Chapter 49: The Plague Is Coming, The Imperial City Is in Chaos 1
A few days later, the imperial city was lifted, and envoys from all the surrounding small countries also left Yan State.
After following everyone, Ye Jing was about to study at the grocery store in the Imperial City, and then go to the shop next door to discuss the price.
"Jing'er, the Lord of Yanbao who came back from the imperial city a few days ago fell ill. Although it is not certain that the imperial city is in plague, you still have to take precautions when entering the imperial city. You and Xiaozhuzi
Wear a towel on it, and wear a mask under the face towel with double insurance." Yuqing said and took it out and processed the ancient masks produced by the Space Supermarket. It was a layer of cotton cloth sewn on the modern masks. These are the ones
Oh my God, she made it with the nanny.
"Sister, this is a mask. I'm taking a few people in the shop. I don't need to confirm that the foreign envoys will be out of the way after the plague is gone." Ye Jing said as he dressed with Xiaozhuzi.
OK, I went there and explained to Uncle Shao, and then took the carriage from the Sixth Courtyard to the Imperial City.
The women in the villa also went out to prepare New Year's things. Women must bring their face towels when going out, and Yuqing, the man who went to the countryside, did not give much advice. Yuqing, the man who went to the imperial city, was also
I just told them that there were so many people in the villa a few days ago, and now everyone's physical resistance is weaker, so I go to the imperial city early and go back early.
"Advisor, it's best not to go to the imperial city now. If you really bring the plague back to the villa, it will be troublesome." The old doctor followed Yuqing and said helplessly at the gate of the villa.
"Master of the Doctor, it's hard to say now. When the news comes over there, the people from the villa can't go."
"Fortunately, women can cover their mouths and noses when they go out with a facial towel."
"For general epidemics, facial wipes are of some use. In such a serious plague, it is difficult to cover your mouth and nose if you just wear a facial wipe."
"It seems like I've seen Master Ye Jing from your Sixth Courtyard. Why don't you stop me? The imperial city was suppressed a few days ago. Now the envoys of the small country have left. I'm afraid the plague is difficult to control.
It's going to break out, and it's not safe to go to the imperial city now."
"Master, this is also impossible. Children born in troubled times must also take on the responsibility of supporting their families. I figured out a cover that covers my mouth and nose. My brother and the servant had already put it on when they left the village.
.” Yuqing took out the ancient masks for the master to show them. This one was made of pure cotton cloth, which was different from what Ye Jing had with him. Even such a simple cotton mask made the old doctor exclaimed.
"Advisor, this mouth cover is better, it's more effective than a facial towel."
"Master, why not just call it a mask, such a mask can cover your mouth and nose better. Yuqing has been thinking about this in the past two days. Only Jing'er and Wen'er are left in the Sixth Courtyard. Wen'er is still young and Jing'er will not stand up.
How did the hospital live? I don’t know how the grocery shop business in the Sixth Hospital is doing these days? Jing'er doesn’t go there to see how it can be done.”
"The master's apprentice, the master's pharmacy is still idle. Why not go to the hall to practice medicine? You can make money and stay in the imperial city to do what you want."
"Let's talk about this later. The master's pharmacy can be opened again, and it can also make money and popularity."
"Then let's just say that, if you encounter any difficult and complicated problems, you have to take it over. The medicine shop here in the villa has started selling medicine, and I still have to find a few reliable friends in the imperial city. The owner's apprentice, this is how it is.
Master, I have to go to the imperial city, too."
"Master, it's safer to wear a mask. I remember that there are some ordinary herbs in the master's pharmacy. If the master has a way, buy some. If you have time these two days, the master will help me rub some more pills. The Imperial City
If the trouble is too serious, the pills can help you. I have to guard the gate of the villa and disinfect the people who have returned from the imperial city according to the situation. Soon our villa will be controlled."
Qing took a few masks to the master and gave it to the master another thousand taels of silver. Then he watched the old doctor take a carriage to the imperial city.
The influenza in the imperial city has not been valued by the people in the palace for the time being. The emperor, who had just ascended the throne, was summoning his confidant minister to discuss the issue of the talent show. A minister suggested that he arrive.
"Your Majesty, if you want to get money, please find the clans outside the imperial city. There are places that the imperial court has not yet entered. Many places have already been raised in fat."
