Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 6
After finishing speaking, he put down the bucket and was about to sweep the floor with the broom. His good intentions were taken as a donkey's liver and lungs. Wang Tong was a little angry. Why did someone who worked as a servant for someone else's family have such a temper? He walked up to him and stretched out his hand and said:
"Help me with good intentions, why is there so much nonsense, give me the broom, or pretend we didn't say that!"

Wang Tong was full of anger during the call, and he just stretched out his hand. The old man looked at Wang Tong a few times, and found that Jin Yiwei was tall and strong, but his face was full of childishness. He was only a half-grown child. Handed it to him.

A 13-year-old person, no matter how strong he is, is just a baby face, which is also Wang Tong's helplessness.

After taking the tool, Wang Tong swept it skillfully. Father and son depend on each other for life. He has been doing this housework since he was a child, which is not considered modern experience.

"Old man, you are so old, let the young people do these heavy tasks... it is not easy for you..."

It was just dawn and the street was very quiet. Wang Tong was in a rare relaxed mood. He was talking gossip while he was doing it.

After sweeping this side, the old servant took the broom and nodded, without thanking him, went straight in and closed the door again.

At any rate, it was his kindness to help, why did he give such treatment, Wang Tong almost scolded, but he held back, after all, this is in front of a hundred households, people may have a weird temper when they are old, besides, the help is not just for him to say thank you .

When he came yesterday, he was taken to the West City Experience Department. When he came early today, Wang Tong realized that he had come too early. After sweeping the floor, he actually stood for more than half an hour before the first one came.

The sun has risen, and the front of Tianbaihu's gate is bustling with people gradually gathering. Although everyone is wearing flying fish suits, carrying embroidered spring knives, and soldiers, they are not disciplined at all. Talking and laughing, saying that the parents are short-lived and romantic, if you close your eyes, you may regard this place as a market.

Wang Tong stood silently in the corner. Since childhood, his father rarely let his family and colleagues deal with each other. Among these people, apart from Zhang Shiqiang who stood beside him, two of them had also been to Macau. They were old acquaintances, but seeing Wang Tong After that, their expressions were all indifferent, without any intention of saying hello.

At the beginning, some people stared at Wang Tong and discussed a few words, but later everyone ignored the newcomer and chatted and laughed on their own.

When the crowd was almost assembled, General Banner Liu Xinyong also arrived on horseback, and the burly man followed.

The status is different, so the treatment they receive is completely different. When Liu Xinyong appeared, most of the Jinyiwei who arrived greeted him loudly with smiles on their faces, and Liu Xinyong, the general banner, also nodded with a smile on his face, showing a high prestige.

No matter how the leader treats you, as a subordinate, you always have to smile at him. Wang Tong, who has flourished in the modern workplace, naturally understands this truth.

But let him smile and flatter a boss who wanted to seize the family property when his father died, and even took away his place of residence...

Wang Tong raised his head, there was no smile on his face, he looked coldly, but he happened to meet Liu Xinyong, the smile on Liu Xinyong's face froze at this moment.

Wang Tong lowered his head, Liu Xinyong put a smile on his face again, and continued to nod to others.

There are 50 people in charge of the banner, and they are Baihu's deputy. Liu Xinyong came here at the right time. After he finished greeting him, the gate of Tian Baihu's house opened with a creak, and Baihu Tian Ronghao came out.

The noisy front of the door was immediately quiet. Liu Xinyong got off his horse early, bowed in salute and said:

"See Lord Baihu, Lord Baihu is well."

Tian Ronghao stood in front of the door and glanced at his subordinates, his eyes inadvertently stopped for a short time on Wang Tong in the corner, and then he raised his voice and said:

"The emperor's kindness is great, everyone should stick to their duties and work diligently."

"promise!!"

"Is there something going on yesterday?"

"nothing!"

"Everything is business as usual today!"

"Follow the orders of the adults!"

This was a routine ceremony, Wang Tong mechanically followed the crowd to answer, and with a few simple words, Tian Baihu's personal attendants brought him a horse, and Tian Baihu rode away.

As soon as Shangfeng left, the crowd became noisy again, surrounded by Liu Xinyong, who was at the highest position at this time, chatting and laughing in favor, and dispersed after a while.

It is said that they are on duty, and most likely they are just hanging out and having fun. As for the ones staying behind, only Wang Tong and Zhang Shiqiang are left behind. "Isn't this a refrigerator?" Wang Tong muttered, but Zhang Shiqiang was confused.

The two of them walked silently to a small single-family house. The house looked like a folk house from the outside, but when they walked in, they found that the layout was a little different. Half-old weapons, there is a square table and a few wooden benches in the main hall.

Wang Tong remembered that he followed his father to a similar place before. This is where the hundreds of households under Jinyiwei work.

Staying on standby, there is nothing to do at all, and Zhang Shiqiang is a bored gourd, the two of them stared at each other, having nothing to say, it was really boring.

Although I still have hundreds of taels of silver in my family, I don't have to worry about life, but if I stay here and don't have much contact with the outside world, I'm afraid that if I stay here, there will never be any changes. I'm here, and when the time comes to find something wrong, even if you are not allowed to leave, you have to take the initiative to leave.

Wang Tong thought so in his heart, but he didn't show it, and even took the initiative to help Zhang Shiqiang clean up the yard.

Fortunately, it was time for lunch soon, and it was natural to save money when going back to eat. The two went back to their respective houses, and when they walked out of the small house, Wang Tong let out a sigh of relief, it was really boring inside.

This place is not far from his house, walk out of the alley, onto the street full of shops, walk east along the street and you can go home.

The weather was cold, but the sun was shining at noon, and there were quite a few people on the street. Wang Tong felt a lot more comfortable walking among them. It was really lonely and deserted in the morning.

In modern times, Wang Tong came to Beijing many times for various reasons. He naturally knew how amazing the housing prices in this area near the Forbidden City, that is, the area around the Forbidden City.

It was completely different during the Wanli period, not to mention that the scale of the Forbidden City was much larger than in modern times, and the real estate near the imperial city was not that valuable.

For example, Wang Tong's house had two entrances. Standing in the courtyard, one could see the towering imperial city wall behind. Of course, there was still some distance from the root of the city wall, but it was only a few rows of houses away.

Of course, there is still an open space between the residential area and the city wall, which is often patrolled by soldiers, and the east, west, and north sides are protected by moats, but this side does not.

Wang Tong’s house could not even be sold at a price if it weren’t for the fact that there were many shops on the adjacent street. First, the palace wall was too high to block the sun, and second, soldiers and horses often passed by, making it too noisy at night.

If this place were placed in modern times, it wouldn't be sold at a sky-high price. You can see such a brand-new Forbidden City every day. Wang Tong thought wildly while walking, and his depressed mood improved a lot.

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