"What's so strange about waiting a few years?"

The veteran Xu Guangzu was eating the porridge that Su Hao packed back from Defu Building with relish, and said to Su Hao slowly: "Lao'er, I have seen a lot of things like this in the past few years in the military department. As soon as the head of an official above is hot, he may send someone to Beijing. By the time this person entered Beijing, the officials above might have forgotten about it, and the people below didn't bother to remind him, so the person who entered Beijing was killed. ”

"Is there really anyone who has been in the capital for several years?" Su Hao asked in disbelief.

"How?" Xu Guangzu glared and said, "If you are transferred to Beijing, you can't leave without permission." But if people forget about you, you can only wait, wait for a few years, wait for a lifetime. ”

"That's, isn't it?" Su Hao said, "People may also have their own businesses in the original place, or they are officials, or they are engaged in business, so isn't it all wasted?" ”

Xu Guangzu said: "That's right, that's right. Therefore, those who have been transferred to Beijing have to go around and ask people to talk to their superiors. When the silver was enough, someone naturally brought the words for him, and at this time, he could meet the person who had transferred him to Beijing. ”

"It's as black as a crow in the world." Su Hao sighed.

"You don't have to worry about that." Xu Guangzu took the last mouthful of porridge into his mouth, smacked his mouth, and said, "This eunuch Li Long seems to be really good to you." With him in mind, when it is convenient, he will naturally arrange for you to let the emperor see you, so you are much luckier than others. In my opinion, you should stay in the capital in a down-to-earth manner, and the military department will not be short of food for you and your brothers anyway. ”

Su Hao said: "If you are not down-to-earth, you have to stay, Li Long has already said, if the emperor thinks of me when he thinks, if I am not in the capital, it will be the crime of bullying the king." ”

"Hmm...... Then you stay in the capital, do you have any plans? Xu Guangzu asked.

Su Hao said: "Li Long persuaded me to do some business in the capital, and said that he also wanted to buy a share." I thought to myself, if there really wasn't much to do, it would be nice to make some deals. ”

"Doing business? It's just not a serious job! ”

Before Su Hao finished speaking, Xu Guangzu's face changed, and he reprimanded sharply: "You Su have the ability to change yourself, you don't want to serve the country, but you want to do something." In this world, where is there a shortage of you as a businessman? ”

Su Hao and Xu Guangzu have been messing around for a day, and they have some understanding of Xu Guangzu's character, knowing that although this old man has an impatient temper, he is still a reasonable person. In response to Xu Guangzu's rebuke, he retorted: "Uncle Xu, it's not that I don't want to serve the country, if it weren't for this holy decree, I would have been at the border pass in Yunnan now, taking the soldiers to map the border pass." Now a holy decree has summoned me to the capital, but there is nothing for me to do, and I don't do business, what can I do? I can also subsidize the use of the camp when I do business, which can be regarded as saving money for the country, isn't it? ”

"The country still lacks your taels of silver?" Xu Guangzu said, "You are in the capital, and you are not without the opportunity to serve the country. At the very least, you can go to the military headquarters and tell the bunch of rubbish in the staff department how to draw a map. I heard that they have been tossing for more than half a year, and they still haven't touched the doorway. ”

Su Hao shrugged his shoulders and said, "This is not my business, I am just a small hundred, what qualifications do I have to dictate to the officials of the Ministry of Justice?" When the Ministry of War transferred my team to Banzhou, even I hid it, and only told me the truth when I arrived in Chongqing. Since the military department can't even trust me, why should I use a hot face to stick to the cold ass of the military department? ”

"It's normal to keep things secret in the military." Xu Guangzu said, "Actually, Wang Shangshu has always admired you very much. ”

Su Hao said: "Whether Wang Shangshu admires me, I don't know. However, I won't take the initiative to go to the military department to ask for some errand, in case someone blows me out, won't I bring humiliation on myself? With this kind of work, I might as well do some business on my own. ”

"It's really rotten wood that can't be carved!" Xu Guangzu scolded helplessly, and there was nothing else to say. After all, he is just a veteran, and he has no right to give orders to Su Hao on behalf of the military department. He also knew that Su Hao's idea was right, the military department did not take the initiative to find Su Hao, if Su Hao found the door by himself, he might be beaten out by the sticks guarding the door.

Su Hao said it hardly, but in fact, he also had some expectations in his heart, hoping that the military department would really come to him to do something. These abilities in him should always play a role.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and in the next few days, not only did no one from the military department come to ask him to do things, but even Chen Dao, who took him to Beijing, seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared. The soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion live in the Tangjia Hutong, have nothing to do, just sleep and eat and sleep every day, if it weren't for Deng Kui pulling everyone to engage in military training, everyone would really live like a herd of pigs.

Su Hao would not let himself be idle, and while he had nothing to do, he took Chen Guanyu around the capital every day to inspect the environment of the capital. At that time, the city of Beijing was equivalent to the area within the second ring road in later generations, but it was only sixty or seventy square kilometers, and a considerable part of it was occupied by the imperial city, which was a place that idlers could not approach. Su Hao spent a few days walking through the entire city of Beijing, and he had some intuitive impressions of the capital.

