my steam dam

Chapter 165 Peng · Someone else's child · Ke
In Tianfu.

The weather in November is already quite cold.

The people living in Yingtian Mansion are undoubtedly happier.

Because they can enjoy central heating.

In the industrial area outside the city of Yingtianfu, the continuous hot water generated by the operation of the steam engine was sent into Yingtianfu through insulated pipes, and flowed into the radiators of every house, providing a living environment for every household in Yingtianfu heating.

Of course, this heating doesn't come without a price.

Different levels of fees are paid according to the size of the house. Each household has to pay at least one tael of silver and at most five taels of silver every year.

For wealthy families, this must be a good deal. A large house covering an area of ​​more than ten acres only needs to pay three or four taels of silver.

Usually, for a family of dozens of people, even if they only buy silver frost charcoal for the main family, it will cost more than a hundred taels a winter.

For small households who can live in Yingtianfu City, the heating fee of one or two yuan is not too expensive.

If they had to buy coal for heating by themselves, the coal consumed in a winter would cost at least [-] cents, and sometimes it might cost two or three cents.

In comparison, it is more cost-effective to pay heating bills, and there is no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Since the introduction of central heating, the people in Yingtian Mansion closed the doors and windows in winter, and the indoor temperature was as good as in summer, making them extremely comfortable.

From noble officials to ordinary people, they all praised this central heating.

With the steam engine, life is indeed getting better and better.

However, no matter how warm the home is, everyone can't just shut up at home and make villains.

The work that should be done and the work that should be done cannot be left behind.

Yingtian Mansion was still very busy, and there were hurried figures of pedestrians everywhere on the streets.

On the west avenue of the city, a few of them were holding warm pots and wearing mink coats. They looked like dudes from some honorable family, and they were wandering on the street with a few servants.

The young man in the middle waved his hand and said proudly: "This year is a good year. My family's fields have all been harvested, and I have a little money on hand."

"Let's go, I'll invite my brothers to go to the Ruyi Building for a good meal!"

"It's a good relationship!" The other dandies all nodded with smiles on their faces: "It's rare to see Brother Mei be so proud once, but I'll kill you hard!"

The brother Mei they are talking about has a lot of background.

Mei Jingfu, who is just 16 years old this year, is not well-known even though he mentions his name.

But his mother is Princess Ningguo of Ming Dynasty, the eldest daughter of Emperor Hongwu and the same mother and sister of Prince Yiwen, her status is very noble!

And his father was the nephew of the founding Marquis of Runan.

Speaking of Marquis Runan, it was also quite miserable.

The first Marquis of Runan, Mei Sizu, also fought with Emperor Hongwu, and made many military exploits.

And it can be regarded as a good death. Hong Wu died of illness in the guard of Yunnan in 15 years.

But unexpectedly, his son, Mei Yi, the commander of Liaodong, was killed because of the case of Hu Weiyong.

That is to say, the Marquis of Runan's family disappeared shortly after his death.

Only the nephew who became the son-in-law was left.

In this way, Mei Jingfu's status is very noble, his mother is the eldest princess of the royal family, and his father is the only bloodline of the Marquis of Runan.

Since childhood, Mei Jingfu grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth.

It's just that, being a nobleman in the year of Hongwu, there is really nothing to be arrogant and domineering.

Poor Mei Jingfu, the only way to have money is to invite friends to play in the gold-selling cave in Jinling River only when the harvest at home is good.

There are only two crops in a year, so it can only be done twice.

With a red face, Mei Jingfu led his friends, who were all second-generation dudes with similar status to him, and excitedly headed straight for Ruyi Building by the Qinhuai River.

Although these days, there are still no eight great glamorous things in Qinhuai River, but the luxury and gold fans of Qinhuai River have already begun to take shape.

From both sides of the river, there are all restaurants and brothels, some with culture and some with martial arts, some elegant and some vulgar.

Of course, as a person of status, Mei Jingfu must have chosen Gaoya.

Ruyi Building is one of the top clubs among the elegant brothels along the Qinhuai River.

The few top players in the building are not only beautiful as immortals, and well-known in Zhili, but also all of them are talented women, proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

It's just a bit expensive. Asking someone to play a ditty requires 50 taels of silver.

If you want to accompany wine, you need 80 taels to accompany you.

As for redemption?

It's not even lower than Gu Nianqing's price!
Even Mei Jingfu, the son of Princess Ningguo, couldn't easily afford to spend thousands of taels of silver to redeem these top names.

Ruyilou made it clear that they were unwilling to put these signboards up and be redeemed by others, and deliberately set high prices.

However, in previous years, usually in two or three years, a generous person would come out to redeem the head girl of Ruyi Building.

Or some wealthy businessman of the Ming Dynasty, or some honorable person, there are always such big shots who spend a lot of money.

Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with Mei Jingfu.

He stood downstairs in Ruyi, looked up at the plaque, and said to his companions with a smile: "Sooner or later, I will collect enough silver taels to redeem Miss Du Juan, so that I can bring her home!"

"The son of Marquis Huaining can do it, so naturally I can do it too!"

The dandies who came with him all laughed loudly.

"Brother Mei, the son of the Marquis of Huaining, was the commander of the Jinyiwei at that time, and now he is serving in the Jianzhou Army."

"I heard that he made meritorious service in front of His Majesty some time ago. Every time my old man scolds me, he has to be used as an example."

"This is no ordinary person."

"If you have money and power, your future is bright. Naturally, you can embrace Gu Nianqing, a famous prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River."

"If you want to embrace a beauty, you still have to work harder!"

"Have you finished all the courses of the Military Command Academy?"

"We nobles can only go out to lead the army, and we are not allowed to enter the pilgrimage."

"Brother Mei, you are not from the honorable family, but the captain-in-law is also a warrior, and you can't pee in the same pot as those civil servants."

"I heard from my father that the imperial court is going to fight the Northern Man again, either next year or the year after."

"We will work hard and finish the courses of the Military Command Academy as soon as possible, get a command post, and go to the battlefield to earn some credit."

"Hey, I really don't know how Huaininghou Shizi did it. He just finished the courses of the Military Command Academy. He really is someone else's child."

"The last time I saw Prince Huaining was five years ago."

"In just five years, they have thrown us all out of sight."

The son of Marquis Huaining, who is constantly being discussed by the dandies, is naturally Peng Ke.

Although Peng Ke was not in Yingtian Mansion, the circle of nobles in Yingtian Mansion, especially the three generations of honor, was really fond of his name and could hear it every day.

No matter which honorable family, when educating their children, they will use the good example of Penke.

Peng Ke is really a perfect honorable heir, and he has to be talked about by the dukes and dukes of Ying Tianfu every day.

Over time, in Ying Tianfu's three generations of Xun's circle, there was a shadow in their hearts towards this "big devil".

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this."

"How do you know that my achievements in the future will definitely be inferior to Huaining Hou Shizi?"

Mei Jingfu shook his head, cut off this uninteresting topic, and led everyone into the Ruyi Building.

"Today, we are here to have fun!"

"Buddhist, let's open a private room. My brothers and I want to have a chat with Miss Dujuan on the piano!"

(End of this chapter)