king capital.
There are many prosperous cities in Eternal Heaven, and each territory has several famous and prosperous cities. But to say that the most prosperous, it has to be the king's capital located in the northeast. It's not because other lords have no money, but because according to the standards of Eternal Heaven, many buildings are only worthy of the royal family. This also makes the style of the capital a detached and refined feeling. Just talking about the palace, the palace in the capital has three floors inside and three floors outside, and the continuous ups and downs are like towering green hills.
People who lived under the imperial city gradually got used to it, but those who came from outside, entering the capital for the first time, would most likely have to look up for a long time with their necks raised. In the end, I had to smack my lips in amazement and say the last sentence sincerely:
"It's too ostentatious."
However, not all the relatives of the emperor, civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty lived in the capital of the king, and most of them were ordinary people. For these ordinary people, they live in the prosperous capital, but it is hard to imagine how the people above live. For example, it is said that a certain popular minister in the city has forty-three women to attend his bed every night, some are in charge of pinching feet, some are in charge of beating shoulders, some are in charge of warming the bed, and some are in charge of singing and dancing. There are also those who open their mouths and are in charge of serving as spittoons, and those who take small sips of wine and then feed them to their masters, that is, they are used as leather cups. There are also some things that are not known to outsiders. After such a calculation, forty-three is actually not enough.
Another example is the young master of a certain branch of the royal family. He is a famous gourmet. , but it also makes people wonder what kind of food is so expensive.
Of course, the legends of the capital are not only negative, but also purely mysterious.
For example, the [Prime Minister in White] who just entered the imperial city this year is said to be an ordinary peasant boy.
He was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, dressed in white, with sleeves rolled up, and a white sweat towel tied around him, without the air of a superior person at all. This person is not difficult to see, and he often wanders outside the capital with a small follower.
as it is now.
"My lord, my lord, please walk slowly, I can't keep up with you!"
The little boy with red lips and white teeth supported his knees and couldn't help panting. It was freezing cold, and every breath he exhaled condensed into a cloud of white mist.
The man in front of him turned around. He can't be called handsome, but his smile is like a warm sun. With short hair and good facial features, seeing that his follower is so useless, he couldn't help but teased and said:
"Xiaolu, you need to exercise more."
The boy called Little Deer raised his head and complained dissatisfiedly:
"My lord, it's not that I don't exercise. When someone becomes a high-ranking official, they eat delicious food and drink spicy food. We are lucky. We cook vegetables all day long. I can't eat enough. If I go out to exercise, I will starve to death." gone."
The young man smiled and said:
"Poison attacks evil, five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, and five vegetables are for filling. Take it in combination with the smell to replenish leanness and Qi. Do you understand? Eating more five grains, five fruits, and five vegetables is of great benefit to the body. Can I still lie to you?"
The deer protested loudly:
"That's not right, my lord, I remember there is another saying 'the five animals are beneficial'. Cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, and chickens, I haven't eaten any of these five!"
When I looked again, the young man had already turned around and walked away, obviously unwilling to talk about this topic.
The little deer muttered:
"Stingy, you won't be able to please your wife in this life!"
The young man said:
"If I can't find a wife, I'll sell you for some money and go to the brothel to buy a girl to live with me."
Xiaolu didn't expect that he could hear it, so he shrank his neck.
The young man didn't pursue it. Looking at the thick white snow on both sides of the road, he rubbed his hands and said:
"Next year will be a good harvest."
Xiaolu deliberately said:
"It's freezing to death. How can there be a good harvest."
The young man stood still, turned around and said:
"You don't understand this. The auspicious snow heralds a good year, the bigger the snow, the better the harvest in the coming year. Look at this heavy snow, not only will it not freeze the crops below to death, but it will insulate the cold outside. The inside of the snow nest is much warmer than the outside. In the coming year, the snow will turn into water, which will just play the role of irrigation.”
The little deer said angrily:
"Yes, yes, you understand. You have become a gentleman in white clothes, and you are still farming like an old farmer. Don't you understand?"
The young man was not angry either, and said with a smile:
"Farming harm is the root of hunger; women's industrial injury is the source of cold. Farmers and textile women are the cornerstone of national stability, and farming is naturally the top priority. Although it is absolutely wrong to regard agriculture as the only cornerstone, it is undeniable that once Let the peasants have no land to cultivate, and the country is not far from destruction."
The little deer turned back and said dejectedly:
"I can't tell you."
The young man lowered his hands and asked:
"What happened to what I asked you to check last time?"
The little deer regained his spirits all of a sudden, and said in a rambling voice:
"Two days ago, Lingwu suddenly brought in a batch of iron materials, claiming that it was to replace the armor of the cavalry. But I always felt that there was something strange about it, but our hands couldn't reach into Lingwu, that woman is too powerful , Yinwei's eyeliner is so many and complicated, our people can't get in at all."
The young man touched his clean chin and thought for a while, then said:
"Didn't it just be changed a year ago? What the hell is she thinking?"
Little Deer said:
"I'll find someone to find out more. Compared with this, my lord, it means that next year I plan to use the New Year's celebration to call thirty-six city lords to the king's capital. I know what the adults mean, but I don’t know how to decide.”
The young man said:
"That's easy to say. Whoever you think is likely to inherit the position of lord, just call him over."
The little deer said strangely:
"Each lord basically has his own appointed heir, so you still need me to choose?"
The young man said gently:
"The authorities are obsessed. Look at the farmland on both sides of the road. Do you really think that there will be no wheat to freeze to death next year? There will be many vulnerable people who will not survive the winter... Some princes can succeed smoothly, and some princes are destined not to compete with those who have already been entrusted City lord. The strategy of cutting down the vassals is to make them internally divided and fight internally. If each of their households completes the power change smoothly, this eternal kingdom of heaven is not far from extinction."
The young man who said this had a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes, the strong wind blew his sleeves, he turned sideways, and said:
"The first step is to let them go into civil strife to weaken their strength. The second step is to throw bones and let them bite each other and plant the seeds of hatred. But the most important thing is the third step... The World of Great Controversy must Come on, no one can stop it. The trend of the times, manpower is like a cart. Before that day comes, we must confirm who is our ally and who is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."
Little Deer said:
"My lord, this mess is too bad. In my opinion, we can do what we can, and we can run away if we can't. We are not related to the royal family, why should we help them take back their power?"
The young man laughed, and said a little lonely:
"I am a commoner..."
Xiaolu hurriedly said:
"My lord, stop talking about it. Isn't it just a kindness to know you? My ears are numb. Ah, by the way, Princess Lanna heard that the city lord will be invited to play in the capital during the New Year, and she specifically asked me to beg you Add one person."
The young man looked up and asked:
"who?"
Xiaolu scratched his head, thought for a while, and then said:
"Oh, it's the one who was kicked out by the lord of Yunyang last time. The lord of Yuxi City is called Li De."