"Brother Sanfu's requirements are so high, hahaha. I really can't arrange this, where can I find your little daughter-in-law? Wei Bao smiled softly, and asked softly, "How is it?" How many have you already got? ”

When Wu Sanfu heard Wei Bao ask this, he couldn't help but be very proud, and stretched out three fingers to compare: "How is it?" In addition to one wife and one concubine at home, I also have three concubines outside, and my life is beautiful. ”

Wei Bao couldn't help laughing, secretly thinking that if you are not the son of the Wu family, be careful not to be hacked to death by other people's husbands, it is still beautiful! Immediately thought of the original Weijiazhuang Lizheng Hou Lixing, didn't Hou Lixing find out this matter by himself, and then send it to the Shanhai Guard Command Si Yamen to deal with? Wei Bao didn't ask about Hou Lixing later. I don't know what happened to Hou Lixing's ending?

"Brother Sanfu, this kind of thing is not moral, you better take it easy, right? Don't get into a bad reputation. Wei Bao persuaded him, and then asked quietly: "It turns out that there is a Lizheng in Weijiazhuang, named Hou Lixing, because of this matter, you know?" ”

"Yes! played with other people's girls, and killed other people's men and children, such a sensational thing, how can you not know? He was secretly drowned within two days of being sent to the Wei Command Envoy Si Yamen. Wu Sanfu said: "Because that person used to be Lizheng, I was afraid that too many people would know about it, and it would damage the official reputation of the Lizheng and officials in Liaoxi, so I didn't publicize it." ”

Wei Bao sighed, it turned out that this was the case, although he didn't ask, but ninety percent of them were sure that Hou Lixing was dead, because the people of this era, no matter what disgusting things they did behind their backs, they all held high the banner of Confucian etiquette on the bright side.

"If you know, don't you learn from it?" Wei Bao laughed.

"Am I like him? I'm all wishful thinking, okay? Moreover, one of the three is still a little widow, and the other two men have also been doing small business outside for a long time, and they have not been at home for two or three years, and they don't know whether they are dead or alive. I'm not going to do anything unreasonable. Wu Sanfu defended himself seriously: "What is this? It's also a graceful thing, okay? ”

Wei Bao nodded with a smile, and didn't go into the topic further, anyway, the meaning has already been clicked, and it's up to you whether you listen to it or not.

And Wei Bao also made it clear that I will not participate in your heavy taste hobby.

Wei Bao had already seen that Wu Sanfu had the idea of pulling himself into his bad taste.

Brother is not a big official of Ximen, waiting everywhere for a bamboo pole to hit the head. Virgins can't do it, where is the leisure to develop other people's wives? If you like this bite so much, don't you think of your own wife as someone else's wife?

"It's done, Childe, it's really mushy when it's baked again, and now it's sliced and you can serve it and enjoy it." The way of the shopkeeper.

Wei Bao snorted, "Let's go, Brother Sanfu, let's go up." ”

Wu Sanfu said softly while following Wei Bao: "When Xuexia sleeps at night, take me to Dashilar to see it?" ”

Wei Bao sweated and knew that Dashilar was the most prosperous gathering place for fireworks and willow lanes in the capital.

When later generations think of the fireworks and willow lanes in the capital, they first think of the eight major alleys.

However, the eight major alleys should have arisen in the middle and late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and eventually became a "big name" during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

In the era of the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as eight alleys.

Dashilar was in the Ming Dynasty, and in the first year of Hongzhi (1488), Ming Xiaozong ordered the fence to be set up in the streets and alleys of Beijing, and sent soldiers to guard it to prevent thieves.

Ming Zhang Zhupo's "Jingshi Wuchengfang Lane Hutong Collection" does not contain the place name "Dashilar", there are only Langfang Headlines, Langfang 2, Langfang 3 and Langfang 4 in the west of Qianmen Road, of which Langfang 4 is located in Dashilar.

The so-called "corridor room" refers to the storefront room used for street operation.

