In the second year of Chongzhen, Beijing City was the most lively place in the world. It was always the eyes of the people of the world. There were also many people rushing to Beijing City.

There are ordinary people who cannot survive in various places and want to find a friend: there are also famous families in the local area, and are preparing to go to Beijing to find a way: there are also merchants and travelers from all over the country, goods sent by: there are also officials and students.

Most of the ordinary people who come out to make a living are simple clothes and simple luggage. They are either a family or a few people together. Walking on this woven road, with hope, the sky seems to be brighter, the feet are lighter, and the sound is louder.

There were also gorgeous convoys passing by. The convoys were often composed of several carriages, connected in front and behind, and the lineup was quite large. The owners were hiding in the carriages, and what they could see outside were just servants and coachmen.

Business travelers often transport their goods by a carriage or a number of carriages. The carriage is not so gorgeous and simple, and everything is about transporting goods as the most important thing.

In this crowded team, today, there is a special person.

This person should be considered as an official, but he had no horse or a cart. He was just a servant who was huddled into the crowded cart with many misery. This person was Lu Xiangsheng, who was summoned to Beijing by the emperor. He set out from Daming Mansion and went up the canal. When he arrived in Tongzhou, Lu Xiangsheng immediately jumped on the rumored post cart. He wanted to experience this novel thing and refused to listen to the servants hiring a cart.

The carriage was very bumpy because it was for poor people to sit, and only for cheapness. Of course, if you can stuff one person, you can stuff one more person. In addition to the carriage, there were several other hanging outside. There were also many cloths on the roof of the carriage, making full use of every place. Fortunately, it is in the north, the terrain is flat and there is no place to go up and downhill, otherwise, it would be impossible to transport so many people.

Seeing the crowds outside the car, Lu Xiangsheng felt a lot. He had walked this road before. Although the road was also lively, it was definitely not as lively as it is today. It is hard to imagine that there has been such a big change in just a few years.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed on the side, and the servant beside him covered his nostrils and rolled his eyes. The smell in the carriage was not very good. The peddler and pawns were prone to sweating, so they naturally had a big smell. Even if the carriage moved, the smell was not so good. The servant couldn't stand the smell, but he had to accompany the master, so he could only cover his nostrils and roll his eyes. The master of his family was summoned by the emperor to Beijing, a high-ranking official, and a person with status, but now he was mingling with these people, he really lost his identity.

"You are polite" Lu Xiangsheng saw the bustling scene. After seeing the crowds of people, he started to chat with the people in the carriage. Lu Xiangsheng felt that it was necessary to have an in-depth understanding of the ordinary people's feelings about these things.

"Young Master is polite." The old man who was asked by Lu Xiangsheng quickly bowed his hand back to his greeting. Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's fair face and the servant, he knew that he was a scholar and his identity was naturally superior. When he saw Ping Xiangsheng asking him, he naturally agreed.

"I dare to ask my father-in-law, but he is a person from the capital?" Lu Xiangsheng asked. Although he was a Jinshi and a high-ranking official, he didn't care about being among ordinary people. He was very good at dealing with ordinary people and was happy.

"If you are the master, that's right." The old man replied seriously. Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's extraordinary demeanor, the old man had seen some worlds. He knew that he was afraid he was not a mortal, but he was so polite and restrained.

"You are not polite. I dare to ask you, how much money did you have to ride this carriage? I have been huān for ten cents." Seeing that the old man was a little restrained, Lu Xiangsheng was very good at talking and asked such a question.

"Haha, that little old man is too old. Is the young master afraid of the bullying of the postman? I will never know how to do this." The old man was a little restrained, but after hearing this, he let go a little, less restrained.

"Oh, is it? How can I tell? How many words did the father-in-law huh?" Lu Xiangsheng saw that the old man and the people around him were a little restrained, and knew that his existence might make them uncomfortable, so he deliberately asked this question so that he could open up the conversation. When he saw the old man talking, he asked along.

"Young Master, this price is said to be set by the top, and no one dares to increase the price..." The old man pointed up while saying that. Because the problem was too simple, he could speak as an insider.

"Above?" Lu Xiangsheng asked deliberately pretending not to understand.

"Of course it's above," the old man said with a smile, pointing his finger upwards again.

"Oh,... I understand, I understand..." Lu Xiangsheng pretended to understand again.

