Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 16 The Scenery of the Song Dynasty

The time was probably around eight or nine o'clock in the morning.

At this time in the Song Dynasty, the morning rush hour had long passed, and it was also a holiday, so there didn't seem to be many people on the streets.

There may be some stone roads on this side of the imperial city, but once you leave the imperial city, slowly, all you can see are almost all dirt roads.

The imperial city of the Song Dynasty is undoubtedly majestic.

And because of the existence of the moat, it has an indescribable beauty.

Zhao Xin stared at the moat. It was obviously quite steep, so how could it be breached so easily by the Jin Kingdom?

Moreover, they were humiliated by others. Even the emperor and empress had to perform the sheep-leading ceremony for them.

Although Zhao Xin had not read much of Song Dynasty history, perhaps these humiliating scenes were too famous.

So that...

He actually remembered that the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty seemed to have been conquered by the Jin people.

Why did he say "seemed"? Because he was actually not quite sure whether it was a Jin man.

But this golden man appeared in my mind so naturally.

After leaving the imperial city, we slowly reached the suburbs, and then re-entered the city.

It seemed that they left the city from the back garden, made a big circle, and then returned to the city.

To be honest, the view from the back garden is also extremely beautiful.

With all kinds of pavilions, towers and waterside pavilions, it is understandable why so many people want to be emperor.

Because once you become the emperor, all these things will be yours.

After returning to the city, the daily life of the people of the Northern Song Dynasty gradually began to unfold before Zhao Xin's eyes.

Sitting on Xiaodie's thighs, Zhao Xin was tall enough. He put his little hands on the window of the carriage and looked outside.

As for his teacher, he was naturally leading the way.

The time at this time should still be summer, or to be more precise, it is a transitional period from summer to autumn.

So we can see that many of these ancient people were very open-minded.

There were bare-handed people everywhere, some doing hard labor, some pushing carts, and some selling all kinds of small sundries.

There are also people selling similar dog-skin plasters.

And places like food stores, restaurants, spice shops, and silk shops appeared before his eyes one by one as normal.

Why is it normal!

Because these shops are still within Zhao Xin's imagination.

then……

Some things that were beyond Zhao Xin's imagination were immediately pointed out.

Zhao Xin asked Xiaodie directly: "Xiaodie, what is that for?"

Xiaodie also looked in the direction he pointed, and then said, "That's for people to drink."

Zhao Xin also asked: "Isn't the tavern for people to drink?"

Xiaodie added: "That's right, the tavern is for rich people to drink, this is for poor people to drink, and by the way, you can sit down and take a rest."

Zhao Xin nodded: "So that's it!"

Immediately afterwards...

Zhao Xin pointed at a donkey and asked Xiaodie: "What is this?"

After a while, another camel appeared.

Awesome!
This was something Zhao Xin had never thought about.

There are actually camels in the Song Dynasty?
From time to time, open carriages passed by, transporting mostly goods such as alcoholic beverages. Some were empty, and it was estimated that they didn't know where to load the goods next.

As for pedestrians, there were a lot of people carrying two baskets or bundles.

Some people who didn't have a shoulder pole just carried the things on their backs, while others carried firewood on their shoulders, but they didn't know how much they could get for the firewood.

Maybe it was because it was still early and it was a holiday, so most of the people we could see were ordinary people.

It seems that I hardly see any scholars or anything like that.

Of course! If you want to see a scholar, it is enough to just look at his teacher.

He is still the most top-level scholar.

although……

At present, Zhao Xin has not asked about his teacher's current official position, but he knows that judging from the fabric and color of his teacher's clothes, this guy's official position will definitely not be low.

today……

It was also a good opportunity to go and see how big his teacher's house was and whether it was luxurious.

I don't know how long we walked. Mainly, there are too many people in the city, and it's not suitable to walk too fast. So, when we arrived at his teacher's house, I felt that the sun was burning my butt directly, not just drying it.

The carriage stopped.

Perhaps considering Zhao Xin's status, the Yan Shu family did not welcome him at the door with great fanfare.

Instead, he walked in and closed the door. Then, he greeted Zhao Xin one by one and introduced himself to each other.

"This is my wife."

"My concubine Wang greets Lord Shouguo."

"This is my second son."

Then one, two, three, four, five, six, wow!
This teacher has too many children!
The key is that they are all males!

This shows that there will definitely be a large population in the future.

really!

His teacher is a beast!
Otherwise, why would you write about your neighbor’s female companion?

Zhao Xin now couldn't help but start to suspect that his teacher didn't see the girl from his east neighbor on the street, but saw her by climbing up the wall.

and……

After his teacher introduced his sons, he said, "There is another one, who is still in swaddling clothes and too young to come out to meet you. I hope Lord Shou will not be offended."

Zhao Xin also said: "Teacher, you have so many family members!"

Before this, everyone must have learned some information about Zhao Xin from Yan Shu.

therefore……

It's not surprising at all for a three-year-old kid like Zhao Xin to say such things.

and……

His words were indeed within the range of what a child might say, and were not particularly outstanding.

only……

Facing so many people from the Yan family, Zhao Xin was not at all timid. It should be said that this kind of courage really came from the palace.

When Yan Shu heard Zhao Xin say that he had a large family, he smiled bitterly and said, "Having a large family is not necessarily a good thing. There are so many people and so many mouths to feed. I can't afford it."

This is a bit exaggerated!

Seeing so many people in his family, Zhao Xin unconsciously developed a feeling.

What can I say!

If his teacher were to be demoted by accident and become unemployed, then these people would be in real trouble.

But such thoughts are fleeting.

Zhao Xin then asked his teacher's sons one by one what they knew.

For example, writing, writing poetry, reciting poetry, drawing and so on.

After asking around, I can only say that there is a saying that goes, the son of a top student is not necessarily a top student!
It seems that these sons of my teacher are all quite ordinary.

But maybe it’s because I’m still young.

So I can’t see anything yet.

After taking a look at their calligraphy works and the poems they wrote, Zhao Xin felt that none of them were to his taste. Their conversation was also a bit restrained, even worse than that of a three-year-old child. So he didn't care much.

Continue to stay at your teacher's house and ask: what is it and why.

He even asked about bottles and jars, the kitchen, food, etc.

(End of this chapter)