The carriage started slowly.

The carriage was equipped with sheepskin water bags and face washcloths, and after Zhu Houzhao wiped his face clean with a wet handkerchief, he was still muttering there, his face full of dissatisfaction.

"What did the prince see before?" Shen Xi asked.

"I saw my second uncle sending things to my father-in-law Liu, and I really wanted to go up and expose them...... Hmph, Father-in-law Liu eats me and drinks mine, and he is so close to my second uncle, I have to send someone to beat him up when I go back! ”

The more Zhu Houzhao spoke, the more angry he became, and his little fists were clenched tightly.

Zhu Shan was confused when she heard it, she looked at the bear child next to her who had restored her original appearance with pink makeup, and her eyes seemed to ask, who is your second uncle?

Shen Xi smiled, he had expected this result, Zhang Yanling wanted to win over the people around the prince, in addition to letting these people take care of his little nephew, he also knew that these people would gain power after the prince ascended the throne. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty still relied very much on the attendants in the East Palace.

Zhang Yanling also has the meaning of letting Liu Jin be his eyeliner, what needs the prince has, what delicious and fun he thinks of, he can know it at the first time.

Although Zhang Yanling is far inferior to his brother in his ability to do big things, he is very good at flattery.

"There's no need to blame, it's the norm." Shen Xi smiled faintly and said, "During the New Year's holidays, even the palace will send gifts to the speakers of the East Palace. ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little dissatisfied, and pouted: "That means...... You also took it? ”

Shen Xi said: "These things, let's talk about them later." ”

Shen Xi can't say confiscation, because everyone in the Zhan Mansion has a share, and he will naturally be no exception, and he will laugh at the emperor's gift, as for the Zhang brothers, he has all the inventory, even if it is eaten by insects, he will not use a penny.

This is a matter of principle!

But in the eyes of the bear child, there is only good and evil, right and wrong, there is no concept of gray boundaries, and many things cannot be explained to him clearly, which can only be taught through subtlety.

The carriage drove from Dong'anmen to Dong'anmen Street not far away, and Zhu Houzhao was attracted by the scenery outside the window...... It's not that the scenery along the way is beautiful, but there are so many different people on the street, some set up stalls to sell things, some are fortune tellers, some are performing arts, and some are bargaining together......

These are all wonders that Zhu Houzhao has never seen before, which makes him feel very novel.

"Who are these people, doing business? I've heard that there are a lot of businessmen in the capital......"

"Yes." Shen Xi nodded.

"But why don't they sell things in the house? What should I do if the goods are blown away by the wind on the street? Zhu Houzhao was a little worried.

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There are various ways to buy and sell in the market, and it is not necessarily necessary to carry out in the shops, you can barter, and even carry the burden to go around." There are even some people who are fundamentally buying and selling without capital. ”

"What do you mean by buying and selling without capital?" Zhu Houzhao blinked his big innocent eyes.

In the palace, he can be regarded as a ghost, but in the world of ordinary people outside, he is a junior brother who knows nothing about anything.

"It's kidnapping and stealing, these people are in the market, they don't do anything, they just wait to steal and cheat other people's money for a living." Shen Xi Road.

"Does the government care?" Zhu Houzhao was confused, didn't he say that the peaceful and prosperous world did not close the door at night, and there were thieves and liars?

Shen Xi said: "The government will manage it, but it won't be too obvious, because these people also have forces behind them, and they will even be protected and connived at by the government......"

Shen Xi came up and told Zhu Houzhao some things in the gray area, where could the little guy understand this? However, these events had a great impact on his previous worldview.

The little one began to think with his head tilted.

"Then I'll tell my father to take care of them!" Zhu Houzhao's small fist clenched again.

Shen Xi cleared his throat and found that Zhu Shan didn't pay attention to what he was saying at all, so he corrected him: "Don't forget your current identity." ”

Zhu Houzhao stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "Then take me to the market to see and see, I want to experience those fun things." ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "Before playing, change your clothes first, you are wearing the clothes in the palace, it is inconvenient to go anywhere." ”

Zhu Houzhao listened to Shen Xi's words, took off his coat, and put on the clothes prepared in the car indiscriminately, looking just an ordinary rich boy, because the clothes didn't fit, he was a bit of a nouveau riche.

"Why doesn't it fit?" Zhu Houzhao complained.

"Some of them are good to wear, but should they really be tailored for you? Remember to call yourself me after you go out, and don't mention anything else to the court. ”

Shen Xi said the things that had been repeated many times.

Zhu Houzhao looked a little impatient: "Got it." ”

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Shen Xi planned to let Zhu Houzhao stay outside the palace for no more than an hour, so he didn't dare to take Zhu Houzhao too far.

Out of Dong'anmen is the South Smoke Fang, along the Dong'anmen Street all the way to the east, you will arrive at the Goldfish Alley.

A short distance further north, is the Ming Dynasty after Zhengde is the famous "Leopard Fang Hutong" (later generations of Baofang Hutong), and at this time the initiator is still sitting in the carriage, like the little tourists who follow the tour group in later generations, enjoy the scenery along the way through the carriage window.

Shen Xi wants to take Zhu Houzhao to the East Fourth Archway, take a turn from there, find a restaurant to eat, and this time out of the palace will be considered a success.

The East Fourth Archway is at the westernmost end of Chaoyangmen Street in the capital, surrounded by Longfu Temple and Yanfu Palace, all kinds of people are mixed, it is a very prosperous and lively area in the East City.

When he arrived at the place, Shen Xi helped Zhu Houzhao get out of the car, and the bear child immediately raised his arms and cheered.

