The blue pill was originally specially made for the development of relations among the nobles of the capital, and the clear formula and stable pharmacology ensured that there would not be many side effects of this medicine, which provided a better guarantee for its application, and the only thing that consumed was the various equipment and energy needed to purify the ingredients, but some resources were only a drop in the bucket for the Senate.

But after all, the production process is still more complicated than the colchicum elixir, the yield is not high, and some must be reserved for the elders to use in the future, and Fu Xiaofei still has a little hunger marketing thoughts, so although he brought this thing to Tianjin earlier, the amount given to Li Kezhuo at a time is only two grains, and it is also packaged in a careful manner, which makes Master Li feel that this thing is even more extraordinary.

"The effect of this Dan is wonderful, and it is not comparable to shoddy goods such as Sanyuan Danna, I heard that the guest minister has recently accepted two concubines and can give it a try."

When Wang Xingping compared this thing with the red pill, Li Kezhuo had already guessed a few points about the effect of this substance in his heart, but the words that came out of a young man's mouth still made him feel a little strange in his heart, but he covered it up.

Could it be that there are only two pills in this box with the intention of trying it out? ’

He was noncommittal on the surface, but in his heart he was already a little eager to try.

Seeing the change in Li Kezhuo's expression, Wang Xingping suddenly said: "That Zhou Kui is of some use, how about handing it over to me in the future?" and his moon silver shall be made by me. ”

Li Kezhuo was not surprised by Wang Xingping's proposal, originally Zhou Kui was specially recruited by him in accordance with Wang Xingping's wishes, and there were a few like him. As for the reward of one or two per month, he doesn't care, but whose money will be used to do things for whom, he can understand at this point.

However, he was curious about Wang Xingping's intention in befriending these civilians in the market, but he didn't want to ask too much.

As for how to dedicate this blue pill to the crown prince, it is not Wang Xingping who needs to worry about it, Li Kezhuo is not short of silver now, and he can also find a beautiful wife and concubine, no matter how bad it is, there are those elixirs and pills of his to open the way, whether it is the eunuch of Ciqing Palace or any prince and relative, the only thing to worry about is the civil official. Master Li can be regarded as concerned about chaos, in Wang Xingping's opinion, as long as he serves Zhu Changluo well, where will he worry about those Jinshi masters.

What's more, when this medicine is offered, it is impossible to say whether Zhu Changluo will be a thousand years old or a long live master.

When he came out of the Li Mansion, Li Kezhuo sent Wang Xingping to the door, explained a few words to Zhou Kui, and then went back to the courtyard by himself, seeing the situation, he planned to try the effect of the blue pill tonight.

"It's still early, why don't Brother Zhou and I go around the capital, it's the second time I've been to Beijing, but I haven't turned around the nine gates." Wang Xingping thought for a while, "How about going to Zhengyangmen Street first?" ”

"The villain should be with him." Zhou Kui understood Wang Xingping's identity at this moment, and he was also very interested.

The group did not take the car again, and it was pleasant to talk while walking.

After a few words, Wang Xingping asked Zhou Kui's details to understand, this person was really from Suzhou as he thought before, and he only came to Beijing a few years ago to ask for a life because of his poor family. In addition to his wife, there are two daughters and a son in the family, the eldest daughter is just nine years old, and the younger one is just walking. But what surprised Wang Xingping was that this person was age, originally thought that he was around thirty, but after asking, he learned that this Zhou Kui was actually born on the eighth day of the third month of the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (AD 1598), and he was only twenty-two years old now. He also thought that this man had a nine-year-old daughter at the age of twenty-two, and this person was really angry compared to people.

It's an old look. Wang Xingping said secretly in his heart, and he believed a little more in Zhou Kui's difficult family plan, this person usually walks the streets and alleys to make a living by practicing medicine and selling divination, and he is a foreigner who has no foundation in the local area, such a person is indeed suitable for intelligence gathering, and it will not make people suspicious.

What's more, Zhou Kui can also read and write, and from his short contact with him, Wang Xingping also roughly figured out this person's personality, and he naturally does his best, but he attaches great importance to money, and he is an easy person to control.

It was not far from Li Kezhuo's house to Zhengyangmen, and he came to Zhengyangmen Street without walking a few steps out of the city gate.

