Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

It was also the time for the market in the capital, Zhou Hang wanted to keep a secret of the effect of enforcing the traffic regulations these days, so he informed Li Zhao early in the morning that he was going out of the palace for a stroll.Li Zhao hadn't visited the market for a long time, and wanted to visit it, and he also wanted to know the effect of enforcing traffic rules, so he brought Zhou Hang out of the palace.

There were four people in the group, besides Li Zhao and his son, there were also Wei Xing'an and Koizumi.

Li Zhao wears an azurite robe, a jade belt of the same color, and a simple boxwood hairpin. He looks like a handsome Confucian scholar.As for Zhou Hang, he dressed like a normal kid from a rich family.When the two are together, it is the father who takes the son out to play, so that it will not be eye-catching.

After leaving the imperial city, there were pedestrians and goods passing by one after another, all of them kept to the right, which was orderly.

"Hang'er, the method you proposed is really good. I see that the order in the capital has improved a lot." Li Zhao said as he walked, observing everyone on the road from time to time.Although they haven't visited the bustling streets of the entire capital, they can see the whole leopard at a glance, and it's the same when they want to come to other places.

The more you walk towards the market, the more people and vehicles will flow. Li Zhao stopped several people one after another and asked them how they felt after the announcement to drive on the right. The chariot was injured.

Although it is only to change a habit of the common people, the benefits it brings are beyond expectation.

Looking at his son who was smiling and talking, Li Zhao felt very relieved.Hong'er not only gave birth to a good son for him, but also taught him so well, which is really rare, and the friendship in her heart is even stronger, secretly thinking that she must not let down her friendship.

While walking, I saw crowds rushing in one direction, and some people shouted: "Go and see the excitement, the Chen family has bought some rare things again".Some people asked what the rare thing was, and only one person said:

"I heard that they were bought from overseas. They are foreign gadgets that we haven't seen before. Although we can't afford them, it's better to go and have a look."

Li Zhao couldn't help being curious when he heard this, and ordered Wei Xing'an to inquire.

Wei Xing'an stopped a commoner who was in a hurry, asked the reason, and said: "Master, that's the case. There is a very wealthy merchant's family in the capital, surnamed Chen, which is what they call the Chen family. This Chen family The business is huge, covering the whole country, and even overseas. It is said that every time the Chen family merchant ships return from overseas, they will bring back a large number of rare overseas goods, and put them on the market in the capital for sale, attracting many nobles and wealthy families every time. Go to buy it. Although ordinary people can't afford it, they still like to go and watch the excitement."

Seeing that this was interesting, Li Zhao looked back at Zhou Hang and said, "Let's go, let's see the fun too!"

Zhou Hang also had this intention, and the two hit it off immediately, and followed the flow of people to the bustling part of the market together.The Chen family has a shop in the bustling part of the market, a small two-story building, and things are displayed in the hall on the first floor.The outside of the hall was crowded with people, and at a glance, it was overwhelming, but most of them were ordinary people wearing coarse clothes.

There are also silk brocades, but very few.

The second floor is a private room, you can go up after paying ten taels of silver, you don't have to squeeze together with traffickers and pawns, and there is also tea supply.Each room in the private room has large windows, facing the hall, condescending, and the situation in the hall is unobstructed, and the sight line is very good.

Wei Xing'an paid the money at the registration office, and a teenage boy in brocade clothes led the group up to the second floor.As soon as he got upstairs, Zhou Hang ran into acquaintances, they were Jia Rong, Jia Baoyu, Xue Pan and others.Jia Rong, Xue Pan and the others had enmity with Zhou Hang, and now that the enemies meet, they will naturally not have a good face.Jia Rong and the others still had some winks. Although they didn't know Zhou Hang's status, they knew that his status was definitely not low, so they didn't dare to make mistakes.Xue Pan was very slow in these matters, seeing how Zhou Hang cared so much, he glared angrily, and wanted to pounce on him to seek revenge.

Although he was born tall and tall, but he had a body full of life and wealth, Zhou Hang had sharp eyesight and quick hands, grabbed his arm, pushed him lightly, and pushed him to the ground.

Xue Pan yelled "Ouch, Ouch" and said, "My arm is broken, my arm is broken".

At this time, two mighty guards descended from the sky, standing in front of Zhou Hang and Li Zhao, staring at Jia Rong, Xue Pan and the others, with sharp eyes and murderous intent.Jia Rong, Jia Baoyu and the others had never seen such a fight before, they couldn't help but gasped, and they were all stunned as if they had lost their souls.After they reacted, Li Zhao and Zhou Hang had already entered the private room. Jia Rong and the others saw that the guards were not easy to provoke, and they were also a little scared in their hearts. into his room.

In the private room, Zhou Hang asked Li Zhao, "How many guards did you bring out?"

Li Zhao stroked his chin and looked at Wei Xing'an.

Zhou Hang said: "No way, Dad, you don't know how many guards you have brought!"

After Li Zhao heard this, he frowned, and thought to himself what is the name of daddy? Still obediently called "Father".

Wei Xing'an bowed and said, "The master and the young master came out this time, and they brought a total of twelve guards with them both openly and secretly."

Li Zhao glanced at Wei Xing'an, who hurriedly lowered his head and took two steps back, minimizing his sense of presence.Just as Zhou Hang was about to say something, he heard a long shout, and the time for displaying the goods had already begun.The covering silk cloth was removed, and all kinds of items were unobstructed, all of which were unheard of by everyone.

