Chapter 19 Chung Yeung Festival - A visit to the capital

Yun Xi returned to the palace to change his clothes, and then slipped out of the Wenhua Hall and slipped to the Donghua Gate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He took Wang Xi and left Wang Jin in the palace to look after his house, and after meeting with the guards who specially protected him every day at Donghua Gate, he left the palace.

Some people may think that Yun Xi is going to work in the military department. Then you're guessing wrong. Yun Xi came out today to visit the capital.

Yun Xi has long wanted to know how ordinary people live in this era, what it is like on the street, and whether it is the same as the TV series of later generations. But the previous Yunxi didn't have a chance to leave the palace; I can leave the palace in recent days, but I am too busy with work, so I really don't have time. Today, Lao Zhu asked for a day off for help (who dares not to give leave), and finally has time to go shopping!

In order to prevent people from being avoided, Yun Xi only brought two guards except for Wang Xi, and everyone changed into civilian clothes, so that he was almost the same as the son of an ordinary hereditary military attache family in the capital.

In fact, climbing on the Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional custom, and most people will choose to climb the mountain on the day of the Chung Yeung Festival. But today is only one afternoon, even if you go to climb the mountain, it is not fun; Second, there are many people who climb the heights today, and you may meet someone you know. Yun Xi was afraid of trouble, so he just walked around the capital.

The group walked from Chang'an Avenue to Shichengmen. The capital of the Ming Dynasty has a clear layout, although it is not as clear as the Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, but there are also clear distribution rules, the northwest and north are military areas, stationed near the capital 48 guards, a variety of military-related warehouses and other places, ordinary military attaches also mostly live in the north city; The central and southwest are commercial districts, with Chengxian Street and Beimen Bridge in the middle of the city and the Qinhuai River in the southwest of the city all famous commercial districts; In the south of the city, there is a mixture of commerce and handicrafts, and there are not only districts formed by various craftsmen gathered by the state from all over the country, but also commercial areas such as Dazhong Bridge, Zhenhuai Bridge, Jubaomen, and Shichengmen; To the northeast of the city is, of course, the Imperial City and the Palace City, where Yunxi lives every day, as well as where the main government departments work; To the south of the imperial city is Chang'an Street and Hongwu Street, such as the princes and princes and other dignitaries live on these two streets; To the southeast of the city is the residence of ordinary civil officials. Before, Yun Xi went out of the Donghua Gate of the palace city to the military headquarters on the east side of the Wumen Gate, or went to the military school outside the Shence Gate in the northwest, and he had never been to this bustling street and alley. Yun Xi walked along, asked if he had seen anything he had seen, and the guards next to him told him one by one.

The houses on both sides are similar to those in costume dramas, most of them are made of brick and stone, and the guards say that this is in the city, and the countryside is mostly made of wood. There are a lot of small vendors selling things on both sides, there are many palatial shops, and pedestrians on the streets are shoulder to shoulder, but there is no bullying situation that is common in TV dramas. Although some of the children of the official family were contemptuous of the small traders, they also gave money according to the price, which made Yun Xi, who had the 'dream of being a chivalrous man of the ancient literati' and wanted to do chivalrous deeds, secretly disappointed.

Another unexpected and extremely disappointing situation is that there are basically no young women on the streets, and even if there are a few, they are wearing veils and walking with their fathers, brothers or husbands, and all the women who do not wear veils are basically old people over forty who look about the same as they do now (in ancient times, living past fifty was a long life).

The four of them walked for a long time, walked from the treasures to the Sanshan Gate, and then walked to the westernmost part of Chengxian Street, and arrived in front of a noodle restaurant, where a guard named Chen Xing, who had been guarding him, said: "Your Highness is tired after walking for a long time, so it is better to rest here." Chen's father is an SD person, and he landed in the capital with the army, but the family mainly eats noodles. The owner of this shop came from the north, claiming that his ancestor had made noodles for Prime Minister Yuan Cheng, and he didn't know if it was true or not, but his noodles were really delicious, His Royal Highness tried them? ”

Yun Xi was a northerner in his last life, and he ate pasta every morning and evening, how could he not get used to it. I wasn't tired, but when I heard Chen Xing say this, I wanted to try the noodles, so I looked up at the store's sign: SD Noodle Restaurant, and walked into the store.

The four of them sat down, Wang Xi had sharp eyes, pointed to the people who came in and out from the back kitchen to the front desk, and said, "Isn't that a young woman without a veil?" "Wang Xi's family is poor, and he entered the palace at the age of five, so he doesn't know anything about the outside.

Another guard, Lin Feng, laughed: "That's the hostess of this shop; And this shop is different from the street, whether it is the back kitchen or the front desk, it is not convenient to wear a veil, and it is always easier for the hostess to attract guests than the male hostess, and at the feet of the emperor in the capital, no one has the courage to flirt with a woman of a good family in broad daylight. ”

The male owner of the house saw that they were seated, greeted them, and said to Yun Xi: "This son, is he eating noodles or drinking porridge?" What kind of dish do you want? He said to Chen Xing again: "Chen Gongzi hasn't come to the shop to eat for a few days, why do you have time to bring friends today?" This person was also sharp-eyed, and he suddenly saw that Yun Xi had the highest status in this, so he spoke to Yun Xi first, and then greeted Chen Xing.

