After feeling that the fifth Lun was not simple, Jing Dan couldn't help but observe him a little more.

Although they are all called Hao, the Hou family and the Fifth Clan are undoubtedly one in the sky and one underground.

As far as the place to live is concerned, Jing Dan has been to the Fifth Lun's house, which is just a small dock courtyard, which can accommodate forty or fifty people.

And this Changping Pavilion of the Hou family, but the palace of the former dynasty, three miles from east to west, four miles from north to south, can catch up with a small city. The house is innumerable, the houses are all wandering and subordinate, the pavilion repairs the corridor, the courtyard wall is decorated with Qi painting Dan lacquer, through it, can not be reached all day long.

And there is a garden in the middle of the courtyard, the torrent water is poured into the ditch, the flat land is dug up and the pond is swamped, and the stone is a mountain, which is several zhang high. Strange trees and plants, all planted, it is September, the flowers are withering, only the chrysanthemum in the garden is blooming.

Jing Dan only remembered that when he was invited to come for the first time, he was shocked, it stands to reason that a young man from a small family like Wulun has never seen much of the world, and he should be dumbfounded.

But there was no surprise on the face of the fifth Lun, and when he entered the Changping Pavilion, he just looked left and right casually, and there was no envy, this calmness was very rare in a young man from a poor family.

Jing Dan didn't know that for the fifth Lun, the sightseeing trip to the Marquis of Qiongcheng Mansion was fresh, but shocking.

As a modern person, what he sees the most is the "big scene", not to mention the high-rise buildings, the ancient palace wonders, he has also been to a lot when he traveled in his previous life. What's more, the garden carefully built by the Hou family with financial resources, from design to management, is indeed very ordinary in the eyes of the fifth lun.

But from the outside to the inside, looking at Qiong Chenghou's family background, the fifth Lun is still a little envious, there are eight or nine hundred servants alone, plus the clansmen, attached guests, there are two or three thousand people, with Wang Yuan's status and fame, once the world changes, it is not too easy to call on tens of thousands of people in this county to gather under his hands. And the fifth mile is too small, if he also has such a big inheritance, he can do more and save more people in the future.

Jing Dan, who was traveling with him, observed Wu Lun all the way, and saw that he was mostly light and light, and did not stop until he passed by a small garden, and glanced in.

Jing Dan also looked at it, but saw that it was a few slaves, the slaves were dressed in silk and silk, and the maids were also beautiful and luxurious, could it be that they had a young heart?

But the fifth Lun is not looking at people, but at dogs.

A few shiny dogs were lying on the fine pampas mats, munching on fresh meat.

That's the ordinary people of the Fifth Mile, who can only eat good meat three or four times a year.

Fifth Lun didn't say anything, this is someone else's business, what you like to eat, he can't care, his pace only paused slightly, and followed everyone to the courtyard hall of Changping Pavilion.

The guests sat under the hall, the hall, and the upper seat according to their ranks, and the fifth Lun was supposed to sit in the courtyard, but Qiong Cheng Hou Jiacheng hurriedly came over to greet him: "The old servant is stupid, I didn't know the gentleman's name before, the head of the family and Doctor Kui said, please sit down with Jing Caopeng!" ”

Then listen to the arrangement, Wu Lun only followed Jia Cheng to continue walking, but saw that the main hall was tall and magnificent, the bronze lampstand was like a big tree with lush foliage, the sky was still bright outside, and the anointing candle on it burned as if it didn't need money.

More than ten people can sit in the hall of the main hall, most of them are Fan Zhu and other "old men of the previous dynasty", and when they saw that Wu Lun was able to continue to go inside, they all showed envy or dissatisfaction.

Located in the innermost is a small hall with the hall, divided into east and west seats, the east seat sits Qiongcheng Hou Wang Yuan, and there is a young man with a childish face, which should be his nephew Wang Long, who is famous for literature in the county.

