During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Hekou Town, the county seat of Leadshan County, had the reputation of the wharf of eight provinces, and was the distribution place of department stores in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Suzhou, Guangdong, etc., where merchants gathered, and it was quite prosperous.

Xu Jin and others drove to the south gate of Leadshan County, but saw that there were boats coming and going on the river, countless cargo ships were waiting to dock at the dock to load and unload goods, and even on the straight road into the city, there was a long queue, most of them were tea workers carrying their shoulders and hands.

Now is the season for autumn tea to be listed, and the hair tea from all directions is being transported to Leadshan County for processing, and then distributed to all parts of the country, so the Linjiang wharf is quite busy during this time.

Xu Jin and the others simply got out of the carriage and walked into the city, and the three talented sons with a group of oily faces and pink faces "family ding" naturally attracted people's attention.

Fei Maozhong pointed to the busy wharf along the river and said proudly: "I can't buy the estuary, I can't finish Hankou." Hekou Town, Leadshan County, is the distribution place of department stores, known as the wharf of the eight provinces. What does Ziqian think? ”

"It's quite prosperous indeed!" Xu Jin said indifferently, this level of wharf is simply scum compared with the ports of later generations, and the daily throughput of any medium-sized port may exceed the sum of a year here, not to mention large ports such as Dalian Port and Shanghai Port.

Since getting off the carriage, Fei Ruyi's attention has mostly been on Xu Jin, and he naturally noticed that Xu Jin showed a touch of disdain when he spoke, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

Fei Ruyi knows very well that Xu Jin has just turned fifteen years old in June this year, one year younger than himself, and he is a Confucian student from the countryside from a humble background, so he should have never seen anything in the world, but he always looks calm and calm, as if there is nothing in this world that he has not seen.

Of course, Xu Jin's temperament is what attracts Fei Ruyi. In a popular phrase, classmate Xu is the face of Xiao Xianrou and a girl killer with the temperament of an uncle.

Fei Ruyi was tilting his head slightly to peek at Xu Jin, the latter happened to turn his head to look, the two looked at each other, Fei San girl suddenly looked at other places shyly, and even her snow-white earlobes were dyed with a layer of pink.

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a little trance, among the women present, Fei Ruyi was the oldest (except for Yahuan), but she was wearing Fei Xiaoyu's housekeeping clothes, her figure was even more concave and convex, wearing a hat crookedly, her face was like powder, her lips were like grease, she was so handsome that she didn't like to talk, and she had a touching taste.

A group of people lined up into the county seat of Leadshan and wandered around the streets.

Although Xu Jin and the others passed through the county seat yesterday, they bought gifts and left, and they didn't stay too long, let alone shop carefully.

Therefore, at this time, Xie Xiaowan and the three girls of the Fei family were shopping with great interest, and they were squeaking and chattering happily.

So a strange scene appeared, a group of oily-faced "family members" were shopping in front of the "hot buying", and Xu Jin and the Fei brothers became followers.

Of course, the discerning merchants can see at a glance that these so-called "family members" are all daughters, and nine times out of ten are the ladies of large families, women disguised as men and ran out to go shopping and have fun, so they didn't break it, just greeted politely and enthusiastically promoted their goods.

Just walked half a street, and the "family members" were full of all kinds of snacks in their hands, eating happily, and the laughter like silver bells came and went.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, the most of which are selling tea and tea sets, followed by those selling paper, pen and ink.

Fei Maoxian introduced as he walked: "Tianchi tea, Longjing tea, pineapple tea, Tiger Hill tea, Yangxian tea, and Lu'an tea are the most famous at the moment. ”

Before the Ming Dynasty, it was popular for Chinese people to drink group tea, that is, tea cakes. The production process of tea cakes is complicated, and it is quite time-consuming to drink, it has to be crushed and ground into powder, and then decocted with water, and even the tea leaves are drunk into the stomach, and ordinary people can't afford to drink it at all.

In order to reduce the burden of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, issued an edict to abolish the group tea, and loose tea began to become popular, and the way of drinking tea was changed from decoction to brewing, which was simple and convenient, and even ordinary people could afford to drink.

