"Director" with a little calm, said slowly: "This new imperial court does things, although other aspects are unknown, but it will not do useless things, the labor expedition to Japan, I understand the war thing, but one thing is clear, the essence of the world Jiangnan has not yet reached the top, *.."

Although he has been adrift on the sea for many years with Zheng Zhilong, no matter how you look at it, the imperial capital area and the Jiangnan region are all places with a high degree of human society, not to mention anything else, in the Celestial Empire, even if it is a commoner, there is a surname, even if the name is vulgar Zhu Chongba, that is also a name.

Erika Tagawa, or Zheng Lixiang, groaned at this time and said: "We are businessmen, my father said before he came, even if the Celestial Empire conquered Japan, it is more convenient to do business, but when the time comes, the traffic between the two sides will not be my own monopoly on Japan's business. ”

It's the truth.

The interests of the country are not necessarily mine.

As for whether to open the sea ban and whether to carry out new policies in history, in fact, ideologically, they are all people who read and understand.

Everyone knows that if you don't pay taxes, the country will have no money to raise soldiers, and the army will be defeated.

But they can all pay no tax and no tax.

Everyone knows that if you don't become a doctor, you won't have a good time in the future.

But if a doctor prescribes a medical examination fee of a few hundred yuan, and finally only spends a few dollars of medicine to help you cure the disease, he will never get any gratitude, but cry out why not just prescribe the medicine hysteria.

We all know that knowledge means wealth, but ......

There are many other things that everyone knows, but none of them can do.

For example, for the Zheng family, families with interests in both China and Japan, whether China annexes Japan or not is emotionally unpleasant.

But in terms of interests, although for most people in the empire, it is absolutely excellent that the country is stable and the world is peaceful, but you have to be careful, those who eat the meal of national turmoil, these people are dangerous reptiles, and they can bite you anytime and anywhere.

What is a tumultuous meal?

Coffin shop owners love dead people.

Grain merchants who have a grain as high as a mountain like famine can take the opportunity to sell grain at a high price.

The old bustard who runs a brothel likes the chaos in the world, and the poor sell their daughters, so they can earn as much as they want from the beautiful little girl.

Of course, the owner of the coffin shop would not dare to kill people to increase his customer base, and it was impossible for the grain merchant and the bustard to really create turmoil to achieve their goal.

Because after all, there is still national law.

The law of the land is a product of the ruling class, but it is by no means a constraint on the ruling class.

For Erika Tagawa, or Zheng Rika, and his family, China and Japan are too far away, and what really makes them feel scared is whether they can continue to talk about maritime trade.

"Okay, I know, this matter of the imperial capital, that's it, by the way, I've heard that it's a big deal for a few days?"

"Yes, there is a big gift for a car, anyway, there are a lot of people who go, and there is a palace test, so it has nothing to do with us."

"The palace test? How can the palace test have nothing to do with us, once these people are used, they will naturally have a lot of official careers, so don't hurry up and move around. ”

"But Miss, in normal times, I don't pay too much money to them."

"That's usual, now that the dynasty has changed, those who took refuge before will have to step aside sooner or later, and this first Enke candidate must be of great use, at this time spend one or two silver, and it will cost ten taels of silver in the past, but don't worry, the most important thing is that those elders are not."

The director was resigned, thought for a while, and said: "It's a pity that these elders are hiding in the palace and have never come out. ”

Zheng Lixiang asked: "Isn't it the original old house of the imperial capital, that is, the old city they called, the whole city is occupied by them, just like that, they still don't want it?" ”

"I heard that the old city is going to be renovated, as for what it will become, it is probably similar to this new building, Miss, don't underestimate this building, I found someone to see it, they built a house, and there is really a large piece of iron in it, otherwise, I wouldn't dare to rashly arrange this upstairs house for Miss."

"Hmm."

In this era, the houses of the more difficult people used tamped soil to make the floor, and the better ones could be made of bricks, and the Japanese compound where Erika grew up was made of wood to prevent earthquakes, but it is true that no one has ever seen such a smooth ground.

