Borrow the day to change the day

() After leaving the capital, Archie became active, and from time to time he lifted the curtains on the side of the carriage to look at the surrounding scenery.It's a pity that it's a big winter, and there is nothing but bare wilderness.

Zhong Jinwei originally brought a little fear of his son-in-law seeing his mother-in-law, but when he walked out into the wilderness and was blown by the cold wind, he forgot, and started chatting with Gu Baichuan about the scenery of the northern country.

After walking for a while, suddenly the sound of the horse's hooves no longer had the solid sound of "slap-pat-pat".Zhong Jinwei looked down and found that the road paved with bluestone slabs ended at his feet, and the road ahead was a road of solid soil.

Seeing Zhong Jinwei pay attention to the situation under his feet, Gu Baichuan introduced with a smile: "My lord, there are dirt roads ahead. If it rains in winter and summer, it will be very difficult to walk."

"It's all muddy?" Zhong Jinwei said smoothly.

"Exactly, if there is a large cart with a heavy load, it takes several people to push it. Therefore, when merchants are outside, they generally prefer to take the boat."

When Gu Baichuan said this, he paused for a while, and sighed: "There is little rain in these years. Although the road is easy to walk a lot, the people's crops have suffered."

Zhong Jinwei glanced at the guy from the East Factory, not expecting him to sigh like this.So, I asked, "Do you care about this too?"

Gu Baichuan looked at Zhong Jinwei, and explained: "The people in our East Factory are all sent by Jinyiwei, and the selection of Jinyiwei must be from a good family. Moreover, our East Factory will also care about the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt, as long as it affects the livelihood of the court Yes, everyone will care."

"Oh." Zhong Jinwei responded, thinking at the same time, it's no wonder that Gu Baichuan's belt badge is Dongchang Jinyiwei, so that's why.

However, the soldiers of the East Factory were all from Jinyiwei, which seemed to be in conflict with the proposal he had made with Emperor Chongzhen to equalize the power of the factory guards, and looking back, he had to talk to the emperor.

After thinking of this, he turned his attention to the road on the ground.If this road becomes muddy, it will be inconvenient for soldiers and civilians to go out. It would be great if there were cement roads for later generations.

Oh, yes, cement seems to be calcined lime and clay.It's not difficult to make this thing now, but I don't know the ratio.When I return to the capital, I will mention it to the emperor and ask him to send someone to do experiments, and it should be possible to do it.

If you want to get rich, build roads first, this common saying suddenly appeared in Zhong Jinwei's mind.Zhong Jinwei wondered whether it is possible to link road construction with disaster relief, or expand it one step further to link the disasters in Shanxi and Shaanxi. Would it be possible to solve or alleviate the peasant uprising?

Zhong Jinwei let the horse lead him and swayed on the road, while lowering his head to think about this question.

Seeing Zhong Jinwei like this, Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng knew that he was thinking about something, so they didn't dare to talk to him, so as not to disturb him.

Zhong Jinwei thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't get around the money and food, so he had no choice but to let go of this idea for the time being.Right now, the most important thing is not the peasant uprising or anything like that, first drive out Jianlu.

Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei raised his head and took a deep breath, then shouted loudly: "It's so cool."

As soon as the head was cold, he immediately became sober.Zhong Jinwei regained his senses, turned his head to see Wang Peng, and suddenly asked: "Wang Peng, your kung fu is the best. How many people can you deal with? Can you do light work? How high can you jump? Can you be the best among millions of troops?" will be the leader?"

A series of questions were asked so that Wang Peng didn't know which sentence to answer.After finally waiting for Zhong Jinwei to finish asking, he replied: "Young master, low-ranking kung fu is mainly about fighting alone. For ordinary strong men, as long as they strike hard enough, a pair of more than a dozen is fine. As for the million-dollar army you said Take the head of the general."

Speaking of this, Wang Peng smiled wryly, and then said: "I'm afraid it only exists in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I heard about it from the low-ranking scholar."

Gu Baichuan on the other side also smiled and said: "Young master, if you really want to have this skill, the emperor doesn't need to send troops, just let Wang Peng take the head of Jianlu Huang Taiji from among the millions of troops."

Several people laughed "haha" when they heard this.After laughing, Zhong Jinwei was also very interested in the market culture in the late Ming Dynasty, and asked, "Apart from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", what do you listen to on weekdays?"

