Nanshi City in Luoyang, also known as Fengdu City, is the largest commercial market in the two capitals of the Great Sui Dynasty. It is twice that of the western city of Chang'an. There are more than 100 businesses, thousands of shops, merchants gather, and all industries are full of goods, and all industries are prosperous. Yang Yuanqing inquired about tea shops all the way. Tea drinking in the north of the Great Sui Dynasty was not prosperous, but after the Chen Dynasty destroyed, many southerners arrived in the capital. This time, thousands of wealthy households moved from the south of the Yangtze River, which increased the number of tea drinkers. Nanshi also had tea shops.

Before the sky was completely dark, they found a tea shop in the northwest corner of Nanshi. The tea fragrance was filled with just one street, and there were more than twenty shops in total. Almost the tea in the entire northern region was supplied by these twenty tea shops. Each shop occupied a large area, with one store next to one, and most of the wooden buildings behind it, with more warehouses.

A six-foot long red se flag was hung in the middle of the street, with four large black words written on it: "Red Rust Tea House". The shop is also the largest in the entire tea house, covering an area of ​​five acres. There are not many shops covering an area of ​​five acres in the entire Nanshi City.

This shop is actually produced by Yang Yuanqing. He alone accounts for 60% of the shares, Combasse accounts for 10% and the remaining 20% ​​is shared by some major officers of the Fengzhou Army. This shop also monopolized the tea supply in the grassland.

The tea in the Sui Dynasty was green tea. It had not yet been fried green and was directly used in water to fry it. It was not suitable for preservation and was prone to mold and deterioration. It must be made into tea cakes after simple treatment such as fermentation and drying, and then sold to the grassland.

Although the method is very simple, the trend of drinking tea in the grassland has just begun, and most merchants don’t know it. It is precisely this way. Hongrust Tea House does not do domestic business with very little profits. All tea is sold to the grassland and makes huge profits. This is actually just a transit warehouse, and the store is deserted and there are basically no customers.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the store door, but from a distance he saw Combas walking hurriedly from the opposite side. In addition to this tea shop, he also opened a wine shop and ran between two shops every day.

Combas wore a green robe from a Han man and a flat scarf on his head. He looked like a man with blue eyes and sharp noses. He looked quite funny and a bit out of character.

Combas also saw Yang Yuanqing. He was stunned at first, then laughed loudly and opened his arms to welcome him. From March last year to now, they have not seen each other for more than a year.

The two hugged each other tightly, Combas punched Yang Yuanqing with an exaggerated movement, then pulled his arm and smiled, "Why don't you send a letter first?"

"I came to Beijing to deal with some personal matters and left in a hurry."

"It's for your grandfather!" Combas guessed Yang Yuanqing's purpose.

"Do you know?" Yang Yuanqing asked.

Combas nodded. "Know a little. Let's talk inside."

He also called Lu Cha and Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers and ordered the second shopkeeper to prepare dinner accommodation for them. Several friends came up and led their horses in.

"There are many places to live in the tea shop. The food and accommodation conditions are very good. I asked the Qilu wine shop in front to bring you wine and food. The braised venison in their house is delicious and steamed sea bass. I don't have the wine. I have good wine in my store."

Combass' enthusiastic introduction made the soldiers hungry even more hungry, and their eyes were full of expectations. The second shopkeeper led everyone through the aisle in the shop and went to the lobby behind to rest. Combass took Yang Yuanqing and Green Tea to the living room on the second floor. He worked hard all the way. Yang Yuanqing finally sat down. He breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his body long.

Green Tea knelt in front of the window, small figure, like a green-haired kitten. She widened her eyes and looked out the window curiously. From here, you can see the situation on the street. She has never passed by the Central Plains and is full of curiosity about everything in the Central Plains. Every time she goes, she will carefully observe the street scene. In her words, there is knowledge here, she can learn a lot. A guy brought herbal tea. Yang Yuanqing picked up the bowl and took a sip, and then asked Conbass with a smile, "Is your daughter married?"

