The time to talk about things passed quickly, and unconsciously, Zhu Yijun and Gao Pragmatic had been chatting for most of the hour.

Regarding how to make the first cut to Xungui Yintian, the pair basically reached an agreement on the fellow students of the financial fans.

At this time, Zhu Yijun felt that he was almost rested, so he said that everyone might as well continue to walk and talk about things just now, but they didn't see anything.

But speaking of which, he had only come out of the Huangzhuang Courtyard not far away, and he couldn't see the situation of the people if he wanted to. After all, this Huangzhuang annex was built here, in order to facilitate the emperors of the past dynasties to go to Tianshou Mountain to pay homage to the mountain mausoleum, and naturally it was necessary to consider the accommodation of the accompanying team and the stationing of the accompanying army, so the general dwellings were not allowed to be built too close to the courtyard.

However, Huangzhuang is not just a courtyard, a large area nearby is the scope of Huangzhuang, otherwise just a year of courtyards or something, how can you get together 5 million acres of land

The Imperial Horse Supervisor is responsible for managing the Huangzhuang Huangdian, although Chen Ju himself has not asked the Huangzhuang questions carefully at all, but when Zhu Yijun was about to come out to shop, he had already called a young eunuch to come over, and the young eunuch was usually responsible for the rent collection and other things of the Huangzhuang in the northern part of the country, and he had come here a lot of times and was familiar with geography.

The courtyard was built along the Nansha River, and according to the young eunuch Dong, along the river to the west, about two or three miles away, there was a Shawan Village.

There are seventy or eighty households in this Shawan Village, about 400 people, which is not a big village near Gyeonggi, but it is not particularly The emperor wants to see the folk customs, and it is suitable here.

In the middle and late Jiajing periods, because I answered and attacked the vicinity of Gyeonggi at every turn, which caused Gyeonggi to shake, so in order to prevent the thieves from wandering, the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi also carried out several rounds of transformation in imitation of the Minbao villages in various parts of Daming Border Town, and many villages were made to be no different from military forts and had the same defense system. Fort walls, fort walls, suspension bridges, gatehouses and even urn cities, you name it, it is nothing more than a simplified version, and the same is true of Shawan.

The rammed wall of loess is tall and strong, the whole outer wall is nearly two miles long, the Nanbao Gate is the only entrance, and the gatehouse is arched with bricks and stones, standing tall.

Although the road just now is not far, except for the occasional patrol passing by, there is almost no living atmosphere, if it is not for the accompanying people added together, there are more than a dozen, Gao Pragmatic even feels that this environment is very suitable for making ghost movies.

When I walked to the area around Shawan, I felt some people angry, and I could see some men and women working around the village, and I didn't know what they were busy with when it was night.

However, when they saw Zhu Yijun and Gao Shishi, everyone looked vigilant and looked up from time to time. At the fort gate or watchtower, there are still a few villagers patrolling back and forth.

Zhu Yijun was surprised: "These villagers don't sleep at night, what are they busy with, why are they still patrolling near Gyeonggi, very restless?"

Gao pragmatic cannot answer this question, he has been separated from the masses for a long time, and he has long degenerated into an evil feudal landlord class element, and perhaps there is a certain embryonic color of capitalism, which is simply evil on top of evil, and the crime is unforgivable.

Chen Ju is from an ordinary peasant family, of course, this may be nonsense, if he is from a landlord family, can he still be a eunuch

So Chen Ju can barely answer what these people are busy with, "Your Majesty, these villagers are no better than the people in the capital, they don't have a curfew, so if some work can be done at night, most of them will choose to do it at night." ”

Zhu Yijun is a curious baby "what can he do at night"

Chen Ju said, "There is moonlight today, and at night men can chop wood, carry water, and repair houses." Women can also do laundry, weave straw sandals, etc., and can always make use of their time. ”

Zhu Yijun was inexplicable, and said, "Can't you do it during the day, you have to delay it until night."

