Self-cultivation of the traveler of the world

Lin'an, the largest commercial city in the Southern Song Dynasty, was sold day and night, and there were merchandisers everywhere on the streets and alleys. Tourists first stopped on the third and fourth days, and morning markets began to be noisy again on the fifth days.

This is the most prosperous city and the best city for welfare. Here, porridge and food are given during festivals, and the elderly have access to care and the young have access to education.

This is also the most open city. From time to time, you can see some foreigners wearing long robes, saying something they don’t understand, and you can also see camels and white elephants walking through the streets.

Craftsmen can be seen everywhere, and tiled houses are scattered all over the city. There is even a restaurant with more than 10,000 square meters outside Yongkin Gate. There are countless famous calligraphy and paintings, antiques and treasures inside, which make people linger.

The prosperity here is beyond Wang Xuebin's imagination. He wore a navy blue dress, his workmanship was very fine, and his clothes were embroidered with cloud patterns, making him look very energetic.

He was carrying a long box on his back, which was quite heavy, but it had no effect on him. He strolled and ate sand dumplings.

Sand dumplings are a kind of sweet food. Fried glutinous rice dumplings, sprinkled with brown sugar, and there are different fillings. They eat peach blossom fillings, which are a bit sweet. They are just right with iced plum sauce.

At night, Lin'an was brightly lit and the voices were still unabated. Wang Xuebin booked a flower boat, which was rippling in the lake. This boat was the industry of Hongxiufang.

It is said that the women in Hongxiufang are all wealthy ladies in the family. Hongxiufang only does the business of the Qing Gongren, but they do not do the business of the Honggongren.

Of course, as for whether or not Wang Xuebin really doesn't want to know.

He leaned against the railing, listening to the little songs in his ears, and taking a sip of tea from time to time, his mood couldn't calm down for a long time.

He has never seen such a scene. He has not been to the first-tier cities in the world, but if we compare them, he can only say that in modern society, except for the better infrastructure, everything else is really not as good as it is.

This place is not like later generations. You don’t feel any pressure here. All the scenes tell you what a land of gentleness is a hero’s tomb.

"Miss, can you sing other songs?"

In the boat building, a girl with a veil sat in front of the guqin and asked:

"I don't know what my husband wants to listen to? I like Liu Xianggong's poems the most, and my emotions are endless. Why don't I let me sing a song about the three-folded chilling and sadness for my husband?"

The girl opened her mouth slightly, and her words were all soft words from Wu, and her tenderness and sweetness seemed to be courting you.

Wang Xuebin is not a person who doesn’t understand the charm. He drank all the tea in the cup in one sip and said with a smile.

"Oh? The little lady is knowledgeable, but Xianggong Liu's lyrics are so charming. I don't like them. I wonder if the girl will sing Man Jianghong?"

The girl in the building was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:

"What did the Langjun say? I don't know which song is Man Jianghong, I just sang it."

Wang Xuebin poured another cup of tea, but did not drink it, but poured it into the lake water, which was reflected by the lights.

"It's the song 'The sun is bright, the sun is bright'. I wonder if the little lady can play and sing?"

When the girl in the boat building heard this, her face turned red and she said cowardly:

"Lang...Langjun was joking. Such a song was very good at singing by my family..."

Wang Xuebin did not make things difficult for her, so he threw away ten taels of silver and stopped steadily on the girl's piano table.

"You go!"

The girl was shy and picked up the silver and left in a boat.

Silver is not the main currency at this time, it is the copper standard at this time, and it mainly uses copper coins, but among the people, silver still maintains its value.

The purchasing power of one tael of silver is about 300 yuan, and this flower boat requires 800 taels of silver a day. The girl has also paid for it, one hundred and fifty taels per person, and the ten taels just now were purely rewards.

Wang Xuebin specially asked those who know the knowledgeable people to ask the price, and usually rewarded five to ten taels. If you don’t give more, you will include other services.

Wang Xuebin returned to the boat building and ordered a table of dishes and started eating.

The dishes were given by them and included in the set meal. The portions were not too much, but there were many categories, including various fresh and salty dried fruits, hot and cold platters, and wine-filled rice. They were made up on the table.

After watching them finish serving the dishes, Wang Xuebin left his service and started eating alone.

