The Yanjing man, who was talking like a river, didn't care when he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang, and continued to say Lao Zhu's words directly: "This plainclothes arrest is fast, that is, His Royal Highness of the British King found out again, after more and more people committed crimes in our Yanjing, among the original arrests, the re-elected catchers." ”

"Different from the previous arrests, these plainclothes arresters do not need to wear the clothes prescribed by the imperial court when handling cases, they only need to wear the clothes of ordinary people."

As he spoke, the man was still proud: "Brother, do you know what the benefits of this are? ”

In fact, there is no need for him to say, Zhu Yuanzhang can vaguely guess it.

It's just that he still wants to hear what these ordinary people think, and said with a smile: "I want to hear about it." ”

Lao Zhu's expression of a dirt bun that he had never seen in the world made the vanity of the Yanjing man unprecedentedly satisfied, and he explained to Zhu Yuanzhang more and more diligently.

"In the past, whether they were handling cases or doing anything, they had to wear the clothes prescribed by the government."

"In the past, when we didn't have so many outsiders in Yanjing, the effect was actually quite good."

"They are all locals, and they are naturally honest when they see fast fishing, after all, everyone knows the roots."

"If something happens, the catcher will be able to find his home very quickly. When the time comes, the whole family will not be able to raise their heads. ”

"But it's different now, there are too many outsiders in Yanjing."

"The so-called human heart is separated from the belly, and no one knows what bad thoughts are in the hearts of others."

"These people are honest in front of fast catchers, but when they don't catch fast, they can do everything."

"So, His Royal Highness came up with this plainclothes catcher."

"Because they usually wear the clothes of our ordinary people, no one knows whether they are caught quickly, so naturally it is impossible to avoid catching fast to commit crimes."

"Those who want to do bad things, because they don't know whether they are around them, so they often have scruples about doing it."

"Our Yanjing City's catching speed has not increased much compared to before."

"But...... That's what. After talking for a long time, the Yanjing man suddenly got stuck.

It seems that there is a word on my lips, but I can't remember it.

Lao Zhu was listening to the excitement, and the other party suddenly stopped, but was a little depressed: "Which what?" ”

"That's it...... It's just ......" Yanjing's brows were almost twisted together, and he scratched his ears and cheeks and thought for a long time.

Suddenly slapped his thigh: "That's right, it's called crime rate!" ”

It's another fresh word that I haven't heard before, and Lao Zhu is used to these things.

If you don't know, don't be in a hurry to understand, anyway, the other party will definitely explain it to you.

"What is this crime rate you are talking about?"

It's a pity that this Yanjing man also doesn't know much about this word, and said with a smile: "I don't know what this thing is, anyway, it probably means, it should be how many people we Yanjing have committed crimes, right?" ”

"It should be that the lower the crime rate, the fewer people who do bad things. But I can feel that since the advent of plainclothes arresters, there are indeed not so many people who do bad things. ”

"The main thing is that these plainclothes arrests are really powerful, and they can quickly investigate many cases. For example, today is the person who grabbed something in broad daylight. ”

"This has to be replaced before, after this old lady's things are snatched away, she has to report to the official, and when the arrest of the government is about to come, the person who robbed the things has already run away."

"Where can it be like this, just starting to do it, and then being arrested and about to be caught."

After understanding the role and origin of this plainclothes catcher, Lao Zhu decisively said goodbye.

This guy, nine out of ten sentences are talking about Zhu Han, as if he regards Zhu Han as an omnipotent immortal.

Lao Zhu really didn't bother to listen to these words.

Zhu Han is his own brother, who can know better than him, how much ability his brother has?

Therefore, Lao Zhu decisively found a reason to say goodbye and leave.

"Brother, don't be in a hurry to leave. I hit it off with you, why don't we find a place to sit down and have a drink, I'm invited! ”

The Yanjing man's words seemed to be a little unbearable, and he was very eager to keep Zhu Yuanzhang, and even did not hesitate to invite Lao Zhu to drink.

