"Name?"

"Feng Dabao."

"Ancestral home? Household registration? ”

"The ancestral home is Ji'an Mansion in Zhongzhou of the Ming Empire, and the household registration is Fengjia Farm in Qingyang Town, Dezhou Mansion in the Eastern Continent of the Ming Empire."

The warden of the Dewang Mansion carefully looked at the description of Feng Dabao himself and the household registration, and asked, "Have you ever received military training?" ”

"Last year, the villain participated in the winter militia training in Qingyang Town for half a month, but the villain has been hunting with a musket since he was twelve years old and is familiar with the use of muskets."

The pawn nodded and said, "Yes, it's a great guy." You go to the west front yard, if you pass the physical examination, the Dewang Mansion will accept you. ”

Although Feng Dabao knew that when he came to the Texas Mansion, he would basically not be brushed down, but now that the dust had settled, he still smiled proudly at the other companions and trotted to the west front yard.

Today, the four gates of the front yard of King De's Mansion are open, and there are guards everywhere to guide the way, and he is not afraid of getting lost.

But as soon as he entered the gate of the west front yard, a young man about his age burst out of the gate. Both of them were fast, and right at the gate, the two of them collided together.

Feng Dabao's chest was hit with some pain, and he just wanted to greet the other party, but he saw the other party screaming: "My camera ......" squatted down.

Feng Dabao noticed the big red python robe on the other party's body and the cloud pattern on his shoulder, his heart chuckled, he quickly stood up straight, and hit his left chest with his right fist. "The villain Feng Dabao sees the little prince."

The other party didn't care about him, picked up a small iron pot-like thing from the ground, and put it on the square box in his arms.

A young man who was following the young man couldn't help laughing at this time: "Zhu Jianqing, I still make you scream, this time I am very happy and sad!" ”

Zhu Jianqing's distressed lips kept jumping, and he glared at the other party, and then he looked up at Feng Dabao, who was standing upright with a nervous face. "You're the escort for today?"

"Yes!" Feng Dabao didn't know what this camera was, but he was worried when he saw the distressed appearance of this little prince.

As soon as he entered the palace, he offended the little prince, and I am afraid that it will be difficult in the future.

Zhu Jianqing quickly controlled his emotions, sighed, turned his head and said to his long entourage: "You take the camera and ask Wu Changsheng to see if it can be repaired." ”

Chang Sui took the wooden box and the small white pot and went as ordered.

Only then did Zhu Jianqing say to Feng Dabao: "This camera is a rare thing I just brought back from Yingtianfu, it was just developed by the Ministry of Industry, and it costs 400 silver dollars for one piece, plus various materials, and another 100 silver dollars." Now it's been less than a month, and it's become like this, what do you say? ”

Four or five hundred taels of silver, the Feng family can pay it out without smashing the pot and selling iron, but it will also hurt the vitality.

Feng Dabao is not worried about silver, he is only worried about evil little prince, his Feng family is just ordinary people, where can he afford to provoke the little prince!

He was nervous in his heart, and he hadn't spoken yet, but he heard another young man say: "No, Zhu Jianqing, you actually want this kid to pay for your camera?" If you don't say anything else, just say that both of you are at fault in this matter, and you shouldn't let this kid pay alone, right? ”

"Shut up! Go back to your Qianzhou again! ”

The other party was not afraid of him at all, and grinned: "Yo, this is driving people, hehe, I won't go......"

Zhu Jianqing ignored him, turned back to Feng Dabao and said: "I told you the price of the camera, I don't want you to pay for it, we are all at fault in this matter, and if you calculate it, I am still more responsible." I'm telling you this to tell you that when you enter the palace, don't be frizzy in the future, otherwise something goes wrong, and the consequences may not be something you can bear, understand? ”

Feng Dabao couldn't help it, and said loudly: "The villain understands!" …… However, little prince, the villain has done something wrong, and he should also compensate the little prince for some silver......"

Zhu Jianqing smiled, looked around him, and took off a piece of moire stone tied around his waist. "This stone pattern is chic, and if you like it, you should apologize."

This moire stone plaque was picked up by Feng Dabao in the field when he was herding cattle, and then polished it himself, which is honestly not worth much.

