In the pale morning light, outside the majestic Jinling City, the vast Yangtze River, flowing from west to east, is endless. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the city, at the wharf of Jinchuan Gate, ships of various styles dock. Quite a few travelers come and go. The identities are different, and it can be seen from the clothes and clothes that there are: fishermen, farmers, dock workers, merchants, slaves, scholars, officials, etc.

In the early morning, Jinling seems to be slowly waking up in the morning light, and its own great vitality is about to be revealed.

Jia Huan slept relatively lightly, got dressed, got up to the bow of the boat, and looked at this picture-like scene full of strong ancient life. The early morning of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, with a prosperous prelude, is about to bloom its charm.

Jinling, that is, the south - Beijing. He has been to the city of Nanjing many times, visiting tourist attractions, historical sites, and nostalgia. At this time, he really came to the ancient capital of Jinling. In Jia Huan's heart, there is an exclamation that spans hundreds of years of time and space.

Ascend to see it. It is late autumn in the old country, and the weather is beginning to be clear. Thousands of miles of Chengjiang are like practice, and the green peaks are like clusters. Through the ages, he has been insulted by honor and disgrace. The old things of the Six Dynasties flow with the water.

In the history of this time and space, Zhou Taizu Ning Ji raised troops from the west of the river to unify the south of the Yangtze River. Immediately, with Jinling as the base, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, drove out the Tartar slaves, and chased the death to the north. During this period of history, Jinling City has changed hands several times. Fortunately, in the midst of the war, the buildings, imperial city, and monuments in Jinling City were preserved.

In the 150th year of the Dingding, Jinling had recovered the vitality of the war at this time, with a population of about 2 million, which was better than that of the Ming Dynasty. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's population was as high as more than 1 million. It was the most populous city in the world at the time.

This ancient capital of the Six Dynasties is the political center and cultural center of the Jiangnan region at this time!

He will spend two years in this bustling, beautiful city.

When Jia Huan was nostalgic for the past and the present at the bow of the ship, the owner of the ship, Lao Liu, wore a short coat in the autumn breeze, revealing his dark arms, and came over with a smile. Not far away, several boatmen were tying ropes, "Master Xiao Jia, we have arrived." ”

Jia Huan smiled and nodded, "Hmm." We'll disembark here in a moment. The money that was said to be good is indispensable to you. ”

"Gotcha." The owner of the ship, Lao Liu, smiled and went to arrange the parking of the ship.

After a while, Qian Huai, Zhang San, and Hu Xiaosi also came out with their clothes on. Zhang San is an old servant sent by Jia's mother to follow, and he is familiar with Jinling. At this time, he took Qian Huai off the ship, and soon hired a carriage, porters and coolies on the dock.

Qingwen and Ruyi packed up their clothes and utensils and got into the carriage. The rest of the luggage was carried by porters and coolies to other carriages.

Jia Huan, Ji Ming and a dozen people followed the crowded city gate and entered Jinling City. It was the autumn of the 11th year of Yongzhi, August 20, at 9 o'clock in the morning.

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The layout of Jinling City follows the layout of the Ming Dynasty, which is divided into the imperial city, the capital city, the palace city, and the outer Guo city. It should be noted that the city is not like the capital, adopting the old system of square city or rectangular, but relying on the mountains and rivers, like heaven and law, with a unique design, magnificent and majestic, showing superb architectural art.

At the same time, the city is divided into political, military, handicraft, commercial, and residential areas. The Imperial City, located in the southeast, is a political region with yamen at all levels. To the west, there are handicrafts, commercial and residential areas.

And if it is divided by region, the whole Jinling is divided into seven parts: Beicheng, Xuanwu Lake, Shenlie Mountain, Zhongcheng, Nancheng, Xicheng, and Dongcheng.

The destination of Jia Huan's trip was Jia Mansion, which was close to the imperial city in the east and belonged to the residence of the ministers in the Midtown area. Jia Yuan, the ancestor of the Jia family, served in Jinling. The popular talisman in Jinling officialdom: the four families, it was at this time that the foundation was laid.

