Chapter 56(1/2)
Xu Xianchun came when the sun was still old, and brought a large group of guards in royal robes. There were flying fish clothes and embroidered spring knives all over the inside and outside of the post house. The post guards in the post house were so frightened that they hid in the house and could not come out, as if they had seen a cat or a mouse.
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Li Xiao was very uncomfortable with it. It was difficult for him to put a smile on his face. Xu Xianchun, who was a world-famous and extremely heroic man, was like the person in "History of the Ming Dynasty" who was spurned by the sun and the moon and took the dregs of heaven and earth. He also liked to take people's throat bones.
Li Xiaolao felt that when Xu Xianchun looked at him, he was staring at his throat bone. It made his throat tight and very uncomfortable.
In fact, Li Xiao has been living in tangle for the past two days. What he is experiencing now is so different from what is in the history books.
The gentlemen in the history books simply overturned his understanding. Take Zhao Nanxing and Li Sancai for example, he is not only old-fashioned but also mean. As long as he is not a member of the Donglin Party, they want to knock him to the ground with a stick.
If you step on it, you will never be able to stand up again.
As long as you are a member of the Donglin Party, no matter what your ability or conduct is. If there is a vacancy, you will be expelled. If something happens, you will be guaranteed death. Anyway, in their eyes, as long as the Donglin Party members are good people, everyone else is a bastard.
Egg.
The Donglin Party has good and understanding people like Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian, but there are also bastards like Li Sancai. On the surface, they are all upright officials, as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, but if they really find out, the land bought by my hometown can build a city.
They are all wealthy, standard big landowners.
Zhao Nanxing is not clean either. His land in his hometown will be rich even if he eats it for three lifetimes, not to mention his whole life.
If you don't pay taxes on the basis of your fame and status, you are buying land at your own risk. Everyone is extremely rich, but the country's tax revenue is getting less and less every year.
Sometimes Li Xiao even feels that the Donglin Party controls the government just to implement the policy of not paying taxes forever. To prevent the common people from having a chance to stand up, it would be better for the whole world to work for scholars.
What is the exploiting class? These scum in the Donglin Party are the exploiting class. *** The landlords he talks about are the group of people who need to be criticized.
But if you look back at Eunuch Wei, Mao Wenlong has the credit. He reported it to the emperor without saying anything. Let’s not mention the motive. It is better than Wang Huazhen pretending to take the credit!
When Mao Wenlong first arrived, he not only sent someone to deliver a bag of golden melon seeds, but also arranged for his younger brother to eat, drink and entertain him. Such a person...can you think that he is a bad person?
He gave money to serve as an official and had a good attitude towards others. If Li Xiao didn't have the education instilled in his head by later generations, he would also think that Eunuch Wei was a good leader like Ao Canghai and Mao Wenlong.
The concepts in his mind always made him feel close to the Donglin Party, a positive figure, but the reality was that he could not get close to his family. Faced with Li Xiao's overtures, Zhao Nanxing, the leader of the Donglin Party, refused.
The eunuch who despises and hates him in his mind is really too good to me. He treats me to food, drinks, entertainment, takeaways, money and official positions. Only a fool would not like to be close to Eunuch Wei!
This kind of torture almost caused Li Xiao to have a split personality!
Now Li Xiao just wants to finish things quickly and leave the capital. He needs time to think about what is going on?
"Mr. Li! Mr. Li!"
"Brother Xiao, what are you thinking about?"
Ao Canghai pushed Li Xiao and pushed the distracted Li Xiao out of his confusion.
"Oh! I was distracted just now because I was thinking about something."
"Haha! Boss Li, are we going to Mr. Cui's house now?" Xu Xianchun said with a smile.
"Oh! OK!"
Ao Canghai and Xu Xianchun were in the front, Mao Wenlong was in the middle, and Li Xiao was in the back. Surrounded by a large group of royal guards, the group left the post house in a grand manner.
If it weren't for Xu Xianchun's humble attitude, people who didn't know better would have thought that Mr. Mao was captured by the Jin Yiwei.
"Brother is gone!" Seeing Li Xiao and the others get on the carriage, Li Hu suddenly rushed back to the yard and cheered.
"Then what are you waiting for? The boss is going to have a drink. Let's leave quickly."
A few people changed their clothes and slipped out through the back door. Spring has begun and the days are getting longer, and it gets dark much later. Those who do business on the street, those who buy and sell, have not yet confiscated their stalls. It is those who are shopping.
Good times!
Li Hu and the others are all young men, and they have been holding back in Pidao for a long time. In the colorful world of the capital, how can they endure it. Li Xiao has been watching closely these days, and they have no time to sneak out.
Just kidding. Now that Li Xiao is not here, what are you waiting for if you don’t leave your account at this time?
Li Hu had never been anywhere since he was a child, and the most prosperous city he had ever been to was Liaoyang. He had fled there, and his mood at that time was completely different from what it is now.
The remaining few boys are all children from the countryside of Shandong. Only two of them have been to Pyongyang, but they are unfamiliar with that place. Besides, how can Pyongyang compare with the capital of the Ming Dynasty! Not to mention the rest, they are the biggest I have ever seen
The city is the county seat.
The capital is bustling, and there are all kinds of businesses. I heard that the overpass is the liveliest place, so a few guys rented a carriage and went straight to the overpass.
"Tiger! Look, you're playing monkey!"
"What's so good about playing monkey, tiger? There are some who fall over there."
"Huzi, there's a stall over there. What's that? It looks delicious."
"There are some opera singers over there!"
When we arrived at the overpass, our eyes were almost exhausted. There were jugglers and snack sellers everywhere. There were also opera singers and wrestlers. Li Hu and his friends looked left and right, and everything they saw was new.
