Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 33 The Destined Beginning

Women love gossip. As a native of Beijing, Qiu Sao has spent decades with the female comrades in the inner palace prison alley, and they usually get together with the host family, the Li family.

As for the women and men in the inner palace alley, most of their men were carpenters, masons, painters, and paper framers who were led by the inner palace supervisors and served the nobles in the palace and the families of dignitaries in the capital.

If you can enter the homes of dignitaries, it is certainly easy to get first-hand information about their homes, such as the situation in Xia Yan's home that Sister Qiu just mentioned.

Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu had a clever idea in his mind.Mudd, isn't this just a plain and simple intelligence network?Moreover, these official craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are all craftsmen whose families have been passed down from generation to generation. Their resumes from childhood to adulthood can be checked.This means that when they go to work in the homes of officials, their identities are unlikely to be suspected.

Great, great. I think that when I enter the officialdom in the future, I can know each other effortlessly. Wang Daoqiu feels so beautiful!As soon as he was in a good mood, Wang Daoqiu invited Sister Qiu to sit down and chat.

In this way, Wang Daoqiu was admiring the little Sanniang, munching the big meat buns like a little rabbit nibbling carrots, while listening to Sister Qiu's gossip about the families of various officials in Beijing.

Unknowingly, it was almost noon. Mrs. Qiu was so busy gossiping that she forgot about the time. It was not until she saw that the sun had climbed very high outside that she realized what she was doing and slapped her thigh. "Hey, look at me. It's out of tune. It won't be finished once it's verbose. I still have a lot of work to do! Mr. Jie Yuan, please read the book. I have to go out to work."

As she spoke, Sister Qiu reached out and took the little girl Sanniang back from Wang Daoqiu's hand.Seeing that Sister Qiu was about to take Sanniang away, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly dodged and said with a smile: "Sister Qiu, just go and do your work. Please leave Sanniang here with me. I like this little girl very much."

"Oh, Mr. Jie Yuan, you still need to warm up your book. If you leave this girl here, she will disturb you."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I still have some pastries here. Give her two pieces to eat and she will be very good."

"Yes mother, uncle gave Sanniang cakes to eat, uncle's cakes are delicious."

As soon as she heard that there were cakes to eat here, the little girl Sanniang begged her mother with a pitiful look on her face to let her stay here.

The little girl is so cute and pitiful, who would be willing to reject her?So Mrs. Qiu rolled her eyes at her, and then walked out of the house and said coquettishly: "Be obedient and don't disturb uncle."

"Uh-huh!"

When she heard that her mother agreed to stay here, the little girl Sanniang was very happy. She nodded her little head with a smile on her face and said "hmm". She looked so cute.

Adults can't lie to children, so Wang Daoqiu, who was impressed by the cuteness again, carried Sanniang to get her some cakes to eat, and deliberately gave her an extra piece to take to her mother who had already gone out to work.

The little girl suddenly had two pieces of cake. She was so happy that she jumped up and went to find her mother.

On such a day, Wang Daoqiu stayed in his room during the day, reading books, and occasionally teasing the little girl Sanniang. In the evening, he ate with Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Juzheng, and Fatty and boasted.

After bragging and returning to his room, Wang Daoqiu remembered that he had been in the capital for two or three days and had not yet sent a letter to his family. His parents and Shen Xiangning might still be worried there. Damn it, damn it!
So after Wang Daoqiu returned to his room, he wrote a letter home to his parents and Shen Xiangning.Tell them that he has arrived in Beijing safely and is currently living in the village with Jiang Laocai in the house he just bought in Beijing. Everything is fine and tells them not to worry.

Early the next morning, Wang Daoqiu woke up naturally and went to wash up at the well. Sister Qiu still led the little girl Sanniang to wash clothes at the well. It was really strange that she had so many clothes to wash.
As soon as she saw Wang Daoqiu coming to wash up again, Mrs. Qiu hurriedly got up to help Wang Daoqiu fetch water, and said hello with a smile: "Gong Xie Yuangong, you are here, Mr. Xie Yuangong is Mr. Xie Yuangong, that is the Wenqu star in the sky. Look at Mr. Yin and Mr. Zhang, they work so hard, but they didn’t pass Jieyuan in the provincial examination. They even failed in the previous examination! They are not as smart as Mr. Jie Yuang. You don’t have to work hard. You are the reincarnation of the Wenqu star in the sky. You don’t read books. I can still win the first prize next year. Mr. Jie Yuangong, you said what I said, right?"

After saying this, Mrs. Qiu looked at Wang Daoqiu with admiration, as if she were looking at the gods in the sky.

