Chapter 21: Slums
After Liu Yuan left, Xu Ping'an took the two to the lively and noisy market.
Since the ninth prince of Lin Xun ascended the throne, the era name was changed to Yuanzhen.
Since the second year of Yuanzhen, the people's livelihood in the entire Great Heavenly Empire has improved a lot, and places like Yangzhou City deserve the word wealthy, and generally speaking, they are still well fed and clothed.
In recent years, there has been no war at the border, and there has been an endless stream of Hu people from all over the Western Regions, bringing more food and goods, many of which Xu Ping'an has never heard of.
Five hundred taels of silver tickets is a good thing, Liu Yuan didn't take it with him when he left, but there is no other reason, people like him regard their faces higher than the sky, and there is a kind of arrogance in their hearts.
Therefore, it is impossible to recover the silver ticket that was sent, even if Xu Ping'an abandoned it to the ground.
When he was choosing children's clothes and sweets in a shop, Li Ji suddenly appeared behind him like a ghost and said to Xu Ping'an.
"Childe, I have inquired, there is a slum by the Pingsang River in the south of the city, which is mixed with fish and dragons, and there are no less than dozens of refugees who have fled in it. ”
The corners of Xu Ping'an's mouth hooked: "Boss, wrap all these clothes and sweets for me." With a wave of his hand, he bought almost half of the store.
There's no way, five hundred taels of silver are on you, and you are very rich wherever you go.
Since Liu Yuan is unwilling to ask for the five hundred taels of silver, it is better to use it to do good deeds, which can be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven and eliminating karma for this Liu Mansion.
The big bags and small bags add up to the height of a hill, which is really a little terrifying, the boss personally pulled out the carriage from the backyard, smiled from ear to ear, and said with a red face.
"Childe, if there is a need in the future, the ward will say, I will let the subordinate use a carriage to pull it for you, and you can go. ”
The boss smiled, his attitude was very flattering, and he embodied a business word to the extreme, which made Xu Ping'an sigh in his heart, this world hierarchy is too heavy, and the businessmen and civilians are extremely without status and dignity.
If you change your temper and have a bad temper, you may make a big move because you don't have a smiling face, and if it is a scholar or a powerful family, the government will probably not take care of it.
This made him very unhappy.
With a little more silver taels, Xu Ping'an simply bought the carriage directly, all because of the little girl You'er, she couldn't follow herself and Li Ji, the five big and three thick guys, to ride and walk together.
After all, there is still a long way to go in the future, and Jiangnan is also very far away.
Walking through the streets, witnessing the prosperity of Yangzhou, when the carriage passed by the West Lake, he was shocked again, such a stunning beauty is no wonder that the ancient Confucian scholars did not play with the writing of words.
There is a way to go down to Yangzhou in March.
The mountain here is the eyebrow peak gathering, the water is the eye wave horizontally, it is still early in the morning, the small air hole on the side of the bridge pier is filled with water bubbles, the new willow on the side of the West Lake draws its fingers, slender as hair, green as the sky.
As far as the eye can see, everything is like the lifeline of this ancient city, spreading all the way to the outside of the city, revealing full of vitality.
On the lake, occasionally there will be three or two sword-wielding knights confronting each other, swords and swords just to fight for a flower boat woman, not hesitating to break off their hands, which is praised by them as a romance, no regrets or complaints.
In the end, the crowd sounded the news of which flower boat woman was good, or the young lady eloped to the end of the world with the green forest knight, but there were also some scenery.
He didn't have time to appreciate such a scenery Xu Ping'an, the carriage slowly advanced, and finally arrived at the slum, which was actually a remote alley in the corner of the city.
There are no less than 100 people gathered in small places, and there are many unkempt children at this time, and they never even see adults.
Maybe it's because I'm out to work, or I'll die of disease if I don't starve to death if I stay here.
Xu Ping'an jumped out of the carriage first, holding the little demon with sweets in his mouth and looking doting.
"Han Dun'er, go, take out all the clothes, sweets, and medicinal herbs. ”
"Yes, Childe!" Li Ji responded loudly, he didn't agree to take the silver at first, and he only reacted knowing that Xu Ping'an asked him to inquire about the news of the slums.
Li Ji easily put a box weighing dozens of catties in his hand, placed it firmly at the gate of the alley, and then turned back to the carriage.
There are so many things that it takes a few trips to get them clean.
The various goods and people piled up at the door quickly attracted the attention of the children in the hall, and they gathered three meters from the entrance of the hall and stopped.
All of them were wearing patches and thin clothes, with a pair of pure eyes in black and black, looking at Xu Ping'an and the three of them curiously, maybe the child's nose was sharp, and he smelled the smell of sweets, and the saliva went straight down three thousand feet.
At last a slightly older swarthy boy spoke, emaciated but with a large skeleton, a head taller than the others, and a pair of large eyes that were very clever.
Courageously asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Xu Ping'an smiled and glanced at Li Ji, there was a look of unbearability in his eyes, the world is hot and cold, but these children should not be offended.
He didn't answer, but said to the little demon in his arms: "Girl, it's up to you, go and send them all these things." ”
When the demon heard this, her eyes lit up, and she craned her neck and promised, "Okay, brother, I will definitely complete the task." With that, he jumped out of his arms.
She ran straight to a package and opened it, and it was full of sweets, flowing with an alluring luster in the sun, and many children were dumbfounded.
They usually don't even have enough to eat, where can they still eat these sweets.
The demon picked up a piece of sweets and put it in his mouth, and then pushed it out with great effort, and said vaguely: "This is what my brother gave you, come on... I don't want money..."
She stretched out her little hand, somewhat timid.
It was only dull for two seconds, and many children couldn't sit still, and with a green light in their eyes, they were about to rush up to eat sweets.
At this time, the boy who had just started to speak stopped everyone, stared at Xu Ping'an with a pair of big eyes and a look of concern, and said loudly: "You can't eat casually, what if, what if there is poison in it?"
It really feels like a head.
"Poof!" Xu Ping'an and Li Ji both laughed, this bear child is really interesting, the appearance of a little adult.
"Boy, what's your name, if I want to harm you, why spend so much silver taels to buy you food, clothes, medicinal herbs, and silver for your hands?" Xu Ping'an laughed.
The boy was obviously a little uncalm, felt that he was being ridiculed, tilted his head and said stubbornly: "My name is Chen Sheng, who knows, who will come here to bring us food if they have nothing to do." ”
"Mr. Private School said that he had nothing to do and was courteous, either he was a traitor or a thief!"
Hearing this, the little demon was angry, but she could still understand some of the meaning, and said angrily with a red face: "Big brother is not!
"Didn't I eat it too?"
A group of children looked at the sweets and then at Chen Sheng, their little hands were knotted, and their feet were unconsciously stepping forward.