It is very difficult to adapt ancient people to modern life. For example, even when he was young, Cao Zhan was a romantic young man. He walked to the street and looked at all kinds of girls showing their arms and legs. He turned around in surprise and asked Fang Ze where this place was. Not Hualiu Street.
It is too troublesome to explain things like female *** that require breaking the inherent thinking that has been cultivated since childhood. Fortunately, before Cao Zhan came here, as a person who has been running around for food and clothing all year round, he naturally knew what degree was.
Before you are qualified to take care of other people's affairs, it is better to say less.
Especially after Fang Ze told him what happened to the landowners and tycoons who still had stubborn ideas after the founding of New China, Cao Zhan shut up.
As a person who has read poetry and books, he naturally knows that the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed. It is no longer easy for the old and the young to survive. I still want to use the same things I did before to demand now. I'm afraid I have forgotten how the Qing Dynasty dealt with those Ming Dynasty people who refused to shave their hair and change clothes after entering the customs.
Because the peaked cap was not very comfortable to wear, Fang Ze went out with Cao Zhan and bought a hat with velvet inside. Although this kind of hat is usually worn by the elderly, although Cao Xueqin was only forty years younger at this time, because of his constant running around, he already looked like an old man in his fifties and sixties.
Although it is not certain how many years Cao Xueqin lived, there are historical records that he died before his fifties and was too thin at forty, so at this time Cao Xueqin was actually in poor health.
This is a problem caused by the hardships in life. The only way to treat it is to slowly adjust it. Fang Ze has no good solution and can only take him to have a good meal first.
After entering the box, Cao Zhan took off his hat and sat on a chair. He couldn't help but be a little speechless as he watched the sumptuous dishes being served.
"How much money do these cost?"
"It's hard to say how much money it is, but if you go out and work at any construction site for two days, you can afford it."
"A prosperous age."
"For people at your time, this is the prosperous age, but for us now, it is far from there. At most, it can be regarded as the beginning of the prosperous age."
After hearing Fang Ze's words, Cao Zhan didn't know what to say for a while. After he had finished drinking and eating, he suddenly remembered something.
"What a literati wants is to leave a name through the ages. Although Meng Ruan is not talented, he once wrote a novel. I don't know if anyone has heard of it today."
"I've heard it, I've heard it too much." After hearing what Cao Zhan said, Fang Ze immediately said, "It's been a hundred years, and there are still many people living on your book."
"Living on my book?" Cao Zhan said with some disbelief after hearing what Fang Ze said, "The book I wrote was called "The Story of the Stone". Don't get me wrong."
"It's true, it's The Story of the Stone, but now we usually call it Dream of Red Mansions." Fang Ze pulled Cao Zhan to stand up and said, "Let's go to the bookstore and have a look."
Fang Ze wanted to take Cao Zhan to the bookstore immediately to read the current version of the Dream of Red Mansions he wrote, but unfortunately the bookstore was closed at night, so Fang Ze could only take Cao Zhan back first and go to the bookstore tomorrow. .
Although the second floor of the Demon Management Bureau was made extremely comfortable by Fang Ze, it was not a place for people to live after all. Therefore, Fang Ze basically converted the houses across the street from the Demon Management Bureau into houses. Even if Xiaolan sends guests from a village next time, they can barely accommodate them.
He arranged a room for Cao Zhan and asked Xia Yike to help teach Cao Zhan how to use home appliances. After finishing his work, Fang Ze originally wanted to go home and play games, but as soon as he went out, he saw Lin Yun and an unknown man standing at the door of the Demon Management Bureau.
"Sister Lin, why are you free to come to my place today?" Fang Ze walked over, thinking that Lin Yun came to him to ask about the surgery in the hospital.
"I want to talk to you about something. Is there anyone upstairs?" Lin Yun pointed to the second floor of the Demon Management Bureau and winked at Fang Ze.
Fang Ze immediately understood what Lin Yun meant, pointed to the shadow nest next to him and said, "There are friends upstairs, let's go over here."
"That's fine." The man next to Lin Yun smiled and nodded in agreement.
"You are." Fang Ze asked while leading the two of them away.
"Let me meet you, my name is Wang Cheng." The man stretched out his hand and shook Fang Ze's hand.
The three of them arrived at the third floor of Yingwo and found a private room. Then Fang Ze asked, "Sister Lin, why did you come to my place today?"
"I'm not looking for you today." Lin Yun pointed at Wang Cheng beside him and said, "This is from the National Security Bureau. He has something to look for you today."
"National Security Bureau?!" Fang Ze looked up at the man in surprise.
"Don't be nervous. I am just a casualty in the National Security Bureau. I came here with Sister Lin today to make friends."
"Oh." After hearing Wang Cheng's words, Fang Ze sat down on the sofa and said clearly, "You came here to ask about Macau."
"I'm a little curious." Wang Cheng said modestly, "Nothing else. The main thing is that I am curious about what kind of power can directly break the wall of a thousands-ton cargo ship."
"It's a cow." Fang Ze replied after being silent for a moment.
"dairy cow?"
"You have also seen our sign. The Monster Management Bureau is mainly responsible for managing various monsters in China. I went to Macau with a member of the Monster Management Bureau because an unregistered cow spirit appeared in Macau. .”
"Then what?" Wang Cheng asked curiously.
"Didn't I go to Macau with a colleague?" Fang Ze spread his hands and said, "Then the cow spirit was caught, and my colleague took the cow spirit back to the headquarters."
"Then where is your headquarters?"
"In the realm of mountains and seas." Fang Ze explained, "You know our country's ancient famous book Shan Hai Jing. The various monsters recorded in this book actually exist. It's just that in ancient times, there were powerful To prevent these monsters from disturbing humans, we created a mountain and sea world, drove these monsters into the mountain and sea world, and blocked the entrance to the mountain and sea world and the human world."
"Later, the Chinese aura gradually disappeared, and the great masters left the earth. However, in order to prevent the monsters in the mountains and seas from escaping due to the disappearance of the auras, some people were allowed to stay, and the Demon Management Bureau was established in the mountains and seas. Special supervision. And we are a branch of the Demon Management Bureau in the human world, specializing in handling the escape of monsters in the mountains and seas."
Fang Ze is a kid, he can't do anything else, but he is definitely first-class in lying and making up stories. After hearing what he said, Lin Yun didn't react at all, but Wang Cheng was silent.
(End of chapter)