The ancients traveled to choose a good day and an auspicious day, the ancients believed that there was a kind of star god on duty every day, if you meet the six auspicious gods of Qinglong, Mingtang, Jinkui, Tiande, Yutang, and Commander, everything is appropriate, and it is "the auspicious day of the zodiac"; If you encounter the six fierce gods of Heavenly Punishment, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Heavenly Prison, Xuanwu, and Gou Chen, or encounter abnormal celestial phenomena such as solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, sunspot in the middle of the day, comet see, variable star see, meteorite fall, etc., this day is an inauspicious day, then it is the "underworld fierce day", and the later Yin and Yang family will connect it with the heavenly stem, the earth branch, and the five elements, and divide the days of the year into two categories: auspicious and fierce, and make up the saying that it is appropriate to do it and what day is taboo, so the folk have the proverb of "every auspicious party, and stop when it is evil".

After the beginning of the year, Lotte began to look through the time and determine what to wait for to go to Beijing to go to Taixue to sign up. Before the fifteenth, it will not move, and the final time of departure will be determined to be the nineteenth day of the first month, and this day is the day of the auspicious god Yutang star god.

Coincidentally, Tian Zhixian also took a fancy to this day, so there was a coincidence that the two of them left on the same day, and it almost made Tian Zhixian vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

Here Letian got out of the car and replied a few words to the gentry and businessmen and the yamen messengers who saw them off. For such a major scene, how could there be a group of female actors such as Sister Lan, these female actors lowered their eyebrows one by one today, and their eyes were even more red.

cordially talked to several female representatives, and Lotte improvised and plagiarized the farewell poem of the first Yingjing'er, before waving away.

A few days before leaving, Lotte spent money to buy the neighbor's house next to it, the original house was too narrow, and after the two-room concubine gave birth, it was even more cramped to invite the maid nurse, the two houses were opened up to make one, and the ground house was spacious.

Lotte went to Bianliang to study, Aunt Qin and Concubine Qu intended to let Mei Hong or Lingzi follow them, somewhat of monitoring Lotte, but Lotte refused, on the grounds that the two were getting closer and closer to the day of childbirth, and they couldn't serve people close to them without being called.

Mei Hong sneered, how can the warblers and swallows in the capital be compared to Caizhou and Pingyu, the old man is gone, no one cares about it, and the dragon swims for nine days, and his own two-room concubine is also deeply worried. For this reason, Lotte tried his best to coax his two-room concubine, and after a few white eyes of Mei Hong, he held Mei Hong on the couch at night and made a ruthless rectification.

After being drenched, Lotte suddenly found that he seemed to have fallen into Mei Hong's trap, looking at the appearance on this Nizi's face just now, he was obviously happier than himself in the process, and this Nizi was afraid that she had already thought that she would not be able to get her own rain and dew for a long time.

Leaving home to go to Beijing, Lotte in addition to bringing a stack of books, not even a servant, after all, he is going to Taixue to study, there is no need to take care of people around him, as for the shakuchi people, Lotte has arranged things before leaving, but also confessed, if necessary, he will summon a few people into Beijing to wait beside him.

During the Spring Festival, the performances of a group of female performers in Caizhou were well received by the people. Subsequently, the value of Sister Lan, Shen Chan'er and other female singers has risen sharply, and there is a faint tendency to compete with several top brands in Caizhou, and even after the theater performance, a group of wealthy businessmen in Caizhou City are proud to be able to invite the troupe plays. Even whoever entertains friends tonight can't invite the master of the troupe's female playwrights, and they are embarrassed to speak when they see the guests.

Behind this prosperity, Lotte sees a way to make money, as long as he follows the example of later generations to open a theater in the capital, he will be able to make money.

But after thinking about it, I gave up, because there was a stone in Lotte's heart, and this stone was enough to suppress the chest of the people of the Celestial Dynasty in the later generations for thousands of years. In the eighth year of Zhenghe, there were still nine years before the Jingkang Change, the oldest of these female actors was more than 20 years old, and the younger ones were only fifteen or six years old.

Out of Pingyu County, to the official road leading to Bianliang, Le got out of the car, and agreed with Cheng Jin and Yu Fang in advance to meet here and rush to Bianjing together.

Just when Lotte got out of the car, a few old messengers drove an ox cart over, and when they saw Lotte Shili, they said: "I have seen the big officials of Le, and the little ones are ordered by the prefect to escort the big officials on the road." ”

These errands, Lotte has seen them, they are all the fast people of the Caizhou Prefecture Ya. As he spoke, the leader of the messenger presented an official guide with both hands and said: "This is the guide of the prefect and the big officials, please keep it properly." ”

He was relegated to Caizhou as the deputy envoy of the regimental training for a year, and Zhang Suo heard that Lotte was rehearsing words and dramas in Pingyu in the autumn, and he was rehearsing the prestige and political achievements of Chen Zhixian. In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, I saw Lotte rehearsing a drama for Ye Zhizhou's political achievements and fame, knowing that Lotte is an unusual character, in order to befriend Lotte, plus he owes Lotte favors, he specially issued an official road guide for Lotte, and escorted Lotte with a few errands.

