Chapter 266
When Cheng Jialong looked at the whip in Sun Zhiwan's hand, he was not too nervous. Everyone can shout slogans, but not everyone can do practical things.
I am Marshal Ning Haijun, the eldest son of Duke Haiguo. I blame my father for laying a good foundation. Now my position is as solid as a mountain. If Sun Zhiwan really dares to slap me, then we will settle the score later.
Even if there is oppression, there is resistance wherever it is. Li Zhi would not even dare to deal with his uncle Changsun Wuji, let alone Cheng Jialong himself.
Of course, it has to be passable on the surface.
Cheng Jialong said with a panic look on his face: "Don't worry, Dad, I will be obedient!"
Cheng Jialong smiled faintly in his heart: "It's weird to be obedient!"
Cheng Jialong was born rebellious and rebellious. In the past, he only realized that Cheng Shijie was not easy, so he tolerated everything. Otherwise, Cheng Shijie might be angry to death. When Cheng Jialong was in fourth grade, his English teacher deliberately checked his homework. Every time he didn't know how to do it, he would ask questions to make him embarrassed in front of his classmates. He spent more than three months imitating the English teacher's notes and writing love letters to the tall, handsome and married director of the teaching and research group.
It's just that Cheng Jialong didn't understand the adult world at the time. It was clear that the director of the teaching and research group had a wife, but they were still together...
Not to mention that as long as Cheng Shijie beat him, he would release the valve core of Cheng Shijie's electric car, or unplug the charging cable while Cheng Shijie was charging, allowing Cheng Shijie to walk to work.
Sun Zhiman looked at Cheng Jialong's expression. He was very familiar with this look. His own son was also like this. Sun Zhiman was often punished by his father. Of course, in Sun Zhiman's opinion, Cheng Jialong was the young master and as long as he could get by , he will definitely not use the whip given by Cheng Shijie.
You must know that mastering this whip is both power and shackles.
No one wants to have a father above their head. If Cheng Shijie is really gone and gives him this whip and makes him the minister who cares about life, Cheng Jialong will probably kill him first.
Sun Zhiyi is now the second director of the Liaodong Management Committee, equivalent to the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet. He has this unparalleled whip, which also puts him under a lot of pressure.
"Don't worry, Commander, Yongyan will definitely urge the good young master to study hard!"
"So good!"
Cheng Shijie did not set off immediately. Instead, he returned to his later life and told Xiang Hui that Cheng Jialong had signed up for a Mathematical Olympiad training camp. He trained in isolation for a month before embarking on the journey.
After Cheng Jialong came to Liaodong, all walks of life in Liaodong were shocked. Almost every day, people came to pay homage to Mr. Cheng and became familiar with him. Cheng Jialong was just like a puppet, cordially meeting guests from all walks of life.
In Cheng Jialong's impression, the Ming Dynasty was full of ignorance, lack of materials, spiritual poverty, the law of the jungle, and so on.
Having been in this era for so long, Cheng Jialong deeply felt that it was indeed true that the weak could eat the strong. Ignorance and spiritual poverty might also be possible, but there was really no shortage of materials in Liaodong.
Especially in the Golden State, supplies are simply not too abundant. All kinds of supplies are piled up. The market is filled with delicacies from all over the world, and the price of beef is incredibly low.
In later generations, chicken should be regarded as the cheapest meat, followed by pork. Beef and mutton are luxury goods. Without certain economic capabilities, it is impossible to achieve the freedom of beef. Even with Cheng Shijie's income, Cheng Jialong rarely eats beef or mutton a few times a year.
But in Liaodong, raw beef costs 60 yuan, which can buy one kilogram, and one kilogram is 594 grams. The salary of one hundred ordinary workers can buy two hundred kilograms, which is about 118.8 kilograms. Two hundred and thirty-seven kilograms. If converted in this way, the purchasing power of workers' wages in the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to 10,692 yuan in later generations.