Of course, Chen Ju knew the reason, but he didn't dare to speak out, and he was a little speechless for a while.

Gao pragmatic but has no scruples, indifferent to the authentic "It's late May, the farm work is very busy, they must do things for Zhuangzi during the day, how can they have time to be busy with these chores at home"

Only then did Zhu Yijun come to his senses, and together with these men and women, they were doing things for his imperial village during the day, and many of his own things could only be piled up at night, relying on a little moonlight.

He suddenly felt a burst of embarrassment, and glared at Young Eunuch Dong unhappily. Although Dong Shaojian is only a "middle-level cadre" in the palace, in this imperial village in northern Beijing, it is the prestige of half an emperor, where will he ask about these specific arrangements

He was stared at by Zhu Yijun, and he was so frightened that his legs were weak and he wanted to kneel, but Zhu Yijun hurriedly called him to stop "don't kneel"

Young Eunuch Dong hurriedly stiffened his knees and stood firm, begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are wronged, the slave and maid don't know how to arrange it, and the slave and maid will come to ask tomorrow." ”

Zhu Yijun snorted coldly, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to walk forward. The strange thing is that although there were a few villagers patrolling, they did not stop Zhu Yijun and his party, and even gave way to them from afar.

Zhu Yijun was a little incomprehensible, and asked pragmatically towards Gao, "I am wearing your Taoist clothes, and there are no logos and coats of arms, why do they salute from afar?"

Gao Pragmatic said a little speechlessly, "Your Majesty, the clothes on you and your ministers, any set of them is enough for them to save for a few years." ”

Chen Ju interjected at this time, "Gao Xiushu joked, they can save a set of these clothes in ten years, even if they are hard-working and willing to work hard." ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, looked at Gao Shipra, looked down at himself again, and sighed softly.

The appearance of Shawan Village is not bad, at least it can bluff people, but you can only show its decay when you go inside. The main street was full of potholes, and Zhu Yijun walked very uncomfortably, and the narrow alleys on both sides were full of low and dilapidated adobe houses. There was garbage and chicken, duck and pig manure everywhere, and there was a bad smell.

Most of the men and women who hurried by had dishes on their faces and looked numb. A group of little boys playing around the neighborhood didn't even have any clothes to wear, just running around with their bare butts. Not far away, there were a few little girls of four or five years old, who were treated a little better than those boys, and they were covered with extremely crude clothes, and Gao Shishi suspected that they were not clothes at all, but had dug three holes in the small sacks, and put them directly into them as if they were sleeveless vests in later generations.

Gao Pragmatic sighed in his heart, Shawan Village is only forty miles away from the capital, and it is a village that naturally forms a settlement in Huangzhuang, I am afraid it should still be relatively rich, but it is also like this, and the poverty of ordinary people can be seen.

Zhu Yijun's face was also difficult to look at, he wanted to speak a few times, but he didn't know what to say, and he held back a sentence for a while, "Be pragmatic, are the people in your Xinzheng hometown like this?"

Gao Shicheng sighed, "It's almost, but Xinzheng County is not big, since the minister opened a coal mine in Xinzheng, many people will go to the coal mine to help in their spare time, and they can earn some idle silver." Usually, you can also sell some small things made by yourself near the coal mine, and the situation is probably slightly better than in previous years. ”

Zhu Yijun sighed, shook his head and said, "You all know that I take care of the township, but I haven't even taken care of the tenants in my imperial village" He suddenly lost his interest in continuing to "observe the people's feelings", and said in a low mood, "Pragmatic, I'm tired, let's go back, we have to hurry tomorrow." ”

Gao Shishi was about to nod, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and subconsciously turned his head to look, but saw three people and three horses jogging all the way from the south gate.

The man in the middle was silent, his head slightly raised, and he looked around proudly. The two attendants on the left and right were shouting, "The palace is coming, let you grow out and answer."