Chapter 4 Trust the Government
According to Shen Xing's meaning, wait for the red lady's injury to be completely healed before slowly setting off on the road, but Shen Da, who has suffered a thousand cuts, has to say that the imperial examination is approaching, if you miss it, I am sorry for the hard work of the master, and I am sorry for the ancestors of the Shen family.
Being a dog leg to do Shen Da's job is also the only one of the scorpions, and she cried bitterly in front of the red lady several times, and the red lady thought that the ghosts of the officials and soldiers around her would not disperse and readily agreed.
Although Shen Xing said that he was unwilling in his heart, he could only obey in the end, in fact, he was resisting that bullshit imperial examination in his heart, and it would be hellish for him to be admitted as a future person, and the original ready-made reason for boycotting the examination was caused disaster by Shen Da. So a group of people hurried and hurried, and after a month and a half, they finally stood under the city of Beijing.
"It's really majestic, so Chongzhen is a loser, why can't he keep it?" Shen Xing held his head high and paced back and forth at the city gate. The mouth is indignant. "Young master, young master is all checked and come into the city, it will take some time to get to our restaurant, and it will be dark if you don't leave."
As a time-honored family, the Shen family has inherited the industry for hundreds of years, from coal, salt, iron, rice and grain, to needles, threads, melons, fruits and vegetables, all of which are included, and there are hundreds of shops in Shen Ji in Beijing alone.
Shen Da chattered and told him along the way, although Shen Xing, as the successor of the next generation, did not have to take care of it personally, he should also be familiar with every industry and industry, but unfortunately, his conscientious advice was always ruthless.
At this moment, the restaurant he is talking about is the Shen family's largest industry in Beijing, Jiangnan Restaurant, and it is also the first restaurant in Beijing, covering an area of more than 50 acres, four floors high, and as many as 300 rooms of all kinds, integrating eating, drinking, accommodation and entertainment.
It is located on the most prosperous West Chang'an Avenue. I heard that the cash received in the account alone is as much as more than 10,000 taels per month. What kind of feeling is this, one or two pieces of silver at the end of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to three or four hundred yuan, and it is three or four million in a month, Shen Xing was super satisfied with his rich second-generation identity after listening to it, because it was genuine.
The group was mighty, but as soon as they entered the city gate, it was as if a school of small fish had melted into the sea and could not make a single wave. There was a surge of people everywhere, a rush of traffic, and the shouting and shouting,
Shen Xing subconsciously had an illusion, could it be that this was still the last years of the Ming Dynasty, where natural disasters were rampant and rampant everywhere? But through the bustling crowd, when he looked at the rows of homeless people with blank eyes and thin faces on the street corners, he also personally experienced the true meaning of what it means to have frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat.
"Shen Da, send all the dry food we have left over to those homeless people." The Red Lady and her group were stunned, just watching quietly. It's as if it's all taken for granted. "Young master, I can't send it, we can't save it, there are too many people, and it's messed up, the imperial court has a porridge shed in Daxiangguo Temple, once a night, young master, you are kind-hearted, but we really can't control this matter, they are all from Shaanxi, northern Shaanxi, Henan, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands scattered around the capital."
Shen Da said and glanced at the red lady with his eyes, "Look at what I'm doing!" As soon as the red lady opened her mouth, Shen Da stumbled a few steps and hurriedly retreated behind Shen Xing. Boss, kind lord, save my child...... The child is dying of hunger......"
I don't know when a large number of homeless people poured over, maybe it was to see Shen Xing and his gang stop and stay, or maybe to see their gorgeous clothes, anyway, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw, dozens of ragged women held their own children and knelt down, although the men behind them were a little embarrassed, but they all knocked their heads like chickens and rice.
"What are you doing, what are you doing, don't you step back quickly, and then dare to beware of the official who locks you up!" Shen Da and more than a dozen family members all stretched out their hands to block in front of their young master, and the red lady frowned tightly and immediately instructed Wu Xianlu to protect Shen Xing.
