PS: I took my wife and children out to the New Year's Eve party this afternoon, so I'll only update one chapter. I'm probably going home tomorrow afternoon, so tomorrow's two chapters may have to be updated in the evening. I wish my friends a happy New Year's Day, a fortune in the coming year, good luck, good health, and all the best!

"This ......" An Gui still hesitated a little.

When Hu Guang saw it, he added and explained: "If you don't say it, it means that if we don't reconcile with him, he will make some kind of moth." Therefore, it is better to take it first, and talk about other things later. ”

When An Gui heard this, he finally nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!" ”

"If you are in Jingshi, you must learn to deal with all kinds of people, etc., and show the shrewd mind you learned when you used to do business, and it is best to be able to eat both black and white." Hu Guang was a little uneasy, and told him again.

An Gui pursed his lips and nodded solemnly again.

Hu Guang thought for a while, and then said to him: "Tomorrow, I will go to Tianjin with a family member from Xufu, and when I come back, it should be estimated that your family's injuries are about the same, and then they will go back with me together." ”

"Shall I tell them, then?" An Gui listened and immediately asked for advice.

Hu Guang thought for a while, but still shook his head and said: "You can't say it directly, you just say that there is your industry in Zhangjiakou, and there is such a thing in Jingshi, let them go to Zhangjiakou to live for a few days." After I leave Jingshi, I will explain the situation to them. ”

After all, Jingshi is the place with the most people in the public gate, although it is a close relative, but it is better for fewer people to know. An Gui understood this truth, and immediately nodded in agreement.

The two of them were talking in the room, but they didn't have to worry about leaking, because the next few rooms were all contracted by Hu Guang, and there were guards watching over there, which could prevent the partition wall from having ears.

Hu Guang sat at the coffee table. Then the guard made the tea, tried the temperature was just right, and drank it all, and then ordered An Gui, who was looking at him: "The matter of the carrier pigeon, you have to prepare as soon as possible, and stand there in Zhangjiakou." Then there's a stop at home. I can know what is happening in Jingshi at the first time, which is very important! ”

"Don't worry, the money is enough at the moment, and it should be done soon." An Gui nodded seriously and replied.

Pigeon communication has existed since ancient times, and this point does not need to be taught by Hu Guang, An Gui can handle it himself.

Hu Guang himself was about to leave Jingshi, so he tried to ask as much as possible, and after thinking about it for a while, he commanded: "Pinyin has been learned." Remember to use pinyin for communication. As for simplified characters, you learn them slowly and don't rush to use them. ”

"Pinyin has been known, I know that with this, others can't understand it." An Gui immediately nodded and replied.

After the two talked for a long time, An Gui left the Ping An Inn.

Early the next morning, Hu Guang took six guards and did not take Li Dingguo. Let him follow An Gui's side, and he will join a domestic servant sent by the Xu Mansion. Go to Tianjin.

After leaving the Beijing Division, either because Hu Guang was a young talent appreciated by Xu Guangqi, or because Hu Guang came from Taixi, he knew less about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Along the way, the domestic servant briefed Hu Guang on the situation along the way.

For example, as soon as I got out of Beijing, on the side of the road was the good field of a certain minister in the court. how big and how good it is; There is also the manor not far away is the manor of a certain noble man in Beijing, how many servants there are, how much is the annual income, and so on.

Hu Guang listened to the introduction of the servants of the Xu Mansion and got an impression. Around Jingshi, all the way to Tianjin. Where there is good land, the owner must be a noble; In any good manor or house, the owner must be a person with great background; Anyway, there is just one conclusion, there is money, power and good land and mansions, and there is no money and no power only with horns, and even the life of a tenant.

In fact, it was normal for such a situation to exist in the late Ming Dynasty. The officials are generally landlords, and they are also big landlords. Even the so-called clean officials and good officials who are famous in the history books are the same at home.

A good example is that Shoufu Xu Jie, who is known for his honesty, has more than 400,000 mu of land, as much as 240,000 mu in his hometown of Su and Song alone. Most of these fields were seized by means of "donation" and forcibly occupied the surrounding peasants. In Huating alone, he collected 13,000 stone of grain and 9,800 taels of silver every year; This shows it!

Hu Guang listened, and his belief was firm in his heart.

Ten days later, Hu Guang rushed back to Beijing from Tianjin. When I went, there were seven men and seven riders, but when I came back, there was an extra carriage with a canopy.

When I arrived at Jingshi, it was already evening. When Hu Guang and the servants of the Xu Mansion were about to separate, they instructed him: "When you go back and tell your uncle, just say that I want to visit him tomorrow, that is, about the crops on the farm." If my uncle is free, he will send someone to inform him. ”

"Childe, my lord will definitely take the time." After the Xu Mansion servant agreed with a smile, he parted and left.

When Hu Guanggang settled down at the inn, An Gui and Li Dingguo rushed over when they heard the news.

As soon as Li Dingguo entered the door and saw Hu Guang drinking tea to quench his thirst, he immediately walked to Hu Guang's table in a few steps and asked with expectation: "Master, have you gained anything?" ”

He knew what Hu Guang was doing in Tianjin, he had been hungry since he was a child, and he was almost eaten as food. It can be said that Li Dingguo has a natural sense of urgency about eating this piece.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Hu Guang smiled and looked in the direction of the corner of the room with his mouth.

When Li Dingguo saw it, he looked over there, and sure enough, there were a bunch of things. He hurriedly walked over to watch, and An Gui on the side also followed, looking at those things curiously.

The most striking thing is a plant on a flower pot, which is more than a foot high, and between the green leaves, there are long strips of bright red fruit hanging one after another, which is very beautiful.

Li Dingguo noticed that Hu Guang had walked to his side, so he pointed to the plant curiously and said, "What is this, can you eat it?" ”

This thing was raised as an ornamental flower in Xu Guangqi's farm, and it was really beautiful for people at that time. Hu Guang pointed to the red long fruit and said: "This is called chili, it can be eaten, but it can't be eaten as rice, it is used as a seasoning." Well...... It can also be used as a chemical weapon! ”

Hu Guang imagined grinding chili peppers into chili powder and launching them through a conscienceless cannon, which appeared on the battlefield for the first time in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was estimated that it would receive miraculous results. Thinking of that scene, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Li Dingguo had never heard the term chemical weapons, so Hu Guang inevitably gave him a slight explanation. At the end, he looked at the pot of chili peppers and said, "This thing is not only beautiful, but also can be used as a seasoning, and can also be used to kill enemies, what a good thing!" ”

There were also a few sacks on the side, and after Li Dingguo sighed, he opened one and recognized that it was corn. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, corn had already appeared in Shaanxi. However, most of them are in the south of Shaanxi, and there are very few in the north, and Li Dingguo was fortunate enough to see it once, so he recognized it.

After he opened the second sack, he didn't know him again, so he asked Hu Guangdao: "Master, what is this?" (To be continued.) )