Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

Annoyed by the person who spent too much money, he looked back at Wang Xiujin, and then looked up at the shop where Wang Xiujin was standing. He couldn't guess who this person was from for a moment, and he replied with a cautious tone, "This master can't be a fool." Looking at these dolls, they have been blessed since they were born."

"How do you say that?" Wang Xiujin was a little puzzled, this was the first time he had heard such a statement.

"If you are not lucky, how can you be born in a noble man's house? Even if you are a concubine, you are still higher than ordinary people." The answer given by the man who spoke made Wang Xiujin find it interesting, but at the same time he found it very reasonable.Seeing that Wang Xiujin didn't answer, the man said again, "Master, don't underestimate these dolls. Don't mention their backgrounds. The school they study in is the one in the capital..." The man made a gesture, "I heard What the gentlemen there teach is different from other schools, and they are unique. Although the students they teach do not take the imperial examination, they can surpass other schools in terms of knowledge and other aspects. It is a pity that the school does not admit students.” The man’s regret It's not like pretending, "If you accept students from outside, no matter how tall Shu Xiu is, he will send his son to study."

Wang Xiujin never knew that his school was so highly regarded outside, and after a few words with the man, he was invited into the shop by the clerk for lunch.The man looked dumbfounded at Wang Xiujin's figure. The one just now was the owner of the grain shop, so, that, that, isn't that the well-known Emperor Merchant of Daliang.The man's legs were so frightened that he thought back to what he said just now, and he didn't seem to say anything offensive, so he let out a breath.

When returning home at night, Wang Xiujin told Li Sushan about talking about the school with strangers, "How about opening a school to the outside world?" Deep, but think about it, this method is not feasible. The things the ancients learned in the school were all to lay the foundation for being an official. Little by little, he can become a person who makes people gnash their teeth.

"Where do you come from, sir?" Li Sushan asked a very straightforward question. If the descendants of the pope were to teach ordinary people, the royal family would never agree.

Wang Xiujin paused, unable to answer Li Sushan’s question. It’s a difficult problem to recruit teachers from outside. Not all the teachers can accept the idea of ​​the new building. Let’s forget about the idea of ​​building another school!

There were a lot of things to be busy with before the year, and until the palace banquet of the New Year's Eve, there was no time to be idle.Although the emperor held a palace banquet this year, not everyone could participate. All the ministers who were invited kept a low profile, and those who failed to attend were worried, wondering if they were rejected by the emperor.The Wang family, the Li family, and Wang Xiujin are still frequent guests of the palace banquet. The food at the palace banquet this year is not extravagant, nor is it placed in the garden, but in the main hall.The hot ground dragon seeds, coupled with singing and dancing performances, and the slow sound of music made Wang Xiujin yawn secretly, and if he tapped for a while, he might fall asleep.

All the vassal states came out one after another to say auspicious words, among them were the Bang Kingdom and the Kou Kingdom.The envoy of the Kou Kingdom didn't look very good. He arrived outside the city wall of Haicheng a month ago, but he arrived in the capital just the day before yesterday. Except for the tribute, the money he brought to the capital was only enough for the accommodation money for coming and going, a little more They were not allowed to take them with them, and those who entered the palace paid some money, so don't even think about it, because it is the latest mission in the capital, the place to live can be imagined. I used to laugh at other missions for living in cold places, but now it's their turn When they arrived, they wanted to change to a better place, but they had no money.

When I went to deliver the tribute, the official I received was no longer the former small official, but a literate handyman. After correcting the items on the list, I didn't say a lot, and I directly slammed people, and laughed at them for not being able to pay. No one was willing to take their jobs, and even spit on them before leaving, when did Kou Guo receive such treatment.

Today's palace banquet was made difficult by the guards in front of the palace gate, and when they were seated, they were arranged in a corner, and they came out to pay New Year's greetings to the king of the country, and waited for the rewards, and the other vassal countries got a lot, even the country that offended the emperor of the previous country won a lot However, they seemed to have been forgotten by the emperor, they didn’t even mention it, they had a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts, but they dared not speak up. The fate of the last envoy was an example. The envoys who came over all pretended to be quails. .

Wang Xiujin listened to the officials around him talking about which one was the envoy of the Kou Kingdom, and said that the Kou Kingdom's envoy brought less things this year than last year, "I heard that the princess followed her and was stopped at sea, but she insisted not to let her go ashore."

"It is said that the princess looks like a ghost, white and white, with two red spots on her mouth, very black eyebrows, two red spots on her cheeks, and a white robe. She is neither human nor ghost."

"How did you know?"

"There is a distant relative in my family who works as a petty official over there. A few days ago, his wife came over to give his wife a new year gift, and somehow mentioned this matter."

