Zhu Hongsan and the two of them went out of the side street and came to the main street. Zhu Hongsan looked at Beicheng Street, which is the main commercial street in the county. This avenue connects the South Gate and the North Gate.

There is a prosperous business here at the north gate, and there are many merchants in the past. Now just after the end of the New Year, relatives from all over the place, people who come to the county to hang out, and passing merchants and others are flooding Beicheng Street.

This commercial street is about two miles long, and there are more than 100 shops on the street. Most of the doors are open, and several large restaurants are full of people, and it seems that business is good.

Beicheng Street is nearly ten meters wide, and about one meter is occupied on both sides, so there are enough two cars to walk side by side in the middle. The road is also paved with stone slabs, probably the façade of the county, and the road is still good. It seems that it has only been repaired for a few years, and some of the stone slats on the ground have not yet been rutted.

The side ditches on the side are also unattended, because they are occupied by shops on both sides, and the specific situation cannot be seen.

Zhu Hongsan walked along the street, which was mainly a restaurant, a silk village, and a rouge shop. There are a lot of women who come shopping in sedan chairs.

However, people did not get on and off the sedan chair directly on the street as Zhu Hongsan thought, but let the sedan chair driver carry it into the shop, and then close the door and choose inside. At this time, the shop is not welcoming customers.

Zhu Hongsan is really the first time to see it, isn't this the same as those rich people in later generations who led their second wives to go shopping? Entering the mall is closed, and it is for one person. It seems that rich people are the same in ancient and modern times.

What Zhu Hongsan didn't know was that he was not a rich man. In the Ming Dynasty, the families of the really wealthy did not go shopping, and whatever new goods were in the shops, they were sent directly to their homes. Zhu Hongsan's seven wives are like this, but Zhu Hongsan doesn't know it.

Zhu Hongsan turned around and said to Zhu Hongyi: "Big brother, what do you say we can do if we open the sedan curtain and see the female dependents inside?" ”

Zhu Hongyi said: "Do you want to see? I'm going to get her to stop. ”

Zhu Hongsan was really speechless for Zhu Hongyi's humorless temperament. Hurriedly grabbed Zhu Hongyi and said, "Big brother, I'm just talking." ”

Zhu Hongyi nodded and stopped. Think about it and say: "If you see the female relatives inside, if it is someone else's daughter-in-law, she will probably hang herself, and the one who is not out of the cabinet can only marry you." ”

Zhu Hongsan thought about it, and there were already seven wives in the family. If you get a woman again, you have to die yourself.

Zhu Hongsan was a little hungry after shopping for a long time, so he found a restaurant with a good business on the side to eat. The guy at the door saw the two and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Two, please go upstairs." ”

Zhu Hongyi took out a big silver ingot of ten taels and said to the guy: "Pick us a secluded and beautiful room with ten of your specialties." The others have rewarded you. ”

The man was overjoyed when he heard this, ten taels of silver was enough for him to live for half a year. At that time, a sea cucumber and abalone wing banquet was only seven or eight taels of silver.

The guy who got the benefit hurriedly said, "Don't worry, second master, please go." Then he shouted: "No. 1 Tianzi on the second floor, two distinguished guests have arrived." ”

Zhu Hongsan came upstairs, and a guy had already led the way to the box. The guy came into the house and asked what kind of tea the guest officer was drinking?

Zhu Hongsan said: "Is there a Pu'er? ”

The guy said, "We have aged Pu'er here, and the merchants from Yungui just arrived a few years ago. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Have a pot." ”

Guys go down and prepare. Zhu Hongsan is not used to drinking tea in this era, and the tea of later generations is added with various spices, even the leaves of the tree can make the taste of Biluochun. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan only drinks Pu'er with a strong taste when drinking tea.

Zhu Hongsan stood in front of the window, and he could see the Pearl River Estuary outside, with a little white sail on it, and a slight breeze was really pleasant.

At this time, the guy soaked Pu'er and closed the mountain gate and went out. Zhu Hongyi arrived at a cup of tea and gave it to Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan took a sip very well, holding a teacup and looking at the scenery in the distance, Zhu Hongsan thought to himself how good it would be if it was always like this. Although life was not easy in the previous life, it was a prosperous era after all, unlike now.

Zhu Hongsan asked, "Big brother, do you miss the past?" ”

Zhu Hongyi said: "Before? I don't miss it much. But I really want to be with my aunt. ”

Hearing Zhu Hongyi talk about his mother, Zhu Hongsan's face sank. Oh, yes. It has been nine years since my mother died, and it has been eighteen years since I came to this era.

