Xincheng Railway Station, South District, Beijing.
Li Nanshan and Wang Qi walked out of the train station and looked at the huge square in front of them that was bustling with people coming and going. Then they looked at the high-rise buildings around them and the spacious, yet extremely busy concrete roads that extended in all directions.
On the road, you can see luxurious four-wheel carriages, brisk bicycles, and human-powered rickshaws, which have become increasingly popular recently.
I don’t know which rickshaw company was the first to launch this kind of rickshaw. It relies on people to pull it. It is very light and convenient. It has quickly become a favorite of many people in the capital who are somewhat wealthy but cannot afford a four-wheeled carriage.
Seeing the two scholars Li Nanshan and Wang Qi, followed by a scholar, the masters of several more vans immediately pulled the van up and said: "Two old people, please take my car~"
"This is the capital!"
“It’s really lively!”
Li Nanshan and Wang Qi were still looking around carefully at this time, looking at every place in the capital with great interest.
"That's a bicycle, right? It's very rare on our side of the river. I've only heard of it before, but I haven't seen it before. I didn't expect that you can see it very casually here in the capital."
Wang Qi pointed to a bicycle traveling on the road and said.
"That's right. There are very few of them here in Nanyun Province. I only saw them once in Dongji Port."
Li Nanshan also nodded and said.
At this time, the two heard the words of the rickshaw master and looked at the other rickshaw masters around them. The rickshaws had only appeared for a short time and had only become popular in the Beijing-Tianjin area in the past few months. Therefore, the two of them
People still don’t understand.
"Can I sit in this car?"
Wang Qi looked at the rickshaw in front of him. It had two big wheels, one in the middle, cushions, and a retractable parasol.
"Haha, Master Juren, of course you can sit here."
"It must be your first time coming to the capital. This is a rickshaw that has only become popular in recent months."
"It's very cheap. As long as it's not too far away, it only costs ten cents. If it's farther away, it only costs twenty cents."
The rickshaw master explained with a smile.
"Oh, that's it~"
When Wang Qi and Li Nanshan heard this, they understood immediately. They thought about it and said, "Where do people who come to the capital to participate in the examination usually stay?"
"You've asked the right person. An hour ago, I took a Juren master from Shandong to the Royal Hotel in Beijing. Now the Juren masters who come to the capital to take the exam usually stay in high-end hotels."
"I heard from the two Juren masters that they must be from the Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyun and other places, that is, they are scholars who are going to take the Dongbang exam. Now the Home Inn in Beijing has the largest gathering of Dongbang candidates.
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"There are many great people who came from all over the Ming Dynasty, and many of them are not Han Chinese."
"If you two go anywhere, it only costs twenty coins!"
The rickshaw master smiled and said in detail.
"Brother Li, how about we try this rickshaw?"
After Wang Qi heard this, he discussed it with Li Nanyun.
"Okay, let's try this rickshaw~"
Li Nanshan nodded cheerfully, and soon the two of them got into a rickshaw, and the book boy followed behind and headed towards the Home Inn in Beijing.
When you sit on a rickshaw, you don't feel any bumps. The tires of the rickshaw are made of rubber, just like the tires of bicycles. In addition, driving on the cement road is very smooth and comfortable.
Looking at everything around, the neatly planned roads, the greening is quite good, the constant flow of traffic and people, the tall buildings, everything is very fresh, which makes Li Nanyun and Wang Qi look at it with gusto.
Soon, the rickshaw stopped at the entrance of the Home Inn in Beijing, and the two of them quickly paid and walked into the hotel.
Just in the rest area of the hotel lobby, the two of them saw a lot of people dressed like scholars. They were shaking their heads and chatting, or they were gathered in groups and arguing about something.
Then when you take a closer look, you will feel slightly surprised.
Because these people have huge differences in appearance.
There were tall people like Li Nanyun, with tall noses and deep eyes. These were scholars from the Western Regions, Nanyun and other places. They gathered together and tied up their hair of various colors.
There are also scholars from the Nanyang region who are short in stature, have dark skin, prominent cheekbones, and long pointed monkey cheeks. Even if they are wearing long robes and jade pendants, they look a bit nondescript. However, they speak Ming Dynasty very well and are eloquent.
Well, he was chatting and knowledgeable, so many scholars gathered around him.
There are also scholars from the grasslands, who still have the toughness of the grassland people. They roll up their sleeves and reveal the expensive watches they are wearing.
Well, the income of the herdsmen on the grassland is quite high. The cattle, sheep and horses can be sold more easily than the Han people in the pass. These scholars from the grassland are naturally representatives of them. The jade hairpins on their foreheads
, the jade pendant and jade belt around his waist, and the expensive and unrivaled watch on his wrist, all of which exude a sense of heroism to the people around him.
