I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 122
Chapter 121

When Chen Zilong and his party arrived in Zhenhai City, the personnel were diverted for the first time.Those who belong to experts will be assigned to the expert high-end main residence community near the Agricultural Research Institute in the south of the city.

As for those sons and sisters, they can either buy or rent according to their wishes.

"Name!"

"Joe."

"Excuse me, you are renting a house, first buy a house!"

"What's the difference between renting and buying?"

"For rent, Zhenhai City has a monthly rent of ten taels of silver, 20 taels of silver, 30 taels of silver, 50 taels of silver, and a monthly rent of 100 taels of silver."

"The monthly rent is 100 taels? Why don't you go grab it?"

"If you think it's too expensive, we also have cheap houses here. There are more than a dozen inns in the west of the city. The room there only costs one hundred yuan a day, and it costs more than two taels of silver a month. If it's still too expensive, you can live in an ordinary room. Fifty cents, and there are cheaper ones, shared with others, only fifteen cents a day, four cents a month!"

"Then what if I buy it!"

"The most expensive single house is 600 taels, the second class is 3000 taels, the next class is 500 taels, the next first class is 1000 taels, the cheapest is only 300 taels, three main hatchbacks, five room, together with the land, freehold!"

"So expensive!"

"Let's rent a house, it's cheap!"

"Who do you look down on? Is Miss Ben the one who can't pay?"

"Buy a set for 500 taels of silver!"

"You ask Miss' boudoir name!"

"doing what?"

"Do the deed!"

"Joe Biluo!"

The person in charge directly wrote Qiao Biluo's name on the house deed, stamped it with a large seal, and directly tore off the side page of the house deed. Even if the house deed was completed, the side page could be kept as a file.

"Next. Do you want to buy or rent?"

The staff put the floor plan directly on the table, and Mardina brought two maids, two servants, and an old lady. A total of five people were in charge of her traveling, eating, drinking and drinking.

If you rent a house, it's not a big problem.But she came to southern Liaoning for a purpose. It seems that it is not cost-effective to rent a house, but to buy...

Five people don't need a big house.

Considering that she has two carriages, the house must have a stable and a place to park the carriages, so she bought a house worth 500 taels of silver.

After completing the deed, a middle-aged man took Mardina and his party to the new house.

Following Maldina's servants, they squatted down on the street and tapped lightly on the road with the dagger they carried: "The materials used in the streets here are the same as those on the pier!"

As he said that, he simply lay down on the ground and repeatedly tapped the ground with a dagger, almost licking the taste.

"Solid as a rock!"

Xu Changshun said: "This ground is harder than rocks!"

"Is it a rock?"

"no!"

"I've never seen a rock like this!"

In later generations, it is very easy to see well-preserved ancient buildings with a history of one hundred years, but such buildings and even such cities are not uncommon in the West. This is due to the ubiquitous stone buildings in the West. Such buildings, If there is no special accident, it can generally be preserved for hundreds of years.

Traditional buildings in ancient times are actually wooden buildings. If you want to build faster, you can connect the various parts of the building like building blocks. A three-foot-high wooden attic can be completed in just a few days. Finished.

Such a building has a very bad disadvantage.That is, I am very afraid of fire. In Chinese history books, there is often a word "burned into white ground!"

For example: in the fifth year of Yongjia (311), Liu Cong, the son of Liu Yuan, sent Shi Le, Wang Mi, Liu Yao and others to lead the army to attack Jin. , captured Luoyang, captured Emperor Huai of Jin, and killed more than [-] princes, officials and people.Burn Luoyang to nothing!

In the eighth year of Yonghe (the third year of Yongxing in Ranwei, 352), on April 25, Murong Jun sent Murong Ping to lead the crowd to besiege Yecheng.The Wei army defended the city for a hundred days, and until the sixth day of the eighth month of the same year, Yecheng was breached, and more than [-] Wei soldiers and civilians were slaughtered, and Yecheng was burned to the ground.

This is a fatal weakness of wooden buildings. Once a fire is accidentally caused or burned by the enemy, the consequences will be quite disastrous.When Cheng Shijie was building Zhenhai City, he considered that the flames of war would destroy everything, and a fire could wipe out the hard work of tens of thousands of people and 10 people. In order to preserve the buildings and facilities of Daming's research on agriculture, leave Give future generations some inspiration.The cement and steel buildings that have just been successfully developed have been adopted, from roads to city walls, from streets to shops, which are completely different from traditional Ming-style buildings.

Mardina's carriage drove on the smooth concrete road for nearly half an hour, that is, two quarters of an hour. The middle-aged man brought Mardina and his party to a huge dock-style building complex, and the guard Handover.

