Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 288
If he really went to the capital, those shops would be a big problem. After discussing with Li Yuanqing, Du Xiaoyu immediately wrote a letter to the old lady, asking for her opinion.

The old lady wrote back quickly, saying that everything was left to them.

Although their Lin family is a family of merchants, they do not have any property in the capital, but in terms of strength, it is not difficult to occupy a place there. There has been no action in this regard.

And Du Xiaoyu is still very young, and it is the time when he is full of vigor. If he can make a living in the capital, it may not be impossible, so he expressed his approval in the letter.

"It seems that several shops are going to be sold." Du Xiaoyu wondered, "Time is a little tight, I'm afraid someone will take advantage of it, so it's hard to sell."

"There's no need to rush to sell all of them. I think it's better to tell my uncle that you can deal with the easy-to-operate shops first." Li Yuanqing suggested.

The old lady gave her a total of five shops, among which she was familiar with jewelry and medicinal materials, but she was not familiar with the other three shops, wood, tea, and antiques, so she decided to deal with the first two shops first.The business of these two shops is very good. For example, the styles of jewelry have been improved, and the medicinal materials are quite comprehensive. For buyers who want to operate these two industries, they are definitely worth the money.

For the other three companies, at present, it seems that it is an appropriate way to leave it to Lin Song to plan slowly.

As for Huang Lishu, even if Zhao Dongzhi didn't say anything, Du Xiaoyu would consider letting him go to the capital together.

Apart from these two things, there is only the farm at home, and the problem of rabbits has to be dealt with. The farmland is relatively easy because it is good farmland. If Zhao Dongzhi doesn't want to take over, it is easy to sell it.As for the rabbits, she thought about it but didn't know who to entrust it to. Now that she was gone, Li Jin had to take care of the silk quilt business, so how could she have time to care about those rabbits?But she was worried about leaving it to other people to raise her completely.

After all, she bred it by herself. In the end, she made a decision to bring those breeding rabbits of several fine breeds to the capital.There are also two white deer, since Li Yuanqing sent her, naturally they have to take them away.

These few days have been extremely busy, and I still have to find time to get together with Huang Xiaoying, Aunt Wu, and the Qin family. After all, I don't know when we will meet again after leaving.

In a blink of an eye, half a month passed, and when the new county magistrate arrived, Li Yuanqing and Du Xiaoyu were ready to leave for the capital.

Watching the row of figures gradually blur until they disappeared, Du Xiaoyu felt as if his heart was being pulled. The place where he grew up and the people he had been with since childhood were really separated like this.

However, life is like this, and there is always a banquet in the world.

It's August at this moment, and the golden osmanthus is fragrant, and the weather is neither cold nor hot. Because Li Yuanqing was promoted, he has a survey issued by the Ministry of War in his hand, and he can go to the post station to stay in a free government-run hotel at every stop, not only eating and drinking, but also free of charge. Before leaving, there will be a gift money.

It was the first time Du Xiaoyu heard of such a thing, but after living with Li Yuanqing a few times, he finally saw another privilege of being an official.

After traveling for a few days, I moved into Hongxi Station this time. Compared with the previous station, this place seems to occupy a larger area. The station guards led me through a vestibule, and I immediately saw a three-entry compound. Walking in, I saw that there were still several sets of courtyards connected, and from a distance, I heard the sound of silk and bamboo floating melodiously from inside.

At the same time, there were also rude teasing laughter mixed in, which was extremely abrupt.

This post station was borrowed by passing officials, Li Yuanqing frowned slightly and asked who was in the post post.

The postman hesitated for a while, then bowed his head and said, "Master Hui, he is the third son of Lord Qingjiang of Dali Temple."

Li Yuanqing immediately raised his brows, but seeing the anxious look of the postman, he didn't say much, and only let him lead the way to a side courtyard.

Because there were a lot of things along the way, Li Qin went with the postman to make arrangements.

The courtyard is very clean, the windows are bright and clean, there are a few plantains planted in the corner of the courtyard, and three or two cannas scattered around, it is very refreshing, and reminds people of the saying, "The streamer is easy to throw people away, the red cherry, the green Banana."

Huang Lishu sat down casually, looked around, and sighed, "It's very comfortable here. No wonder my mother wants me to be an official. This kind of treatment is indeed something ordinary people can't enjoy."

"Then you regret it?" Du Xiaoyu joked, "It's still too late to regret it, it's only five or six days before you go back."

Huang Lishu immediately shook his head like a wave drum, stood up and stretched, "I won't bother you anymore, I'm tired, go and rest for a while." After saying that, he went out.

Only then did Du Xiaoyu ask Li Yuanqing, "We live in the side courtyard this time, what kind of high-ranking official is the third son of the Dali Temple Minister who lives in the main courtyard?" She had noticed that Li Yuanqing had a strange expression when he heard the third son .

"If he can be an official, I'm afraid that the people in the entire capital can become officials." Li Yuanqing sneered, "I just didn't expect that he would come to the post station to misbehave in the name of his father."

