diskusbooks Chapter 153 Yuncheng Always Welcomes You
Chapter 153 Yuncheng Always Welcomes You
Censor Li staggered back two steps, but was caught by his servant before he fell.
He slumped in the armchair in the main hall, staring blankly at the door that was closed by the waiter before he left.
Two worlds inside and outside the door...
He did not even have time to rest while the servant was still thinking about how to comfort the master.
Censor Li raised his hand, picked up the teapot beside him and poured himself a cup of tea, which was refreshing and thirst-quenching.
There is a slight sweetness at first, followed by the unique aroma of Chinese herbs, and finally a hint of bitterness and sweetness.
When he first tasted this tea, he actually thought it was the best match for summer...
As the herbal tea took a sip, the anger in Li Yushi's heart seemed to be suppressed a little.
He poured another cup, and before taking a sip, he suddenly smiled bitterly while holding the teacup.
Hey……
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since he entered Yuncheng, his anger and confusion had been repeatedly aroused and then suppressed, and now he was somewhat used to it.
It's also kind of funny.
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At noon, the sun is very hot.
The queue was not very long, but because everyone wanted to go down and take a closer look, the number of people entering the well in batches was limited and the progress was slow.
Take your time to avoid someone accidentally falling into the well and contaminating the water...
There are a total of six spiral wells in Yuncheng. One is in the backyard of Wangque Tower. It is private property and is naturally not allowed to be visited.
The other five belong to the entire Yuncheng, but four of them are protected. Only civilians are allowed to draw water from them, and outsiders are not allowed to visit.
Only the well in the center of the city, next to the county governor's office, is open to visitors.
First buy a ticket for 10 taels per person, then queue up, and the guards will take your ticket away when you go down the well...
"Master, the herbal tea is here." In the middle of the line, a thin old man was queuing, and his servant bought him a cup of herbal tea from the tea shop next to him.
The tea shop was very busy. Everyone who came to visit the spiral well would buy a cup or two, and some even took some tea away when they left.
Tea is a mixture of many herbs. It has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. It can be iced, added with milk, sugar, or juice...
Various flavors to suit your taste.
The most important thing is that the tea recipe was given by the county princess, a genius doctor.
"Attention, gentlemen at the back. Ten of you, line up and go down. Please stop when you reach the bottom step. Do not pollute the source of life. The people of Yuncheng thank you!"
The soldier guarding the well opened his spear and saw that the ten people from the last group of visitors had come up.
It was not until the ten people were led to the other side and told that there were spiral well souvenirs to see that the people in the queue behind them went down one by one.
Censor Li happened to be the tenth person.
He handed the cup of water in his hand to the servant and followed the crowd down into the well.
As I got closer to the wellhead, a cool feeling came over me.
The stairs are wide enough for three people to walk down side by side, and the walls of the well are made of piled up stones.
The handrails are made very high, so it is difficult for someone to accidentally fall over them. There is no coiling dragon, and coiling dragon cannot be used everywhere.
As the crowd rotated, we arrived at the water level and looked down. We could clearly see the underwater stone walls and the water was very clear.
But you can’t see the bottom, which means the well is very deep.
Censor Li nodded in his heart. Only after seeing it with his own eyes did he realize that this well would not collapse and would not dry up easily. It could feed the people in the area!
They are right, this is the source of life!
He went up first, feeling very satisfied.
"Please come this way, everyone. This is the souvenir viewing area of the spiral well. You can visit at will." After they came out of the well, someone immediately led them to the side.
There were several wooden cabins, each with a long window stretching from one end to the other.
Where the windows should be is a long and wide wooden board with many objects placed on it.
There is a Yuncheng picture album of the same style as the inn, free of charge.
There are spiral well sachets and folding fans with exquisite embroidery and superb painting, each costing five taels of silver.
Li Yushi picked up a sachet and put it to his nose to smell it. It was not incense, but the fragrance of herbs...
He asked the woman behind the window, "Whose property is this?"
"My lord, this is the property of the county governor's office, not an individual's. It's just that all the current profits go to the county lord. After paying off the county lord's debt, the income will be used for the future construction of Yuncheng." The woman smiled generously and cheerfully, like a noble lady from the capital, and was very confident.
Although she was wearing coarse clothes, her exposed skin was not smooth and she had no makeup on.
"You all owe money to Lady Fuyao? How much?" A young head came over from behind, threw a silver ingot, and began to look through the folding fan.
The woman first raised her hand to pick up the silver that fell into the pile of sachets, and then put it in an open wooden box next to her, which also contained a lot of broken silver and copper coins.
Censor Li raised his eyebrows. She didn't show off her wealth, so wasn't she afraid that someone would rob her?
The woman sighed, but with a helpless smile on her face and light in her eyes, "My lord, the grain seeds, vegetable seeds, saplings, cement, including the fan and sachet you saw, the herbs in the sachet, and many other things that cannot be seen with the eyes, are all provided by the county lady for free. Do you think the people of Yuncheng owe the county lady anything?"
As for how much is owed... no one should be able to calculate it..." She choked up a little when she said this, "but the county lord only asks us to pay it back in one year. From the moment Yuncheng opens the city gates, the income from these attractions, minus labor costs and our wages, will belong to the county lord for one year.
After one year, all income will be registered and included in the county governor's office, and used for every citizen in Yuncheng in the future..."
The sun shone through the shade cloth above her head, dotting the corners of the woman's eyes and eyebrows.
The tiny wrinkles there exude a warm scent.
Li Yushi's heart was filled with excitement, and he packed some fans and sachets...
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master. You are always welcome in Yuncheng."
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Censor Li was an extremely careful person. He continued to walk to the next shop, but he did not ask anything.
He bought something from every shop, and without exception, all of them were embroidered, painted, or engraved with the shape of a spiral well.
He thought that was it, and after buying the last shop he could go to the next "attraction".
Fortunately, the souvenirs at the tourist attractions are not expensive, and someone will reimburse you when you return.
The window of the last shop was very small and there was nothing displayed.
The door was open and he walked in.
Following behind him was still the nobleman who treated money as if it were not money.
The servant behind him was carrying a lot of bags.
He took a breath before he came in, and the sound was so loud that Censor Li thought it was obvious that he had failed.
First of all, the last shop is very cool. It is so cool even with the doors and windows open. There must be a lot of ice in it.
Secondly, there were many candles lit in the last shop, but it was not glaring because there was a beautiful lampshade covered outside.
There is no spiral well pattern on the lampshade, but auspicious clouds of the same form. There is a "cloud" character above the auspicious clouds and a "city" character below. In the lower right corner is a very small green mountain, which can only be seen when you are close.
Then, there are things placed individually against the wall.
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