The big man has a living father

Chapter 90: Snowy Chang'an
The carriage cruised along the county street for a while, and what came into view was truly a magnificent sight.

In the past, the neighborhoods were like squares on a piece of chocolate, all surrounded by walls. Now many of the walls have been torn down, and the atmosphere of local life is many times stronger than it was back then.

The only problem is that people of this era are used to big courtyards, so a slightly wealthier family in the neighborhood basically has a courtyard of nearly an acre of land.

This can basically be seen as a square that is 22 meters long and wide.

There is another store next to the 22-meter yard, which is different from the logic of the ground floor shops in later generations. It is more like the Lao Baijing in later generations.

"How can this be possible? The shops must be moved closer together."

High emotional intelligence: The closer the shops are, the closer the distance between people will be.

Low emotional intelligence: Supporting facilities are too expensive, housing prices will be too high in the future, and the era of big houses is gone.

After all, if industrialization is achieved, there is no reason to prevent ordinary people from pursuing a better life.

That's because everyone wants to move to the city, and urbanization is inevitable.

As the urban population increases, the living area for one person must be reduced.

At this time, Huo Hai was sitting in the carriage and quickly calculating how much money a store could make.

Xiang Xu said, "Sir, you said that each of these courtyards is doing business, but we don't know what business they are doing. Although they have demolished the wall, we can still see inside from outside, but it is still inconvenient. Is there any way to let others know what this store does without having to enter the door?"

Huo Hai: "It seems that in addition to being interested in real estate, you are also interested in opening a store?"

Xiang Xu chuckled: "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. A cunning rabbit has three burrows."

Huo Hai: "It's simple. When most people in Chang'an County can read, you can write something on the door and people will naturally know what business you are in."

Xiang Xu complained after hearing this outrageous answer: "Sir, if I could make everyone in Chang'an County learn to read, wouldn't I be a god?"

Huo Hai laughed: "This is why I am a young master."

Xiang Xu probably understood. It seemed that the young master was confident and confident. He said, "Young master, where are we going now?"

Huo Hai: "Go to Imperial College."

Xiang Xu thought he had heard it wrong: "Imperial College? Sir, aren't we going to skip classes? Why go to a place like Imperial College?"

Huo Hai: "Of course I went to the Imperial College to hang out with old man Sima."

As the carriage moved forward, Huo Hai saw snowflakes falling outside the window.

Xiang Xu drove the car and said, "Sir, it's snowing!"

"Oh, I really want to recite a poem!"

In recent times, writing poetry has become a common hobby of all scholars, and the dispute between the North and the South has become increasingly fierce.

Of course, this was purely a situation artificially created by Huo Hai and Sima Xiangru.

Xiang Xu was also one of the scholars. He also wrote several poems and asked Huo Hai to evaluate them.

Huo Hai looked ahead and saw even more chimneys in Chang'an City.

I don’t know how the new stoves and kangs are being promoted.

The cold wave moved south again.

……

Huohai Courtyard.

Huangfu Hua walked around left and right with the bowl in his hand, and the two little guys with white and purple hair ran around under his feet.

Huangfu Hua: "Little ancestor, drink it quickly. It's snowing and the goat milk will get cold soon."

Looking at the snowflakes, Huangfu Hua held the goat's milk in one hand and placed the other hand on the sword at his waist. At first glance, the world seemed desolate.

……

Princess House.

Maid Bu Qiang looked at the sky, a little scared: "It's snowing, Princess!"

Princess Wei Chang glanced at the sky and continued to count the accounts with her head down: "Oh."

Bu Qiang: "Princess, why did you name me Bu Qiang?"

"Huo Hai named you this." Princess Wei Chang: "He heard that my former maid was named Xiaomi, so he insisted on naming you Bu Qiang. But it's quite suitable. You are Qiang, and Bu is a Han surname. From now on, you will have the surname Bu, which means you have entered the world of the Han people."

Although little Bu Qiang was only thirteen or fourteen years old, she looked like a Han Chinese girl of eleven or twelve. She looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and said worriedly, "I heard that your maid Xiaomi froze to death last year. I won't be frozen to death too, will I?"

Princess Wei Chang pointed to the box next to her and said, "The things in there are for you."

Bu Qiang opened the box and pulled out a sweater.

Princess Wei Chang: "I won't be afraid of the cold if I wear a woolen coat."

Princess Wei opened the collar of her coat to reveal the sweater underneath and said, "I'm wearing it too."

Bu Qiang knew that his life was safe and was delighted: "Thank you, Princess, for the reward!"

Princess Wei Chang continued to calculate. Bu Qiang said, "Your Highness, are you still calculating taxes? Isn't it said that because there are more laborers in Chang'an, the consumption of salt has increased dramatically? The money must be more than before."

Princess Wei Chang: "A million dollars can save a thousand people, ten million dollars can save ten thousand people, and more and more money can save tens of millions of people."

