Chongzhen's online shopping system

Chapter 18 Site Selection
The New Year is a busy time, especially for the emperor.

All kinds of cumbersome etiquette and procedures made Zhu Youjian almost collapsed, but it was impossible to follow the routine.The Lantern Festival is a good festival, but from the eighth day to the seventeenth day, I am tired of seeing even the most beautiful lights.

Finally, the Lantern Festival is over, and the world has returned to peace.After the beginning of spring, the weather is slightly warmer, but it is still not obvious.He was so quiet that he wanted to move, he planned to go out for a walk, he had been in the palace all this time, and he was almost suffocated.

This time he didn't ride a horse, but asked Wang Chengen to find an ordinary carriage, put it on and pretended to go out.From the appearance alone, he looks like an ordinary young man from a wealthy family, and he doesn't look like an emperor at all.For the sake of safety, Wang Chengen ordered dozens of guards with knives to covertly follow, and then went all the way to the outside of the imperial city.

"Wang Banban, where is my Huangzhuang?"

"Long live, your Huangzhuang is scattered all over the place, the nearest one is in Shunyi."

"Go, have a look."

He planned to build a school to train various military talents.He had already thought of a name, and it was called the Ming Royal Military Academy.The purpose of this trip was to select a site for the school, and to see what the seeds given by God have grown into.

An hour later, Zhu Youjian got down from the carriage, looking as far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of white.There was a small village not far away. Zhu Youjian walked towards the village through the mud. Wang Chengen wanted to stop it, but thinking of his character as the master, he had no choice but to give up and follow along.

Maybe it was too cold and there was no one outside. When I passed by a house, I found an eleven or twelve-year-old boy hunting birds in the yard.Zhu Youjian stood outside the fence and looked in curiously.

I saw the little boy propping up a basket with a stick, with a rope tied to the stick, pulling the rope with one hand, and staring at the basket with all his attention.Outside the basket, there were a few sparrows bouncing around and picking something on the ground, but they just didn't go under the basket.Zhu Youjian looked through the fence for a while, and couldn't help but say:
"You can't do this, there is too little food under the basket."

I don't know if it was because his voice was too loud, a few sparrows flew away with a whirring sound.

As soon as the little boy saw the sparrow in his hand fly away, he immediately looked in the direction of the sound.Seeing that they were two strangers who had never met before, they were slightly taken aback and said angrily:

"Where did you come from? Look, scare my little bird away! You pay me!"

Wang Chengen stared and was about to get angry when he heard this, Zhu Youjian patted his arm to signal him not to speak.He smiled and said to the little boy:
"It's our fault to scare away the birds. We can pay with the money. Tell me, how much are these birds worth?"

Now the little boy was stopped, how did he know how much these little birds were worth.While hesitating, a middle-aged man came out of the room, opened the door and asked:
"Er Hu, who are you talking to?"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen standing outside the fence.

Seeing that two people, one big and one small, were dressed luxuriously, especially the young one who looked extraordinary, he looked like the son of a rich family, somehow they ran to the door of his house.Thinking of this, he asked:
"You are?"

"We passed by for a walk and saw this little brother hunting birds, so we decided to take a look."

"Dad! They scared my birds away! You want them to pay!"

"You bastard, what is your bird! Did you catch it?" After speaking, he slapped Erhu on the head.

Children don't know, how could adults not know, judging from the clothes of these two people, maybe they are the children of some high-ranking official, who got tired of staying in the city and went to the countryside to play.How dare such a person offend him, otherwise his family will be ruined!
After the beating, Erhu hurriedly opened the door for the two of them, apologizing as he invited them in.

"You two gentlemen, children are not sensible. Don't mind."

Zhu Youjian shook his head with a smile, took out a handful of plum candy from the space, and said to Erhu:

"I scared your bird away, can I compensate you for these candies?"

When he got closer, he realized that Erhu was wearing a pair of ripped cotton shoes that were obviously much larger, and the cotton jacket on his body was also made of pudding.

Erhu looked at Zhu Youjian's never-before-seen words Mei Tang, with a longing expression, looked at his father, and said nothing.

Before Erhu's father could speak, Zhu Youjian stuffed the candy into his hand.His father stood at the side helplessly, and kept saying:
How does this make it.

"I see smoke coming from your chimney. Are you cooking? Can we have a meal at your house?"

Erhu's father was embarrassed when he heard Zhu Youjian's words, but he still welcomed them into the house.

As soon as he entered the room, his vision suddenly dimmed.There was only a dilapidated table, a few stools in the main room, a teapot and some dilapidated teacups on the table.

Erhu's father wiped the stool with his sleeve, and beckoned them to sit down. He wanted to pour some water for them, but he thought of his dilapidated teapot, so he stood aside without moving or sitting down. In his consciousness, he is not qualified to sit at the same table with such a big man, even if this is his home.

Under Zhu Youjian's strong request, he still sat down, but seemed very reserved.After some conversation, Zhu Youjian learned that Erhu's father was Zhang Dahai, that the one in Westinghouse was his wife Zhang Wang who was cooking, and that the one who had just caught birds was his son Zhang Erhu.

"I also have an older sister! I wore her shoes!" Zhang Erhu added loudly when he heard that Zhang Dahai didn't introduce his older sister.

Zhang Dahai glared at him, scaring him so much that he shrank his neck and ran into the house.Zhang Dahai deliberately ignored the fact that he had a daughter, after all, he was very wary of their visit.

Zhu Youjian smiled and changed the subject.

"Are you a tenant of Huangzhuang?"

"Yes. The villain has planted ten acres of land."

"Is the rent high?"

"not tall."

"That's okay, at least you can have enough food."

Zhang Dahai forced a smile, Zhu Youjian felt a little puzzled when he saw this, could there be something hidden?

"I heard that His Majesty distributed seeds and columbians for farming to everyone a few years ago?"

"Yes." Zhang Dahai's eyes seemed to light up when he heard Zhu Youjian talk about growing seeds. "That kind of seed is so good. I have never seen such plump seeds! The tenants are a little reluctant to plant them. Moreover, this kind of seed is particularly cold-resistant. Even with so much snow this winter, it is still growing vigorously and green. Everyone is very happy. ! Looking forward to a good harvest this year. And the columbine, the two tigers can pull it away, even the oxen is not needed. I just don’t know if the rent will increase since His Majesty has given us so many things."

After listening to Zhang Dahai's words, Zhu Youjian still has a sense of accomplishment.Even Wang Chengen beside him had a smile on his face.

At this moment, Mrs. Zhang Wang, who was cooking in the Westinghouse, called Zhang Dahai out. After muttering for a while, Zhang Dahai walked out of the courtyard gate and came back with a chicken in his hand.Seeing this, Zhu Youjian hurried out.

"What are you doing?"

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Zhang Dahai's dark and vicissitudes face.

"There is really nothing at home to entertain you two. I borrowed a chicken from a neighbor's house."

Zhu Youjian was silent.

Zhang Erhu also ran out at this time, shouting excitedly:

"Oh!! Eat chicken!"

At this moment, a fierce voice came from my ear!

"Zhang Dahai, is life good? Have you eaten chicken?"

(End of this chapter)