The speed of the inspection of the Ming army in front was very fast, and it was soon Zhu Hai and the others' turn. A soldier from the local inspection department came to Zhu Hai, looked him up and down, and asked, "Where are you from and where are you going?" ”

On the side, Ma Da hurriedly stood up and said: "We are from Guangdong, go to Ganzhou to join the army!" ”

"Joining the army? The New Army is recruiting soldiers in Guangzhou, so there is a reason for you to go by yourself. ”

At the beginning of the founding of the army, Zhu Hongsan decided that officers were not allowed to recruit soldiers or salaries by themselves, and everything had to be managed by the military department, which is now managed by the logistics department and the military aircraft department. However, some local troops, such as the officers and soldiers of the inspection department in front of them, are still recruited locally by officials at the provincial level. The officers and soldiers of this inspection department knew the regulations of the new army, so they looked at Ma Da and the others with suspicious faces.

Martha is an old Jianghu, and he has a lot of experience in improvisation, so he took out ten taels of silver from his pocket, quietly stuffed it into the soldier's arms, and said in a low voice: "Master Jun, my young master wanted to join the new army, but my master didn't let him go out for a walk, and when he was fresh, he would die, please be accommodating." ”

The Inspection Department is not a new army, they are mainly composed of the original Inspection Department, and naturally have some previous bad habits. Seeing Ma Da's generosity, the soldier smiled and said, "Understand, understand!" We have to go to Ganzhou every day to join the army, not a hundred, but also fifty or sixty, to Ganzhou have been driven back, the new army is so good, young people just don't know the severity, go over! ”

Passing through the checkpoint, Zhu Hai asked, "Brother Ma, did you give him the silver?" Didn't my father strictly prohibit these officials from accepting bribes? ”

Ma Da smiled bitterly, this prince really doesn't understand anything, how can a wolf not eat meat?

"Prince, of course the emperor's policy is good, but this place is high and far away from the emperor, and there are policies and countermeasures, so the management is lax."

"When I become an emperor in the future, I must change this bad rule!"

Martha shook his head, didn't answer Zhu Hai's words, change? The Ming Dynasty has been like this for many years, and I haven't seen anyone who can change it.

After passing the checkpoint, you will enter the Meiling Ancient Road, now the roads in Ganzhou and Nanxiong are too peaceful, some mountain and forest bandits have also been exterminated by the new army in the past, and there are many merchants on the Meiling Ancient Road. Coupled with the beautiful scenery of Meiling and the inscriptions of many literati along the road, Zhu Hai quickly forgot the unhappiness just now.

More than 30 miles of Meiling Ancient Road was quickly completed, and when I came out, I arrived at Nan'an Mansion in Jiangxi, although this place was also under the management of Zhu Hongsan, but the local area did not have the prosperity of the prefectures and counties in Guangzhou. At the same time, due to the war in the north, a large number of displaced people moved south, and a large number of displaced people gathered outside the city of Nan'an Province, and they built a large number of shacks under the city walls. Because of the inaction of the local government, it has completely become a three-way zone, and death is staged here every day.

Zhu Hai smelled the smell of rushing nose from a long distance, and now it is almost June, and the temperature here in Nan'an Mansion can reach more than 20 degrees during the day, and tens of thousands of people gather in shacks without sanitary conditions.

Zhu Haina has seen this, although there are also displaced people in Guangzhou, but the number is far less than here, because Zhu Hongsan believes that people are resources, how can this resource be wasted? Therefore, when a certain number of displaced people were found in the shacks outside Guangzhou, the government would come and organize them to go to Tuntian, and the able-bodied would also be recruited into the factories as workers. There will also be toilets in the shack area according to the number of people, and some old men will be hired to clean it every day, which will not be like Nan'an Mansion at all.

Because the smell was too big, Zhu Hai didn't look closer, but just glanced at it from a distance.