The dishes here are very light in taste, and they are also made of flowers. They taste fragrant and refreshing, slightly sweet, and they really have a unique flavor!

"Doctor, let's have another table, it's more weight!"

Here, doctoral students are not a degree, but a doctoral student who is called waiters, and both tea, food, food, wine and wine.

Wang Xuebin ordered another table after eating. These things looked quite delicate, but they were really not hungry. After eating, they didn’t feel full at all. He didn’t know if they were cheating money.

Wang Xuebin stayed on the flower boat for three days.

"Yarang, how to make a price for a house?"

Wang Xuebin was dressed in a literati dress, and was surrounded by a tooth merchant who was full of embarrassment. The tooth merchant was an ancient intermediary or brokerage company. They agented the sales and charged commissions after the transaction was completed.

There are everything sold in the teeth store, ranging from food, rice, oil and salt to food, clothing, housing and transportation. Therefore, Wang Xuebin found them and wanted to buy a property.

"Official, you are in a dilemma. All the houses in Lin'an Mansion are owned by owners and will not be sold!"

When Wang Xuebin heard this, he asked indifferently:

"Then I'll be looking for a property for me. The size is not limited. Don't worry about money. You will be beneficial!"

The tooth merchant looked around and led Wang Xuebin to a secluded place and whispered:

"Officials are not villains who don't do business. I'll tell you boldly. None of the heads of Lin'an Prefecture are ordinary families, all of them are high-ranking officials and relatives, you can't buy them!"

When Wang Xuebin heard this, he asked in surprise:

"All of them? Without exception?"

The dental vendor explained:

"Whenever there are houses sold in the city, those big teeth merchants will come to the door as soon as possible.

Each of the big teeth merchants has a backer behind them. After discussing, they first ask if they stay. If they don’t stay, they will directly transfer to other teeth merchants. Other teeth merchants do the same, and they will not flow into the hands of the people!”

Wang Xuebin frowned when he heard this. It was the first time he heard about such a thing.

"Then the houses of these high-ranking officials are so empty?"

The merchant was a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Wang Xuebin handed over a tael of silver and said:

"I just want to find a place to live for a long time. If I make things difficult, forget it!"

The tooth merchant saw Yinzi, and his embarrassing expression disappeared, and said openly:

"Officials, I'm going to tell me that you are a scholar or study hard and take the imperial examinations is the right way.

As long as you can become a juren, renting a house here will save a lot. If you become a tribute, you don’t have to pay for housing. If you pass the Jinshi one day, there will be someone who will rush to deliver houses and industries to you, so don’t worry about it!”

Wang Xuebin was very eye-opening after listening;

"Good guy, there is a golden house in the book? Haha! The ancients really didn't bully me!"

......

Since leaving Lin'an, Wang Xuebin wandered around, ate and played all the way, and suddenly became interested. He spent a lot of money to buy a large area of ​​land and built a garden himself.

It was built with reference to Suzhou gardens. It took two years. During this period, he also traveled several times to the four modern gardens to build a garden that suits his wishes.

"Guanlan, in life, reading is the right way! You are so luxurious and you are building such a big garden just for your own enjoyment. What face will you have to see your parents in the future? Listen to my advice and study hard. One day, the right way is to be named on the gold list!"

The local magistrate was talking, and Wang Xuebin listened on the side. Without answering the matter, the magistrate's eyes were almost green.

Since Wang Xuebin built this garden, the magistrate has been running here every now and every now and hinted that he has a way to make Wang Xuebin pass the imperial examination. Even a fool knows what he means!

"Ha! This matter is not something that Lord Liu has to worry about. Wang is not interested in the officialdom and is good to be a rich man. I don't cause trouble, but I am not afraid of trouble!"

Lord Liu's face froze when he heard this, and he stopped lingering. He looked at Wang Xuebin and said:

"Then the king and the great official asked for blessings!"

After saying that, he turned around and left. Wang Xuebin bowed his hand behind and shouted:

"Then I'll give it to you not far away!"

When Lord Liu heard this, his body paused, snorted coldly, and shook his sleeves, leaving faster.

What Lord Liu didn't notice was that Wang Xuebin was using a fierce bow, and his right hand was on his left hand. Lord Liu was almost over!