Xie Mulin's borrowing of books did not go very smoothly.

Song generously allowed her to borrow miscellaneous books about the customs, clothing, food, housing and transportation of Beiping, but did not agree with her to take away the books about the history of Beiping City and Yandi.

In Song's view, miscellaneous books are not too important, and it is okay to use them for entertainment. But the book about history, which is part of the subset of scripture and history, can only be read or copied in the front yard of the two-room house, and cannot be taken out of the door of the second-room house.

Xie Mulin suddenly woke up, she is a person who has been used to reading and buying books since she was a child, in modern society, ordinary books are not worth anything at all, unless they are very important learning materials or famous works, other books are ordinary things in her opinion. But in this day and age, books are still very valuable. Song is the daughter of a scholarly family, and of course she will cherish the collection of books at home.

Xie Mulin noticed that he had burned a few old books that he had bought that had been "eaten by insects", and his attitude towards books might be a little neglectful, and he didn't know if it would cause Song's displeasure?

Fortunately, Song has always spoken to her with a light attitude: "Those books are written about the history of the dynasty, and it is not easy to find them outside." If you take it away, what if another uncle or brother in the clan comes to borrow the book and can't find it? You just have to take those idle books with you, those books, they don't usually read as scholars, since you entered the door of our house, only your Aunt Meijun and Cousin Yuan Yuan have read it. When your third grandmother is cured, you can come home and come to me again to borrow those books to read. If you don't understand something, just ask me. ”

Xie Mulin could only respond obediently, so he took two or three idle books with him, and left with his mother.

She thought to herself that in the future, I am afraid that she will not be able to find some tattered old books to come back as a pretense and burn them as the "source" of those materials in the study space. She didn't have much to copy, and she had to continue to find other ways to cover it up in the future.

When he took the boat to the old mansion, Wen didn't sleep well because he had been worried about it last night, so he couldn't help but doze off little by little. Xie Mulin didn't bother her, opened the idle book he had just borrowed, read a few pages, and suddenly felt happy in his heart.

Although this book is an idle book, because it talks about the customs and customs of Beiping City, it also mentions the history of this city by the way, how it was in the previous dynasty, how Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was in charge, how Zhu Yunjiong, the king of Yan succeeded from the royal family, and the construction project of Beiping City ended in the hands of Zhu Yunjiong. It is said that he completed the general layout of the city and the palace according to the drawings of the Yongle Emperor, although due to many reasons such as cost and specifications, the drawings could not be presented in reality, but the division of the city's neighborhoods, the names of roads, the distribution of official offices, etc., were carried out according to the wishes of the Yongle Emperor during his lifetime.

In order to complete this project, Zhu Yunjiong almost spent all the private money left for him by Emperor Yongle during his lifetime, and even spent a lot of the income of Yanwangfu. In the years when he was in office as King Yan, his life was quite simple, except for the military expenses were not discounted, almost all the expenses were saved if he could, and all expenses were given priority to save from himself. He put all his energy on the construction of Beiping City, relying on the military generals who were originally reused by the Yan Wangfu militarily, and administratively he would not interfere in the work of the original civil servants of the Yan Wangfu, as if he did nothing except run the industry to make money and spend money on the construction of Beiping City. Getting married, having children, everything is simple. When he completed the construction of Beiping City, others were dying.

The author of this book admires Zhu Yunjiong's conduct very much, believing that although he was hastily passed to the Yan Wangfu, he never forgot his filial piety to the emperor's biological father, and he also respected and graced the Yan Wangfu lineage, and was a rare benevolent and filial gentleman. In the author's opinion, this must be because of the treacherous and evil in the court to slander Emperor Xuanwen, lamenting why there are no honest courtiers to explain the truth to the emperor?

The author must be from Beiping, and his temperament is still a little naïve, he has never left Beiping, right? It is very likely that he is not from a family of eunuchs, otherwise how could he not see it? Emperor Xuanwen suppressed Zhu Yunjiong, where did he listen to slander? It's clearly to retaliate against the former rival for the throne! Who called Emperor Yongle's favorite prince when he was alive was Zhu Yunjiong, and he almost replaced the crown prince?

Xie Mulin flipped through the back of the book and found that the author did not write anything about what happened after Zhu Yunjiong's death, so he knew that he must be a contemporary of this King Yan. This book is a manuscript, not a printed version, and it looks like it is quite old, and it is not known where the Song family got it.

There is not much content about the history of Beiping City in the book, and the pattern of the city is roughly described later, and sure enough, it is the same as the historical Beijing City that Xie Mulin knows, rich in the east and expensive in the west, poor in the south and cheap in the north, several important business districts are also the same as she knows, the location of those large temples and Taoist temples is inconvenient, and the pattern of the imperial city is similar.

There are also the customs of Beiping City, what festivals and customs, what activities, what food to eat, and various rules, which are clear and detailed. In this era, it is clear that there are no Jurchens entering the customs, but the customs in the city of Beiping obviously have the flavor of the Manchu Dynasty, but in this era, there are no Manchus in the city, and no one speaks Manchu.

Xie Mulin sighed, she suspected that Emperor Yongle was very likely to be an old Beijinger, and he was too homesick after crossing over, and he was already a little crazy. But it's pitiful to think of what he ended up like that in the end. Shemulin is not going to comment too much.

The boat soon arrived at the old house in Xiejiawan. Xie Mulin followed his mother Wen off the boat, and when he stood on the dock, he found that the small wooden pier seemed to be much more secure, as if it had been repaired.

Ma Lu Yao and his wife, who came to greet him, reported to the Wen family that the small brick kiln in the back mountain had been cleaned up, because a small batch of timber, masonry, etc. used to repair the old house was purchased, considering that more raw materials would be transported to Xiejiawan in the future, that dilapidated small wharf was too unreliable, what if it collapsed one day? So I reinforced it a little bit with ready-made materials, and now the dock is much stronger than before and can be used for a long time. When the old house is finished, it will not be too late for them to re-dock.

This is an old move, Wen naturally will not object, and Xie Mulin can only applaud. Sister Wen took the monthly money and rewards brought to the subordinates, and after entering the door, she first rewarded the male and female servants who stayed here, and called Pearl and Mrs. He over successively, focusing on rewards, in order to comfort them for their hard work these days.

After the people dispersed happily, Wen carefully asked the pearl who remained: "Is the old lady awake?" How did you sleep last night? Feeling good right now? Is there any improvement? I want to take my real sister to her old man's house to say goodbye, I don't know...... Party inconvenient? ”