Written in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the book "The Aftermath of the Dream of Chunming" mentions the prosperity of "Dashilar".

In the Ming Dynasty, the location of Dashilar was already a prosperous commercial area where merchants gathered.

"I haven't been there, and I'm not familiar with any of that. If you want to go, you can go yourself, right? You are not short of silver now, didn't I pay you back 7,000 taels of silver last time? It's almost enough to buy a green house, right? Wei Bao laughed.

"Xiaobao, you're boring." Wu Sanfu looked at Wei Bao with a manual funny expression: "This kind of thing, naturally, the two brothers have to go together to be fun!" What does it mean to be alone? Multiple people, you can also discuss how to discuss the girl, and it is easy for one person to look away. I don't need you to pay money today, I'm in for a treat! ”

Wei Bao looked at Wu Sanfu's generous appearance, and smiled: "Brother Sanfu is good at this, and he can't look away." If you really like to go to the Qinglou to play so much, I think maybe it's healthier to find a little daughter-in-law. ”

Wei Bao is not afraid of being infected by Wu Sanfu, those dirty diseases are not easy to be transmitted through breathing and normal physical contact, but a kind reminder, and I don't want Wu Sanfu to get any dirty diseases, once you get a dirty disease, not to mention that the ancient medical methods are backward, it is difficult to cure, even if it is cured, it is a skin disease that is difficult to heal for a lifetime, and it is very painful!

Whether Daming has AIDS at this time, Wei Bao can't figure it out.

"What you said is light, the little daughter-in-law is hard to find, do you think I don't pick? It's not a big beauty, I can't see it. Wu Sanfu said.

"What do you look at that you can't see? Still a big beauty? When Wu Xuexia heard half of the sentence, she knew that her brother and Wei Bao were talking about women again, and when she heard the two of them talking about women, she was angry.

Wu Sanfu smiled, "Your ears, we whisper at the door, you can hear it?" I mean, Xiaobao doesn't know how the food in this store is? I don't know if I can see it. ”

"Hmph, it's really fast, I hope you're talking about the dish." Wu Xuexia ignored Wu Sanfu.

The efficiency of the Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant is very high, Wu Xuexia came up to order first, and now Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu come up, it is only seven or eight minutes in total, there are already three plates of hot dishes, three plates of cold dishes are on the table, all of them are full of color and fragrance, and it makes people have an appetite at a glance.

When the roast duck is served, the aroma is fragrant, and it is even more praiseworthy.

After the roasted duck, cut the skin and meat into slices and put it on a plate, dip it in sweet sauce when eating, wrap it in green onion white segments, roll it into a pancake, and take a bite, so solid and satisfying.

Wu Xuexia took a bite of the pancake rolled with roast duck, and said a little excitedly: "It's so delicious?" ”

Wei Bao smiled.

"Is it okay to be reserved? Anyway, our Wu family is also one of the few rich and noble families in Liaoxi and Liaodong, you daughter, why is this so? Wu Sanfu is very steady. I also tasted it, and then nodded again and again, saying that it was delicious.

"There are no people here, it's really delicious." Wu Xuexia continued to eat with a smile, and she didn't have the time to care about her brother's unreserved things just now.

Wei Bao heard Wu Xuexia say that there was no one else here, obviously he had regarded him as his own, his heart was warm, and he poured a little wine for both of them with a smile.

"Huh? Don't you Weijiazhuang four special wines have special wine bottles? Wu Sanfu asked while eating, "Don't you use your own wine in your own shop?" Isn't this a four-point bar? ”

"This is indeed not Weijiazhuang four special wine, but Shanxi Fen wine, our four special wine in western Liaoning will be sent to the customs, and we can't afford to pay the tariffs alone, what kind of silver do you make?" Wei Bao smiled bitterly: "Fenjiu is the most popular liquor in the capital now, and this is the oldest and highest price in Fenjiu." ”

Fenjiu has a long history of about 4,000 years, 1500 years ago in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Fenjiu as a palace wine by Emperor Wucheng of the Northern Qi Dynasty highly respected, was recorded in the twenty-fourth history, making Fenjiu famous in one fell swoop; In the late Tang Dynasty, the great poet Du Mu sang a poem "Qingming" for the ages: "Where is the restaurant?" The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village. ”

After the Song Dynasty, due to the progress of alchemy technology, distillation equipment was invented for the first time in China.

