As the saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials!
Moreover, the waiter in the shop was afraid that he might accidentally offend these officials, and he wouldn't know what happened to him.
What's more, I just said those complaining words.
At this time, the waiter just wanted to leave here as soon as possible to avoid having anything to do with these people.
But at this moment, he was murmuring in his heart. Pingshou County is the westernmost point in Bashu. In other words, it is a place where the sky is high and the roads are far away. What official would come to this place?
Because they often interact with others, the officials of all sizes in Pingshou County and the waiters can basically recognize them. It is a pity that they are not. Could it be that they came from the state capital, or even belonged to the third division?
Those high-ranking officials discovered what was going on in Pingshou County, so they specially sent some high-ranking people to conduct a private visit incognito to investigate and collect evidence?
This is not something that a common man like him can participate in.
The waiter had a premonition in his mind that the Pingshou County Post Office would be in trouble again.
"Why is it like this? I just want to spend this life quietly!"
The waiter couldn't help but go crazy in his heart. He looked at the ingot of official silver in his hand and said to himself:
"It's all the fault of money!"
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"What happened to the waiter in the shop? He suddenly seemed like a different person. When he saw us, it was as if he had seen a ghost?"
Zhu Gaoying and Su Wu were sitting in a room, sipping the tea given by the store and frowning.
"Bah, I'd better bring some tea to drink next time!"
"I'm also very confused about this. Could it be that he discovered some clues?"
But that shouldn’t be the case. Have His Majesty and I’s faces become known to everyone?
At the same time, Su Wu, who had calmed down, carefully reviewed what the waiter said, and it seemed that what he said was right.
Just like what Your Majesty said just now, no matter whether the world rises or falls, the people who suffer the most are the people at the bottom.
"Forget it, just let him go. This time we are here to observe the local people's sentiments and inspect the actions of local officials!"
Pingshou County is a relatively remote location in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It has high and steep mountains, a sparse population, and many foreign ethnic groups. It can clearly reflect the situation in the border area and between the ethnic minorities and the Ming Dynasty.
After a while, I saw two maids walking in carrying plates and food.
"Two of you, the upper room where our guests will stay for three days includes three meals. They are all specialties of our Pingshou County. The guests can try them!"
When the staple food was served, Zhu Gaotian smelled a rich milk aroma.
"A few people from out of town may not know much about these local foods. Let me introduce it to the two officials."
"No need, it's not my first time in Western Sichuan. I've eaten a lot of butter tea and tsampa!"
Taking two maids, they saw that Zhu Gaotian looked very familiar with these foods and stopped talking. Even Su Wu on the side concealed that in the late night, His Majesty the Emperor had never been to western Sichuan during his previous southern expedition. How could he recognize these things?
Weird food?
"This beef and oyster cow yogurt tastes really good, you can try it!"
Different from the yak jerky and yak yogurt of later generations, what Zhu Gaotian now sees is a purely natural delicacy without any additives, retaining the most original flavor.
"These things are not available in Nanjing. As for this kind of loquat meat, there is something similar in Nanjing, but the taste of the two is very different, each has its own flavor!"
Su Wu was even more surprised. He originally thought that Zhu Gaoying was just pretending, but he didn't expect that what he said was so clear and logical, as if he was really familiar with the customs here!
Is it possible that His Majesty originally wanted to make a private visit in Western Sichuan and happened to judge the bandits on the way, so he had done his homework in advance?
Otherwise there is no way to explain it!
"What are you doing standing there, eating?"
Although Zhu Gaojing and Su Wu were used to eating big fish and meat on weekdays, these days they shared the joys and sorrows with the officers and soldiers, and all they ate were dry and crumbled cornbread.
This made them both cry.
It wasn't until the two maids withdrew that Su Wu whispered:
"Fourth Young Master, haven't you already made preparations for a long life?"
But Zhu Gaoyan shook his head,
"It's just that I'm in a better mood today. It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. If it weren't for Mr. Su's plan in the morning, I'm afraid... I might not even be able to sleep today!"
"As for these things, they are what I read in some classics when I was a child. I didn't expect that I would be able to use them when I came to Chuanxi today."
"I see!"
Su Wu nodded. His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince was not popular when he was young, and no one cared about what he was always doing in the palace.
From today's perspective, His Highness the Fourth Prince must have read tens of thousands of poems and books at that time, which is why he has such insight and courage now.
"As the saying goes, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Whatever is recorded in the books, I will definitely reach it!"
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"After checking it out, are you sure these people are from Nanjing?"
"Yes, that's what they said when we brought them food, and that young man seems to have been to the land of western Sichuan more than once!"
When the innkeeper heard what the maid said, he immediately stood up from his chair, pacing back and forth in the room with his expression changing.
Nanjing, Western Sichuan, these are the two places in the extreme east and west of the Ming Dynasty!
"Officials from Nanjing, why did they come to Western Sichuan? And... that young man has been to Western Sichuan more than once?"
"There is no news of new officials taking office in Shouxian County and its surrounding areas at the end of the day?"
"Is it possible that the imperial court has already discovered it?"
"Impossible, none of these currencies have flowed out of Western Sichuan, and the currencies here are very mixed, so it is impossible to alarm the capital!"
The innkeeper was already sweating on his forehead. Not long after he got into this business, he met an official of unknown origin. Could he not be anxious?
You asked him what he was anxious about?
Of course it’s the money in hand!
Due to the chaos of war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many different and short-lived forces emerged, and most of them issued a currency.
Nowadays, the whole of Sichuan and Shu, especially in the western Sichuan area, is a situation where multiple currencies are traded at the same time.
The sky is high here and the roads are far away, so it is difficult for the emperor to notice this borderland. Coupled with the transactions with other countries, it is very normal for multiple currencies to appear in Western Sichuan at one time.
It is very difficult to identify the authenticity of various currencies of different specifications. However, some merchants and officials in western Sichuan saw this opportunity and made a plan to create money.
That is to integrate forces and privately print counterfeit currency!