warring states careerist

Chapter 739
Not long after that meeting, Gander began his hard work in Pengcheng.

Pengcheng is a city that only started to rise more than 20 years ago. It is the earliest city in Zhuxia and Kyushu that combines "city" and "city" into one.

The cities before the Spring and Autumn Period were more like colonies. The exchange of goods between the barbarians outside the city and the industry and commerce inside the city and the exploitation of the outside of the city supported the prosperity of the city.

With the development of Sishang's economy, several important cities such as Peiyi and Pengcheng began to form a new urban model. The boundaries of the city were opened, the expanded streets and the cancellation of the policy of only trading in the "city" all made the city fast. developed.

With the gradual development of the commodity economy and its proximity to the main roads of Surabaya, Pengcheng, which was the first to allow private sales and stamp duty collection, has caused housing prices to soar.

For the sake of long-term consideration, Gander had no choice but to buy a small house in the southeast of the city. The house was not too big, it had no courtyard, and it was close to the street.

There is a public well not far from the entrance, and a little further away is a market for daily necessities.

There is a lot of firewood in the house, but local coal is burned, and the price is cheaper than firewood.The people living here are usually tourists who come to study, or local employees engaged in the textile industry. There are also many wooden frame buildings, which are the cheapest houses.There are no flush toilets, no running water, and the buildings have to be small due to structural problems. At this time, they are much cheaper than this kind of bungalows, and most of them are lived by some local small businesses.

The difference from Gander in Yangxia is that this house has Qulin windows, but they are very small, not the expensive big ones.

Two old servants who have been with him, a wife, and three children, these are all the people in the Gander family.

The first thing I did when I came to Sishang was that the two old servants had a free status, and the original personal attachment was lifted. However, the two old servants had no land and no other living skills, so they were still in Gander's house. Do things and take care of the daily life of the Gander family.

When they came to do the population registration, the two old servants did not draw lots when choosing the surname, but chose to directly borrow Gander's surname.

The three children are all studying in the elementary school next door. After the wife came to Sishang, she was restless. She started to learn more characters and arithmetic, and wanted to obtain the teacher's qualification certificate.

Fortunately, the two old servants could not divide the land or do other things, and there were still people to take care of Gander's daily life.

When buying a house, the stamp transaction tax is a very important income for Pengcheng, and no one can exempt from it.

Gander paid the tax and got a contract stamped by the government, which seemed to be endorsed by the government, which further promoted the promotion of stamp duty.

After applying for household registration and having children go to school, they first pay [-] yuan for one year's compulsory education fee, which is mandatory for every household.

In addition, there are no other taxes and fees, because many taxes are sandwiched in consumer goods and exist in the form of consumption taxes, which are not easy to be felt.

There are many local commodities, and the prices are not expensive. Gander doesn't know much about this, but he can feel it from the fact that his wife didn't complain about the prices.

Pengcheng's university hall is in the northeast of the city, a little far away from where Gan De lives. Both old servants can drive, but Gan De has calculated his current income and decided not to buy carriages and horses for the time being. Yes choose to rent temporarily.

The neighbor told him that just a hundred steps to the south, there is a special trading market where you can rent horse-drawn carriages.

The way of renting is called monthly subscription. Because of the scarcity of manpower, there is no meaning for the existence of carts pulled by people. Horse carts and ox carts are very popular.

Pay a certain amount of money every month, and the carriage can pick up and drop off at fixed times at a fixed time, and the cost is not high. The rest of the time, the carriage can continue to do other tasks without delay.

It's just that it's different from Yang Xia, the carriages here basically have double shafts.

On the contrary, the road is much flatter and harder than other places. In the main urban area, the road is made of stones, but here it is much worse, it is just loess.

However, because the entire Sishang and the surrounding cars are on the same track, the road is not bumpy.

The carriages Gander rented were relatively cheap, and the more expensive ones had carriages, linden windows, and woolen blankets inside, but they were usually used by merchants.

For the first time in the car, Gan De found that the people in Pengcheng were very talkative, very different from the local people in Yangxia. There was an indescribable spirit in their bones, and even the sound of whipping and fighting wrists was louder than other places. ring.

The carriage needs to be rushed from the southeast to the northeast, so as not to delay the preparatory class.

Gander did not prepare food either, because there is a cafeteria in the university hall, and the price is basically the same as outside, but part of the subsidies for students in the university hall are directly sent to themselves, which not only saves the cost of checking outsiders to eat inside, but also saves money. Make some students have some money in their hands to save and even buy some good things for their younger brothers and sisters.