What surprised Cheng Jialong was that in the Ming Dynasty, French fries were actually the food. In addition to French fries, many foods from later generations can be seen on the dining table of the Ming Dynasty, such as mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and junk food from later generations. fighter jets, all kinds of fried chicken.
In Liaodong, the most popular food is this kind of fried chicken, which is not only cheap but also tastes pretty good. Cheng Jialong and Cheng Jiayue strolled along the main street.
There are many bars in Jinzhou. Because there is too much food, they only make wine to consume the food. Not only are there many bars, but there are also many types of wine. There are not only rice wine, rice wine, shochu, wine, but also rum and whiskey.
Cheng Jialong's eyes were opened. The underground sewage pipes are like a huge spider web, extending in all directions. There is not a drop of sewage on the streets of Jinzhou. The water pipes also extend in all directions, delivering the clear and sweet Liaohe River water to thousands of households. Turn on the faucet and there will be an inexhaustible supply.
On the wide and flat streets, four-wheel carriages carrying people or goods floated by. Shop signs were everywhere. You could see several large grocery stores on just one street. In fact, they were supermarkets, man. He yelled at Hui Hui in a hoarse voice, not letting go of any potential customer.
Their terrifyingly large store occupies several floors. They have books, calligraphy and paintings, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, rice, flour, vegetables, fruits, shoes, socks and cloth. Most of them are on the small-profit-quick-turnover route. You can tell from the signs hanging out, like Daily necessities such as rice, flour, fruits and vegetables, shoes, socks and cloth are quite cheap. Prices are as low as you have ever heard of.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no poor people in Liaodong. The same is true in Jinzhou. Some people are rich while others are poor, and there are many poor people.
Cheng Jialong passed a crossroads and came to a square. Everyone saw many half-clothed people lining up there, and several government officials were carrying large bags of rice and vegetables. Everyone stepped forward to receive them one by one.
The dishes were not sumptuous, but they were rich in oil and water, and everyone enjoyed the food.
Cheng Jialong asked someone and found out that these grains were old grains donated by the owners of various grain shops, and the vegetables were collected in various supermarkets. If they were not sold out on the same day, they were taken to the designated place. Naturally, someone washed and cooked them, and they became these A meal for homeless people.
While the refugees were eating, a man who looked like a manager held a tin trumpet and shouted: "We want to hire ten people to beat the cement and move cement at the construction site. They will take care of three meals a day, dry food, two vegetables and one soup, and fat meat in the evening." , wages are paid once a day, forty cents a day, who is interested?"
"We need to build a canal in our town, and we need twenty strong laborers! Three meals a day, dry food, two vegetables and one soup, and fat meat to eat every day. The wages are forty cents a day. You can do it every day, or you can wait until it is completed. One-time settlement, come here if you want to work!”
"Our woodwork factory needs carpenters. They pay 80 yuan a day, four dishes and one soup, and you can eat whatever you want. The wages are paid monthly..."
Jinzhou also has garbage stations, relief stations, nursing homes, banks, supermarkets, farmers' markets, street lights...
Everything is so familiar to Cheng Jialong. In other words, Cheng Shijie, a time traveler, has done almost everything he can do.
"Mr. Chen, long time no see, let's go have a drink!"
"It's time to drink, Mr. Li. I like scholars like you who are both civilized and martial, and very chivalrous. Let's have a good drink today. We won't get home until we get drunk!"
Cheng Jialong heard that passers-by on the street were going to drink, and he also wanted to experience it.
"Jia Yue, let's go have a drink too?"
"No, dad said children can't drink"!
"I'm not a child anymore, I'm thirteen years old!"
"That's a minor too!"
"Leave me alone!"
Cheng Jiayue said, "If you dare to go, I'll tell dad to spank you!"
"I'm just going to take a look!"
"You can't go then!"
"you are vicious!"
Cheng Jiayue followed Cheng Jialong so that Cheng Jialong had no chance to go to the bar.
After all, Cheng Jialong was older and wiser than Cheng Jiayue. He took the initiative to take Cheng Jiayue for a stroll from South City to North City. Cheng Jiayue was exhausted. After she had eaten and drank enough.