The middle-aged man looked at the carriageway: "Miss Xu Si, you can live here with peace of mind. This is a high-end community belonging to Zhenhai City. There are guards patrolling every day. Anyone you don't want to see will never disturb you. you!"

The woman in charge stepped forward and said, "Isn't this too biased?"

"It's just ahead!"

At this moment, the door opened, and there was a man who looked like a butler standing at the door. He bowed and said, "The proprietor is welcome to move to his new home. I, Han Shun, are your temporary housekeepers. If you need anything, please tell me."

The woman in charge looked at the big house in front of her, a little surprised: "Is this the new house of our Xu family?"

"Exactly!"

"It covers an area of ​​five acres and has three front and rear entrances. There are eight master rooms, twelve servant rooms, three living rooms, two dining rooms, two kitchens, two public toilets, eight private toilets, stables and four carriage garages, seven utility rooms, totaling the whole courtyard,
Han Shun went on to introduce: "There are 57 houses, a small garden in the backyard, two study rooms, one...the bedrooms all have bedding, brand new, made of pure cotton cloth, if the nobles are not used to it, we can Change immediately!"

In all fairness, despite her young age, Mardina is a well-informed girl.As early as when she was nine years old, she was baptized and became a believer.

Under the influence of Xu Guangqi, Miss Xu Si, the youngest, is very favored. She has been to distant Guangzhou, and also to big cities such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Nanjing. The noble lady is very different.

However, when Mardina came to Zhenhai City, she was really shocked.This is a very new city, but also a very clean city.

The stinky drains that can be seen everywhere are gone, replaced by rows of underground pipes, and a manhole cover can be seen every twenty or thirty steps. Neat, very clean, even cleaner than the famous Suzhou and Hangzhou.

"Why is it so clean here?"

Martina looked at her temporary housekeeper Han Shun and said, "There is no dirt on the road!"

Han Shun said with a smile: "This used to be Maqiao Town. Back then, it was dirty and messy, with a lot of rubbish piled up into mountains. The commander-in-chief formulated a management policy. Anyone who littered would be fined. At the beginning, everyone I’m not used to it, I still litter, and I was fined a few times before I changed it. Now, everyone likes this neat and clean environment, and there is no need for supervision. Anyone who dares to litter will definitely be scolded by everyone There is no place to be ashamed."

"The location of our house is very good. There are commercial streets five hundred steps away. You won't feel the hustle and bustle of the market, and it's very convenient to buy daily necessities!"

Han Shun continued: "These shops are all newly opened. They sell rice, oil, salt, vinegar, and cloth. These merchants have very good noses, and they immediately smell business opportunities. In Zhenhai City We rented a storefront and started doing business. If the Marshal hadn’t insisted on them paying taxes and drove away many merchants in anger, there would definitely be more shops in the city.”

Martina asked in surprise, "He still needs to collect business tax?"

"That's right, our commander-in-chief said that merchants should pay taxes. It's a matter of course. If you want to do business in southern Liaoning, you should pay taxes honestly. Fifteen taxes are one. If you don't pay, you will automatically and consciously get out!"

Han Shun sighed helplessly and said, "The commander-in-chief left many merchants in anger, otherwise there would be more merchants here."

Martina nodded and said, "I collect very little business tax, and he not only collects it, but also pays [-] per cent. Who wants to do business in his territory?"

"There are still people who are willing to do it, and they are not willing to pay taxes, but later found out that after paying this tax, if someone comes to extort money, the urban management personnel will rush to get them immediately, and their business will not be affected in any way, everyone. So I paid willingly, because the money they lost due to extortion every month was much more than the tax they should pay.”

"Businessmen don't trade at a loss."

After Chen Zilong and his party arrived in Dianzhenhai City, they were quickly assigned to their residences. These experts were not in separate courtyards, but independent pavilions.

There are five rooms on three floors, a total of twelve rooms on the first floor and two floors. The downstairs is the living room, kitchen, and guest room, and the upper floor is three bedrooms and a study. Considering that some experts have many families, the third floor can also be lived. Six rooms.

This kind of attic is built according to the villa style of later generations, and the decoration is also based on white as the main color.

When Cheng Shijie planned Zhenhai City, he not only reserved spacious streets, enough squares and green spaces, but also had very high requirements for buildings.Especially the underground sewer, which is very wide, and even a horse-drawn carriage can be run in it.

Not only the city center, but both sides of the city's main road, from the city center to the high-end residential area of ​​the Agricultural Research Institute, and even near the Agricultural Research Institute, are all cement roads.

In particular, the center of Zhenhai City is the Agricultural Science Square covering an area of ​​more than 300 mu. This square faces south from the north and is listed as five statues, namely Shennong, followed by Fan Shengzhi (a famous agriculturalist in the Western Han Dynasty) ), his "Book of Fansheng", written in the Western Han Dynasty, is the earliest monograph on agriculture in my country.It has been more than 2000 years.

