, Licheng, it's different. You didn't want to come with us at that time." A very tall Turkic man who looked 1.9 meters tall said with a smile, probably because I'm not very familiar with the language here, so I always stop talking.

They are all members of the Pugu family, which can be regarded as aristocratic surnames, but the tribe is not well-known. It can only be said that it is a moderate tribe.

The boy named Anu said impatiently in the team of the tribe: "So what, this place is better than ours, but the people here will not welcome us. Uncle Agui (regardless of the age of the father, as long as he is Father’s brothers, collectively referred to as uncles), even if they don’t search us when we enter the city gate, they will search our luggage when we go back. They are like guarding against thieves, guarding against us.”

Pugu's full name is Pugu Gui, and he was actually a member of the Xi clan, but when he was young, the Xi clan fought several battles with the Khitan, and his mother was snatched away by a Turk at that time.Strictly speaking, that Turkic man was still his mother’s savior, because at that time several Turkic people had misbehaved with his mother, and his mother resisted fiercely, scratching the face of one of the Turkic nobles, and was about to be hacked to death , was rescued by the Turkic man named Pugu Hong.

At that time, he was already in his mother's belly.Pugu Hong didn't intend to do anything to his mother, and he was quite polite to her.He believed in Buddhism and did not see killing. During that whole day, his mother saw that this man named Hong saved many people.It has great strength and does not kill, just like a bear who only loves honey and does not want to hunt.

His mother quickly fell in love with this unique man.

As for who his biological father is, in fact, he is not very clear.They Xi people are quite casual.When you see someone, ask directly if you want to sleep together at night.If you are pregnant, you can raise them together. If you don’t want to raise them together, then give some food, or you don’t have to. Anyway, the children in the clan are raised together. If there is something to eat, they will eat it. No one will drive those children away.

Although the Xi clan lost several battles at the beginning, they fought back later.In short, the relationship between the two races has not been very good.

At that time, Dazhao's control over here was weaker than it is now, so the two clans fought, and there were no Han people to aid the Xi clan.After all, the Xi people have few people, money and food, and they are not as brave as the Turkic people. The Khitans like to come and plunder, and then go back to their homes. The military training was very effective, and it became hard to fight. The Turks didn't like farming and were not interested in robbing their land, so they didn't continue to invade.

In short, his mother and Pugu Hong lived in two places at the time, but he knew that his mother and Pugu Hong were lovers.After giving birth to him, Hong proposed to take his mother out of the Xi clan and return to Turkic with him.His mother had no father, no mother, no brother, no brother, after thinking about it, he agreed without much hesitation.

He was born in Turkic and took his adoptive father's surname.Later, the adoptive father and his mother gave birth to three more children, and these three children are now married, and Anu is his eldest brother's child.

This kid actually likes Youzhou very much, because every time there is a merchant coming from Youzhou, he straightens his neck to look at it.It's just that he is not honest enough, and he always loves to speak insincerely.

"Although you have learned the Chinese language, like to eat the food of the Han people, and wear rubber shoes made of rubber from the Han people, you just don't like the Han people, and you don't even like the Xi people, do you?"

Pugu Gui asked so.

Anu blushed, "Anyway, anyway, the first time I came here, they didn't like me, so I don't like them either."

Pugu Gui remembered that the muslin cloth his mother had told him could be bought in Licheng, and he didn't care about Anu's complaints, so he led the awkward Anu and walked forward.

This place is much more lively than before. The new Youzhou city governs Licheng, which gives them some convenience for the Turkic people. They only need to go to the government to apply for a temporary residence permit, and they can live in the city for half a month at a time.However, in the past half a month, if you commit crimes or buy ironware in large quantities, you will be pulled into the "blacklist", and it will be difficult to think about it in the future.It’s not that no one has made bad ideas. Ironware has always been very expensive in the grasslands. A kitchen knife can sometimes be exchanged for a sheep. Unfortunately, the Turkic people can’t buy ironware at all, because they look different from the Han people, and they are destined to be unable to keep a low profile.

Pugu Gui didn't think of doing bad things either, and he came here this time mainly to let his nephew see the world.

Although Anu had an expression of "what's so strange about this", his eyes were firmly glued to the sugar figurines, pasta, and candied haws made by the Han people.

Pugu Gui immediately took out the money and bought Anu a cake with sugar core and a bunch of candied haws.

The cement road in the city is being repaired, but fortunately the main road is completely dry, and the sound of horses kicking and trampling on the concrete floor is very nice.Farmers and vendors, dressed in dusty and patched clothes, seem to be no different from before.However, their faces were full of smiles that they had never seen before.Moreover, their faces are not the same as before.On the streets of Licheng before, I have never seen anyone with full and flushed faces. Most of them have dull faces, and the blue and black faces make people unwilling to look at them.

Moreover, the children here have also changed a lot. Although they don't wear the brightly colored clothes that are extremely rare to dye, they all wear cotton clothes that look very comfortable.

There are new shops everywhere on the street, the most common ones are grain stores and cloth stores, and some people open grocery stores, selling everything, and the business is very good.

Pugu Gui took out his temporary residence permit and rested in an inn for a while.After walking for two hours, they really couldn't move anymore. They have mules, but the mules are not made of iron. They often need to get down and walk by themselves.

"Guest officer, do you want to stay in the hotel or eat?"

"Stay in the hotel, but we have to prepare a table of meals for us, according to the amount of thirteen people."

"okay!"

Anu saw that the people eating inside were all eating in peace, and there were even many Xi people who clearly recognized them as Turkic people, but they didn't respond at all.Obviously he came here once when he was a child, and a child from the Xi tribe spit on him.

Pugu Gui said: "Fighting is not allowed in the city now, otherwise they will be caught and taken to mines, so everyone seems to have a much better temper now."

Anu was surprised and said: "Digging, is it digging into the cave? What if the mountain collapses and is buried by the mountain?"

Pugu Gui said vaguely, "I don't know about it either. Anyway, it's not a good job..."

Anu controlled his expression of sympathy, the Han people, as well as the Xi people (except grandma), are not worthy of sympathy!

However, the food cooked by the Han people is quite good...

Pugu Gui said: "Don't you really like the roast duck, milk tea, and baked corn I brought you last time? This store has them, and the taste is very authentic. The guests like it very much. Let's eat more later."

Anu swallowed, and he muttered: "No, no, you remember wrongly, my favorite is the milk tea made by Grandma."

Pugu Gui shrugged. Unfortunately, he didn't like the milk tea made by his mother the most.