"Not yet! It's hard to find a son-in-law from the Sui Dynasty."

"How is Yang Wei? I feel that he is a little interesting to your daughter. He mentioned it to me several times."

"this……"

Combas didn't expect Yang Yuanqing to suddenly mention Yang Wei, which caught him off guard. Thinking of Yang Wei's fat figure, he felt a little angry, but he was open-minded and smiled and said, "As long as A Mo likes, I have no problem."

After pondering for a while, Yang Yuanqing asked in a low voice: "Is there any news about her?"

Yang Yuanqing asked about Chuchen. She left Dali City the winter of the previous year, and there was no news. Combas shook his head. That year he and Chuchen broke up in the capital. She only said that she went to the south and there was no news again.

Yang Yuanqing felt sad, and he stopped thinking about this matter and returned to the main topic: "Tell me about my grandfather, what do you know?"

"You came by unfortunately. Yesterday, Taiwei Yang was in funeral. It was very grand. The court would go to court for one day, and the emperor personally helped him with the spirits."

"What!"

Yang Yuanqing was shocked. It was just a hot summer that the funeral was held yesterday?

"Where is the coffin parked?"

"I heard that it was placed in the ice cellar of Baima Temple. I had been doing rituals for forty-nine days. Yesterday it was Qiqi and was officially buried. The tomb was in Gushan."

Although the length of the coffin is not fixed, three ri steeply early and more than a hundred people at night, depending on the situation of the tomb, or waiting for the arrival of the most important relatives, it is generally seven or nine days in midsummer, and only half a month is the longest. It is difficult to preserve the body for too long. Few people parked the coffin for forty-nine days, which made Yang Yuanqing feel very uncomfortable. The Yang family’s ancestral home is Hongnong, and the ancestral tribe members can arrive at the latest in two days, and the grandfather’s tomb was repaired three years ago. There is no reason why the Yang family had to delay so long before they were buried?

As if he understood Yang Yuanqing's thoughts, Combas sighed and said, "I specially asked for the inside story from the Yang family. I heard that the emperor refused to give Yang Taiwei's title to your father. The Yang family members protested with the coffin, saying that the emperor treated the dead with kindness and treated the living with little respect, but he had quite complaints anyway."

"What then?" Yang Yuanqing asked coldly.

"In the end, the Lord gave in. Ten days ago, the Lord appointed your father Duke of Chu and was appointed as the Minister of Rites. However, there will be gains and losses. A few days ago, the Lord appointed Cao Qigui to be elected. Your father was defeated, and Yuwen Shu was elected. Together with the other six people, he became the seventh minister of the dynasty."

Yang Yuanqing didn't know what to say. At that time, he and his grandfather tried hard to overthrow Yuwen Shu, making his father the first choice Cao Qigui. Now that the Yang family is a title, they actually confronted the emperor, destroying their future and leaving him speechless.

At first, Combas was just a small businessman, captured by the Western Turks to serve as a soldier, becoming a prisoner of war in the Sui army. He has been following Yang Yuanqing. Over the years, he has become more and more aware of the situation of the Sui Dynasty, especially in the past two years, he has deliberately paid attention to the political situation and learned a lot of inside information.

This is also Yang Yuanqing's hope for him. He should not become a businessman who only knows how to make money. He should also put his keenness on business opportunities to the political situation of the court.

At this time, it was completely dark, and Combass stood up and smiled, "General. Go for supper!"

"Um!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded. "Green tea, go together."

Green Tea did not respond, Yang Yuanqing turned around and saw her staring blankly into the distance, and she was fascinated by the sight.

"Green Tea!" Yang Yuanqing called her again, and then Green Tea woke up and said hurriedly: "Young Master, what's wrong?"

"What are you looking at? You're so fascinated." Yang Yuanqing walked to her and asked with a smile.