Then came Jia Sixie, who was an expert in agriculture during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. He wrote a comprehensive agricultural book "Qi Min Yao Shu".It was written in 533~544 AD, and it has been more than 500 years.

The book systematically summarizes the knowledge of agricultural science and technology in the Yellow River Basin in my country since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the layout of its materials provides a basis for future agricultural works to follow.It consists of chapters on farming, grains, vegetables, fruit trees, trees, livestock, brewing, seasoning, conditioning, foreign products, etc. It is the earliest and most complete large-scale agricultural encyclopedia in China.

Chen Yan: In 1149 A.D., Chen Yan of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "Nongshu" in detail, summarizing in detail the rich experience of farmers in southern my country in planting rice, raising silkworms, planting mulberry, and raising cattle, and pointed out that improving the soil through reasonable fertilization can improve soil fertility. Always young and strong.

Wang Zhen: Zi Boshan, a native of Dongping in the Yuan Dynasty.Ancient Chinese agronomy, agricultural mechanics, and Taoist scholars.In the fourth year of Emperor Chengzong of Yuan Dynasty, he wrote "Wang Zhennongshu", and at the end he wrote "Zao Movable Type Printing Calligraphy", describing his wooden movable type printing technique.

The last one is Xu Guangqi...

These statues are multiplied by three according to the normal proportion of the human body. Martina saw this statue of Xu Guangqi.I was a little lost for a moment, because the statue was so similar.

When Martina looked at this, Chen Zilong was also stunned.

At that time, he looked at Song Yingxing beside him and said, "I didn't expect that this Cheng Zhenglu really has a heart!"

"Flaty, flattery, sycophant!"

Song Yingxing was a little displeased. Building a ancestral hall, or ancestral hall, to worship ancestors was originally a tradition of more than 2000 years, but this tradition was spoiled by Wei Zhongxian.

Chen Zilong shook his head and said, "No, Chang Geng, how long do you think it will take to carve this stone statue?"

Song Yingxing was slightly taken aback: "This..."

In the case of using machinery in later generations, a stone statue can be carved in about half a month. In the Ming Dynasty, due to the use of artificial primitive carving techniques, it took a long time.Like the stone statues of the Ming Tombs, it took two years just to quarry the stones and repeatedly select them.That is with the power of craftsmen across the country. If it is private, it may take five years.

What was Xu Guangqi doing five years ago?
When Wei Zhongxian was in power, in order to win people's hearts, he planned to appoint Xu Guangqi as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and the official position of Zhan Shifu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Stay idle with the crown."

Xu Guangqi stayed in Shanghai from the third year of Tianqi to the first year of Chongzhen, compiling the "Nongzheng Quanshu". "It's just an old man.

If you need to curry favor, do you need to curry favor with Xu Guangqi?

This is of course a misunderstanding. In fact, these craftsmen only took more than two months to carve the stone statue of Xu Guangqi. Stable, but much faster than manual refinement.

Cheng Shijie was not trying to curry favor with Xu Guangqi. As one of the four major agricultural experts in ancient China, Xu Guangqi deserved Cheng Shijie's respect.

Gu Shizhang opened a huge shop in Zhenhai City covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu, which is nearly [-] square meters. It specializes in Xuan paper, ink, and inkstone, which are special products of Huizhou, and also provides services such as sub-mounting.

Xie Jinglin opened two specialty restaurants in the city, which can openly serve all kinds of game such as beef and mutton, silly roe deer, rabbits, etc. Cheng Shijie also bought a lot of wine.

Zhang Chen's Oriental Company also opened a branch in Zhenhai City...

……

Jinzhou City, the headquarters of the Haining Army.

In the side hall of the right front hall, an old man in a blue uniform was sitting there drinking tea.This old man is about sixty years old, his face is full of wrinkles, his beard and hair are grizzled, and he is kind-hearted. His clothes are cut out of high-quality silk and satin, which are gorgeous and generous. The clothes are extremely valuable overseas.

Sitting on his left side is a man in his 30s. He is tall and dressed in white clothes. He looks good, but his eyeballs are spinning a little too fast, and he is shrewd. It is best to be careful when dealing with him. a little;
An eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl is admiring a landscape painting with her hands behind her back.She is wearing a light yellow dress. She is a little over 1.7 meters tall and quite outstanding. Her long hair reaches her waist, her fingers are habitually twisted together, and her oval face is clear and light. The one who looks more and more beautiful, with sharp eyes, thin and delicate lips, like cherry petals, one can tell at a glance that he is a master of speech.

As for Yang Yunniang next to her, she seemed a little uneasy. Although Cheng Shijie's property was getting bigger and better, and his business was getting better and better. In order to win over Yang Yunniang, Cheng Shijie paid Yang Yunniang more and more salary. In less than a year, Yang Yunniang's net worth is already very high.