In the second chapter of the original book of the Red Mansion, I borrowed the mouth of Jia Yu Village to talk about the address of Jiafu: I went to the boundary of Jinling last year, because I wanted to visit the ruins of the Six Dynasties, I entered the stone city that day and passed in front of his old house. The east of the street is Ningguo Mansion, and the west of the street is Rongguo Mansion, and the two houses are connected, and most of the street is occupied.

Stone Town is another name for Nan-Jing.

Jia Huan, Ji Ming and a dozen people entered Jinling from the outer Jinchuan Gate in the north, entered the Fucheng along the outer street of Jinchuan Gate, and then walked slowly along the Jinchuan Gate Street.

In the bustling city of Jinling, the flow of people is surging, and the shouting, greeting, and speaking of Jinling accents are one after another, full of vitality. The carriages and horses are endless, prosperous and unprecedented. It shows a completely different urban style from Beijing and Yangzhou.

When I arrived in front of Jiafu, which is located in Runde Fang, it was already noon. After the second duke of Jia Jia's Ningrong, there were a total of 20 rooms, including 8 rooms in the capital and 12 rooms in Jinling. Jia Huan sent Qian Huai and Zhang San to Jia's house to report the news early.

At this time, in front of the Rongguo Mansion, seven or eight white-haired old men, four or five middle-aged men, plus the two chief managers of the Rongguo Mansion and the Ning Guofu in Jinling, greeted Jia Huan with the children and housekeepers of the Jia family.

Not to mention Jia Huan's previous reputation, the youngest person in the dynasty has sung Jiangnan's masterpieces in the recent period: when will the bright moon be there, it is enough to make the housekeepers of the Jia family, the elders and children of the family come out to greet them.

Not to mention, in the Zhuangzi outside Jinling City, there is still the Lai family, the former housekeeper of Jiafu. That was the third master of Huan who kicked them back from the capital with one hand. Who dares not to be in awe?

The costumes of the people in Jiafu who came out to welcome them were different. Jia Huan only glanced at it to understand. Don't look at the Jia family in Jinling, there are four major families, and the name is on the talisman, but the Jia family has such a population, there must be rich and poor. The emperor has poor relatives.

Moreover, Jinling is the political center and cultural center of the Jiangnan region, and there are really not too many high-ranking officials, nobles, military generals, and scholars. The Jia family can't go to heaven yet. For example, the Zhen family, the Jia family's family friend, is a top-level existence in Jinling City.

One of the clan elders at the head was about seventy years old, with white hair, as if he was about to be blown down by the wind, and sighed: "The children of the clan can be as good as Brother Huan'er, it is really blessed by the ancestors." ”

Zhang San, the old servant who came, introduced: "This is Master Jia Daixing of the ninth room. ”

Jia Huan saluted.

After greeting at the door of Jiafu for a while, Steward Liu, the governor of Jiafu in Jinling, led everyone into Jiafu through the side door of the street next to him, and sat down in the main hall of the front hall to talk. It can be seen that although no one in the Jia family lives in Jinling, the houses and appliances here are well maintained.

Sure enough, it's a rich family's style.

This is equivalent to the rich people of later generations having villas in various places, and then each villa hired a team of housekeepers. Responsible: Daily cleaning, changing refrigerator food, bed linen and quilt covers, building lawns, gardens, etc.

After everyone in Jia's family had a sumptuous lunch, Jia Huan first asked Steward Liu to arrange the accommodation of Ji Ming and the others. Then I took Qingwen and Ruyi to choose a courtyard close to the corner gate to facilitate access. The gifts brought were arranged by Zhang San and placed in batches in the treasury in Jiafu.

When he first arrived in Jinling, Jia Huan planned to live here in Jiafu for a period of time, and then go to Jinling City another day to buy a courtyard of his own.