But he didn't dare to interject, for fear of making the little prince dissatisfied.

"Go, the palace is different from you at home, you have to follow the rules everywhere, and act calmly in the future."

Even if Feng Dabao is no longer casual, he knows that this time it is the little prince who is magnanimous. He knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "The villain thanks the little prince for his kindness, and he should work hard in the future." ”

Zhu Jianqing patted him on the shoulder, nodded again, turned back to another young man and said, "Let's go...... This time I can only stay in the house honestly. ”

Feng Dabao saw that they were leaving, and couldn't help but ask, "Little Lord, what kind of thing is that, it costs four or five hundred taels of silver?" ”

The young man who watched the excitement smiled: "That's a camera, you can take a picture of the person's appearance by pressing it on the person." You little prince haven't bought enough of it, and it's over. Hahaha......"

Zhu Jianshen said: "It's just broken, maybe it can be repaired......"

The two walked away, and Feng Dabao stood up stupidly, still a little disbelieving. Such a thing can take pictures of people's appearances, isn't that a fairy law?

The companions who had already passed the preliminary examination came over one by one, and the news that Feng Dabao collided with the little prince just now and damaged the camera worth hundreds of silver dollars spread through the mouths of the other guards.

Everyone else surrounded Feng Dabao and asked him to repeat what had happened, and it was not lively for a while.

The prince's mansion in Dongzhou can have 3,000 guards according to the rule, and these 3,000 guards are supported by the imperial court, responsible for suppressing the natives and protecting the prince.

In addition to these 3,000 guards, there are also officials at all levels of government, who are responsible for chasing down the murderers and robbers and maintaining law and order.

In addition, there are subordinates of the transfer department, post stations and other imperial institutions, who are responsible for information transmission and maintenance of official roads.

In addition, there is also an elite army of 50,000 people in the North Continent of Dongzhou, which is directly subordinate to the Admiral's Mansion to quell disputes between all parties.

There are no foreign enemies in Dongzhou, except for the natives, all of whom are their own people, so these forces are enough.

Although the number of the army is small, the number of the navy is not at all, and there are 200,000 navy in the coastal zone of the entire Dongzhou, which is responsible for maritime transshipment and has the task of controlling the development of Europe towards the sea.

The 3,000 guards of the Prince's Mansion were subordinate to the imperial court, but they were only nominally under the jurisdiction of the Prince's Mansion.

However, each prince's mansion has a quota of 500, and they can recruit their own guards, and these people, of course, are also supported by the prince's mansion itself with finances.

Today's imperial court taxes are mainly composed of five categories, one is agricultural tax, the second is commercial tax, the third is customs duty, the fourth is mining tax, and the fifth is vehicle and vessel tax.

Except for the mining tax, which is still collected directly by the royal family through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, other taxes have been assigned to the various ministries of the imperial court.

Fifty years ago, agricultural tax accounted for more than eighty percent of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue, but decades have passed, the proportion of agricultural tax is getting lower and lower, and it is currently less than thirty percent of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue.

These taxes are collected by the Ministry of Households, but the budget system is regulated by Parliament.

In the feudal provinces of Dongzhou, thirty percent of the annual tax is assigned to the royal family, and the other seventy percent belongs to the imperial court, and three percent of these three percent belong to the major princes' mansions.

Therefore, as long as the mansions are not extremely extravagant, the life of each royal palace will not be sad.

In a wealthy place like the Dewang Mansion, the life of the palace is even better, so every few years, a group of guards will be replaced.

The parallel system of the government military system and the recruitment system implemented by the imperial court today, most of the previous guards were government soldiers, but it is inevitable that the good and the bad are uneven, and many of the guards are old and still have to be raised, which is also a waste.

What's more, these people occupy these places, which is not good for the growth of the palace's strength.

And switch to the conscription system to recruit guards, change every three years, easy to use, loyal can be promoted, mediocre three years when the time comes, you can put back.

Even if they are put home, they will not be wasted, and after three years of training, everyone has basic tactical literacy, and they can become an army when they are pulled out.

Therefore, in recent years, there are still some government soldiers in the Weisho Army, and basically other branches of the army have changed to the recruitment system.

