Chapter fifty-ninth the country boy enters the city
You'anmen, Yongdingmen, Zuoanmen.
Seeing a handsome and elegant young man riding his horse back and forth between the three gates of the outer city, he wasted at least a quarter of an hour. Not only were many officials and civilians entering or leaving the city turning back frequently, but the sergeants guarding the city would naturally also pay attention.
alert.
However, the young man was not alone. When he started to take the second round, several guards were already following him. In a moment, a gorgeous young man who was clearly a woman disguised as a man also chased after him.
Faced with such a situation, the ridicule and ridicule that would have been expressed naturally were somewhat restrained.
For the city gate guards with the sharpest eyes, when they recognized that it was the escort of Zhao Guogong's palace, they immediately withdrew knowingly. When they recognized the accompanying beauty again, it seemed that she was from Zhao Guogong's palace.
Miss, they only dare to glance at the young gentleman from time to time.
The gossip that had been popular in the capital for a while in the past few days was like an undercurrent under the calm water, quietly surging among them. Not long after, among all the guards at the three main gates outside the capital, a piece of news
Completely spread.
The prospective uncle from Duke Zhao’s residence has come to Beijing!
Zhang Shou didn't care that he was regarded as a country boy who came to Beijing for the first time. After all, he was indeed from the countryside. Moreover, Wu finally did not agree to go to Beijing with him today, and he was not afraid of being nagged by his mother because of his embarrassing behavior like a country boy.
He couldn't help but sigh when he thought that the Yongdingmen Gate Tower was almost exactly the same as the one rebuilt in later generations, and that the Zuo'anmen and You'anmen whose names were so familiar that they couldn't be more familiar.
The world is not under the Zhu family, but the country is called Ming.
It is not the capital of the Zhu family, but the three city gates still have those names, and the Yongding Gate is almost a replica.
The names of the next three gates in the inner city should also be the same as he imagined.
Sure enough, when he came to the inner city wall along the busy streets, he entered the city through Chongwen Gate as expected.
This time, seeing other villagers accompanied by Zhu Hong at the customs customs to pay taxes and inspect goods before entering the city, he couldn't help but think of the messages he had received while chatting with Zhu Ying these days.
Emperor Taizu started his career during the vigorous White Lotus Rebellion; he became the son-in-law of Han Shantong; after conquering the world, he directly established the capital of Yuan Dynasty and named the country Ming Dynasty; known as the dream of heaven and man, he rebuilt the entire capital city, and the inner and outer cities went through several
Completed in 2019...
However, these rumors among the people did not violate the imperial ban. Even Taizu started publicizing these things to the soldiers and civilians from the first day he ascended the throne.
"Ah Shou."
While he was looking at the buildings on both sides of Chongwenmen Street with great interest, and thinking about this information quickly, Zhang Shou suddenly heard Zhu Ying's voice coming from his ears, and he immediately turned his head.
"Mishi Street is just north of the Dongdan Archway. Just ask Zhu Hong to accompany everyone there. There are rows of shops selling grain and rice. With him here, I don't think those unscrupulous traders dare to lower the prices."
Habitually scorning profiteers, Zhu Ying raised her head and asked generously: "Can you accompany me home?"
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Shou nodded, and then shook his head: "Of course I have to go to Duke Zhao's mansion, but I think I'd better go and see the teacher first. I asked Lu Sanlang to take care of Cuiyun Room for me. I heard that Zhang
Lu and the others printed the teacher's manuscript that I passed on to them and published it in their own words. It's such a big deal. Now that I'm in Beijing, I have to talk to the teacher. Of course the most important thing is..."
Seeing that Zhu Ying was even inexplicably nervous, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I can't go to your house empty-handed, right?"
Zhang Shou had already been mentally prepared for agreeing to go to Beijing with Zhu Ying. However, the meaning of visiting Zhao Guogong's mansion as soon as possible on the first day in Beijing was different.
Youdao said that it is the first time that a hairy son-in-law comes to the house and he has to carry a large bag. If he comes to the house for the first time now, what should he bring?
Could it be that some of the horses left behind by the rebels in the Linhai Camp were selected to borrow flowers and offer them to Buddha?
He completely didn't realize that he, who was once quite resistant to the so-called marriage contract and tried to keep a distance from his fiancée Zhu Ying, now had a vague mentality of a prospective son-in-law...
