The hawkers selling snacks and small goods on the street and the shopkeepers of the luxury restaurants on both sides of the street were not in a competitive relationship. Instead, they relied on each other. They could take care of each other's businesses. It was a close relationship that complemented each other's business.
It was like the zebras and wildebeests on the African savannah. They always migrated together and ate grass together. However, there was no conflict or competition between the two groups because they ate different types of grass and would not rob each other's food resources. Therefore, there was no competition between them. They were tightly united, so they could better deal with the threat of carnivores. They could be vigilant against each other and thus increase each other's survival chances.
Zebras and wildebeests ate different types of grass and were vigilant against the same predators. This allowed them to form a very close cooperative relationship. The hawkers on the street of Ping Kang Fang and the shopkeepers of the restaurants were also facing customers of different grades. They could attract both types of customers together. In this way, whether it was inside the restaurant or outside the street, it was bustling. Only in this way could there be a prosperous atmosphere and always maintain the wealth.
If this relationship was destroyed, then the wealth would be washed away. The street renovation of the later generations was because the streets were widened and the hawkers were forced into the shops and driven away. As a result, the wealth was blown away. The streets were no longer as prosperous as before, and business did not seem to be so good. If there were no customers passing by, how could business be good?
As more and more old streets were renovated into standardized new streets, it caused the wealth of all the streets to be washed away. Then, in a large city, no one could clearly tell where the prosperous areas and the city center were. It seemed that there was no real bustling commercial area. There were not too many people in all the commercial areas, and the pedestrians were sparse. Only when there was a major event, the crowd would suddenly increase. Usually, the situation was about the same.
At present, the situation in Chang 'an City of the Tang dynasty was obviously not like this. At least, the Ping Kang Fang of the Eastern and Western Cities was a very lively and prosperous area. There were also several well-developed areas elsewhere. There were even many bustling markets outside the city. Of course, they were all low-end and bulk commodity trading markets. The markets for fine and luxury goods had always been within the city walls of the capital, mainly concentrated in places like the Ping Kang Fang of the Eastern and Western Cities. After all, there were more rich people here, while there were more slums outside the capital where mainly poor people gathered. Naturally, the quality of goods was different. After all, different groups of people had different needs. Businessmen could obtain more profits only by targeting the corresponding audience.
Generally speaking, the layout of the commercial areas in Chang 'an City of the Tang dynasty was quite reasonable. Some of them had been planned long ago, and some were formed by themselves. For example, the Eastern and Western Cities were big markets planned by the imperial court, while the Ping Kang Fang and a large number of commercial gathering areas outside the city were formed spontaneously, which was more reasonable.
The prosperity of the Tang dynasty could not be separated from these scattered commercial areas, just as it could not be separated from a large number of workshops. These were all necessary for prosperity. Workshops could provide a variety of products, and commercial areas could exchange goods. It was not enough to just produce products. There also needed to be a reliable means of exchange. This was the significance of the existence of commercial areas.
"Haha! Taking advantage of the situation. This is a good move! "
Li Yu saw a two-year-old child suddenly reach out his small hand and pull out a stick of candied hawthorn that was passing by him. Then, he stuffed it directly into his mouth. This series of actions was very practiced. Even when the candied hawthorn was stuffed into his mouth, the child's father did not notice anything unusual. After all, the child was in his arms with his back facing him. The child's father could not see what was happening behind him, but the hawker selling the candied hawthorn could. If he could not even notice that someone had pulled out his own candied hawthorn, then wouldn't he have lived in vain?
Ang Lee also saw it. He said with a smile, "Just watch! There's going to be a little fun again. "
The peddler impatiently grabbed the woman who was carrying the child, probably wanting the woman to pay.
The woman did not understand what was going on. She turned around and scolded. Because her voice was not clear enough, Ang Lee did not know what she was scolding, but it was definitely scolding someone.
"Ignorant village woman, who are you scolding? Candied haws. Pay for the candied haws. One stick is five copper coins. "
The hawker did not talk nonsense and directly asked for money.
"I don't have money. I'll return the candied haws to you."
The woman saw the candied haws in the child's hand and angrily snatched the candied haws from the child's mouth. Then, she forcefully stabbed the candied haws into the straw rack.
"Wah wah wah …"
The child immediately began to cry loudly. Perhaps the mother was too angry, so her actions were a little rough and hurt the child. Perhaps the child really wanted to eat the candied haws. In short, the moment the candied haws were taken away from his mouth, the child began to cry loudly.
A good stick of candied haws had one ball eaten by the child, and the second ball was also chewed up. In this way, how could it be sold? The hawker selling the candied haws was naturally unwilling. However, before he could do anything, the child's mother acted first. She spanked her child's buttocks. This spanking was very fierce, much more severe than the previous adult who spanked the child. The child was beaten until he cried loudly, louder than before. It also attracted more people's attention, and the traffic was blocked.
As a result, the hawker could not say anything. He could only stand there helplessly and watch the woman's performance. In the end, he could not stand it anymore and quickly stuffed the candied haws that could not be sold into the child's buttocks. Then, without saying anything, he turned and left, leaving a handsome figure behind.
The moment the child received the candied haws, he immediately stopped crying. The child's mother also stopped hitting him. She carried her child and hurriedly left. Then, the crowd of onlookers rushed to disperse. They did what they were supposed to do, as if nothing had happened.