"...That means that my father-in-law is also a ten-month?" Lu Xiangsheng continued to ask. Although this question is simple, it is even a little "idiot", but it is a good way to eliminate barriers. Once this conversation is opened, he will naturally listen to the real voice.

"That's natural, of course, only ten words are huā, and I won't give it to you if it's too much." The old man said with a smile. Facing this person with an extraordinary identity in front of him, the old man has become natural since he was restrained at the beginning, and this extraordinary person is still easy to talk to.

"This is really cheap!" Lu Xiangsheng said.

"Haha, this is why there is such a cheap thing in this year. It is impossible to put it in the past. Is it impossible for the young master to worry about losing the book?" the old man asked with a smile.

"Yes! It's really unimaginable, how could it be so cheap?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

"No, no, the young master doesn't know that they are all given by the emperor in this business. The car is not worth the money, and the animal is not worth the money, so it is naturally cheap. Now, they just manage themselves and the animal is not worth the money." The old man hurriedly said that although this is a new thing, he consciously understands it very well and can explain it to the fair young master.

"Oh, that's right! Then if you just care about yourself, the car will always break, and the horse will always need to be replaced. Will you rely on your Majesty to give it to you in the future?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

"Young Master doesn't know anything about this. As far as the old man knows, they probably got it themselves. The emperor gave it to him. The money he gave this time," the old man replied with a smile.

"Didn't the father-in-law just say that they can just care about themselves?" Lu Xiangsheng asked, asking a very "idiot" question before and opening up the conversation. In the following question, he gradually asked what he wanted, many things, although he also had speculations and understood,

But I still want to find out the truth and figure it out by myself, it’s considered a god.

"Haha, don't you know that whether it's a carriage or a horse, it's not something you need to change at once. They do this business, although it's cheap, but they can save a few cents a day in the older days, and it's a big chunk of money every day. When the carriage is about to be replaced and the horse is also needed, they will naturally have money. Therefore, he can do this business so cheaply, and only rely on them to buy goods in Tongzhou. Some people even want to endure hardships and go to Tianjin to purchase goods." The old man opened up and felt that the fair young man in front of him was easy to talk to, and was happy to talk to him, and also happy to say something that the scholar-student didn't know.

"Oh, so that's it. I understand... I dare to ask what the boss is doing?" Lu Xiangsheng understood a suspicion in his heart and started to talk again. He believed that he had to know that the changes in the capital in the past two years and dealing with these people can lead to many very intuitive things. The things he heard on the scene may not be as intuitive and detailed as it penetrates the people.

"Hahaha..., I'm half polite, the old man dares not say anything about doing business." The pieces of cloth on the roof of the car are the goods bought by the old man from Tongzhou," the old man said quickly.

"Oh, it turns out that my father-in-law is in the cloth business! This is a good deal. I think the business should be good!" "Lu Xiangsheng said again.

"Hahaha,...Young Master, you're just setting up a stall on the side of the road and relying on this to support your family." The old man smiled brightly when he talked about his business, as if he was interested in showing his abilities and achievements. After thinking about it, he said: "...In fact, it's just to pick up some food in the cracks of other people's fingers, which is not a business..."

"Why would you like to ask me why you have to go to Tongzhou to purchase goods? I just heard my father say that there are people who go to Tianjin to purchase goods?" Lu Xiangsheng asked again. Lu Xiangsheng was summoned by the emperor and was about to meet the saint. He felt that he should know more about the emperor and what the emperor did. Only by doing these things can you understand the emperor's thoughts and understand what the emperor wants to do. This is undoubtedly helpful to him. It is undoubtedly a good choice to understand what the emperor did through these people. The news in the officialdom is too much.

"Hahaha,... Isn't it because I can get a few cents cheaper, so I came here. Otherwise, who would have been to travel far away to pick up goods like this? For example, the old man went to Tongzhou to pick up cloth, and to Tianjin to pick up iron goods." The father-in-law smiled happily. I think he was proud of his ability to pick up goods in Tongzhou and proud of what he knew.

"Oh, if my father-in-law doesn't bother with the trouble, can you tell me how much it can be cheaper?" Lu Xiangsheng asked again. He was quite polite.

"Hehe, it seems that the young master is not an ordinary person, nor is it the one who does small business. It's nothing to tell the young master. Haha, just say it, it's going to make the young master laugh..." The old man blushed. Although he said this, he was willing to say what he deserved to be proud of. There are not many things that ordinary people can say, even though it's just a few cents of business, he will definitely not be able to get to the eyes of this "big man".