"Young Master, what is that? It's dazzling." Green Tea pointed to the distance and saw a light tower several feet high in the distance. The light wheels were dazzling and constantly changing. No wonder Green Tea saw it in.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, suddenly woke up, and turned around and asked Combass, "Is it the Ullambana Festival today?"

Combas believed in Zoroastrianism and was not interested in this kind of Buddhist and Taoist things, but he knew it, so he smiled and said, "Tomorrow is the Ullambane Festival. There will be the Ullambane Lantern Festival tonight, which is very lively. Almost half of the people in the capital will go to Luoshui to watch the lanterns."

Green Tea looked at the light wheel over there again. Her eyes were filled with yearning and almost begged Yang Yuanqing, "Young Master, please let me see if it's okay?"

Yang Yuanqing had not seen the lights for five or six years. Thinking of the bright lights, thinking that his personal soldiers and green tea had never seen the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty Lantern Festival, they should have seen it, so he smiled and nodded, "Go to have a meal first, wait for everyone to go together."

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During the meal, Amo, the eldest daughter of Combas, came quietly and sat aside and talked to Green Tea. She had been in the Sui Dynasty for more than two years and followed the local customs. Not only did she speak fluently in Chinese, she was dressed in no different from those of the Sui Dynasty women. She wore a red striped skirt, wore a double-ringed moon-looking bun, and was dressed up beautifully. She was a Sogdian woman with a tall figure and a slightly fat appearance. She looked taller than ordinary Sui women.

Amo is sixteen years old this year. She has been kissing her several times. Others think she is a Hu girl. Her father, Combas, is determined to find a son-in-law of the Sui Dynasty, and the marriage is delayed.

But she was not without fate. Since Conbas praised Yang Wei for being fat and mighty and could find a good wife in Sogdian, the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Yang Wei was worried about A Mo. In a flash, almost two years, Yang Wei mentioned A Mo three times in front of Yang Yuanqing, forcing Yang Yuanqing to consider Yang Wei's thoughts.

Since her father does not object, let them stay together more to see if they have this fate. But Yang Yuanqing also knows that Yang Wei’s biggest problem is not Combas, but the religion they believe in. Does Amok give up her belief for Yang Wei?

"Yuan Qing!"

Yang Wei quickly walked into the teahouse lobby, looked at Yang Yuanqing, but saw Amo at first sight. He was stunned and looked at her stupidly, like a statue of a general, moving.

Amo's face turned red with shame. She lowered her head and turned around. The soldiers covered her mouth and tried hard to hold back her laughter. Combas couldn't stand it. She sighed and stepped forward and patted his shoulder hard. "Oh! Who are you looking for? Looking for Yuanqing, or my daughter?"

Yang Yuanqing walked forward and said slowly: "I know everything about my grandfather. You don't need to talk about it anymore. It's rare to meet it tonight. Take her to see the lights!"

Yang Wei looked at Yang Yuanqing and looked at A Mo again. He hesitated. His grandfather was just having funeral yesterday. Is it appropriate for him to do this? But he was unable to overcome his inner desire in the end. He mustered up the courage to slowly walk to A Mo and knelt down on one knee, whispering something to her. After a while, A Mo nodded gently with a red face.

Everyone burst into laughter, but Yang Yuanqing glared at him. Everyone was so scared that they were silent that they dared not laugh anymore.

Yang Wei was full of joy and stood up and bowed to Yang Yuanqing, saying, "Yuanqing, then I'm sorry, I'll accompany her to watch the lights."

"Go!" Yang Yuanqing waved at him with a smile.

Amo slowly stood up and secretly glanced at her father. Combas nodded slightly and agreed. Amo blushed and lowered her head and followed Yang Wei quickly out amid the laughter of everyone.

"Everyone, wash up a little, we'll go and see the lights too!" Yang Yuanqing said to everyone with a smile.