Where is Lao Zhu willing to stay, the good guy is endless, if three glasses of wine are eaten, wouldn't this guy's words be more?

"Next time, next time. We are here this time, there are still some things to do, and I really don't have time to talk to you, brother. Next time, if you have the opportunity, you will have a drink at the door, and then we will invite you to drink. ”

It took a long time to refuse, and then the extremely enthusiastic Yanjing man dispelled his mind.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who has dominated the world all his life and has not frowned in the face of millions of troops, has been deflated several times in Yanjing.

After saying goodbye to the Yanjing man, Zhu Yuanzhang panicked and picked a random direction to go.

He only thinks about one thing now, and quickly stay away from this chatterbox.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's somewhat embarrassed figure, Queen Ma couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Chongba, you shouldn't be afraid of even an ordinary person, right?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "We don't want to see these people in general, this guy's words are simply more than those imperial histories." ”

Lao Zhu is not annoying, it's just that these Yanjing people talk, with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, they can say whatever they think of.

Many times, if he doesn't get up and listen, by the time he comes back to his senses, he will already be a little unable to keep up with the other party's topic.

Lao Zhu didn't like it very much, this feeling of not being under his control.

If he reveals his true identity, I believe these guys will not even dare to let out a fart.

But in that case, it would lose the meaning of coming out this time, wouldn't it?

Unconsciously walked out of the two streets, and Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that it was dark in front of him.

Looking up, a building like a hill appeared in front of Dean Zhu's eyes.

The building is still under construction.

The outside is densely covered with scaffolding, and many workers are busy on it.

The size of an adult looks like an ant compared to this massive building.

Although the construction has not yet been completed, the shape of the building has a faint outline.

The huge building is like a giant beast lying on the ground, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang's heart feel a little depressed.

"Here...... What is it? Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Queen Ma was also dumbfounded: "Such a huge building, could it be a palace?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded subconsciously, he also felt that it was right to have a huge building of such a scale, it must be the palace.

Anyway, compared to this place in Yingtian's palace, except for the relatively large area, other aspects were simply turned into scum in seconds.

How could such a majestic building not be a royal palace.

Their conversation happened to be overheard by a passer-by, who glanced at the two of them with disdain: "What kind of palace, look at your appearance that you have never seen the world, this is our Ming Dynasty's royal library." ”

After finishing speaking, he snorted disdainfully, his smug jaw almost knocked to the sky, and he left with three shaky steps.

"The Ming Imperial Library?"

After all, Lao Zhu has seen Zhu Han's plan for Yanjing.

Although because it is so huge, many places are not very memorable. But being reminded like this, Lao Zhu really remembered it.

There is a huge building on the plan, which is indeed the Ming Imperial Library.

Zhu Han can be said to attach great importance to this building, even more than the imperial palace.

Although it is marked on the map, the size and height of the building.

But the simple number is completely different from the feeling of actually seeing the real thing.

"Seventy-five, this kid ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was complicated, and he always felt that Zhu Han seemed to have an extraordinary attachment to this big library.

Although the Great Library is an important building, Lao Zhu has not found many inns or anything like that around here.

You can only keep going.

It's still early now, and Lao Zhu and Queen Ma are not in a hurry, believing that the horse is a place where he goes.

I already felt shocked before, but in the midst of it, Lao Zhu and Queen Ma were more and more shocked.

The whole Yanjing City, the biggest feeling is that it is fresh.

Few of the people I met on the street were sad.

They seem to be full of hope for their future, not at all like the people in other places, and it seems that they are just living in silence.

Along the way, there are all kinds of construction sites, all kinds of shops.

Lao Zhu even had the illusion that he was in the army at this time.

As far as the eye can see, there are pedestrians coming and going.

"It seems that it was right to let Qiwu preside over the construction of Yanjing at the beginning."

"Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, I will never find a second person who can do as well as Qiwu."

Queen Ma covered her lips and chuckled: "I look at you, this is cheap and good." Wasn't it you who came to the pit before? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly straightened his face, and pretended to be displeased: "You can't say that, so how can it be called a pit?" Let's just give those students in the seventh five years a chance to practice. ”

"It's Qiwu himself, those students who can't rest assured of him, they must come along, okay?"

The smug look between Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows couldn't be concealed at all.

Finally, the two of them found an inn on the side of the road that looked fairly clean.

As soon as he entered, the shopkeeper greeted him very warmly: "Are the two of you sharp-hearted or staying in the hotel?" ”

"Stay!" As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished talking about his purpose, he saw Xiao Er's embarrassed look: "I'm really sorry for you, the shop is already full and there is no room." ”

"Full?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the dense crowd of people in the lobby of the inn, so that he didn't feel that the other party was deceiving him.

I turned around and went to another hotel.

But the result is the same as before, it is still full.

It's not yet noon, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma ran more than 20 inns, all of which were full.

If this was in Yingtianfu, or somewhere else, it wouldn't be too strange.

After all, in this era, there are actually very few cases of ordinary people going out.

Many people may have lived their entire lives without leaving the village where they were born.

Therefore, the number of inns in many cities is actually not particularly large.

But in Yanjing.

On the street they were walking on now, there were seven or eight inns.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang has never seen so many inns on a street in any city.

But even with so many inns, they were all full.

Lao Zhu couldn't even help but want to ask, how many people are in this Yanjing City.

I searched for dozens of them in a row, but I didn't find an inn, and Lao Zhu's temper also came up.

"Since we don't have it, we'll save this silver."

casually beckoned, a master responsible for protecting Lao Zhu, immediately walked through the crowd to Dean Zhu's side, and it didn't take more than a breath before and after.

Because there are many people here, this master didn't say anything, but just bowed slightly as a salute.

"Let's find out, where Liu Ji's mansion is."

"Yes!"

The master who protected Lao Zhu quickly took two steps back and disappeared into the crowd.

Queen Ma said with a smile: "Let's come out this time, aren't our whereabouts to be kept secret?" Now that you've met Liu Ji, our whereabouts will definitely be revealed, right? ”

Lao Zhu smiled: "If it was someone else, I really didn't feel at ease." But Liu Ji...... He is a man who knows the depths and knows what to say and what not to say. ”

The two of them walked around the city casually for a while, and the master who left before quietly appeared beside Zhu Yuanzhang, leaned into his ear, and whispered.

"Let's go!"

Soon, the two of them came to a huge mansion.

The plaque on the vermilion gate reads two typings of the dragon flying and the phoenix dance, Liu Mansion.

Seeing this mansion that covers a huge area, Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank.

It's not that he doesn't know anything about the situation in Yanjing.

Almost every few days, Zhu Han had to write all aspects of Yanjing into a recital and send it to Yingtian for Zhu Yuanzhang to read.

It's just that although there is a railway now, the line between Yanjing and Yingtian is only half built.

Therefore, the news received by Zhu Yuanzhang is still delayed to a certain extent.

In addition, no matter how small and small Zhu Han is, it is impossible to write all aspects of a city's development in the concerto.

Therefore, Lao Zhu's understanding of this place is only a blind man touching an elephant, and his knowledge is limited.

But there is one thing that Lao Zhu knows, Zhu Han once said that because the imperial court is set in Yanjing, the price of land here is rising.

At least what Lao Zhu learned was that the price of land and houses here had increased fivefold.

So the question is, although Liu Ji is also a major minister of the Ming Dynasty, according to his fortune, how can he buy such a huge mansion in Yanjing City, where land and houses are becoming more and more expensive?

With the scale of this mansion, even if it is not a royal mansion, it should be the residence of the princes and nobles.

Could it be that Liu Ji is corrupt?

(End of chapter)