The courtyard of the old mansion of the Feng family in Linqing is in the alley of Yongqing Street, which is close to the old brick city, occupying half of the street.

The healthy horse that had galloped out before was heading north, and I don't know where to report it.

The Great Zhou Dynasty followed the regulations of the former Ming Dynasty and set up guards in Linqing, but with the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty for nearly 100 years, the armaments were abolished, and the Linqing Guards were nominally more than 5,000 people, but in addition to the military households that had already moved to the brick city and were almost indistinguishable from civilian households, there were only two or three thousand people, and the empty amount had also become the largest source of income for the guards to feed the family.

"Uncle You, something is going to happen? Uh, it's not going to be a knife soldier, is it? Feng Ziying was immediately stunned.

It's only been a few days since he came to this time and space, and to put it mildly, it's only been a few days, and he really hasn't figured out a lot of specific things in this time and space, except for roughly knowing that this Great Zhou Dynasty is following the general experience of the former Ming Dynasty, he is full of confusion and can't figure it out.

Even if you really travel to the Ming Dynasty, how much do you know? Do you really think that after flipping through the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and reading a few copies of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", I thought I could be a Ming person?

The Great Zhou Dynasty followed the regulations of the former Ming Dynasty, whether it was in the official system or the military system, there was basically no big change, according to Feng Ziying's feeling, the difference between the Great Zhou and the Ming Dynasty was more like the difference between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, there were some changes, but they were basically copied and followed.

The Great Zhou basically inherited the territory and system of the former Ming Dynasty, except for the years when Zhou Taizu founded the dynasty to fight the world, the others did not seem to be much different from the former Ming Dynasty, and even took over from the civil and military attache system as a whole.

But there is no doubt that the observation of these three months still brought Feng Ziying a lot of things, especially the trip from the capital to Linqing to mourn for her father, and she saw many things that she had never seen before.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was founded less than a hundred years ago, but there are already some signs of the end of the world, Wen Tian is martial, and it is said that the Mongolian Tatars and Jurchens in the north have repeatedly harassed the nine sides, although it has not yet become a big trouble, but according to Feng Ziying's memory of the late Ming Dynasty, if the general trend of history does not change, it seems that there will be a big mess in twenty or thirty years, right?

Uh, it seems that it's not just Jiubian that has made a big mess, but it should be Shaanxi, right?

Thinking of this, Feng Ziying couldn't help but shudder again, she was only less than twelve years old, so she had to catch up with this kind of thing? Not even able to resist?

I still want to be a gentleman, and truly experience the life of the people in the feudal era, uh, the three wives and four concubines who are right, and the life of opening their mouths and clothes to reach out for dinner, why can't they let themselves be wishy-washy?

"Hmph, that's hard to say, I heard that this constant companion has a long hand, and he even dares to touch the grain, not to mention that he is ordered to collect taxes, who dares to provoke him?"

Feng You has obviously seen a lot of people from south to north, and he knows the virtues and faces of these tax supervisors in the palace.

"In the capital, they are more restrained, this time out of Beijing, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, who can stop them? Even the Dragon Forbidden Lieutenant has to give them a few points. ”

This dragon forbidden lieutenant is actually the brocade guard of the previous dynasty.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Taizu abolished Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory, and set up the Dragon Forbidden Captain, but the people still have many people who follow the title of Jinyiwei in the previous dynasty.

In addition, the official uniform of the Dragon Forbidden Lieutenant still uses the embroidered spring knife of the previous dynasty flying fish suit, but the fish scale sword is added as a weapon equipped by officials above the general banner of the Jinyi Guard, which has not changed much.

Feng Ziying herself is timid, but she still has to be calm, although this body has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, but after all, she is only eleven years old, and if she really encounters a military rebellion, it is estimated that there is only a dead end.

"Uncle You, ...... over there in our old house"

"It's not like this, it's nothing more than those peddlers, pawns and merchants yelling and making trouble, looking for something to come out and force the constant companion to give in." Feng You also saw these things clearly.

It's just an ordinary place, but this Linqing City is a first-class critical place in Shandong, and the household department has a banknote pass here, and there is a secondary warehouse for grain and water.

The scholars and civil officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty are not easy to mess with, and once the imperial history and the people in the matter start a surge, no matter who you are, you have to peel off your skin.

Although the constant companion is greedy and hateful, he is not a stupid person, and naturally knows what is at stake, so it should not be out of control.

And these merchants and peddlers and pawns are also a little weird, it stands to reason that they don't dare to do this, but it's none of their business, Feng You doesn't bother to pay attention to it, but there are still hundreds of elite guards in the brick city, and there is no big mess.

Feng Ziying also knew that it was not easy for her father to arrange for Uncle You to escort her back to her hometown.

He and several other people followed his father for many years, and even changed his surname to Feng, in fact, his father's personal guard role when he was on the border in Datong Town, and the Mongols fought and died in the border village for many years.

