Standing outside the inn, looking at the bustling city of Nanjing, a bustling traffic, even if the rain is pouring down did not see to let this giant city have a moment of depression.
Who can believe that this prosperous city in hundreds of years, will encounter inhuman slaughter.
The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of everyone.
Zhu Pingan firmly set his gaze, turned around with his travelling bag on his back, and walked in towards the inn in front of him. Inside the inn, the diners were like clouds, the shop boys were coming and going, so busy that the innkeeper was on his hands. It was raining, some people were too lazy to go out, I guess.
Seeing Zhu Pingan come in with his travelling bag on his back, the shop boy took the time to run over and greeted, “Guest, are you stopping over or staying at the inn?”
“Staying.” Zhu Pingan replied as he unpacked his travelling bag.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper revealed an apologetic look and said with embarrassment, “I’m sorry, sir, but recently all the rooms in the shop are full.”
Ugh, this can’t be the rhythm of letting me stay in a woodshop again.
Zhu Pingan stopped the action of unzipping his travelling bag and thought with some egg pain, looking at the shopkeeper’s apologetic expression, Zhu Pingan put his travelling bag back on his back and laughed nervously, “No harm, no harm, I’ll go to other inns to take a look.”
Upon hearing this, the shop fellow wanted to say something.
“But is there something to say?” Zhu Pingan looked at the shop fellow’s constipated look and asked.
“Recently, there have been students coming to stay here one after another, and with the rainy weather, many merchants are staying in the city, so I’m afraid that all the nearby inns are full, so if you want to stay here, I’m afraid that you’ll have to go to the southern city to try your luck.
It seems to be the rhythm of living in the woodshed.
Zhu Pingan held an oil umbrella and walked along the green stone pavement in the direction of the south city pointed out by the shopkeeper.
The oil umbrella in Zhu Pingan’s hand was bought a few days ago, twenty one umbrella bones, above the umbrella surface made of tung oil cloth, not as strong as modern umbrellas, feeling that if the wind is a little bit stronger, this umbrella will not be able to.
Nanjing city is too big, Zhu Pingan walked for a long time to ask the passers-by, found that he is still in the western city, looking at the shoes have been completely wet as well as wet a large piece of green cloth robes, can not help but miss the modern bus. And thought, if the father’s oxcart business bigger, to the several big cities in this Ming Dynasty, it can earn a lot of money.
Taking a ride on the oxcart of a kind old man delivering wine to the south of the city, Zhu Pingan finally arrived at the south city before dark.
Saying goodbye to the kind old man, Zhu Pingan waded through the southern city.
The south side of the city is more prosperous than the west side of the city, just more a wine rouge gas, near a river full of boats, paddles and lights, the river is thick and not greasy, the other side of the river can be vaguely heard the sound of women’s laughter, and from time to time to see a male with a lewd face holding an umbrella over the bridge to the other side and go, walk for a moment, Zhu Pingan suddenly came to a sudden realisation.
Nima, this is not the famous Qinhuai well!
Among the males going to the other side of the river, there are also students and scholars, perhaps there are also many who are full of knowledge.
However, Zhu Pingan stood at the edge of the bridge, but there is no intention to cross the bridge. The stone bridge connecting the two sides of the Qinhuai River, there is a line of not very clear limerick above: a gentleman does not cross the bridge, cross the bridge is not a gentleman.
This line made Zhu Pingan quite emotional.
This is not a wide Qinhuai River, the left bank is ambitious, the right bank is snowy and windy.
In the wind and rain, Zhu Pingan held up his umbrella and suddenly turned around, looking for an inn on this bank. Pedestrian traffic is endless, liquor shops also have a lot of shops, but not many inns, perhaps most of the opposite bank of the wind and snow place to steal the business it, people that not only can sleep and bed warming beauty, take what competition.
Asked two inns, are full, the room seems to be tighter than the West Side.