Feng Dabao and they belong to recruitment, if they are smart and can do things, they will be favored by the palace, and after three years of age, they can be turned into long-term guards and reused. You can also have the opportunity to transfer to other positions and become a member of the imperial court.

Of course, if the qualifications are foolish and uncultivateable, you will come back and go back after three years.

Feng Dabao and the rest of his companions were successfully hired, just to serve as personal guards like them, and the young people who saw the world accounted for more than half, about two hundred.

There are also dozens of young people, most of whom are collateral children of big families, who mainly hope to get closer to the Dewang Mansion through the platform of Qinwei, and then get a decent job.

After entering the Dewang Mansion, the two groups of people formed two distinct gangs. This is not about isolation, it can only be said that we are together.

"Dabao, the training camp will start the day after tomorrow, let's go, let's go buy daily necessities. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has a large shopping mall in Texas City, and it is said that there are hundreds of salespeople, and there are many beautiful women......"

The guard camp of the Dewang Mansion is next to the Dewang Mansion and belongs to the center of Dezhou City.

A few young people from the countryside came to the big mall and were shocked by the magnificence of the place.

The floor is covered with smooth tiles, and there is an electric light overhead a few meters apart, so I don't know how much electricity is consumed every day.

Hundreds of counters are laid out flat, eating, using, playing, wearing, you name it. Let them be a little dazzled for a while.

Most of the people who sell are women, but to their regret, most of them are married daughters-in-law, and there are very few little girls.

Also, you have to deal with different guests every day, unmarried girls, and you can cope with all kinds of different people.

The Dewang Mansion would distribute clothes and bedding, and a few people bought toiletries and wandered around this big shopping mall.

There are many items here that they have never seen before, but according to the classification and labels, most of them can guess what they are and what they are for.

However, there are some, several people don't know each other, and after listening to the introduction of the salesperson, I understand what it is.

Feng Dabao looked at the labels of many commodities and touched the silver coins in his arms. But there was still no action.

He likes to read books the most, and there are books sold here, but he has heard that the guard camp has its own library, so he is not going to spend money now.

In the future, if you want to buy books, you also have to buy books that the library doesn't have.

He wanted to buy a lot of things, but he couldn't spend money on it, and he wanted to wait for the vacation in three months, and when he came home, he would bring a gift back to his parents and his younger siblings.

For example, the music box, when the clockwork is tightened, a small person will slowly turn in circles, and it can also make a pleasant sound.

Xiaomei has long wanted such a music box, but his father will not be willing to buy such an inedible and unusable thing with five hundred copper coins.

He also paid attention to it, although it was big here, it didn't have the kind of camera that the little prince had, it seemed that it was indeed a new thing, and it hadn't been transmitted to Dongzhou yet.

He couldn't help but imagine that Texas City was already so prosperous, what kind of situation should it be like to be in Tianfu!

Everyone else is used to Feng Dabao's wandering, although he is the same as the big guy, he was born in the vast Qingyang Town and grew up in the pasture.

Riding horses, herding cattle, hunting, but he has a rough and delicate heart that is different from the average cowherd.

So he doesn't have read much books, and he also has a nickname called Xiao Xiucai, which is not discrimination, it is purely a banter between peers.

"This strong man, can you leave? Don't get in the way......"

Feng Dabao turned around and turned his head, and there was a lady with a girl behind him, who looked at him with some dissatisfaction at this time.

Feng Dabao didn't see many women, and he was not good at dealing with women, so he hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry Madam, I'm distracted." ”

In a hurry, he didn't use official dialect, but spoke with an accent from his hometown. Hearing him speak, the other party paused for a moment and asked, "Listen to your accent, your ancestral home is Ji'an Mansion?" ”

Although he has lived in Texas for decades, Feng Laiwang still speaks Ji'an, and Feng Dabao naturally follows his parents.

"Don't hide it from Mrs., in Yongfeng County, Ji'an Prefecture, my ancestral hometown."

The other party's attitude was much more intimate, and he said with a smile: "I never thought that I could meet fellow villagers in Dongzhou, where do you settle down now?" ”

He peeked at the other party's outfit, obviously a big family, and wouldn't want anything from him. This time, he also saw the little girl's appearance, white and clean, and her smile was so sweet.

