New Shun 1730

After returning to his room, a few maids soon brought over the beaver hat and cocoa-making utensils.

The money was only given in a note. If you need it, you only need to take the note to the house to spend it. Anyway, according to what Liu Yu's mother thought, Liu Yu did not spend the money himself, but had to let the servants and maids do it.

Maybe the mother was afraid that she didn't have enough money, so she secretly took out two gold coins worth ten taels from her own money, which would not go to the government accounts.

At lunch time, Yu Yan and a few maids also came back with a lot of silk and satin of various colors.

Liu Yu had never seen such good silk and satin in his previous life, and he had never seen such commercially available silk and satin in this life, and he didn't know which one was blue satin and which one was Lu silk.

After asking, I picked up the piece of Lu silk and tested the quality. It was suitable for use.

It happened to be not too expensive. It cost more than one tael of silver per piece, and it was enough to make 1,200 taels.

After roughly drawing a picture, he handed the piles of silk to Yu Yan.

"You can divide the remaining ones into pieces. They are all commercial goods and I have no use for them. You can each cut a piece of clothing. If there is more and there is more, you can keep it; if there is less, you can make more." Spend some money from the house to buy a few horses, don’t have this one or that one.”

After finishing his instructions, he walked out of the inner courtyard carrying the gold and the number plate indicating how the silver was used, and found his close servant, Mantou.

After a brief discussion, he handed over the silver and gold to him.

"Just find a better tailor shop and do what I asked you to do. I've written it clearly on the paper about how to do it. Since you can read, you can't make a mistake. If there is any kickback, you can keep it for yourself. That’s it. I just want to do it as soon as possible, do you understand?”

Steamed Bun beamed with joy. He worked six to seven hundred pieces of silk and satin at once, and the kickback was estimated to be dozens of taels.

He also knows that there will be a long time to come. If the family is really separated in the future, he will follow the third master and become a housekeeper or something like that. How can he not distinguish the priorities?

It's gratifying to get money, but getting things done is the most important thing.

"Don't worry, Third Master. Today is the tenth day of the lunar month, and I will definitely finish it before mid-autumn. There is not much else in the capital, but a tailor shop is indispensable. I just spent a thousand taels of silver to make a plaything. If the Duke of the country finds out..."

Liu Yu gave Mantou a roll of his eyes and scolded: "If you want me to feel that something is unreliable in the future, let my father know."

Steamed Bun quickly put away the money and smiled, knowing that at most he would be beaten, but he still had money in his hand. If you do it carefully, you won't know it.

He ran away from the door in a hurry and almost bumped into Tian Ping who came in from outside.

It was not convenient for the two of them to go to the inner courtyard, so they found a deserted courtyard in the mansion and began to chat about the affairs of the Western Yi countries and the taboos of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

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The boring days passed for seven or eight days, and the Zhongyuan Festival, when Shen finally went back to worship his ancestors, passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the end of the month.

Classes were about to start again at Wude Palace. Liu Yu said goodbye to his parents early in the morning, put on his student uniform at Wude Palace, and went to Wude Palace with Mantou.

As a steamed bun, he couldn't get in, and the noble families were all afraid that their sons would suffer, so they sent some considerate servants to rent some houses outside Wude Palace for easy access.

A family like Yi Guogong, considering that their descendants would have to go there sooner or later, simply bought a small courtyard there and assigned a few elders to look after the house.

The Wude Palace was located on Taibao Street in the former Ming Dynasty. It was originally the eunuch's official residence in the former dynasty. The so-called official room is the toilet garbage disposal area. All kinds of toilets in the Forbidden City are sent here for cleaning and storage.

When Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, he had a whimsical idea of ​​replacing eunuchs with "female officials" to relieve the suffering of eunuchs. Although it was a benevolent policy, it was actually a fantasy.

Li Guo, a suspected time traveler, also said: According to the classics, Emperor Mingzong of the Tang Dynasty had 100 maids in his inner palace. From the records, it can be seen that a palace of this size could maintain normal operations without eunuchs. This number can be regarded as the upper limit and recorded as a lesson to future generations.

Later, Li Laiheng tried for several years and found that it was a bit difficult. Without eunuchs, the imperial power was very problematic, so he had to abandon this idea and continue to use eunuchs. It's just that he didn't dare to violate the ancestral precepts in terms of the number of maids. After all, he was an adopted son, and things like the ancestral precepts should be treated with caution.

The original eunuch's official room was used for other purposes and the Wude Palace was built.

It is just across the street from Taixue, and next to it is the Berlin Temple built in the Yuan Dynasty.

Historically, this place was the Yonghe Temple and Artillery Bureau of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was converted into a labor camp. Hence the term "Lao Paoer" in Beijing - people who often went to the Artillery Bureau Labor Camp were referred to as Lao Pao.

