In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

"What does it have to do with you? How dare you call Zhao Xuanshi by his name directly."

Ah Qin was indignant, and spat: "It's just a small selection of servants! What's so arrogant about you, you are two years older than me, His Majesty can't always favor you."

Yu Guangle didn't want to talk to him, and took Gu Li forward for nothing.Ah Qin shouted: "Stop! Who is following you? I'm so nervous!"

Ah Qin came up quickly, but Gu Li hurriedly lowered his head to dodge.The sky was dim, and he was only wearing a blouse, his face was not clear, Aqin shouted: "Wow! How about you, Yu Guangle, this man is clearly not from our palace! How dare you bring someone into the palace privately! No way!" It's gone! It's the other way around!"

"Shut up! If you keep yelling, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

"I see, it must be that bitch Zhao Jing who stole someone!"

Yu Guangle was furious, and couldn't help cursing: "Fuck your mother's fart! The one who stole your mother! If you keep chewing your tongue, I'll tear your mouth apart!"

Aqin jumped and cursed: "It's either she steals people or you steal people! I knew that your Kunning Palace is very dirty! Let me catch you today, just right, I said she was a little girl!" Is she worthy of living in Kunning Palace?!" Ah Qin chased after Gu Li and said, "I'll take you to see His Majesty, and see how your master and servant can shirk!"

Gu Lixin said what is all this!Is there anyone in the harem who can take care of it!It's the other way around!

Gu Li ran around Yu Guangle, and Ah Qin chased after Yu Guangle.A Qin kept chasing and scolding, but Gu Li couldn't take it anymore, worried that his voice would attract others, so he stopped and kicked A Qin into the pool of Taiye.

Yu Guangle didn't know what to do for a while, Gu Li pulled him and ran away: "Let's go, leave him alone! Someone will save him!"

The two went straight to the southwest corner of the imperial city, bypassed a courtyard, and saw a low wall.Yu Guangle also changed into a shirt and a four-cornered scarf, Gu Li rushed up to the wall, Yu Guangle supported him underneath, pushed him over the wall, and rolled over himself.

After finally leaving the imperial city, Gu Li exhaled a foul breath, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

It was early morning at this time, and the crescent moon in the night sky was gradually fading. There were not many people on the street, only two or three shops were open sporadically.Gu Li brought Yu Guangle to a noodle stall, the drawer was steaming, and the vendor asked courteously, "What do you two want?"

Gu Li ordered a milk-skin sesame seed cake, and Yu Guangle ordered a jujube cake, a total of [-] Wen.Yu Guangle took out a few Lilu Tongbao, and Gu Li took a closer look. This Lilu Tongbao is a brass coin minted by the Hou Chu government. It is a little bigger than a one-yuan coin, and it is quite thin. Judging from the luster, the copper content should not be high.

After paying the money, Gu Li put the pancakes in his arms and asked Yu Guangle in a low voice, "Do you have any money with you?"

Yu Guangle took off the purse, poured the broken silver and brass money into the palm of his hand, and asked Gu Li: "Your Majesty, are these enough?"

Gu Li hissed and blinked: "Call me Gu Yixin, you and I are both students from Jiangsu, remember."

He was from Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and he was disguised as the Emperor of Chu, so it was inconvenient for him to declare his family name, so he could only use the word Yi Xin as his temporary substitute.

Gu Li twisted out a piece of broken silver from Yu Guangle's palm, pinched it with his nails to judge its quality, and asked, "Just now you used Tongbao, how many coins can be exchanged for one tael of silver?"

Yu Guangle replied: "It used to be forty coins, but now sixty coins are exchanged for one tael of silver."

Gu Li hummed, probably because of the decline in silver imports, domestic silver shortages, and rising prices.

"Why do you need [-] Tong Bao for a pancake and a cake?"

"Your Majesty... Yi Xin doesn't know. Because of the famine last year, rice was expensive and cloth was cheap, and the price of rice and white flour went up again and again. This milk pancake used to only cost three pennies, but now the price has doubled."

Gu Li nodded.

The north is not suitable for growing rice, and all the rice needed in North Zhili needs to be transported from the south by tank boat, and the grain needed for a year is 400 million shi.If there is a famine in the south, then the food in the north will inevitably rise.

Sweet potatoes were introduced to China in the 20th century. Potatoes were also introduced to the Ming Dynasty in the [-]s. In addition, there were also major crops such as peanuts and corn. It is not known whether the situation in the later Chu Dynasty was the same as that in the Ming Dynasty.If sweet potatoes, peanuts, potatoes, and corn are all introduced to China at this time, promoting planting should be able to alleviate the pressure brought about by the food crisis.

Gu Li sighed, returned the money to Yu Guangle, and the two continued walking on the street.He came out after having breakfast in the palace, just bought pancakes, just wanted to know about the price of grain, now thinking of the harm brought by the Little Ice Age, he felt like a sword hanging over his head, worried, and he didn't want to eat the pancakes.

Speaking of which, chili should have been introduced into China around this time. As a Jiangsu native who doesn't eat spicy food, Gu Li decided to prevent this terrible crop of chili from spreading across the country no matter what!

Gu Lizheng was concentrating on his thoughts when he was bumped by someone unexpectedly. Almost instantly, his hands were empty, and a short figure jumped out like flying.

Yu Guangle yelled, and started to chase after them. Gu Li had to follow behind the two of them, walking through the streets and alleys. After running for about a stick of incense, Yu Guangle looked at the empty streets and alleys, and stopped his feet.

lost.