The main reason is that he feels that living in Jiafu will inevitably get involved in the people and things of the Jia family. He came to Jinling to study, and he had no interest in these general affairs. Still, it's comfortable to live alone. As long as Lin Daiyu comes to Jinling, buy a house.

He went down to Jiangnan with five thousand taels of silver, and there was no shortage of this consumption. Lin Ruhai's one million taels of silver, he has already accepted it. But before Lin Daiyu got married, he didn't plan to use it. He still has the bottom line. He accepted it, just to reassure Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu.

can complete Lin Ruhai's entrustment, and he can use this silver to feel at ease. If it can't be done, he'll return the money. Of course, judging from his current situation, the probability of completing the task of taking care of Lin Daiyu is still very high.

In the afternoon, Jia Huan summoned Steward Liu of Jiafu and Steward Wu of Ningguo Mansion to learn about the situation of the next two mansions in Jinling. Caution against causing trouble, lest you ruin the reputation of Jiafu. Of course, if someone else bullies you, you don't have to be polite.

Subsequently, with gifts, he visited the elders of each room of the Jia family one by one, and fulfilled the courtesy. In the evening, he had dinner at the house of one of Jia Daixing's sons.

After taking care of the family affairs, the next morning, Jia Huan asked Qi Jiming to go to the Zhang Mansion of Dagongfang, where the ministers' mansions gathered, to visit the mountain chief Zhang Anbo.

The Jia family is out of the houses of Jiafu in Jinling City, and according to the distance of the relationship, it is the relatives of the four families of Jia Shiwang Xue in Jinling who need to move. For example, Wang Xifeng's father, Master Wang, lives in Jinling City. There are many clansmen of the four major families in Jinling City, and which families are relatives, the old servant Zhang San who came with him will remind Jia Huan.

Moreover, it is the Zhen family of the world. This is an old relative of Jiafu. The correspondence is extremely affectionate. Zhen Yingjia, the head of the Zhen family, was the president of the Qincha Jinling Provincial Tiren Institute at this time.

and Li Kun's father, Li Shouzhong's family. He once served as the official of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine, and he was at home at this time.

Of course, going to relatives is not only about the distance of the relationship, but also about influence. For example, the Zhen family should definitely be among the first to visit. But here in Jia Huan, after counting the etiquette of Jia's family, the first sequence to visit is the mountain chief Zhang Anbo and the township test master Fang Wang.

Zhang's Mansion is located in a long street in the western section of Dagongfang. Snub in front of the door. The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of the third product is an idle official position.

From the position of the left deputy capital Yushi to the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, even if the imperial court added the Huaiyang Festival from the second rank to the vacant position, the Jiangnan officialdom would not think that Zhang Anbo, who was in his sixties, still had a future.

Jia Huan and the porter and old servant of Zhang's Mansion were all familiar with each other, and soon arrived in the side hall in front of them for a while, and after waiting for a while, Pang Ze and Master Tian appeared.

Pang Ze was dressed in a gray straight jacket, his nose was quite big, and he patted Jia Huan's shoulder in surprise, "Haha, Ziyu, you can be regarded as here." ”

Jia Huan smiled and saluted the two of them, and said, "I'm only a month behind you." ”

Master Tian twisted his beard and smiled.

Ji Ming and Pang Ze are familiar with each other. Several people exchanged pleasantries. The reunion of the old people is a narrative. Talking about what happened after the farewell. Jia Huan said that Master He was a staff member in Sha Sheng. By noon, the mountain chiefs Zhang Anbo and Zhang Chengjian came back and cleaned up some wine and food. Everyone drank and talked.

After drinking, everyone gathered in the living room to drink tea and chat.

Zhang Anbo sat in the center, dressed in a dark blue robe, with a relaxed and free attitude, and said: "Ziyu, since you have come to Jinling, you can first enter Nanjing Guozijian to study." I am currently lecturing at the Guozijian in Nanjing. (To be continued.) )