"But my father-in-law, it's okay..." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"Hehehe, Tongzhou, Tongzhou, you can tell the origin of this place by hearing this name. Whenever we eat, drink, and withdraw in our capital, we have to pass through Tongzhou. There are few things that can go around Tongzhou. Whether it is the canal or the sea, we have to pass through Tongzhou,..." The old man said that before, he showed off his knowledge.

"This is not bad. My father-in-law makes sense. All food, cloth, and various materials in my Ming Dynasty must pass through Tongzhou. If you want to say that Tongzhou is an important place from south to north, it is indeed." Lu Xiangsheng agreed. Needless to say, the important things transported by the canal are all ashore here. In addition to the canal, things transported by sea also have to pass here. This is actually a cargo transfer center.

"In the past, ordinary people would not come to Tongzhou to pick up goods. They didn't have the ability or the capital. But now it's different. When the post carriage is delivered, there is a 20 to 30 cents. You can also come to Tongzhou. You set off from home in the morning and arrived in Tongzhou before noon. You bought the goods in Tongzhou and then went back. It was not dark yet, so you could catch up. That's why we went to Tongzhou to pick up goods. In the past, we had to hire a car by ourselves. Ordinary people couldn't afford it, and we didn't have the ability to......" The old man shook his head and said blame.

"Well" Lu Xiangsheng shaking and fearing the car body, he nodded constantly. After talking to these people, he felt that he understood some of the emperor's intentions again.

"………………………………… Actually, it’s not much cheaper to buy goods in Tongzhou than in the capital. A piece of cloth costs only a few cents, and a lot of 100 cents are more than 20 cents. However, one trip can always save a hundred cents and always make a profit... It’s mainly because in these good years, the number of people coming to the capital to work has increased significantly, and there are many people buying clothes. Therefore, this transaction is easy to do. You have to go to Tongzhou a few more trips a month. In a month, there are also several more silver, and in a year, you can also get several taels of silver..." The old man introduced his own business philosophy and felt very happy.

Lu Xiangsheng understood and sighed, "It's true that the people in this world are not easy, nor are they not easy for the people in that place. They are all the same. They run for life, work hard for a few cents every day, and are happy to earn a few cents more."

"The father-in-law is also a good dealer. He knows a lot about doing business..." Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said again. He planned to take advantage of the old man's excitement and put all the words in his stomach.

"Hey..., the young master was just joking. The old man dared to say that he was a businessman, let alone that he was a good businessman. He just set up a stall on the side of the road. With the many people who are going to Beijing to work now, they just picked up some food from other people's fingers..." The old man denied Lu Xiangsheng's flattery.

"You are just kidding. You can have such a deal by setting up a stall on the side of the road? You can pick up the goods by yourself? Although you have never done a deal, you don't know anything! You, don't lie to me..." Lu Xiangsheng still said the old man. There, there, the little old man dare not lie to the young man. This is the truth. Don't look at the old man who seems to have bought a lot of cloth at one time, but it is all coarse cloth, which is not worth much, and they are all sold to those who come to Beijing to do business. Therefore, the price must be cheap, and the things are real, but the little old man doesn't

The old man dares to compete for business with those who open stores and shops, which are the businesses they look down on, so the old man picked them up and did it... Hahaha, relying on the large number of people, although the profit is small, he can still make a living..." The old man said with a smile. When he said this, it was a bit unnatural. It is not possible to do a cloth business without a backend. It is destined to be a small business like him to set up a stall on the roadside to do business. It is destined to be a small business because the number of people working in the capital has increased so far. With some gaps, the business has just started. There are ways to open shops and set up shops.

"Oh, so that's it." I heard my father-in-law mention that there are many people coming to the capital? Is it?" Lu Xiangsheng said.

"Young Master is talking about this! It's also the emperor's kindness and can't bear to see us ordinary people suffer. It is said that the reason why we need to practice this road is to find a job for the people who cannot survive so that the people can survive. In fact, this road has been like this for hundreds of years, and it's okay not to practice it... Why should we transport oil residue from far away at a high price?" said the old man.

"Oh..." Lu Xiangsheng nodded. This statement was the same as the official statement.

Lu Xiangsheng was really sorry, and a voice in the carriage said, "Young Master, the old man is young."