This small accident made Ang Lee sigh. This was the current situation of the people at the bottom of society. Sometimes, just for a stick of candied haws that was only worth five copper coins, it could cause a disturbance. A child's mother, in order to save five copper coins, actually beat her child violently. Could it be that her child's beating was only worth five copper coins? Just to save five copper coins, she actually beat her child violently.
Of course, this was just Ang Lee's immature understanding. Perhaps in the eyes of the mother, her child could not be too spoiled. The family's income was not high. If this time the child stole a candied haw and bought it for five copper coins, then the next time the child would take something more expensive that did not belong to him without warning. Fifty copper coins, five hundred copper coins, or even more things. Once this habit was formed, it might not be changed. At that time, when the child grew up, would he become a thief, a social scum who only knew how to steal other people's property?
If one were to think about the problem from the perspective of educating the child, then there was nothing wrong with the mother punishing her own child. However, her own child had ruined someone else's candied hawthorn. If she did not compensate, it would set a very bad example for her own child. In the future, her own child might become such a person. How could that be a good thing?
Perhaps this family was too poor, or at least they were too poor mentally. Therefore, in order to save these five copper coins, they would rather create a bad image in front of their child. But then again, a two-year-old child couldn't remember much. A two-year-old child wasn't old enough to remember things.
However, with the quality of this kind of parent, when the child grew up, it was estimated that the child would behave like this. There should not be much change. The main reason for this phenomenon might be hereditary, or it might be forced by life. Because in the case of an extreme lack of money, it was easy for a person to form this kind of character that loved to take advantage of others. They could even risk their lives for a copper coin.
The woman walked further and further away with the child, and Ang Lee was lost in thought. This kind of love to take advantage of others was almost a characteristic of the Hua Xia people. Of course, other ethnic groups also had this characteristic, but the Hua Xia people were the most prominent.
This was the case in ancient times when the economy was backward. In the era of economic development, it was also the same. There were many people who loved to take advantage of others. The number was staggering.
For example, if a vehicle carrying goods overturned and the goods were scattered all over the ground, then a large group of people around would rush up to snatch the scattered goods, not caring about the fact that others were already in a miserable state. It was as if as long as the goods were scattered, they were ownerless. This was the heart of greed at work.
In addition, if a shop wanted to sell a special item at a discount, or even give away a pound of eggs as long as the customer was willing to come, then the shop that was usually deserted would immediately be overcrowded. People who liked to take advantage of the situation would immediately surround the shop, and they were all waiting to take advantage of these small advantages.
Of course, loving to take advantage of others was not a good habit. It was a very bad habit. Even if they took advantage of others every day, they would not get much benefit. Sometimes it seemed that they were taking advantage of others, but in fact, they were likely to suffer a big loss.
This was because some hateful swindlers had already figured out the hearts of the people who loved to take advantage of others. Therefore, they would use the hearts of the ordinary people to deceive them. For example, they would promise high returns and let the ordinary people take out their money to invest. When the ordinary people were really attracted by the small benefits in front of them and took out their money, the swindlers would succeed. They only used the hearts of the ordinary people who loved to take advantage of others, and they could fish for huge benefits for themselves. Some ordinary people would be cheated to the point of bankruptcy, and there were even many who were forced to commit suicide. From this, it could be seen that these advantages were abominable. But from another perspective, if these ordinary people were not greedy for small advantages, they would not suffer losses. However, in the face of high returns, who could keep a calm mind? Perhaps not many people could do it!
Ordinary people loved to take advantage of others. The swindlers would throw out some bait to satisfy the needs of ordinary people. Then, they would harvest all the savings that ordinary people had painstakingly accumulated, leaving them with nothing. The small advantages that ordinary people had taken in their entire lives were probably not comparable to the huge loss caused by one scam.
Therefore, the bad habit of loving to take advantage of others was really too bad. This not only damaged one's character, but at the same time, it would also greatly increase the chances of being cheated.
A person living in this world would inevitably be deceived. Everyone would have the experience of being deceived. Almost no one could avoid it. The more one liked to take advantage of others, the higher the probability of being deceived. Therefore, for the greater benefit of oneself, it was better not to take advantage of others.
As the woman disappeared from his sight, Ang Lee also came back to his senses. Now was the critical period to solve the housing problem in the capital, so he had to make more preparations. This time, he could not fail again. If there was no effect, Ang Lee would be too depressed. He even had to suggest the implementation of a terrible property tax. Moreover, it was a perverted heavy tax on extra properties, which was a tax that no one who hoarded houses could afford. This was different from the property tax in the civilized countries of later generations, because the property tax was owned by all the people, and the tax rate was not very high. In addition, the houses could be rented, and the rent was higher than the tax, so there would be a lot of surplus after renting. In this way, many rich people who hoarded tens of thousands of houses would not go bankrupt, but would get a lot of continuous income, making themselves richer and richer, and become a big local tycoon who could earn money while lying down.
Lying down to make money was really ideal. It was the life that almost everyone dreamed of, and no one disliked such a comfortable life. In the later generations, there were such renters, and in Chang 'an City of the Tang dynasty, there were also such renters. However, in some capitals of later generations, people's income was higher, and they did not need to take out too much money to rent a good house. The current situation in the capital of the Tang dynasty was that the income of ordinary craftsmen was not enough to easily pay the rent, and at the same time, the housing price in the capital was too expensive. If the rent was too cheap, the cost of buying a house could not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years. Therefore, people were in a dilemma. If the rent was too expensive, the cost of buying a house would not be recovered in a hundred years.
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