In ancient times, even if the world was peaceful, it was inevitable that there were no bandits who cut the path and cut the road on the road, especially in the Song Dynasty, the land annexation was serious, and the people who lost their land were numerous, and most of the people who lost their land poured into the city, which is why the Northern Song Dynasty was urbanized by more than three percent (much higher than the current Celestial Empire), and there were some honest people during the day, and they started to cut the road at night (in fact, this situation has existed in Xiangxi, before the establishment of the Celestial Empire).

After waiting for a while, Yu and Cheng also arrived, and the three of them went on the road together after seeing the salute.

While walking, Lotte saw that the errands were driving the ox cart but did not get on the car, they were all walking, and wondered: "Why don't you have a car?" ”

"Reply to the words of the great officials." The leader of the poor Ling said with a respectful smile: "The small ones have a meager salary and are not enough for the family to make ends meet, and they usually have to do some small business to subsidize the family. ”

There is no dynasty in the history of the dynasty that has a higher tax power than the Song Dynasty (except for the war years), even if the traveler crosses the road, he also has to pay the tax, and he still pays the tax according to the proportion of the money you carry.

These errands are also taking advantage of loopholes and partnering to do some business.

Lotte also understands this in his heart, and he goes to Bianjing to delay these errands to get a lot of benefits, and these errands should also make up for them, not to mention that the Great Song Dynasty is still an era of business for all people (this is very similar to the nineties of the Celestial Empire).

Yu Fang and Cheng Jin were also happy when they heard this, and they knew in their hearts how much taxes Lotte had saved the two of them along the way, and they all shouted: "Brother Le Xian, I have invited the two of you for the expenses on the road in the past few days." ”

Lotte hugged his fists and thanked him: "The kindness of the two senior brothers has been understood, and the younger brother will not be polite if you two talk like this." ”

Yu Fang and Cheng Jin looked at each other and smiled, no longer talking about vulgar things such as money, just enjoying the scenery along the way and talking about strange and interesting things.

The distance from Caizhou to Bianjing is not too long, it is about 400 miles, it took six or seven days before and after, after dusk on this day, you can see the majestic city wall in the distance, and when you arrive at the Nanxun Gate of Bianjing, the sky has completely darkened.

The soldier guarding the door checked the road guide of Lotte and his party, and let him go.

Just entered the Nanxun Gate, before Lotte could enjoy the scenery of Bianjing, the stench of the sky suddenly rushed to his face, making Lotte and several people busy covering their mouths and noses, and their faces showed disgust.

"Why is this Bianjing not as good as the countryside, there are some pig manure on the road!" Yu Fang said in disgust.

The messenger who was guarding the car smiled and said: "Daguan, this small Bianjing has also been here a few times, this street is the Royal Street, and the opposite of the Nanxun Gate is the Inner City Palace, under normal circumstances, the funeral car is not allowed to pass through the ground, but at night, tens of thousands of pork dealers enter the city from the Nanxun Gate, driving the pigs all the way, and the smell is stinking. ”

"It's at the feet of the Son of Heaven, don't the officials in the court care?" Cheng Jin asked.

"The people also have to live, not to mention that there are more than a dozen people who manage the streets, and they can't manage it if they want to, and this situation has existed since the beginning of the dynasty, so it will go." Na Ling smiled and said: "Official, you still don't know, the royal street to the south of the Xuande Building of the Imperial Palace is usually a vegetable market, and only martial law is imposed when the official family enters the palace, and the situation is a hundred times worse than the royal street outside." ”

"Fangxiangqiao City, all pig killing shops, there are raw and cooked pork, whatever you choose, the butchers can cut large pieces, small pieces, can also cut thick meat, cut thin meat, obey your orders, in the evening there is a burst of cooked food on the market, you buy meat, say not to pay, but according to the two catties, not short catties or less, no need to set the money." The other said enviously.

Hearing this, Lotte was also quite surprised, in Pingyu, Caizhou to buy meat has to go to the market early in the morning, and late can not buy, and even in the township only about the first day of the new year, the fifteenth day of the market can buy some fresh meat, this Bianjing is much more prosperous than the state and county below, and even not inferior to the nightlife of the city in later generations.

"The famous snacks in Beijing include the Jiajia Congshi, the Shijia Soup Shop, the Wanjia Cooking Cake Shop, the Dingjia Vegetarian Tea Shop, the Li Sijia North Food Shop, the Jinjia South Food Shop, and the Haizhou Zhangjia Paste Cake Shop, and the big business is a chain operation, and even many of them are century-old brands!" Another cha guy who accompanied him said.

"Panlou South Street, is a street of eagles, specializing in rare birds and animals. Chatang Lane is a street of tea workshops, Mahang North Street, and a street of medicine, both produced and children's strips. Panlou East Street, is a clothing street, open around the clock, the people call it a ghost market. ”

Lotte was listening to it, only to hear the errand say: "A few officials, the front is too learned!" ”

When the three of them heard this, they all looked in the direction of Cha Ling's finger. It's just that at night, the buildings in the distance are a little unclear.

"Guozixue is in the south of Taixue, and after Guozixue, a few steps to the north, it is Taixue." Nacha Ling introduced.

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