Chapter 242: Brothers meet on different paths
The palace was opened in nine days, and all the nations were crowned with crowns.
Before entering the capital, in Tianfu City outside, he felt this atmosphere.
Tianfu, Tianbi, the two acropolis in front of the capital, when Emperor Wu of Wei set the capital of the capital, he felt that the capital was not in danger to defend, so he overhauled the civil engineering and built these two kinds of acropolis.
In the Wei Dynasty, these two cities were inhabited by officers and soldiers, and in the Yu Dynasty, the capital was no longer enough to live, so the left square and right city were moved to these two cities to relieve the population pressure of the capital.
He and Zhou Linling arrived first in Tianfu City, where there are more sellers, and Tianbi City is where there are more wine shops and restaurants.
Walking down the street, he had the illusion that he had come to the most prosperous street in the metropolis where he went to college.
In addition to selling equipment from the Central Plains, there are also some Western items that are being sold, such as Western mirrors and Western clothes.
These exotic objects give him the feeling of being in the Middle Ages.
He also saw the foil seller, and asked Zhou Linling curiously, can these weapons be sold?
Zhou Linling said that she didn't know, but she was interested in a few hairpins from the south, and she looked at it again and again, but she didn't buy it.
Seeing this, he was still a little distressed, so he could only wait to buy it after returning from the capital, which did not enter Beijing, and he didn't know how much silver he wanted, and now he used it, and when the money was not enough, this writing was also going to be sold.
The two of them walked around Tianfu City for two hours before leaving here and entering the center of the world, the capital.
When he arrived at the gate of the capital, looking at the two words Xuanwen hanging on it, he said to Zhou Linling: "How many gates are there in this capital?" ”
"In the book, it is said that there are eight gates, Xuanwen, Guangwu, Mingde, Yong'an, Shengping, Qile, Jiusi, and Guangji. Of course, the inside of the capital is the south gate, and the west gate and the east gate are called. ”
He nodded, and naturally didn't ask about the North Gate.
The imperial palace occupies the north side of the capital, how can the north gate be opened over there to facilitate the attack of the besiegers?
Entering the capital, there are still some disappointments, the flow of people in the capital is not as large as Tianfu City.
However, the surrounding houses are better built than Tianfu City, all of which are blue bricks and green tiles, which look very beautiful.
The streets are all paved with bricks, and what is even more peculiar is that on the main road, Suzaku Avenue, there is an umbrella tied with a rope. The ropes were trapped on wooden poles on both sides of the road.
These umbrellas are painted on them, and when you look up, they are very beautiful.
"I don't know whose idea it was, but it costs a lot of money to get this."
Zhou Linling nodded and sighed: "The umbrellas on this are all Feng umbrellas, Fengcheng's unique umbrellas, the umbrella surface is not made of paper, but made of silk, such an umbrella, the selling price in Fengcheng is 50 guan, and the good one can reach more than 100 guan." ”
When he heard this, he estimated that he would not be able to get out of the tens of thousands of dollars here, and the taxes of a county town in a year would be so much.
However, he has no opinion on this kind of public welfare expenditure that anyone in the capital can enjoy.
After walking around the outer city, they felt that it was not as good as Tianfu City, so they went directly to the inner city.
They first went to the guards and asked where the official surnamed Huang lived, and the guard thought about it and pointed them in the direction.
When the two arrived in front of the Huang Mansion, the doorman saw Zhou Linling and hurriedly said, "...... Zhou"
Zhou Linling hurriedly said, "Are the master and the eldest girl there?" We have an urgent matter to see him. ”
"The eldest girl is here, the master has gone to see Master Li, ...... Zhou"
"Okay, got it. You go and tell the eldest girl that I'm waiting for her in the side hall. Zhou Linling interrupted the doorman again and led him into the Huang Mansion.
He said curiously, "It's not good that we two servants just come like this." ”
"It's okay, the master is kind and kind, and he will never embarrass us, Xianggong, let's go to the side hall."
Zhou Linling asked the servants inside and went to the side hall.
Not long after the two sat down, a servant girl stepped forward and said to him, "Childe, please stay away." ”
He nodded, stood up, and walked to another side hall, and after a while, Zhou Linling came here, and said with a smile: "The eldest girl already knows, said to arrange our room, let's go rest first, and see the master at night." ”
When the two went to the wing, Zhou Linling whispered: "Xianggong, do you have anything you want to ask?" ”
"No, if you want to say it, say it, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Linling, as long as everyone can talk happily, it's fine. ”
He looked at Zhou Linling and knew that this woman was definitely not a peasant woman, but he didn't care about it, everyone could talk about it now, the only thing he was worried about was that after getting married, he and his wife couldn't get along, and he couldn't find anyone to talk to.
