Text Chapter 8 The old Liu Tou of power
Qinghefang was named after Zhang Jun, one of the "Four Generals of Zhongxing", because he was named the king of Qinghe County by Emperor Taishang when he was alive, so in this way, the area of Taiping Lane where he lived was called Qinghefang.
The prosperity and hustle and bustle of this area of Qinghefang are far taller than the area of Beicheng where Ye Qing and the others live, with many shops on both sides of the street, inns and wine shops lined up one after another, showing a lively scene early in the morning, compared with the place where they are, it is completely like two worlds.
It can be seen from the costumes that the people who travel here, even the subordinates of the dignitaries who get up early, wear more expensive clothes than the fabrics worn by some ordinary people in their northern city.
The noble son in brocade and satin, the graceful and graceful young woman, the delicate and delicate, the young woman wearing gold and jade, can be seen early in the morning, and from time to time you can also see some of the doors of the green building, a woman who is not too neatly dressed, and the guests at the door continue to perform the "melodrama" with the passion of last night.
The Jin, Mongolian, Dali, Dashi, Western Xia, and the Persians with high noses and blue eyes, etc., foreigners wearing all kinds of costumes can also be seen everywhere in Lin'an City.
On the bustling streets, from time to time, there are sedan chairs on top of the top, or horse-drawn carriages, under the protection of the forbidden army, quickly driving through the streets.
"Are you going to go to work?" Ye Qing held the Yanling knife, looked at the counterparts of the forbidden army, and trotted on both sides of the sedan chair or carriage in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but say.
"Go to work? This is those officials preparing to go to court. Old Liu Tou stood on Ye Qing's side and was slightly stunned, and looked at the forbidden soldiers who were running briskly with the sedan chair and carriage with a hint of envy in his eyes.
If it was left in the past, Lao Liu Tou saw such a scene, and saw his peers, following the sedan chair or carriage of these officials, his eyes would definitely be red and his heart would be sour, why couldn't such a good thing be my Lao Liu's turn.
But now it's different, he has also "turned over as a serf and sang", and now he can also work as an errand boy in Qinghefang, Nancheng, which is full of dignitaries and wealthy businessmen, so he is naturally not so envious of these peers.
"It's not easy for these officials, they have to get up and go ......to court so early." Ye Qing continued to hold the Yanling knife, looked at the sedan chair and carriage that went their own way, shook his head and sighed.
"It's all here." Li Heng's voice and noisy footsteps sounded behind Ye Qing.
Ye Qing, who turned his head, looked at Li Heng and his seven subordinates, these seven subordinates are basically about the same age as Lao Liu Tou, in their forties, around fifty, and they are in the "golden years" of their lives, when they are old and young, and they dare not die, so they are much more active than Li Heng when they go to Yan Hongyuan's mansion on errands, and they are no less than Lao Liu Tou.
Looking up at the famous Yongjin Building in Lin'an City not far away, the appointment with Yan Hongyuan yesterday was at the gate of this brilliant, tall and luxurious Yongjin Building, waiting for Yan Hongyuan to send someone to pick them up to Yan Mansion.
"It is said that having a meal in this Yongjin Building is our little silver a month, and if we don't eat or drink for ten years, or we can go inside to see the world, it is said that even His Majesty the Emperor has visited this Yongjin Building." Old Liu Tou looked at Ye Qing's eyes and kept looking at the Yongjin Building in front of him, and said with his eyes full of longing.
Ye Qing has nothing to do anyway, and the main thing is that the Yongjin Building in front of him covers an extremely wide area, and the wooden structures outside are all carved beams and paintings, magnificent, if you don't have a few ingots of gold and silver in your pocket when you stand at the door, you really don't dare to go inside rashly.
"This Yongjin Building is too big, isn't it? Are there so many rich people who come here to eat? Ye Qing couldn't believe it, could it be that Lin'an City was really as stated in the history books, all of them were rich people with a lot of money?
So what is it to wait for others? Could it be that the people who write history books, like the brick family of the National Bureau of Statistics in the previous generation, only count those who have good incomes, and they wait for these people with meager incomes, are they not human beings in their eyes, so they don't need statistics? That's why the average income is so high?
"Are there so many people eating?" Old Liu Tou's tone carried a hint of pride and swagger: "I came to this Nancheng once last year, and when I passed by here, this guy ...... Don't you see, the sedan chair and carriage at the door are full, this ....... Old Liu Tou continued with a gesture: "Every room is lit up, good fellow, it's like a huge wall of light, besides, who said that you must eat before you come, listen to the music and poetry, or find those oirans or something, but it is the official and those rich businessmen, as well as those rich foreigners, it is said that they are late, and they don't sit down." ”
"Have you been in yet?" Ye Qing only now realized that Lao Liu Tou is now becoming more and more powerful, this guy seems to only have money in his eyes, he doesn't seem to know anything else except money, he is definitely an old immortal with a strong sense of vanity.
"How can I go in, I'm afraid I didn't get to the door, but I was blown away by the guy at the door. It's early in the morning, we can stand here for a while, and if it's night, we'll be far away. Lao Liu Tou continued.