Ten years after his birth, this was the first time he had the opportunity to walk out of the palace, like a prisoner who had just come out of a prison cell, and saw everything fresh.

Shen Xi beckoned people to go up and take care of people, the flow of goods on the Dongsi side is complicated, but nearby is the Dongcheng Terracotta Division and the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division, the security is relatively good, Shen Xi took him to see the prosperity of the city, but he didn't want the bear child to see the chaotic environment of a city in a city like Chongwenmen too early.

The bear child originally planned to give some gifts to the people he met along the way, but he found that these people were dressed very differently from what he imagined, there was no silk and satin, not even muslin clothes, most of them were dressed in tatters, which made Zhu Houzhao feel disgusted when he saw it.

"I didn't notice just now, why are they all dressed like beggars?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

"Is this a beggar? What is that? Shen Xi pointed to the ragged beggar with a stick in his hand and a bowl in his hand on the corner of the street.

In a prosperous place like Beijing, it is inevitable that some people need to receive government relief, and of course there are more professional beggars, that is, those who come out to beg during the day, but when they return home at night, they change into ordinary clothes and live a normal life.

Shen Xi is a traverser, and he will not have much mercy on these people, although many of them do need help, but with his ability, he may be able to help one or two, but he can't fundamentally change anything, this society will still produce more beggars.

It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!

Only when the officials are clear and the country and the people are safe, can the generation of beggars be eliminated.

Zhu Houzhao looked at it, his face was not very good-looking, and he muttered: "Uncle always told me how good the world is under the rule of my father, but in a place like the capital, there are people who are more miserable than beggars......"

Originally, Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood, but seeing so many people so pitiful, his mood suddenly became depressed.

Shen Xi thought to himself, this little guy actually has a little compassion.

But when he went to the street to buy something, Zhu Houzhao immediately changed into a giggling look, and even a little arrogant, which caused many people to look at him, thinking that whose stinky boy had nothing to do on the street to spread wild?

"Twist boy, you should take a break now, didn't you say you want to eat food?" Shen Xi Road.

"Let's play a little longer, but there's nothing to do around here, so take me somewhere else." Zhu Houzhao's face was full of expectations.

Shen Xi shook his head: "If the news about your departure from the palace leaks, I don't know how many people will want to fall to the ground." Even me...... Perhaps none of them will be spared. ”

"It's okay, I'll protect you, and I will never confess you, don't worry, I'm the most righteous." Zhu Houzhao patted his chest and said.

"Okay, the big husband has a promise." Shen Xi stretched out his hand.

Zhu Houzhao remembered the stories of heroes and heroes he had heard, hurriedly stretched out his hand, patted Shen Xi hard, and said with a serious face: "I am also a big husband." ”

After visiting a few more shops, Zhu Houzhao was tired, he had never walked outside before, and he needed to take a break after walking a few more steps.

Shen Xi found a luxuriously decorated teahouse and stopped to rest, just about to enter, suddenly saw a bunch of people gathered in front of him, the bear child's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he drilled into the pile, as long as there was a lively place, he would not be able to leave him.

"Keep up, there must be no accidents!" Shen Xi shouted.

When I went inside, I saw a crowd around a girl and pointing. The girl was wearing filial piety clothes and a grass on her head, but she was "selling herself to bury her father".

This girl is only eight or nine years old, although her body is dirty, but her little face is particularly cleaned, and she is very delicate. She was weeping at the moment, looking pitiful, and the grass swept around her back.

Although the drought in the Central Plains has passed, it will take more than a month to wait for the summer grain to come out before the famine situation can be fundamentally improved. In winter, when people are often found on street corners who have died of cold and starvation, the government simply transports the bodies away and throws them at mass graves outside the city.

"What is she doing here?" Zhu Houzhao turned his little head sideways and asked Shen Xi.

"Can't read?" Shen Xi said coldly.

"Sell...... What to sell? Because the words were written on the ground with wooden sticks, they were crooked and sloppy, and Zhu Houzhao could only see one "sell" clearly, so he asked again.

Someone next to him was dissatisfied: "Whose dead child?" Do you still need to ask, who has nothing to put a grass on their head? ”

If someone else taught Zhu Houzhao like this on weekdays, the stinky boy would have gone crazy, but now his desire to learn is stronger, and he looked at Shen Xi expectantly: "What is it selling?" ”

Shen Xi said: "This is selling yourself to bury your father, as long as you pay to bury her father, then she will go with you." ”

"Follow...... Come with me? There are so many people around me, what do you want her to do? Zhu Houzhao looked disdainful.

Shen Xi sighed lightly, he used to think that selling his body to bury his husband and his father were things in the drama, but after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he found that this was a convention in the market.

If the father of this little girl who depends on her life falls ill, her father will definitely confess before he dies, and you will leave me alone after I die, and sell myself, this is to hope that my daughter will have something to eat in the future, as for how the life is and what the social status is, it is not a luxury that the father who is about to die.

As for selling your body and burying your husband, it's almost the same thing, if you give some money to bury someone, I'll go with you, in fact, I still rely on you to make a living, and give birth to children for you in return......

Lin Dai's situation is actually very similar to the girl in front of her, if it wasn't for Zhou's taking in, the thin-faced little girl might have starved to death.

"If you don't buy it, don't stand in front of others." Shen Xi reminded.

"Then I can't buy it? How much? Zhu Houzhao patted his chest and said triumphantly.

Who told us to be rich?

Dad is rich all over the world, I always have to buy something as a souvenir when I go out, and it is more enjoyable to buy a big living person?

Shen Xi pulled him and reminded in a low voice: "What kind of hero, how can you raise it when you buy it back, and send it to the palace to serve you as a palace maid?" ”

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