People who don't follow the rules are very disgusted.

The rule here in Tongzhou is identity.

People with noble status, everyone will talk to each other well, even if they see them walking on the road from a distance, they will be happy, and feel that they are worthy of the aristocratic demeanor.

If it is a mountain man, smiling is flattery, not smiling is gloomy, expressionless face is arrogant, and if you are angry, you must be fighting.

Xiao Wang is unwilling to work hard to climb up under other people's rules and obtain the other party's forgiveness.

He has encountered a lot of this kind of thing, and he has seen it a lot.

Not only in Tongzhou, but also in the rest of the world, including Heishui County.

It's like playing a game, a level 100 player thinks a level 20 player can't do it, isn't that discrimination?

There is always a gap between the rich and the poor, and this gap will gradually increase due to the changes in the wealth vision and cognition of both sides, and the brothers in life and death, no matter how good the relationship is, will slowly drift apart.

Wang Lanling has always been reconciling this contradiction, and the first group of people to get rich in Heishui County have actually become rich under Wang Lanling's gaze.

Yunzhou, Heishui County, the third day after Wang Lanling left.

Although it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was still bitterly cold, and the temperature and sunshine were actually okay, but the biting cold wind made many people not so comfortable.

Winters here are particularly cold, and villagers living in remote areas have to prepare a lot of things for the arrival of winter every year.

Every winter, people freeze to death, just like most people have rats in their homes, and it is a normal thing to freeze to death.

Some people also froze to death this winter, mostly the elderly and sick, this is the choice of the times, and there is no way to do it.

It is very uncomfortable to bury the dead, set up banquets and vigils in the middle of winter.

Fortunately, Lord Wang of Heishui County stopped this folk custom and stipulated a simple arrangement for the funeral in winter.

Of course, the reason is not to save money, although everyone thinks it is good to save money, but it is not to save face.

The reason is that they are worried about affecting the elderly in other people's homes, in previous years, an old man died in an alley, and the rest of the old people will be more or less contaminated with some influence, and several people will die in a row.

This is a psychological reason, the old man I know is dead, and I think of myself, and it is easy to die in the winter.

In this era, this is not regarded as a psychological reason, since what Lord Wang said makes sense, everyone will abide by it for the sake of others.

The wedding money must be wanted, but the funeral money, it doesn't matter if you don't want it, anyway, if you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

If the funeral is simple, you don't need much money, mainly some steamed buns, meat, valuable incense candles and other things.

"Old man, let's have a cheap artillery fight." Yang Dan's father died, and he came to buy firecrackers.

It's the New Year's Eve, and there aren't many places where firecrackers are needed, so the boss who was smoking saw it and quickly walked over to the counter with a cigarette between his fingers.

"What do you think of this plate? Two cents three, five thousand rings. The old man slapped a plate of red firecrackers with his unsmoked hand, and greedily took a puff of the almost empty cigarette with the other hand.

After Yang Dan heard it, he said casually: "Is it enough for five thousand rings?" ”

The old man shouted dissatisfiedly: "Shrimp! Look at what you said, if that's not enough, I'll give you an extra plate! Absolutely enough, you can rest assured! I don't lie to the old man and the child here! ”

Yang Dan was already acceptable to this price, but he still said: "Can it be cheaper?" I didn't bring that much money. ”

Idle is also idle, and soon this small shop that exudes a damp and musty smell will stage a bargaining routine in a small county.

Everyone is in a panic, some have time, and a few pennies have to think and pull back repeatedly.

The old man had already finished his cigarette, and was arguing with Yang Dan on the sun-illuminated brick floor near the door of the shop.

In the end, after Yang Dan asked for a cigarette from the old man and smoked it deliciously, the business was negotiated.

Yang Dan went back with firecrackers, and as soon as he entered the yard, he heard his brother Yang Jiguan scolding: "You unconscious lazy donkey, buy a firecracker for so long?" ”

Yang Dan quickly found a reason to mix up, although it was his father who died, but he could save a penny on procurement, even if it was a cigarette for nothing, it was excellent.

While preparing for the funeral, two men and women in tattered clothes came to the door.

Yang Laicai, the son of Yang Jiguan, saw the two people at the door, so he walked over with a cold face.