For Li Heng's sneering eyes at him next to him, Lao Liu Tou didn't see it, anyway, no matter how Li Heng looked at him, how he stammered and flattered him, he would never marry his third daughter to Li Heng.
Liu Lan'er was born so standard, she can't marry casually, she has to find a rich family anyway, like Li Heng, a little money a month, not enough to buy himself two pots of medium wine, even the good wine of the third aunt's tavern, he can't afford to drink it himself, it's just a toad who wants to eat swan meat.
"Old Tou'er, there are people like you in Qiantang Gate...... Is...... General Yue ...... if he lived. Li Heng looked at the radiant eyes of the old Liu Tou'er, gave a thumbs up and shook his head, and he didn't know why he was so obsessed with his daughter.
"What's wrong? What did my old Liu say wrong? Qinghefang is rich and there are many people, and my old Liu is yearning for Qinghefang. is also a loyal minister and good general of my Great Song Dynasty, the king of Qinghe County is on the rich side of Taiping Lane, and he has also led troops to resist the Jin people and defeated the Jin soldiers, and he also gives good luck to the people from time to time. General Yue Fei was loyal and martyred all his life, and in the end? died in the Fengbo Pavilion of Qiantang Gate on trumped-up charges, and now he is rehabilitated, but there is a fart, look at Zhang Jun's son: the squire of the military department. What about General Yue's son? The dead died, the exiled exiled, now ....... Lao Liu's head seemed to have been stepped on by his tail, and suddenly he became grinning and angry, if it wasn't for Ye Qing to stop him, I'm afraid that Lao Liu's head would have rushed up and eaten Li Hengsheng.
Looking at the old Liu Tou in front of him, who was instantly agitated by Li Heng's agitated and furious, like an old mad dog, Ye Qing suddenly felt that this old Liu Tou and those subordinates with the same indignation seemed to be some people with stories.
"Don't say it, if you keep talking, General Yue's coffin board won't be able to hold it, and I'm going to jump out of the grave to settle accounts with you." Ye Qing patted Li Heng's shoulder and signaled him to stop worrying about Lao Liu.
Seeing that Lao Liu Tou and Li Heng looked at each other unpleasantly, Ye Qing could only be in the middle and mud, after all, once the topic involved Yue Fei, not only now, even in the world nearly a thousand years later, Yue Fei's death is still a topic that people talk about and argue about, in short, it is full of controversy in today's Great Song Dynasty, and it is also full of controversy in later generations.
But then again, everyone is dead, what is the use of the current imperial court to rehabilitate and give some compensation? Isn't the Great Song Dynasty the most prosperous dynasty that played with scheming, playing with people's hearts, playing with the city, playing with scheming, and playing with conspiracy?
Since Zhao Kuangyin added the yellow robe, a series of measures have come down, especially after the release of military power with a glass of wine, under the general strategy of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts, isn't it the basic daily life of the Great Song Dynasty to play with power and people's hearts?
The phrase that literati are light, I am afraid it is the most suitable in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, there is absolutely suitable for the literati to be light, and the rich soil that has been carried forward.
As the sun gradually rose, the ten forbidden soldiers standing on the side of Yongjin Building immediately entered Su Jinsheng's sight, as the chief housekeeper of Yan Mansion, he took care of the top and bottom, left, left and right in the house, and what kind of person, identity, and status were visiting the door every day, and he could basically see eight or nine at a glance.
So this is also the reason why Yan Hongyuan has always relied on him, plus he is experienced and sleek, and he has never caused any trouble to the master's family, only helping the master's family to take care of the house in an orderly manner, a scene of harmony and unity.
"Su Jinsheng, the housekeeper in Xiayan Mansion, may I ask if this is Ye Gongzi?" When Su Jinsheng was about to walk in front of Ye Qing and the others, he saw that the young man led by him also happened to be looking at him, so he stopped and asked.
Su Jin was born only about forty years old, wearing a blue satin narrow-sleeved robe, with a medium-looking jade pendant hanging from his waist, with a medium stature, his eyes were bright, revealing a sense of ability, and he always had a gentle smile on his face.
Looking at Su Jinsheng in front of him with a steady, experienced and calm look, Ye Qing couldn't help but look at the old Liu Tou next to him, it seems that the two of them should be a few years apart, but why is the gap in temperament so big? How does Lao Liu Tou look like a sloppy old man in his fifties and sixties, and he is still the kind of scum of the soil.
"Don't dare to be, below is Ye Qing, the head of the forbidden army, and I have seen Mr. Jin." Ye Qing was neither humble nor arrogant with a Yanling knife in his hand, and then clasped his hands into fists and saluted.
The two of them looked each other up and down, and they both knew that once Ye Qing entered the Yan Mansion, the two of them would inevitably look up and not look down in the days to come.
As a soldier of the forbidden army, he will more or less have an unruly, lazy and loose character, or because of the forbidden army, he does not take him as a housekeeper in his eyes, after all, these things have not happened in other mansions.
The forbidden army entered the wealthy family to guard and steal, couldn't get along with the subordinates in the house, hooked up with female subordinates, etc., all of which happened from time to time, and it was often difficult for the housekeeper to be caught between the forbidden army and the main family.