After New Year's Eve, the bustling scene in Kyoto not only did not diminish, but increased again.
Before New Year's Eve, ordinary people in Kyoto are busy celebrating the new year. Officials who came from other places did not dare to relax in the slightest for the first day of the new year. , Naturally, it will take a few days to live comfortably.
Worst of all, I have to go after the Lantern Festival, and take a thorough tour of this capital.
It's no wonder that those outsiders haven't seen the world. Today's Kyoto is changing every day. It's very different from what they remember in previous years. There are interesting places, but they can't even see them.
In just a few days, small and large shops in Kyoto, peddlers and merchants, can make a lot of money. Clothes and underwear shops, the goods are often sold out as soon as they are displayed. It is overcrowded.
If it was only in Kyoto, the demand for goods would not be so great. Among them, there are many businessmen from other places or even foreign countries, who transport the things bought from Kyoto back, and after a little change of hands, they can make more money.
This also made Li Yi feel more and more that he should not guard the area of the capital. As long as there is a fence, the family's shops can bloom everywhere, and those unscrupulous middlemen will not be given any chance to make a difference.
Li Yi sat on the head of the bed and hugged the little guy who was about to fall back.
After two months, the little guy became very active, crawled around on the bed, wanted to grab everything he saw, and his voice became louder when he cried, and He Ruyi was not tossed less by him at night.
Ruyi coaxed him to sleep in the morning, and Li Yi forcibly carried him to the room to rest. After a while, the little guy woke up again, full of energy, as if he couldn't use up his strength no matter what.
Li Yi just sat by the bed and thought about some things. The little guy fell asleep again at some point, and asked Xiaohuan to come over and look at him. Except for Ruyi, only Xiaohuan hugged him, so he would not cry no matter how long .
When he walked out the door, he happened to see the slovenly old man limping in from the outside.
It stands to reason that although Mr. Xu is a bit older, he is also a master. There are only a handful of people in the world who can hurt him, and things like walking with a sprained ankle are even less likely.
It was because he had gained a lot in martial arts recently, and it seemed that he had made a small breakthrough in his realm. He was very interested in discussing with his second uncle, and after he came out of that courtyard, he became like this.
Li Yi looked at him and said, "Mr. Xu should rest at home today. I'll just ask Lao Fang to accompany me out."
The old man is like this, and he still needs to be with him, which is suspected of abusing the old man.
"It's not a problem." The slovenly old man shook his head and said, "The journey of martial arts is already bumpy, so what's a small injury like this..."
Li Yi jumped vertically and landed steadily on the carriage. The slovenly old man glanced at him and said in surprise, "You have entered the country again recently?"
Li Yi lifted the curtain of the car, turned back and smiled and said, "Eat well, sleep well, feel better, I accidentally got in a little bit..."
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Kyoto is never short of topics.
As the people under the emperor's feet, the people of Kyoto have a pride and self-confidence that people in other places do not have.
They are concerned about political affairs, gossip and gossip about officials and dignitaries in Beijing, whether the soldiers on the front line have enough to eat, and they are also curious about how the third master of the Cui family is stronger than the boss of the Cui family...
Especially for some people who have a strong sense of national pride, even though they are just white men, they are no less concerned about this country than officials in the upper echelon.
However, it is precisely because they are just white men and cannot personally participate in the government affairs, there are some news that cannot be obtained.
Therefore, Goulan has become the favorite place for these people to go.
In the past two days, the content of the rumored stargazing meeting was what everyone was most interested in.
On the stage, an old storyteller was describing with great emotion how His Royal Highness dealt with Si Tianjian wittily that night, and how the wronged Si Tianjian was messing around. Below, many people were intoxicated listening to it, and some were bowing their heads. Quiet discussion.
A young man was surprised and said: "What, two pieces of silver with very different weights, dropped from the same height, will land at the same time. Shouldn't the heavier one fall first? This is too unbelievable..."
A young man beside him smiled and said: "If this brother doesn't believe it, you can take out two silver coins and try it out, and you will know immediately whether what he said is true or not."
"What brother said makes sense." The young man nodded, took out a piece of silver and a piece of broken silver from his waist, stood up, raised them to the same height, and let go at the same time.
The two pieces of silver fell so fast that he couldn't see which one fell to the ground first.
But this is far from what he imagined, that the silver ingot should land earlier than the broken silver.
A look of disbelief appeared on his face: "It turned out to be true..."
The young man on the side picked up the two pieces of silver on the ground, put them in his arms, and said, "Although it's a bit unbelievable, seeing is believing. We've been thinking wrong all along."
"Yeah, it's unexpected that I've been wrong for so many years for a fact that can be verified so easily..." The young man nodded, sighed secretly, and then looked at him with a frown: "That's my money."
"What's yours, obviously I picked it up!"
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In another restaurant, an official in blue was talking loudly, which attracted the attention of the onlookers in the restaurant.
"What kind of stargazing party, actually said that the earth under our feet is a big ball, it's ridiculous, it's nonsense!" Qingshan Shizi spoke impassionedly, drank a glass of wine, and said again: "The dog swallows the sun, the dog eats the moon, The sages have explained this long ago, can it be said that we scholars have always read the sages' books all wrong?"
"Since ancient times, there has never been a woman who has been in power, and she has always ignored her principles. Only then can she keep her heart and keep her heart, and the celestial warnings. Now some people want to use such fallacies to cover up the past. What is the intention, what is the intention!"
"If His Majesty insists on doing this, the country will perish, the country will perish, and my generation of scholars..."
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In the restaurant, some people became excited when they heard it, some looked thoughtful, and some had doubts in their eyes...
Lao Fang took a sip of his wine and said angrily, "Master, this guy is talking nonsense, why don't you put this guy in jail?"
Li Yi shook his head, did not speak, the sloppy old man tore a chicken leg, and said lightly: "You Jingguo, don't convict with words, the emperor is stupid, all officials can be scolded, and the common people can be scolded, these scholars are the most united, arrested With one person, there will be countless others, and in this way, the world will be in chaos..."
Lao Fang slapped the table, "Is there no way to cure him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise at the door.
"Hey, where did the beggar come from, you can't go in here..."
"I want to find my husband, my husband is inside..."
"What is your husband, let's go, let me give you a steamed bun, let's go..."
"My husband-in-law is going to be the champion in the future, I want to meet him..."
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"No. 1 scholar?" The waiter in the restaurant was slightly taken aback when he heard the ragged woman say that. The woman took this opportunity to rush in, walked quickly to the green-clothed official, and grabbed him. sleeve, and said excitedly: "Master, I finally found you!"
She pulled out a five or six-year-old girl behind her, and hurriedly said, "Xiao Man, hurry up, call Daddy!"