Huang Wolf took a little of each from the dishes on the table, tested the poison with a silver needle, and then began to taste it.

Zhao Mengqi was a little helpless, he knew that the silver needle was not actually a test of poison, but just a test of sulfur, many poisons may not contain sulfur, and sulfur-containing ones may not be poisonous, such as eggs.

But the most easily obtainable highly toxic thing in this era is arsenic, that is, the famous 'Heding Red', which is extremely fast after poisoning, and is usually difficult to rescue, because of technical reasons, it contains a lot of sulfur, so it can be known with a silver needle, so it cannot be said to be useless.

Try it, it may not work, you can't prevent some chronic poisons, but as long as it is not immediately fatal, there is always a chance to rescue, and this is already the most practical daily anti-virus means.

Zhao Mengqi was almost poisoned when he first came, but he didn't dare to have any confidence in his living environment, and Huang Zhi insisted, so he could only rely on it.

While waiting, Zhao Mengqi simply looked at the scenery outside the window.

In the middle of the city's river, boats come and go, most of them carrying goods, going to various markets, or just coming out of there.

The rivers in this Lin'an city are much more than those in later generations, criss-crossed, the west is connected to the West Lake by two rivers, the two rivers in the north are connected to the canal, and the two rivers in the southeast are connected to the Qiantang River, so there are six or seven water gates alone.

Through the Grand Canal, along the Yangtze River to the west, you can reach the two lakes area and Tianfu Sichuan, trace the Qiantang River upstream, and reach the prosperous Wuzhou, Quzhou, Huizhou and other places.

In addition, there are the West Zhejiang Canal and the East Zhejiang Canal, which communicate Beiguo and Zhenjiang in Lin'an Prefecture respectively, as well as the Qiantang River and Yao River, so that Lin'an and other states and counties are unimpeded.

To some extent, waterways are the main mode of transportation for Lin'an residents.

There are many rivers, and there are countless bridges in this city, arch bridges, flat bridges, wooden bridges, stone bridges, not only ingenious workmanship, but also strong and durable, at this time the construction technology of the Han people is unique in the world.

Zhao Mengqi's gaze swept over the bridge not far away, and happened to catch a touch of light blue.

When the master walked from the two of them to the high place in the bridge, he seemed to feel something, and he stopped and looked at the five buildings by the railing.

Seeing her stop, Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but smile back.

This is about fifty feet away, Wanwan saw him, but she couldn't see his smile, and dimly felt that he was looking at himself, and after giving a blessing, he continued to move forward.

What a beautiful woman, but it's a pity that it's cold.

Seeing her gradually disappear into the crowd, Zhao Mengqi was stunned.

"Alang, it's time, you can eat." Huang Zhi's voice called him back.

The food in these five rooms is indeed very good, not much worse than that in the palace, but Zhao Mengqi is a little tasteless, maybe there is a lack of beautiful food.

It should be the reason for this body, adolescent teenagers are more likely to be attracted to the opposite sex.

Zhao Mengqi can only explain it like this, after all, he has experienced vicissitudes in his previous life, and he has become much indifferent in this regard.

Regardless of whether it tastes good or not, he still eats a lot, otherwise how can he grow his body without nutrition.

After breakfast, Zhao Mengqi took a carriage and went outside the east city.

Lin'an City is only fourteen miles long and about five miles wide, but the population in the city is nearly one million.

What's more, the area of the school in Zhao Mengqi's plan is not small, so he has to go outside the east city to have a look.

Passing by a magnificent but somewhat dilapidated mansion, Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but be curious when he saw many Taoist priests coming and going.

"Ah Lang, this is Yousheng Palace, the earliest is the hidden residence of Emperor Xiaozong, Guangzong and Ningzong were born here, after Xiaozong ascended the throne and entered the palace, this place was deserted, Xiaozong simply changed this place into a Taoist temple, in order to worship the Arctic Zhenwu You Shengjun, from the construction to the present, there are almost one hundred and ten years, and it is inevitable that it will be dilapidated."

Huang Zhi was used to explaining to Zhao Mengqi, and when he saw that he had doubts, he told him about the origin of the house.

Arctic True Martial Arts? Isn't that Xuanwu?

It is no wonder that the Song Dynasty has always pursued a defensive policy of turtle shrinkage, and it turned out to be so revered in Xuanwu.

Zhao Mengqi complained, looking at this Dao Palace, which covers an area that looks larger than the Sifang Pavilion, it is really disrespectful to the common people and ghosts and gods, such a big place, what to do with it, even if you build a house and sell it for money, it can also supplement a lot of national use.

It is said that there are really a lot of Taoist palaces in this Lin'an City, what Kaiyuan Palace, Longxiang Palace, Wanshouguan, East Taiyi Palace, Deshou Palace, Jingling Palace...... A whole lot, one bigger than the other.

Zhao Song believed in Taoism so much, and at the last critical moment, the group of bulls in Longhu Mountain did not turn their heads and surrender to the Mongols.

Thinking like this, Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but feel a little bored in his heart, but he couldn't do anything, so he had to put down the curtain and see out of sight.

Huang Zhi saw that his master seemed to be in a bad mood, so he didn't say much for a while, and went out of the city from Chongxinmen so quietly.