At this time, after Wang Daoqiu heard what Qiu Sao said, he was definitely a fan-like idol who praised him.A group of grass-mud horses roared past him.Damn, are you complimenting me?Why does it sound like you are scolding me for being lazy and scolding God for being blind?
I feel awkward, but I can’t reason with a woman!At this time, Wang Daoqiu felt like he had suffered a dumb loss.So he held on to his face, changed the subject with an awkward smile, and said to Sister-in-law Qiu: "Sister-in-law Qiu, I gave two letters home to my parents and wife last night. I don't know where to send this letter in Beijing. ?" "Uh, letter! Mr. Jie Yuangong, the place where we send letters here is run by the government and has a post office and express delivery service. We can send letters and things, and the price is cheap. It only costs three to five cents to send a letter. Money. However, the official post office is relatively slow, and the public servants are more messy. You can't reason with them if you lose letters and things. Therefore, for important letters such as letters from home, I still recommend that you solve the problem of Yuan Gong. Go to the Civil Information Bureau run by businessmen. These people are more serious and honest. And compared with the government agencies, they are only two or three cents more expensive."

After listening to Sister Qiu's words, Wang Daoqiu understood that in the Ming Dynasty in the [-]th century, there was also a post office and express delivery!Proud of the years when the Ming Dynasty led the world, Wang Daoqiu asked Qiu Aoqiu: "Qiu Aoqiu, I listen to you and send the letter to the People's Information Bureau. But how should I get to the People's Information Bureau that is closest to us? ah?"

"Hey, Mr. Xie Yuangong, why should someone of your status do such a rough job as sending a letter? You can go back to the house later and put the letter on the table. I'll go shopping for groceries later. Just take it with you.”

"Then, then, this will trouble you again!"

"Hey, what's the trouble? I'm paid, so I should be doing my share of the work for you."

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While chatting with Sister Qiu, Wang Daoqiu washed up.After cleaning himself, he went back to the room and pressed the two letters with a dime of silver. He took a piece of cake and went out to coax the little girl Sanniang for a while, and then left the door.

Because the famous place the day before yesterday was the street in front of the Neigongjian Alley, and there were too many people who knew him.So when Wang Daoqiu went out today, he did not dare to continue to the street in front. Instead, he went straight through the nearly one kilometer alleyway of Neigongjian Hutong and walked from the other end of the alley.

Walking through the alley to the crowded street, this street is also busy with traffic, and the market is bustling with buyers and sellers.

Let’s go to a roadside stall first and have a very down-to-earth breakfast at Meimei.I originally thought that after breakfast, I would go to the restaurant where I had a drink the day before to look for Shen Lian.

But I thought that Shen Lian must have gone to the Ministry of Personnel yesterday to go through the work scheduling procedures and collect the Xia family's compensation.That person is now rich and promoted, so if you go to this stall, you will inevitably end up trying to curry favor with them, which will affect your image.

Moreover, Wang Daoqiu also wanted Shen Lian to take the compensation from the Xia family, and did not want to take a share of it.After all, with Shen Lian's temperament, he doesn't want to see the poor people in the world. When he sees the poor people, he will inevitably dig into his pockets. Money can play a better role in him.

Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu decided not to go to Shen Lian. Everyone would miss each other, and the relationship would be deeper when they meet next time.

If you don't go to Shen Lian, what are you going to do today?Are they like Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Juzheng, and Fatty, who went to a place to memorize exam reference books by rote?

While eating breakfast, Wang Daoqiu was thinking about what he should do today. Then he saw a fishing gear shop next to the breakfast stall. He felt itchy and wanted to go fishing.

After eating breakfast, Wang Daoqiu entered this fishing gear shop.As soon as he saw a customer arriving, the shopkeeper rushed over and greeted him politely: "Hey, sir, I want to buy fishing gear! Look at this fishing rod, little old man. It is an authentic bamboo from Guangdong and Guangxi. It is seven feet long and as thick as a little finger. I will tell you Well, young man, this bamboo has good strength, toughness, and resilience, especially this old bamboo that grows in the cracks of rocks in the mountains where the sun doesn't easily reach. It grows seven feet long and takes six or seven years to grow. Years. This kind of bamboo is straight, light, thin, long and tough. It has been the first choice material for making fishing rods since ancient times. It is no problem to pull in a big fish weighing more than ten kilograms. "

The shop owner was holding a two-meter-long fishing rod in one hand while introducing it to Wang Daoqiu.

Wang Daoqiu also liked fishing in his previous life, but what he used at that time was all "high-tech" and he couldn't afford this original one.However, in the Ming Dynasty of the [-]th century, he could afford such an original high-end product.

So Wang Daoqiu, who had made up his mind, negotiated the price with the shop owner, bought fishing rods, fishing lines, fishing rods, and fish balls, and also bought a copy of the secret ingredient that the shop owner boasted was his family's ancestral secret, to make fish nests. Magical bait that attracts fish.Then according to the instructions of the fishing tackle shop owner, he hired a carriage and went out of the city to go fishing.

(End of this chapter)