Chen Xing said with a smile: "These days are busy with work, and I can't be free, but today is the Double Ninth Festival, so I have time to spare." "Yun Gongzi again, "Yun Gongzi, their SD lo mein here is a signature noodle style, come to a bowl?" Seeing Yun Xi nodded, he turned his head again and said, "Wang, well, what do Brother Wang and Brother Yang want?" Wang Xi said: "Let's also have a bowl of SD lo mein." Yang Feng also asked for a bowl. Chen Xing said to the shopkeeper: "Then four bowls of SD lo mein, plus four dishes of side dishes, and a portion of pork head meat, be sure to do it well and come up with the best craftsmanship." Good for you. Before Yun Xi came out, he agreed to call him Yun Gongzi, so Chen Xing called him so.

The boss said: "Since Chen Gongzi said so, I will cook it myself, and I must do my best." "Facing Yun Xi again", the surname of Childe is rare. Yun Xi nodded and did not speak. The boss went down to make noodles.

In the next waiting time, Yun Xi listened to the two of them talk about interesting stories from various places. Chen Xing and Yang Feng are both people who are on the 12th Wei Jinwu avant-garde, Jinwu avant-garde participated in the war against Naha a few years ago, both of them are in their twenties, and they happened to participate in that war, explaining the things in the war, which made Wang Xi listen to it with great fascination, and Yun Xi also felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge.

Yang Feng was saying, "On the day of Naha's surrender, our Jinwu avant-garde was guarding outside the big tent, and suddenly there was a commotion in the tent, we were all nervous, so quickly pick up the ......" Just as he was talking about this, Chen Xing touched Yang Feng's arm with his hand, Yang Feng was puzzled, Chen Xing secretly pointed to Yunxi, Yang Feng was still puzzled, but Chen Xing must have made sense, so he stopped and didn't say. I thought about it again before I thought about it: it was Lan Yu, Yun Xi's uncle and grandfather who made the noise in the tent and had a dispute with Naha; It was Chang Mao who was going to cut Naha with a knife, Yun Xi's uncle, how could this be said in front of Yun Xi.

Yun Xi didn't react at first, seeing that Yang Feng stopped, he thought for a while before he thought about it, but he couldn't help laughing in his heart: How could he blame others for this, but he couldn't say it.

But Wang Xizheng was happy to hear it, and when he saw Yang Feng suddenly stop, he asked, "Why didn't you say it?" For a moment there was an awkward silence. When he was embarrassed, the boss said with his face: "A few masters, the face is ready." Yang Feng was glad that the noodles were good at this time, and hurriedly said: "Eat the noodles first, if they are cold, they will not taste good." Chen Xing also said: "This noodle is good to eat while it is hot, and Yun Gongzi will taste it." He ignored Wang Xi's question just now.

Yun Xi picked up the noodles and took a bite, well, it was good, no worse than the noodles occasionally made in the palace, and said: "It's good, it's better than the ones at home." Wang Xi also said yes. Chen Xing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then Gongzi Yun can lift them, and the small shop outside can be compared with Gongzi's family." The atmosphere of the four of them was lively again, talking and laughing.

At the counter, the shopkeeper was also wondering what the identity of this 'Yun Gongzi' was. Chen Xing's family is a hereditary thousand households, although his father is still not in the post, and is currently only a small soldier in Jinwu Zuowei, but because of his handsome appearance, tall body, and good martial arts, he can enter the Zhida, and the ordinary commander is not in his eyes, and he was not so respectful when he accompanied a commander who had already taken the post to eat last time, but today it is no longer respectful, in front of the Yun Gongzi eating, he noticed that Chen Xing's fingers were trembling slightly, which Gong Gong and Hou of this Yun Gongzi are? But does the prince of the Ming Dynasty have the surname Yun?

Just thinking about it, Chen Xing beckoned to him, "Boss Tang, settle the bill." Boss Tang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Thanks to your patronage, a total of one hundred and eighty-eight wen, Chen Gongzi is a regular customer, just give one hundred and eighty wen (at least one penny in the early Ming Dynasty is equivalent to the current two yuan, maybe more). ”

Chen Xing was taking out the money, and Yun Xi suddenly asked, "Boss, do you accept treasure money in this store?" ”

Boss Tang said: "If the guest wants to give, he naturally doesn't dare not accept it, but he is unwilling to accept it, so regular customers like Chen Gongzi don't give the small shop treasure money." ”

Yun Xi asked again: "Why don't you want to collect treasure money?" ”

"I won't tell you anything, because the depreciation of the treasure money is too fast, a noble son like you naturally doesn't know the difficulties of this small shop, and the treasure money is good to collect and spend. The materials in our store are purchased from the farmers outside the city, and those farmers don't want treasure money, they all say that when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, the consistent money is equivalent to the consistent money, and it is only 20 years, and now it is only worth 250 Wen, and it is not allowed to pay taxes (agricultural taxes) with treasure money, how dare you ask for it. There was a dispute, we are merchants, they are farmers, and the government is biased towards them. ”

Yun Xi nodded, Chen Xing finished paying the money, and said, "Do your business, what are you doing with these useless words." The boss stopped.

Yun Xi and the others got up to leave, but Yun Xi stopped the boss: "Shopkeeper, I don't know your name?" ”

The boss replied: "If you go back to Gongzi, the villain is called Tang Bohe." ”

Yun Xi was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Then you have a brother named Tang Bohu." ”

The boss was at a loss, "The villain is a single seedling, three generations of single transmission, and there are no brothers." ”

Yoon-hee laughed and turned to go out. The others didn't know what Yun Xi was laughing at, and followed out with the same blank face.