It is true that it is possible to pave the floor with large marbles, but the cost is not affordable for ordinary people.

"By the way, I had already heard about the railway when I was in Nanjing."

"Oh, I'm going to get a form."

Erika took the table, on it is the price list, at a glance, the handwriting is clear, it is the freight price of the train from the imperial capital to Tianjin, it seems that it is not expensive.

Erika fell into thought, so she asked the "director" to leave, just go to work, she first looked around the room, especially the appearance of the toilet introduced by a woman, although there is only a squatting pit, and the flush toilet is not complete, but the sewer system as the greatest Ming of mankind, it is definitely meaningful.

Changed into a set of home clothes, she came to watch and speculate, because of the importance of the matter, no one in the Zheng family is really worried, and his brother Damu is escorting Qian Qianyi back to his hometown at this time, and he also has to watch the chaos of Jiangnan officialdom after the Donglin Party is close to collapse, and he can't pull away, at this moment when 100,000 people are in a hurry to die, even if it is a woman, Erika has to stand up and do things for his father and brother.

Four houses, one of which is where Erika lives, and the other three are the people she brought to the imperial capital, and she also brought many boxes, and this safety work is naturally very important, Erika is really satisfied here, the house is very good, and even makes her want to spend money to let them build a set in Fujian and Japan, the environment is very good, but this is not the key, the most critical thing is safety, although there is no three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry guard, but she saw all the way, in this new city, there is no beggar and gangsters, It can be said that it is prosperous to the extreme.

She walked around, condolences to these people who had followed her father for many years and were deeply trusted, these things were too precious, so, after thinking about it, she made the choice that she made was to live directly in the Jinyiwei community.

There is no so-called Jinyiwei community, in fact, the reason is very simple, the people who divide the house will give these buildings to whom, completely according to the interest, the presbyterian council has not cultivated their interest in picking a house, anyway, it is not allowed to buy and sell, not allowed to build privately, violators are directly confiscated, the main purpose is actually to replace the priceless courtyard houses in the hands of the residents of the imperial capital after 4oo years, and send them to the new city to let them live in the "new building" of the second and third rings.

However, there are indeed many brocade guards here, especially at night, with the help of moonlight and kerosene lamps, many people wearing brocade guards to serve have returned.

Erika is a person who has learned to manage a family since childhood, and naturally has long been in order, since he played the trick of playing the dark under the lamp, he honestly low-key it for me, which is also smooth, after nightfall, the smoke and fragrance of each family's cooking are over, and it is slowly quiet, although there are also many children making noise, but at night, unless you go to watch a movie together, how many of them run out to play?

There is no nightlife, and Erika is only ready to look at things, study the situation in this imperial capital, and prepare to rest at the same time, but someone has come to the door.

As I said before, this Erika rented four houses and lived in them separately, after all, the villa in Xishan still had to remember that the elder lived by himself, and someone knocked on the door, but it was on the opposite side of the house where Erika lived, which was also where Erika's subordinates lived, but there were still ...... inside.

They were nervous at the time and hurried to check, but there was no cat's eye on the door, so they could only open the door slightly, and Erika's female bodyguard signaled her not to rush and hurry back to the house.

However, Erika lives in Japan, where 400,000 samurai rule over 20 million farmers, not to mention the internal contradictions.

She glanced sideways a few times, and knew that among the people who knocked on the door, there were two brocade guards, but there was another person, in this case, she thought for a while, at this moment, what she wanted was the ability to adapt on the spot.

"Open the door."

The female bodyguard hesitated, but she still couldn't resist her, Erika still knew here, she was alone in the imperial capital, just a dozen people, and she was really caught in a few moments.

However, she is not worried about the fate of being caught, after all, it is a big country that governs, and she is here to make good connections and spend money.

Of course, what gives her confidence is that Jin Yiwei really wants to arrest people and won't bring an aunt over.

"Auntie, the opposite side is also a place I rented, but no one has come yet, do you have anything to do, are you looking for me?"

