It wasn't until he ran to his dormitory that Zhao Ming felt a little comfortable, and rushed through the rough civilian clothes prepared by Xiao Guizi to plan to leave the palace again.

This time, he was going not to the most lively East Market in Bianliang City, but to see the poorest southern suburbs in Bianliang City.

The pattern of the entire Bianliang City can be basically divided into the north and the east rich, and the west and the south poor. The north side is close to the imperial palace, and the surrounding area is mostly where dignitaries and nobles live, and the princes' palaces are also located in this area. Throwing a stone in the street hits either an official or an official's servant. It is also the most attentive place of the Bianliang Mansion, with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.

The east side is occupied by wealthy landlords all over the world, speaking of financial resources, I am afraid that the north side can not be compared, there are often rich second generations comparing with each other, yesterday Zhao Ming played the east market is located between the two, the end is very lively.

The west side is much inferior, most of the civilians who have no power and no wealth in Daliang City live in the second, in order to facilitate governance, the Bianliang Mansion is also located here, it is considered to be prescient, although this place is poor, it is considered to be comfortable.

The most chaotic is the south, especially outside the southern suburbs, there are mostly barren mountains and wilderness, and the flat land is the most scarce of the four directions, which is not very suitable for people to reclaim and live, so it has become a place where homeless beggars gather, and the Yicang that adopts orphans and widows and the old and the leaky garden that collects and buries the corpses of the ownerless are located here.

Today, Zhao Ming's main destination is the southern suburbs of Bianliang. In order to transform the plan for himself, Zhao Ming must find out where the bottom line of the richest and poorest Da Zhao is, so that he can formulate the corresponding reform plan.

In order to make things easier, Zhao Ming specially asked Xiao Guizi to prepare a few sets of civilian clothes and specified the old ones, which stumped Xiao Guizi, I don't know how much it took to get it, and the silver spent was enough to buy a few sets of good silk clothes. I washed it again and again, for fear that His Royal Highness would be disgusted by some little cleanliness habits.

In fact, Zhao Ming is not such a picky person, according to his idea, it is better to wear a beggar's clothes to get closer to the relationship, but he is worried that he will not even be able to get out of the palace gate if he wears a beggar costume, so he has to retreat and pretend to be a civilian.

When Zhao Ming and Xiao Guizi changed their clothes and walked to the gate of the palace, there were already guards waiting at the gate. is also dressed as a civilian, and the leader is still an acquaintance.

It is Wang Qinian, the honest and clever captain of the guard, who feels close to the relationship between prostitutes and prostitutes. Zhao Ming stepped forward and quipped: "Yo, isn't this Chief Wang Wu, what good things are there to talk about early in the morning?" ”

Wang Qinian trotted all the way to Zhao Ming and saluted and said with a smile: "Thank Your Highness Yukou, yesterday Captain Li was directly promoted to captain as His Highness said. From today onwards, His Royal Highness will be a full-time palace guard. The humble position is a rough person, please bear with Your Highness in the future. ”

Damn, Zhao Ming just said casually yesterday, this is really promoted. What a wonderful person in the Praetorian Guard! Zhao Ming didn't know whether to cry or laugh, his promotion was so casual, how much combat power did this Praetorian Yulin Army still have as one of the four armies in Beijing?

Zhao Ming went out of the palace to the southern suburbs, so naturally he didn't need to walk with his feet. Wang Qinian was very good at doing things, and learned that he was going to the southern suburbs to abandon the two-horse carriage used by nobles to travel, and chose the canopy carriage used by civilians to travel, which was praised by Zhao Ming. Wang Qinian's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he didn't even dare to say anything.

Zhao Ming got into the carriage only to find that the appearance was no different from that of a civilian in a carriage, but there was a hole in the inside. The long benches that usually provide civilians to rely on for rest have all been removed, the bottom is covered with soft blankets, soft cushions are placed on one side for people to back, and there are food boxes containing preserved fruit and wine, and there are a few scripts next to them, for fear that the passengers will be bored.

Zhao Ming sat on it like falling into the clouds, and it was extremely comfortable except for a little heat. Even the bumpy feeling of riding in the carriage was reduced by a few points due to the thick cushions, and I couldn't help but praise again: "Wang Qinian has a heart." "Zhao Ming is very satisfied, and he is not a hypocritical person, what's wrong with being comfortable?

"Your Highness is satisfied, please sit tight, the humble post is about to leave, if His Royal Highness has any orders, summon the humble post at any time."

There was only Zhao Ming sitting in the carriage, and Xiao Guizi knelt on the side and waited. Wang Qinian and another big man acted as drivers, and the other guards took the other two caravans in the morning to escort one after the other.

The speed of the ancient rush really made Zhao Ming want to complain. It took an hour to walk, and Zhao Ming and his party waited until they left the south gate of Bianliang City.

"Your Highness, please get out of the car, the suburbs of Nancheng have arrived." Wang Qinian respectfully helped Zhao Ming get out of the car, and then arranged for two guards to stay behind to guard the carriage.

"From now on, call me Zhao Liu. One, two, three, four, two, two, three..."Zhao Ming instructed while doing the morning exercises of the later generations.

"This... Don't dare! Wang Qinian's face became bitter again, is this title known? Every time you travel with this highness, you have to be frightened.

I was just happily decided. That's an order. Zhao Mingcai ignored Wang Qinian, left a sentence and took the lead in walking forward.

Wang Qinian had no choice but to keep up, and received a sympathetic look from Xiao Guizi.

Along the way, Zhao Ming's brows became tighter and tighter, what is the life of the poor people of Zhao like this?

As far as the eye could see, there were shacks made of thatch, and there were no windows. From time to time, civilians in patched cloth clothes worked nearby, most of the children wearing only a belly pocket, and many more were running around naked.

Most of them have yellow faces and thin muscles, and when they are only five or six years old, they have to follow their parents to cut weeds, and the whole person is extremely tanned, and his body is covered with red marks that have been scratched by thatch.

The food placed in the field is nothing more than some gray and black multigrain steamed buns and a bowl of wild vegetables without oil, in order to fill the stomach, I don't know what is mixed in the steamed buns, it looks shoddy.

There was a foul smell everywhere in the houses, and the villagers walked in them with their faces as usual, and there were no shoes on their feet. Zhao Ming even saw leeches clinging to the feet of the villagers.

Zhao Ming walked a few miles, and when he checked carefully, he only found three chickens and a dog. Other large domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, pigs, etc. are not seen. Even the skinny three chickens also have an old woman guarding the side, and it is obvious that these three chickens are an important property of the family.

In his previous life, Zhao Ming was also a child who came out of the countryside, even if he didn't enjoy any blessings, he didn't suffer anything. Food and clothing have never been worried. Although I can't eat and fish every day, my stomach has never tasted the taste of hunger. Even if he is an old man without a queen, he can get by by helping him and pulling him to the west.

There is like here, hunger and poverty seem to be the main theme here, and you can only run around every day to fill your stomach, and you can never see a glimmer of hope.

Zhao Ming walked with a black face, and none of the guards around him dared to make a sound, for fear of annoying this young man who was already in a very unhappy mood.

Suddenly, a dirty little girl rushed out from the corner of the hut and grabbed Zhao Ming's hand and begged: "Big brother, you can do it, buy me." ”