Compared with other places in the empire, the pace of life in Longdu City is obviously much faster, but it is too slow compared to the city where Zhang Xiaowu lived in his previous life. He sat at a street tea stall and watched the lives of the people with interest.
, feeling everyone’s busyness and leisure, I actually feel that being more and more immersed in this period is the real life.
Life used to be slow and so busy that people forgot about time.
And Zhang Xiaowu's life is becoming more and more "ancient", and even his thoughts are becoming more and more "ancient", and he even has the "dirty and sinful" idea of "three wives and four concubines" in his mind. He is not like other time-travelers, I
It is the ambition that princes, generals and ministers must take over for the emperor. There is no invention to promote social progress, nor the lofty idea of turning imperialism into communism.
He always believed that he was an ordinary person, an ordinary person who could live for himself and for his friends. He liked the life of ordinary people and longed for ordinary life, although he did not remember how many people he had killed or how many people he had killed.
How many battles have he fought? If one day he says to his men: "I want to be a common man, I don't like killing, I love peace." I'm afraid his men will hug him and cry bitterly: "General, you are crazy.
Right? What disease do you have? Can it be cured? "
A porter was carrying two loads of goods. The basket on the left contained tofu, and the basket on the right contained live animals, probably chickens and ducks. He moved with nimble steps as if walking through the waves and shuttled among the people, shouting: "I'm sorry."
Sorry, make way, make way, disturb, disturb."
An old man selling candy was surrounded by a group of children. Child A said: "He wants a horse!" Child B said: "I want a snake." Child A said: "You want a horse." Child B said:
"But I am a snake." Child A said: "
Idiot, the candy man of the horse has more sugar." Child B suddenly realized that he wanted a horse. The old man selling the candy man laughed and drew a big horse for them. The two children happily held the candy horse.
You take a lick and I take a lick and leave.
The two veiled girls were laughing and talking in a low voice, and from time to time they secretly looked at the passing scholars, so bold.
A naked little boy was running and was knocked down by a stone on the ground. He immediately lay on the ground covering his face and crying loudly. An angry woman ran over, picked him up first, and then hugged him fiercely.
I gave him a few slaps on the butt, scolded him loudly for his frivolous behavior, and then I took the braid on the little boy's head and dragged him home.
Zhang Xiaowu laughed loudly when he saw it. When he was a child, his parents carried him home by the collar like this. This kind of life atmosphere made him feel the beauty of life.
"Life should be so beautiful." He said to himself.
The tea patron next to him felt that there was a mental patient sitting next to him and hurriedly hid far away.
While I was drinking tea, several people in red hats came over with arrogant teeth. People around me gave in. Several vendors and merchants hurriedly took out their money. Dr. Tea also hurriedly walked over and handed out copper coins with a smile. Several people took out the money.
Then they collected them one by one and walked away in a big way.
After the red hats had gone away, Zhang Xiaowu called Dr. Cha (the waiter) and asked them about their identities and whether they were robbers. Dr. Cha said with a grimace: "Although they are not robbers, they are more powerful than robbers.
They are the helpers of Longdu Prefecture's Yamen. Longdu Prefecture requires that stalls in the shops charge three cents for tea every day. Only after paying three cents for tea are they allowed to set up stalls and do business in the shops."
Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly asked: "Why does the Longdu Mansion Yamen charge tea fees? Are they short of tea? Why have I never heard of such tea fees in the Shenghan Empire?"
Dr. Tea explained: "This tea fee is the cost of the Longdu Mansion Yamen to protect everyone's safety and clean up the debris and stolen goods on the ground. It's not expensive at all."
Zhang Xiaowu was puzzled: "Has there always been such a tea fee? I'm sorry, Dr. Tea, I'm a foreigner, and we don't have a tea fee there? There are so many rules in Longdu, and setting up a stall still requires a tea fee."
"I can tell that you are from Yongzhou, and your accent is a bit like Yongzhou." The tea doctor laughed and continued, "Actually, the tea fee rule in Longdu Prefecture did not exist before, and it only appeared this year.
Previously, the imperial court set up silver-clad guards to maintain law and order in Longdu Prefecture, and the yamen of Longdu Prefecture were only responsible for solving cases such as murder and robbery. But since
After the elimination of the Yin Yiwei, there was no one to manage the place, so the Longdu Prefecture government officials took over the management of Longdu City on behalf of the Yin Yiwei. However, there were only a few government officials in Longdu Prefecture, so the Longdu Prefecture Yin ordered to recruit many helpers.
.Since these helpers appeared, there has been this tea fee. I heard that the salary of these helpers is our tea fee."
"That's it." Zhang Xiaowu nodded. This should be regarded as market management fee. He asked again: "Now that the silver guards are back, isn't it that the government servants' help is useless?"
Dr. Tea curled his lips and gloated: "My guest, you know a lot. You even know about the Silver Guards. Just wait and see the show. Just the tea fee is at least three hundred taels of silver per day.
!So there will definitely be a conflict between the Yin Yiwei and the Yamen Guards, and then we will see who is more powerful. I believe that the Longdu Mansion Yamen is more powerful than the Yin Yiwei."
"Oh?" Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "What should I say? Why do you believe that the silver-clad guard is not good?"
Dr. Cha shook his head and said: "I didn't say that the silver-clad guards are not good. Those silver-clad guards are definitely not vegetarians, but where is the Yamen of Longdu Prefecture? Do you know who is the governor of Longdu Prefecture now? That was the left prime minister of the dynasty.
His proud disciple, his senior brothers and sisters are all over the government and the public.
No matter how powerful the Yiwei is, he is just a dragon crossing the river. If the dragon crossing the river wants to avoid starving to death, it cannot offend the local snake. As long as Lord Fu Yin gives an order, saying that the grain shops in the whole city are not allowed to sell to banks.
Yiwei food, Yinyiwei people will soon starve to death?"
Zhang Xiaowu smiled slightly, turned and left.
The silver-clad guards took back all the households in one move, which was no less than a military coup. If the seven thousand men were not well-trained, they would have been frightened to death by the opponent. And through this thunderous method, the dragon capital was also
The major forces once again warn not to underestimate the Silver Guards
, let alone Zhang Xiaowu. But Longdu is more complicated and troublesome than imagined. The personnel relationships are complex and the social situation is complicated. Many people are clinging to the gentry and bureaucratic system of Longdu, resulting in an intricate network of relationships. Many things
One shot moves the whole body.
"Let the storm come more violently." Zhang Xiaowu said to himself.