China's liquor, including famous liquor such as Fenjiu, has evolved and developed from rice wine.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the liquor in the north has developed rapidly, gradually replacing the production of rice wine, and at this time, Xinghuacun Fenjiu has been a distilled liquor and is famous all over the world.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, the leader of the peasant uprising, marched into Beijing, passing through Xinghua Village to drink Fenjiu, which was praised as "perfect".

In the 96 chapters of the book "Mirror Flowers", Li Ruzhen of the Qing Dynasty listed more than 50 kinds of well-known liquors in the country at that time, among which Tui Fen liquor was the first, and there were also many records of drinking Fen liquor in "Two Autumn Rain Nunnery" and "Qing Barnyard Banknotes".

Wu Sanfu took a sip: "Well, it's really good, but I don't think it's better than your Weijiazhuang's four special wines?" If your Weijiazhuang Four Special Liquor can be sold in Jingshi, the quality is not worse than this, the price is lower than this, and the most important thing is the crystal clear wine bottle, which can immediately squeeze this wine into a no-brainer, right? Now in Liaoxi, our Wu family's winery is about to be crushed by you. ”

"Yes, Wei Bao, your wine is already good, and you have such a beautiful wine bottle, who has sold you? If it goes on like this, sooner or later, Liaoxi and Liaodong will be the four special wines of your Weijiazhuang! Wu Xuexia also said: "If your wine enters Beizhili, your wine will definitely be used in high-end banquets, and rich people will definitely drink your four special wines." ”

Wei Bao smiled bitterly: "So what? Like the Ming Dynasty, the circulation of goods is restricted, and non-staple foods, such as wine, have geographical limitations, and no matter how good they are, I am afraid they can only be sold in Liaoxi. After the tariff has been added, the price has at least tripled! At that time, there will not be much competitiveness, and we also have a small amount of special wine to sell in the capital, and the sales volume is very average. Isn't Liaodong all your Wu family's wine? So, whether things are good or not, it's better to have no power. ”

"You have to have both!" Wu Sanfu said: "No matter how powerful you are, if the things are too unpalatable, they are useless." The Jin merchants formed a gang early, and they had world friends with many northern officials, so they were indeed more advantageous, and their wine was really good. If Si Tejiu wants to make a name for itself in Beizhili, it has to become a tribute wine. ”

"Become a tribute wine? Where is it so easy. It's okay, I don't expect the restaurant to make money anyway, my request to them is not to lose money. Wei Bao smiled: "I mainly saw that the northern market was too depressed, so I just made some contributions." Most of the shops of the Tiandi Firm are rented to small traders, and only one or two pieces of silver are collected a month. ”

"And what money do you make here? It's more cost-effective than building a house for people who don't have a place to live. Wu Xuexia couldn't help but say: "If a shop has two floors, it can sleep at least thirty or forty people, and you can be regarded as helping many displaced people to settle their homes." ”

"yes, that's what I thought." Wei Bao smiled: "This kind of world, no one is easy, as long as you don't lose money, you can help people, why not?" If the landlords of all sizes in the Ming Dynasty, if there is a little bit of my mind, I won't say much, one or two achievements are enough, in that case, no matter how bad the world is, the people can get through. If the people of the north starved to death, or fled to the south, I am afraid that the world would be even more depressed. ”

"It's a pity, don't say one or two, I'm afraid that people like you will only be counted in the entire Ming Dynasty! Who does business not to make money, but to help others? Wu Sanfu smiled: "You are ruthless to the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong?" ”

"Brother Sanfu, don't say that, where am I ruthless to the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong? The last two times everyone bet, but I didn't take the lead, right? Kao Xiucai and Wu Sangui in the ring, it was all provoked by you rich boys. Wei Bao said with a smile: "As for buying Liaomin this time and sending it to southern Liaoning to pioneer, I also said in advance that I would pay the bill." It was the delay in making a decision from the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong that caused everyone to run out. ”

"We'll give you the money ourselves." Wu Sanfu smiled sourly.