It is now the thirteenth year of Zhengde, and more than 100 years have passed since Ming Taizu ordered the abolition of group tea, and varieties of loose tea in the Ming Dynasty have sprung up. Of course, the popular varieties in later generations, such as Junshan Yinzhen, Huangshan Maofeng, Dahongpao and other famous teas, have not yet appeared.

Everyone was strolling, Fei Xiaoyu's little pepper suddenly lit up, and excitedly shouted: "This place is fun, let's go in and have fun!" ”

After Fei Xiaoyu finished speaking, she took the lead in running to a magnificent store on the street, and the girls hurriedly followed, Fei Maoxian wanted to stop it, but it was too late, so he could only frown and shake his head.

Xu Jin raised his eyes and saw that this façade covered an area of Guangdong, with two large lanterns hanging at the door, both of which had the word "Dou" written on them, and the plaque on the façade was written with three brilliant gilt characters: Douzhan Hall.

Xu Jin asked curiously: "Minxian, what kind of place is this?" ”

Fei Maoxian shook his head and said, "It's just a place where the plaything loses his mind!" ”

Fei Maozhong said with a smile: "Big brother, it's not that serious, occasionally play with the right to play as entertainment, since you are here, let alone go in and visit!" ”

Fei Maoxian nodded helplessly!

Xu Jin curiously followed the Fei brothers into the fighting hall, and suddenly a heat wave hit his face, and the air was mixed with the smell of sweat and commotion, shouting, roosters, dogs, and ducks...... Loud and loud.

But in the open-air yard of hundreds of square meters, people gather together in the east and west, fighting dogs, cocks, ducks, geese, and crickets...... It's like fighting everything.

The gamblers gathered around and shouted, their faces were red, and they were as if they were intoxicated, as if they had taken medicine.

Xie Xiaowan and Fei Ruyi both frowned, subconsciously covered their noses, and instinctively resisted this kind of place, but Fei Xiaoyu was excited, obviously not the first time she came, she ran to a stall with fewer people in front of the stall, crossed her waist and said, "Hey, who is that, the master wants to play this!" ”

This is a grass stall, there are piles of grass roots of different thicknesses on the counter, the dealer is a young man in his twenties, small eyes and nose, a shrewd appearance, seeing Fei Xiaoyu and others, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said with a smile: "How old is this master going to play?" ”

"Can you afford ten taels of silver?" Fei Xiaoyu tilted her chin back, put her hands behind her back, and said proudly.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar all around, and the small-eyed young man was secretly happy, and said with a smile: "Let's put the signboard of the Douzhan Hall there, as long as the guests dare to open a bet, we dare to take the village, not to mention ten taels of silver, and ten thousand taels of silver are no problem!" ”

Fei Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Well, then you can bet ten cents!" ”

The smile of the small-eyed young man suddenly froze, and a burst of laughter suddenly sounded around him, and all the women couldn't help laughing, and Xu Jin was also a smile.

The small-eyed young man rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Choose one, master!" ”

Fei Xiaoyu rolled up his sleeves, carefully chose one of the grassroots that looked thick and powerful, and said confidently: "That's it, you can win!" ”

The small-eyed young man picked a grass root casually, held both ends with both hands and raised it in front of him, Fei Xiaoyu also held the two ends of his own grass root with both hands, and crossed with the grass root of the small-eyed young man, and the two sides pulled at the same time.

As a result, Fei Xiaoyu's grass root snapped into two.

The small-eyed young man smiled and said, "Master, your luck is not very good, please pay ten cents!" ”

"How can this be reasonable, come again, I will pay later, there will be no shortage of you!" Fei Xiaoyu was unconvinced and picked another one, but lost again, and if she didn't accept it, she still lost.

The small-eyed young man said triumphantly: "Master, are you still coming?" ”

Fei Xiaoyu snorted angrily: "Don't play, deceive!" ”

The small-eyed young man who was smiling like the big brother next door just now suddenly turned pale, and said fiercely: "Little girl, who lied to people, the grassroots are all in this choice, you didn't choose the tenacious one, who is to blame?" ”

Fei Xiaoyu was so frightened that she took a step back, her face was swollen red, and she was about to scold back, Xu Jin frowned, stepped forward and said lightly: "This big brother, why bother to be like a little girl, I'll play a game with you, thirty yuan!" ”

The small-eyed young man glanced at Xu Jin and said with a smile: "Yes, but the money just now has to be paid first!" ”