When the banquet was over, the night was already late, Xu Ping drank a little too much, arranged accommodation for Sang Yi and Zhao Zi, and staggered back to his small courtyard alone.

Xiuxiu waited at the gate of the small courtyard, saw Xu Ping, and complained: "The official is drunk today!" ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "Since I came to this world, I have never been so happy as today!" ”

Although Zhao Zi was a little dissatisfied with himself, he picked out the forbidden army's fine tax with a few Zhuang Ke battles, Xu Ping didn't say anything, but he was still quite proud in his heart.

Xiuxiu hurriedly came up to help, and muttered in a low voice: "What nonsense are the officials talking about!" ”

A round of E'e eyebrow crescent moon hangs in the sky, sprinkling cold moonlight, accompanied by a cool breeze blowing slowly, the world seems extremely quiet.

Xiuxiu's thin body was beside Xu Ping, and she looked pitiful.

In the moonlight, the shadows of two people appeared on the ground, mottled and blurred.

Xu Ping took advantage of the wine and stepped out to step on his shadow, but he couldn't step on it.

Xiuxiu hurriedly held Xu Ping tightly, and said, "The official is drunk, don't make trouble!" ”

Xu Ping stopped, tilted his head to look at the shadow on the ground, and after a while, suddenly said: "Xiuxiu, you are still so thin, you have to eat more meat in the future!" ”

Xiuxiu blushed a little, didn't answer Xu Ping's words, just said, "I'll help the official go to the room and fetch some water to wash your face." ”

Xu Ping was supported by Xiuxiu and returned to his room crookedly.

sat down on the village, and saw Xiuxiu going out to fetch water with a basin, Xu Ping said: "Xiuxiu, just fetch cold water, don't heat it!" ”

Xiuxiu agreed, turned around and walked out of the room.

Xu Ping fell on the bed on his back, looking at the top of the tent.

The gang of thieves around Zhuangzi made Xu Ping uneasy, in fact, from the root, Xu Ping was not afraid of thieves, but really afraid that this matter would drag him into a lawsuit.

It is said that the imperial power is not lower than the county, so it also has to be divided into time and place. At this time, Kaifeng Mansion, the land of Wangji, the county order, Cheng, book, and Wei are basically complete, and the number of people in the establishment is no less than a township in Xu Ping's previous life. The population under his control is only one or two thousand, how can the imperial power not be lower than the county.

And the longer he stayed in this world, the more resistant Xu Ping became to deal with the government. This official mansion is really too different from the impression he got from the history books in his previous life. It is said that in ancient times, the control of the regime was weak, but at this time, the tentacles of the Great Song Dynasty were everywhere and could not be avoided.

Xu Ping's grange needs start-up capital, and he also wants to make money, but tragically finds that almost all roads are blocked. I made sake and wanted to sell it, but it turned out that the liquor was monopolized. He also wanted to sell excellent steel for money, but it turned out that my Da Song business was not something you could do if you wanted to. There are guilds, and there are iron shops, and this iron shop is still under the control of the government, and where it can be inserted and eaten casually. The purpose of the government's control of the iron bank is twofold, one is to facilitate taxation, and the other is to facilitate the government's distribution, that is, hard apportionment. When the government's finances are good, it's okay, but when the finances are bad, you hand over things but don't get the money, don't you cry to death? You still can't help but do it, the violent institutions of the government eat dry food? The members of the guild are all registered, and the father dies and the son succeeds, and they can't run away from you.

Xu Ping originally wanted to make some money by trading with the iron bank, but when he inquired, they said that this kind of good steel should of course be sold to various official institutions in the capital that make weapons. But as soon as he got on this line, there were no more days of freedom, and Xu Ping was frightened back when he heard it.

If you don't join the guild, can you do some business sporadically? The answer is no, there is still a perverted tissue such as tooth row. No one pays attention to you in a small business, as long as you have a little scale, you can't escape. Tooth shop is an agent organization, like Xu Ping's previous life, you have a house to rent, and you can rent it out by writing an advertisement, but if you have a building to rent, do you want to find a real estate agent? What's more, in this era, it is a hard rule to go through the tooth line.

The merchants of the Song Dynasty made money, but not everyone could do business, especially in Kaifeng, where there was no background behind him, so he went to give people the blame. It is often said that the Great Song Dynasty is rich in the people, and this joke Song Taizu himself said it bluntly, what is the difference between money hidden in the people and hidden in his own treasury? If the court wants to use it, don't you have to take it out obediently? The court is in a good mood, and you will be thankful for a few officials or Taoist monks. But this kind of donated official was a fart in the Song Dynasty, all kinds of provisions prohibiting the donor official from holding real power, all kinds of provisions stuck in the donor official are not allowed to be promoted, and even explicitly ordered the donor official not to sit with the magistrate, you have to stand obediently on the side when talking.

