Thinking of this, Li Xiangqian said slowly: "Sister, eat slowly, and what's more, well, you go and bring a glass of water." ”

The water was delivered quickly, watching her drink it in a big gulp, Li Xiangqian sighed and said: "Speaking of which, eldest sister, why did you think of going to the imperial capital to sell apples, here are all sold in the big bazaar, a big car per person, compared to you selling baskets by basket, the price is cheaper." ”

"This is what a gentleman taught me to do, and he said that the old man who picked up people coming and going, and was still a little silver in his pocket, just ate a fruit to quench his thirst."

Li Xiangqian nodded, the working people were sensitive to making money, and said: "Who is this child, and you still take him out, well, how hard it is." ”

People in this era generally marry early, if this is less than ten years old, the skinny boy is her son, a little younger, a grandson, a little older.

"This is my son."

When the eldest sister spoke, she was unspeakably proud, but Li Xiangqian calculated, forty old women, ten years old, in this era, almost old, no wonder spoiled, said: "That's really not easy, well, why not let the child stay at home, so that you can bring more apples." ”

The eldest sister said gloomily: "There is no one else at home, I go out, I am afraid that the child will ...... at home"

Li Xiangqian judged it, alone, a child, and it seems that her husband has died.

"There are no other relatives at home?"

"No, they're all dead."

Seeing Li Xiangqian trembling slightly, the eldest sister said: "It was a few years ago, the Tartars entered the customs and slaughtered our village. ”

Li Xiangqian felt a little weird, but he didn't know what was weird, and suddenly asked, "Eldest sister, how old is this child, and when did you get married?" ”

"I don't know the years, but there are seven or eight years of the year."

Seven or eight years ago, Huang Taiji's previous massacres in the customs brought great harm to the civilians of the Ming Dynasty, and it is obvious that this eldest sister is also a continuation of this pain, but Li Xiangqian still felt that something was wrong, and said: "Eldest sister, how old are you this year, uh, forget it, you can answer this question if you want to answer it." ”

"I don't know how old I am, when I was pregnant with this child, I was eighteen."

"Ahh

Li Xiangqian finally understood that something was wrong in his heart, and looked left and right, this child was still thin and uneasy, and this eldest sister now looked a little old, with yellow hair and a dark complexion, but this spirit was very young, and his brain was spinning wildly, but it was easy to understand a fact.

This is a woman who is only in her twenties, at most twenty-five or sixteen years old, Zhou Zheng can be vaguely seen, Li Xiangqian has calculated a very bitter process in his heart, a woman who has lived through the chaos of thieves, alone, and it is difficult to be afraid, depending on what she means, this is the tragic situation where her husband's family and her mother-in-law's family were all killed, pregnant with a child, alone, but she can raise this child, and she has definitely suffered a lot.

Although he felt bitter in his heart, he just wanted to squat down and cry, but he still insisted and said: "Since you have come to the imperial capital, you should abide by the rules of the imperial capital, why bother with the people in the team, you go to the community to go around, can't you sell it for money." ”

The eldest sister lowered her head, "The gentleman said that he would sell it on the street, and he would sell it at a high price, otherwise I would be alone, with so many things, I am afraid that it will not be enough to make money." ”

Li Xiangqian's heart moved, but he didn't say anything, and said: "Then you can rest here, I will make a paperwork for you later, and then go to the accounting office to get ......."

He wanted to say a number, but he had a lot of money at this time, but he immediately stopped thinking about it.

There are so many people in the world who are so miserable, and even more miserable, how many people can be saved by this kind of thinking?

If today, a very miserable woman can get a sum of money, then tomorrow, I am afraid that the streets will be full of such people.

And much more, fair.

There are even other consequences, remember the 21st century, once a person won the lottery, not only did not win the joy of the prize, but was frightened, immediately hiding, afraid to see people, otherwise, you won a small prize of 100,000, and there are also people when you are winning the grand prize of 10 million and 20 million, **** to the door to require, oh no, it is to borrow money, of course, this loan is absolutely not repaid, if you don't borrow, it is all kinds of bitter abuse, what is rich and does not recognize people, groups of people basically enter the door with big bags, Directly moving things and taking property, often a well-off family, after winning the lottery, but reduced to abject poverty, there are not a few.