"Well, this is a way, but I am afraid of vomiting all the food I have for the night," said the middle-aged emperor with a frown.
"Your Majesty, the women in the countryside also have outstanding charity and beautiful little family. The key is that they think simple and simple, and better control and use it. On the other hand, it also shows that His Majesty loves the people as much as his son." Another minister said in agreement.
"Your Majesty, the rich and gentry can raise at most some village soldiers. It will take several years to wait until they have more power. Your Majesty can ask them to restrain each other and prevent each other. As long as they make good use of the women they were selected into the palace, they can control them remotely for a long time.
them."
"Your Majesty, I think I can use this time to appease the clans in the test city. If they are willing to send their daughters to the palace in this trial, your Majesty will not beware of taking a few hostages."
"Well, the Ministry of Revenue will start with this matter and draw up a big list for me to take a look as soon as possible." The court discussed a few other things, and the father-in-law beside the emperor announced his resignation.
There are a lot of people entering the imperial city today, and many small shops have just opened on the seven-day martial law. People from the countryside of the villa outside the city are eager to go to the imperial city to patrol their shops. Today, people entering the imperial city are not only wearing women.
Many men also covered their faces with faces, which made the soldiers guarding the city feel a little puzzled. At the time of Mao, the city gate was opened, and there were already a long carriage waiting at the city gate.
"The court's new regulations, carriages enter the city for 5 copper plates, and each person has two copper plates." The words of the defending soldiers immediately caused a burst of dissatisfaction.
"Official, it turns out that there are two copper plates in the carriage that enters the city, and one copper plate in the city. Why are they doubled now?" asked the squire in a carriage.
"What's the matter? You are dissatisfied with the current court. Who dares to question the court's regulations? That's the remnants of the rebellion. Nian Zai'er waited for the first offender and opened his eyes and closed his eyes. You all have business in the imperial city. Entering the imperial city
Drinking tea is more than this price. Don’t just talk nonsense and get money if you want to enter the city.”
The soldiers guarding the city told the people who were waiting to enter the city to shut their mouths. Just think it was five copper coins to drink a cup of tea. Some people also parked the carriage outside the city gate.
"Young Master, let's park the carriage outside the city, too." Xiao Zhuzi sat on the shaft and said to Ye Jing in the carriage.
"The place where we guard the carriage will also collect copper plates. Our villa is closest to the imperial city, so we will not take the carriage tomorrow. We also need 4 copper plates to enter the imperial city, so it is better to hand over 5 copper plates to bring the carriage into it.
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"The eldest young master is smart, so it is convenient to spend an extra copper coin and carry a carriage in the imperial city."
There are many people who have the same idea as Ye Jing, and in the end, only a small number of carriages remained outside the city, but they also looked like Ye Jing speculated that each carriage also requires two copper plates so that someone will show you how to lose it.
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The grocery store in Sixth Courtyard has not been opened these days. Fortunately, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper lived in the backyard of the grocery store. When Ye Jing came over, the grocery store had already opened.
"Young Master, business has been bad in the past two months. It has been closed for 7 days since the end of the year. It is difficult for ordinary people to live."
"Uncle, no matter how hard life is, you have to live. Follow me to the shop next door. If the price is reasonable, buy it and you can still earn some money before the New Year."
"The eldest young master and the eldest lady discussed it, and the eldest lady agreed to buy the shop next door? The price is reasonable, but the orphan and widow in the shop next door sold the shop and there was no place to go. In the countryside, her in-laws said that she was desperate and desperate.
After his son died, he refused to take them into his mother and daughter. So he was going to sell his shop and go back to the countryside, but now he is a little hesitant."
"Uncle, my sister has agreed. My sister will also pay for the money to buy the shop. The shop is ready to sell pasta, so the aunt who has the noodles can continue to stay in the shop and do things for us."
"If this is the case, they will definitely sell the shop. While the grocery store has not yet been available, the young man will accompany the young master to take a look."
The shop next door is not large in size, and it was originally a snack shop. After the man died, his aunt and his daughter were left behind to continue to manage the shop. Two women, one old and one young, were bullied a lot, and the shop gradually couldn't be opened.
The location of the shop is far away from the downtown area and is small? I have never let go. When Ye Jing and the others came here, there was no customer in the snack shop. Seeing that the aunt was sitting on the chair wiping her tears.
