Happy Little Scholar

Anqing Prefecture, located in the southwest of Jing State, was once the secondary capital of Jing State. The prefecture city was extremely prosperous and was the second largest capital of Jing State besides Jingdu.

At this time, on an official road leading to the southwest gate of Anqing Prefecture City, several bright-haired and strong horses galloped over. A woman in white tights pulled the reins, and the horses neighed in pain, raised their hooves high, and stopped when they were still some distance away from the city gate.

"Whoa!"

Several voices came one after another, and several sturdy men skillfully turned over and dismounted, and their hooves stepped on the ground in a mess, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Son-in-law, we're here!" The big man surnamed Fang grabbed Li Yi's arm and jumped off the horse.

Li Yi looked up at the several-foot-high city wall, which stretched to the end on both sides. He couldn't help but feel his legs weak and dizzy.

"Ugh!"

After holding onto a willow tree by the moat and vomiting for a long time, the extremely uncomfortable feeling subsided a little.

Of course, he didn't feel awe just because he saw the city wall that was more than ten meters high, and he used this behavior to express his shock.

For someone who has never ridden a horse, being forced to ride on a horse for more than ten miles on a bumpy mountain road, and still being able to stand here at this moment, it already shows that Li Yi has a good physical fitness.

The first trip to the capital city was not as perfect as Li Yi imagined. Before entering the city gate, he felt exhausted.

"Son-in-law, your body is too weak, you need to practice well!" The big man surnamed Fang looked at Li Yi's uncomfortable look and couldn't help saying.

He vomited like this after riding a horse for such a short while. This new son-in-law is good in everything, but his body is too weak, a little bit not like a man...

Li Yi glared at the big man fiercely, and was too lazy to talk to him. He turned his head and looked at this prosperous city with a relatively formal look for the first time.

There was an endless stream of pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate, mixed with goods and carriages. It looked crowded, but orderly. Looking inside the city gate, it was even more crowded. The streets on both sides were filled with various stalls. The shouts of vendors could be heard outside the city gate. Li Yi followed Liu Ruyi and others into the city gate with horses, and finally felt the prosperity of the city firsthand.

The streets under his feet were all paved with square bluestones. The eaves of the buildings on both sides of the street were rolled up, with carved railings and painted phoenixes, full of ancient charm. Passers-by dressed in ancient costumes walked by, making Li Yi once again realize what kind of world he was in now.

The horse led by the big man surnamed Fang is certainly not the property of Liuye Village. Jingguo is already very short of horses, and it has to rely on imports from other countries to meet normal needs. The price of a horse on the market is about 70 or 80 taels of silver. At this time, one tael of silver is roughly equivalent to one thousand copper coins. Li Yi roughly estimated the price of commodities in this era. One copper coin is roughly equivalent to fifty cents in later generations. In this way, a horse converted into RMB should be------Anyway, it costs a lot of money.

If every family in Liuye Village has a horse, then they don’t have to eat bran and vegetables on weekdays. The average living standard is definitely above the well-off level, and they have taken a big step into the middle class.

This just corresponds to an old saying, the one who rides a handsome horse is not necessarily a prince, but may be------a horse breeder!

That’s right, raising horses is the sideline of some people in Liuye Village, including the big man surnamed Fang.

Most of these people's fathers were born as bandits, with pure bandit blood. Bandits who can't raise horses are not good bandits. Fortunately, they all inherited these excellent genes from their fathers. Although they all look rough, they are very good at horsemanship. They can use this skill to earn some extra money and supplement their family expenses.

However, since ancient times, most of those who sell coolies can only make ends meet. The exploitation in feudal society is even more serious. The wages they get can only ensure that the whole family will not starve to death.

Every month, the big man surnamed Fang and others will take these horses down the mountain for an inspection and collect their wages for the previous month.

On the way here, Li Yi asked him that the monthly wage for raising horses is 100 wen, which is really pitifully low. It can only buy a few kilograms of rice. There are only about four months of time to raise horses every year. These hundreds of wen have to support them for a whole year.

After agreeing to meet at the place where they would go back, the big man surnamed Fang and others led the horses away. In the blink of an eye, Li Yi found that Liu Ruyi also disappeared, and he was the only one left there.

This puzzled Li Yi. Aren't they afraid that he would take the opportunity to run away?

Thinking of the crazy old man who wanted to catch him, he could not go back to his old home. After weighing his money bag, Li Yi suddenly felt that it was not bad to stay in Liuye Village...

He spent four cents to buy two buns on the street. He took a bite and found that the skin was thin and the filling was rich. After eating the two buns, the hunger in his stomach disappeared immediately.

Li Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In the past, when he bought buns outside, he couldn't see the filling after taking a bite. Those guys who only cared about money wanted to sell steamed buns as buns. In comparison, the people in ancient times were honest...

Four of the one hundred and twenty-eight coins had been spent. Li Yi originally wanted to live a carefree life with this little money, but the reality was cruel. After walking around the street, Li Yi found that he seemed to be able to only...eat buns.

Whether in modern times or in ancient times, he was a poor guy, which made Li Yi feel an inexplicable bitterness in his heart.

Especially after seeing the prosperity of Anqing Prefecture, Li Yi had made up his mind and immediately considered ways to make money after returning.

Modern people have the pride of modern people, not to mention that he also brought a cheating device that can be said to be incredible. If he still lived a life of eating chaffy vegetables all day long, it would be too embarrassing for the people who traveled through time.

During the walk, I bought some vegetable seeds from a roadside stall. I happened to see hawthorn for sale at a stall next to me and bought a few kilograms.

The sugar I had saved last time has not been used yet, and I haven’t tasted the candied haws of sugar for a long time.

Even in the entire Jingguo, Anqing Mansion can be regarded as one of the most prosperous cities, with rows of houses, restaurants and brothels. Unfortunately, Li Yi could only wander around the door in these places.

After walking around in the street, I felt a little tired, so I simply found a corner to rest.

This is a street corner with slightly less traffic. Not far from Li Yi, there is a table and a chair. There are pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the table, and some paper tubes are placed on one side. A young scholar is sitting there, Holding a thread-bound book in his hand, he was fascinated by it.

These days, when scholars are short of money, it is very common to set up a table on the street to sell paintings and calligraphy. Just when Li Yi was thinking about whether he should follow suit when he has no money in the future, suddenly something happened A man in coarse clothes ran over from a distance, ran up to the scholar, panted for a few words and left.

After the man left, the scholar's face immediately became a little anxious and nervous. He suddenly looked up at Li Yi who was standing under the tree next to him. His eyes suddenly lit up and he walked over quickly.