"Ah, can he stay in the post if he is not an official?"

"If you don't go with his father, of course you can't." Li Yuanqing said with a helpless expression. Although the regulations of this post station are so, they have long been useless. Judging from the attitude of the postmen, it is clear that this post station is in charge of the capital. Don't dare to control, that's why those three young masters dare to drink and have fun here arrogantly.

Du Xiaoyu tugged at his sleeve, "Don't interfere."

"This is something that Yicheng should report. I'm new here and I haven't taken office yet, so it's not appropriate to startle the snake." He sat down, picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup, and drank it in one gulp.

Du Xiaoyu then turned around and packed up the clothes he was carrying, so he could take a shower and change in a while.

After half an hour, Li Qin came back.

"Master, that Jiang Juye is really arrogant and daring. You don't know, that Yicheng was forced to kneel in the room by him, and he hasn't come out yet. Hey, this bastard is tired of watching it in the capital. Who would have thought it would be here? I can meet you too! It's really bad luck!" Seeing Du Xiaoyu looking over curiously, he hastily explained, "Madam, it's like this, this Jiang Juye is a friend of the second young master, and he used to be a guest at the mansion, yes The young master is extremely disrespectful. Bah, in fact, I am like a piece of shit, I don’t look in the mirror, and dare to poke my nose at anyone!" The second young master he was talking about was Li Yuanyu, the second young master of the Li family.

Only then did Du Xiaoyu know the whole story, no wonder Li Yuanqing had other feelings for him, the two originally had personal grievances.

Li Yuanqing listened for a while, then asked, "Why did Yi Cheng kneel down?"

"Jiang Juye asked him to find a few girls to accompany him, and treated him as a pimp. Where can I find Yicheng? I think Jiang Juye used his own father to scare people, and Yicheng had to kneel down to him because of his lust." Qin pointed in the direction of the main courtyard, "Obviously I have brought several fans, and they are just playing with Yi Cheng."

"If an official kneels down to a commoner, this Yi Cheng is also a good one!" Li Yuanqing sneered and sarcastically said.

Li Qin felt aggrieved for Yi Cheng in a low voice, "He can't afford to offend him, what is a Yi Cheng, he can lose his life with just one sentence from his superiors." He is a servant, so he can naturally feel this kind of humiliation.

Li Yuanqing glanced at him, "Go and find out, where did Jiang Juye come from and where did he go?"

"Yes." Li Qinying stepped back.

Du Xiaoyu didn't know until the next day that the sound of silk and bamboo in the main house didn't stop until the middle of the night. Fortunately, the room she lived in was not bad, and it was far away. I heard that the later officials lived next door. He was so noisy that he couldn't rest, but no one dared to come out and criticize Jiang Juye, so he had to endure the noise and sleep with his head covered.

"Then Jiang Juye is really so big?" She asked on the way back.

Li Yuanqing narrowed his eyes slightly, "His direct sister is the newly appointed noble concubine."

Du Xiaoyu gasped, she had not even arrived in the capital yet, and she heard the title of concubine, the capital is really a place where dragons and tigers are hidden, and she is like grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, she has no understanding of these things.This noble concubine... how high is it?Judging by Li Yuanqing's expression, he probably has at least a fourth rank.

In the following half a month, I still lived in the post station from time to time, except for the time I saw Jiang Juye's domineering behavior, I encountered various incidents one after another.

For example, there are some servants who take chicken feathers as arrows and swagger to the post station to ask for food and drink, some invite friends over, use the post station as a restaurant, and some ask the post office to borrow money for turnover. It is only unexpected and impossible.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty is really not a Qingming government. In the past, he lived in a small Feixian County. Du Xiaoyu only thought that the court was a peaceful and prosperous one, but when he came out to see, there were many disadvantages. , happened frequently, it's no wonder that Li Yuanqing didn't have a good face all the way.

But in fact, it is not necessary to live in an inn. With their financial resources, they can also live in other high-end hotels, but Li Yuanqing is not willing to return, but he still has to live in an inn every time, making Du Xiaoyu dumbfounded. But also understand his thoughts.

He wanted to know more about the station.

In late September, the one-month journey finally came to an end. Du Xiaoyu was so excited when he saw the majestic city gate in front of him, he kept poking his head out of the car window to see it.

"This is Yongding Gate. Let's go in from here in a while." Li Yuanqing pointed to the gate and explained to her.

"Are there still many city gates?" She didn't know much about this knowledge, and only vaguely remembered that there were indeed several city gates in Beijing, but she didn't know what they looked like or what they were used for.

"Of course, there are nine gates in the inner city and seven gates in the outer city. The Xizhi Gate is for water supply vehicles, and the Desheng Gate is the entrance and exit for military vehicles." Li Yuanqing talked eloquently, "Xuanwu Gate is for prison vehicles..."

Listening to his explanation, Du Xiaoyu couldn't calm down, the carriage gradually got closer, and soon, noisy voices came from inside.

She finally came to the capital, and she will see her parents and eldest sister soon!
(End of this chapter)