"So, you can't get involved in gambling! Willing to gamble and lose. Brother, what are you talking about now? Wu Xuexia couldn't help but help Wei Bao speak.

"Okay, okay, I can't talk about you two." Wu Sanfu was not angry, anyway, his silver, Wei Bao had already returned it to him.

The three of them were full of wine and food, and returned to their residences.

When I came, I didn't take a horse-drawn carriage, and I walked back, and the distance was very close, only four or five miles away.

Wei Bao is still very willing to walk, accustomed to the use of transportation, people have become lazy, especially in modern times, driving every day, almost when you go out, you must drive, both legs have a tendency to degenerate.

In ancient times, when I walked and boxed, I felt that my body was much stronger, I exercised more, and my mental state was also very good.

"It's good for you to do this, even if you don't make too much money, you still earn people's hearts, which is called steady and steady. My father used to say that the most savvy people in business are not making money, but earning hearts. Although he understood this, he could not do it. Wu Xuexia said to Wei Bao.

"I'm not as clever as you say, and I'm not mainly trying to win people's hearts or anything, I just want to do my best to help the poor. Especially these small people in the market, in fact, are more pitiful than the farmers in the township, they really have nothing, the world is poor, and they are the first to starve. Wei Bao said.

"Xiaobao, Ci doesn't lead soldiers, righteousness doesn't raise wealth, if you think so, how tired will you be in the future? Everyone has his own life, and everyone takes care of himself and does it with a clear conscience. Wu Sanfu pouted.

Wei Bao smiled and didn't say anything, he was not a person who likes to argue, not to mention, it is impossible to change a person's mind by arguing, only power can change a person's behavior! Obviously, for Wu Sanfu, he doesn't have this kind of power, so he doesn't bother to say it.

"Brother, what you said is very wrong! If Wei Bao can't take care of himself, naturally there is nothing. But those who are able to help others more are good deeds that accumulate good deeds, how can you say that? You're too selfish. Wu Xuexia retorted.

Wu Xuexia's words aroused Wei Bao's great favor, although the little girl was a little willful, but Wu Xuexia's heart was good.

Wei Bao attaches great importance to whether a person is kind or not, and people who do not have good thoughts in their hearts are the greatest harm to society.

"You are high-spirited, self-sacrificing for others, I am selfish, unkind, self-serving, self-possessed, okay?" Wu Sanfu said unhappily: "When you are older, you will know what I mean, and I can't understand it to you now." It's good that everyone can take care of themselves and their families! If you have more energy, take care of your relatives and friends. Everybody can do that, that's enough. Those who have nothing to do with it, can you come here? Don't talk about us, it's the emperor Laozi, can we take care of the people of the world? ”

"Didn't I just say that? When you have the ability. Brother, you're. Wu Xuexia said angrily.

Wei Bao said softly: "Brother Sanfu, this is Jingshi, be cautious!" Wei Bao heard that Wu Sanfu even the emperor Lao Tzu had come out, so he hurriedly pouted and persuaded him.

Wu Sanfu was also shocked and speechless, looked around, and no one was listening, so he nodded.

Because of the relationship between Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu, the three of them said a few words along the way, and they were no longer as enthusiastic as they had talked before.

After returning to his residence, Wu Sanfu didn't call Wei Bao to Dashilar or anything, and he was a little unhappy.

Wu Xuexia also went back to the house early to rest, while Wei Bao calmed down and read the book, then boxed, sat quietly, and rested.

