My Daming New Empire

Especially in the 15th year of Yongle, after the main streets of Hangzhou Prefecture were repaired with concrete roads, the sales of pulley shoes made the inner servants earn a lot of money.

Hangzhou Prefecture was originally a land of fish and rice, and now overseas trade is booming, and there are many local wealthy households.

No matter how expensive a pair of roller shoes is, they are only two taels of silver. In addition to being used as toys for children, they can also be used as a means of transportation.And to buy a horse, it costs seven to eight taels of silver casually. If it is a horse that can be used as a military horse, you can't buy it for less than 20 taels of silver.

If it is an excellent breed of horse that can be used as a breed, one or two hundred taels of silver is also normal.

Moreover, horses need to be fed after buying, and the pulley shoes only need a little oil, so in Hangzhou, many young people can be seen walking fast in the streets and alleys on pulley shoes.

Now even some errands in some restaurants are given a pair of roller shoes by the boss, and they are responsible for sending messages to each family.

In the evening, the gate of Hangzhou Fuxue opened, and a group of Fuxue students wearing roller shoes stepped across the threshold in a swarm, and slid into the street along the slope of the door.

"Yu Tingyi, wait for me."

Just as Yu Qian slid onto the main road, he hurriedly crossed his feet horizontally and braked skillfully when he heard the call.Turning around, he waved to a thin young man. "Wang Zhaonan, what's the matter?"

Wang Gan and Wang Zhaonan were one of the few students who didn't wear roller shoes. His blue shirt was washed white, and there were traces of mending under his armpits.

His family was poor, and his father died of illness last year, which plunged his family into the abyss.

Now there are six members of the family, the widowed mother starches and washes clothes for others, and the four younger siblings are also apprentices and servants, just to help him study.

Because he was selected as a scholar before, he was excellent in academics and academics in the government, and six buckets of rice were distributed every month.Although the days are difficult, they can still hold on.

But Yu Qian is different from him. His great-grandfather Yu Jiusi was the chief manager of Hangzhou Road, his grandfather was the head of the Ministry of Industry in the Hongwu period of Wenming, and his father Yu Yanzhao lived in seclusion in his hometown of Qiantang and was not an official.

Although his father is not an official, because of his rich family background and many industries in Qiantang, he can be regarded as a wealthy family.

In the early years, his father and his good friend Dong Yong, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, made a marriage for Yu Qian.

In Qiantang, Yu Qian was already a talented scholar who was famous all over Qiantang.

When he was a teenager, he studied hard and had lofty ambitions.He admired and admired Wen Tianxiang's integrity, and hung a statue of Wen Tianxiang beside his seat for decades.

When he was seven years old, a monk was surprised by his appearance and said, "This is the prime minister who will save the situation in the future."

At the age of eight, he wore red and played on a horse.The old man next door thought it was very funny, and teased him, saying: "Red boy, ride a black horse through the streets."

Yu Qian answered in response: "Son of the Red Emperor, kill the white snake to rule." The second couplet is not only neat, but also reveals his extraordinary aura.

Although his family is rich and famous in Qiantang, Yu Qian is not that kind of playboy.On the contrary, he is very sympathetic and helpful to others, and his reputation in Hangzhou Fuxue is second to none.

Poor students like Wang Gan usually seldom greet Yu Qian because of low self-esteem. Basically, they only speak when they have something to ask for.

Wang Gan walked up to Yu Qian, bowed his bow and said, "Master Xie said today that the Imperial Court Chunwei will add more questions about overseas current affairs and customs, but I am ashamed of my pocket. I would like to ask Brother Ting Yi to make it easier for me to read the Overseas Overview series. Lend me a copy."

Yu Qian said with a smile: "Why do I still think it is..., this series of overseas surveys is written by Ma Huan, Hou Xian, Chen Cheng, Dian Guogong, etc., and I have it in my family. Come home with me, I will read it Let me borrow what you have passed.”

It is precisely because of Yu Qian's character that Wang Gan spoke to him.Seeing that Yu Qian readily agreed, he bowed again and said, "Brother Yu, please come back first. I know about your residence, so I can touch the door naturally."

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "This series of books is written by six people, a total of nine books, and over 50 words. If you want to copy, you don't know when you will copy it. It would be bad if you delay your studies. How about this, Jiusitang has members of my Yu family, I can let someone sell you a set first, after you Qiu Wei, as long as you win the list, you can pay back the money."