The head of the west seat is Kui Huan, followed by Xiao Yan, the son of Xiao Xianghou, and again Jing Dan, who was talking to Kui Huan in a low voice, and looked up at the fifth Lun. It can be seen that Kui Huan seems to appreciate Jing Dan, and he is a close confidant of Jun Yin, so he has been promoted.

The fifth Lun sat at the end of the west seat as a matter of course, and said secretly in his heart: "I can enter the upper seat, I'm afraid it is thanks to the sentence of the national teacher Liu Xiu's 'few virtuous deeds'." ”

On the banquet, Wu Lun more intuitively felt the gap between the rich and the poor between the Hao family and ordinary people.

The table in front of him was made of precious cinnamon wood, dyed with black lacquer, and carved with dazzling patterns. The mat is not ordinary, and I don't know what precious grass and trees are used, and it is soft when kneeling, unlike the straw mats in the homes of civilians to tie the knees.

The slaves and maids have already skillfully set the tableware, what Jue, Zhen, Bottle, Quirch, Fifth Lun can not all be named, and a steaming bronze tripod is placed in the center of the hall, Zhong Ming Ding Food House.

On the table is a metal cup and plate with silver mouth and yellow ears, a wine jug with carved and lacquered text, and a feather lacquer ear cup from the wild king of Hanoi and exquisite workmanship.

Think about their home, there are only a few lacquerware, and there are distinguished guests to use, and they make pottery and gourd scoops on weekdays, which is not much different from farmers.

As for the food, there is nothing to say, it is nothing more than the overlapping of the corpses and brigades, and the case is full of burns. In addition to the meat, pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese seen daily, there are also fish and turtles, deer fetuses, quails, Chu oranges from the south, and wolfberry sauce sold in Shudi.

Think about the fifth tyrant when eating, it is just bean soup and yellow rice, and the food is often only a sauce and a meat, and the dishes are added only when there is a happy event or a guest, and it is not just a cooked meat, so that it will not be like this, all the water that flies in the sky and the ground is fished out, and the beautiful things from all over the world are stewed into a delicacy.

Fifth Lun can only sigh with emotion, this is the boring life of rich people.

At this time, the host Wang Yuan stood up and raised the bottle and said with a smile: "Poetry" cloud: I have a guest, drumming and blowing the sheng. Today, the right surname of Lieutenant County Lu will be in Changping Hall, how can there be no joy of bamboo drums? ”

He clapped his hands, and the musicians on either side of the hall sat sideways, beating the strings or drumming. A group of beautiful dancers who were raised by Qiongcheng came to the court, waving their sleeves and posing arbitrarily, dancing the graceful dance steps of Zhao Di Zhongshan, which was the hometown of Zhao Feiyan, the "demon queen" of the previous dynasty.

Fifth Lun glanced at Kui Huan, he didn't have any different colors, he just smiled and enjoyed all this, obviously used to it.

The whole hall was full of staggered plans, smiling and smiling, and the government of Confucius in Chang'an, who was solemnly announced outside before entering the table, the simple trip led by Emperor Wang Mang, and what kind of group drinking crimes, had long been forgotten, and sure enough, only the governor was allowed to set fire.

This new dynasty is indeed wonderful, and the politicians pat their heads and edicts, and they want to come out of it. The people below pretended to be plain on the horses, and closed the door but business as usual. I don't know if Wang Mangxiao doesn't know this kind of yang and yin violation, and what kind of expression does it have?

There was nothing worth saying at the banquet, and Wang Yuan first introduced the fifth Lun to everyone. At this time, Fifth Lun caught a glimpse of Xiao Yan, the prince of Xiao Township, who was sitting in the second place in the west seat, in the hall full of laughter, but with a straight face, occasionally looking at Fifth Lun, he turned away in disgust.

And Jing Dan, who was sitting next to Xiao Yan, wanted to raise a drink to toast him, but Xiao Yan only raised his knight with one hand, which made Jing Dan a little embarrassed.