Zhu Ying immediately beamed with joy, and then said with a smile: "Grandma never cares about these little details. Besides, there is nothing to worry about such a trivial matter. I will just ask someone to prepare a four-color gift box..."
"Don't!" Zhang Shou was startled and quickly stopped him, "Giving gifts can be light on courtesy but heavy on affection, but never on behalf of others. You accompany me to prepare a gift for the teacher first, and then go back and see what you can give to your grandmother.
present."
"well."
As a poor man, last time the lady of Duke Zhao's mansion sent a valuable gift, but he only returned worthless things such as new rice and vegetables. Although Zhang Shou was a little embarrassed, he thought about all the things he had given him since he was a child.
They are all taking what others have and using what they have. No matter how great a favor is, I owe it to you. Naturally, I didn’t intend to blindly ask for expensive gifts for my first visit.
Now he went to see the teacher Ge Yong first. He also didn't want to buy anything valuable. There were many good things in the bundles given to him by the young masters, but Ge Yong had been an official for so many years.
These are the only things that are crazy.
Earlier, I learned from Zhu Ying that the old man loved sweets, so he specially asked Aunt Liu to make two boxes of osmanthus cakes last night.
Zhu Ying had ordered people to plunder the Sheqian tea from Zhao Guogong's mansion before, and he put more than half of the stock in jars and brought it over.
Ge Yong left him an arithmetic manuscript. After reading it, he took a thick notebook and took it with him when he went to Beijing this time.
At this time, he and Zhu Ying strolled around a certain bookstore specially introduced by Lu Sanlang and collected a few books signed by Ge Yong that had just been put on the market today. In such a crowded place, Zhu Ying
No matter what, he or she, the two of them standing there alone are a beautiful sight, not to mention the two of them standing side by side, exchanging book buying experiences from time to time as if nothing happened.
As a result, in the small bookstore, more and more customers were buying books. In the end, they were crowded with each other, and countless eyes glanced at the two customers. The clerk, who was very excited because of the sudden boom in business, was paying the bill inadvertently.
At that time, a very outrageous price was directly given to the smiling two people.
A six-volume book costs half a pound of money.
Zhu Ying didn't know what the original price was, and Zhang Shou certainly didn't know.
When Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying picked out their books, each holding three books in their hands, and both came out of the bookshop, the guards of the Zhu family had to work hard to watch the crowd from outside the door.
squeezed out.
In contrast, Ah Liu only moved his shoulders slightly, and he quickly stepped forward and took the book from Zhang Shou first, and then Zhu Ying's.
Zhu Ying ran out of money and found that the door of the store was crowded with people. She couldn't help complaining: "Uncle Hua is the same. He is obsessed with ghosts all day long. He didn't show up when he arrived before. This time when I come to Beijing, he has to stay in Rongshui Village. It's really
It’s so weird!”
"Masters naturally have character. Besides, there is Ah Liu!" Zhang Shou said with a smile, seeing that the girls and wives around him clearly heard Zhu Ying's female voice, but still refused to leave, and instead surrounded them because of it.
Many men came over, and he suddenly had a headache. However, what he never expected was that Zhu Ying suddenly took a step forward.
"Please give me permission. My husband wants to go home with me to meet the elders. If we are late, we will miss lunch!"
"..."
Zhang Shou saw a large group of people whose eyes were full of disappointment. In addition, the guards of Duke Zhao's Mansion hurriedly stepped forward to chase people away. Some of the men who had just been crowding behind were quickly pushed back.
The women dispersed, and when they finally met up with the Zhu family guards and mounted their horses, he finally couldn't help but look at Zhu Ying again.
"When did I become your family? I didn't mean to see the teacher first..."
"I'm going to see Grandpa Ge, but he's not just your elder, he's also my elder!" Zhu Ying smiled so hard that her eyebrows raised slightly, "Besides, you were raised by my father, who's family is not mine?"
This really makes sense...
Unable to argue with the eldest lady, Zhang Shou had no choice but to hit the road. After all, without Zhu Ying to lead the way, he would have had to ask where his teacher's home was all the way.
Along the way, when he finally turned into a wide street, he saw a row of tall and magnificent stone archways along the street. There were at least five or six by visual inspection. He asked curiously, and Zhu Ying beside him laughed.
Then he explained it to him.
"Grandpa Ge has many reputations and many accolades from the court. He is also a native of the capital, so this archway is a sight in the capital. Anyone who comes to the capital to take various imperial examinations will come here to have a look.