Martial Arts Master Travelled to Ancient Time and Farms

Wei Jing, Dongjing Lane.

After Cheng Ling was appointed an official in the capital, under the introduction of Guan Ya, he bought a small house with a second entrance in Dongjing Lane.

Theoretically, Cheng Ling is now a fifth-rank Beijing official, and he can actually buy a house for the third time, but in fact things are not that easy.

The capital is big, and living is not easy, not only because of the high prices, but also because sometimes no one can bid for a house in a good location, but even if you bid, you can't buy it!

Dongjing Lane is located in the eastern district of the capital as a whole, not far from Sansi. Whether riding a horse or taking a sedan chair, it will not take long to reach the official office of Sansi and the imperial palace.

People living in this kind of area are either courtiers or nobles, no matter how bad they are, they have to be related to relatives. There are capable people in official careers in their ancestors, and their shadows are still there.

Cheng Ling was able to buy a small house in Dongjing Lane through Guan Ya, thanks to the fact that she was directly promoted by the emperor, so Guan Ya sold her face and gave her convenience.

If you want to live more spaciously, then outside of this area, it is not impossible to buy a big house in the outer city.

But there's no need for that. Two entry and three entry are just transitional now. For now, Xiao Zhaizi is more convenient.

When Cheng Ling came to Beijing this time, he brought a total of ten people, all rough men. After the house was bought, Cheng Lingdan lived in the backyard, while Yang Lin, Hong Feng and others lived in the front yard.

There are two or three rooms in one room, as long as you can live.

When Cheng Ling was appointed an official, Hong Feng and others became officials again. However, Cheng Ling has no serious errands to assign to them for the time being, so the current main task of Hong Feng and others is to walk the streets, with one purpose: to get familiar with the capital.

Not only to be familiar with the terrain, but also to be familiar with the customs, scenery, and characters of the capital.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles, and let’s not talk about those who won’t fight. In short, you have to get familiar with this land first.

All kinds of news have to be inquired, from top to bottom, there must be an information network of its own, so as to have a countermeasure for any situation at any time.

Hong Feng has now become a good scout for information. He was born in the market and likes to make friends of all kinds. Whether it is a waiter in a restaurant, a thug in a venue, or a young man from a wealthy family buying, Hong Feng can naturally make friends on the line.

The news of the Southern Expedition spread throughout the upper strata of the capital, but from Hong Feng, Cheng Ling could also hear all kinds of gossip from various households.

For example, Mr. Xie, the imperial envoy of Zhangtai, seemed to be a dignified figure, but he was actually afraid of guilt. It is said that his wife is nearly one round younger than him, an old husband and young wife, but his wife is a Hedong lion.

For another example, Cui Kai, the servant in the middle, is so powerful that even the stewards under his family have to be called "lord" when they walk outside.

A certain steward of Mrs. Cui's family just married the daughter of a small family in the outer city as the eighth concubine a few days ago, but he is envious of others.

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It has to be said that at any time, gossip among the market will always spread more widely and faster than serious news from above.

According to what Cheng Ling saw, in front of the emperor and his colleagues, Cui Kai was quite meek and gentle, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he could "become a fine man with mud". As a result, outside, it turns out that Cui Kai is a powerful official?

Haha, not to mention true or false, in short, this person must have many faces!

On this day, when Cheng Ling came back from duty, Hong Feng came to Cheng Ling excitedly, but handed out a post, saying: "Mr. Lang, this is a post from Master Zhang's family for offering sacrifices to the Imperial College."

Guozijian offering wine to Zhang Dianchen?

Of course Cheng Ling recognized this person, after all, Zhang Dianchen was a frequent visitor to Wei Huang's fishing clubs, and recently Cheng Ling was always called by Wei Huang to go to fishing clubs when he was on duty.

As a close minister of the emperor, he has gained the honor of the emperor, and has become acquainted with such high officials.

Cheng Ling took the post and asked, "Did the person who sent the post have anything special to say?"

Hong Feng hurriedly said: "It is said that I got a strange stone, and I invite my friends to share it."

Cheng Ling's eyebrows moved slightly, and he immediately felt very interesting. Not to mention the strange stone appreciation, are she and Zhang Dianchen friends? If they met each other and she saluted Mr. Zhang, if they were friends, then forget it.

Immediately afterwards, Hong Feng said again: "Lang Jun, Da Zhu and Er Mao have heard a lot of news about you outside recently."

Cheng Lingqi asked, "What?"

"It's only recently." Hong Feng said, "I heard that some folks call you the Bodhisattva of the God of Agriculture!"

what? What?

Cheng Ling touched the edge a little, but felt even more surprised.

I only heard Hong Feng continue: "We brothers walk in the market, the small stalls, the teahouses, and the bookshops. Recently, many people are talking about your "Nongsang Shiji", saying that this book you wrote contains Her fertilizer recipe is really useful!"

"Nongsang Shiji" has been promoted for more than two months, and the capital can be said to be the first to get the moon because it is close to the water. If the surrounding farmland is said to have used more advanced fertilizers, it should be able to see the effect by now.

However, although an agricultural book is bound to have influence, it is so big that it becomes the "Jingshi headline", is this normal?

In particular, when the emperor entrusted this book to He Han to promote it, although He Han acted quickly, he only promoted the book, but he did not specifically mention the author of the book.

In fact, when He Han pushed the book, he even deliberately reduced the author's sense of existence and concealed it.

I don't know, as long as this book is written by the imperial court, why would they pay special attention to the author Cheng Ling?

What's more, shouldn't everyone's focus be on Nan Zheng at this time?

Of course, the news of Nanzheng is only circulating in the upper echelons, and the market does not know—no, even if there is no definite news, there should be some clues, right?

Could it be... At this moment, Cheng Ling thought a lot.

And that night, an old friend's sudden visit solved Cheng Ling's doubts.

Xiao Man came here quietly, without accompanying guards, he didn't even go through the main entrance, but in the middle of the night when the whole street was quiet, he suddenly came to the small gate in the backyard of Cheng Zhai.

Dongdong!

Two stones knocked lightly on the small door, and Cheng Ling lived in the backyard. Immediately, he got up with his clothes on, pushed open the door, showed his lightness, came to the small door in the backyard, and asked, "Who?"

Xiao Man said, "Brother Cheng, it's me."

Cheng Ling quickly opened the door and welcomed him in.

Dressed in black, Xiao Man came to Cheng Ling like a ray of sharp wind in the middle of the night, carrying a little bit of night dew.

There is an osmanthus tree by the east wall of the backyard, under the osmanthus tree there are stone tables and chairs, Cheng Ling closes the small door, and invites Xiao Man to sit by the stone table and chairs.

Xiao Man cut to the chase without any delay, and said directly: "Brother Cheng, I occasionally feel dizzy recently, and suddenly there is a feeling of anger, which often hits my heart and is hard to suppress."

What? what? What?