Fanning's newly rented house is located in the old Caomen Street, it is an ordinary small courtyard, the condition is not bad, there are a total of eight rooms in the front and back, and the monthly rent is 12 yuan, which is much more cost-effective than the inn.

Of course, this kind of yard is generally not rented for a short time, it is rented for a long time, and it is also Fan Ning who is lucky, the owner of this house is about to go out for half a year, so he only rents it for half a year.

This courtyard was guaranteed by the Zhu family, so it didn't go through the tooth people, the landlord gave the key directly to Fan Ning, and he didn't need to know Fan Ning's identity, so that there was no record on the official side, and there was no inn-like registration book, and Fan Ning and they disappeared into the vast sea of people.

There are more than one million long-term residents in the capital, and more than one million floating population, in the vast sea of people, where do Zhang Yaozuo's people go to find Fanning? Besides, they didn't even know what Fanning looked like.

Fan Ning rented a house very much like a courtyard, there is a well in the courtyard, and a peach tree is planted, Fan Ning lives in the main house, Su Liang lives in the left wing, Li Dashou lives in the right wing, there is no toilet in the yard, they all use toilets, pay 300 yuan a month, and someone will come to clean up the toilet every morning.

But what satisfied them the most was that the old Caomen Street tile was less than a hundred steps away from them.

Wazi is the commercial complex of the Great Song Dynasty, where you can eat, drink and have fun, everything, and there are hundreds of special foods alone.

There are also various home service shops such as beauty, training, pets, express delivery, dental shops, quality shops, laundry, house repair, clothing estimation, etc., as well as entertainment stores such as storytelling, teahouses, guanpu, and brothels.

After packing up the luggage, everyone came to Wazi for lunch, opposite the gate of Wazi is the old Caomen Inn, which is also a famous inn dedicated to serving the imperial examination, in more professional terms, called the imperial examination designated inn.

What does that mean?

The main reason is that there are too many candidates to participate in the provincial examination, and more than 100,000 people gather in the capital every year.

And once the list is issued, the first to take the method of the good news official to the inn notice, there are hundreds of inns in the capital, the good news official can not run every inn, generally only run twenty inns designated by the official room, the old Caomen inn belongs to one of them.

These 20 designated inns are designated inns, each candidate needs to designate an inn as their own contact inn when registering, early in the morning on the day of the list, candidates will be designated to wait at the inn.

However, registration generally starts in early November and ends at the end of December, which lasts for two months.

It's only the end of September now, and there is still a month to start signing up, it's still early, if nothing else, Fanning will use the old Caomen Inn as his own liaison inn, as long as you give the inn a little money, the inn can also provide services to pass on the information of the imperial examination.

At this time, it was just noon, and the tile was already very lively, with a bustling flow of people, and the guys who delivered the food trotted all the way and shouted, "Borrow light!" Excuse me! Please let me go! ”

"Senior brother, that one seems to be a courier shop!" Li Dashou pointed to a small shop at the door and shouted.

They need to send a few letters first and then go to lunch.

Fan Ning also saw it, the signboard reads 'Wang Hammer's Urgent Foot Shop', which is also a relatively famous courier store in Beijing, with many branches, and this should be a storefront.

The three of them walked into the store, and a shopkeeper was busy behind the counter, he looked up and asked with a smile, "Do you want to send a letter to the three yamen?" ”

"There are a few letters that need to be delivered by your store."

The shopkeeper handed over three bamboo tubes containing credit, and the bamboo tubes were divided into two parts, the left side was written on the port, and the right side was written on the outside port.

The shopkeeper said to the three people: "The letter of the capital is put in the port, and the letter outside the capital, including the counties of Kaifeng Prefecture, is put in the port." ”

Everyone took out a few letters and put them in the bamboo tube, in addition to the letter to his parents to report his safety, Fan Ning also wrote a letter to Cheng Ze in Yangzhou, telling him the address, and also wrote a letter to Ouyang Qian, telling her the new address.

"This yaman collects hundreds of dollars."

The shopkeeper looked at Fanning's three letters, and said to him: "Fifty wen in Pingjiang Mansion and forty wen in Yangzhou, because they are all in the countryside, so it is a little more expensive, only ten wen yuan in the capital, a total of 100 wen yuan, if Yanei hopes that the letter from the capital will be sent today, then add another ten wen." ”

Fan Ning took out a piece of silver horns, took out ten cents, and handed them to the shopkeeper together, "One piece of silver horns, add ten cents, please send the letter from the capital today." ”

"No problem, I'll arrange it right away!"