She didn't calculate how much money she had. Anyway, Cheng Shijie made a kerosene lighter. At the beginning, it was just for the convenience of scouts, Thunder gunners and artillerymen to light the fire.

However, sometimes it is just like planting flowers on purpose but not blooming, and planting willows and willows unintentionally to make shade.More than 2000 of this lighter were produced successively, which also brought Yang Yunniang hundreds of taels of dividend income.But the problem is, when the Thunderbolt operator who got the finished lighter, Su Huaicai, a soldier of the former Fourth Division of Youdu Division who joined the army less than three months ago, actually reversed the principle of the lighter and succeeded in the Thunderbolt-style automatic fire. .

Although this self-igniting device weighs more than eight catties and looks very large, it saves the process that originally required lighting the match.

Cheng Shijie transferred Su Huaicai from the Fourth Infantry Division, and then gave Su Huaicai a lot of information, asking him to study more powerful and faster-firing firecrackers.

The accumulation of wealth did not bring much sense of security to Yang Yunniang, perhaps only in the dead of night, Yang Yunniang would think whether all this was worth it.

Originally, Yang Yunniang was also a layman in the management of banks.She was crossing the river by feeling the stones, and she would do what Cheng Shijie asked her to do. However, the problem was that the method Cheng Shijie provided was tried and tested and proved to be infallible, but it just didn't work for the bank.

Especially the dynamic password, which simply restricted the development of the bank.

This is also because Cheng Shijie's thinking is too simple. For example, dynamic passwords require huge data support. In later generations, supercomputers and central processing units can easily solve this problem. You will also lose money.

Three of Yang Yunniang's subordinates proposed a solution to her.

But the problem is, Cheng Shijie is too busy to take care of this problem at all.

Emperor Chongzhen once again urged Cheng Shijie to go to the capital to report on his duties. According to the regulations, even when Cheng Shijie had just been promoted to the commander of the Ning Navy, he had to go to the capital to thank him.

However, Cheng Shijie didn't have time.

Now he is dealing with a fatal matter, that is, the group of young masters who came to Zhenhai City caused trouble. They insulted the soldiers of Ning Haijun without restraint. The famous scholar with no excuses was thrown into the septic tank.

If these Ning navy soldiers killed the three scholars, the matter would be easy to solve. If the people died, and there was no witness, they could just take two heads and pay some money, and it would be settled.

When the laws of the Ming Dynasty were enacted, they were biased towards scholars. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were not the stinky old nines of the Yuan Dynasty. How did the title "Lao Jiu" come about?

The Yuan Dynasty divided people into ten classes, one official, two officials, three monks, four Taoists, five doctors, six workers, seven hunters, eight civilians, nine Confucians, and ten beggars.

The status of Confucian scholars is only slightly better than that of beggars.

But the Ming Dynasty was different. For example, when a county magistrate tried a case, he was beaten with a killing stick first, or he was tortured without confession, but scholars could not be beaten.A scholar is a student of the emperor, and he needs to get rid of his fame before he can fight...

Now that the soldiers of Ning Haijun beat the scholar, the problem is even bigger.

Now these three scholars, together with two or three hundred young masters, are making trouble with Cheng Shijie every day.

Cheng Shijie was so angry that he could only attack Zhang Yu: "You look, what are you doing? It's so easy to kill and just bury it. Where are they going to find someone?"

It is not uncommon for large animals to injure people in southern Liaoning. All wild boars can eat people now.

Zhang Yudao: "At last, the soldier who committed the crime will be arrested..."

"asshole!"

Cheng Shijie scolded angrily: "It's hard for me to raise the morale of Ning Haijun's army. After you deal with it, our Ning Haijun soldiers will bow their heads and be timid whenever they see a scholar..."

This is like in later generations, some trolls are complaining about the rough law enforcement of security guards. When security guards (meaning, not real security guards) encounter emergencies, they will immediately consider whether their own law enforcement will violate the rules. The matter is not to be dealt with immediately, but to consider self-protection first, and the injured can only be ordinary people.

"What does the commander-in-chief mean... what should we do now?"

"You are like this!"

Cheng Shijie lowered his voice and said, "Order tofu in brine, and drop one thing for another. Go to the labor camp and mention some vicious hooligans or gangsters, and declare to the outside world that there was a riot in the Ning Haijun labor camp, and some prisoners escaped..."

Zhang Yu suddenly realized.

Cheng Shijie doesn't want to raise the flag to directly rebel now, because it will be cheaper to build slaves, so he can only retreat.

There is no harm without comparison.

With contrast, there is harm.

Let them suffer a little first, so that they can know that Ning Haijun is their patron saint.

(End of this chapter)