Yu Guangle couldn't help being frustrated, looked at Gu Li, and asked, "Yixin, are you okay?"

Gu Li panted wildly like a dog, he said in his heart that I am still a sick person, my injury is not healed yet, Yu Guangle, you bastard, are you trying to run away to kill me?

But seeing Yu Guangle's concerned eyes, Gu Li couldn't bear to scold him, he waved his hands and said, "No...it's nothing...it's just that the pancakes were taken away, and I haven't even tasted it yet."

Yu Guangle was even more depressed, cursing and swearing, this little eunuch's rich words, sharp swearing, and sturdy posture had already been revealed when he met Ah Qin in the palace, and now it is even more amazing.

It was still early in the morning, and the people living in the alley were woken up, and they were arguing with Yu Guangle across the courtyard wall.

Gu Li leaned against the wall and panted frantically, his eyes drifted away, and he saw a rather familiar figure stalking behind the alley, he tightened his belt, closed the door and left.

At this time, a head came out from the opposite door of the alley to watch the excitement. It was a Miaoli young man with sleepy eyes, wearing clothes, and was happily watching Yu Guangle quarreling with someone across the wall. Change.

Gu Li walked over and asked him, "Who lives in the courtyard wall opposite?"

Unexpectedly, the young man grasped his hand, and there was a bit of coquettishness in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Whoever lives in the opposite courtyard wall is not as good as my Taoying brother, if you don't believe me, Master Juren, come and try in my courtyard."

Gu Li understood in an instant, this person is a young man!

He remembered that masculinity prevailed in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that men were not allowed to have sex with men written into the law of the Qing Dynasty that this trend was curbed.Hou Chu was actually the same as Wan Ming, what kind of poison did these men suffer from?

So the courtyard wall on the opposite side also lived in a small man?This area is the red light district of Beijing?So that figure who slipped away just now came to stay overnight?

Gu Li frowned and was thinking, when the young man pulled him and was seen by Yu Guangle, Yu Guangle walked over angrily, pushed the young man away, and cursed: "Fuck off your mother, this person is also you Matching!"

The young man's face darkened, and he cursed: "Damn eunuch!" He slammed the courtyard door shut.

Yu Guangle's face was pale, Gu Li pulled him: "Okay, stop scolding, but I lost a pancake, let's go."

Unexpectedly, the two of them walked around in this alley, and they became more and more strange as they walked.Turning around a corner, I happened to see a young man open the courtyard door, and a short beggar poked his head out from the courtyard, and met the eyes of Gu Li, master and servant, the little beggar was immediately stunned!

Gu Li identified it from his dirty clothes, this is the person who robbed his pancakes.The young man beside him was neat and tidy. Although he was dressed plainly, he was tall and handsome, and he was particularly attractive.

Yu Guangle also recognized the little beggar, and rushed forward aggressively, the little beggar stuck his neck and said fiercely: "Anyway, I have already eaten the pancakes!"

The young man hurriedly pulled him behind him and apologized to Yu Guangle.Yu Guangle's boss was unhappy, and asked, "Who are you?"

Gu Li stared at the bright eyes of the little beggar, almost speechless.This little beggar was too young, probably only five or six years old, with a sallow and thin face, born in a peaceful age, he could not have imagined that there would be such a small beggar since he was a child with ample food and clothing.

He asked the young man, "Is this your brother?"

The young man shook his head: "Both of his parents died, and at a young age, he was begging for a living. My family donated a little if there was surplus food, and he is not close to him. If there is any conflict with him just now, I would like to invite you two Haihan."

Yu Guangle looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "What do you do?"

The young man blushed and said in a low voice, "It's just a small song."

Gu Li didn't know what Xiao Chang was, but Yu Guangle understood, frowned, and wanted to curse.Gu Li gave him a hand, said it was fine, and then asked the young man: "We lost our way, this alley is winding and winding, I don't know how to get out."

The young man said cheerfully, "I'll take you out."

Gu Li and Yu Guangle followed behind him, walked for a while, and then returned to the alley just now. It turned out that they hadn't walked very far, and they had been detours in this area.

The young man named Brother Taoying was leaning against the door. When he saw Gu Li and his party, his eyes were like knives, and he glanced at the young man with jealousy, and spat: "Bah! Where is the wild cat that hasn't stood on its heels yet?" Be steady, dare to grab food!"

Gu Lixin said that this is interesting, this young man regards this little singer as a colleague.

Unexpectedly, the young man didn't argue, he just lowered his head, led Gu Li and the two out of the alley, pointed the way for them, and went back.

Gu Li then asked Yu Guangle: "What does Xiao Chang do?"

Yu Guangle's eyes dodged, and he said vaguely, "Singing a little song."

Gu Li was clearly an exquisite heart, but at this time he was confused, and asked innocently and straightforwardly: "Sing a little song? What little song?"

Yu Guangle's face showed embarrassment, as if he wanted to kneel down in the next second and beg Gu Li not to ask.

Seeing his expression like this, Gu Li finally realized that this kind of person who sings to people during the banquet is called Xiaochang, and his actual role should be the same as that of Brother Taoying.

But when Shaofang returned to the courtyard gate, the little beggar had already run away.He glanced at the yard, a gray pigeon landed on the food rack and pecked at the millet, the bird's claws were empty.

Shaofang was restless, and was about to enter the house when footsteps came from the door, and then the door was slammed, and the pigeon flew out of the window in shock.When he opened the door, he saw the beggar who had rescued before standing behind several yamen servants, and he identified him, "That's him!"