Chapter III

Looking at the clothes he had just changed, Zhu Yidao felt very novel. This is a real ancient dress! In his own time, the costumes of the past were often excavated from ancient tombs, and although they were still intact, they were often particularly fragile. Now that he can wear such clothes in person, Zhu Yidao immediately threw aside the unhappiness of returning to ancient times.

This is a Confucian shirt, wide sleeves, soap-colored edges, green round neck, soap silk soft scarf drape, I don't know where the big man got it, the big man himself does not wear this kind of clothes, he wears the typical short clothes worn by hunters. This kind of shirt is worn on the body, the breathability is not too good, but it is very comfortable, there is no feeling of tight wrapping, and the gestures will feel very casual.

Wide and wide, except that the hair seems to be a little shorter, but it still looks quite special - the key is Zhu Yidao's white and tender face, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a scholar, but the big man still said very sadly: "Little white face!" "I can't make a Zhu knife. What happened to Little White Face? It's not a shame to look out with a little white face! You don't have to pretend if you want to be white-faced!

Looking at Zhu Yidao's somewhat stinky face, Xiao Nan pursed her mouth and snickered on the side. She turned around and took the bronze mirror on the table, and asked Zhu Yidao to see the new shape by herself, Zhu Yidao looked at the bronze mirror for a long time, stunned for a long time, and then held back a sentence hatefully: "Little white face!" I hate little white faces! ”

Xiao Nan was immediately overjoyed: "How can you say that about yourself!" Well, it still looks good! Well! When the hair grows out, you tie the headscarf and it will look even better! ”

Zhu Yidao jumped on the spot depressedly, yes, yes, these shoes are still very good. I didn't expect the level of craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty to be quite in place, I used to hear the old man say what "mille-feuille bottom", this pair of shoes does not have a mille-feuille, but it is not a foot on the ridge.

Xiao Nan then took a few hundred dollars: "Take it, it's not much, but it can still be a few days." When the snow stopped, we went down the mountain and went to the county seat. She remembered that she had only gone out once in more than half a year, and a look of fascination suddenly appeared on her face. Indeed, Dahan usually doesn't let Xiao Nan run around, Xiao Nan can only play in the mountains, and he must be careful of the beasts that haunt from time to time, once he has the opportunity to go out of the county, he is really excited.

Zhu Yidao didn't have any impression of the currency of the Ming Dynasty, and the only thing he knew was the so-called Tongbao that his old man hid in the safe. As everyone knows, in the Ming Dynasty, one piece was a penny, and the purchasing power was not high. The prices in the Ming Dynasty were actually relatively high.

For example, the price of rice. The price of rice in the Ming Dynasty was basically one tael of silver after the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, and two stones of rice could be purchased. One stone is about equal to the current 94.4 kilograms, and one tael is worth 1,000 Wen. The county officials of the Ming Dynasty were 7.5 stone per month or 45 taels of silver a year, which was really low. There is no way, Zhu Yuanzhang resolutely cracks down on corruption**, in order to prevent corruption among officials, the monthly income is not even enough to support his family. In the Ming Dynasty, when Xiucai was preferentially treated, he could even get a monthly meal fee of 1 tael of silver. However, the concept of students in the Ming Dynasty is not the concept of students now, modern students can only be regarded as children, and children are admitted to the county school to be regarded as a student of the county, so the Ming Dynasty Xiucai can live without working, but if he does not work and only eats "food", he will be very poor, so he is known as a poor showman.

As for the common people, in "The Outer History of Confucianism", Fan Jin's father-in-law Hu Butcher said to the poor Xiucai Fan Jin, "It is serious to find a few taels of silver every year to feed your old and immortal wife and your wife." You asked me to borrow a plate, I killed a pig a day, and I couldn't make any money, so I threw all the money with you into the water, and called my family to swallow the northwest wind! "One penny a day, 3 taels a month, 36 taels a year. The hawkers selling oil on the street earn about 20 taels a year.

Zhu Yidao, who didn't have any concept of currency, casually threw a few hundred dollars on the table, and such a careless attitude made Xiao Nan quietly stick out her tongue, and also made the big man look black: "Is it so easy for Lao Tzu to make money?!" ”

After changing his clothes, Dahan asked Zhu Yidao to sit down and tell him about the county. The current magistrate is called Qin Mi, a native of the local, he has been in office for more than ten years, and his usual official reputation is not bad, but he does not deal with the county Cheng Wang Decai. Qin Mi used to be a lifter, but Wang Decai relied on his ability to meet the source and a large amount of silver. So Qin Mi looks down on Wang Decai very much, but he has no way to take him - the background of others is hard - Wang Decai's father-in-law is a fellow acquaintance of Xinyang Prefecture, Ma Fuma.

Zhu Yidao is really not interested in these messy relationships. He just wanted to know, what did he do first when he entered the county? Doing business is absolutely impossible to do, and the big man has already said that although doing business is quick to make money, the status is very low, especially when you become a little bigger, the local government and organized crime underworld organizations will come to you for trouble, which is called protection money. You can not give it, when the local ruffians find you trouble, it is a trivial matter if the money is gone, and even a small life may not be guaranteed. And it's useless for you to sue. Because you will be surprised to find that the obviously vicious ruffians have become the soap of the government in the blink of an eye.

