Li Daming and the others did not stay in Foshan for long, so they said goodbye to Zhang's father Huang Feihong and others on the grounds of doing business, and took the train to the capital. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

I believe that people who have experienced the 80s know that the train of that period is so slow, from south to north without three or four days can not reach the destination, and the train of this period is still the simplest steam locomotive, the speed is even slower, this to go to the capital without five or six days can not arrive.

It doesn't matter if it takes a long time, after all, you can still see the scenery along the way, but the most unbearable thing is the bumpy strength of the railway in this period, which is like floating in the undulating sea. Anyone who is doing this for five or six days now requires a lot of tenacity.

Li Daming does not lack this kind of tenacity, so he has been jumping around, but Aunt Thirteen and Zhao Yazhi are not good, vomiting in the morning and vomiting in the afternoon, and they can't sleep at night, and the second daughter of Kung Fu has lost weight in one day.

Li Daming was distressed and hurriedly sent the second daughter back to the First World Villa, so let's wait until he arrives in the capital to pick him up.

After another three days, he finally came to the capital, Li Daming got out of the car and let out a sigh of relief, saying that he would not make this kind of steam locomotive in the future, it was simply torture!

There are nine gates in the inner city of the capital. According to the direction, there are four urban districts in the east, west, north and south, commonly known as "four nine cities". At different times, the inhabitants of each urban area have their own characteristics and change from one city to another. The popular saying in this period is: "The east is rich and the west is expensive, and the south is cheap and the north is poor." ”

'Rich in the East and Expensive in the West'. Most of the nobles lived in the west city, and the warehouses were all in the east city. There is some truth to this, but it is not accurate enough. "Dongfu" not only refers to the fact that the granaries are mostly in Dongcheng, but also that there were many giant merchants and wealthy families living here at that time, and they were very wealthy. There are many palaces inside and outside the Xuanwu Gate in the west city and in the west four and other places, and most of the people who live are the dignitaries of the Qing Dynasty, so they are called "Xigui". Nancheng is mostly for working people and folk artists. At that time, these people were regarded as lowly people, so there was a saying of 'southern cheapness'. In addition, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu people of the Eight Banners were in the middle of the road and became poor. Hence the "North Poor".

This was found in modern times before Li Daming came to the capital again, in order to better target the next step. But after coming to the capital, wandering along the street, but I heard another saying: cloth and silk in the east city, cattle and horses in the west city, firewood and charcoal in the west city, birds, fish, flowers and birds in the south city, well-dressed thieves in the north city, and pearls and jade in the middle city.

After inquiry, I learned that there are two sayings about the middle city mentioned here: one is the Forbidden City, which is the center of the capital and the imperial city, just as Emperor Zhengde said in the Peking Opera "Dragon Opera" "A small circle in the big circle, and a yellow circle in the small circle". There are not only the residence of the emperor, but also the three major halls that deal with government affairs, and countless jewels and brocades are gathered in it. Another said that the middle city is the area of Qianmen Street, there are many theaters and gold shops, silver buildings, money houses and silk shops such as Ruifuxiang, so it is said that it is "pearl and jade splendor", Nancheng because it is close to the flower town - loess gang, at the same time in the north of the Temple of Heaven, there is a goldfish pond, so there is "birds, fish, flowers and birds" said.

Li Daming thought about it, found the local Fang Yazi through a pawnshop, Fang Yazi is a modern real estate agent, took out a piece of snowflake silver and threw it over, and asked: "I want to buy a suite in Beicheng, what do you have to introduce?" ”

Fang Yazi accurately caught the snowflake silver, instantly judged that the silver was enough for ten taels, immediately smiled and asked, "I don't know how many courtyards you want to buy?" ’

"The bigger, the better."

"I just happened to know that a set of three-entry courtyard houses happened to be looking for a buyer, this ancestor used to be a guard with a knife in front of the emperor, and he was also a close confidant of the emperor, but now the family is in the middle of the road, and he has to live by selling his property. This set of three-entry quadrangle houses is well preserved, but the price is a little expensive, and this number is needed. ”

Fang Yazi stretched out a slap, which means five thousand taels.

"Okay, as long as I can see it, the money is fine."

Li Daming scavenged a lot of silver from RB, not to mention five thousand taels, even fifty million taels is a matter of casual wielding.

Fang Yazi saw that there was a play, and immediately led Li Daming to Beicheng in a big car, about half an hour, came to a dirty street in Beicheng, Fang Yazi got out of the car and patted open a door, and muttered a few words to the red-faced man who opened the door, and came to the cart together, the red-faced man looked at Li Daming who was sitting in the car at the lower end, and asked a little arrogantly: "You are a Han, it seems that you are still a foreigner, if you want to buy my house, you can buy my house, and if you are less than 10,000 taels, you will not sell it." ”

"Eh, Master Zhuang, we didn't say that before!"

Fang Yazi questioned.

"Get out of the way, Lao Tzu can't temporarily raise prices!"

The red-faced man pulled Fang Yazi, Fang Yazi took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground, which shows that this Zhuang Ye is also a practitioner.

Li Daming shook his head with a smile, it was really that there were such people in that era, they would always be racist, always bully outsiders, you said that you have so much superiority as a mite? ! Got out of the car and flashed a big slap.

The red-faced man was caught off guard, and was directly beaten around, covering his face and shocked: "You dare to hit me, I'm ......"

"You're Nima, aren't you just a mites? It's like you who fight. ”

Li Daming said with another mouthful.

The red-faced man took another beat, and immediately rushed up with a yell, wanting to stop his waist and hug Li Daming, it turned out that this person was practicing wrestling.

Li Daming is proficient in martial arts, which is what he can get close to with a low hand, and knock him to the ground in three strikes and two blows.

"Help! Help me! ”

The red-faced man found that he couldn't beat him, so he couldn't get up on the ground, and shouted for help at the same time.

Soon many people ran out, looking like mites, this was originally a gathering place for mites, and when they saw that someone dared to bully their brothers, they immediately gathered around to do something.

Li Daming casually threw out a few ingots of silver and said: "As long as you slap him in the past, you can take away ten taels of silver, if you have brothers and sisters, you can also call over, once per person, ten taels at a time, only today has such an opportunity, don't miss it when you pass by!" ”

Those people looked at the silver and pursed their lips, looking hesitant, and suddenly someone slapped the red-faced man with a slap, and then picked up a silver ingot and ran away.

Someone set a precedent, and immediately some people followed suit, at first the red-faced man had to resist, and was beaten by a group of people, so he could only lie there and wait to be beaten, one after another, the silver in Li Daming's pocket seemed to be inexhaustible, and he could always receive the silver.

Soon the men of the whole street were finished, and they were replaced by women, round after round......

Of course, the most important point is that these people are too poor, and all their clothes are patches and patches, as hardcore crops, they can't participate in labor, and they are ashamed to do small business. This period was not bad, but at the beginning of the 20th century, the Qing Dynasty fell, and those people were really miserable! But it is also deserved. If there is no cause planted by their ancestors, then there will be evil consequences for their descendants?