Although he doesn't have much hope for the scientific examination, Wei Bao still has anxiety before the exam! While stabilizing the power in his hands, he uses the power of officialdom to develop faster, which is Wei Bao's established policy, but at the moment, it seems that officialdom is getting more and more distant for him.

"Miss, go to bed early." Xiang'er whispered to Wu Xuexia, who was sitting in front of the window in a daze.

Wu Xuexia did not respond and continued to be in a daze.

After a while, he said, "Has Wei Bao finished practicing?" ”

Wu Xuexia and Wei Bao do not live in the same courtyard, this house is very large, Wei Bao, Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu are three people, each with a courtyard.

This is the kind of big quadrangle, with eight entrances and eight exits, and a four-story courtyard.

"I don't know. But it's so late, I guess it's bed. "Xiang'er secretly wondered, if you care so much about Wei Gongzi, why don't you just go over and have a look?

Wu Xuexia snorted, "Has Wei Bao ever come to our side?" ”

Wei Bao came once yesterday, and then Xiang'er told Wu Xuexia in the morning, so Wu Xuexia asked this today.

"Didn't you?" Xiang'er isn't so sure.

Wu Xuexia was a little unhappy: "Why don't you know anything, why don't you guard the door?" ”

Xiang'er hurriedly said: "I'll ask if Wei Gongzi has been here, don't worry, Miss." ”

Xiang'er went out for a while and came back, affirming: "Wei Gongzi didn't come today." ”

"Sleep!" Wu Xuexia sulked. Secretly thinking about it before, Wei Bao said that he would find her to practice together, and he came once yesterday, so he didn't come today?

Xiang'er sighed softly, seeing that Miss was unhappy, she waited cautiously, for fear of making Miss angry.

The next day, Wei Bao got up early in the morning, meditated, practiced, read, and then had breakfast.

The series of actions in the morning is almost a reproduction of the evening action, but in reverse order.

Wei Bao's life is still quite regular now.

Wu Sanfu naturally wouldn't get up at this point, Wu Xuexia and Wei Bao had breakfast together.

"Didn't you say you wanted to practice with me?" Wu Xuexia couldn't help but ask.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "You said it earlier, I thought you were just casually talking, you are used to practicing boxing before going to bed?" After practicing boxing, I was sweating and had to take a shower. ”

"It's not troublesome to bathe, you are the same here as Wu Mansion, it is very convenient everywhere." Wu Xuexia said.

"You don't have to cooperate with me, when you used to be at home, you practiced boxing every day?" Wei Bao asked.

"Who's going to cooperate with you? I practice boxing once every two or three days, and I only fight once when I think about it, and I don't have a chance to fight with people, just for self-defense, and I don't have to be too diligent. Wu Xuexia blushed and said.

"Okay, I'll join you when I practice boxing again tonight." Wei Bao smiled. Secretly thinking that you can't practice boxing to avoid physical contact, aren't you giving me a chance? In fact, Wei Bao is used to boxing alone, and he doesn't need to find someone to practice. Wu Xuexia has no chance to fight with others, and Wei Bao has no chance, and a lot of people protect him wherever he goes.

Wu Xuexia heard Wei Bao say this, and smiled and hummed.

"By the way, I'm going to visit my brother-in-law's house at noon, will you go with me?" Wei Bao asked suddenly. After asking, I felt that something seemed inappropriate, Wu Xuexia went to Li Chengne's house with herself, what was the matter? Wu Xuexia went as an identity?

Wu Xuexia also immediately thought of this, her face turned even redder with shame, and she didn't say anything.

"I'll talk about it casually, otherwise you're still at home, wait for your brother to get up and disappear from us, and think we're going to play somewhere, and deliberately don't take him with you." Wei Bao Road.

"I'll go with you." After Wu Xuexia finished speaking, she ate, pinched the scallion pancake, tore it into small pieces and sent it to her mouth, and her movements were very elegant.