There were barbarian people grilling mutton skewers in a shop, and there were a dozen of them. When I saw a candy seller, each of them made one too. These young men had no shortage of money. They paid their own troops, and they usually did it in Pidao.
There is no expense. The most you can do is to ask the girls to help with laundry and other expenses. The rest of the food will be taken care of, and the accommodation will be taken care of. After living in Phi Island for a long time, I don’t even want to go back home. At home.
Compared with the Phi Island, there is no comparison at all.
Walking and shopping all the way, I saw this thing was new and got greedy for that thing. A group of young people were the first to stare at the food. They were all rich people, and they didn't even ask the price when buying things.
Li Hu had no idea about money since he was a child. Speaking of it, he really didn't spend much money. When he was at home, his parents couldn't give them money at all. The family didn't have any money to give them pocket money!
After escaping, all the money was with the second eldest son, Li Xiu. If you need to spend money, you can find Li Xiu. Under normal circumstances, Li Xiu will buy the things back.
After the city of Liaoyang was destroyed, they began to flee again. After living in Pi Island, they had no need for money at all. My clothes were washed by Sister Qiao, and there was a cafeteria for food. Li Xiao was also in charge of not allowing him to drink, so his money really had nowhere to go.
After returning to the capital, I finally had a chance to spend money. Li Hu was also famous among the younger brothers, and his close buddies all called him Hu Zi. Some of the shameless ones even called him Master Hu, and he was beaten twice by Ao Canghai.
After that, no one called me that.
This is how people are. When you have been short of money since you were a child, getting money is the most important thing. When you spend money, you should also add it up!
But when you have never been short of money since you were a child, or even when you have never spent money since you were a child, your concept of money is very poor, and you don’t have much money to spend. Anyway, Li Xiao doesn’t control Li Hu’s money. Doesn’t he have more money?
There are still dozens of taels of scattered silver. The dozens of taels of silver carried by teenagers in these days are about the same as the rich people of later generations who carry a bag of money to spend. It is definitely a huge sum of money.
"Everything you eat, drink, and play today is mine!" Seeing that his brothers were reluctant to buy things, Li Hu patted his chest and took out his money bag.
"Brother Tiger is just right!"
"That's right! Apart from the boss and the second master on our island, Brother Hu is the one who takes the best care of our brothers."
"Brother Hu! I want to eat roast chicken!"
"You're worthless, how can you eat roast chicken? Mr. Hu, I asked about a roast duck shop that's very authentic."
"What does the duck have to eat...!"
"We guys are just happy to be out today. Let's go for a walk!" Li Hu waved his paw and led five or six of his younger brothers into the crowd. Buy whatever is interesting and novel, regardless of whether it is useful or not.
It’s useless, I bought it anyway if I like it.
Nancheng Tianqiao is full of people from Kuhaha backgrounds, so they really have no choice but to earn a living by performing here.
How expensive can the things in this place be? It's like going to KFC to splurge in future generations. You can eat a thousand yuan if you are exhausted. These people are like wild boars that rushed into the vegetable field and harvested like crazy. After a while, everyone
His body was covered with things.
Li Hu simply threw the money bag to his confidant Shunzi, looking for something. He said: "Shunzi, pay the bill!" Not to mention how impressive it was.
A group of seven people walked rampantly on the overpass. Rich people had smiling faces wherever they went. They all gathered around Li Hu with the things in their hands, hoping that the rich young master could buy some back.
Of course, there are also those who take the opportunity to rip off customers, but due to the consumption level of this place, even if they rip off customers, they cannot shout out prices that shock Mr. Hu.
Poverty! Limits imagination!
"You guys, this is your first time in the capital!" A clean-skinned guy with a melon cap and clean clothes approached Li Hu. He held his hands in front of him with a smile and a very good attitude.
This person looks very clean, and his clothes are also very clean. Although the charming smile on his face is a bit annoying, overall he is still the type that people are happy to accept.
"Who are you?" Li Hu was greatly influenced by Li Xiao and had a good impression of people who dressed neatly.
"Xie Facai, my friend. My friends call me Xie Youcai. I specialize in guiding people around the capital. I have all the good food and fun places in these four-nine cities in my mind. I see, you are also from a wealthy family.
My young master, if this is your first time in the capital, I can take you on a tour. It’s not expensive! I’ll take you around for one night for one tael of silver.”
Xie Youcai raised a finger and bowed his body towards Li Hu with a smile.
"One tael of silver?" Li Hu looked suspiciously up and down at Xie Youcai. This guy was cleanly dressed and behaved very politely. He didn't look like a bad guy.
"Okay! I'll give you a couple of silver. Can you really take us to eat and have fun?" Li Hu really wanted to find such a person to take him around the capital. The capital is really too big and there are so many fun things.
The overpass dazzled them, let alone other places.
They are all children from a small place. Who knows what is going on in the capital city? Just when I was worried, a guy like this came out, which was like a timely help.
"Shunzi, give me the money!" Li Hu waved his hand, and Shunzi immediately handed over a tael of silver.
"Have fun with me, and I'll give you a reward." Li Hu waved his hand, showing the nature of the nouveau riche.
Xie Youcai was so happy that he finally met a rich man tonight. From Li Hu's dress to his demeanor, Xie Youcai could tell that the child in front of him might be the young master of a rich man from the countryside somewhere. It was his first time in the capital.
This colorful world was suddenly bewildering.
"Did you hear that? Brother Hu had a great time. We also rewarded him with rewards!" Li Hu said boldly, and the younger brothers also followed suit.
"Look at it, you guys, I will definitely make you happy tonight." Xie Youcai smiled, bowed his hands, and secretly gestured to a few people not far away.
To be continued...