The carriage slowly started.

The carriage was equipped with a sheepskin water bag and a wash bag. After Zhu Houzhao wiped her face clean with a wet bag, she still muttered freely, her face full of dissatisfaction.

"What did the prince meet before?" Chen Xi asked.

"I saw my second uncle delivering something to Eunuch Liu. I really wanted to go up and expose them. Eunuch Liu ate mine and drank mine. He actually got so close to my second uncle. When I got back, I had to send someone to beat him!"

Zhu Houzhao became more and more angry as she spoke, and her small fists were clenched tightly.

Zhu Shan was confused when she heard this. She looked at the naughty child next to her who had returned to her original appearance, and her eyes seemed to be asking, Who is your second uncle?

Chen Xi smiled. He had expected that Zhang Yanling would win over the people around the prince. In addition to letting these people take good care of his nephew, he also knew that these people would gain power after the prince ascended the throne. Emperors of the Ming Dynasty were still very dependent on the attendants of the Eastern Palace.

Zhang Yanling also wanted to let Liu Jin be his eyeliner. He could know what the prince had and what delicious food and fun things he thought of.

Although Zhang Yanling's ability to do big things is far less than that of his brother, he is very good at flattering.

"No need to blame, this is the norm." Chen Xi smiled faintly and said, "On the holidays, even the palace will give gifts to the lecturers of the East Palace."

Zhu Houzhao was a little dissatisfied and pouted, saying, "That means you have accepted it too?"

Chen Xidao: "I'll talk about these things later."

Chen Xi cannot be said to be confiscated, because everyone in the Zhanshi Mansion has a share, so he is naturally no exception. He accepted it with a smile when the emperor gave it to him. As for the Zhang brothers, he was in stock all of them. Even if they were eaten by insects, he would not use a single cent.

This is a matter of principle!

But in the eyes of naughty children, there is only the concept of good and evil, right and wrong, and there is no gray boundary. Many things cannot be explained clearly to him. These can only be taught subtly.

Not far from Dong'anmen Street, Zhu Houzhao was attracted by the scenery outside the window. It was not that the scenery along the way was beautiful, but that there were so many people of all kinds on the street, some set up stalls, some fortune tellers, some performers, and some bargained together.

These are all strange scenes that Zhu Houzhao had never seen before, which made him feel very novel.

"Who are these people? Are they doing business? I heard that there are many merchants in the capital who travel around the world."

"Yes." Chen Xi nodded.

"But why don't they sell things in the house? What should I do if the goods are blown away by the wind on the street?" Zhu Houzhao was a little worried.

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There are various ways of buying and selling in the market, and it does not necessarily have to be carried out in shops. You can barter and even carry loads. There are also some people who do business that is not fundamental."

"What does it mean to have no business?" Zhu Houzhao blinked her innocent big eyes.

He can be regarded as a ghost in the palace, but when he comes to the world of ordinary people outside, he is just a Chu brother and has only a slight understanding of everything.

"It is just abducting and stealing. These people are in the market and don't do anything, just waiting to steal and defraud others of their money for a living." Chen Xidao.

"Does the government care?" Zhu Houzhao was confused. Didn't he say that the house would not be closed at night in a peaceful and prosperous era? There were thieves and liars?

Chen Xidao: "The government can manage it, but it won't be too obvious, because these people also have forces behind them, and they will even be sheltered and indulged by the government."

Chen Xi came up and told Zhu Houzhao some things in the gray area. Where could the little guy understand these? However, these things had a significant impact on his previous worldview.

The little guy started to think with his head on his back.

"Then I told my father to take care of them!" Zhu Houzhao's fists clenched tightly again.

Chen Xi cleared his throat and found that Zhu Shan didn't pay attention to what he said at all, so he corrected it: "Don't forget your current identity, father-in-law."

Zhu Houzhao stuck out her tongue and smiled, "Then take me to the market to see it. I want to experience those fun things."

Chen Xi shook his head: "Before playing, change your clothes first. It will be inconvenient for you to wear the clothes in the palace."

Zhu Houzhao followed Chen Xi's words, took off her coat, and put on the clothes prepared in the car randomly. She looked just an ordinary rich young man. Because her clothes didn't fit, she was a bit of a nouveau riche.

"Why doesn't it fit?" Zhu Houzhao complained.

"Some of them are good to wear. Do you really want to tailor clothes for you? Remember to call yourself me after you go out and don't mention anything else about the court."

Chen Xi said again what he had reiterated many times.

Zhu Houzhao looked a little impatient: "I understand."

Chen Xi planned to let Zhu Houzhao stay outside the palace for no more than an hour, so he did not dare to take Zhu Houzhao to a place too far away.

After leaving Dong'anmen, you are Nanxunfang, and heading east along Dong'anmen Street, and then you will reach Jinyu Hutong.

Not far north, there is the Baofang Hutong, a famous "Leopard Hutong" after Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, the initiator was still sitting in a carriage, like a small tourist who visited the tour group in later generations, enjoying the scenery along the way through the carriage windows.

The one Chen Xi wanted to take Zhu Houzhao to Dongsi Pailou, and walked around there and found a restaurant to eat. This time, it would be a perfect and auspicious thing to leave the palace.

Dongsi Pailou is located at the westernmost end of Chaoyangmen Street in the capital, surrounded by Longfu Temple and Yanfu Palace, with all kinds of people, and is considered a very prosperous and lively area in Dongcheng.

When he arrived at the place, Chen Xi helped Zhu Houzhao get out of the car, and the naughty child immediately raised his arms and cheered.

This is the first time he has had the opportunity to walk out of the palace ten years ago, just like a prisoner who just came out of a cell, everything he saw was fresh.