The peanuts, sorghum, corn, and peppers outside constantly reminded Xu Ping that this Song Dynasty was not in the time and space where he came, even if it was exactly the same as the Song Dynasty in that world, but it was not a world, and Xu Ping did not need to carry any baggage for history.

In this world, Xu Ping just wants to be a small landlord with peace of mind and give full play to what he has learned. As for what it was for, Xu Ping didn't care at all, and he didn't want to care.

Isn't a life without worries just about giving full play to what you have learned and living a rich life? Xu Ping also saw that in the Great Song Dynasty, the safest way to make a fortune was to farm, and whoever delayed him in farming would have to deal with whom.

When she was thinking wildly, Xiuxiu came back with water and waited for Xu Ping to wash her face.

Watching Xiuxiu clean up, Xu Ping sighed in his heart, not to mention that this matter also involved the girl he was close to, just for her, he had to clean up this group of thieves.

Seeing that Xiuxiu was going out, Xu Ping's heart moved, and he asked her: "Xiuxiu, do you think the current life is good, or is it the good life when you were at home?" ”

Xiuxiu was silent for a while before whispering: "Here, the officials are very good to me. But I still miss my father and mother, and I miss my brother. Xiuxiu is not angry, if the officials really ask, I am still willing to live the original life, although I eat coarse tea and light rice, and wear rag clothes. ”

Xu Ping said softly: "Yes, nothing can compare to family affection." If it weren't for the thieves who stole your sheep, you wouldn't have come to my house. Tell me the truth, do you hate them? ”

Xiuxiu said sadly: "I hate them to the core!" lost the sheep, and my father almost lost his life with a rope. My mother sent me to Ya Po, and I was almost blind from crying! My brother wouldn't let me go, but my father stopped him. My brother cried for days without me, and it would be better for me to go back and see them. ”

Xu Ping sighed. Listening to Xiuxiu's words, he almost impulsively wanted Xiuxiu to go home, but reason told him that he couldn't do this, and he could only run into a bloody head against the social tradition and laws and regulations. He can only be kind to Xiuxiu in the future, and when the deadline is up, give her more possessions and let her live a good life.

Seeing that Xu Ping didn't speak, Xiuxiu asked, "Official, why are you asking this?" ”

Xu Ping said: "Because I'm going to deal with that gang of thieves, I don't know if it's going to go well." ”

Xiuxiu turned around suddenly: "Is this true?" ”

Xu Ping nodded.

Xiuxiu's face was happy, and after a while, she lowered her head again and whispered: "The official has this heart, Xiuxiu is grateful!" It's just that I've heard people say that those thieves are not easy to provoke because they kill people like hemp, so why should the officials take such a risk? I'm an insignificant subordinate after all. ”

Xu Ping smiled and said to Xiuxiu: "Do you want to listen to my heart?" ”

Xiuxiu looked at Xu Ping and nodded: "The official is willing to say, of course Xiuxiu is willing to listen." ”

Xu Ping said: "I want to deal with those thieves, the first is that I am afraid that they will disturb the tranquility of the village and cause unnecessary trouble." The second is to avenge Xiuxiu, I believe you hate them very much. The third is that they are afraid that they will do something again and let another Xiuxiu leave her father and mother, and she will suffer a lot at a young age. If these three were missing, maybe I wouldn't have taken the initiative to deal with them. ”

Xiuxiu lowered her head: "Thank you to the officials, Xiuxiu remembered it in her heart!" ”

Xu Ping sighed: "Originally, I thought that things had to be done, so I did it, and I didn't pay much attention to what others said, let alone say something like thanksgiving." But tonight somehow, maybe I drank too much and wanted to tell you this. I don't want you to remember, but I see how wronged you are these days, and tell you to make you happier. You're still young, and you're supposed to live happily. ”

Xiuxiu nodded: "I remember it in my heart!" ”

Xu Ping smiled and asked Xiuxiu to go back to rest.

The window was not closed, and at this time, a round of crescent moon crawled into the air, and the cold light shot into the room, enveloping Xu Ping in the moonlight.

Xu sat quietly on the bed, looking at the moonlight on the ground, and suddenly remembered Li Bai's famous article "Silent Night Thoughts": "The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground." Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown. ”

Xu Ping didn't know which world his hometown was, whether there was still a self there, or if he had disappeared in the moonlight.

In that world, he also has parents, and he also has a younger brother who is three years younger than himself, and that younger brother also stuck to him like Xiuxiu's younger brother when he was a child.

I don't know what is going on with them, and may they be well.