This eldest sister looks lonely, but it is just the appearance, once she gets a sum of money, it doesn't have to be too much, and it will be passed on to her hometown immediately, such as all kinds of distant relatives and old friends, although there is usually no help, and even when you go out to sell goods, you have to take your children, but once it spreads, those who come over to eat some benefits are afraid that they will not be rare.

Thinking of this, the idea of helping faded, this eldest sister's problem is actually very simple, lack of channels, thinking of this, said: "In this way, I'll help you find a job to do, this imperial capital can now support himself There are a lot of jobs, here, to support the family, there are a lot of good jobs." ”

This woman, in fact, is only twenty-five or sixteen, and has been regarded by Li Xiangqian as an eldest sister for a long time, but she knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, adult." ”

"By the way, who is so good and helped you point you to sell things on the pedestrian street?"

"It's a gentleman, and I don't know him."

Li Xiangqian seemed to let out a bright smile and said, "It's okay." ”

Arranging a person was naturally easy for Li Xiangqian, but he soon discovered that something was wrong.

Before the start of winter, the trains in Hebei Province have basically completed construction, and the double-track tracks, even the most ordinary aisles, have been thought out in advance and have begun to run tests.

Of course, at the beginning, the number of shifts was insufficient, only a few flights a day, and now, it is still mainly to transport goods, but the sudden influx of people in the imperial capital caught them off guard.

"That is to say, in the case that we don't know, some people spread rumors, or that the imperial court wants them to go to the imperial capital to receive money and eat big households, we have to arrest all the rich people in the world, and then distribute them to these people, well, this dog is revolutionary."

Liang Cunhou suddenly smiled and said, "The person who came up with this idea can't tell whether he is smart or stupid, anyway, it's special enough." ”

Li Xiangqian smiled and said: "Our strengths and weaknesses have been thoroughly explored by these people, this point, I have to admire them, no matter what kind of foreigners, the enemy is coming, these people have a way to deal with it." ”

Zhao Jiaren was a little strange and said: "What are you talking about, it's nothing more than a small rumor, why did you think that someone was doing things behind your back?" ”

Li Xiangqian thought for a while and said: "Ninety percent of the people are doing something, you see, the people who come are basically the prefectures and counties in the south of Hebei, Cangzhou, Handan, and Hengshui, and this so-called rumor appeared almost at the same time, so it is not a rumor, but the local so-called gentry are deliberately doing so." ”

Zhao Jiaren said: "Aren't they afraid of death, they are not afraid that the common people will get benefits, but they want to eat them, aren't they dead." ”

Li Xiangqian said slowly: "First of all, you have to understand one thing, a few years after the Ming Dynasty has died, Hebei is a place where the landlords themselves are flexible enough to know that they went to Jiangnan, and those who have the ability to go to Jiangnan, have long run away, and now, Li Zicheng's former subordinates are even more, well, I think, the people who really come up with the idea to spread this kind of talk should be the people from Jiangnan, their control over public opinion in the Ming Dynasty is invincible, and they can make the main messenger okay after the Donglin Party makes a mistake, and the deputy will take the blame, well, in addition, People are accurate, we all have to carry this pot. ”

Zhao Jiaren frowned coldly and said, "Anyway, these people suddenly came over to ask for money, if we don't give it, what can we do?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just all kinds of rumors, you see, if the masses are full of joy and really believe it, it's not fake, after all, Li Zicheng said that King Chuang came and didn't pay for food, and as a result, we became Li Zicheng's pick-up man, and we really didn't collect agricultural taxes, so, in fact, our credibility is still good in the eyes of the people, of course, don't be complacent, and the money is really not fake, after all, the pension thing, we really plan to establish such a system."

"Pension now?"

"Ah, of course this is impossible, just like in many villages, the death pension goes to the village chief to raise the second wife, there is no feasible system, not to mention the difficult action of collecting taxes and conscription, you just want to send the money to the most basic and needy people, that is also ......"