Judging from the street, the city of Beijing is full of singing and dancing, and there is no feeling at all about the open and secret battles in the court that Li Long said. Li Long warned Su Hao not to talk about the government in vain, and in fact, everywhere Su Hao went, he could often hear people talking about the political situation, and the most talked about it was about the establishment of the crown prince in Wanli.

"This brother, you said that the emperor likes the third son of the emperor the most, why is this?"

In a teahouse called Liu Qianfang, Su Hao and Chen Guanyu sat facing each other, resting on tea. Hearing someone at the next table talking about topics such as the emperor's eldest son and the emperor's third son, Su Hao couldn't help but interject and ask.

The person asked by Su Hao was dressed as a gentleman, looking obscene, but he was good at showing off his talent and knowledge. The person who listened to him just now was probably bored and had already walked away, he was depressed, when he heard Su Hao asking him, he was suddenly in good spirits, and he looked at Su Hao with slanted eyes and asked, "Brother, you just came from a foreign country, right?" Why don't you even know this? ”

Su Hao pretended to be stupid and nodded, and said: "Yes, the little brother just came from a foreign country, and he has a blanket of eyes on the things in the capital, and he also asks the brother for guidance." ”

When the lewd man heard Su Hao say this, a sense of pride arose, and he felt that it was inconvenient to talk to Su Hao across the table, so he simply picked up his teacup and sat on Su Hao's table. Su Hao and Chen Guanyu had asked for two plates of dim sum before, but at this time, they had only one bottom left after eating. The lewd man's two eyes swept a few glances at the remaining dim sum residue from time to time, as if he wanted to reach out and take it, but he couldn't wipe his face.

Su Hao was secretly amused, raised his hand and slapped the shopkeeper with a hammer, and said, "Little Er, give me two more plates of dim sum at this table." ”

"What's so embarrassing?" The lewd man pretended to be shy and said, "Since the elder brother has just come to the capital from a foreign country, then the foolish brother should entertain him anyway, how can you be embarrassed to let the elder brother break the bank?" ”

Su Hao said: "It's okay, you and my brother hit it off at first sight, what else do you share with each other?" If Brother Tai feels that he can't go, it would be good to invite the younger brother back another day. ”

"Haha, my brother is really a cheerful person. Foolish brother, my surname is Luo Mingsixian, the word Yilan, is the name of Nanzhili, I didn't dare to ask the name of the virtuous brother? The lewd man enthusiastically introduced himself and asked about Su Hao's origin.

Su Hao said: "The younger brother is a native of Jiangxi, the surname is Su Minghao, the word has been changed, this Taoist is a friend of the younger brother, called Chen Guanyu." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Su and Daochang Chen, fortunately, fortunately." Luo Sixian bowed his hand to Su Hao and Chen Guanyu, and the two hurriedly returned the salute, which can be regarded as knowing each other.

Everyone exchanged two words of greeting, and Xiao Er brought the dim sum. Su Hao stretched out his hand to Luo Sixian and said, "Brother Luo, I don't know if the dim sum here is to taste, and I invite Brother Luo to taste one or two." ”

Luo Sixian stared at the dim sum plate with two eyes, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said: "This Liu Qianfang's dim sum is a must in the capital, I used to come here to taste it, these days...... Some of them hurt their food, but they didn't come much, and I don't know if the craftsmanship of this dim sum master is out of shape. ”

"Oh, if that's the case, then Brother Luo will identify it first." Su Hao couldn't help but smile and said to Luo Sixian.

"Come on, Brother Su, Daochang Chen, let's work together." Luo Sixian said, his hand already stretched out. He grabbed a piece of peach shortbread, brought it to his mouth, and bit it into a crescent moon in one bite.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Luo Sixian's bite was obviously eaten too violently, and the peach crisp crumbs choked into his throat, making him cough desperately, and his old face turned red because of it.

"Brother Luo, slow down, ......" Su Hao hurriedly handed Luo Sixian's tea to him.

Luo Sixian took it and took a sip, which could be regarded as a little relief. He looked at Su Hao and said embarrassedly, "This...... Recently, I've been on fire, and my throat is too dry......"

"Yes, yes, my younger brother just came to the capital from the south, and I also feel that the climate is too dry. Brother Luo is also a southerner, can he still adapt to the climate of the capital? Su Hao didn't reveal Luo Sixian's bottom, but smiled and gave him a step.

"When I first arrived in the capital, I also felt that the climate was too dry, but well, after staying in the capital for more than two years, I got used to it." Luo Sixian replied, and as he spoke, he had already eliminated the second piece of peach cake.

"Brother Luo is on an errand in the capital now?" Su Hao asked curiously, judging from Luo Sixian's dress and the way he was eating, this person seemed to be quite down, but he was still holding a big shelf, which made Su Hao a little interested in him.

"It's okay to say it's there, it's okay to say it's not." Luo Sixian reached out to get the third piece of peach crisp and replied, "Actually, I came to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam, and I didn't pass the last subject, and now I'm waiting for the next subject." Normally, some people come to me and ask me to help. I'm also soft-hearted, and when I encounter this kind of thing, I usually won't shirk it. ”

Speaking of this, his face showed a somewhat reserved and smug look.