Zhengyangmen Street is located on the central axis of the capital, in the 29th year of Jiajing (1550 AD) before the construction of the outer city wall is the emperor out of the city to go to the Temple of Heaven, the mountain and river altar to worship, after the completion of the outer city has become the main north-south passage in the city.

After going out from Zhengyang Gate, what catches the eye is the prosperous scene of the corridor house facing the street for several miles, the appearance of the royal street has long been seen between people coming and going, but the four alleys along the west side of the corridor have become the most dense place for the flow of people, and now the coal market, pig market, and fish market of Jingshi are among them.

Wang Xingping was naturally impressed by this place, but it was either in the morning or at night when he came back a few times, and he thought that many of the people who went to Beijing to visit him lived here at that time, and a hall in the east also confirmed his memory, and he thought that this place would be more lively after the beginning of spring.

What surprised Wang Xingping a little was that there was an ice cellar alley at the end of the street diagonally opposite the mouth of the pig market, in which there were many government-run and private ice cellars, which were the main source of summer summer for the wealthy families in Beijing.

Seeing that it was not early, Wang Xingping said: "Since this place is not far from your house, why don't you bother Brother Zhou's house today?" ”

Without waiting for Zhou Kui to say that he had instructed Xiao Liu to go to a nearby restaurant to find some good food, Zhou Kui didn't say much when he saw that he didn't have to spend his own money, but he couldn't help but apologize: "The cold house is rude, I'm afraid that it will insult my son Sven." ”

"Well, since you are doing things for me, I just want to meet your family and make them feel at ease."

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Pig enema, oily kidney, crispy dumplings, boiled quail, chicken fir mushrooms, morel vegetables, bamboo shoots......

Seeing the guys bringing a table full of food, Zhou's wife Ding was a little stunned for a while, and it took a long time to bring a basket of live crabs into the back kitchen for cultivation under Zhou Kui's urging.

It was only at this time that Wang Xingping looked at Zhou Kui's 'home' with great interest, and he finally understood why Zhou Kui, who had a poor family, could find a place to stay near Zhengyangmen Street, where every inch of land was valuable. Entering from the fresh fish alley across the four alleys of Langfang, an alley called Tofu Alley is called Tofu Alley in the south at the intersection, just the alley with the same name is more than one in this huge Zhengdong Fang, the alley is mostly a tofu workshop, and it is close to the fish market, so the streets and alleys are filled with a fishy smell, and the foot is a cross-flow of sewage, and the environment is really worrisome. The scene even made him faintly worried about the ice goods in the nearby Ice Cellar Hutong, where the workers had been fetching ice from the goldfish pond south of the nearby Anguo Temple after winter, and who knew how dirty the water was.

The Zhou family rented only two huts, and they were in a courtyard with mixed people, and it was quite chaotic to watch people come and go.

But Wang Xingping didn't care, and dragged a broken stool in the main room and sat down.

"That's it, my identity Master Li naturally also told you to know, you walk around the market more on weekdays, the news in the capital is well-informed, now that you follow me, then I will do everything as usual, but every ten days you need to sort out all kinds of news in the market with me into a book, as for the salary, I will add two taels to you every month, I don't know?"

"This ...... Small...... Villain...... Dare not obey his fate...... Although Zhou Kui had already been mentally prepared for this because of Wang Xingping's courtesy along the way, it was still a little unbelievable to catch up with such a pie in the sky, and he planned to confirm Wang Xingping's thoughts again, "I don't know what news the owner wants?" ”

"Didn't I say that? As long as you have all kinds of things in the market, you can find them at will, and there are some rumors about the relatives and the people who have any talented people and strange things that can be reported to me. Another important thing is the price, I can't manage a lot of affairs, such as rice, flour, fish, meat, paper, charcoal, silk and cotton, I am in business, these are also things that must be known in a moment, if I am in the capital, then you can directly come to me and tell me that you don't have to write. ”

"In this way, the villain understands." Zhou Kui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but there was nothing difficult to do these things, and this silver came easily.

"If I am not in the capital, someone will send you a dispatch, as long as you are good at life, I will never treat you badly." Wang Xingping immediately added, Zhou Kui is a person who values profits and cherishes money, and he can do things, but Wang Xingping is not at ease to let him lead the intelligence system in Beijing, not to mention that this person has not known each other for a long time, and he also has a suitable candidate, that Zhang Dai's uncle Zhang Bingfang is now living well in the capital.