This place is close to the inner city wall and quite remote. Across the street are the Imperial College and the Imperial College. Taixue students and Wude Palace students often fight, which is no longer news in the capital.

When I entered the Wude Palace, I saw a group of noble disciples sighing there.

"I finally rested at home for a month, and now I have to stay up for another three months. How do I live like this?"

This is not a prison, but they have to stay here at night. Without a maid to warm the bed and a maid to study ink, these people can't stand it.

Liu Yu was regarded as the leader among the noble disciples in Wude Palace. On the one hand, he was born in the palace of the founding Duke, and on the other hand, his assessment results are considered to be the best among this group of nobles.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. There are also cliques in the Wude Palace.

The children of noble families look down on those "poor" children who have accumulated military merits and are able to go to school; the children of third- and fourth-grade military attachés fawn over these noble children; the children of "lower families" who are lower in rank but are able to enter school because of their father's military merits also look down upon them. He is not like a group of dandies who are ignorant and have no skills and cannot endure hardship; he is upright and looks down on those fawning lackeys.

It is said that Liu Yu is the bigger one among the poor, and that's what it means.

The best students in the Wude Palace and those who can be promoted to the upper house are basically the children of the soldiers who came from the "camp school" in the military camp.

"Mulan Ci" says: "Cexun has twelve rounds."

Dashun also has a complete system of meritorious service. In theory, a small soldier can create a "Twelve Revolutions of Ceremony" and a "Shangzhu Kingdom" by just killing people.

Of course, in fact...

Usually, it means to kill a Yunqiwei or Feiqiwei to give his son a chance to enter the Wude Palace.

These children of the world's soldiers know that learning opportunities are hard to come by, and their hard work and hard work are beyond the reach of noble playboys like Liu Yu.

The generals who are now in charge of the army in the northwest and the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu are the sons of soldiers, and they have climbed up through hard work and military merit. Back then in the Wude Palace, I once drunkenly raved: If your ancestors hadn't conquered a prince through meritorious deeds, how would you be qualified to be classmates with me?

The power of role models is infinite. Now in the northwest, this general and military governor who was born as a son of a world soldier inspired the fighting spirit and efforts of those who came after him.

In this generation of Wude Palace, among the noble disciples, those who were respected for their knowledge were Liu Yu and Tian Ping.

It's a pity that Tian Ping will never have the chance to enter the "Shangshe" in this life.

This guy perfectly explains what "the odd number of destiny" means:

When I was learning to ride a horse when I was a child, the horse frightened me and broke my leg. From then on, my body became as hard as a rock when I got on the horse, and I have never been up to standard in the art of horse arching.

Later, he learned how to fire a musket. A descendant of Wushan Bo Ma Shiyao when Xi'an was founded, the barrel of the musket exploded when he fired it, and his eyeballs were blown out. Tian Ping was right next to him, and his eyeballs were stuck on his face. From then on, he would twitch when he saw gunpowder, and would hide when firecrackers were set off during the New Year.

Later, I learned some basic knowledge of Western geometry and physics. I read this collection of Classics and History very smoothly, but I couldn't figure out the theorems and inferences in Elements of Geometry. Xu Guangqi translated the proof that the square root of two is an irrational number using the inverse method very clearly. He thought about it for two months and still didn’t understand it. Hearing that the earth was round, he couldn’t figure out why people couldn’t fall off...

Just these three points determined that he could only enter the inner dormitory in Wude Palace, and there was absolutely no chance of going to the upper dormitory.

However, when it comes to classics and history, his knowledge is still admirable. At least he can often insult Liu Yu for being ignorant and uneducated.

Today is the first day of classes after autumn, and everyone is here. When Liu Yu and Tian Ping go to the station, people from their circle of distinguished people gather around them.

Liu Yu just took the opportunity to gather a dozen people together and talk about something.

"In a while, in mid-autumn, I will have a good thing for you all to open your eyes. You have never seen it before. After we have opened your eyes, I will be the host and we will get together. Who else wants to go?"

After shouting, a few more people gathered around, and a few people left.

Everyone knew that Liu Yu was interested in Western learning and liked to tinker with Western stuff. They had joined in on the fun a few times, but they all found it boring.

Those who gathered around included people who had good connections and were purely friendly and supportive, as well as some children from "poor families" of Shibing who really liked Western learning. The "poor people" are not poor people, they can go to school in the Wude Palace, and their parents at least have titles such as Yunqiwei.

"Brother Shouchou, have you come up with something new?"

"Hey, what I got out this time will definitely open your eyes. Let me tell you, even if Li Taibai comes back to life, he will immediately compose a poem when he sees my things."

He deliberately kept it secret and didn't say what it was, which aroused the curiosity of many people.

What thing could make Li Taibai come back to life and compose a poem? Isn't this guy bragging here?