Anyway, there are still a few Zhuangzi at home outside Wanping, and by the way, the family is settled there, although the life is not rich, but you can also ask for food and clothing.

Feng Youpingsu and a few others who came back together took turns to live in the Shenwu General's Mansion in the capital, and now they also play the role of a long-term follower, and they also have some understanding of the affairs of the court and China in the capital.

It's just that some things are not predictable by ordinary people.

"Then Uncle Yiyou is out of the way?" Feng Ziying was a little worried in her heart, but she also knew that she had only been in this time and space for a short time, although she had already accepted the original memory and consciousness of this body in her mind, but if she wanted to say that the analysis and judgment of these things on the outside world still could not be compared with Feng You, a character who had traveled from south to north for many years.

However, Feng You was mainly responsible for guarding his father in Datong Town, and after his father returned to Beijing after he was dismissed, he learned to be a long-term follower, and he knew a little about external affairs, but he may not be very deep.

"Uh, Brother Keng, I can't say this either." Feng You's stiff face didn't have much expression, and because his left cheek had been injured, the only expression that could change was the right side of his face, and he twitched.

"We can get on the boat today, and we can untie the cable and go north in the afternoon, even if there is anything, we are not afraid, as for the old house, it is under the nose of the guard, no matter how bad it is, we have to take care of a little face, and no one goes to the tiger's mouth to pick up the beard."

"I hope so." Feng Ziying's heart is not very steady, he always feels that he has so inexplicably traveled to the time and space of the Great Zhou of the Red Mansion that has not been in history, and he is not so easy to let himself be so happy as a gentleman.

Although Dad was dismissed, the title of General Shenwu is still there, although it cannot be compared with the Four Kings and Eight Princes and a class of dignitaries, but it also belongs to the noble descendants who have followed Zhou Taizu to fight the world.

If it is reasonable, the only seedling of the Feng family like himself, three wives and four concubines, and the life of eating and waiting for death is what he should live in this life, isn't this also the life he longed for the most when he was physically and mentally exhausted because of work in his previous life?

But the question is, can this life be sustained? Feng Ziying felt a little hanging.

I don't feel it in the capital, but from this trip to his hometown in Shandong, he has already felt all kinds of restlessness up and down.

From Tongzhou to the south by boat, along the way Feng Ziying felt the hardships of livelihood on both sides of the canal, both sides of the canal in the past ten years, either drought or flood, the people are not able to make a living, after the autumn harvest every year, there will be a large number of displaced people to the north and south, to the winter in the cold and hungry on both sides of the river people abound, this is also Feng Ziying and his party to the south is the boatman to get between the words.

Every year, the stewards of the big families in the capital will go to Cangzhou and Dezhou to buy slaves, and many poor families simply don't want money, just to find a way for their children to survive.

The smugglers in the Cangzhou area even colluded with the local homeless people to directly loot the official salt, and at the end of last year, they even directly used swords and soldiers, and they still dispatched the army of the guard station to barely suppress it.

It was a service, killing people's heads, and there were dozens of human heads hanging at the head of Cangzhou City alone, until the maggots gnawed the flesh on the skull, and the light was still dangling in the wooden cage on the wall.

Feng Ziying and his entourage passed through Cangzhou when they went south by boat from Tongzhou a few days ago, and they could still look at the head of Sen Sen hanging in a wooden cage under the battlement of the city wall.

Feng You twitched his cheeks, the corners of his mouth were raised, Aomori Sen's jaw twisted slightly, and he glanced at the sonorous brother who was still looking around, and always felt that this young master, who was still a little rude, had become more careful.

Like in the past, such things, where do you need to ask more, just care about walking with your head bored, and if you want to ask, it's just the interesting things on the street in Linqing, lion cats, thrushes, this is what Brother Cong liked in the past, who cares about such serious work?

Isn't it true that the Guozi Inspector has been studying for the past few months?

"Ruixiang."

"Uncle?" The blue-headed boy sitting in front of the car outside the car turned his head, "But thirsty?" There is also a gourd of sour plum juice here, which can quench your thirst and quench the heat, but you have to have a deep well water town to be refreshing. ”

Feng Ziying looked at it a few times, but she really couldn't see any clues, waved her hand, and retracted back into the carriage.

Although the Feng family is a big surname here, they don't have much contact with the merchant family in the outer city, and the elder who is actually not too close to each other has passed away during this time, and everyone is busy handling the funeral, so not too many people care about the affairs of the outer city, and this constant companion has been here for more than half a year, which month doesn't make some moths?

The Feng family in the city also knows a lot, even if Feng Ziying stays here for a few days, they have heard that in the past few months, I am afraid that there are not seven or eight merchants and shipowners who have been bankrupt, and even one of them has something to do with Long Banwei, so they can only break half and leave.