Scholars from various tribes in the Ming Dynasty were chatting and calling each other brothers and sisters.
It is a rare fate to be able to take the imperial examination together. To use the usual saying of Ming literati, they are at the same time. If they can become officials in the government in the future, they still have to help each other.
Seeing the newcomers Li Nanyun and Wang Qi, someone immediately came forward to greet them enthusiastically. The two asked the book boy to go through the check-in procedures, and they quickly started chatting with the scholars who had arrived first.
"Everyone, this is Brother Wang Qi from Hezhong, and this is Brother Li Nanyun from Nanyun~"
Tian Feng, who had dark skin and came from Nanyang Province, very enthusiastically introduced Li Nanyun and Wang Qi to the scholars present. At the same time, he also introduced the scholars present to them one by one.
He is Tian Feng, a native of Nanyang Province. It is said that one of his brothers passed the Jinshi exam three years ago and is now a county magistrate here in the Western Regions.
There is also Ruan Wenjie from Jiaozhi, who is also a local aboriginal. However, it is said that he was Jieyuan in the rural examination of Jiaozhi Province this time. He is very talented in literature and has a lot of knowledge. His family is a well-known local family, with several large plantations and a dedicated family.
The business that sells Nanyang fruits to the Beijing-Tianjin area has a pretty good family background.
Li Ming, who comes from Xianglin, has a dark appearance and short stature, but it is said that his family has several large plantations and he is a generous person. He has already decided to invite everyone to Wangyue Tower to discuss poetry to the moon in the evening.
Yun Tiantian comes from the northern grasslands. His family is the leader of a certain grassland tribe. Although he is a grassland person, he grew up here in Tianjin. Everything is no different from the Han people. He is generous and has already agreed. Wait.
After high school, everyone went to the grassland to eat roasted whole lamb.
There is also Wu Lang from Liaodong. He is Han, but his family used to be poor. But after immigrating to Liaodong, his family reclaimed thousands of acres of land with cultivators, and they can sell a lot of grain every year.
With the money, he brought everyone some ginseng and deer antlers from Liaodong.
He also hinted that if there are too many women in the family and it is too much to bear, you can tell him that he can ask Liaodong to send more wild ginseng and deer antlers to replenish his body.
There is also Wu Yi from Huangjin Continent. His father was one of the first explorers to go to Huangjin Continent. He owns several gold mines, several silver mines and thousands of acres of land in Huangjin Continent. He is considered the richest among them all.
Already.
He gave everyone a vivid description of what happened on the Golden Continent. Of course it was fake that there was gold all over the place, but there was indeed a lot of gold on the Golden Continent. He once went to the Aztec Kingdom and saw a building made of gold.
The pyramid is shining with golden light.
There is also Pei Wenqing from Australia, who brought a lot of kangaroo meat jerky to everyone. It is said that kangaroo meat can nourish yin and yang, and is particularly useful for various effects. It is now a key product exported by Australia, not only in the Ming Dynasty.
It is very popular and sells well all over the world.
As a result, there have been pastures dedicated to breeding kangaroos in Australia, and Pei Wenqing's family has several large pastures in Australia, some of which are used to graze cattle, sheep and horses, and some of which are specifically used to breed kangaroos.
Pei Wenqing enthusiastically took out the kangaroo meat jerky to share with everyone. Li Nanyun and Wang Qi couldn't eat it when they smelled the fishy smell emanating from the dried meat.
But Pei Wenqing said that this is what kangaroo meat is. The more fishy it is, the better it is at nourishing yin and replenishing yang. Kangaroo meat without a fishy smell is fake kangaroo meat and has no special effects.
Hearing what Pei Wenqing said, everyone tasted it doubtfully. The taste was similar to beef jerky, but the fishy smell was stronger. It would be much better with some chili.
Li Nanyun listened carefully to Tian Feng's introduction to the contemporaries present. They all came from all over the world, from the distant Golden Continent and Australia to come to the capital to take the exam. It is said that Wu Yi and Pei Wenqing took the boat for several months.
Just arrived in Tianjin.
Liaodong, grasslands, Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyun, Nanyang, Jiaozhi, Xianglin... They are all from far and wide. It is really fate to be able to get together. Soon they called each other brothers and sisters, lamenting the magic of fate, and expressed their feelings one after another.
Please cherish this opportunity.
We get together this time, and after we separate, we still don’t know when we can get together next time, so we are getting better and better. During this time in the capital, everyone should get together, chat, and cherish it.