Zhu Hongyi continued: "What do you want to do? No matter what, we don't have to live, we are much better than those refugees who have fled. I am very satisfied when I see them, and even more satisfied when I come home and see my son and daughter. ”

Zhu Hongyi's robbed daughter-in-law of the Dong family gave birth to a girl to him a few years ago, and Zhu Hongyi likes that little girl very much.

Zhu Hongsan said with a smile: "I didn't expect my eldest brother to like girls, I always thought you liked your two tigers and leopards." ”

When Zhu Hongyi and Ma Ruhua's two sons were born, they were named Zhao Da and Zhu Er, which made Zhu Hongsan laugh. After returning home, Zhu Hongyi thought for a long time and changed his names to Zhao Hu and Zhu Bao. Now one is eleven years old and the other is ten years old, and he looks five big and three thick, and he can't do it.

Zhu Hongyi blushed and said, "Those two bastards can't do it every day, and they're going to be angry with me." It's still a daughter, and she is quiet. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "If you want to be like Zhu Luo, you can be angry." ”

Zhu Hongyi smiled: "No, I heard Zhao Da say that Xiao Luo'er is still very obedient." "Zhao Hu and Zhu Bao are both the main forces in the Zhuluo Boy Camp. Zhu Luo has the same help as these two bears, and it is even more powerful.

When the two were talking, the dishes came up, all of which were seafood delicacies.

Zhu Hongsan came to Guangdong and was really satisfied with the food, the seafood is very fresh, and the cooking method is really delicious. Unlike in Huguang, some seafood is salted. It's not delicious at all.

Now Cantonese cuisine has some prototypes of later generations, and many dishes can be seen in later generations. In the cooking, it is mainly fried and fried, and there are stew, frying and roasting, paying attention to the light but not light, fresh but not vulgar, tender but not raw, oily but not greasy, and the ingredients are very fresh. Zhu Hongsan, who ate this meal, was satisfied.

After eating, he rewarded the fellow with five taels of silver, and the two went downstairs in the man's thanks.

After the two went downstairs, they looked at Beicheng Street again, and there was nothing to see in this place. The face of the county town is naturally bright. Zhu Hongsan led Zhu Hongyi through the streets and alleys to the West Gate.

Because the West Gate is next to the Beicheng County Ya, there are large households living here. Zhu Hongsan saw that there were stone drums at the door of several houses, which was a symbol of having scholars at home, at least lifting people.

Because in this way, the West Side is the least populated, and it is also the cleanest. There are one or two families on the side of an alley. The door of the house is either a fine soil mat road, or a stone road. You must know that not everyone can repair the stone road, and it can only be repaired if you have a meritorious name.

Zhu Hongsan looked at it casually, and everyone in this place had their doors closed, and he couldn't see inside. But if you look outside, you can see how it is inside, and it should be no different.

Seeing this, Zhu Hongsan was not interested in watching it, and came directly to Nancheng.

Nancheng is a different story. In ancient times, the north was respected, so the north side of the city was where the official office was located, and the west and east cities were inhabited by ordinary people. And it is said that if you live in the south, you are poor, so Nancheng has always been a place where the sluts live. What brothels, craftsmen, troupes, dung diggers, and beggars all live in the southern city.

When Zhu Hongsan came to Nancheng, he saw that it was similar to the homeless shacks outside the city. The house is low and dark. There were a few guys who weren't good people at first glance and peeked at Zhu Hongsan and the two. If it weren't for the fact that Zhu Hongyi was tall and tall behind him, he would probably be able to come over and grab it.

The streets are also a mess, with little infrastructure at all. The ground was directly muddy, and sewage and feces were everywhere on the ground, and Zhu Hongsan didn't dare to enter the alley, so he looked at the street.

Zhu Hongsan thought: "This place needs to be renovated vigorously. ”

Nancheng Street is not bad, and there are several green buildings opposite. It is said that the Qinglou is not as luxurious as the Qinglou in Wuchang, it is a separate courtyard, and there are several prostitutes and girls dressed in flowers, and there are three or two turtle slaves standing at the door.

The people who came to this place were also some businessmen who were far away from home to relieve their pressure. Locals rarely come.

The locals who have money don't come to this place, they all have their own concubines at home, and they can exchange them if they are tired of playing. If you don't have money, you can go to the shack of the homeless people outside the city, and if you are lucky, you can still meet one or two excellent ones.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the half-dead appearance of several brothels, and wrote down in the small book that Nancheng was renovated as a whole.

After reading Nancheng, it was also in the afternoon. Zhu Hongsan looked at it and said, "Big brother, let's go get the horse, and then go to the county office." I ate dinner at the county government today. ”

After speaking, he led Zhu Hongyi to the east gate to pick up the horse.