Zhou Kui hurriedly said: "This is natural, but Childe is going to go out of Beijing again?" ”

"Hehe, this is Brother Zhou's daughter." Seeing that Zhou Kui understood, Wang Xingping smiled and moved his gaze to a little girl who was busy in the hall, and did not answer his next question.

"It's the eldest daughter of the villain." Zhou Kui said, and then he seemed to wake up a little, "Yufeng, don't come to see Wang Gongzi soon." ”

The girl was blessed when she heard this, and said with a red face: "The slave has seen the son." ”

"Did your dad teach you to read?"

The little girl looked at her father and nodded, "Recognize some." ”

"That's very good." Wang Xingping said to Zhou Kui again: "In the future, if you are inconvenient, you can also ask your daughter to help deliver the news, and your children's studies should not be delayed, and they must at least be literate in the future." ”

Zhou Kui's face moved, thinking that this was probably because the son would have to rely on his own family more in the future, and he was happy in his heart. Originally, he taught his daughter to read and write with the intention of letting her choose a palace maid to supplement the family's income in the future, but Wang Xingping's words made him even more concerned about his children's education.

When Zhou's wife Ding had already steamed a basket of crabs on the table, the little girl looked at this Jiangnan flavor and obviously swallowed her saliva, Wang Xingping saw it in his eyes and simply pulled Zhou Kui's two older children to sit and drink together, and after a meal, the two sisters and brothers liked their father's new owner very much. By the time this meal was almost over, it was already nightfall, and the people who worked in the courtyard had already gone home one after another, so Zhou Kui left Ding to pack up and send Wang Xingping out.

Before leaving, Wang Xingping deliberately explained again, if there are trustworthy people in Zhou Kui's neighborhood, he can use it, and there is no need to worry about the silver.

After eating this meal to the fullest, Xiao Liu rented a donkey cart from Xi'er Hutong across the street, and the master and servant got into the car and went all the way north.

The alley of Jile Temple in the reverence workshop is between Andingmen and Guozijian, and the barracks of Wudewei camp in the north are always quiet. Wang Xingping chose the residence of the Beijing master here for the convenience of the future, but today came back for a long time, even if there was a curfew in the past, but as long as it was not too late, as long as it was not too late, as his own scholar, he could only give some money to let him go, but today Zhengyangmen closed the door early, and their donkey cart had to detour to the inner city of Chongwen Gate in the east.

Fortunately, several neighbors guarding the fence at the mouth of the alley were already familiar with him and let him go when they saw him come back, and finally returned to the 'home', before he could breathe, the Niu Xiucai who lived here greeted him, "Tiancheng, Master Zhang came one step ahead of you." ”

"Which Master Zhang?" Wang Xingping was surprised who was so late and visited late at night.

"It's a word."

'Zhang Bingfang? Wang Xingping laughed secretly in his heart, he really said that Cao Cao Cao would arrive.

According to Li Kezhuo, this person is now very prosperous in Beijing, and he has intersections with the officials of various ministries and yamen, and it is said that he is very well-informed, and he is good at making friends with officials in this way, and he is nicknamed Zhang Magpie.

He had originally sent a letter of worship and planned to meet him the day after tomorrow, but he didn't expect this person to come to the door in person in advance.

"Let the uncle be a long-time marquis, and the nephew will be guilty." As soon as they met, Wang Xingping hurriedly apologized.

"Since Tiancheng is such a courtesy, he should be an equal." Zhang Bingfang is still a good talker, and I never forget that this is a student of my own Lao Tzu.

Wang Xingping didn't care, besides, he was also taking care of Zhang Dai, otherwise he wouldn't be used to letting this friend who was a few years older than himself go out of thin air.

After a few words of gossip, he asked Zhang Bingfang's intention.

"What? Tiancheng came back from the outer city late at night, and didn't see the cars of the ministers along the way? ”

"Is there something wrong with the ban?" Wang Xingping had already thought of it, but he still asked, and sure enough, he heard the answer to the conjecture from the other party's mouth.

"It's the emperor who has done it." I can't hear any emotion in a cold sentence.

[Note 1: The name Zhou Yufeng comes from "The Imperial Flower", and there is no record in the official history, so it is borrowed as a joke]

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