The shopkeeper took the money from Su Liang and Li Dashou again, and the three of them left the anxious foot shop and followed the flow of people to find delicious snack bars on both sides of the street.

At this time, it is noon meal time, the long food street is filled with all kinds of fragrances, there are very few general restaurants in the tile, basically all kinds of snack bars, every family has signature dishes, good quality and low price, deeply loved by the people, the people who live nearby, many people with good conditions simply do not open the fire, take turns to eat all kinds of snacks every day, feast on food.

The three of them walked around, and they were overwhelmed by the hundreds of shops on both sides, and they simply didn't know which one to choose.

At this time, Fanning's eyes fell on one of the shops, this shop is called Copper Scissors Rose Chicken, the name is a bit distinctive, but what attracts Fanning more is that there is a sign underneath that reads, 'This store serves soju'.

This made Fanning a little interested, there is still soju, I don't know what is the situation with the soju market in the capital?

"That's it!"

Fanning pointed to this 'copper scissors rose chicken', and the three of them walked into the small shop, which was a mom-and-pop shop, and a woman in her thirties stepped forward and smiled: "Are there only three Yanei?" ”

Fanning nodded, "Just three!" ”

"Three Yanai, please come with me!"

The hall was very small, almost a stitch, with five small tables, all of which were small stools, three of which were already full, and two of which were empty, and the woman smiled and said, "You can sit on both sides, feel free!" ”

"Senior brother, sit here!"

Li Dashou was burly, and it was a little aggrieved to sit on this kind of small stool, so he found a slightly wider seat to sit down, and said with a smile: "It's a little better here, it's too crowded over there." ”

Fan Ning and Su Liang sat down, and the woman served them three bowls of hot soup, and said with a smile: "The specialty of the small shop is rose chicken, and there are other dishes, such as roasted mutton, venison, red winding carp, roast rabbit meat, roast goose, roast duck, and seasonal vegetables. ”

"How do you sell rose chickens?" Fanning asked.

"Generally, it is sold whole, or half, and petty officials can do whatever they want."

"A rose chicken, a plate of braised carp, a plate of roasted venison, four kinds of seasonal vegetables, and ten mutton buns."

"I know, what do the three petty officials want to drink? The shop is famous for its honey-made sour plum soup, as well as fresh milk. ”

Fanning pointed to the signboard at the door and asked with a smile, "It says that our store serves soju, what kind of soju?" ”

"The small shop supplies the soju of Wang's main store, which is called Guanglingchun, and it costs 30 yuan a dime."

Fanning nodded, "Then make a dime of wine and have three bowls of sour plum soup." ”

"Wait a minute, you'll be here soon!"

When the woman left, Li Dashou took out another copy of the Book of Changes, read it silently, and he seized all the time to read and practice calligraphy, even when it was time to eat.

Fan Ning and Su Liang were already surprised, and at this time, Su Liang asked Fan Ning in a low voice: "Why does Wang's main store also make soju?" ”

Because they lived in a dormitory, Su Liang and Duan Yu both knew that Taihu Chun had something to do with Fan Ning, and the Zhu family gave the Fan family a lot of money.

Fan Ning said lightly: "I heard from Old Man Zhu that one of his winemakers was kidnapped on the way to the capital and disappeared for almost a month before returning home. ”

"Has this case been solved?"

Fanning shook his head, "In the end, it won't work, and the kidnapper can't be found." ”

At this time, the woman who ran the hall brought Fan Ning and them drinks, a large pot of honey-made sour plum soup, a small pot of hot wine, and five cups.

Soon, the shop's signature dish rose chicken also came up, which was actually a roast chicken, brushed with a layer of rose dew, and the hot roast chicken aroma mixed with the special rose dew aroma had a mouth-watering fragrance.

There is also a handful of copper scissors on the plate, and the woman skillfully cuts the roast chicken and pours another layer of chicken fat to make each piece of chicken yellow and attractive.

"Three of you, please use it slowly!" She left with a smile.

Fanning's attention was on the wine, he took a sip of the wine, the soju was made very authentic, the entrance was sweet and not spicy, Fanning swallowed the wine in the cup, only to feel a line of fire flowing down his throat, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, it seems that the distillation technology of soju has indeed spread.