Outside the Chongxin Gate is not a wilderness, because an earthen wall outer city more than eight miles long and two miles wide was also built in the east of Lin'an City to accommodate the surplus population.

In addition to the fact that there are relatively few mansions here, it doesn't look very different from the city, it is relatively less crowded, and you can also find some vacant land.

Seeing that there were not so many people on the road, Zhao Mengqi simply got out of the carriage and walked, with only Huang Gong by his side, as well as Chang Geng and Zeng Ba, and the carriage and others hung behind him.

After walking for a while, Zhao Mengqi saw a wide construction site, a group of ragged people were building houses, and at a glance there were at least a few thousand people.

Among them, there are many officials and officials who are commanding and supervising the work, and there are many sergeants around to take care of them.

Zhao Mengqi thought that the imperial court was building some kind of project, so he used so much labor, but these people were obviously already very poor, and it would be too much to let them serve, so his face darkened, and his heart seemed to fall into a slump.

In feudal society, in addition to paying taxes, the common people also had to serve all kinds of errand servants, which was, to put it bluntly, free labor for the imperial court.

This is a very heavy mountain for the people, once the imperial court has conscripted the head, they have to give up their own livelihood, and even bring their own food to work for the court for free.

If it was just a peasant, the impact of being conscripted in the spare time was relatively small, but with the development of society, more and more people relied on handicrafts and commerce to make a living, so this military service law became a big malpractice.

In order to eliminate this maladministration in the past dynasties, there have been many reforms, and gradually changed from the people to the money, and the court spent money to hire people to work, the most famous is Wang Anshi's immunization law.

This immunization money was naturally added to the taxes to be paid, but often over time, when the people got used to the increased taxes, the imperial court often had to use free labor, and there was a situation where both money and service were paid.

In this way, another cycle begins, plus the exemption money...... In this way, the exemption money becomes a disguised tax increase.

Zhao Mengqi has read the bypass book and knows that the exemption money at this time has been included in the total cost of the economic system, even if the imperial court inevitably uses labor in some places, but on such a large scale, it is still the spring ploughing season, and the people who look like these farmers are recruited to serve, and the agricultural time is delayed, so they have no income this year, how can they survive!?

Sure enough, this feudal society is all evil!

"What's going on!? At this time, don't you plan to give these people a way to live!? Zhao Mengqi gritted his teeth, and his tone was a little cold.

Huang Zhi also didn't know what was going on in front of him, so he knew that the master was angry, but he didn't know how to explain it.

At this time, Chang Geng spoke, "Yanei, you may have misunderstood, this is not conscription. ”

"Not? So what is it? ”

"That's the case, last year's Taihu Lake flood, many people's fields were flooded and washed away, and became homeless people everywhere to make a living, there are tens of thousands of people near Lin'an, and the household department Ma Shangshu also has both the pacification envoy of Zhejiang and Lin'an Mansion, and a while ago he went to the official's house to arrange livelihood for these disaster victims, and build houses in the east of the city, so they are actually working for themselves, and the imperial court also appropriately distributes money and food to them, which can be regarded as work for relief."

"In that case, why are there so many sergeants?"

"There are a lot of people here, it is inevitable that the good and the bad are mixed, this is Lin'an, if something happens, it's not a joke, you have to be prepared."

"Oh, I see, I misunderstood."

"The heart of the Ya is related to the people, and it is also the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Hehe, I can't see it, you can also make sycophants."

Knowing that he was misunderstood, Zhao Mengqi's mood also improved, this Great Song Dynasty is finally a little saved, at least there are still some conscientious officials in the court.

After a few more glances, I thought that these tens of thousands of disaster victims were ready-made labor, and my heart moved, and I began to have a vague plan.

"Yanei, it's too dusty here, let's go look elsewhere." Huang Yu persuaded.

Leaving the construction site, I also saw a few open spaces along the way, but either low-lying water, or small area and strange shape, which were not very suitable.

It seems that there is a usable resettlement site for the victims nearby, and Zhao Mengqi is not very satisfied with the environment, which is not suitable for the school.

Zhao Mengqi and a few people walked and walked to Nantumen City, although the dense shops here are a little simpler, but the business seems to be very good, and people come and go very lively.

Seeing that there were many people, Huang Zhi became nervous, "Yanei, go further, it is Nantumen, I don't think there will be a suitable place anymore, or let's go back and change places." ”

Chang Geng also persuaded, "Yanei, I think this earth city is almost the same, and if it can meet your requirements, it is estimated that it is near Gen Mountain." ”

"Yanei, if you don't force the city, the surroundings of West Lake are actually good, and Geling and Nanping Mountain are not far from the city." Zeng Ba also made suggestions.

Zhao Mengqi thought about it, estimating that there would indeed be no suitable place in this Eastern Earth City, and thinking that there was still the matter of the Imperial City Division coming out today, he nodded.

"Okay, I've been walking all morning, and I don't have a clue, so I'll go to West Lake in the afternoon to have a look......"

As he was talking, there was a chaser at the entrance of the alley, "Thief! Don't run! …… Straight sissy thief! See if Lao Tzu doesn't chop your dog's paws......"