Cheng Jialong looked at the guards beside him and said, "Send the eldest lady back to the house!"
"Sir, what about you?"
"I, I want to understand the sentiments of the people!"
Zheng Sen, now twelve years old, has become one of Cheng Jialong's personal followers. In addition to Zheng Sen, there is also Shi Lang. Shi Lang smiled: "Master, you and the younger one come here, let's go over here to understand the sentiments of the people!"
Shi Lang had the potential to be a traitor at a young age. He saw that Cheng Jialong wanted to go to the tavern, and thought that Cheng Shijie was too strict with Cheng Jialong, and now Cheng Jialong wanted to drink.
Shi Lang took Cheng Jialong into a bar. Of course, this was a more traditional tavern. Although the words tavern and bar were the same, they represented two completely different business concepts. Anyone who has been to KTV must know that there are obvious differences between mass-market KTV and commercial KTV.
At the entrance gate, there are several large wine jars with words written in calligraphy on them. They are Erguotou, Zhuyeqing, Sishui Huadiao, Fenjiu, Shaojiu, Rice Wine, Rice Wine, etc.
Then there is a huge hall. There are several square tables in the hall. There are long stools in front of the tables. On the small stage near the inside, there is a man and a woman, playing the erhu and beating the snare drum. Singing a little tune babblingly.
A waiter wearing a green shirt hurriedly came up to him: "Guest, what kind of wine would you like to have? Our shop has all the famous wines from all over the country!"
"Is there any beer?"
"Beer is really not available in the store. If you need it, Xiaodi can buy it for you!"
Cheng Jialong was a little disappointed. It was not like the legendary bar. Although there were women in bars in later generations, there were seven out of ten women and special workers. Who would be a serious woman going to a bar? Even for women, the quality is not high.
When Cheng Jialong was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that there was a semi-open booth near the window at the back of the tavern. Sitting in it was a woman disguised as a man. She was dressed in men's clothing, but she had a lot of money and could not hide it no matter what. live. From Cheng Jialong's perspective, he couldn't actually see the other person's appearance clearly, but judging from the curves of his body, his slim back seemed to be somewhere between seventy and eighty percent.
Seeing Cheng Jialong staring in the direction of the booth, Shi Lang, Cheng Jialong's follower, hurriedly asked the waiter in the tavern.
Not long after, Shi Lang came back and reported to Cheng Jialong: "Young Master, please find out clearly!"
"Oh, who is the other party?"
Shi Lang said: "The other party is the Xing family!"
"Xing family?"
Cheng Jialong looked confused: "I've never heard of it, what is your origin?"
"It is said that this Xing family was originally the wife snatched by the rogue Li Zicheng. Later, she had an affair with Li Zicheng's general Gao Jie. For fear of being discovered by Li Zicheng, they ran away and defected to the former governor Denglaisun. They came to Liaodong half a month ago!"
Shi Lang saw that Cheng Jialong was really not interested, so he stopped talking.
Cheng Jialong was indeed not interested. He vaguely remembered that Gao Jie should have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in August of the eighth year of Chongzhen. In fact, last year in August of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Governor Chen Qiyu sent troops to attack Li Zicheng's troops. Li Zicheng was surrounded and was in a very difficult situation. Li Zicheng asked Gao Jie to write a letter to congratulate Renlong for his rebellion, but he did not receive a reply from Gao Jie. When the envoy came back, he met Gao Jie first and then went to see Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng suspected Gao Jie, so he sent another general to replace him and asked Gao Jie to come back to guard the barracks. While guarding the barracks, Gao Jie fell in love with Li Zicheng's wife Xing. During the attack on Guide Mansion, Xing had an affair. She was pregnant, but Li Zicheng did not have sex with Xing at all during this period. Xing was worried that her affair with Gao Jie would be exposed, so Xing and Gao Jie made an appointment and ran away.