When Daming became a scholar, two members of his family could be exempted from hard labor.If you are in the middle of the autumn, you will become a juren. At this time, not only the whole family will be exempted from labor, but also taxes.

Wang Gan's studies are good, and he has great confidence in this year's autumn.So although he is poor and somewhat inferior, he is quite proud in his heart.

If he wins the election, his family will naturally vote, even if he is poor now, he will soon have a house and land.

So even though he couldn't get the money for a few books, he didn't care.

Hearing what Yu Qian said, he bowed again and said, "Thank you so much Brother Ting Yi, I will remember it in my heart."

Yu Qian was already half a head taller than Wang Gan, but now wearing roller shoes, he was more than a head taller.He laughed and patted Wang Gan on the shoulder and said, "You and my classmate friend, what are you talking about, come with me."

The surrounding area of ​​Fuxue is originally a gathering place for various bookstores, and Jiusitang also has a large storefront here.

Yu Qian, the young master, came, and the guy greeted him enthusiastically as soon as he saw it. "Shaodong's family, today came the new book of the inner eunuch, and His Royal Highness Taisun personally wrote the postscript..."

Yu Qian was overjoyed when he heard that, and asked, "What book can His Royal Highness Taisun personally write the postscript?"

The clerk quickly took out a set of three brand-new books, and said: "This is "The World. Country" written by the most talented scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Jinjie. It is rumored that most of the overseas exam questions will Choose from here."

Yu Qian took the beautifully printed book, five or six thick, and asked, "What's the price?"

The clerk said with some dissatisfaction: "The inner prison has issued a death order. This set of books is only allowed to be sold at a price of 150 cash. If you buy three books together, you can only sell them for [-] cash."

"It's cheap..."

The reason why common people in the Ming Dynasty could not afford to read books was because the prices of pens, inks, papers and inkstones were equivalent to luxury goods, and ordinary families could not afford the price at all.

A book worth 150 ren can buy [-] catties of food, but it is still cheap among the books in the world.

According to Yu Qian's estimate, the cost of this book is probably 120 coins, and the remaining [-] coins will be earned by the bookstore, which means that the internal prison does not earn a penny.

Moreover, this has not included the retouching fee for Xie Xueshi, and the book produced by the inner prison may suffer a lot of losses.

He took out the first book, casually handed the second book to Wang Gan who was watching eagerly, and then opened the book.

The first page is His Highness Taisun's calligraphy with a clear and strange structure.

Zhu Zhanji's handwriting has also spread throughout the Ming Dynasty over the years, because not only Xie Jin's book, but also the books written by Ma Huan and Chen Cheng are all postscripts by His Royal Highness Taisun.

At first glance, his handwriting was ugly and did not conform to the aesthetics of Daming people, but there were gaps in the structure of the handwriting, full of a majestic feeling.

In today's Ming Dynasty, many students have begun to learn Zhu Zhanji's handwriting and style.

"Under the sky, under the sky. The country, the home of the great nation. Huaxia, the state of etiquette. Great Ming, the country of the heavens."

In just four sentences, Yu Qian immediately felt like drinking a jug of fine wine, and couldn't help saying: "Well said!"

Wang Qian didn't care about looking at the book in his hand, so he came over and read the top few words.

He felt his soul fly up all of a sudden, his whole body went limp, but he felt an indescribable excitement.

He couldn't help but tightly grasped Yu Qian's arm, and said excitedly: "Brother Ting Yi, who said His Highness Taisun has no talent? Your Highness is a great talent!"

Yu Qian was also very excited, nodded and said: "Yes, don't copy what others say. If His Highness has no talent, how can His Majesty let His Highness directly supervise the country. These few words are really good, and it should be clear."

Looking at these few words, Wang Gan couldn't help but his eyes turned red. "I used to blame others and think that my fate was bad, but when I read these few words from His Highness, I felt that my thoughts were narrow-minded and stupid. This world belongs to my Ming Dynasty. As a student of Ming Dynasty, how can I only think of myself? I should Caring for the world."

Yu Qian touched his body and said: "I still have [-] Wen on me, let's go, quickly pick out a book, let's cook some side dishes and have a drink."

Normally, Wang Gan would have refused, because he couldn't afford such a treat.

But today, he didn't mean to refuse, and said with a long bow: "That's why I'm bothering you."

The two chose the nine books they had agreed on at the beginning, and added this new set of books, which cost nearly two taels of silver in total.