Shen Xing looked at the dying child and pushed away Shen Da who was blocking him, his heart was extremely complicated at the moment about the education and environment he had received since he was a child. If he can't do it, he won't be saved, let alone a babbling child.
But in reality, I am in the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty when people eat people, such a phenomenon is commonplace, how to help, how to save, save today, save tomorrow, people who have died once have not thought about saving the people and water and fire, and they only think about their wives and children living a safe life. "Mother, my sisters' clothes are so beautiful, are they brides? Are they going to give us buns!"
The girl's voice was very small, the small one seemed to use all her strength to speak, her eyes were full of hope and joy, maybe at this moment her little head remembered the scene of the rich family's happy event in the past, the red lady and Lan'er, the last line of defense in their hearts completely collapsed and burst into tears. Shen Xingqiang wiped the tears swirling in his eyes with a wave of his sleeves and took a few steps forward.
"Folks, my Shen Xing's ability is limited, and I can't help everyone, but I promise not to starve a child to death, you all get up, I will send someone to send dry food, and if it is not enough, I will send someone to send it again, I will do my best to help you, I believe in Daming, I believe in the emperor, and I will do my best!" The hard days will pass, you must believe in the government! ”
Day, saying too fast, Shen Xing panicked and hid in the Jiangnan restaurant in the middle of the farewell of the homeless, leaving only a fat back for everyone to guess. What made him even more unexpected was that one of his temporary acts of kindness fell into the eyes of a big man in the tea room on the street, which completely changed his original plan to sit and eat and wait for death.
"Cheng'en, the government is the government of the Ming Dynasty, why have I never heard of it?" "This old slave has not heard of it, looking at this Shen Xing's dress, it should be a person from Jiangnan, could it be a new department in Jiangnan......" But I thought in my heart that even if it was newly established, there would be no reason not to report it." The old slave asked the factory guard to investigate. After hearing this, Chongzhen just sighed and shook his head, "No need, I just asked casually, how can everything in the Ming Territory be able to enter my ears." ”
Wang Chengen's face was frightened when he heard this, and the commander of the guards made Luo Yangxing's legs weak, and he was shocked when he heard Shen Xing's self-reported name, this Shen Xing is not his own brother-in-law, the only son of Shen Renyi, the richest man in Jiangnan. Last night, I heard my wife Shen Wanwan talking about her little brother going to Beijing to catch the exam. "If the minister is ineffective, he deserves death."
"Get up, you can let Daming Zhongxing kill you ten thousand times early, go and find out the origin of this Shen Xing, I use this person to make an article, the people still have such knowledge, those ministers of mine!" Chongzhen seemed to think of something, and the tea in his hand was thrown to the ground.
"The old slave will order someone to ......" Before Wang Chengen finished speaking, Luo Yangxing knelt down. Your Majesty, this Shen Xing is the minister's brother-in-law, the son of Shen Renyi, a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan, and he came to Beijing to participate in His Majesty's Enke. ”
Chongzhen's face was happy, "There is such a coincidence, this Shen Xing is actually Luo Aiqing's brother-in-law, and the Shen family in Jiangnan is not the Shen Wansan who helped Taizu build the city wall of Nanjing." "It's Shen Wansan's lineage, and Shen Xing is the only son of the head of the long house." Chongzhen smiled after hearing this, and his unhappiness was swept away.
"No wonder, no wonder, this son has the wind of the ancestors, the family of goodness! Cheng'en go back, the people believe in me, how can I chill the hearts of the people, Jing Zhaoyi is good to appease the homeless, a meal of gruel a day, you ask me if he is a little less. ”
"Old slave honor." Wang Chengen agreed, but he didn't feel good in his heart and sweated for the Jingzhao Mansion, Your Majesty, you always move your mouth, and you are going to break your legs, but this matter, hundreds of thousands of homeless people are still coming, even if you cook Jingzhaoyi, it is not enough to eat, and now there is a scarce life-saving life, even if God is open.