Princess Wei Chang moved the beads aside. She had already finished her calculations. "Recently, bacon has become popular. Salt consumption is increasing, and the price of salt has risen. The salt supply in the east is insufficient. We need to find a new salt production site, preferably one that is closer, or...find a new way to increase salt production."

The thirteen or fourteen-year-old Bu Qiang only knew that he had always heard that Master Huo was very powerful. This was also invented by Master Huo, and that was also invented by Master Huo. "Why not ask Master Huo?"

……

Huo Mansion.

After such a long time, Huo Guang, who had finally successfully completed the required courses for being an emperor's secretary, had his first bath in his official career.

Since there was no one in the General of Cavalry's mansion, Huo Guang also returned to the Huo Mansion.

Looking at the snowflakes all over the sky, Huo Guang stared at the corridor in a daze.

A skinny little girl in linen clothes ran over chasing two badgers.

She was the refugee that Huo Hai picked up that day. Unlike the other refugees, all her family members had died, so Huo Hai simply kept her in his house and did not let her go to the ranch.

The little girl chased the badger: "Catch it, catch it!"

Huo Guang was at a loss as to what to do. He didn't know whether to step to the left to stop the badger on the left, or to reach out to the right to prevent the badger on the right from sneaking out of the corridor fence.

Huo Guang chose to step out with his right leg and stretch out his left hand.

He couldn't stop either of the two badgers, one on the left and one on the right, one high and one low.

Huo Guang was at a loss for the first time in his life. While he was stunned, the little girl had already run past him: "How stupid."

Huo Guang turned around and lifted the front of his official uniform: "I'll help you catch it."

Two badgers, a boy and a girl, scurried out into the snowy meadow.

Leaving four lines of footprints.

...Outside the city of Chang'an, the caravan from the Western Regions stopped outside the mausoleum.

Everyone looked at the snow in the sky.

"Can the snow from the snowy mountains land on the plains?"

There was a group of acrobats and magicians in the team. Among them was a man with yellow skin, black eyes and black hair, but he looked different from the big man and didn't fit in.

"What a huge city! Is this Chang'an?! We must get the emperor of the Han Dynasty to send people to Alexandria. Apart from the Han Dynasty, no one can fight against Rome. Carthage has been destroyed. Without the Han Dynasty, Egypt will be destroyed in less than a hundred years! (They call themselves Kumat. For the sake of convenience, we will just write names that everyone can understand. The country names and foreign place names in the following text will be written in this way)"

He didn't even know whether his country still existed at this time. It was just that when Carthage was destroyed many years ago, he received an order to go to the ancient and mysterious East to find a group of people who were said to look very similar to the Egyptians.

More than ten years have passed and I finally found it.

If the wheel of history had not changed, then next year Liu Che would have sent a team to look for Li Xuan (the Han Dynasty called Egypt Li Xuan, and we still use historical terms to refer to the other side in Chinese).

This is just like Liu Che sending people to search for Shentu and the fairy island on the sea. It is just an ordinary attempt.

No matter the number of people in the team or the frequency, it would be impossible to successfully reach such a distant place.

But the wheel of history has taken a detour.

……

The carriage stopped outside the Imperial College.

The heavy snow has covered the roof of the car.

Huo Hai stood on the front bar of the carriage, put his hands on his hips, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, you old thief Sima, take out your pen and come out to fight, come out and get beaten!"

As he was acting arrogantly, he took a step and fell off the front bar of the carriage.

Many people in the Imperial Academy were still whispering when they saw Huo Hai coming. When they saw Huo Hai had overturned, they rushed over and shouted, "Second Young Master, Second Young Master!"

Huo Hai didn't fall, but he didn't pretend to be cool well.

Standing on the ground, he said loudly: "Where is Sima Xiangru? It's snowing heavily today. Come out and compete in poetry! Let's see whether the plum blossom or the snow is better!"

Many of the doctoral students at the Imperial Academy were so excited that they were numb: "Here they come, here they come to provoke us, we've finally gotten what we've been waiting for!"

Inside the Imperial College, Sima Xiangru walked out while saying "Ahqiu, Aqiu".

He looked bloated and it seemed that he was probably wearing two or three sweaters.

Huo Hai suddenly remembered that the video said Sima Xiangru passed away less than two years after Zhuo Wenjun passed away. Could it be that it was not long ago?
Huo Hai walked around and looked at Sima Xiangru: "Oh, are you sick from the cold?"

Sima Xiangru could not stand steadily, so he stepped aside and supported himself on the door frame with his hands: "Wait, little thief Huo. I will compete with you in poetry after I get better. Poetry~ah~ah!ah..."

Huo Hai probably already thought of it. Sima Xiangru's health was not good at the moment. If he caught a cold frequently, every time he got sick, his body would be exhausted. Every time he got sick, he would lose a lot of weight. When he became very thin, his life would naturally come to an end.

If cross-infection continues to occur, people will not be able to survive the winter and will naturally die.