"I heard that even in the 21st century, there are many unscrupulous descendants, especially some sons, who take Lao Tzu's pension bank card in their hands and force Lao Tzu to work to support himself, and he lives on his pension."

Li Xiangqian sighed and said, "Isn't this a system loophole, how can you block this system loophole?" So, the pension thing is still suspended, fortunately, we are still in the development period, and the extra social contradictions are directly sent to foreigners, not to mention anything else, in this era, Southeast Asia is full of Vietnamese brides, buy back, how many singles village bachelors can be solved? This, I couldn't agree more, Cecil Rhodes. ”

"The one who sells diamonds?"

"Ha, you really know everything, well, that goods are the developer of South African diamonds, even in the 21st century, it is a symbol of wealth and wealth, once, he attended a rally of unemployed workers in a working area of London, heard the cries full of bread, afterwards he said nakedly, in order to save the 40 million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from civil war, we colonial politicians should occupy new territories, to house the surplus population, to find new sales areas for the goods produced in the factories and mines, I often say,...... If you don't want a civil war, you should be an imperialist. ”

Zhao Jiaren was noncommittal, just glared at him, and said: "These things, in the 21st century, are completely politically incorrect!" If someone reports you, you'll be fired right away. ”

Li Xiangqian said: "Anyway, I said in front of my wife, so what, well, where did I go, by the way, money, you see, if we really satisfy a little delusion of these ordinary people, that is, take the money, what do you say will happen next?" ”

"Then it is naturally a big mess in the world, you don't have to do anything, you have money to take, and whoever is willing to work diligently will come to the imperial capital."

"This is one of their purposes, of course, it's nothing more than to divide our hearts and save that foreigner."

"You guess."

Li Xiangqian said: "Eliminate all the impossible, and the rest, no matter how unreasonable and absurd it is, is the only possibility." ”

"To save John Farrell? That Portuguese bastard? ”

Li Xiangqian said slowly: "People are not bastards, their identities are multiple, they are rich and money-dependent, religious friends, plus foreigners, you say, if you ****** in China and suddenly save a foreign official, will that person look at you differently, and even bring countless benefits in the future?" Self-esteem has always been a favorite trick of Chinese officials, well, never underestimate the shamelessness of meat eaters. ”

"You're a standard meat eater now."

"Okay, meat eaters, you see, they can abandon friendly troops and flee, as a great victory in Dunkirk, indifferent onlookers, sit and watch the Soviets defeat the main force of the German army with flesh and blood, say that it is their own great victory, in exchange for China, it will become a mud-legged Diao people to overthrow my master of the Republic of China, well, the problem now is that driving away means losing the hearts of the people, of course, I have observed, many people are lazy, looking at the current agricultural slack time, come out to fight the autumn wind, plus there is a train, the fare is cheap, just come over to take advantage, But we can't really satisfy them. ”

Li Xiangqian seemed to be unconcerned, and in the early winter of 1645, because they were idle at this time, many ignorant people in the countryside were confused by rumors.

The biggest reason is naturally that the Council of Elders has a good "reputation" in this regard, and there are rumors that Li Zicheng and King Chuang came and did not pay food, and after that, the Council of Elders really did not commit any crimes in Minqiu in the past two years, and did not collect agricultural taxes, so they naturally made them the same as living Bodhisattvas, and the legend said that they would turn stones into gold or something.

Some people pay for it, and some people add fuel to the fire, so they are naturally willing to go to the imperial capital to have a look.

Liang Cunhou sighed and said: "This matter is not much trouble, but it also shows our weakness, out of the imperial capital, we can have almost no influence." ”

"So what to do?"

"Let's salad, in fact, this thing is not bad, turning a bad thing into a good thing is our basic skill in itself, well, I'm afraid that someone is talking nonsense."

"I remember, in the 21st century, there was such a joke in the imperial capital."

"Remember, what is it, digital currency, a group of people said to go there for a meeting or something, but in fact, they were deceived."