After a long journey, I finally saw this magnificent city of Guangzhou.

Lin Haoran looked up at this famous city that had experienced vicissitudes again, and a different feeling surged in his heart.

Whether it is to participate in the township test, or to return to the hometown through here, or to come as a provincial secretary of Guangdong City, they are all in a kind of passerby mentality, and have never really examined this thousand-year-old city.

But now, he is about to become the ruler of the city, and he is responsible for the rise and fall of the city. At this moment, I have a sense of belonging to this city, and I look at it more seriously, even if it is just a grass and a tree.

Lin Haoran and his party entered the city from the west gate, and they needed to pass through the urn city to enter the city. But it is worthy of being the largest city in Lingnan, and the moment you step into the city gate, you can feel a breath of prosperity rushing towards you.

The road network of Guangzhou City is much more complex than that of Leizhou City, and the main street is a pattern of "three verticals and two horizontals". Among them, Chengxuan Street is the central axis, the two horizontal main streets are: Huiai Street and Huifu Street, and the other two vertical main streets are distinct: Dabeimen Straight Street and Xiaoshi Street in the west, and Xiaonanmen Straight Street in the east of Dezheng Street.

Like Leizhou City, the horizontal street is more noble than the vertical street.

Huiai Street in the west is the gathering place of the government yamen, the Nanhai County Yamen and the county school and other bureaucratic institutions are here, the three departments of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, the Guangdong Provincial Judicial Department and the Guangdong Political Division, as well as the Guangzhou Provincial Government, Guangdong Tixue Dao, the Procuratorate and other important yamen.

Huifu Street, which is connected to Huiai Street, is also home to some government yamen, such as the Yamen of Guangdong Yanjiao Tiju Division, Guangzhou Fuxue Palace, Chenghuang Temple, Panyu County Yamen, Panyu County School, etc.

Lin Haoran came in from the west gate, and in front of him was Huiai Street, which was full of the smell of power, and in front of him was the Nanhai County Ya and the county school, but he saw many scholars coming in and out of the county Yazhong.

Since it is nearly February, and it is the annual county examination period, many scholars go to Guangzhou City to participate in the county examination. If it is the provincial examination in April, candidates from the 14 counties of the province will gather, and it will undoubtedly be more lively.

Lin Haoran was dressed in the costume of an ordinary scholar, with a jade pendant on his waist that was bargained for by a tiger girl at a stall, and he had no wealth in his body, just like a scholar who was about to take the county exam.

It is now the second half of the first month, and he needs to go to the chief secretary and the secretary of the court to meet with Wang Bai and Ding Yizhong, and then finalize the auspicious day for taking office, and then he will officially take office as the prefect of Guangzhou.

According to the tradition of Ming Dynasty officialdom, new officials should avoid the three "fire" months of the first month, May, and September.

Lin Haoran came all the way like a tour of the mountains and rivers, and also took the time to visit the Gaozhou prefect and the Zhaoqing prefect, so he was naturally not in a hurry at this time. After entering the city, he asked Lin Dabiao and the others to settle down in the inn first, and only took Hu Niu, Ali, the rice jar and the iron pillar to wander around the city.

"Brother, you follow me!"

With a wave of her little hand, the tiger girl led the way in front.

She came to Guangzhou City several times much higher than Lin Haoran, and she was very familiar with this city, and she followed Lin Haoran on the way to say where the things were delicious, as if she was a know-it-all.

Lin Haoran looked at this hurried little figure helplessly, a wry smile appeared on his face, and then he followed.

Go forward along Huiai Street, and then turn right into the small market street, where the road conditions are indeed more complicated than Leizhou City, but you have to turn into an unknown alley, only then did you find the porridge shop that Hu Niu said.

This porridge is spread in the alley, with the layout of the front shop and the back house, and you can smell the porridge when you enter here. It's just that the porridge shop only has a "porridge" word flag, and there is no store name.

"A few guest officers want to ...... Is that you? ”

The shopkeeper, dressed in an ordinary plain cotton coat, was a thin but honest young man, wiping the table and about to greet customers. It's just that his gaze fell on the face of the tiger girl, and then he looked at the grinning rice bowl with palpitations, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

The rice bowl was a little proud, and patted the burden vigorously and said, "You can rest assured!" I brought buns this time, but you'll have to warm them up for me! ”

"Shopkeeper, give us a ...... One, two, three, four, four bowls of champion and the first porridge. Besides, I'll give you a hundred dollars to fill the rice tank, how about it? After Hu Niu sat down, she immediately counted the heads, and then said to the shopkeeper in a crisp voice.

The shopkeeper took the steamed buns from the rice bowl, but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Since you all brought the steamed buns, he will definitely eat more than twelve bowls, this time according to the number of bowls, and the excess is still mine!" ”

Lin Haoran glanced at the rice jar, and remembered that Hu Niu had said that Hu Niu had eaten twelve bowls of porridge for 100 yuan, which caused the shopkeeper's eyes to almost fall to the ground.

In this way, it seems that this is the shop, and the owner of this shop is undoubtedly a kind person.

After a while, the shopkeeper brought up the hot champion and the first porridge.

The champion and the first porridge are related to Lun Wenxu, a native of Nanhai County, who had to grow and sell vegetables to make a living due to his poor family when he was a child.

The owner of a porridge shop in the city of Guangzhou cherishes his talent and pities his youth, so he buys a load of vegetables from Lun Wenxu's house every day, and when Lun Wenxu delivers the vegetables to the porridge shop, the boss will use the leftover materials and raw white porridge, and add ginger and onions and other condiments to Lun Wenxu for free.

Later, Lun Wenxu won the top prize, and when he returned to his hometown, he went to feel the boss. The boss is also a shrewd businessman, so the porridge is nameless, and it is named "champion and first porridge" by Lun Wenxu.

Lun Wenxu's career was smooth, and he was successfully promoted to the Hanlin Academy. It was only when he was serving as the chief examiner of the Ying Tian Examination that he fell ill on the way back and finally died in the capital at the age of forty-seven.

After the shopkeeper brought the porridge, he did not leave immediately, but took the initiative to talk: "The contemptible name is Huang Mi, listen to your accent, you are from western Guangdong?" ”

"We are from Shicheng, Gaozhou Mansion!" The tiger girl is a person who can't hide her words in her stomach, and while puffing out her pink cheeks and blowing hot porridge, she also has the kung fu to answer the shopkeeper's questions.

Huang Mi's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked with a smile: "You and Lin Lei Gong are fellow countrymen!" But I don't know, do you know Lin Leigong? Is he really a Qing official? ”

"The place in Stone City is not small! Just like you are from the South China Sea, do your ancestors also know Lun Zhuangyuan? Lin Haoran didn't want to reveal his identity, so he grabbed in front of the tiger girl and smiled.

"This son, my ancestors really know Lun Zhuangyuan!" Huang Mi nodded seriously, and then said seriously: "My grandfather opened a porridge shop, and he also bought a lot of vegetables from Lun Wenxu back then, which can be regarded as a bit of a relationship!" ”

"Hehe, we don't know Lin Leigong, and we're not familiar with him!" Lin Haoran didn't expect things to be so coincidental, but he didn't want to reveal his identity.

Huang Mi's eyes flashed with a touch of disappointment, and he looked like he wanted to say something, but he said inexplicably: "The crows in the world are as black as the crows!" After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

Lin Haoran thought he was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, but when he looked up at his face, his expression was not like it. At this time, I found that the shopkeeper's face was not a fetal spot, but some bruises.

"Xianggong, save ...... Whining! ”

But at this moment, the voice of a woman with a mouth came from the back room, and the voice stopped abruptly.