Wei Bao smiled, and didn't think that anything would happen if he took Wu Xuexia there. Anyway, Wu Xuexia has even seen her own parents, Li Chengnei is a righteous brother, not a biological brother, so it is not so official.

"Would you like to prepare some gifts or something? Does he have any children, old people? How many people? Wu Xuexia asked after a while.

Wei Bao smiled: "No, just wrap some silver." I don't like people to send things, one is not necessarily to my liking, and the other is that I don't like the money I spend, and the silver is the most affordable. ”

"It depends on the person, and I don't love the money given by others. How can silver represent the heart? Wu Xuexia rolled her eyes.

Wei Bao smiled: "Otherwise, I'll go out with you later, right?" See what you like? I'll buy it for you. ”

Wu Xuexia snorted sweetly.

The two of them had breakfast and were about to go out, when Wang Qiuya brought Li Chengneem's second son Li Leshui and youngest son Li Letu here.

Wei Bao was very surprised after hearing the report from the people below, and hurriedly asked someone to pick him up, and he also rushed to the gate of the house.

Wu Xuexia was a little unhappy, knowing that Wang Qiuya was just a maid of Wei Bao, as for asking the master to pick it up in person? suddenly felt that the relationship between Wei Bao and Wang Qiuya was definitely not simple, and he couldn't help but be jealous.

"I thought you wouldn't have brought Paradise and Paradise if I hadn't asked you to bring Paradise and Paradise Water!" Wei Bao said happily: "Why did you come here this morning?" ”

"I arrived yesterday, but I missed the gate a little bit and didn't make it to the gate. I only set off from Liaoxi one day later than my son. Wu Xuexia explained: "Although Gongzi didn't tell me, I think Paradise and Leshui haven't returned to Beijing for a long time, and the two of them heard that I was going to the capital and wanted to come with them, so I brought them here." I was good at asserting, and I was afraid that my son would be unhappy. ”

"Where am I so easily upset?" Wei Bao laughed.

Li Leshui and Li Letu saluted Wei Bao very obediently, and said respectfully: "Uncle Wei." ”

On the one hand, although he is less than two or three years old, Wei Bao is Li Chengnei's sworn brother, and he is indeed an uncle in terms of generation. On the other hand, the two of them were so respectful, and they were also cultivated in the environment of Weijiazhuang, and Wei Bao had the status of an emperor in the area under his jurisdiction, and even rose to the status of being worshiped like a god. has been in that environment for a long time, although the relationship is very close, Li Letu and Li Leshui have a kind of awe for Wei Bao.

"Paradise, Paradise, I just said that I was going to your house to visit your father, and I came just in time!" Wei Bao happily patted Li Letu and Li Leshui on the shoulders and asked, "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?" Ate breakfast before leaving. ”

Li Leshui and Li Letu nodded yes obediently, and then followed the servants into breakfast.

Wei Bao hadn't seen Wang Qiuya for a long time, so he left southern Liaoning from Beixunkou to Fuzhou, Gaizhou, and then to eastern Liaoning, and then back to western Liaoning, which took almost a month.

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and at this time, seeing Wang Qiuya's plump figure and delicate face, he is hard, and he really wants to pull Wang Qiuya to do something immediately.

"Qiuya, are you hungry? You go to eat too. Wei Bao said as he took Wang Qiuya inside.

Wang Qiuya hasn't seen Wei Bao for many days, only more emotional than Wei Bao, women are more emotional than men, she hummed softly, and said softly: "The president left me alone in southern Liaoning, I can't eat or sleep well these days." ”

Wei Bao smiled, secretly thinking that you are a little prodigal hoof, and you are getting more and more coquettish.

Wang Qiuya stopped after walking a few steps, it turned out that she saw Wu Xuexia, she didn't know that Wu Xuexia was also there.

Wu Xuexia didn't plan to come out, but after thinking about it, she couldn't help it and followed.

The two women looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little delicate.