On the way to find the inn, saw a lofty Fuzi Temple, and the Qinhuai River on the other side of the wind and snow place corresponds to the time to let feel a little ridiculous.
Further along the river, I saw a huge complex of buildings with four characters “Jiangnan Tribute Academy”.
Eh?
This was the examination centre for the upcoming Imperial Examination.
The Ming dynasty courtyard examination by the central government to send a school officer to visit the provinces to preside over the courtyard examination, the school officer in the station (generally for the provincial capital, there are exceptions, such as the Shun Tian school government in Tongzhou) examination of the nearest provinces, counties, and the rest of the provinces, in order to stage the case in the examination. South Zhili school officials are stationed in Yingtian. In this way, the school officials supervise the House exams, the ancient traffic is not good, if the school officials to run, time is not enough. The main field a, a retest. The announcement is called “out of the case”. Accepted as a student, sent to the government, the county school palace, said “enrolment”, subject to the instructor’s monthly classes and exams. Jiangnan Gongyuan at the beginning of the county test site, in the Hongwu years into the court test, the township test, the examination room, of course, Zhu Di moved the capital of Beijing Shuntian, will be unified in the Shuntian, but the South Zhili’s court test, the township test are still in the Yingtian of this Jiangnan Gongyuan.
Jiangnan Tribute College in this, no wonder just a lot of students across the river to go.
Must be, the Qinhuai River also due to the existence of the Tribute Palace, Fu Zi Temple to prosper.
Zhu Pingan asked three more inns in a row, finally found a landing place, not a woodshop, but no better, is the inn’s uppermost attic, not Tengwang, Huanghe, Yueyanglou like the attic, this is the inn above the arch of the building to form a mezzanine.
But Zhu Pingan is still quite satisfied, this attic price than ordinary rooms can be cheaper than a penny silver per month, in addition, this attic has a large window, although some places can not afford to straighten up, but the middle part of the area space is quite good, there is this large window is also bright, the view is also good, through the window can see the lights on the other side of the Huaihe River.
Putting his things in the attic, Zhu Pingan changed into clean clothes as well as shoes and socks and went downstairs, walked to the counter and called the shopkeeper to pay for the January room.
This inn was close to the Tribute Academy, and most of the residents were scholars who had come to take the examination. Most of the people sitting in the lobby eating dinner were scholars, eating and drinking while laughing and chatting, it was a happy atmosphere.
The attic upstairs because of the narrowness, live in the above accidentally will touch the head, so there has been no one to live.
Now when these students heard that Zhu Ping An lived in this attic, they laughed at Zhu Ping An, and some kindly reminded Zhu Ping An that the attic was inconvenient because of its narrowness.
“Although the room is narrow, but it is high, to take a good omen.” Zhu Pingan haphazardly explained, the day is dark, looking for so many inns are full, but also fast curfew, where to find, and then that room himself is quite satisfied.
As soon as Zhu Pingan’s words fell, he heard a fat man clapping his hands.
Nima, to do ha? Zhu Pingan followed the sound to see, but saw a fat man, seventeen or eighteen years old or so, wearing a brocade dress, hanging a gold lock on the neck, finger with a gold and jade two trigger finger, a face of excitement and remorse.
“Why didn’t I think of that, the high one, the high school also.” The fat man had a face of remorse, then shouted at Zhu Pingan again.
“Hey, this brother, can we switch rooms, you go live in my house, my house is extra spacious, I’ll live in your attic. I won’t take advantage of you either, I’ll give you another one or two silver, how about it.”
And, it’s not just that.
In order to change the room for Zhu Pingan, the fat man flabbergastedly ordered a table of wine and food for Zhu Pingan, that was called a true love.
The hospitality was hard to resist, and eating others’ mouths was short, so Zhu Pingan had to agree.
Fatty was so grateful, he immediately went upstairs to pack up his things and move, fearing that Zhu Ping An would back out.
Nima, this all into?
The onlookers were dumbfounded!