A total of more than 1,700 people from the old tribes of Gao Jie and Xing agreed to betray Li Zicheng. When they left, they took away the wealth that Li Zicheng had collected over the years, including more than 300,000 taels of gold alone. , and more than two million taels of silver.
After voluntarily surrendering to Sun Yuanhua, Sun Yuanhua had never heard Gao Jie's name and thought that Xing was Gao Jie's wife. He extorted more than 80,000 taels of silver from Gao Jie and Xing, and sold Gao Jie and Xing to Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Jialong is not interested in old women. However, the problem is that sometimes, just because you don't look for trouble doesn't mean there is nothing wrong.
Just like now, when Shi Lang was going to check out with the money, two self-respecting scholars in the booth next door walked directly to Mr. Xing to tease Mr. Xing.
Of course, if this matter is placed in future generations, it will be just a pick-up. The so-called pick-up is actually just an excuse for gangsters. It's just that Mr. Xing is a rose with thorns, and he disdains the two scholars. You must know that Li Zicheng's army can capture many scholars. The embarrassed appearance of those scholars is all too clear to Xing.
But the problem was that these two scholars had obviously just arrived in Liaodong and did not understand the rules of Liaodong at all. After being rejected, they still wanted to pester. Xing picked up the wine glass and threw wine in each other's face.
"You little maid, how dare you insult me!"
The scholar who had drink thrown on his face turned red instantly. He raised his hand high and wanted to teach the shameless woman in front of him a lesson.
"stop!"
Without Cheng Jialong saying a word, the clerk in the store hurriedly said: "Put down your hands, or I will report you to the police!"
Just as they were talking, the originally harmless waiters, waiters, and chefs in the kitchen all turned their heads. They were holding kitchen knives or horizontal knives in their hands. The drinker also rushed over with a ladle.
The eldest son of the Cheng family, Long Cheng, looked surprised. People from Liaodong were so fierce, and they would attack someone at the slightest disagreement?
These two scholars wearing blue gowns were not afraid. Instead, they said arrogantly: "What are you doing? You untouchables, do you know who we are?"
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce is a general term for the four kinds of people in ancient times. The so-called four people in ancient times refer to those who are officials, those who work in agriculture, those who work in industry, and those who do business. As long as scholars have the reputation of being a scholar, they are already out of the common class. Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. Scholars are not only exempted from hard labor and do not kneel before officials, but also enjoy free money and food for eighty acres of land (Wanli period). As long as they have some brains and can run a business With proper methods, at least the scholars are not in danger of being cold or hungry. Some scholars even took over a county's lawsuits and earned considerable income.
They have a psychological advantage when facing ordinary people.
As the two scholars shouted loudly at the people around them, they felt guilty.
As the saying goes, the people will not fight against the officials, the poor will not fight against the rich, and the common people cannot fight against the scholars. This is the truth. Take the laws of the Ming Dynasty as an example. It was normal for scholars to scold civilians. However, if civilians insulted scholars, it was considered a crime of the following and high treason, and could be punished by hanging.
"Shut up, everyone, it's none of your business, please step aside!"
"You have no place to talk here!"
The attitudes of the two scholars became more and more domineering, and the looks they looked at Mr. Xing became more and more unscrupulous.
In the eyes of these two scholars, a woman who can come to a tavern to have a drink is definitely not a woman from a good family. If she is a woman from a good family, they really don't dare to mess with her.
Seeing this, Cheng Jialong became excited. He was asked not to cause trouble, but the problem is that now he is justified. He looked at Shi Lang and said: "Shi Lang, I want to teach these two gangsters a lesson, there should be no problem, right?"
"rogue?"
Shi Lang was a little puzzled. The hooligans of the Ming Dynasty and the hooligans of later generations are two completely different concepts. People without land are called liu, and hooligans without real estate. Hooligans have almost the same meaning as vagrants, specifically referring to people without land and real estate.
Zheng Sen said: "Of course you can teach them a lesson!"
Just as the two scholars approached Mr. Xing, Mr. Xing picked up the plate and threw it out.
