There was a child's cry in the room, and the thin child came out with snot flowing down, wiping his tears to find his father.

The woman grabbed the child and said angrily: "Your short-lived father has long since died, leaving us orphans and widows, and not even the slightest pension, why is my life so miserable." ”

The child was so frightened by his mother that he cried so loudly that it was deafening.

The woman's eyes widened and she dragged him into the house, where she heard the sound of spanking.

This voice was urgent and loud, making Chang Yanling and the other noble children embarrassed to want to escape, they knew that this was for themselves.

Li Chang explained with a smile: "Country women don't know, don't be surprised by the nobles." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the middle of his eyes, "Since it was a death or injury for the public, why didn't you receive a pension?" ”

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's inquiry, the movement suddenly became much smaller.

"This, the villain is not very clear." The long way is divided.

"I ask you to answer, and you will only find yourself suffering if you hide it."

Chief A immediately knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "The court has no money, Wang Qianhu said that if he gave two stones of grain, he would be considered a pension, and the rest of the people in the workshop would do so." ”

"Is there a bereavement benefit, or is there none?" Zhu Youzhen asked impatiently.

The lieutenant raised his head and glanced at Zhu Youzhen, lowered his head with a sad face, and did not dare to speak.

This made Zhu Youzhen confused, but Zhang Shize knew a lot, and whispered: "The imperial court really has no money, and the officials often can't send it, let alone the orphans of these brocade guards." ”

"That's the lack of money?"

"It's true that I don't have any silver, but I will give a few buckets of grain every month, otherwise it would be too unpleasant."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen understood.

Feelings: A brocade guard who died in the line of duty is only worth two stones of grain. As for the rest of the pension, I am afraid that it has long gone into the pockets of officials.

He stretched out his head and looked into the upper room, where the woman kept crying and saying that her life was miserable, and it was impossible for her to come out and beg for her own decision.

Zhu Youzhen didn't like this very much, everyone was trembling for fear of causing a little trouble, but the advantage was that they didn't want to lose it at all.

Raising his head and knocking on the head of the lieutenant, Zhu Youzhen said to him seriously: "Wang Qianhu has already done an errand in the Yamen, and only I can do it in Ping'an Fang in the future." I'll give you a month, and after a month, you'll either continue to be the lieutenant chief, or you'll go to prison and tell you everything you do. ”

The lieutenant raised his head in disbelief, looked at Zhu Youzhen's expression, and suddenly kowtowed heavily with tears in his eyes.

"Now I'll give you the first thing, I'll make a list of all the Jinyi Guards orphans in Ping'an Fang, and I'll see it tomorrow."

The lieutenant said in a loud voice: "The villain will definitely do it." ”

Zhu Youzhen turned his head and looked at Zhang Shize, "You can take someone to take care of this matter." ”

Zhang Shize nodded in response.

Zhu Youzhen didn't pay attention to the woman who was acting, and when he went out, he could only see the woman secretly looking out.

The next few families were similar, and when they heard that the commander had come in person, they knelt on the ground and asked what they answered.

Jinyiwei were also military households, although there were fewer restrictions, and most of them worked as coolies and hawkers, while women and children worked as handicrafts to subsidize the family.

Even so, the silver earned does not belong to them, and those who do not have a father or brother to serve in Jinyiwei have to pay the regular silver every month.

Zhu Youzhen tried his best to be approachable, but they still put on a vigilant and respectful expression, unless his wife was old and decrepit, otherwise the woman would be driven inside.

After walking all over Ping'anfang, Zhu Youzhen had an understanding of the people in his own territory for the first time.

Bare-bottomed and barefooted children, shabby-clothed men, vegetable-faced women, and barely visible old people all indicate the poverty of their lives.

Add to that the dilapidated houses, muddy roads, clogged ditches, muddy and polluted wells, and rats and flies scurrying around, and this is not at all the capital of a dynasty, but rather like a slum, and he is the gang leader of the slums.

The sons and daughters of the nobles were also very disappointed, they couldn't believe that there was such a place in this world, wearing patched clothes, eating unpalatable coarse grains and not having enough to eat, and what made them even more disappointed was that the officials were not as majestic as they imagined.

All of them were fearful and respectful, and even the mischievous children knew to stay away.

This is normal, Zhu Youzhen joined the work after graduating in his previous life and experienced this mood many times.

Ignoring the lieutenant chief's retention, Zhu Youzhen led people back to Ruyi Building.

Sitting in a private room with an excellent view, a group of people enjoy delicious food while watching the well-dressed pedestrians, and from time to time children come up to serve and pour wine, and then listen to the sound of storytelling downstairs, this is the life of a person.

Ping'anfang, the sons and daughters of Xun Gui don't want to go anymore at all.

Zhu Youzhen believes that in two more days, when they forget Ping'anfang, they will still think that everyone wants to live like them.

What is the great drought in the northwest, the cannibalism of the Yellow River, the destruction of the family, these are all rumors, who will take the rumors seriously, and how can the rumors be the same as the truth?

When they returned to the palace later, Kerr was guarding the box and waiting for them to return.

Cao Huachun, a dog with sharp eyes, immediately took out a painting of Tang Yin and was amazed.

Ke'er poured a cup of tea intimately, and waited until Zhu Youzhen drank it all before explaining.

"These are all sent by the British noble family, saying that they are grateful to King Xin for bringing his children."

Zhu Youzhen curiously played with a pair of porcelain vases, the elegant paintings on them were very boring and useless, but after listening to Cao Huachun say that this pair of porcelain vases from the Song Dynasty was worth five hundred taels of silver, he felt that this was a good thing, but he didn't know how to appreciate it.

The thanks of the nobles are very practical, and Zhu Youzhen is also very satisfied, but if he directly exchanges it for silver, he may be more satisfied.

But the cheap brother who wants to come to himself will be even happier when he knows it.

He dreamed of winning over Xungui and being able to help him fight in the ring with the civil officials.