Is there no justice in this world??? Yes, Dahan said. Justice is at ease in people's hearts. What do you mean? It exists only in the human heart. Everyone knows justice, but everyone doesn't say it. Zhu Yidao then sighed: "You must have a conscience to be a man!" ”

The big man glanced at him: "If my conscience was valuable, I would have sold it; It's because it's worthless that I keep it for myself, and when my conscience is worth it, I'll sell it again. ”

Zhu Yidao then stretched out his right middle finger to the big man: "I despise you." ”

Dahan was stunned. What do you mean? Zhu Yidao beckoned him to bring his ears closer with an obscene expression: "When you go to the Qinglou to play women, what finger do you like to use the most?" ”

The big man looked up to the sky and laughed, and then pointed at Zhu Yidao, and compared his index finger majestically.

Xiao Nan's face was flushed: "Dad! ”

Zhu Yidao: "............"

In the next few days, Zhu Yidao followed Xiao Nan to learn some necessary etiquette and necessary knowledge of this era, in his eyes, Xiao Nan gradually became cute, although she is not beautiful, and her figure is not very good, but Zhu Yidao feels that Xiao Nan is the most beautiful girl, because she embodies the virtues of traditional Chinese working women, gentle and kind. The big man went out to hunt and cut timber every day, leaving early and returning late. Zhu Yidao also gradually went out and walked around. Be prepared to integrate into the world in the shortest possible time.

In fact, this is a small mountain village, and the population is not very large, so it is very scattered and scattered. The same is true of the daily life of several surrounding neighbors. And because of the difficulty of life, everyone's face seems to have a lot of dishes. And the life is very regular, after finishing work, I stay at home and don't go out. In the family closest to Dahan's house, there was a small child, and every time Zhu Yidao saw him, the little kid's nose always had frozen snot on his nose. So he put two fingers on his face and snorted, and then the little boy's tears fell, and he ran home to his mother with a loud cry. And the mother of the little boy was a very young woman, and like the little girl, she went out with her head down, quickly picked up the little boy and went back to her house, without saying a word. Zhu Yidao was very puzzled, everyone is a poor person, or a neighbor, why don't they talk and contact each other? Dahan told Zhu Yidao that most of the people who settled here were the families of officials who had fallen into ruin, and for one reason or another, they hid here after escaping and died, and lived an almost secluded life. In order not to cause trouble, he never deals with people easily. The horror of Jin Yiwei was deeply imprinted in everyone's minds, for fear that they would be approached by these killers the next day. So be especially cautious.

The heavy snow has turned to light snow, but it is still very cold and cold. It is said that the road into the mountain has been blocked by heavy snow. Zhu Yidao had no choice but to play Tai Chi every day and tell stories to Xiao Nan.

Zhu Yidao's Tai Chi was learned from a master, and the master told him that Tai Chi is actually important for a peaceful state of mind, and if you don't have a good attitude, you won't be able to play Tai Chi well. Now when he has nothing to do, Zhu Yidao has to get up every morning to do tai chi. There is no TV, no computer, no mobile phone, and such a life was unimaginable before Zhu Yidao. But now he feels that he is very comfortable with this kind of life. It would be nice if there were a few more beauties. Zhu Yidao is obscene, he has never been obscene with Xiao Nan, because he now completely regards Xiao Nan as his sister. He didn't know if it was like this for girls in this era, but he could guarantee that a girl like Xiao Nan would be almost unimaginable now.

So after he finished Tai Chi, he told stories to Xiao Nan, from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales to the Count of Monte Cristo, from the Great Qin Empire to the Song Jiang Rebellion. Of course, the content has been changed. He had already seen that Dahan was at least a soldier before, and this kind of person was more suspicious, so if he felt something, it would be a lot of fun. Even the just-released "Journey to the West" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have been told to Xiao Nan. Whenever I talk about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", even the big man listens to it with relish. And I commented while listening. Zhu Yidao felt very strange, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had already appeared, why didn't they know about it? Dahan glared at him dissatisfied: "Do you think everyone is literate?" ”

But after Zhu Yidao finished talking about the Three Kingdoms, what made Dahan and Xiaonan talk about it the most was that his comments on the characters of the Three Kingdoms, in the words of Dahan, could be regarded as a family. For example, Zhuge Liang is not as good as written, how is Cao Cao actually heroic, and how Adou is saving his life...... Every time at this time, the big man would argue with Zhu Yidao with a blushing neck, and Zhu Yidao also retorted unceremoniously: If Zhuge Liang really pays attention to cultivating talents, then why is there no general in Shu after his death, and Liao Hua becomes a pioneer? He does everything himself, so that others lose the opportunity to exercise, and also makes others have the psychology of blind dependence, so who can take his place after he dies? The big man is often speechless at this time, grabbing his head and trying to break his head, it seems that this is indeed the case, while Xiao Nan looked at the big man with a smile next to him, and then looked at Zhu Yidao, with a look of adoration in his eyes. At this time, Zhu Yidao will silently thank the teacher named Yi Zhongtian in his heart, only a famous teacher can produce a high apprentice!

When resting, Xiao Nan will always quietly warm the water to Zhu Yidao. But Dahan was next to him while drinking and muttering, saying that Zhu Yidao didn't look like a man, and he didn't drink. This can't be blamed on Zhu Yidao, he really can't get used to drinking this kind of wine in this era, in his words, even horse urine is better than this! made the big man vomit the wine in his mouth everywhere every time he heard this, and then had an urge to make Zhu Yidao drink horse urine. But what made the big man angry the most was that Zhu Yidao didn't use bamboo chips to poop! Non-bamboo paper is not used! made the big man angry: "How can Lao Tzu have so much money to buy bamboo paper!" It's not good to use this bamboo chip there?! Then Zhu Yidao, who picked up the pig-killing knife, ran around the mountains and fields.