Chapter 323: The Bitter Prince
In fact, whether or not to do this business is not particularly important, he was originally gambling, feeling that the imperial court was forced to make concessions to those powerful families, and canceled the wanted of the White Lotus Sect who infiltrated the capital. He has nowhere to come out of this breath, so he wants to take 10,000 people out of the fortress to create a problem, and take the opportunity to slap the king of Alta in the face. In addition, the business of the tribes outside the Seychelles has always been monopolized by a few powerful families, and he wants to pull out his teeth and get a piece of the pie, which makes these families uncomfortable.
Doing business and making money is not the main purpose of this trip, but from a distance, it is more meaningful for these newly trained soldiers to experience on the ground outside the Saiwai.
However, it now seems that the significance of this operation and the possible reaction of the Tatar side to it were underestimated.
The next morning, Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi both sent a letter saying that there was an abnormality in the Tatars at the border pass, so they were going to the border pass to inspect and could not come to accompany Lord Qincha.
The other negotiators were probably taking time to rest, and no one came to visit him, which also reflected in one way that his status as a cha was not high in the eyes of those negotiators.
Moreover, taking advantage of this time to start practicing how to be a prince, Fei'er, Wan'er, and Xue'er led those dancers to put on palace maid costumes and rehearse how to serve the prince's daily life.
The instructors in this area should be led by Zhang Whale, and more than a dozen of his eunuchs will guide him on the spot.
Besides, sitting in the hall, next to these palace maids were serving respectfully, and Zhang Whale began to guide those palace maids on how to follow and cooperate with the action.
Zuo Ling and Li Xiangjun both watched it with relish below, not because they thought how well these palace maids performed, but because they liked to watch it and make a mess.
"Haha, this is the life of the prince, it doesn't look good, it's not free at all." Zuo Ling judged.
"That's it, no wonder I heard people say that the princes are rich and caged birds." Li Xiangjun also smiled bitterly.
They don't envy the high-ranking prince at all, and feel that the family of Emperor Tuosheng is really a tragedy in life.
Besides, there were frequent complaints, and Zhang Whale said angrily: "Boy, what are you complaining about? You are not used to it, if you were born like this, you will not complain, and you will not be used to another life. ”
Besides, he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty used to live like this when he was the prince?" ”
"Of course, you think. Now it's the same life, that is, there are more people to serve, the pomp is bigger, and there are more rules. Zhang Whale said.
Fortunately, those dancers were all trained by the Thin Horse family, not only can they sing and dance, but they also have the ability to observe words and emotions and serve people as if they were in heaven.
"Well, these girls are really good, to be honest, they are much better than the palace maids in the palace, you don't want to reward the palace maids with long live lords." Zhang Whale was very satisfied with the performance of these "palace maids".
But besides, it's a bit dwarfed here, he always takes it himself when he wants something, and his "heroic" when he walks still lacks the prince's style.
"You have to walk like this, don't strut with your head high, this can't work, you must have the rules of walking when you walk, you must follow the rules of walking, you must take every step very accurately, and the eyes must be level, smiling, yes, you must have the world in mind and have an expression of friendship with the people, no, your expression is still not right." Zhang Whale said angrily.
"My lord, when the prince was young, he knew that he had great ambitions and was friendly with the people? And the princes all have the world in mind, is the emperor happy? Besides, I couldn't stand it anymore, and I sneered at each other.
"Oh, I forgot, this is not to educate the prince but to educate the prince, it was we who we taught him this way when he was a child, and of course it was gradually cultivated year by year."
Besides, when he heard this, he sympathized with the emperor very much, and his young heart began to be tormented. He also knew that Zhang Whale was not talking nonsense, if he wanted to say who in the world attaches the most importance to children's education, it is the royal family, which is a rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang since then.
From birth, the prince was taken by special eunuchs and grandmothers, who taught him all kinds of rules for walking, eating, and dealing with people, not to mention reading, the princes must have received the best education in the world, of course, they did not study literature and ink, but studied history and the writings of various generations of writers.
"Rest girls, besides, you kid give me a good practice, don't go out and let the Tartars laugh at us, you represent the dignity of the royal family." Zhang Whale was merciless and rigorously trained the situation, which was the most serious devastation he had ever suffered.
Downstairs, Zhang Whale's little nephew circled around a group of beauties, and kept talking, but he got what he wanted. He had never seen so many beautiful women.
The one that made his eyes straightest was Xue'er, he turned around, and began to talk about something around Xue'er, Xue'er seemed to hate him, but she didn't want to offend him, so she had to be perfunctory.
Zuo Ling looked at this kid and laughed in his heart; This kid is going to be lovesick.
After practicing all morning, he was almost driven crazy, but fortunately, Ji Chang came to the rescue in time and told him that someone was outside asking to see him.
