The commercial center of the Xisi area is located near the Xisi archway, which is called Xida City. After Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, in addition to the passage of foreign goods into the city by waterway through the east Chaoyang Gate, the commercial goods from the northwest region by land took the west side of the West Gate into the city, and gathered near the Xizhi Gate and Zhuocheng Gate, thus creating the prosperity of the West Fourth Pailou business district.

In the Ming Dynasty, the pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock used by Beijing residents for daily diet and consumption came from the northwest region, and were concentrated in the commercial area of Xida City for trade, and over time a special mule and horse market, sheep market and pig market were formed. At the same time, most of the coal burned in the city is transported from Xishan, Beijing, and it is also concentrated in Xida City.

In addition, there are numerous cinemas and brothels concentrated near the West Fourth Archway. The brick tower alley outside the Xi'an Gate was the famous "Forest of Singing and Blowing" at that time, and it was once the center of activities of the northern miscellaneous opera. It can be seen that the trade of Jingshi was prosperous at that time!

The reason why Liu Haojia wants to go to Qipan Street is because Emperor Wanli is out of the palace! And he has been there for nearly two years, so he naturally wants to create a chance encounter so that he can get on the line with Emperor Wanli. Otherwise, Gu Ningbo's Mansion would be too far away from Emperor Wanli, and it would be difficult to get the favor of Emperor Wanli.

At first, Liu Haojia felt that it was difficult to make this plan, and it might not be successful! But when he started to do something, he found one thing, this palace looks extremely strong, but in fact it is rotten like a sieve! As long as you give enough money, you can find out any news!

Especially those eunuchs at the bottom, their thirst for money has reached an unstoppable level! Some of the more normal news in the palace is simply marked with a clear price, and as for the news that is required to be kept strictly secret by the masters, it is just that the price is different! Even the emperor's news, they dare to sell!

Of course, there are some news that these eunuchs dare not betray, the most important of which is the whereabouts of the emperor! Although they would never dare to betray the travel plans of the Emperor and other important people, they could sell their past travel routes and time!

In other words, Liu Haojia can get the emperor's previous time out of the palace, route, accompanying personnel and other information from the mouths of the eunuchs, and then he can reasonably deduce when he will leave the palace! Then send someone to wait outside the palace.

After all, the emperor's daily homework schedule is very full, and the rest time is limited, which has room for estimation. After all, there is no need to deduce the exact day, only an approximate time. As for the rest, it's up to luck!

And there are not many times when Emperor Wanli leaves the palace. Because the palace ban may not restrict others, but the restrictions on him are extraordinarily large! So he cherishes every opportunity to leave the palace.

At the beginning, Emperor Wanli wanted to go out of the palace to have a good time, so he only planned to take his personal eunuch Zhang Jia with him. For this reason, he also specially instructed Zhang Jia to prepare the clothes of a little eunuch, so as to try to get out of the way. But he couldn't see that Zhang Jia's eyes were full of wry smiles!

Emperor Wanli didn't know, but Zhang Jiake clearly knew how many people were around Emperor Wanli and how many pairs of eyes were staring! After all, Emperor Wanli's national fortune is not a joke! So when he went out of the palace for the first time, he happily thought that he had escaped from the palace, but he didn't know that almost all the people around him were good hands sent by the palace!

Even when he was about to sneak out of the palace gate, the news had already been reported to the Queen Mother! It's just that the Queen Mother pitied him for his hard work and wanted to give him a chance to play, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get out of the palace at all!

Later, the reason why Emperor Wanli was able to recognize the fact that he was surrounded by groups was because he was a little carried away when he went out for the first time, and he spent a little bit more! As a result, Zhang Jia's monthly silver was spent, so Zhang Jia had to take the silver from the guards who followed in casual clothes, which exposed the guards!

Although this discovery made Emperor Wanli a little frustrated, after he saw the facts clearly, he gave up the idea of going out by himself, and resigned himself to leaving the palace with a large number of plainclothes guards. It's not fun to play like this, but it's better than not having to play at all!

Emperor Wanli, who came today, was dressed like a rich young master, while Zhang Jia beside him was wearing a small hat in a green coat, looking like a big family and a small servant. He got dressed under Zhang Jia's service, held his belt in his hand and asked, "How do you see my outfit today?" ”

Zhang Jia took a step back and bowed down and said, "Long live the Lord is naturally a dragon and a phoenix!" ”

Hearing the flattery, Emperor Wanli snorted proudly and said, "Then get ready to go!" Also, do you have enough money with you today? ”

He subconsciously touched his waist and said, "Long live the lord, don't worry, the slave maid brought a dozen taels of silver, it must be enough!" ”

After speaking, he complained in a low voice: "Long live Lord, you can go out and buy less things!" Those things on the market are as exquisite as those in the palace! The objects in the palace are all made by masters, and they are thousands of times better than those outside! Also, what you eat outside is as delicious as what the imperial chef makes! ”

Emperor Wanli said: "What do you know? It's called fun! ”

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and asked himself to help him put on his hat and said, "Do you think that guy who bullied the market will also come out?" ”

He said, "It's almost time for the day to appear!" ”

Emperor Wanli raised his legs and walked out, and said as he walked: "That bastard oppresses the people so much, why doesn't this Shuntianfu care?" ”

Zhang Jia followed Emperor Wanli and said, "Xu is no one to sue the official, right?" What this officialdom pays attention to is that the people do not raise it, and the officials do not hold it accountable! ”

Emperor Wanli said: "That's not right! Isn't it that there are a few people who imitate him who have been talked to by Shuntianfu and their families, and they don't go to harm the people, so why don't they treat him? Could it be that there is a lot of power behind him? ”

Zhang Jia shook his head and said, "This slave doesn't know!" However, the slave maid heard that his family is only a small Gu Ningbo Mansion, where is there any big power! It's just that the slave can't guess the reason for this! ”

Emperor Wanli waved his hand very imposingly and said, "Since Shuntianfu can't control him, I will take care of it!" If I bump into this bastard today, I will directly take him down and hand him over to Shuntianfu to deal with! I want to see how good he is backstage! ”

Zhang Jiabao said with a smile: "No matter how hard his backstage is, it can't be hard!" It's just that the slave maid thinks that there must be something strange in this, so it's better not to act rashly! ”

Emperor Wanli said nonchalantly: "What's so rare about a small earl's mansion? I've never heard of his name! Today, I'm going to do a chivalrous deed! ”

At this time, Emperor Wanli and the two had already left the palace gate, and there were fifty or sixty guards in disguise waiting outside the main hall. When they saw the little emperor come out, they immediately bowed down and bowed. Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said, "It's all free, hurry up and follow me out of the palace to do chivalrous deeds!" ”