When Wang Peng heard it, he immediately replied: "There are also "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West". These are the most popular, and any storyteller can tell them."

Unexpectedly, Gu Baichuan added in a low voice beside him: "This is not what he likes to hear the most."

Zhong Jinwei was very gossip: "What is it?"

""Jin Ping Mei"!" Gu Baichuan may be afraid that Archie in the car will hear it, so he lowered his voice and answered Zhong Jinwei.

It doesn't matter to the old men, they laughed tacitly together.

Zhong Jinwei laughed, and a thought flashed in his mind: Maybe in later generations, the reason why these works are so famous is probably because of the effective promotion during the Ming Dynasty.Under the majesty of the Manchu literary inquisition, it is impossible to have such a wide spread.

After laughing, Wang Peng asked curiously, "My lord, do you know all this?"

"What's the matter? I also know that the military book used by the Jianlu Tartars is still "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

Gu Baichuan's heart skipped a beat, he knew all of this, could it be that the young master has something to do with Jianlu?At that moment, he cautiously probed and said: "Young master is very knowledgeable, you even know the military books read by the Tartars."

As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard it, he realized that he had leaked his words, and explained immediately: "Oh, this is what Wang Chengen and Wang Gonggong said. I don't know."

Wang Chengen knew that he was from a later generation, so he obviously wouldn't doubt that he had anything to do with Jianlu on this issue.

Zhong Jinwei clearly said that too many things that are easy to bring out in future generations are also troublesome.Just in time, I saw Archie sticking his head out of the car window to look at the scenery outside, so he turned to talk to her: "Archie, why do you keep sticking your head out to look at it, there is nothing to see in this bare place. "

Archie's face turned red from the cold, she smiled and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Young master, I haven't seen the scenery outside for more than ten years, so I want to see more."

Zhong Jinwei chuckled and said, "The emperor betrothed you to me. If you want to see it in the future, you can come out to see it at any time."

Archie shrank into the car at once, but immediately got out and asked, "Master, is it still far from Tongzhou?"

Zhong Jinwei didn't know either, and turned to look at Gu Baichuan.Gu Baichuan hurriedly said: "It's still more than half the distance from Tongzhou. According to this speed, it will be almost dark when we reach Tongzhou."

After hearing Gu Baichuan's words, Archie asked Zhong Jinwei: "My lord, can you speed up a little bit, my family wants to get to Tongzhou quickly." When he spoke later, his voice became a little softer.

But Zhong Jinwei still heard clearly, and also understood Archie's mood of returning home.

I also took the opportunity to practice my riding skills. In ancient times, riding a horse was like driving a car. Without this skill, I couldn't do it.

So, with a sound of "drive", using the key points of riding that Gu Baichuan taught before, lightly tapped the belly of the horse with his toes, and started to trot at a faster speed.

Gu Baichuan motioned for Wang Peng to guard the carriage, and trotted after Zhong Jinwei.He pointed the horse to gallop while running, and Zhong Jinwei needed to use the riding skills.

Learning by doing is the fastest way to learn.After running like this for a while, Zhong Jinwei feels that he has gained a lot, and now he can ride and run freely, although the speed of the horse is not very fast.

Soon, the two of them left the carriage behind.

Zhong Jinwei suddenly saw that there seemed to be a house in front of him, so he greeted Gu Baichuan immediately, then sped up his speed and walked towards the house.

After walking for such a long time, I didn't meet a single pedestrian on the road. This is the first time I saw human traces, so of course I have to go and have a look.

After getting closer, I found that there were several rows of houses in this place, but most of them had been burned down.

Some people used the remaining walls to re-build some sheds among the ruined walls, and sold some boiled steamed buns and the like.

Zhong Jinwei knew it from the scale, it was supposed to be a bustling resting place.Traffic arteries, people come and go, pedestrians on the road rest in these rows of shops, or eat and drink tea, or chat nonsense, coupled with the sounds of mules and horses, and the yelling of waiters, forming a busy and busy scene in the world .

However, now, there are only a few people, resting among the ruined walls, occasionally the sound of mules and horses can be heard.

All of this is the fault of Jianlu!

At the moment, Zhong Jinwei didn't speak, and got off his horse, walked into one of the sheds to rest, and waited for Archie behind him to catch up.