Zhou Linling nodded, the two of them went to a room, he fell asleep, he rarely slept these nights, his heart has been hanging, and now he can finally put his mind at ease.
After supper, a servant came to his room and told him that the master was waiting for him in the study.
He changed into clean clothes, and then followed the servant around the big house.
After walking for nearly half an hour, he arrived in front of the study, and the servant said respectfully, "My lord, Li Daniu is here." ”
A serious voice came from within: "Come in." ”
He walked in, knelt on the ground and said, "The little one has seen the adult." ”
"Get up, you were very strong when you were a child, I haven't seen you all these years, and you are becoming more and more powerful, it's a pity that you don't go to the army with this physique." Lord Huang said to him with a smile.
Lord Huang looked at him a few times, and then spoke again: "I have listened to Zhou ...... Lin Ling said about you, I really didn't expect that I haven't seen you for ten years, you have made so many things, you can win the favor of the prime minister, and your future is limitless, I'm afraid that this old man is going to call you an adult. ”
He touched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said honestly: "Adult, the small ones don't have any ability, they just like to think blindly, it's Lord Lin himself who has great ability and ability, and the small ones are just a little bit of strength except for ants." ”
Lord Huang smiled, stood up, held his hand and said, "You are so young and terrible to make such a career, you don't have to be arrogant, if you really have no ability, how can someone as arrogant as Lord Lin summon you again and again?" I once heard from my colleagues in the local department that Lord Lin once asked them if there were any vacancies in the local department, and he was ready to sponsor someone. I didn't know at first, but now that I think about it, Lord Lin should want to sponsor you to the ground. ”
When Lord Huang said this, he said with some self-deprecation: "When I was in the same class with the old man, I was born in the same class, and there are a few people who have not made up the official, and even if the official is a foreign official, there are really few people like the old man who directly make up the six departments." ”
Listening to Lord Huang, he didn't say a word, and when Lord Huang finished speaking, he said calmly: "My lord, what do you think of Lord Lin?" ”
Lord Huang frowned, and said with an embarrassed expression: "It's hard to say, it's hard to say, about this adult, there are people who belittle the court, and there are people who praise it." Why do you ask this all of a sudden. ”
He just said that it was okay, this Lord Huang's mind is not very sensitive, his mind has been expressed very clearly, and it makes no sense to say it too thoroughly.
Lord Huang then asked him if he was studying, whether he was interested in the imperial examination, and if he had this wish, he could pay to help him go to prison.
He naturally thanked Lord Huang for his kindness, he was not interested in the imperial examination, and he was not interested in being an official.
If he had crossed over here after graduating from college, he would have thought about what would have been done to stabilize the country and rise to peace.
It's a pity that he is dead set on this road now, and all he wants is for poor people like himself to suffer less.
He had long thought about the path of rebellion, and without an ideological basis, rebellion was nothing more than the establishment of a new dynasty, and as far as the peasants were concerned, nothing had changed.
Now that Lord Lin can help him with scientific research, why should he make the people of the world miserable.
And if he really led the troops to fight, not to mention anything else, it was very difficult to even face Zeng Ronggui.
I don't know the dangers of the world, I don't understand the opponent's military methods, and there are no fierce generals and strategists under him, so the chance of success is pitiful.
Lord Huang said that it was a pity, and then asked him in detail about his life during these times.
He also said them one by one, and Lord Huang listened and kept sighing how he was so smart, and he came up with these ideas.
In the end, Lord Huang said to him, "Da Niu, when will you and Linling get married?" That little girl can't wait, I can't wait to marry you right away. ”
"It's all up to Lord Huang to decide."
Before coming to the capital, he wanted to say this, if Lord Huang is willing to marry, Zhou Linling is also aware of his family background, and if he wants to marry himself on such a condition, it would be very hypocritical for him to refuse.
"In this way, I'll go find a Taoist priest to match your eight characters, and when the Taoist priest calculates the date, he will get married. You're not too young, it's time to marry a wife and continue the offspring. ”
He nodded, and Lord Huang didn't have anything to explain, so he let him go down and rest.
Early the next morning, Zhou Linling happily wanted to take him out for a walk, and when he saw Zhou Linling so happy, he smiled and went out with her.
When I went out of the inner city gate, it happened that a soft sedan chair was about to go out.
When they avoided the soft sedan chair, the person inside the sedan chair untied the curtain and said to him: "If it's really Brother Li, I thought I heard it wrong when I heard the voice just now." ”
"Mu Gongzi, I didn't expect to meet you again in the capital."
Mu Siqi smiled, walked out of the sedan chair and said, "You go back first, tell the house, I met an old friend, please don't worry about my aunt." ”
The palanquin man nodded and retreated respectfully.
"Good Peugeot little lady, I don't know which adult's daughter is the daughter."