Chen Xi invited people to come up and look forward to people. The Dongsi side was complicated, but nearby were the Dongcheng Bingma and Zhongcheng Bingma and Zhongcheng Bingma and the Public Security Bureau. The public security was relatively good. Chen Xi took him to see the prosperity of the city, but he didn't want the naughty children to see the chaotic environment of a city like Chongwenmen too early.

The naughty child originally planned to give some gifts to the people he met along the way, but he found that these people were wearing very different clothes from what he imagined. There was no silk, silk, and even fine cloth clothes. Most of them were worn in tatters, which made Zhu Houzhao feel disgusted when he saw it.

"I didn't pay attention just now, why do they dress like beggars?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

"Is this a beggar? What is that?" Chen Xi pointed to the ragged beggar who was begging with a stick in the corner of the street.

In a prosperous place like the capital, there are inevitably people who need government relief. Of course, there are more professional beggars, that is, those who come out to beg during the day, but when they get home at night, they change into ordinary clothes and live a normal life.

Chen Xi is a time traveler and will not have much pity for these people. Of course, many of them do need help, but with his ability, he may be able to help one or two, but he cannot fundamentally change anything. This society will still produce more beggars.

It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish!

Only when the administration is clear and peaceful, the country is prosperous and the people are at peace can the emergence of beggars be eliminated.

Zhu Houzhao looked at it and looked bad, muttering: "My uncle always tells me how good the world is under the rule of the father, but in places like the capital, there are people who are even worse than beggars."

Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood, but when she saw so many people so pitiful, her mood suddenly became depressed.

Chen Xi thought to himself that this little guy actually has a bit of compassion.

But when he went to the street to buy things, Zhu Houzhao immediately changed into a hilarious look, and even a little arrogant and domineering, which made many people look at him, thinking who was the stinky brat who came to the street to play wildly?

"Young Master, you should take a break now. Didn't you say you want to eat delicious food?" Chen Xi said.

"Let's play for a while, but there seems to be nothing fun around here. Take me to another place." Zhu Houzhao's face full of hope.

Chen Xi shook his head: "If the news leaked from the palace is revealed, I don't know how many people will be killed. Even I may not be spared."

"It's okay, I'll protect you, and I will never give you up. Don't worry, I'm the most loyal." Zhu Houzhao said while patting her chest.

"Okay, a real man promises a thousand gold." Chen Xi stretched out his hand.

Zhu Houzhao remembered the stories of heroes he had heard, and hurriedly reached out and patted Shen Xi heavily, saying with a serious look: "I am also a real man."

After visiting a few more shops, Zhu Houzhao was tired. After all, he had never walked outside before. He needed a rest if he walked a few more steps.

Chen Xi found a luxuriously decorated teahouse and stopped to rest. Just as he was about to enter, he suddenly saw a bunch of people gathered in front of him. The naughty child's eyes lit up and he went into the crowd without saying a word. As long as there is a lively place, he will be inseparable from him.

"Come on, nothing will happen!" Chen Xili shouted.

When I entered, I saw a crowd surrounding a girl with a finger. The girl was wearing a mourning uniform and a grass on her head, but she was "selling her body to bury her father."

This girl looks like a ** year old. Although her body is dirty, her little face has been washed and she is very pretty. She is crying at this moment, looking pitiful, and she swept her with grass behind her back.

Although the severe drought in the Central Plains has passed, it will take more than a month to wait for summer grain to come out before fundamentally improving the famine. It is not uncommon for such a thing as selling oneself to bury your father in the capital. If in winter, victims who died of freezing and starvation are often found on the corners of the street, the government will just transport the bodies away and throw them into the mass graves outside the city.

"What is she doing?" Zhu Houzhao asked Chen Xi with her little head turned to her side.

"Don't recognize words?" Chen Xi said coldly.

"What are you selling?" Because the words are written on the ground with a wooden stick, they are crooked and slanted, and look very sloppy, Zhu Houzhao can only see one "sell" clearly, so he asked again.

Someone next to him was dissatisfied: "Who has a dead child? Is it necessary to ask? Who is the one who has nothing to do to put a grass on his head?"

If someone else taught Zhu Houzhao this lesson on weekdays, the brat would have gone crazy, but now he is more eager to learn. He looked at Chen Xi expectantly: "What do you sell?"

Chen Xidao: "This is selling oneself to bury her father. As long as you pay to bury her father, she will follow you."

"Follow me? There are so many people around me, what do you want her to do?" Zhu Houzhao looked disdainful.

Chen Xi sighed lightly. He used to think that selling his husband and his father were things in the play, but after the Ming Dynasty, he realized that this was a customary convention in the market.

The backwardness of production tools is destined to be a man in society, and supporting his family depends mainly on men. If this little girl's father falls ill, his father will definitely tell him before he dies that he will not care about me after he dies and sell himself. This is to hope that his daughter will have a good meal in the future. As for how her life is and how her social status is, it is not something that a father who is about to die can afford.

As for selling your body to bury your husband, the same is true. If you give some money to bury someone, I will go with you. In fact, I will rely on you to make a living and repay you for having children.

Lin Dai's situation is actually very similar to the girl in front of him. If Zhou hadn't taken it in, the thin-faced girl might have starved to death long ago.

"If you don't buy it, don't stand in front and block others." Chen Xi reminded.

"Then can't I buy it? How much does it cost?" Zhu Houzhao slapped her chest and said proudly.

Who told us to be rich?

My dad is rich all over the world. When I go out, I always have to buy some things as souvenirs. How happy is it to buy a living person?

Chen Xi pulled him and whispered: "What kind of hero do you want to show off? How do you raise it if you buy it? Send it to the palace to serve you as a palace maid?"

:The first update is here!
Chapter completed!