Everyone was very happy and rushed to the well in the yard.

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Today, the dynasty is called Yujingtian, and it is the year of Guandong customs.

The dance posture was suspected to be back to Ziyang Girl, and the singing sounded like the immortal of Huacai.

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Buddhism flourished in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and officials and people attached great importance to the Ullambana Festival. The Ullambana in major temples was officially supported. Every year, they delivered pots and various debris, as well as pots, musicians, and officials who delivered pots, etc. The Ullambana Festival was grand and enthusiastic.

After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui advocated frugality and opposes luxury. The Ullambana Festival became light for a while, but the new emperor ascended the throne and advocated prosperity and prosperity. The officials and people in the world enjoyed each other. The trend of luxury gradually emerged, and the Ullambana Festival flourished again.

The people are more called Zhongyuan Festival. This is the rotation of the heaven and earth officials, and hungry ghosts are pardoned and escorted by the officials of the yin Cao to eat. Therefore, every household cooks rice, steams cakes, and offers fruits for the ancestors underground to eat when they go home. At the same time, they set up lights and decorate evil ghosts, and the powerful and famous family Yulan offers a pot to fight for Buddha light, which attracts people to come with their wives and children to enjoy. This day became a festive time for humans and ghosts to enjoy.

The Zhongyuan Festival is the middle of July, but in fact, it starts from the beginning of July to welcome the ancestors. A large amount of paper money and wealth are burned, and it continues until the fifteenth day of July. Every household wants to worship the ancestors and official sacrifices to the spirits of the dead soldiers. By the middle of the month, the Ullambana Festival begins again. The two festivals merge, watching lanterns and enjoying the basin has become a joy for the public to appreciate together.

The most lively part of the Yulam Bon Festival in Luoyang is mainly concentrated on both sides of the Luoshui River. Unlike the Shangyuan Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival is a ghost watching lantern viewing, and the water is yin, so all kinds of lighting are concentrated in the water. The two sides of the Luoshui River are decorated with Ulam Bon and Buddha Light. Therefore, the two sides of the Luoshui River are almost crowded with people, and hundreds of thousands of residents have their wives and children to watch lanterns on both sides of the Luoshui River.

The colorful light wheels seen in green tea are located on the south bank of Luoshui. The colorful light wheels are actually the throne set up by the emperor Yang Guang for his father Yang Jian. They are hung with dragon umbrellas on the banners and there is also a white jade Yulan Bon. The basin is enshrined with a jade tree that is 100 feet tall, and is hung with various jewelry and gold and jade, which are furnished in the Fahua Temple on the south bank of Luoshui.

At night, the Divine Champions and Ullambana were decorated with lamp wheels. The lamp stand was three meters high and was made by He Chou, Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. He Chou was the first master of the production of mechanical tools in the Sui and Tang dynasties. The light wheel he designed moved with the wind and changed constantly, dazzling and breathtaking, attracting a large number of people to watch the lamps.

Yang Yuanqing was not in the mood to watch the lanterns. He missed his grandfather's funeral, which made him quite regretful. However, Green Tea and his subordinates were excited. He couldn't bear to wipe out their enthusiasm. Moreover, Zhongyuan was a ghost festival, so he bought a few lotus hua water lanterns in the south market and led everyone to Luoshui to set the lanterns to express his grief for his grandfather.

There were crowds of people on both sides of the Luoshui River, crowded with people who were lighting up the lights. Tens of thousands of lights were floating on the water, which was extremely spectacular. Ships sailed on the water. The woman sent the lights to put the hua lamps into the water, which attracted a lot of shouts on the shore from time to time.

Yang Yuanqing found a little bit of empty space, lit the water lamp, put it down the river, and put his hands together and prayed silently for his grandfather.

At this moment, a few girls suddenly heard behind him, "Minqiu, come here to turn on the lights, there are fewer people here."
Chapter completed!