Zhang Lingdao finally went ashore, but he didn't rush to Nizhuang at this time, but paused around for a while, and asked two people casually.

He is also quite delicate, he is still wearing the dress of a scholar, he looks harmless to humans and animals, to make himself play a little more like, he even took out a book from his backpack and carried it in his hand.

In fact, playing a scholar is still very particular, basically readers will have the behavior of cherishing books, especially in this ancient time when printing technology is not rich, except for rich businessmen, generally no one will throw away books like sundries.

And Zhang Lingdao plays such a scholar, his family is not very wealthy, but he also does not have the attitude of having a treasure in his hand.

Perhaps in other dynasties, such a situation is difficult to achieve, but this is one of the richest times in the whole world, the Northern Song Dynasty!

In the later period, when the land was annexed to the point that all the people could not survive, this was actually the happy land of all scholars, because of the weakness of military power, so that scholars really grasped the supreme power in this society.

And during this part of their time in power, they did not relax the improvement of the status of scholars, and the emperor once wrote: "There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book." ”

He put the volume of the book in his hand, which showed that he didn't care much about the book or had read it for a long time, but he kept holding the book, which showed that he was not rich enough to look down on books.

This situation is also the most in line with the standards of ordinary people in this era, except for those who are really poor, even if they grow crops, they will have such a book or two hidden at home.

This is one of the signs of the times, and it is not used to be too entangled.

As mentioned before, this is actually a very peaceful and comfortable area compared to the wars in other places, so the people here are really lucky compared to people in other places.

The Ni family has a lot of large yards here, and he can see the outlines of those yards from a distance, and there are some small houses next to these yards that look very good, but in fact they are not luxurious.

However, there are not many fields in sight here, and many ancient trees grow on the roadside, which also forms a unique scenery.

A path had been forcibly carved out of the middle of the ancient trees, which seemed to have been trodden by many people and animals, and the ground had become so solid that even the ruts of the carriages had become incomparably lighter.

The road has been trodden by countless people, and the land below has been temporarily reached a point where it is simply unbreakable, somewhat similar to the Great Wall built in the pre-Qin period.

In ancient times, this kind of diagram had a special term called "rammed earth", which means very solid soil that has been reinforced.

Now the hour is not early, the sun has risen high in the sky, and many people are also coming and going on it, and the lives of these people basically rely on Nijiazhuang here.

From this, it can be found that the people's lives are not bad, and their lives are completely dependent on such a Zhuangzi, which can be seen from the smiles on their faces and the fairly clean clothes on their bodies.

Zhang Lingdao held a book like this, pretending to be a dusty servant, and casually accosted a person on the street.

"Uncle, where is this place?" She was talking to an old man who was smoking a pipe on the side of the street, and the old man had a piece of grain behind him, as if he wanted to sell it on his back.

"A descendant from a foreign country...... the old man took another sip of the pipe in his hand, squinting at the person in front of him, "Little descendant, I see that you look like a scholar, why did you come here?" ”

Zhang Lingdao hurriedly gave a salute, he did something that ordinary scholars would do, which is the so-called "doing", so that the old man hurriedly got out of the way.

"The old man can't stand your courtesy, if you have something to say, the old man will tell you what I know." The old man's cloudy eyes revealed a glimmer of wisdom, as if he had seen through his intentions.

In fact, every old man has experienced decades of ups and downs, and their perspective is often different from that of young people, perhaps not very conspicuous, but the angle is tricky and dexterous, but it is certain.

"When Xiao Sheng first arrived in Guidi, he walked through a very gloomy and narrow canyon before, and then came here in a hurry under the pursuit of a group of bandits." Zhang Lingdao has also done some homework in this area, and the words that come out of his mouth basically can't find anything wrong.

"I didn't see it, Xiao Housheng is still a good martial artist, if he can only order the dealer's tricks, he can't escape from those people!" The old man's eyes actually glowed a few times, as if he had seen through something.

"Family martial arts, I learned a few tricks for self-protection." Zhang Lingdao said modestly, with a little flickering in his eyes.

"Forget it, the old man doesn't want to care about you young people, you say family martial arts, family martial arts!" The old man tapped his pipe, "What do you want to know?" ”

Although Zhang Lingdao felt that he had been seen through, it was actually just an illusion, and he didn't take these things to heart, just let himself play more like a scholar who had lost here.

"I came from the coast of Dongyue, and I was going to enjoy the scenery and chant poetry here, but I never thought that the Japanese were rampant, and I was going to go to the Central Plains here to find the traces of those court officers and soldiers, I want to ask them, why does the court not care about this situation now?" His face was red with anger and anger, and he looked like a popular angry young man.

"Hey! Court? What kind of court is there here! The old man's face changed, and he seemed to have said something he didn't want to recall, "You want to come here to find the imperial court, I'm afraid you're in the wrong place!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Lingdao asked curiously.

"Little offspring, you are the original from it, right?" The old man asked.

"Well, Xiaosheng is from Hangzhou, came to sea from Hangzhou Port, and passed through Quanzhou, so I found out about the situation here." Zhang Lingdao said, casually flipping through the books in his hand.

"No wonder, there are still a few good officers and soldiers in Quanzhou Port, but they are too few people, and it is very difficult to protect that port, where do you still have the strength to take care of you?" The old man said lightly, and he could see a little unwillingness in his eyes.

"There is no imperial court in Dongyue at all, and some are just some corrupt officials who bend the law for personal gain, they collude with the Japanese and those forces that bully men and women, and use them to frame the people!" The old man's eyes lit up, "Only Miss Ni is a Buddha of the Ten Thousand Families, for the sake of us villains, this gives us a moment of peace here!" ”

"Miss Ni? Ni Hui? Zhang Lingdao thought to himself.

(End of chapter)