Drunk House

  Chapter 15 Considerate

   On the small commodity street, there are all kinds of gadgets, rare treasures, and ingenious and rare things. It is dizzying and dazzling.

  Zi Ye sighed, "My lord, why do I feel that Jiangning is so prosperous."

   "It's very prosperous." If you didn't see it with your own eyes, who would believe that such a small place is no less prosperous than the capital. It is different from the noble and elegant prosperity of the capital.

  Especially, the common people all had smiles on their faces, and it was rare to see people with bitter faces.

  If it is in the capital, how can it be so lively every night? Jing Zhaoyin's city inspector patrols the streets every night, and ordinary people dare not easily go to the streets at night, for fear of getting into trouble with Jing Zhaoyin and the city inspector. As for Jiangning, although there are soldiers patrolling the city, the people don't feel disturbed at all. The soldiers patrolling the city are only for maintaining order. If something happens, they are used for emergency. The people are very friendly to the soldiers patrolling the city.

  Not only Ziye thinks Jiangning is a good place, but even Zhou Gu also thinks it is good.

  Everyone said that Su Xu, the prefect of Jiangning, had no great talent, was upright, and didn't know how to adapt. A prefect of Jiangning had been in office for more than ten years, failed the annual assessment, and couldn't move. Now it seems that this evaluation is not entirely true.

  Counselor Zhou Ziye, "Have you noticed that there is not a single beggar in Jiangning County?"

  Even the capital, the land of the Son of Heaven, has sporadic beggars, but there are few beggars, not because the capital is really good, but because the city inspectors often drive the beggars away for the sake of the city's appearance and avoiding troubles, so as not to bump into the nobles. Over time, the beggars can only wander outside of Beijing.

   "Yes." Zi Ye nodded, "My lord, if you don't tell me, the subordinates haven't found out yet, and I really haven't seen a beggar. Don't beggars come out to do activities at night?"

   "I'm afraid not. After we entered Jiangning, we didn't see beggars." Zhou Gu shook his head, "Obviously, we met many beggars along the way. But after we arrived in Jiangning, beggars seemed to disappear."

  Zi Ye was puzzled, "Then what's going on?"

   "It's getting late, go back first, and come out tomorrow." Zhou Gu couldn't walk anymore, and wanted to go back and rest.

  Zi Ye nodded, but he couldn't move anymore.

   On the second day, after Zhou Gu woke up, he took Zi Ye and Zhou Xi with him and went to the street again.

   Zhou Xi said in a low voice: "Young master, since you are in Jiangning, you can't just play blindly. You'd better go to see Su Taishou's mansion earlier. Anyway, we will stay for a long time. You can play slowly after you visit Su Taishou."

  Zhou Gu shook his head, "Don't worry, we have to give Su Taishou's mansion time to prepare. They didn't know that I would come in person, so they must be busy preparing to welcome me now. If I was too anxious to come to the door, they would definitely be in chaos, and they might not be happy to see me."

   Zhou Xi thought about it too, and said with a smile: "It's the little one who didn't think carefully, but it's better for you to be transparent and considerate, young master."

  Zhou Gu thought that I was not being considerate. I didn't want to go immediately. After all, he was going to meet his prospective father-in-law and his fiancee, and he hadn't made enough mental preparations.

  Jiangning is very lively at night, and it is also full of people during the day.

  Zi Ye sighed, "I thought Jiangning was so lively at night, but it shouldn't be so lively during the day. I didn't expect it to be the same during the day. The people coming and going are so lively."

  Zhou Xidao: "I have inquired that Jiangning is well connected in all directions, and the geographical location is very special. Therefore, merchants traveling from south to north prefer to come to Jiangning to sell their goods. If you say that the prefect of Su is also very good, not only the agricultural economy is developing well, even this small commodity is also specially made by small workshops. The development is also flourishing. It is said that there are also government policies that benefit the people. It is really unique and different."

   "Oh?" Zhou Gu looked at Zhou Xi.

  Zhou Xi knew what he was going to ask, "I don't have many inquiries. Specifically, when you go to the prefect's mansion, you can ask the prefect Su in person. I believe he will be happy to answer."

   Zhou Gu nodded.

   Several people wandered around the city for half a day, and many local people looked at Zhou Gu Miansheng, because he was good-looking, so they couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

   At noon, Zhou Gu and the others entered a restaurant.

  When the boy was serving the dishes, Zhou Gu took the opportunity to ask, "Second brother, this Jiangning is very rich?"

   "It's not very rich." The young man smiled, "It's just that our prefect encourages small businesses to make a living, and the common people are self-sufficient."

   "If you don't have a beggar, isn't it rich?" Consultant Zhou.

  The little boy grinned, and said to Consultant Zhou: "Guest officer, what do you think the little guy does?"

   "Aren't you the waiter in the shop?" Zhou Gu thought that this was not knowingly asking.

  The little guy laughed again, patted his chest, and said proudly: "The little one used to be a beggar."

  Zhou Gu was shocked, "Then you..."

   "Master, you have a capital accent, are you from the capital? A while ago, there was a son who also came from the capital. He also asked this question. That son is also very good-looking, with a noble appearance similar to yours, but he seems to be two years older than you. Let me tell you, the reason why there are no beggars in Jiangning is because when we beg in Jiangning, we will be taken in by the government. The uncle and the old lady sold vegetables with baskets, and saw three- and five-year-old children selling flowers and gadgets along the street. Whether we are old or young, whether we are old or young, we can’t beat the old men and women in their 70s and 80s, or the young children who are only three or five years old.

  Zhou Gu found it unbelievable, but he also found it very reasonable. When he went to the night market yesterday, he did see many gray-haired old men and women in their 70s and 80s selling vegetables and snacks made by themselves. I went shopping for a long time during the day today, and it seems to be the same.

  He suddenly discovered that there seemed to be no idlers in Jiangning County except for those who went out for fun.

   Zhou Gu rewarded the boy with two taels of silver, "Thank you for letting me know."

  The little guy happily accepted it, and went to pass the dishes again.

   Zhou Gu turned his head and whispered to Zi Ye: "Did you hear what he said just now? The person who asked him about this a while ago is probably the prince."

  The prince is out on business, the location is not in Jiangning, but it is not far from Jiangning, he purposely made a detour to Jiangning, probably because he wanted to see the governance of Jiangning.

  Zi Ye nodded.

   Zhou Gu remembered what the prince told him, he thought about it, and waved to Zhou Xi.

have a good weekend!

  (end of this chapter)