"Brother Ma, why is there no one to manage the homeless people here? In the shack area outside Guangzhou, the government also gave gruel twice a day. ”

"Young master, the Ming Dynasty is like this except for Guangdong, and the government cares about the life and death of these displaced people. Five or six out of ten of these displaced people can survive to Guangdong, and the others either die in the war or die at the hands of bandits along the way. ”

A large amount of materials were shipped to Guangdong, and Guangdong's industrial products such as sugar, salt, canned food, small iron tools, and some unsightly things were shipped to the northern provinces. Nan'an Mansion is connected to several major roads in Guangdong, so business here is very prosperous.

However, Zhu Hai and the others didn't have to queue up, because the largest restaurant here in Nan'an Mansion, Zuixian Building, was the Ma family's property. Martha stepped forward and showed the waist card of the Ma family, and the shopkeeper quickly prepared a private seat for them.

As soon as Zhu Hai sat down, the big shopkeeper of the restaurant received the news and rushed over, after all, this is the waist card of the Ma family servant in Guangzhou, who knows that it is the great god who came.

Zhu Hai saw that the big shopkeeper who entered the house was the fat guy who bought the little girl outside the city in the afternoon.

This guy was full of smiles, and as soon as he entered the room, he gave a salute and said, "That is the son from Guangzhou!" Seeing Zhu Hai sitting in the middle of the room and the other four people standing on the side, he knew that the young man sitting was the main master.

"Dare to ask the young master who it is, I'm going to prepare the room!"

On the side, Ma Da stood up and said: "My young master is the nephew of the second master, please prepare according to the specifications of the inner house!" ”

The shopkeeper was startled, the sister-in-law of the inner house was still the nephew of the second master. The population of the Ma family is not prosperous, and there are only a few men. The son of the second master is still young, and now he is only seven or eight years old. The sons of the eldest lord are all very old, and the young man in front of him should be the grandchild of the eldest lord according to his grade, is it the third master's? Almost.

The fat shopkeeper knew that Ma Laosan and Ma Jingyuan were concubines, and they were not allowed to smoke in the Ma family, but that was not something that a small shopkeeper could offend.

"Don't worry, the villain will go down and prepare!"

The fat shopkeeper was just about to go down, Zhu Hai became interested and asked, "Wait, shopkeeper, I saw you take out a few little girls in the city in the afternoon, what are you for?" ”

"Back to the young master, these girls were bought by the second master, and they were sent to Guangzhou after training, as for what kind of villain they do, I don't know!"

After listening to the fat shopkeeper, Zhu Hai knew what these girls were doing. His uncle thinks he is suave and very lustful. Since his aunt died last year, his uncle has lost his control, and there are almost more than 20 concubines in the back house. Thinking that those twelve or thirteen little girls were about to be ruined by their forty-year-old uncle just now, Zhu Hai was in no mood at all.

The fat shopkeeper saw that Zhu Hai was fine, so he quickly got up and went down to arrange the meal. After a while, the wine and dishes were put on the table, and it was really sumptuous, with a total of twenty-four dishes interlaced with cups and plates.

Zhu Hongsan is very particular about eating, but it is only in taste, and in terms of quantity, it is completely the most economical for more than a dozen emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan only eats four dishes and one soup by himself, and only eats ten dishes with his family. Zhu Hai saw that he served a table of dishes alone, and the dishes were far better than those of the palace.

Looking at the table full of fine dishes, Zhu Hai asked, "Is this how all Mafu eats?" ”

Martha said: "Exactly, just now I asked the shopkeeper to prepare according to the specifications of the concubine of the inner house, exactly like this!" ”

Looking at these bird's nests, shark fins, abalones, and thinking about the homeless people selling their sons and daughters outside the city, Zhu Hai really didn't know what to say.

Zhu Hai knew that his uncle was rich, and he also knew that his uncle was not tired of eating, but when he saw the homeless people outside the city, Zhu Hai felt that his uncle had done something wrong. Now he understands a little bit in his heart what his father means by letting him come out to see, is it wrong that what he has learned is wrong?

Zhu Hai, who was depressed in his heart, pushed open the window and stood on the second floor looking at Beicheng Street in Nan'an Mansion. Looking at the flow of people entering the restaurant, listening to the sound of shouting in my ears, and then thinking of the displaced people outside the city, I can't help but think of the famous sentence of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu, which is really "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road".