Besides, as if he saw a savior, he took off the python robe and threw it on the chair, panting: "Okay, I said boss, my prince should be here first, it's time to get down to business." ”
Zhang Whale glared at him and said, "How to speak, representing the decency of the imperial court is the biggest thing, there is nothing more important than this, don't you kid even understand this?" ”
Besides, he sighed, didn't argue with him, changed into civilian clothes and hurried out.
When I came to the door, it turned out to be Zhou Dingcheng, Xiaojun and Zhuo Maolin.
"What the hell are you doing?" And I was surprised.
"What the hell, Lao Zhou is addicted to alcohol and wants to go out to find a drink, do you want to go?"
"Looking for a drink? Isn't there enough wine in the inn for you to drink? ”
"No, he heard Lao Zhuo say that there is a tavern in the city where the wine is the most authentic, and other places can't compare. Not to mention the wine served here. Jun explained.
Besides, with a wry smile, the wine here is all tribute wine, and it is a genuine tribute wine, and the local government has added a lot of tribute to the emperor's tribute wine list, and the extra is privately divided by some local officials, and then it is provided to the adults who live here to enjoy.
Zhuo Maolin said with a smile: "Brother Guo, I still came here a few years ago, and the wine I drank in that tavern was indeed superb and delicious, but unfortunately his family's wine can only be drunk in the store, and it is not allowed to be taken away, nor is it taken out." How's that, interested? ”
Besides, of course I am interested, not because I am interested in drinking, but I want to go out to breathe, and this morning's experience of the prince is terrible. For the first time, he knew that it was a great torture to be served everywhere.
"But I don't have any clothes to wear?" Besides, I have a bit of a headache when I look at my clothes.
The clothes he brought were all royal specifications, and wearing them out was equivalent to revealing his identity, which would cause too much trouble.
"Don't any of your subordinates have a similar figure to you, just borrow one." Zhuo Mao Lin Road.
Besides, he nodded, and immediately asked Ji Chang to find a set of clothes to change into, and then didn't tell Zuo Ling about them, just said that there was something to do, so he took Ji Chang and the three guards out.
Originally, Ji Chang and the guards didn't have to take it, but Ji Chang insisted on his duties very much, and if he didn't let him follow, he resolutely didn't let him go out.
"You are also a big official now, taste the taste of micro-service private interviews." Zhou Dingcheng said with a smile.
"We're looking for wine to drink, what are we doing on a private visit." And hummed through his nose.
Eight people sneaked out of the inn, wearing the civilian clothes of ordinary guards, there are many such clothes in Datong City, but there is no need to worry about attracting attention.
A group of people walked through the streets and alleys, as if they were thieves, deliberately avoiding some crowded and lively places. After walking most of the city, I found a tavern in an alley in the west of the city, which said that the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley.
"That's the name?" Besides, he asked, looking up at the sign of the tavern.
"Indeed, this shop is called the fragrance of wine, and it is not afraid of deep alleys."
"Who came up with this name, it's creative enough, it's just that the name is too long." And it's a lot of fun.
Seeing that the city is full of apricot blossom spring, Du Mubai, Dongpo drunk and other signboard names, such signboards are refreshing.
The tavern was not large, there were only a dozen tables inside, and they were all full, and the others had to sit and wait on a bench outside.
"Do you think we will be given priority reception if we reveal our identities?" Jun said impatiently.
"Of course it will, but that wouldn't be fun, even if the local officials came, they would follow the rules." Zhuo Maolin said with a smile.
"Indeed, if that's the case, it's better to send someone here to forcibly buy wine and bring it back to drink." Zhou Dingcheng also said.
Besides, looking at the three of them, they also laughed secretly, the four of them were actually the best one to talk to, if it was according to Xiaojun's thoughts, he would have drunk the wine by himself, and no one would have found out anyway. Needless to say, Zhuo Maolin is a full hero, and Zhou Dingcheng is the one with the biggest addiction to alcohol, smelling the fragrance of wine and waiting slowly, it is the biggest torture in the world for him.
On the contrary, he is not very interested in fine wine, and he will not be anxious when he waits for a while, anyway, there is nothing to do, so he is idle here for a while, and he is also full of interest to look at the apricot blossoms in the courtyard.
He really didn't have the experience of waiting outside the tavern, it turned out that he was in the capital, and everywhere he went, Ji Chang and others arranged it in advance, once he encountered a full book, and the sign of Jinyiwei was immediately empty.
Ji Chang took three guards and pretended to wander around casually, but his eyes were fixed on everyone who came in and out, his hand pressed on the hilt of the knife in his robe, ready to draw the knife whenever there was a situation.
"There's a stool, and you're all sitting down." Besides, he commanded.
Although Ji Chang's four people are pretending to be similar, a clear-eyed person can see the flaws at once, of course, it is not difficult to see through the identity and origin of these people, so if they want to cover it up, it is better to show the knife directly.
Ji Chang and the other three guards sat on another stool as ordered, their eyes still shining around.