Zhu Qiming raised his eyes and saw an old man coming downstairs at some point, dressed in rags, sitting on the ground, stroking the piano and singing, with a dilapidated wooden plate in front of him.

Looking further back, there were two children standing behind the old man, disheveled and disheveled.

Needless to say, these three people should have fled to Beijing to beg for food.

But hearing the boos, everyone downstairs seemed to be extremely disgusted with the uninvited guests in front of them.

"Do you still want to open it? It's unreasonable for anyone to put it inside! ”

"What else do you sing "Pheasant Chaofei", the grandchildren are so old, and they don't look like homeless people, it's ridiculous!"

"No one will blast them out yet, so as not to damage the master's Yaxing!"

Two men of five big and three thick men came out of nowhere and hurriedly ran towards the old man. The old man probably realized that the situation was wrong, so he quickly stopped singing, took the plate in front of him and approached his eyes, squinting and watching, it seemed that his eyes were not very good. Unfortunately, the plate was empty.

Zhu Qiming couldn't bear it in his heart, but unfortunately he was penniless.

Just when the two strong men were about to approach the old man, they suddenly saw Xue Huan's arm raised, and a silver ingot smashed right in the center of the wooden plate, and what was even more amazing was that the silver did not jump to the ground.

Probably thinking that there were distinguished guests in the private room to reward, the old man added a little face, and the two men stopped and let the old man lead the two children to leave on their own.

Zhu Qiming turned his head to look at Xue Huan, only to feel that the bad impression of him in his heart was gradually fading.

Xue Huan said proudly: "I often play the game of fundraising in the next place, and I have never missed." ”

Zhu Qiming smiled indifferently, "Good skills." Your Excellency would be better if you shot every shot. As soon as the words came out, he felt that it was too cheap to get closer to Xue Huan so quickly! I couldn't help but add: "Since ancient times, beautiful men have been merry." ”

Xue Huan was stunned for a moment, twisted his neck, and seemed to be unconvinced, "I don't dare to agree!" Song Yu is a beautiful man, and the neighbor's daughter has been watching him for three years, but Song Yu is unmoved; Pan An is beautiful, but she is very dedicated to her wife. ”

Yo, it's quite personal, and I still have some goods in my stomach! Zhu Qiming said with a smile: "People Pan An has white hair and sad autumn, but he is still quite literate, at least, Pan An took a trip to the street in an open-top car, and those women threw fruits into the car as if they were enchanted, and they could return with a full load after a trip, and their livelihood was worry-free, unlike Your Excellency, who even had to rely on his brother for daily use." ”

"Fruit Throw?" Xue Huan said blankly: "This can also be done below." ”

I don't care about you! Zhu Qiming laughed dumbly, Xue Huan Xu realized that he had just lost his words, and laughed with Hehe.

"Your Highness, why don't you study the strategy hard from now on, and then go out with Your Highness in a few years?"

Zhu Qiming shook his head slowly, "That's it, the bloody battle with the Warat Iron Cavalry, it's a game of the brave, Your Excellency should find something else to do." Remember, be kind to Princess Changde! ”

At this time, there was a commotion downstairs, and more than ten women in costumes walked to the east side of the balcony to appear, and suddenly, the cheers and screams below rang out.

Such a top-level Fengyue field, its luxury is far better than the official teaching department, and the natural women who are full of it are stunning, and the beauty is not enough, but also versatile, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are needless to say, even if they improvise poems and fill in the lyrics, compared with scholars, the papers are not far behind. Therefore, the ancient Fengyue market is different from the modern human flesh market, and it is indeed endowed with a certain cultural connotation.

For a woman here to be popular, it is not enough to rely on the screams of visitors, but also to have an official background, and if she is lucky enough to be named an Oiran at the poetry banquet of the scholars, she will be famous in the capital within ten years.

And the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are also very interesting, when they marry their wives, they will "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented" ancient admonition, and they all want their wives to be a gentle, courteous and thrifty woman. However, in the depths of their hearts, they may prefer women like Ban Zhao and Cai Wenji, the so-called "glamorous over the Six Dynasties, deep love Ban Cai", both beautiful and versatile, but also full of amorous feelings, this is a value-added experience that cannot be felt in their own wives.

Coincidentally, most of the scholars and doctors live in a quiet and leisurely state, like leisure, bored and disturbed, drink some wine, listen to some songs, hug a chick, and calmly pass the time in poetry and songs, which is the peaceful and prosperous scene in their minds. As a result, the poetry banquet of the scholar doctor was like an Oiran production machine, and I don't know how many people became popular.

The intangible assets of the Lingren who have been popularized have increased greatly, and the brand value is amazing, and the children of the gentlemen in the capital want to get the opportunity to be alone with them, so they have to bid.

At this moment, someone downstairs shouted a high price of two thousand taels of silver, which did not seem to be the bid before the hammer fell. I didn't know that woman had such an amazing ability to monetize the brand.

Zhu Qiming turned his head to look at Xue Huan, feeling that he was very pitiful, and when he said that he wanted to make up a thousand taels of silver, he showed a bitter look like cutting his heart and cutting his flesh. Look at people, just so that the beauty is no longer separated from the clouds, she can easily throw two thousand taels of silver without even blinking her eyes.

Zhu Qiming really wanted to go to the emperor to ask for an order, and let him order someone to follow the expedition among the children of the noble family in the capital, maybe others would not be as sad as Xue Huan, and it is unknown that people would be ten times more generous than Xue Huan in the collection of silver.