"What are you here for? You're asking for food again, right? ”

Both of them are relatively thin, about thirty or forty years old, at this time the woman leaned over and said: "Come to Cai, the cold baby in this house can't stand it, I really can't bear it, I want to ask you if you have cinder wood here that you don't want." ”

Yang Laicai, who was wearing a thick cotton suit, raised his eyebrows, and said bitterly: "Second aunt, if your grandfather dies, you don't have to pay for it, and you come over to ask for things, why are you so thick-skinned?" No money! We don't have any money either! ”

The rest of the people who were cooking and busy with things also looked at this side, the eldest grandson of the Yang family and the poor relatives of the Yang family.

They are not rich families in Heishui County, just ordinary people in the city, and the two people at the door are the poor sour in the dense housing.

The man said in a dull voice, "Borrow some, and we'll pay it back later." ”

"Don't borrow! Why did I lend it to you? Not a single one, get out! "Yang Laicai is already very impatient with these two poor relatives, why should he help them?

Yang Dan looked at his sister and brother-in-law, and said helpfully: "Second sister, you find some work to do by yourself, you always find someone to borrow money, and no one owes you anything, right?" Your man is too lazy to even take out a few cents, what's the matter? ”

The man quickly said: "We have always worked for the Wang family in the city, and the Wang family doesn't want us to farm now, and we can't find a job!" ”

Wang Lanling broke up part of the superstructure in the city and distributed the benefits downward, but he was not able to take care of everyone, and some people were not affected well.

After the labor force was liberated from the landlords and the fields, these people could not find new jobs, and then they were doomed to be reduced to the bottom.

When there is no way out of heaven, you either sell your sons and daughters, or you sell yourself.

Or, it's dead.

"Phew! What's wrong with starving you to death in this Blackwater County? "Yang Laicai is one of the participants in the labor camp, and after accepting the new ideas, it is these poor and lazy people who look down on the most!

Yang Laicai angrily reprimanded: "In a few days, when the spring rings, the old men in the county can receive the reward of the imperial court every year, even if they are ordinary people, as long as they are willing to endure hardships and serve, where will the court and Lord Wang not know?!" ”

The man defended: "Lord Wang's side doesn't accept people, and don't farm the land!" ”

Yang Laicai scolded coldly: "When you first served, you didn't go by yourself, saying that it was the conscription that could exhaust you, and now you blame others for not giving you work." ”

The man said in a dull voice: "I don't blame others, lend me some money, some things to burn, and when the days are warm, I will pay you back." ”

"Nope! Get out! Yang Laicai unceremoniously expelled this poor relative.

The man gritted his teeth and looked at the people here, and said angrily, "You wait! I'm not having a good time, don't think about it too!! ”

The rest of the people didn't think it was a scene, and the villagers often said such cruel things that would kill you when they quarreled.

That night, a fire broke out in the crowded slum alleys of the city, along with the courtyard of an ordinary house in the north of the city.

More than a hundred people died.

The charcoal-burned corpses were pooled together by nearby residents and buried in a cemetery outside the city.

Many of the customs in Heishui County are inherited from Shanzhou, and they are particularly fierce.

The little days of the people outside are getting better and better, and these poor people who gather together have nothing to do, and every day they try to find leftovers without being able to find them.

Whether it is the Department of Environmental Sanitation or the Department of Agriculture and Sangsan, it absorbs ordinary people in the city, as well as talents in towns and villages.

These people themselves have some wealth, have received a certain amount of cultural education, and have some skills.

Textile mills, mulberry fields, bean fields, machinery factories, post stations, sugar mills, paper mills, breeding farms......

With so many job opportunities, it is still impossible to fully absorb the huge population of Heishui County, and even a third of it has not been mobilized.

The fire was the responsibility of the Water Affairs Department, and Liu Fufeng learned about the case hastily, because there were witnesses who reported it, and the murderer also admitted it himself, and the case was quickly handed over to the county government for determination.

Dongfang Wei heard the cause and effect, and thought that this person had bad intentions and was not a good person, so he complied with the will of the people and sentenced him to death.

As for what happens after this case, no one cares.

The winter refused to pass, and on the night of the spring pay, someone set fire to the firewood room in the yamen, which was not guarded by civil servants.

Dongfang Wei quickly arrested the murderer in the whole city, but in this Heishui County, the more it is managed, the more chaotic it becomes, and more and more people in Heishui County can't live anymore.

They were liberated from slavery by Lord Xiao Wang but were not properly arranged, and then they could only watch the street people who used to have similar living standards, but now they are getting better and better, but they have to sell their children, daughters, and wives!

The gradually disappearing bloodiness began to be picked up, and those mud legs in the poor places of the city would not listen to any big truth.

If they can't live, they won't let others live well!

Theft, robbery, rape, forced begging, extortion......