I also went to Beijing to find work. I wonder if the work in Beijing is easy to find? We have never left the house, so I would like to ask my son, so I can give some advice..."

Everyone looked over and saw a lively young man carrying a baggage. He seemed to be alone, and there was a companion who was younger than him, a little awkward and nervous.

"In the capital! It's not difficult to find things and make decisions. As long as you have the strength and endure hardship, you can always find things to do. If you have the ability and are not afraid of death, you will become a new army and become an official in the future, it is not impossible. It's just that the new army is extremely difficult to advance. If you have a good life and are valued by a big business like Liulizhai, it will have a bright future. It won't be difficult to marry a handsome daughter-in-law in two years. If you are a little worse, you can get a lot of wages every month. Even if you are a little worse, you can still get enough food. It's just that the wages are less and harder." The old man's words immediately opened, as if he was quite clear about the things in the capital.

"Thank you for your advice, thank you for your son." After receiving the accurate letter, the lively young man immediately thanked him, bowed to the old man, and bowed to Lu Xiangsheng, as if Lu Xiangsheng was worthy of trust.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at this young man from Dongqing and his companions. During the process of going north, he encountered many of them. Many of them were unable to live at home and went out to make a living. Some of them wanted to go out for a while. Some of them traveled long distances and went north, and some of them took a bus and took a boat like this. In addition to the young man invited him, there were also many people from his family. Looking at these two guys and thinking about the flow of people circulating towards the capital, Lu Xiangsheng felt even more moved that if there were no emperor's actions, some people would starve to death and die in the countryside, nameless and without a surname, no one knew about it, as if they had never come to this world. He had also complained about the emperor's huge sums of money to do these things before, but seeing so many people who had never known each other in the capital for hope, Lu Xiangsheng felt that maybe he should do this.

Seeing the fair young man "big man" pondering, the people in the carriage stopped talking, so as not to disturb the "big man".

"Brother, where are you from?" Lu Xiangsheng asked again. He talked to different people and understood their affairs. This was what Lu Xiangsheng had been doing this time going north.

"If you are young, you are from Baoding Mansion..." The lively young man immediately said, his voice full of hope.

"Oh, Baoding Mansion! It's said that there is still a good life there. Why can't you survive there?" Lu Xiangsheng asked with a frown.

"If you go back to the young master, the young man's side of Baoding Mansion, as I know, although I am not able to afford it this year, I can usually barely survive, but some families cannot maintain it, and many of them have moved away from their families. There are more people like us who want to break into something..." The young man answered seriously and his speech was in order.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded. Although there was some difference between what he knew, it was roughly the same. For example, in Baoding Mansion, there were no other places for people who ran away without food. It seemed that those who came out were more people who wanted to get into something, at least they still had the ability to take the bus.

As he was talking, the carriage suddenly bumped violently. Although the people in the carriage were prepared, they were still raised.

Lu Xiangsheng's servant hurriedly supported his master and overtook the car and shouted, "Carrier, who drove the car, how did you drive? Why did you get so confused? I've ruined my master, you can afford to offend your mother."

The person who drove the car wanted to reply and scold him, but he remembered that it seemed that there was an old man on his carriage who apologized repeatedly, saying that he had no choice but to be able to build the road.

"Shaozu, don't be too troublesome, it's not the coachman's fault." Lu Xiangsheng was indeed beaten hard, but he didn't take it seriously and taught his servant a lesson.

The servant was taught a lesson by his master and stopped talking immediately.

Although the servant stopped talking, the people in the car also felt the difference between this fair young man. Judging from the tone of the servant speaking, he was really not an ordinary person.

The carriage became stuffy again.

"When it comes to road construction, it is said that it is a big price. The oil residue was transported from Shaanxi. It is said that the oil residue road is particularly easy to walk on. I wonder if my father has seen this oil residue road?" Lu Xiangsheng saw that everyone was silent, so he found another topic. He cut off the topic just now because of the road problem, and also talked about this matter, which was to connect the topic.

When talking about this with these ordinary people, Lu Xiangsheng felt that he could better understand the emperor's practices and the emperor's thoughts. In the past, he only listened to people in the officialdom to talk generally, which was completely different from his own personal experience and directly asked ordinary participants. Lu Xiangsheng felt that he needed to understand these things. Only by understanding these can he say that he knew the emperor better and the emperor's heart better...
Chapter completed!