"Oh, what a fierce little horse!"
"It's delicious, I like it!"
"stop!"
When Cheng Jialong stood up, the two scholars glanced at Cheng Jialong and saw that Cheng Jialong was dressed in fine clothes, and there were two younger companions beside him, and their clothes were actually silk.
Obviously, they saw that Cheng Jialong's identity was not simple.
"who are you?"
Cheng Jialong stood up and said calmly: "Don't care who I am, all you need is that I want to beat you two! Shi Lang, Zheng Sen, come on!"
"Hey, my hair hasn't even grown yet, and I'm still jealous like others.
"Go home and feed yourself!"
Cheng Jialong was ecstatic. He had been practicing Sanda for more than three years. He had suffered a lot, but he had never dared to fight with anyone. He had no choice. It would be embarrassing if he lost, and he would have to pay money if he won.
Now, he can finally give it a try.
Like a little tiger, Cheng Jialong stood up and kicked the scholar in the face who scolded him for going home to nurse.
To be fair, Cheng Jialong's skills are really not good enough in the Ming Dynasty. After all, he only learned castrated Sanda fighting skills. If he were to deal with ordinary people, even adults, he would really not be good enough. But the problem was that he was facing two powerless scholars.
These scholars are absolutely fluent in criticizing, cursing, and gossiping. But the problem is, Cheng Jialong hits him as he says, and he kicks him sideways.
"boom……"
Cheng Jialong kicked the scholar firmly in the face. The scholar closed his eyes and fell directly to the ground, knocking over a table.
Hula...
Plates, plates, and wine glasses were scattered all over the table.
The scholar who had wine poured on his face by Mr.
The scholar was afraid that he would be beaten if he moved too slowly. After Cheng Jialong kicked a scholar down, Shi Lang picked up a stool and Zheng Sen picked up a wine jar. If he were slower, these two teenagers would be able to get down. Dead hand.
Mrs. Xing took out a piece of silver from her arms and slapped it on the table: "Forget it, I'll treat everyone to a drink!"
"Thank you ma'am!"
The drinkers became enthusiastic.
Cheng Jialong waved his hands and said, "Let's go!"
Ms. Xing stood in front of Cheng Jialong: "Master, I'll buy you a drink too! Are you in a hurry to leave?"
Cheng Jialong: "See you when you have time!"
Shi Lang looked at Cheng Jialong with some confusion: "Young Master..."
"Let's go!"
If Cheng Jialong didn't see that this was a show, he would have spent several years learning in vain. The person who started the trouble was definitely the same as the Xing family, and this was a game against him.
Cheng Jialong's guess was actually very wrong.
Just after Cheng Jialong left, Gao Jie came out from behind, and the two scholars also got up from the ground. Especially the scholar who pretended to be fainted spit out a mouthful of blood: "This little guy has a lot of trouble!"
Mr. Xing smiled bitterly and said, "We failed in this scene, and he saw it!"
In fact, this is not a game against Cheng Jialong, but a game against the powerful people in Liaodong. Regardless of whether Cheng Jialong comes or not, as long as they watch someone with some status appear in the store, a similar drama will be staged. .
There was no other way. After Gao Jie and Xing betrayed Li Zicheng, they wanted to defect to the army. However, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were now suppressing the officers and soldiers. Gao Jie and Xing were both afraid. They surrendered to these cowardly officers and soldiers. Li Zicheng called.
The one they most wanted to join was Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun. It was a pity that Ning Haijun had no plans to recruit troops until the Zheng Group's hundreds of thousands of troops were fully digested.
"What should we do now?"
"This road is dead!"
Xing was a powerful and resourceful woman, and she was considered one of the strange women in the Ming Dynasty.
"Is this play still going on?"
"No more acting!"
Mrs.
Gao Jie was a little undecided: "What if they collect the money and don't do the work?"
Mrs.
"Fight!"
Gao Jie punched the table hard.
A real man cannot live without power for a day
(End of chapter)