What's wrong with taking you something?!

If you want to be faced, you will die, and it is naturally these shameless Shanzhou people who can survive.

This atmosphere continued on a small scale, because there was no shortage of thugs and guns in many parts of the city, and there was no shortage of patrols.

After Dongfang Wei's hatred and murder, coupled with the slightly warmer weather, this unhealthy wind is just fermenting in the slums of the city.

All this happened within a few days of Wang Lanling leaving Heishui County, and when Wang Lanling's letter arrived in Heishui County from Tongzhou, the outside matter seemed to have been resolved.

Tongzhou and Yunzhou border, but because of the need to rotate from trains, carriages, boats and other tools, it took five or six days to reach the post station.

The palace is also not affected by some things in the outside world, and the security force and majesty and deterrence here can isolate those outlaws.

Soon after the letter entered the palace, two pregnant women with big bellies sat together and looked at the letter excitedly.

Zhao Wenwen said happily: "My husband has arrived at the school, so I am relieved." ”

Lu Leia smiled and said, "Yes, I am finally relieved, and it will be convenient to write letters in the future." ”

Zhao Wenrou looked at Lei A's big belly and said with a smile: "My sister is going to give birth in the next few days, and now that the good news of my husband is back, I should be busy with the big things of the woman's family with peace of mind." ”

Because of the relationship between martial arts, although Zhao Wenrou feels inconvenient, it does not have much impact, and Lei A is now being helped by the maid every day, and Xu Baifeng has always been by his side.

Giving birth to a child for the first time, this kind of thing is indeed a little panicked, and Lei A still hopes that Wang Lanling can be by his side.

Even if it's not in front of you, as long as you know that he's at home, it can be much more reassuring.

Lei Ah also smiled and said: "Let's write a reply to my husband, in my husband's letter, we should write a letter to him every day, so diligent, it's really embarrassing~"

Usually writing a letter is written every once in a while, but now Wang Lanling asked the two of them to write a letter to him every day, which is ...... There's no way around it.

After all, it is the request of his own man, which is something that cannot be helped.

Lei A and Zhao Wenrou got together and began to think about how to write a letter to Wang Lanling.

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Qingxiaofang in Longzhou

Qingxiaofang belongs to the top entertainment venues, which are somewhat different from the brothels outside, although the women here are also sold themselves, but they are good at skills.

The most important thing is that prostitutes can redeem themselves, not here, they are all guilty here, and they are worse than prostitutes.

A famous prostitute can get her to be ransomed by her owner and no longer become a public good.

These people cannot, they themselves are punished here.

There are only three ways to get out of here.

First, die out.

Second, leave after the age of fifty.

Third, rehabilitation

The second path can be ignored, what can you do when you go out after old age and decay?

There is a precedent for the third way, as long as someone can influence the emperor and make the emperor feel good and say something, then he will be bitter, wronged, and reincarnated.

These women are women who understand the rules, and choose to find a way out of the rules, rather than simply being angry and breaking the net.

Those who can survive here for a month are basically rules-oriented, and those who don't follow the rules die in the first month.

Wang Lanling's letter to her father-in-law, the recipient wrote it to Miss Luo Na.

Miss Lorna is a celebrity in Qingxiao Fang, and the children of powerful people often come to chat with Miss Lorna to relieve boredom.

Most of the powerful people are the same as Wang Lanling, they have never been in love, so compared to places like brothels, everyone still prefers this feeling of chatting with women.

Of course, what needs to be done will still be done, there is no confidant between a man and a woman, at least in this place where everyone understands that they can do whatever they want before they come in, there is no such thing.

Luo Na looked at the reply written by Wang Lanling seriously, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

She soon had an idea, after learning that Wang Lanling was studying at the Tongzhou Official Academy at this time, Luo Na was thinking about whether she could let Wang Lanling come over.

It is not difficult to come to Longzhou from Tongzhou, especially the students in Tongzhou Official School, many people will take advantage of the holiday to come to Longcheng to play.

However, the problem is that Wang Lanling is not qualified to enter Qingxiaofang, and the least that can enter here is the title of prince or relative of the emperor.

Lorna knew many royal relatives and children of big names, but these people never agreed to something, whether in bed or on the sofa.

Those who say yes will basically not come back.

The appearance of Wang Lanling made Luo Na see a glimmer of hope, and this hope is getting brighter and brighter!

Rhona clenched her fists and closed her eyes.

"Oh my God! Let that dog emperor die quickly! And please, you must let Xiao Wang officials come to Dragon City to be big officials! ”