Also, since the time of Han Gaozu, it has been passed on to the country, and more than ten generations have been noble Xiao family, although the dynasty has changed, but it is still a person, and it can be regarded as a "family". How can you be willing to sit with a poor disciple like Fifth Lun? For him, this is simply a great shame, if it weren't for the scruples of Kui Huan and Wang Yuan's face, Xiao Yan would almost have to walk away.

The Fifth Lun family is a small landlord, declining from generation to generation, and their feet have stepped into the mud, and they are in the same ranks as the people. And the Xiao family has been a liehou for more than ten generations, and they have long been flying high in the clouds, and there is no trace of earthiness.

After eating for a while, everyone was full of wine and food, Wang Yuan got up and invited everyone to do the most important activity of the Chongyang Banquet - Pei Zhu ascended.

It is not a mountain that is climbed, but a high platform in the Changping Pavilion, which is built on a small hill and can stand down dozens of people.

After ascending to the stage, the autumn wind swept across the plain, in addition to the cool accident, but also brought the chrysanthemum fragrance in the flower garden. All the guests wore dogwoods, followed Kui Huan and Wang Yuan, looked down from the heights, looked at the endless Qiongchenghou Manor in the west and south, and flattered some sycophants.

Wu Lun was attracted by the scene in the northeast, walked over involuntarily, and then stood on the edge, his eyes wide.

This was the first time Jing Dan had seen it since entering the Changping Pavilion, and the fifth Lun showed a look of surprise and shock.

He saw a world that was torn apart!

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If it has only been half a day, Wu Lun has wandered in a world full of luxury and luxury, and now, standing on this magnificent and majestic platform, he has witnessed the truth of the other half of the world.

To the east of the Changping Pavilion, beyond a towering embankment, the surging main stream of Jingshui used to be completely dry, but now it is completely dry, and only the cracked riverbed under the scorching sun remains, like a twisted ugly scar, dividing the world in two.

This murky river, which comes from the Loess Plateau and is known for its violent floods and large sediment loads, was diverted two years ago and turned northeast because of Yongsai.

Wu Lun heard his grandfather talk about it, but he didn't feel it deeply at the time, and it wasn't until he saw it with his own eyes today that he knew how violent the water was.

The northeast was originally a rich farmland, but it was encroached upon by the diverted Jing River. When the flood swept away, dozens of villages and thousands of hectares were destroyed. All that could be seen now was a ruined ruin, and fields submerged in muddy water, and the reeds by the river were growing tall.

At this time, Jing Dan also came over, and when he saw the appearance of Wu Lun, he knew that he had never been to the north of the county, so he said: "In the autumn of the previous year, it rained heavily in the Gyeonggi level, and the Jingshui overflowed, and several counties in the north of the county were affected. ”

He lowered his voice: "However, Qiong Chenghou, Xiao, Fan and other eleven families were not damaged, just because they built a wall near the river in advance, and the big water could not enter, so they swept away the poor households without the protection of the embankment, and tens of thousands of people were displaced. ”

"At that time, Zhang Jun Yin first arrived in the county, and his predecessor left a deficit, and the surplus grain in the county warehouse was less than 5,000 stones, so he could only plead with Haoyou from door to door to persuade them to give some grain, but ......"

"Da Yin didn't show up in person?"

Jing Dan nodded and said, "The Hou family of Qiongcheng has come out with a thousand stones, the Xiao family has come out with five hundred stones, and the rest of the families have more than two or three hundred stones. As for the Fan family, they are willing to take more than 100 stones, and they are not as many as the Yicang of the Boyu family. ”

More than 100 stones, then Fan Zhu's clothes are worth this money!

Just when the hungry people were so hungry that they were pulling out the bark of trees and preparing to go into exile, the wealthy families seemed to find their conscience and sent people to wander among the poor people with food, expressing their willingness to lend them food.