Listening to the words of the two officials, Wang Xiujin thought of Kou Guoren's make-up, which was really a fight with ghosts. Thinking of this, Wang Xiujin couldn't help chuckling, and Li Sushan sat next to Wang Xiujin, naturally heard clearly, holding his hand Wang Xiujin patted his hand lightly. Wang Xiujin raised his eyebrows and suppressed his smile. He didn't remember where he saw the statement about Kou Guo's makeup. It is said that it was passed down from the Tang Dynasty. After that, it became like that, and there are different opinions.In fact, it is even more disgusting that Bangziguo insists on treating others as his own, compared to Kou Guo who develops what he has learned into his own.

After the palace banquet was over, Wang Xiujin wrapped his cloak and walked side by side with Li Sushan outside the palace. After a few hundred steps, there was a sudden scream in the hall, and everyone stopped and turned to run towards the hall.After entering the main hall, he saw the guards escorting the envoys of Bang and Kou respectively. The envoy of Bang had a fierce look on his face, while the envoy of Kou shrank like a doormat.If it weren't for the fact that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were not happy with Kou Guo, after entering, they would feel that Kou Guo's envoys were being bullied by Bang Guo.

"What happened?" The fourth prince, who had just left with his father, came back again, looking at the people being escorted by the guards, he didn't have a good opinion of Kou Guo and Bang Guo, and the fourth prince didn't like it.

"Fourth prince, the two just started fighting. The envoy of the Kou Kingdom spoke provocatively, and the envoy of the Bang Kingdom seemed to be suffering from a frenzy. He threw himself on the envoy of the Kou Kingdom and wanted to bite him." How could it be possible for someone to bring a knife when attending a palace banquet? The two envoys looked like literati no matter how they looked, they couldn't quarrel with each other in language, and fighting was just an airs, so they bit their tongues.

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows. The envoys of the two countries are really awesome, fighting with their "mouths" in the halls of other countries. "It's not appropriate to see blood today, let's drag it down and lock it up."

"Minister..." Kou Guo's envoy wanted to ask for mercy, he was afraid that after being locked up, he would never come out again.The lesson learned from the past is that whenever he experiences it, he blames himself for being ungrateful. If he continues to be a quail, this will never happen.However, if he wanted to beg for mercy, he had to see if the guards would allow it. As soon as he uttered a word, he was gagged.

Wang Xiujin and Li Sushan stood behind them, listened to the handling, and then retreated. As for why the envoys of the two countries were arguing, what did it have to do with them? They were going home for the New Year.

Red lanterns were hung high in the General’s Mansion, and everyone in the family was dressed in festive red clothes. The Dilongzi’s fire was blazing, and the house was warm. After Wang Xiujin and Li Sushan took off their official uniforms and changed their clothes, they rushed to the old man’s yard.The whole family gathered together to gossip and watch the new year together. When it was time for the child, they ate dumplings and kowtowed to pay New Year's greetings. The old general looked at the three generations kneeling in front of him and kept saying "Hello".

After the New Year's greetings, everyone ate dumplings and wanted to go back to their respective courtyards, when they heard the sound of the death bell.There was no festive atmosphere, Shopkeeper Mi counted the number of times and then said, "Any nobleman from the harem has gone."

Everyone knew that the Empress Dowager's health was not good last year. After a year of suffering, she was in good health a year ago. It's not a recovery from illness, but a return to the light.The butler hurriedly asked his servants to take down the red lanterns and replace them with white ones.People from top to bottom in the mansion all changed into plain clothes, and the meat from the back kitchen had to be collected, and it was estimated that they would not be able to eat it for a while.

Early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, two imperial decrees were issued in the palace, one was to observe filial piety by the Queen Mother, and the other was to attack Kou and Bang.The emperor angered Bangguo and Kouguo because of the empress dowager's departure.

Wang Xiujin was busy preparing the clothes for Li Sushan to go out. Although Li Sushan was not the coach, he also quit his post. The emperor ordered a fight. At this time, no one dared to run over and speak against it.Yachang hugged his father's leg, expressing firmly that he would follow his father to the battlefield.Wang Xiujin rubbed his son's head, he couldn't even pick up a weapon, and he had to go to the battlefield, to make up the numbers?

Li Sushan patted his son on the shoulder, and was very pleased with his son's suggestion. The son of the Li family must have been baptized in the killing field, so he can be regarded as the real Li family. Wang Xiujin rolled his eyes at Li Sushan's remarks.

After packing his bags, Li Sushan said goodbye to his grandfather. Old General Li patted his son on the shoulder, told him to be careful, and asked Li Sushan to say goodbye to his elder son.Before Li Sushan could step out, the butler hurried in, "Master, the second master has returned with his family!"

"The second child is back!" The old general stood up and stretched his neck to look out. Li Sushan helped his grandfather to the door.

Wang Xiujin, who was in the yard on the other side, naturally also heard the housekeeper's voice. He was also very happy to hear that the second uncle's family came back. He straightened his son's clothes and wanted to take his son out to greet him. He didn't want his son to avoid him. The hand of the past, "Little Daddy, I have grown up, I can't hold it."

Wang Xiujin looked at his son's serious face, his eyes were full of seriousness, he suppressed the corners of his mouth so as not to show a smile, why is his son so cute.