"Auntie, but what's the hard thing?"
"Young Master Jing, what's not difficult now? You can't open a shop without selling it. If you sell it, you will be homeless. What's even more annoying is that your sister agreed to be in the in-laws,
The betrothal gift did not increase, and the dowry would increase. He also said that if the marriage had not been decided long ago, the marriage would not be counted. They could use the same betrothal gift to marry a better girl. But even if my aunt sold the shop, she would not be enough.
Your sister adds a dowry.”
"Mom, I won't marry anymore. My mother and my brother sold the shop and had no place to live. I went to my in-laws' house with a shabby dowry and couldn't raise my head. Instead of doing this, we might as well open the shop again and wait until we have a wealth of ourselves.
, Who dares to look down on me?" The young lady walked out of the house and said resolutely.
"Silly daughter, our shop can barely be maintained after your father left. Every day, we have to deal with those gangsters. If we don't pay for meals, we will smash the shop if we ask for money. Your brother and mother will always keep this root for your father."
"Mom, I won't marry anymore. I don't want to be a young wife who has been tortured." The mother and daughter cried together.
"Auntie, you can sell the shop to me at the price we agreed on. Your family can still live in the backyard of the shop and help us take care of the shop."
"Master Jing, after selling the shop, our family will become a friend."
"But you have a backer, and your salary is not much less than running a shop yourself?" Ye Jing analyzed to the mother and daughter. He had already had a big plan in his little heart, and he would take these two in two years.
A shop is connected and a small-scale noodle restaurant is opened. As my sister said, the pasta can be wholesale to other restaurants and retailed to ordinary people. In addition to pasta with fillings, there are also fried noodles
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"Mom, my daughter thinks that Young Master Jing's proposal is very good. It is difficult to operate if the shop is not sold. Even if we are still the owner of this shop, we are still poor bosses who are bullied. In this imperial city, you have no silver in your arms.
, that is an existence that is looked down upon." The young lady said in a clear way.
"But what should you do with your marriage? If you are quit and kissed, you will not be able to find a good family in the future."
"Mom, this in-laws' family may not be good now. Besides, they can't get the dowry they recognize, even if their daughter is willing to marry someone else, they may not be willing to marry him."
"Oh, the little girl is still open to it. Your dowry is ready. The martial law in the imperial city has exceeded the deadline for you in 7 days. Today I am here to withdraw from the marriage on behalf of the man. Look at your cold pot and cold stove
There is no business to do in the shop, so I won’t read the dowry list. This is the little girl’s birthday and the token of getting married. I will give you back the ones you should have paid. Don’t delay the ones over there.
The young master made a good marriage." At this moment, a matchmaker walked into the shop and said sarcastically.
"It's ready for you. Even if he doesn't retire, the girl will not marry her." The young lady said, taking out the engagement letter and a bracelet with no quality from her arms. It can be seen that the young lady has been ready for a long time.
It's right.
"It's good that the little girl can be open-minded, and she's worried that you'll be looking for death. Nowadays, men are all treasures, and there will never be few families with more women and fewer marriages. If you don't have money, don't expect to find a good family."
"Get out quickly!" The young lady was so angry that she burst into tears.
"This poor family doesn't want to stay here with you if I want to keep it." The matchmaker packed up his things and turned around and left the shop.
"Young Master Jing, I'll sell you the shop." My aunt wiped the tears from her face and said firmly.
"Okay, I've brought the silver notes. We'll go to the yamen to complete the transfer procedures. Then, aunt, please go back to the villa with me and learn how to make pasta sold in the shop."
"Mom, follow the eldest master to go through the procedures. I took my brother to clean up the shop. A few days ago, I fell ill for many people, and no one dared to make a statement about martial law in the imperial city. Now that the imperial city is lifted, it is a mess. I am afraid it will be a mess.
I'll hurry up and get everything I need to do for a while."
"Everyone go and have a look. There are all messes in the pharmacy shop, and all the patients who are taking care of the doctor stand in a row."
"Yes, I also heard that the coffins in the coffin shop on the edge of the city are sold out."
"Oh, it's time for the Chinese New Year, why are there so many people dying of illness?"
Ye Jing and the aunt from the snack shop were in a mess before they left.
Chapter completed!