Tokyo Castle is supposed to be the busiest time of the year before the New Year's holiday.

The action of purchasing New Year's goods finally reached its climax on the day of the festival. The bustling crowd flooded the streets of the city's main commercial streets.

There was a heavy snowfall two days ago, and there were not many traces on the road, but at a distance, there was a snowdrift more than half a person high piled on the side of the road. In the distance, the roofs and branches are still pure white.

It only took more than a day to clear all the main roads in the city, and the municipal management capacity of Kaifeng Prefecture was not disturbed by the change of prefect. Han Gang was not surprised by this, he had served as the governor of the prefecture very well, and he knew very well that the role of the government in it was not large, and it was completely voluntary by the guild and the citizens. Except for a few royal roads that used the Xiang Army, the other streets and alleys were all cleaned up by local residents and businesses.

A four-wheeled carriage sent by SF Express was heading along West Street towards Xinzheng Gate in the west of the city. The four-wheeled carriage used in the capital is a four-wheeled chassis, with no steering device, and is much heavier than a two-wheeled vehicle, which is basically used to carry goods rather than passengers. However, the carriage of the four-wheeled carriage was spacious enough, which was exactly what Han Gang wanted.

Early in the morning, Han Gang went to the Herd Division to go around, and after finishing the work of rubber stamps, he found an excuse to come out of the yamen. Anyway, the Son of Heaven's request for him is not to work hard to make some achievements, so he simply let Zhao Ji get his wish.

Han Gang reclined in the carriage, and there was laziness in the two hundred and six bones of his body. Listening to the sound of the wheels under the carriage, I yawned boredly, and it was not too late to do things a little more seriously in two months.

His body has changed into the clothes of ordinary scholars, as long as he goes out of the city, his identity will not be revealed without accidents. The companions who followed the carriage were also dressed plainly and looked inconspicuous. But their back on horseback straight style, still attracted the attention of many people along the way. If you tell passers-by about their identity, it is not just a matter of attracting the attention of passers-by - if it weren't for the fact that you can't escape all kinds of troubles when traveling, Han Gang would not choose to take a car and give up horseback riding.

"Han Shin." Han Gang called out to his cronies outside the car window, "How far is it from Xinzheng Gate?" ”

Immediately following the carriage, Han Xin looked up at the city wall to the west, bowed his head and said to Han Gang: "If you go back to Longtu, there are only two miles of land, but there are many people on the road ahead, and it will take at least a quarter of an hour." After a pause, he asked, "Do you want to go faster?" ”

Han Gang's family has the same name and surname as in ancient times, so it is not appropriate to come up with this name. However, Han Gang didn't plan to change it. Wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness, for the five virtues, the word letter is indispensable. Moreover, the sage Confucius also said that there can be no food, there can be no soldiers, but you can't live without faith—people cannot stand without faith.

"I got it. Don't rush, stay steady. Han Gang lay back on the soft couch.

For this four-wheeled carriage, SF Express has put a lot of effort into it.

The interior and exterior decorations look very simple, without the gold and silver decorations that are popular today, but in fact they are very careful. The wheels and hubs are all high-quality products bought from the ordnance superintendent, the chassis and carriages are all built by famous craftsmen, and the wood selected is also all of the highest quality, which is smeared with large lacquer layer by layer, and the color is dark brown and nearly black.

The soft couch in the carriage is covered with high-quality sheepskin, which is soft and very comfortable. There are several hidden compartments on the inner walls of the pine wood to store loose items. A small incense burner was placed in a corner of the carriage, stuck in a pre-set groove. Han Gang didn't use it because of the heavy smoke, but the residual fragrance from the past was not washed clean, and there was still a smell of agarwood in the carriage.

Although such a carriage was comfortable to sit in, Han Gang was not very interested. Now he is just hoping to get out of the city as soon as possible, and he got the news yesterday that his wife and children should be in the capital today.

But the carriage had not been long in the flow of people, and with the sound of gongs and drums in front of it, it suddenly became slower again, and then stopped again.

Han Gang's brows furrowed: "What's going on up ahead!?" ”

Listening to the voice coming from the carriage, which seemed to carry a little anger, Han Xin hurriedly said: "Yesterday, all the leagues in the city were over, and they must have been celebrating on the streets." This is the left second box, which is the team on Duck Street. The team put together by small families even won the team of the Queen Mother's family, and even won the first place after the last one, and I don't know how many people lost their old capital. "There's going to be a playoff after the league, and it's even more fun if Duck Street wins the top spot." ”

Han Gang didn't care too much about the specific results of the game, he didn't care much about who won and who lost, but an underdog team, and a team from an ordinary background, can go all the way to the playoffs, which has a role in setting off ordinary people's love for the Keju League.

"Starting tomorrow, a copy of the Keju newspaper will be sent to my study." Han Gang commanded in the car.

