back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 874 Profiteering
When Lu Xiu and Lu Wei knew that Lu Chengqi was going to take them out of the palace for fun, they almost jumped three feet high.

In fact, all children are the same, they all long for their parents to play with them.It's just that Lu Chengqi is busy with government affairs on weekdays, how can he have time to accompany them crazy?Not to mention going out to play in the palace, these are all "dragon sons and grandsons", and if one is injured, someone will be killed.

But this time it was different, it was the emperor's will, even Wang Yanchen, the head of the imperial guards, did not dare to neglect, even if Lu Chengqi refused to allow them to be personal guards, but they still organized their hands to hang from a distance, in case there was a mistake.

Lu Chengqi and Han Feng'er, together with Lu Xiu and Lu Wei who were alive and kicking, had faint smiles on their lips.Only Lu Houxu, as the eldest brother, is as calm as a little adult.It's not that he's unhappy, or that he doesn't like dancing, it's just that he has a kind of reserve that he can't let go of.

A group of five people changed into ordinary people's clothes, went from Gongchen Gate to Yanfu Palace, and then from the side entrance of Yanfu Palace to Chang'an Avenue.But Wang Yanchen and a few casually dressed imperial guards hung behind him quietly, sneaking into the Yanfu Palace, protecting the five people from a distance.

Maybe children can't feel it, but as soon as Lu Chengqi came out of the side door of Yanfu Palace, he felt the breath of the stock market blowing towards his face, which seemed to contain infinite vitality.

That's the beauty of the market.

Even if a person who wants to commit suicide goes to the vegetable market and sees the scene of people coming and going, his desire to commit suicide will become extremely weak.

After staying in the palace for a long time, I feel that such a lively scene is extremely rare.Separated by a wall, the outside is a noisy market, and the inside is a quiet palace.Lu Chengqi couldn't help being a little envious of these ordinary people, their faces were all filled with happy smiles.

Cang Lin knows the etiquette in reality, and knows honor and disgrace when she has enough food and clothing.

Only during the Taiping period, the common people would have such appearances, right?
Before Lu Chengqi could feel anything, he was interrupted by Lu Xiu's voice: "Daddy, I want to buy this!"

It turned out that there was a street outside the side gate of Yanfu Palace, and Dashun's laws didn't stipulate that stalls were not allowed anywhere, and there was no urban management to chase them away.If later generations dared to set up a stall in front of the government compound, it would really be the longevity man who hanged himself—it would be a long life.But Dashun was different. Not only was there no one outside Yanfu Palace, even the officials acquiesced in allowing them to make a living here, as long as they paid taxes on time.

What Lu Xiu wants to buy is a sugar figurine, which is made of boiled sucrose or maltose in various shapes, including figures, animals, flowers and plants.At this time, sugar figurines were just emerging, and they were mostly flat shapes. They were also called thick candied haws, blowing sugar mapo, swinging thick sugar, sugar Yi Niang, sugar official, sugar pagoda, sugar turtle and so on.

In front of the candy figurine stall, many drooling children had already gathered. They took the two cents given by the adults and exchanged it for a sugar figurine. They took a sip carefully, and it was really sweet to the heart.

No matter young or old, everyone has a pursuit of sweetness, only a few people don't like sugar.

"Go buy it!"

Lu Chengqi looked at Lu Xiu's lovely face lovingly, smiled and took out a few pennies and put them in her hands.

"Your older brother and younger brother both want it, what can you buy for them?"

Han Feng'er also said to Lu Xiu with a smile.

"it is good!"

Lu Xiu jumped to the candy figurine booth, and said in a childish voice, "Uncle, how long do we have to wait?"

At one end of the burden is a small cabinet, the size of a bedside table, with a rectangular wooden frame nailed on both sides, and a short rope is tied to the copper ring in the middle of the frame, which is used to wear the pole.There is a drawer under the burden, and when it is pulled out, it is a marble slab, which is used to draw sugar figurines.There is a hole in the upper right corner of the cabinet for inserting grass handles, and sugar figurines, whether blowing or drawing, can be inserted in it.The other end of the load looks similar, but there is no panel, just a small charcoal stove supporting a copper pot, in which syrup is boiled, and there are several drawers below for raw materials, tools, bamboo sticks and charcoal.

Before this burden, many sugar figurines have been drawn, including gourds, big roosters, Guan Gong, monkeys and so on.

"Little lady, if you specify something, you have to make it now. If you don't specify, what do you like here?"

The stall is owned by a young man who looks to be only 24 or 20 years old.But the appearance of the ancients generally looks older, and it may not be uncommon for them to be only [-] years old.

"I like flowers, please draw me a plum blossom! By the way, my younger brother likes paper kites, and my older brother likes being a great general..."

Hearing Lu Xiu's milky voice, the little brother said cheerfully, "Okay!"

I saw this little brother skillfully opened the drawer and took out the marble slab.First use linoleum to rub lightly on the marble board, scoop a little syrup on a small copper spoon, and the syrup will flow out slowly with a slight tilt, and then lift your hand up to form a sugar line. Flying up and down, left and right with the wrist, a lifelike plum blossom appeared on the marble slab. After it cooled down, put two dots on the sugar figurine, stick the bamboo stick upwards, and pick it up again. Put it on the grass handle and you're done.

Paper kites are a little more troublesome, but it's not a big deal.The most difficult thing is the "General". This little brother has also seen General Dashun's attire. He immersed himself in the drawing and outlined the armor, cloak, iron helmet and spear.Seeing it, Lu Chengqi was amazed: "Good!"

After the sugar figurines cooled down, the younger brother handed them to Lu Xiu with a smile, and took ten cents.After all, it is freshly made, so it is more expensive.

Lu Xiu gave the other two to Lu Houxu and Lu Wei, but she was reluctant to take a bite.It's really funny to look at the pitiful appearance of Lu Wei and Lu Houxu eating happily.

"Xiu'er, if you don't eat it, it will melt!" Han Feng'er teased Lu Xiu.

"Mom, I can't bear to..."

"Eat it, buy it if it tastes good!"

"Really?" Lu Xiu's eyes lit up, and she asked hastily.

"How can there be a fake? Dad is here!"

Lu Xiu got the promise, so she took a sip with satisfaction. The aroma of sucrose and maltose lingered on the tip of her tongue, and her small face showed an extremely satisfied expression.

Lu Chengqi took her hand, and the group of five continued to walk forward.

After walking two streets, Lu Wei and Lu Houxu licked up all the sugar figurines in their hands, except for a bamboo stick.Sensibly, they didn't litter, but found a rubbish room made of bricks and stones, and threw them in.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the rice market over there.

"...you profiteer, the rice you sold to me was actually mixed with sand and empty chaff!"

"Who said that, is there evidence?"

"Do you dare to open the granary and let me go in and have a look?"

"Joke, the granary is so important, how can you let an outsider in? If you throw sand into my granary, wouldn't I be wronged?"

"Profitable merchant, you have ghosts in your heart!"

"Presumptuous, do you know who my boss is? My boss is Cai Jing, the envoy of Jiang, Huai, Jing, and Zhejiang, but you insulted me at will? You hurry up, or if you don't leave, I will drag you to the official!"

(End of this chapter)