"Zai Xia was born in Qingyang Town, which is a small town 300 miles from the Texas capital, and most of them make a living from cattle raising. Now he is working as a guard in the Dewang Mansion......" He added: "I have just joined the company, and I have not yet been issued a guard uniform." ”

The other party saw him restrained, and couldn't help laughing: "My hometown is also Ji'an Mansion, but it has been out for decades, and in this life, I am afraid that I will not have a chance to go back." Look at my memory...... My husband's surname is Yang, you can call me Mrs. Yang. ”

Feng Dabao said embarrassedly: "Under Feng Dabao...... No word......"

Mrs. Yang didn't mean to dislike it, she looked at him carefully, and looked at him a little embarrassed.

Just as Feng Dabao was about to say goodbye, Mrs. Yang asked again: "Look, you are not very old, have you ever married?" ”

Feng Dabao said embarrassedly: "No." ”

Although Qingyang Town is rich and has a few dozen people in the Dezhou Mansion, it is remote, with a radius of thousands of miles and only a few thousand people.

The local population is small, and they are all familiar with each other, and the marriage object is fast and slow.

Feng Laiwang doesn't worry about it, the Yuan family has little communication, Feng Dabao is seventeen years old, and he hasn't met a suitable one yet.

If you want to say that he is not bad-looking, and his body is strong, he has been herding cattle on the pasture since he was a child, and his face is a little tanned.

This time, Feng Laiwang was willing to let his son come out and break in, and he also had the intention of letting him find a wife outside. As for whether he can have a chance, in fact, Feng Laiwang doesn't care.

The other party listened to his answer and smiled even more. She waved her hand, and a long follower darker than Feng Dabao approached.

Mrs. Yang asked for a famous poster and handed it to Feng Dabao and said, "Since you are a fellow countryman, you will move around more in the future." Although my Yang family is not a big family, speaking in the Texas Mansion also has some effect. Come to the house tomorrow to recognize the door, and I will ask someone to make a table of Ji'an dishes......"

No matter how dull he is, Feng Dabao is a little too funny at this time. He glanced at the shy girl, and his heart seemed to melt at once.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yang was even more satisfied, explained a few more words to him, and left with the girl first.

Feng Dabao held the name card in his hand, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Because the name on the name card turned out to be the Donghai Mansion......

Feng Dabao had no intention of shopping at this time, he was a country boy, and when he first arrived, he encountered such a beautiful thing, which really made him feel bottomless.

He had no one to ask for advice, so after thinking about it, he was still going to find the uncle of the Jiang family. Although he is just an ordinary person, he lives in the Texas Mansion, and he should be somewhat familiar with the magnates of the Texas Mansion, and he doesn't know if the other party is really the Donghai Mansion or a liar.

In his mind, how could the girl of the Donghai Mansion be worried about marrying, how could she fall in love with him?

The Jiang family, the uncle of the Jiang family looked at the name card in his hand for a long time, and then took him to the bookstore in Dezhou City.

"This Donghai Mansion has a big business and a wide range of families. Their family fiefdom is on Hengduan Island (Cuba), in Texas City, there is only one courtyard, and when the clansmen come to the mainland, they will basically live in the courtyard. The old man doesn't know much about the Yang family, so he is going to buy a copy of the Dongzhou Xungui genealogy to see which line this Mrs. Yang Zhixun is.

Don't be delusional that it is a descendant, Yang Zhihe of the descendant is the governor of Gibraltar, and his wife is Princess Yongheng of the Ming Dynasty. However, even if it is a side line, you kid can be regarded as climbing a high branch. ”

Feng Dabao was puzzled. "Even if it's a collateral line, is it so difficult to get married?"

Uncle Jiang said with a smile: "The Yang family's collateral is developed on Hengduan Island, where the conditions are not as good as Dongzhou, the Yang family has a large population, and if a family marries, it will be difficult for the collateral to marry again, and there are few nobles in Dongzhou, even the little princes and small county lords have to go back to Daming to marry, not to mention ordinary collaterals."