Fifth Lun understood: "That grain is usurious on credit." ”

"That's right, borrow one to pay two, or even three!"

Jing Dan said: "At that time, the imperial court was attacking the Xiongnu in the north, attacking Ju Town in the south, and the Qiang Rebellion in Xiping, with 200,000 people stationed on the border, and the price of grain in Guanzhong was extremely high. The county governor has tried his best to maneuver, but the relief of grain has been delayed, and the victims can only borrow food from various families in order not to starve to death. ”

"The flood has washed away the fields and acres, led by the Marquis of Qiong Cheng, and the families are unwilling to work together to contribute money to return the river to its original place, because they are afraid that the river will affect their fields if it is changed again. Da Yin played in the court, but he was no match for the connections of the Hou family of Qiongcheng, so he could only maintain the status quo, and there are still floods in the north of the county from time to time. ”

"So the people who lost their homes and fields, and were burdened with loans, could only sign contracts with the wealthy families and become tenant farmers' guests."

Of course, it is not a slave, this is to bypass Wang Tian's private order, there is no business, but it can annex the population in disguise. After all, the land of Qiong Chenghou and the Xiao family is too vast, often hundreds or thousands of hectares, and tenant farmers, as consumables, must not exhaust more than a dozen every year, and must be constantly replenished. Looking back, the victims and the county have to thank these heroes for their "righteous deeds"!

No wonder they refused to give out relief food, because they planned to make the country rich.

And those old or thin and sick farmers, who have no one to take them in, can only survive in their dilapidated homes. Fifth Lun could see a figure moving in the field where the Hou of Qiongcheng's family had already harvested in autumn, bending down to pick up something.

They are gleaning people, because their families are short of food, so in order to avoid hunger, they bring their children to the field to find some ears of corn that were accidentally left during the harvest to satisfy their hunger. If you're lucky, you'll be able to pick up a meal throughout the day.

But after a while, he was driven away by the big slave who guarded the field, and a short figure like a child fell to the ground, and was pounced on by the vicious dog and bitten fiercely.

Fortunately, the child eventually stood up, but limped back, not knowing if he would survive.

Wu Lun witnessed this scene, and then looked back at the luxury of the Qiongcheng Marquis' Mansion, and the pavilions and pavilions rose in the courtyard wall, and couldn't help but be shocked.

It's like, high-rise buildings are adjacent to slums, here they are poor and luxury, and there are dying and struggling.

The ancients said that the rich were even strange, the poor had no place to stand, and the dogs ate people without knowing how to check them, and this time he could be regarded as a first-hand experience.

Merging and expanding one's own wealth is Haoyou's instinct, and even the Fifth Clan wants to do so. But he feels that to be a man, you still have to leave a little conscience and bottom line. For the rich is not benevolent, or not!

"Do you know why I was surprised after I went to the fifth mile?"

Jing Dan said: "In this world, it is difficult to find a family with benevolence and virtue like your family, Yicang actually does not charge interest, and is willing to lend cattle and iron tools to the poor, and the rent of tenant farmers is not high, which is really rare." ”

I'm ashamed that the original intention of Wu Lun was actually to buy people's hearts. It's just that after that autumn club, as he further integrated into this era and the people around him, these things were being done, and even he took it seriously.

After all, he was a stupid grandson of a landlord in this life, an exploiting class.

But in his previous life, he was just an ordinary worker.

Their generation is very fortunate to live in an era full of hope, and they have heard some things, and their three views have basically been fixed. The history of going to school in books, those inspiring and passionate slogans, are imperceptibly imprinted in the depths of the soul. So much so that he is a realist when he does things and speaks, but he is idealistic in his bones.

Jing Dan was still there with emotion: "If all families are willing to be like your family, divide grain and reduce interest, take Liren as the beauty, and treat the people well, why worry about the county not being cured?" Why worry about the world? ”

Hearing this, Wu Lun subconsciously blurted out: "If you don't want to, you have to make them willing!" ”

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