"The villain has it." Han Xin immediately replied: "I just bought it this morning, do you want to see the dragon picture, and pass the time by the way?" ”

"Hmm. Take it in. Han Gang answered, reaching out to take the tabloid that Han Xin handed in from the window.

Han Gang didn't read the newspaper first, but said outside: "You have to save money on gambling." A small bet is pleasant, but a big gamble is going to hurt your body. ”

"The little one understands." Han Xin hurriedly said, he knew very well that Han Gang would never let a bad gambler by his side: "It's only a dozen dollars per game, don't dare to gamble big, and save to marry the Hun family." …… In fact, there are also big gamblers, and there are several people who have gone bankrupt and sold their children. With them in front, where the little ones dare to step in. ”

"Gambling is just playing, and if it is used as a way to make a fortune, it is a big mistake." Han Gang said something nonsense in the car, and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Gambling is not forbidden in this day and age. You can bet on anything, from houses, cars and horses, to fruits, fish and shrimp, you can use them as lottery heads. Han Gang can be sure that betting on horses will be successful, because of the world's love of gambling.

Unfolded the newspaper in his hand, densely covered with black letters. It has a list of teams participating in the playoffs, a team's league results, detailed match results, evaluations of famous players, and comments from famous players on the championship teams participating in the playoffs. Since it was after the end of the divisional league and before the start of the playoffs, this issue of the newspaper was very heavy, and the two-foot-square newspaper was all filled. Of course, there is no shortage of advertisements in this newspaper. Chen's scissors, Liu's painting fan, Zhang's new clothes, there are dozens of advertisements on it, and the advertising words are still very chic.

This is not Han Gang's invention. The court newspapers for officials to read, there were in the Tang Dynasty, and now there are more of them. Every three or five days, a new newspaper would be issued under the Zhongshu Sect to let officials know about the policies of the imperial court. There are also many tabloids that spread gossip and secret news in the imperial court, but they are not fixed and banned quickly, but they can never be banned.

When the Keju League was launched in various places, in order to allow more fans to see the results of the matches and place bets, tabloids were born to publish the results of the matches. First in the capital, and then spread to every city. At first, it was just a simple result of the competition, but as time went on, after only a year or two, it became not much different from the rest of the world.

In Hangang, most of the popularity of newspapers is due to the large number of literate people in the city, and it is good to have a half-achievement in the countryside, but in the city, there are more or less men who know some words.

Han Gang looked down at the newspaper, and after a while, the sound of gongs and drums faded away, and the carriage restarted, and after about a quarter of an hour, the speed of the car slowed down again. The curtain of the car was lifted, and a soldier looked into the car, but was glared at by Han Gang, and quickly bowed his head to confess, and lowered the curtain again.

This was the check when crossing the city gates, and when the carriage started again, it was finally out of the city.

After Jinmingchi and Qionglin Garden, Han Gang's carriage stopped on the side of the road. I got out of the car, found a clean home, and sat down in a tavern with a view of the official road, ordered hot wine and hot food, and drank slowly by the brazier. Han Xin and the others also ordered two bowls of hot mutton soup and ate them with cooking cakes. Several companions chewed slowly, only Han Xin ate a few bites, and rode forward, he had to take the first step to meet the master mother and the little master.

About an hour later, Han Shin returned with another person.

As soon as they saw someone coming, several companions jumped up, "Wu Si." "It's Fourth Brother Wu." It is a family member who was left in Xiangzhou.

"Dragon Figure." Wu Si shouted from afar, "Madame, the three ladies, and the elder brother and sister, are just behind, and they will be there soon!" ”

Han Gang scolded secretly, but fortunately, Wu Si had a thick northwest accent, and he broke his identity, and few people heard it clearly. It's just that the shopkeeper, who originally looked at Han Gang and his party and felt that something was wrong, suddenly looked over with a shocked expression.

Han Gang shook his head and rushed out of the door first, leaving his companion to settle the bill inside.

Wang Yi and his entourage did not arrive long after, and slowly stopped beside Han Gang, who was guarding the roadside.

"Daddy!" The first to jump down were Han Gang's two sons, who had only been seen for a month, but they felt that they had grown a little taller, and they were very energetic.

Then Wang Yi took Su Xin and Yun Niang to get out of the car together, and her daughter Jin Niang, as well as three nurses holding children, also got out of the car.

When the head of the family came out to greet his wife and children, it was naturally unruly. Especially the important ministers, they all have to respect their own identity, but Han Gang doesn't care.

The official road was full of people, and the carriages and horses immediately moved to the side of the road, Han Gang looked at his tearful wife and concubine, "Don't delay any longer, from Xiangzhou Road to Kaifeng, the road is far away, and you have to rest for a few days when you return to the house......" Seeing that Zhou Nan didn't get out of the car, he asked, "What's wrong with Nanniang?" ”

"Sister Nanniang is a little unwell, and she has been lying down for two days."