The old lady of the Qian family dragged her two sons and turned around, she just asked Zhao Baihu, the house on the few floors was rented to someone, but after thinking about it seriously, it seems that even Zhao Baihu didn't know where the young lady lived, and when she saw the main owner come out, she immediately pulled the two sons, and encouraged them to stand in front, and at the same time raised the things in her hand, and said: "Girl, my aunt is upstairs over there, I saw you move here today, I'm afraid I'm tired, oh, here are boiled eggs, you come and taste it." ”

She wanted to go to the first two parts, and then take a closer look, she had a feeling before that this girl's temperament was not ordinary, although she was a family member of the low-level officer of Jinyiwei, but she was also a Jinyiwei and knew some things, so she was worried about the family affairs of her two sons, and as a result, this woman came to the door like this.

Originally, seeing that the family was so rich, not to mention the guards and carriages with big waists and round waists, that thing could be purchased if there was money, she was a sharp-eyed person, and knew how to tell what was really rich, and only stared at the servants who came out to run errands next to Erika, and the clothes of the servants basically revealed the wealth of the master, and the tyrants generally only ate and drank for themselves, wearing gold and silver, and only when they reached a certain level, they began to pay attention to it.

Those who can follow Erika out to do things are naturally the core characters of Zheng Zhilong's family, and everyone's annual income starts at least one hundred taels, indeed as this aunt observed, even the servants' shoes are cowhide, that is really rich.

Although the family background is a bit high, however, the old lady of the Qian family is also proud, her two sons are now out of work, although they can't tell her about their daily work, but they also say that they are directly following the orders of an elder surnamed Wang, and they are doing big things.

This in Jinyiwei's system, it basically means promotion, of course, no one expects the elders to launch their rank system, grade system, naturally they can't look forward to it, how many rank officials will be in the end.

This is also the reason why she first urged her two sons to wash up after dinner, and then, with the boiled eggs, came to Erika's house, she had to see the girl's situation first, and by the way, let her sons also take a look, in case they saw the right eye.

Of course, she didn't know, Erika was on great alert, she took the egg, looked at the red egg skin, a little strange, and said: "Thank you, auntie, I just came to Guibao Land today, and I don't know the number of roads, so when I rest for a day, I will naturally send someone to visit." ”

The old lady of the Qian family naturally became happier the more she watched, this girl did have an appetite for her, of course, she had to taste her son.

She stabbed Qian Jiale with her arm and said, "Don't speak yet." ”

At the same time, it smiled and said to Erika, "Oh, these are my two sons, both in ...... What's going on, yes, the MIA errand boy, the new court, changed to a new one, but it's still the old man doing things, um. ”

What she was expecting was that there were some sparks on both sides, however, Erika was on guard at this time, with a standardized smile, although Japanese women have no rules for not leaving the door, but she is still a descendant of the Han people, and she doesn't dare to keep it too special, in fact, if it weren't for Jinyiwei's offense, she would have to close the door directly.

"Then thank you aunt, and the two eldest brothers, and tomorrow I will naturally ask the housekeeper to visit the door to thank you, today my brother is still outside to visit friends, I really dare not entertain."

In order to avoid suspicion, the Zheng family came to the imperial capital as merchants, and naturally someone played the role of Erika's brother to protect him.

In this era, this kind of communication still has its rules.

Describe a good pot friend, go through the house, and the wife does not avoid, which means that the real good pot friend visits, the wife and son do not have to hide, like a family, chatting and laughing, eating, otherwise, if you can't make friends, you won't let your wife come out.

It's still good for this kind of countermeasure, at least the three people of the Qian Mansion will be beaten.

Before I got home, just downstairs, the old lady of the Qian family said: "How is it, son, how is this girl?" ”

Qian Jiale was a little impatient, he still had to work the night shift, he needed to take a nap this morning, and said: "Mother, you can't see it, people are really big families at a glance, and when they come to the imperial capital, they are naturally taken care of by their father and brother, how can they look down on a family like ours." ”

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