The east of Yanjing City is the distribution center of southern rice, the most prosperous, the major families in the capital, and the chambers of commerce of various provinces have industries in this place.

There are people everywhere, shops and pedestrians.

Looking at the excitement here, Wu Jie sighed in his heart, he knew how good it was to study business back then. But when you think about it, the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was low, and studying was the right way. Let's take that ten thousand civilizations as an example, he is very poor, but who dares to despise him?

Where there are people, there is wealth, and where there are people, it is inevitable to talk about wealth.

Wu Jie walked around the street a few times, and unconsciously walked several miles to the north, and then walked to the area of Lumicang. This piece further north is the homestead of the nobles of the court, looking at it from afar, towering and towering, this is the real weather of the capital.

Just as he was looking at it, a person's voice came from the tea shop next to him: "Brother Zhong, you say, how much property does Lu Gong have?" I have heard that the commander of the brocade cloth Wei Lu is the richest man today. Each meal was worth a hundred taels of silver. ”

The man who spoke was short of energy, and was obviously a weak person.

"Brother Zhao, how is this possible. Fine rice is only two taels and one stone, and pork is only twenty wen per catty. How much rice and meat do you have to buy for a hundred taels of silver? The man surnamed Zhong was obviously unconvinced.

"What do you know, you know rice, meat, what is the identity of Lu Gong, how can he be used for ordinary food. He is a southerner, and he is fond of aquatic products, especially the large carp of more than three catties produced in Dongting Lake, which is inseparable from it. But carp dies as soon as it leaves the water, and the fish sent all the way from Hubei to the capital still stink. In order to keep it fresh, the carp must be wrapped in lard and sent to the capital in an expedited manner of 800 li. Put a fish in a large barrel of lard, and when you reach the ground, the fish is still fresh. But the barrel of lard will be poured out. One bucket a day, in the canal behind Lufu, the lard flowed into a river. ”

"Ahh There was an exclamation in the tea shop, "The wine pond meat forest is nothing more than that." ”

Wu Jie laughed in his heart, using false rumors is like this, and he can only deceive ordinary people who have never seen the world. However, Lu Bing's wealth is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Hearing the idler mention Lu Bing, his heart moved. Miss Tang's mother and daughter are now sheltering in the Lu family, and in his heart, he is still very concerned about the news of the Lu family. He stopped, walked straight into the teahouse, ordered a cup of tea, and sat on the side.

The guests in the tea shop all raised their heads and looked north, obviously shocked by the words of the person surnamed Zhao.

The man surnamed Zhong was very thin, with a bitter look on his face, and sighed: "This kind of saying, even if it is a while, it is worth it." Even if you can't get by, it's good to go and see it. ”

"Go and see, you're just a scoundrel, and that's the place you can go." The man surnamed Zhao burst out laughing and teased: "Actually, it's not that there is no chance. Brother Zhong, have you heard of it? The Lu family's ethnology is recruiting students recently, saying that as long as there is a meritorious name above Xiucai, whether the surname is Lu or not, as long as there is real talent and learning, and the Lu family is favored, you can go in and study, and you can get five taels of silver per month. ”

"Ah, it's impossible, as long as you go in, you'll have five taels a month, isn't this Lu family stupid. As far as I know, the direct children of half of the big families are only a few taels of silver per month. When others go to a private school, they have to pay tuition. This Lu family is good, but they give money to students. ”

"You don't know." The person surnamed Zhao deliberately showed off his knowledge, and said proudly: "I have a cousin who is working in the Lu Mansion now, and I know the situation very well. Lu Gong is rich in the world, and he lacks everything, but he is not short of money. Originally, the Lu family had their own ethnology in Zhongxiang's hometown in Hubei. But since the spring of this year, Lu Gong has been sick. He is another handful of age, and he has been sick for more than half a year with this disease, and it is estimated that he will not be able to survive. I knew that I wouldn't be able to endure it for long, and I missed my children and grandchildren at home, so I asked the children in my hometown to move to Yanjing, and fortunately, when I died, there were hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren to send them to the end, so that I could see it. Hey, even if there is a thousand years of wealth, once the limit comes, no one can escape. ”

Everyone was also embarrassed.

The man surnamed Zhao continued: "Although the Lu family is rich, the heirs are not prosperous. Lu Gong used to be the only son of the Lu family, and in his generation, he only gave birth to two sons.

Uncle Lu Yi's official residence in Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi Qianhu, after Lu Gong couldn't afford it, all the affairs in the house were in charge of the uncle. It's a pity that Uncle Lu has never had a son; The second master, Lu Wei, is the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, he is a very easy-going person, and he doesn't take care of things much, and he has two sons and a daughter, Lu Xuan, Lu Chang, and Lu Shuang.

Among them, Lao Continent Xuan is talented, he is still successful in reading, and he has already gained fame for showing his talents, and he will definitely have some achievements in the future. It's a pity that he is a concubine and can't inherit Duke Lu's title and family business.

The second eldest Lu Chang is the grandson and the hope of the Lu family in the future. It is...... It's too stubborn, it's a famous dumb overlord. When I was in Hubei before, I caused some trouble.

The third Lu Shuang, a daughter, is sixteen years old and has not yet been married. ”

The person surnamed Zhao said a lot, and someone next to him listened impatiently and shouted: "Brother Zhao, what do you say has to do with the Lu family's money for enrollment?" ”

"You know the, it's a big deal." The man surnamed Zhao said triumphantly: "There is a difference between Yan and Shu. This Lu family will still be handed over to Lu Chang in the future. It's a pity that Lu Chang's mud can't support the wall, it was a famous straw bale in Hubei back then, if you don't control it from now on, how can you get it in the future. This time, all the third-generation children of the Lu family moved to the capital, and the clan study naturally had to be done, and with the power of the Lu family, what kind of famous teacher could not be invited. But Lu Chang is a wild person, and the reason why he was like that in Hubei back then was not because he was wrapped in the children of the rich and noble families in Hubei to have fun together. Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black. Teach Second Young Master Lu badly.

In view of this, the two masters of the Lu family feel that this time in the capital to run a clan school, in addition to the children of their own clan, they must also recruit a group of upright gentlemen with meritorious names to enrich it, and subtly see if they can lead the grandson of the Lu family to the right path. Even if some money is subsidized, it will be a drop in the bucket for them. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and even Wu Jie heard it secretly interesting. There is a saying in later generations: the environment creates people, and no matter how good a student is, if he goes to a school with a bad school spirit, he will be easily taken away. On the contrary, no matter how poor the talent is, if you enter a prestigious school and feel the strong learning atmosphere, your future grades will not be bad. No way, everyone is learning, even if you want to find someone to play with, you can't find it.

It seems that the Lu family still has people who understand.

(To be continued)