The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 280 Arrive in the capital
Fortunately, the weather was beautiful, Gu Chengyu and the others went smoothly and arrived in the capital safely.

"My lord, the pier is ahead. Let's get off the boat and rent a carriage. Hurry up and book a room at the inn closest to the Gongyuan." Ming Mo and Ming Yan are packing their luggage. They don't have much luggage, and Gu Chengyu specially asked his father According to his idea, we made a rattan box, which can hold more things than furoshiki.

Gu Chengyu kept some important things in the space, and there were only some clothes, shoes, toiletries, and a few pieces of jade pendants in the rattan box and baggage.This was bought by Gu Wan and his mother, to make accessories for his clothes, Ming Mo and the others knew that it was impossible for him to put it in the space.

"Young Master! Little one, go and see if Mr. Sun and the others have cleaned up." Mingyan saw that the place was almost cleaned up, so he proposed to visit Sun Xian and the others, and reminded them by the way.That Mr. Ye was weak and had to carry a big burden. When he got off the boat, they must help.

After a while, Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu came to Gu Chengyu's room, discussing which direction to go to find the inn after disembarking.

"Chengyu! We have never been to the capital. I heard that the capital is quite big. Can we find the Gongyuan?" Although Ye Zhiqiu no longer gets seasick, his appetite is still affected. Therefore, his face is still sallow and his body I also lost a lot of weight, and with worry, I looked even weaker.

"When we get to the pier, we can rent a carriage. As long as we can afford the money, they will definitely take us around the capital." Gu Chengyu is not worried about this. Although the capital is big and he has never been there before, but There was that kind of guide in the previous life, and I think there should be one in this ancient time.

"Yes! There are so many of us, are we afraid of losing it? Don't worry, even if you can't find it, just ask someone." After all, Sun Xian is older, so he is not too worried about these things.

"My lord! The boat has arrived at the pier! We have to get ready to get off!" Ming Mo had been standing outside the room looking out, but now seeing the bow of the boat leaning against the pier, he hurried to the room and shouted.

"Don't worry! There must be a lot of people disembarking right now. Let's disembark later to avoid crowding. Besides, some people are used to taking sheep with them, so don't give them money!" A place like this crowded with people is extremely crowded. , Those thieves are the most patronizing.Everyone is crowded with each other, and when the time comes, they don't even know if their money is lost.

As soon as Gu Chengyu finished speaking, Ye Zhiqiu immediately covered the place where the money was hidden on his chest, as if he didn't feel at ease if he didn't touch it.Gu Chengyu was quite speechless about this kind of action, just like this, the thief would feel sorry for himself if he didn't steal from him.

"Everyone! The pier is here! Everyone get off the boat quickly, don't crowd, and get off in a line." The boss of the boat stood on the edge of the pier and yelled. These people got off the boat because they were crowded, and some of them were thin when they got off the boat. In the river, everything is normal.

Gu Chengyu and the others waited for a while, and saw that the people in the boat had almost left, so they came to the back of the row.

The first time he stepped on the pier, Gu Chengyu let out a sigh. After half a month of staggering, it feels so good to actually step on the ground now.

Gu Chengyu noticed that there were many people carrying goods on the pier, and these people were just like his elder brother and second brother before, specializing in resisting bags.However, there are also merchants and private people here, and those with a lot of luggage will also find these people.While carrying their bags, they yelled, reminding the pedestrians on the side.

There are also a lot of carriages, some of which are gorgeous, and they should come to pick up people at the pier; some are more simple, and they should be doing more business.

Gu Chengyu and the others walked to a corner with fewer people, looking at the busy pier in front of them, Sun Xian and the others were at a loss.

"Sirs! Where are you going? Do you want to rent a carriage?" At this moment, a coachman stepped forward to ask, and he pointed to the carriage tied to a tree stump at the back. There were several carriages there, but other coachmen did not I went to the side to do business.

"We are going to find an inn next to the Gongyuan, can you go?" Gu Chengyu saw that the coachman was an old man, and although the carriage he pointed to was not big, it should still be able to squeeze people like them.

"It turned out to be Master Xiucai. Please forgive my poor eyesight. The inn that Master Xiucai is looking for is not far from the Gongyuan. There are two streets. The little old man just sends the masters there. Which one do you want to stay in?" Do as you like."

The old man also knew that there were a lot of students going to Beijing to rush for the exam recently, which indeed made him a lot of money, but seeing that the few people were not very old, he didn't expect that they were all scholars.

He has met many people in his life, and he has already developed the ability to recognize people.Two of them seemed to be attendants, and the other three were full of bookishness, presumably they were all students rushing for the exam.Could it be a talented person from Jiangnan?That's possible.

It's just that this leader is so young, it's the first time he's seen him, and he speaks very orthodox Mandarin without a trace of accent.

"That would be great, but how much money does it cost to get from here to the inn?" Sun Xian hurriedly stepped forward to ask, don't talk about money now, but don't ask for prices when they get to the place, wouldn't they be taken for a ride?
"It's not very far from here, just a penny from the lord."

As the old man said, he was also a little guilty. In fact, it was usually only thirty yuan. It was expensive to pull goods and people on the pier, and now it happened to be Qiu Wei.Besides asking for prices all over the sky, and paying back the money on the ground, it will definitely be cut off, and I don’t know how much copper coins I can charge!

Besides, these people are not badly dressed, so they should not be short of money.Those who are short of money cannot afford a boat.

Gu Chengyu didn't think much about it, although he thought it was a little expensive, but they didn't know the way, and having a carriage would save them from going the wrong way.

Sun Xian frowned, a penny is simply ridiculously expensive, does it take two or three hours to walk from here to the inn?Otherwise, why do you want a penny?
"Hey? Don't listen to him, pay me back a penny. I said, old stubborn, you are really black-hearted! People's carriages cost sixty copper coins, but you want one penny? Are you a scammer? Just thinking that someone who just came here and is unfamiliar with the place of life will bully others, right?"

At this time, a ten-year-old boy next to him stepped forward, pointed at the coachman and said angrily.

The young man was yellow and thin, the coarse cloth clothes on his body had been patched twice, the cloth shoes under his feet were also frayed, and the soles of the shoes were worn into a thin piece, which looked like they were painful to the feet.Two big toes were exposed on the uppers of those two feet, and even the socks inside were torn.

Gu Chengyu reckoned that the young man might be doing errands, otherwise the shoes would not have been ruined like this.

"You little brat, you came to ruin my business again, and they didn't say no to bargaining, do you need to shave your head?" The coachman was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at the young man who disturbed his good business.

"I said you old man, are you trying to bully us foreigners?" Sun Xian was also a little angry when he saw that the driver was exposed.

"Hey! Don't be angry, a scholar! The old man has just added money in the past few days, and he behaves well on weekdays. Isn't he trying to earn more? Our rules are like this, don't be surprised! Then let this kid say Yes, sixty copper coins!"

The coachman saw that Sun Xian's expression was lowered, so he had no choice but to apologize. These people are talented people, and they might be masters in a month. He can't afford to provoke them!Even if he didn't pass the exam, he couldn't afford to be a scholar.

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