After New Year's Eve, Kyoto's bustling scene not only did not diminish, but actually increased again.
Before New Year's Eve, ordinary people in Kyoto are busy celebrating the New Year. Officials who came from other places did not dare to relax at all for the big meeting on the first day of the new year. After the first day of the new year, it will take a few more days to visit relatives and friends. Next,
, I will naturally live a comfortable life for a few days.
At the worst, I have to leave after the Lantern Festival and visit Kyoto thoroughly.
It's no wonder that those outsiders haven't seen the world. Today's Kyoto can be said to be changing day by day. It's very different from what they remembered in previous years. There are interesting places, but they can't see them.
In just a few days, the large and small shops and merchants in Kyoto can make a lot of money. In clothing and underwear shops, the goods are often sold out as soon as they are put out.
It's overcrowded.
If it were just Kyoto, the demand for goods wouldn't be that big. There would be many businessmen from other places or even foreign countries, who would make a lot of money by transporting the things they bought from Kyoto back and reselling them.
This also made Li Yi feel more and more that he shouldn't guard this area of Kyoto. As long as there are hooks and fences, his family's shops can bloom everywhere, without giving those black-hearted middlemen any chance to make a profit.
Li Yi sat on the bedside and hugged the little guy back who was about to fall down.
After two months, the little guy became more active, crawling around on the bed, trying to grab everything he saw, and his cry became louder. He Ruyi was not tormented by him at night.
Ruyi just coaxed him to sleep in the morning, and was forced to take him to the room to rest by Li Yi. After a while, the little guy woke up again, full of energy, and seemed like he couldn't use up all his strength.
Li Yi just sat by the bed and thought about something. The little guy fell asleep again at some point, and asked Xiao Huan to come over and look at him. Apart from Ruyi, only Xiao Huan hugged him, and he would never cry no matter how long it took.
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When I walked out of the door, I happened to see a sloppy old man limping in from the outside.
It stands to reason that although Mr. Xu is a little older, he is still a master. There are only a handful of people in the world who can hurt him, and things like walking with a sprained foot are even less likely.
It was because he had made some gains in martial arts recently, and seemed to have made a small breakthrough in his realm, that he enthusiastically approached his second uncle for a discussion. After he came out of the courtyard, he became like this.
Li Yi looked at him and said, "Mr. Xu, let's rest at home today. I'll just ask Lao Fang to accompany me out."
The old man is already like this, and if he still bothers him to accompany him, it would be suspected of abusing the old man.
"It doesn't matter." The sloppy old man shook his head and said: "The road to martial arts is already bumpy, so a small injury like this is nothing..."
Li Yi jumped forward and landed firmly on the carriage. The sloppy old man glanced at him and said with some surprise: "Have you entered the country again recently?"
Li Yi opened the car curtain, turned around and said with a smile: "Eat well, sleep well, feel good, I accidentally got in a little bit..."
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There is always no shortage of topics to talk about in Kyoto.
As people under the emperor's feet, the people of Kyoto have pride and self-confidence that people in other places do not have.
They are concerned about major political affairs, as well as the gossips and scandals of officials and dignitaries in the capital. They are also concerned about whether the soldiers on the front line have enough to eat. They are also curious about how the third master of the Cui family is better than the eldest son of the Cui family...
Especially for some people who have a very strong sense of national pride, even though they are just ordinary people, they worry about this country no less than high-ranking officials.
However, precisely because they are just white men and cannot personally participate in government affairs, some information cannot be obtained.
Therefore, Goulan has become the favorite place for these people.
In the past two days, the content of the stargazing party that was rumored to be very popular was what everyone was most interested in.
On the stage, an old storyteller was describing with great emotion how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dealt with Si Tianjian tactfully that night, and how messed up Si Tianjian was when he was wronged. Below, many people were listening intoxicated, and some were bowing their heads.
Discuss quietly.
A young man said in surprise: "What, two pieces of silver with very different weights, dropped from the same height, would fall to the ground at the same time. Shouldn't the heavier one fall first? This is too incredible..."
A young man next to him smiled and said: "If this brother doesn't believe it, you can take out two pieces of silver and try it, and you will know immediately whether what he said is true or false."
"What brother said makes sense." The young man nodded, took out an ingot of silver and a piece of broken silver from his waist, stood up, raised it to the same height, and let go at the same time.
The two pieces of silver fell so fast that he couldn't see which one hit the ground first.
But this was far from what he imagined, that the silver ingots should fall to the ground earlier than the broken silver.
A look of disbelief appeared on his face: "It's actually true..."
The young man on the side picked up the two pieces of silver from the ground, put them into his arms, and said, "Although it is a bit unbelievable, seeing is believing. We have been wrong all along."
"Yeah, I didn't expect that we have been wrong for so many years about a fact that can be verified so easily..." The young man nodded, sighed secretly, then frowned and looked at him: "That's my money."
"What's yours? I obviously picked it up!"
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In another restaurant, a man in green shirt was talking loudly, which attracted the attention of the people watching in the restaurant.
"What kind of stargazing party actually said that the earth under our feet is a big ball? It's simply ridiculous and nonsense!" Qingshan Shizi said impassionedly, drank a glass of wine, and spoke again: "Tengu swallows the sun, Tengu eats the moon,
The sages have explained this a long time ago. Could it be that we, the scholars, have always read wrong books from the sages?"
"Since ancient times, there has never been a time when a woman has been in power. She has always abandoned her authority and ignored it. Only then has she deceived and guarded her heart. The celestial signs have given warning. Now there are people who want to use such perverse theories to cover up the past. What is their motive? What is their motive?"
"If Your Majesty insists on doing this, the country will perish, the country will perish, and we, the scholars..."
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In the restaurant, some people were excited after hearing this, some looked thoughtful, and some had doubts in their eyes...
Lao Fang took a sip of wine and said angrily: "Uncle, this guy is talking nonsense, why don't you put this guy in jail?"
Li Yi shook his head and said nothing. The sloppy old man tore up a chicken leg and said calmly: "You Jingguo, don't condemn with words, the emperor is fatuous, officials can be scolded, and the people can be scolded, these scholars are the most united, arrest them
One person will lead to countless others, and the world will be in chaos..."
Lao Fang slapped his hand on the table, "Is there no way to cure him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise at the door.
"Hey, where did the beggar come from? You can't go in here..."
"I want to find my husband-in-law. My husband-in-law is inside..."
"Why, your husband, let's go for a walk. I'll give you a steamed bun. Let's go quickly..."
"My husband-in-law is going to take the imperial examination in the future, and I want to see him..."
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"Number one scholar?" The restaurant waiter was slightly startled when he heard what the ragged woman across from him said. The woman took this opportunity to break in, walked quickly to the green-robed scholar, and grabbed him.
sleeves, and said excitedly: "Mr. sir, I finally found you!"
She pulled out a little girl of five or six years old behind her and said quickly: "Xiaoman, hurry up, call daddy!"
