When will the singing and dancing in the Qingshan Tower outside the mountain and the West Lake stop?
The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou.
Hangzhou is worthy of being the city of the Three Wus and is the most beautiful city in the southeast.
When Li Jiang and Li Wenxiu walked out of the city gate, the first thing they saw was teahouses, taverns, pawn shops, and workshops all over the streets.
There are rows of houses on both sides of the street, and there are constant pedestrians on the road: some carrying burdens, some strolling, ox carts, horse carts, and donkey carts passing by, but there is no chaos at all, and everything is orderly.
People were constantly coming in and out of various shops, and there were also many travelers who stopped to watch with curious eyes.
There was a loud roar of people coming towards us.
Li Jiang and both of them were a little dumbfounded. After a while, Li Wenxiu whispered in a low voice: "This is my hometown?"
"Yes, this is your hometown. You haven't seen the West Lake yet, that's really beautiful!" Li Jiang exclaimed.
He had never seen the West Lake, but had heard about it, and his ears were almost numb from hearing it.
However, no matter how prosperous it is, it has nothing to do with them for the time being. They have to find a place to stay first.
According to Li Jiang's idea, he still wants to find an inn to stay near the West Lake, so that he can enjoy the unique beauty of the West Lake through the window without leaving home.
Li Wenxiu had no objection. She had no idea about West Lake and could live anywhere.
After discussing the place, the two led their horses and walked all the way there.
There are too many people in Hangzhou, and running on horseback can easily cause traffic accidents. It is better to watch while walking.
They entered the city from the north gate and found out that the West Lake was in the west. Well, it seemed a bit silly. If the West Lake was not in the west, could it be in the south? They could just go to the west.
When Li Wenxiu entered Hangzhou, she seemed to have let go of her worries and was no longer confused. She did not stop much along the way, but rather urged Li Jiang to hurry up.
Whenever Li Jiang stayed in one place for a few seconds, she would pull her away. This made Li Jiang very helpless, but he also understood her. She wanted to settle down and find her relatives as soon as possible.
Li Jiang had no choice but to speed up his pace. He secretly thought that he would come back to inspect the living conditions of the women who had lost their feet when he had time.
Of course, these thoughts of his have never been revealed in front of Li Wenxiu. In front of Li Wenxiu, he has always been a caring and caring gentleman.
After rushing all the way, they finally arrived at the West Lake.
Li Jiang blew the faint lake breeze, pointed at the wide lake surface, and said to Li Wenxiu: "Axiu, look, this is the West Lake, isn't it beautiful?"
Li Wenxiu curled her lips and said, "It's too small, far worse than Taihu Lake!"
That's right, they didn't enter Suzhou, but took a detour to Taihu Lake to eat fish.
Li Jiang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Axiu, you can't look at it this way. Taihu Lake is the beauty of nature, and West Lake is the beauty of humanity. Let me tell you, this west..."
"Brother Li, are you still looking for an inn?" Li Wenxiu stared with a pair of apricot eyes.
"Look, look, look for it now." Li Jiang was interrupted to show off, and he couldn't help but feel very uncomfortable.
Seeing the constipated look on his face, Li Wenxiu smiled slightly and said to him in a gentle tone: "Brother Li, if you want to see the West Lake, after I find my mother's house, I will come and see it with you, okay?"
"Well, we will definitely find your mother's hometown." Li Jiang sighed.
There are many teahouses, restaurants and inns built around the West Lake.
However, there are so many tourists here, and several inns are full. This makes Li Jiang a little speechless. Were there so many people traveling in ancient times? No wonder in later generations, when holidays come, I, the Chinese, are everywhere.
The big white horse led by Li Jiang is a bit rare in this inland area. From time to time, passers-by point at the two horses.
Both Dabai and Dabai are male horses. They may be watched by people, and they also have the idea of ​​​​showing off in front of others.
In the end, the two horses circled most of the circle in a counterclockwise direction before they found an inn south of West Lake.
After settling in, the two of them went out to eat. As per usual, Li Wenxiu asked the waiter in the store if he had heard of Shangguan's House in Hangzhou.
The waiter was at a loss, and for the sake of the reward money, he ran to ask the shopkeeper again, but he still didn't bring any good news.
Li Jiang comforted Li Wenxiu, saying that Hangzhou is too big and there are too many people, so it is normal for the clerk not to know. In the future, if you ask more and inquire more, you will always gain something.
Li Wenxiu fell silent, holding the wine bottle and pouring one glass after another.
In fact, Li Jiang was also anxious, but besides asking around, there was no other better way. The Qing Dynasty was not modern, so if you wanted to find someone, you could also post on Weibo, or go to the police station to check files.
It stands to reason that ancient yamen should also have population registration, otherwise who would they ask to collect taxes and send servants? However, I just don't know if they handle the tracing business for the outside world.
Li Jiang thought, if it doesn't work, he should work harder, become a gentleman again, and go to the government to check the files.
But the workload is a bit heavy. There are several counties in Hangzhou, as well as government offices, Hangjiahu Road, and the Chief Secretary. Where should I start checking? Li Jiang has a headache.
Starting from the next day, Li Jiang and Li Wenxiu frequently appeared in various teahouses and restaurants, including theaters. They didn't ask anyone else, but just looked for the waiter there.
But after several days, no useful news was found.
Just when Li Wenxiu was frowning, Li Jiang came up with an idea, saying that besides these places he had searched for, there was another place with very good information.
Li Wenxiu immediately became interested and asked questions quickly.
Li Jiang hesitantly mentioned the brothel. Li Wenxiu was not a newbie who didn't know anything. She had followed Li Jiang around for more than a year, so of course she had heard of the brothel.
Needless to say, Li Jiang received a few punches and Li Wenxiu went back to her room angrily.
Li Jiang touched the place where he was beaten and muttered: "Really, I'm not wrong. I originally had my heart illuminated by the moon, but..., alas!"
Having been strongly suppressed from wanting to go to a brothel, Li Jiang had only the last step, which was to hang out in various yamen.
Run the market during the day and be a gentleman at night.
A few days later, Li Jiang had already visited Qiantang, Renhe, Lin'an, and Fuyang counties, looking through the house records, but found nothing.
Moreover, the Qing Dynasty also added a "Dingkou increase and decrease register" on the basis of the yellow register, which undoubtedly increased Li Jiang's workload and allowed him to visit at most one county government office in one night.
During this period, Li Wenxiu gradually became depressed, became thinner and thinner, and his oval face tended to turn into an oval face.
Li Jiang saw the anxiety in his eyes and speeded up the search.
The emperor paid off, and Li Jiang finally found someone with the surname Shangguan in Yuhang County, but he was not excited. There are many people with the same name in the world, so he wrote it down for backup.
With a good start, things went much smoother later on. He successively discovered more than a dozen people with the Shangguan surname in other counties.
At this time, Li Jiang couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, there were very few people with the compound surname Shangguan. If it were his own "Li" surname, haha, just thinking about it would make his scalp explode.
Chapter completed!