Huo Hai suddenly looked at Xiang Xu: "Xiang Xu, His Majesty asked me to be in charge of Chang'an County. Does this Imperial College belong to the territory of Chang'an County?"

Xiang Xu was stunned for a moment and then began to think: "Your Majesty said that the area north of the city gate and west of the highway is Chang'an County. If that's the case, then the Imperial College should also be part of Chang'an County."

It’s just that the Imperial College is located next to the north city wall.

Huo Hai clapped his hands: "How ridiculous! Damn it! Chang'an County is a good place now, but you guys in the Imperial College don't follow my rules, right?"

No one knew why Huo Hai suddenly had such a strong opinion about Imperial College.

Huo Hai looked around and said, "This place is too lax. Without rules, there will be no order. Everyone here is educated and knowledgeable. If no one follows the rules, how can this lieutenant manage Chang'an County?"

"Xiang Xu, you should hang a black flag over them, and call two lieutenants from the army to implement militarized management of the Imperial College. Simply conduct a military training, and make sure that the training is carried out in accordance with the rules. Also, the sanitation and environment must be strictly enforced, and the enforcement must be stricter than in the county."

"By the way, ask Yi Shuo to treat Sima Gong."

"He's already a sickly person, so I won't bully him anymore."

Xiang Xu bowed and said, "Yes, sir!"

A group of doctoral students from the Imperial College came out to eat melons, but they didn't expect that the melon would fall on their heads.

Everyone was confused.

At this time, Lu Bushu ran out and said, "Second Lieutenant Huo, are you overstepping your authority? This is the Imperial Academy!"

Huo Hai: "Master Lu, do you have any objections?"

Lu Bushu shouted, "Yes! The lieutenant is only an official with a salary of 1,000 dan, so I'm afraid he can't manage the Imperial College! What level of government office is Chang'an County, and it wants to manage the Imperial College?!"

Louder than the sound, right? Huo Hai was even louder, with his hands on his mouth like a loud speaker: "You asked me what rank the Chang'an lieutenant is? Now I'm telling you, the things that Jingzhao Yin dare not manage, we Chang'an County Government manage. The people that Jingzhao Yin dare not arrest, we Chang'an County Government arrest. In a word, we manage what Jingzhao Yin can manage, and we manage what Jingzhao Yin cannot manage even more. Different from the court, the imperial power has granted! This is Chang'an County, is it clear enough!"

There was no Jingzhao Yin before, but after Chang'an became a county for Wannian, Emperor Liu Che soon established the position of Jingzhao Yin, and Jingzhao Yin was led by Ji An, the former Youfufeng.

Huo Hai was making a joke here, but how could Lu Bushu understand? Seeing Huo Hai so determined, he immediately had a bad feeling.

Is Huo Hai going to take action against Imperial College?
Previously, there were a total of fifty doctoral students in the Imperial Academy, and they were managed by Lu Bushu and other doctors of the Five Classics.

But not long ago, the imperial court began to recruit Confucian scholars from all over the country to join the Imperial College.

It can almost be said that all the seeded players who were originally going to be selected as filial and honest people were brought to Chang'an.

The number of people attending the Imperial Academy suddenly increased.

The power structure of the Imperial College had also changed. These students would not listen to Lu Bushu at all because they were there to compile the scriptures.

Gongsun Hong's son Gongsun Du was recruited to become a Doctor of Vernacular Chinese and was in charge of compiling the scriptures.

Gongsun Du controlled all the Confucian scholars with just one sentence, 'Your Majesty has said that those who have made contributions by compiling classics will have the opportunity to become officials.'

Even this verbal promise is not reliable. Not 100%, not even 10%. It's just that there is a chance to become an official. It depends on whether you do it or not.

Who doesn't want a job? Even if it's only 1%, you have to work.

So, the Imperial Academy, which had existed for many years, was suddenly managed by Gongsun Du during this month.

Although Sima Xiangru did not take care of things, he was a good writer and was famous, and was respected by almost all the doctoral students from other places.

Therefore, Lu Bushu, the former head of the Imperial College, felt that his position had been taken over by someone else.

And now, Huo Hai is also going to get involved? Lu Bushu even feels that Gong Yangxue is going to be kicked out!
Seeing this situation, Lu Bushu went out without saying a word.

Originally, he was planning to look for Shi Qing when he went out, but after walking a few steps towards Wannian County, Lu Bushu stopped.

Although Lu Bushu couldn't understand the recent situation in Wannian County, he could see that many of the people working there did not seem to be from Gongyang School.

After stopping, Lu Bushu turned around and headed towards Kong Anguo's mansion.

Half an hour later.

Huo Hai saw Sima Xiangru went back to his room to rest, so he prepared to go home.

As soon as I went out, I saw a eunuch just dismounted from his horse.

Seeing Huo Hai, the eunuch bowed and said, "Lord Huo, you are here too. That's just in time. Please go to Jianzhang Palace. There will be a drama and dance performance. His Majesty invites all the ministers to watch it."

(End of this chapter)