Daming 1805

Chapter 41 Fengtai County, Shuntian Prefecture
The early dynasty on the seventh day of the first lunar month in the 34th year of Taiping finally came to an end.

The ministers returned to their respective departments and continued their work. Zhu Jingyuan went to the Ministry of Industry again.

Zhu Jingyuan asked the staff of the Ministry of Industry to help, and added a desk of his own beside the desk of Wang Lai, the chief of the battleship.

Asked for simple drawing and writing tools, lying on the table began to plan the design indicators of the warship, which is also the ship system of the Ming Dynasty in the next few decades.

Zhu Jingyuan's mother Liang Yunying, escorted by dozens of servants, was also busy with her son's affairs.

First of all, go to the bank to sort out the funds. The old emperor's [-] gold banknote check is a special check specially printed by the Daming Bank for the emperor's use.

Daming Bank, the largest commercial bank in the Daming Empire, does not have the word "Royal" in its name.

The word "Royal" in its name means "Royal Bank of Daming", which was the central bank of the Daming Empire.

Responsible for formulating the financial industry system, managing the financial industry order, and responsible for printing and issuing banknotes according to demand, but not directly operating general financial business.

Liang Yunying first went to the head office of Daming Bank in the old capital of the capital, and transferred the money from the check given by the old emperor. Most of it was deposited in his son's passbook, and a small part was converted into cash.

Then leave the old town with cash and go to the new town.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the old city of Jingshi did not allow the private operation of conventional commercial industries.

A small number of necessary life services and entertainment facilities are also provided by the imperial consortium authorized by the court at designated places and times.

The government of Shuntian was placed in the new city, and the old city did not have Guoxian County.

The central government offices in the administrative capital are also not directly responsible for non-governmental affairs.

The management of manufacturers in the Ministry of Commerce, the management of patents in the Ministry of Industry, and the management of carriages, horses and boats in Taipu Temple, etc., are all located in Xincheng.

Liang Yunying could ask the servants to go to Xincheng to act as an agent, but I also wanted to go to Xincheng to check the situation, and also help my son to check the market conditions, so I went there in person.

The carriage went out of the old city and onto the wide asphalt road connecting the old and new cities, and the speed increased slightly. The new carriage has rubber tires, so it is not particularly bumpy.

Twenty minutes later, the carriage entered the northern periphery of the new city, which belongs to the area of ​​Fengtai County, Guo County, which is attached to the new city of Shuntian Prefecture.

The number of pedestrians around began to increase, and the driver also slowed down and controlled it carefully. Liang Yunying opened the curtains and looked at the scene outside through the glass.

Compared to the quiet, spacious, but somewhat depressing old city, the Jingshi New City is much more lively.

With the exception of a few restricted areas, the streets were full of people coming and going, as well as the occasional passing of carriages and horses, and a small number of cars.

Every few streets, you can see the low-speed railway running through the city, the steam train whistling with black smoke, moving slowly on the rails.

Correspondingly, the air here is not very good, the sky is also gray, and people from the old city will feel a little uncomfortable just after coming here.

However, the residents of Xincheng have long been accustomed to it. Most of the shops on the roadside are open, and there are employees chatting with the shopkeeper or the person next door.

On the sides and corners of some streets, you can occasionally see small-scale vendors, and occasionally pedestrians come to ask to buy.

The state of these people seems to be not bad, but the state seems to be a bit complicated, some people are smiling happily, and some people seem to be worried.

At the same time, right next to them, on the same street, there are people who are in very bad shape.

They are so-called refugees, but they are actually unemployed workers.

The color of their clothes has long been invisible, and they can't find a few relatively complete places.

Both men and women, they are either holding a small bun or messy short hair cut with scissors.

Most of the people who hold their hair in a bun still retain the last "reservation" and strive to maintain the last "decent". They are called "long-haired gang".

Most of the people who have cut short hair become gloomy and numb, and they don't care about their image and spirit at all. They are called "short hair gang".

But in any case, there is no such thing as half-length or half-length, and at the same time, the hair is disheveled.

That would be considered a barbarian by the long-haired gang, and the short-haired gang knew that it was very dangerous to face machines like that.

The split between the long-haired gang and the short-haired gang is a phenomenon that naturally formed among the people at the bottom when the court did not take the initiative to manage it.

The Ming people in this world have neither developed the habit of shaving their hair for discernment, nor have they experienced the innovation process of cutting braids.

Of course, the upper-class people, such as royalty, nobles, and business elites, would not take the initiative to cut their hair.

It will not take the initiative to give up the Ming Dynasty's clothing, and the crown clothing and dress on official occasions fully maintain the official standards of the former Ming Dynasty.

In the usual dress and dressing, under the condition that the basic framework remains unchanged, the design appears complicated and gorgeous and concise and bright, these two diametrically opposite typical styles.

The complex and gorgeous style of dress is usually used to participate in various banquets, celebrations, or to visit friends and guests, which are also semi-formal occasions or social occasions.

Simple and lively style of dress is used in real daily life, shopping, gardening, spring, and relatively daily affairs.

The middle-class group who can maintain a decent body will basically try to catch up with the lifestyle of the upper class, imitate the dress habits of the upper class, and will not cut their hair by themselves.

After the imperial court relaxed clothing restrictions, most of them also made fine silk shirts for special occasions and festivals.

As for the real people at the bottom, their last insistence is the bun on their heads.

The long-haired gangs who still retain their buns are similar to the mentality of most middle-class groups and yearn to be a member of the upper-class society.

As long as they still have a little condition, they will insist on not cutting their hair.

Even if it is to work in the face of the machine, it will be tied into a small bun and carefully wrapped in a headscarf, just like the long-haired female workers in later generations.

The short-haired gang who cut their hair on their own really just want to continue to live, and most of them have been on the edge of life and death for a long time.

According to the analysis of some newspapers targeting the middle class, people with short hair are usually more dangerous than those with long hair, and they are more clueless and shameless.

It is suggested that the masters, wives, sons and young ladies should not show mercy and contact, and avoid being deceived.

But whether it is the long-haired gang or the short-haired gang, who are still wandering the streets at ten in the morning, most of them are temporarily unemployed workers.

After all, today's business organizations don't have a universal public holiday.

To Liang Yunying's surprise, the unemployed workers should have found a place to be paralyzed to reduce consumption, but now they are all trying to go in one direction.

Liang Yunying curiously asked the servants to inquire, and soon learned that they were going to Yaxing Square.

Tooth shops are ancient intermediaries, but even ordinary ancient tooth shops are mostly blacker than the current black intermediaries. For details, you can refer to various books...

After the revival of Sejo, a general official dental shop was established, and it was required to continue to increase as the city expanded.

Private tooth shops are still allowed to exist, but transactions performed by agents must be reported to the official tooth shops.

Otherwise, the crime of defrauding, or even buying and selling the population of the Ming Dynasty, can be punished by up to death.

Although it is impossible to completely control it, it has formed a certain deterrent effect.

The official tooth bank is more standardized and larger in scale. With the development of industry, it has gradually become a labor market.

Now manufacturers want to recruit workers, most of them go to the official dental office to register, explain the recruited personnel, the amount, requirements, remuneration, and pay a very low commission.

There is also a special plaza in front of all the teeth shops, with large sheds and display boards on the plaza, and the notices of the manufacturers are regularly posted.

The tooth bank will also arrange for special staff to read out loudspeakers on the stage next to the display board, and repeat the newly posted job recruitment notices regularly for the illiterate people to listen to.

Most of the workers who want to find a job will also come to Jalan Plaza to wait for an opportunity, unless there is no chance at all.

(End of this chapter)