Hmph, let's try your luck! This kind of self-comfort did not help alleviate Zhu Qiming's financial predicament, he picked up the book "Seven Strategies for Pingyu", and said lightly: "Let's go." ”

Xue Huan didn't seem to want to stay here for long, so he quickly got up and said with a smile: "There may be many prominent people in the private room upstairs, does Your Highness want to meet them?" ”

Zhu Qiming rolled his eyes back.

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Back in Yuefu, it was almost twilight, Zhu Qiming went straight to the training ground, only to see Tang Ji leading 800 warriors to practice in full swing, and there were more than 500 people standing straight on the side, needless to say, these people are the strong men selected by the emperor from the personal guards.

The military appearance and posture of the five hundred pro-guards were very neat, and all of them were strong and strong, but there was no murderous aura in their eyes, and what was even more surprising was that they just watched the Yuefu guards training blankly, but they were indifferent.

Zhu Qiming approached the five hundred people, and two of them quickly came out of the ranks, one of them was Jiang Yi, and the other was about the same age as Jiang Yi, and his appearance was very good.

"Yulin Right Guard, Thousand Households, Jiang Yi, See His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

"Yulin Zuowei, deputy Qianhu Zhao Gang, see His Royal Highness King Yue."

Yulin Left Guard? It's not all the way with Jiang Yi? Zhu Qiming had doubts in his heart, looked at Zhao Gang indifferently, and saw that his eyes were rolling slowly.

"Since you're here, why don't you train with the Yuefu Guards?"

Jiang Yi and Zhao Gang, you look at me, I see you hesitate for a long time, and finally Jiang Yi answered: "Your Highness, the venue is too small." ”

Zhu Qiming glanced at the training ground and felt that the venue was indeed too small, even if the five hundred people were not added, the original eight hundred warriors were crowded here for training, and the space for maneuvering was too narrow, especially the galloping speed of the war horse could not be raised, which was extremely unfavorable to actual combat.

"It is inconvenient for this king to borrow the school field of the Beijing army, so it is better to find a piece of wilderness training on the outskirts of Beijing."

Over there, Zhao Gang stepped forward, "Your Highness, this matter must be ordered by the emperor." ”

Don't you need to say that! Zhu Qiming was unhappy in his heart, but his face was light and light, and he turned to look at Jiang Yi and saw him standing there blankly, slightly embarrassed.

It seems that Jiang Yi is still not good at leading troops, and he is too slow to enter the role in an unfamiliar environment, but he is the chief officer, but he is allowed to be replaced by a deputy!

"Jiang Qianhu, before you found a field training ground, you suffered some grievances and found a place to practice in Yuefu."

Zhao Gang replied first: "Your Highness, how to train the five hundred men and horses of the two guards of Yulin, this matter must be subject to the holy will." ”

Liang Gang on the side shook his head, walked to Zhu Qiming's side, and whispered in his ear: "One sentence of holy will, it seems that this person has another interpretation of holy will, and what he thinks about must be monitoring, not training!" ”

There is only a difference between the heart and the heart to interpret the holy will, how can there be this and the other? Zhu Qiming glanced at Liang Gang and turned his head to stare at Zhao Gang. "Deputy Zhao Qianhu said it well, the holy will is not clear, right? The emperor ordered the king to train five hundred guards on his behalf, maybe the king misinterpreted the holy will, the king did not dare to fall into the suspicion of overkill, so good, please Zhao Deputy Qianhu to go to the emperor to ask for the order, the five hundred guards can't stand here every day, there is no shortage of wooden piles in Yuefu! ”

"This ······" Zhao Gang was stunned, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, and his body suddenly seemed to be half shorter.

A deputy Qianhu ran to the emperor to ask for an order, that is the rhythm of looking for death! Not to mention anything else, on a very sensitive matter, provoke the suspicion between the Son of Heaven and the Prince for no reason, how can the troublesome person still have the possibility of survival!

Zhu Qiming said to Jiang Yizheng: "Jiang Qianhu, if you don't want to stay in Yuefu to participate in training, please bring back your own guard and report to the emperor." ”

"Yes!" Jiang Yi waved his hand at the five hundred guards and led the team towards the slightly smaller open space at the eastern end.

After the pro-guard army walked away, Zhu Qiming sighed: "At that time, the five hundred pro-guard troops will participate in the war, if the treatment is not as good as the 800 warriors of Yuefu, it will inevitably give birth to a sense of comparison, resulting in low morale and disadvantage in the battle; And to treat the families of the pro-guard army like the eight hundred warriors will make the guards of the whole country feel unfair, and it will be a mess! What's more, the Yue Mansion does not have enough financial resources, and it is powerless to support 500 families! ”

Liang Gangwu on the side thought to himself, and he was ignorant of Zhu Qiming's words, and after a long time, he said to himself: "Jiang Yi is an old friend of His Royal Highness, and sending Jiang Yi must be for people to see, and sending Zhao Gang is the key!" ”

You dare to say that! Due to the affection of the master, Zhu Qiming was inconvenient to reprimand, so he could only remind politely: "Commander Liang told Yun Niang that she should keep a distance from the pro-guard army, and not to talk to Jiang Yi about the old days, let alone talk about the pro-guard army." ”

Liang Gang suddenly came to his senses, "Yes! ”

Zhu Qiming soon fell into deep thought. He didn't have much of a sense of caution against the 500 guards, and he only secretly warned himself: keep an eye out for the upcoming eunuchs.

Many things don't seem to come from the emperor's original intention, as if there is an invisible hand subtly influencing the decision of the Son of Heaven!