Don't worry, the Yang family has a big business, and they won't want you to do anything, and now they like you, and it's also your boy's fate. If you really want to marry the Yang family, even if it is a side relationship, your road will be much easier in the future. ”

I bought a pedigree of the nobles of Dongzhou in the bookstore, Dongzhou is not like Nanzhou, there are only a few nobles above the earl here, and most of the others are generals below the earl.

They flipped through the introduction of the Yang family and found Yang Zhixun's name.

Speaking of which, this Yang Zhixun is indeed a bit biased from the current Donghai Gongjia, he is a nephew of Yang Daowufu, the current Donghai Gong.

The Yang family was originally a fief on Hengduan Island, and the main line was only Yang Dao and a nephew, and there was no one in the family, so many clansmen from their hometown were gathered to come to Hengduan Island to develop.

Yang Zhixun's grandfather came over together at that time, and the whole family thrived in the Yang family fiefdom on Hengduan Island.

Although it is a collateral system, it is still far away, but it is always much stronger than Feng Dabao, who has no foundation.

Feng Dabao bowed to Uncle Jiang and said, "The little nephew is in turmoil now, and he will go to the Donghai Mansion tomorrow, and I hope that Uncle Jiang can give him some advice." ”

Uncle Jiang smiled and said, "Okay, let's go buy gifts now." If you can really marry the daughter of the Yang family, it will also add glory to our Qingyang Town. ”

On the other side, Mrs. Yang took her daughter into the carriage, looked at her daughter and said with a smile: "Today's mother is shameless for you, and I don't know what good this black boy has." ”

Although she was teased by her mother, the girl of the Yang family was not shy not to speak. "For the sake of my daughter's family, I wronged my mother."

Yang Zhixun is a side of the Yang family and has been helping the Yang family take care of the coffee garden. The girl of the Yang family originally said that she was pro, but she said it twice, the first time she just said that it was okay, the man died of illness, and the second time she said another one, and the man was drowned in the water.

On Hengduan Island, there were more gossips about the Yang family's daughters, and the rumors were ugly. What's more, it's hard to find an in-law now.

Under such circumstances, Mrs. Yang took her daughter to the Dongzhou Continent to avoid the gossip of her hometown.

She was actually worried in her heart, for fear that her daughter would be a dead star. Now, the reputation of the Yang family's daughter has spread in the Xungui family, and it is difficult to get married.

They don't expect to find another noble family, find an ordinary person, and don't have to listen to those gossip. As long as the other party is down-to-earth and capable, the Yang family will help again, and the comfort of a small life is no worse than marrying into a family next to Xungui and facing all kinds of intrigues.

The daughter of the Yang family is an assertive person, and she accompanied her mother to shop today, and she felt a sense of intimacy when she saw Feng Dabao at a glance, so she took the initiative to let her mother talk.

Mrs. Yang sighed, took her daughter's hand and said, "If my mother is not wronged, she is wronged by you...... I asked people to go to the Dewang Mansion to find out the news, if this Feng Dabao is reliable, my mother will marry you in this Dezhou City, and I won't go back to Hengduan Island. ”

Later, Mrs. Yang got the Feng family's records. Although the Feng family is a small family, Feng Laiwang is capable, and now has thousands of acres of pasture with his bare hands.

And Feng Dabao, a young man, she has also come into contact with it, and she is quite satisfied, and she has made a decision in her heart.

On the second day, Feng Dabao came to the door with four gifts, and today he specially borrowed a guard uniform from the Dewang Mansion to dress himself up with a majestic spirit.

Although the uncle of the Jiang family who accompanied him has no identity, he is not afraid of losing face and has always followed the other party's words. He can speak well, but it makes the head of the Yang family, who originally looked down on them, very ironing in his heart.

Before going out, the head of the Yang family said: "I have already asked someone to hand over a post to the Dewang Mansion, and the fourteenth lady of our family is still in a hurry to return to Hengduan Island, so let the Dewang Mansion give you a few days off, and you go back and let your parents come over, and the two sides will exchange Geng posts." ”

(I've been preparing a new book these days, but the old book has been delayed, sorry.) In the future, I will try to update it as soon as possible, and strive to finish the old book this month, and then upload the new book)

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