I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1058
The bald head paused for a moment, as if he remembered some sad things, so he didn't intend to continue talking.

But Sun Ruowei didn't intend to let him go.

"Could it be that later, when you had nothing to sell at home, you started looking for opportunities to make trouble in the streets, doing mischief?"

The bald man's expression changed, and he immediately shook his head and vetoed,
"No, no, no, although the villain often bullies the strangers who pass by here, but at most he just scares them and has a meal of wine and meat. He hasn't really done anything harmful."

What he said was very sincere, Li Tian nodded, feeling that he didn't seem to be telling lies.

In fact, it can also be seen from another aspect. This guy has been on the streets for so long, but until now he is still alone, without even a younger brother. It can be seen that what he can do is very limited.

Just extorting some foreigners, and how much benefit can be gained.

It would be great to be able to satisfy one's own food and clothing, but how could one feed many younger brothers.

This guy looks fierce on the surface, but in his heart, he is actually a very low self-esteem person. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is bullying and fearing the hard.

Such people are born with the capital to do evil, but they don't have the guts to do evil.

And because of his looks, no one dared to hire him, and he couldn't even do an ordinary job.

Apart from relying on this method of blackmail and making some small money to spend, he really has no other means of supporting himself.

But speaking of it, it was also because of his bad luck. He was actually the most suitable for being a soldier with a thick face and a fierce face.

He only needs to practice in the military for three to five years, to grind away the bullying character on his body, and practice martial arts for a few more years.

Maybe he can still be a part-time official in the army, at least it won't be like the current situation, where he can't even feed his wife.

Before Li Tian could speak, Sun Ruowei asked curiously first,

"You guy, you have such a strong physique, why didn't you join the army back then? With your appearance, you can scare off many enemy soldiers just by standing in front of the formation, which can be regarded as winning honor for the country. Isn't it much better than being a local hooligan?"

The bald head shook his head and sighed,

"The villain has never thought about joining the military, making contributions like his grandfather and the others, and supporting this family again.

But now it is not as good as before, the army is full of wine bags and rice bags, no matter whether the officials are big or small, everyone is greedy.

Not only did every soldier not get a full amount of money, he might not even be able to get a full meal.

The villain has a broad spleen and stomach since he was a child, and eats a lot, how can he bear this kind of suffering.

Once, the villain couldn't bear it any longer, and made a big fuss in the barracks, and then he was kicked out. "

What he said would be regarded as a joke in the ears of others, so let's just get through it.

But in Li Tian's ears, he did not hesitate to explode thunder and rumble in the clear sky.

He also knew that Nanjing's military affairs were corrupt, but he didn't expect it to be so corrupt that even the basic survival needs of an ordinary soldier could not be met.

What kind of fighting power can such an army have?

The 10,000+ troops garrisoned around Nanjing, and the imperial court's annual military expenditures of several million taels of silver, food and salaries, seem to have been corrupted by those greedy officials.

If it goes on like this, Daming is still talking about how strong it is, and sooner or later it will be overwhelmed by these corrupt officials.

Li Tian's face was ashen, and he made up his mind that when he came to Nanjing this time, he must thoroughly clean up the officialdom in Nanjing, and never leave any moth behind.

The bald head saw that Li Tian's face seemed to be very strange, thinking that he had said something wrong, so he quickly shut up.

Sun Ruowei didn't notice and was still asking.

"If you can't be a soldier, you can also be a yamen servant. No matter what, you still eat the emperor's rations, so you won't starve to death!"

Before the bald head could speak, the old woman who was helping to clean up the room outside came in with a pot of hot water that had just boiled.

Just when she heard Sun Ruowei's words, she sighed and said,
"Today's officials are all vampires with cramp."

"In the past few years, I was able to open a porridge shop and barely survive, but in the past two years, everything was taxed, and most of the income went into the hands of the servants throughout the year.

If the year is not good, the money earned after a year of hard work is not enough to pay them taxes..."

Before she finished speaking, the bald head stared at her fiercely and shouted at her,

"What are you talking about, there is no place for you to speak here!"

The old woman quickly closed her mouth, silently poured a cup of hot water for them, and was about to leave.

I don't know if he didn't eat enough before, or he was scared by Li Tian's shot, but he felt hungry again.

Seeing that the old woman was about to go out, he shouted loudly,
"Is there anything else to eat at home, bring something warm over here."

It was fine if he didn't say anything, but when he said it, Sun Ruowei and the others also felt hungry.

But the old woman said in a difficult way,

"The rice in the rice vat was eaten yesterday..."

The bald head immediately roared,
"What? Didn't you just buy ten catties of rice last month? Why did it disappear so quickly..."

It is estimated that this family does not know how to count, ten catties of rice, even if they only eat one meal a day, it is only a few taels.

There's not enough food for one person, let alone a bald guy with a huge appetite at home.

It is estimated that more than half of the ten catties of rice went into this guy's belly, and the old woman didn't eat much at all.

Sun Ruowei, who had some sympathy for his background, couldn't help it anymore.

He stood up suddenly, pointed to his bald head and said,

"What's the matter with you, even if the old man is not your own mother, she is the one who raised you for many years anyway. How can you treat the old man like this."

The bald head hesitated to speak, and squatted on the ground without saying a word, looking like a doormat, very happy.

The old woman hurried forward and explained,

"I can't blame him, it's the old man who caught a cold some time ago, and lost all the little money left in the family..."

Upon hearing this, everyone's views on the bald head changed again.

Unexpectedly, this guy who is equally fierce to outsiders and family members in front of him has a warm side.

What the old lady said was very cryptic, but anyone who has been in the house knows how difficult it is for a person without a serious job to save a little money.

On the surface, this bald head looks like a mess, and there are big fish and big meat to eat every day.

But who cares, what did he do when he never showed his face.

Who cared, when he encountered hard stubble, he was beaten and lay on the bed for several months, unable to get out of bed, when he was in pain.

(End of this chapter)