Not long after, a person came forward and introduced one by one, which overseas country this one is from, and which overseas country that one is from.There are clocks from England, peacock feathers from Java, and carriages from Russia.Finally, when it was opened, it turned out to be a big cage. Inside were five or six children with yellow hair and green eyes. They were said to be slaves bought from overseas.

There was a slave market in the capital, so everyone didn't think much of it, but Zhou Hang was slightly surprised.

What surprised him the most was that he saw a pistol similar to a modern pistol.According to his understanding, although the Dream of the Red Mansions is a fictional era, Cao Gong also referred to the world structure of the Qing Dynasty when he wrote it.Although some small countries have been added, the overall change is not big, and those Western countries that coexisted with the Qing Dynasty are also present.

During the Qing Dynasty, Western countries had entered the age of firearms.China was the first to invent guns, and was the first to use guns in the military. In the end, Western countries took the lead, and then invaded and humiliated China. As a Chinese, Zhou Hang has deep resentment.Now that he was reborn in the Dream of Red Mansions, he felt that he had to do something to avoid falling behind and being beaten in the future.

When demonstrating the use of □□, Zhou Hang took a closer look.Nowadays, Western firearm technology is also very backward, and the later bullets have not yet appeared. The reloading is at the front barrel. It takes about 1 minute to fire a shot and reload again. The accuracy is not very good, but the firearms The power has already begun to see clues.

Li Zhao looked at Zhou Hang for a while, and said, "Why, Hang'er likes this."

Zhou Hang didn't nod or shake his head. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Father thinks how powerful this thing is if it is used on the battlefield?"

Li Zhaodao: "It's not as good as bows and arrows."

"Why?"

"It takes time to reload this thing. It can load ten bullets at most in a quarter of an hour, and the accuracy is not good. If a well-trained archer can shoot twenty arrows in a quarter of an hour, he can hit a hundred shots. There were firecrackers in our country as early as the end of the Song Dynasty. Well, it has been hundreds of years, the reason why it has not been implemented is because of its drawbacks.”

Zhou Hang corrected: "That's a gun, not a firecracker."

Li Zhao said indifferently, "Look, it's not much different from our firecrackers."

Zhou Hang wants to say that it is much worse, okay, the firecracker is just the predecessor of the gun.Although the disadvantages of the guns in the West are also great, Zhou Hang knows that it will not be long before the West will improve the gun technology, from the original front barrel loading to the rear barrel loading.Then, soon, bullets and magazines that are easier to load ammunition will appear, and warfare will enter the age of firearms in full swing.

If you want to catch up by then, it will be difficult.

Seeing that Zhou Hang didn't speak suddenly, Li Zhao looked at him, seemed to be in a daze, pushed him with a smile, and said, "If you're interested, you can buy one and take it home."

Zhou Hang raised his head and said, "Believe me, this thing will become the most important weapon in determining the success or failure of the battlefield in the future."

But in the Lin family, Daiyu is also busy at the moment.

In three more days, it will be the day to welcome the spring and give birth to the confinement. At that time, the full moon wine will be served for the children, and the Hanlin Mansion will have a big banquet for the guests.On weekdays, Daiyu didn't go there during Chinese New Year or holidays. She just sent someone to deliver a gift to show her relatives' affection.This time is a big day to welcome the Spring Festival, she decided to go to congratulate her in person, these days she is worrying about what full moon gift to give her child.

Daiyu didn't experience the full moon event, so she called Li Feng's wife and asked her what she usually gave at the full moon ceremony.

Li Feng's daughter-in-law said: "For a family like ours, it is necessary to have a five-liang gold lock, two bracelets, two bolts of silk, two pairs of purses, and two sets of clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter, so as not to break the etiquette."

After hearing this, Daiyu said, "Doubling as you said."

Because she ordered Li Feng's daughter-in-law to go down to prepare, here Daiyu gathered the best jade pendants in her private treasury, Ruyi and two of each, as well as the nourishing things such as bird's nest and ganoderma, and ordered Zijuan to put them away. At that time, I will take it with me and hand it over to Yingchun.

Zijuan said: "Miss, don't worry, the servants must take care of it, and make sure there will be no mistakes."

While talking, Zheng Lihua came to visit, and Daiyu hurriedly ordered someone to come over.

Zheng Lihua also received an invitation to welcome the Spring Festival. She had just arrived when Li Feng's wife happened to come with something.Zheng Lihua knew at a glance that it was a gift for the daughter of the Spring Festival, Full Moon, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, what did you prepare? Show me."

Daiyu ordered Li Feng's wife to show it to her, because she asked, "What did you prepare?"

Zheng Lihua said: "My mother prepared it, but I don't know what it is now."

This was Daiyu's negligence, she didn't take into account that Zheng Lihua's mother was still alive, and if Zheng Lihua was invited to welcome the Spring Festival, naturally Mrs. Zheng would also be invited.Mrs. Zheng is a person who has experienced many things in the world, so it is naturally not Zheng Lihua's turn to worry about preparing the gift.

Zheng Lihua asked Daiyu if she could not get through that day.

Daiyu said: "Naturally, I have to go there. I haven't seen my cousin Yingchun for a long time. It's strange in my heart."

Zheng Lihua said: "The last time I saw Sister Jia was the day she got married, so it's been a year, this time I have to talk to Sister Jia well."