The driver of Gander's monthly subscription was one-armed, with one sleeve empty. After a few casual conversations, the driver started talking.

He flicked the sleeve of his one arm, but he didn't care about his handicap. Instead, he said with a very proud expression: "Back then in the battle of Nanji Water, the teacher led us to form an formation at the foot of the mountain and lasted until the end. Shi Shuai Immediately we will arrest Qi people..."

When talking about the people of Qi, he seemed to think of some political correctness, and quickly said: "It's not the people of Qi, it's when Shi Shuai is about to defeat those miserable soldiers in Qingzhou who were forced by the unjust king. Sima's cannon exploded. Fortunately, those Qingzhou nobles couldn't hold on anymore, otherwise we would have been miserable."

"At that time, the division commander made a feint attack, and the entire Qingzhou army was pressing on our side. The division commander ordered the formation to form, and the artillery could support the surrounding areas in the formation. If we had no artillery at that time, we would definitely be rushed down. Fortunately, our artillery bombardment was later. .”

"At that time, Qinyue people hadn't returned to Sishang, he cut it for me, and saved half of his life..."

"At that time, if Shishuai had charged earlier, I would not have lost my arm. But then again, if Shishuai had charged earlier, I would not have lost my arm, but more people may have lost their lives. ..."

Gan De nodded, thinking to himself, the political correctness on this body is ridiculous.For example, things like equality, this is an insurmountable line; for example, Jianai, you can't say you are from Qi, you have to say that you are from Qingzhou...

Gan De thought to himself, there is no etiquette on Sishang, but there is also etiquette, it's just that this etiquette is different from other places.Rituals are rules, and there are actually quite a lot of rules in Sishang.

After the coachman finished speaking, he habitually flicked the sleeve of his empty arm and said: "After the nine deaths and one survived, those of us who lost our arms were arranged to enter the government-operated carriage and horse dealership at that time."

"The Battle of Qingzhou... that is, the Qi-Mo War that outsiders say. We captured a lot of nobles at that time. In the end, they had to return them back when the Heze League was held. The ransom was horses. The teacher suggested Shishuai at that time, and organized such a family. Cars and horses, our teacher is Shi Shuai's earliest disciple, and he followed Shi Shuai in Shangqiu back then, and his mind is also good."

"Two years ago, private contracting was opened. I got such a set of carriages and horses because I had worked for two years and I had a disabled military certificate. I only paid a small amount of money. There have been a lot of businessmen in Pengcheng in the past few years. Too much, it’s okay to rely on this to make a living.”

"My wife works in the third textile workshop. My two children grew up in the workshop's nursing garden when they were young. They don't need us to look after them. Now they are in elementary school."

"My arm is broken, but the thing underneath is good, and I can earn a lot of money every month. After paying half the tax and contract fees, I can still have a lot left over, so I can live a good life."

"It would be even better if there were more monthly subscriptions like you. Last year, two of my retired comrades invited me to go to the South China Sea, saying that it was a good place to make a fortune there. I am an artillery soldier. Although my arm is broken, the chamber of commerce is actually It can also be used... But it’s true, with a wife and children, I’m not as bold as I was when I was young. If I would definitely go when I was young, I’d better stick to this job now. It’s safe.”

"By the way, after talking so much, I haven't asked what your master is studying?"

Gan De said quite proudly: "Learning some nine-number geometry, astronomy and geography are all human studies."

The coachman flicked his whip, turned around and said with a smile: "Then we are traveling together."

Gan De was taken aback, and thought to himself, could it be that you don't know what nine numbers, geometry, astronomy and geography are?How can you drive a car with me?
But he didn't want the one-armed driver to say: "The brigade commander of our artillery was the one who learned the geometry of nine numbers from Shishuai, and we artillerymen have also learned a lot. As an artilleryman, there are still people who don't know how to solve one yuan and two times." Equational?"

Gander's face twitched, and he blushed slightly for his thoughts just now, and asked a little embarrassedly: "That's really a colleague."

The one-armed driver smiled and said, "That's all. We mainly look up the watch. I was able to memorize the rest of the watch back then, but now it's useless for four or five years, and I've forgotten it all."

"The knowledge you do is to know why. We also know why. You asked me to calculate the cotangent table, but I can't do it, that is, I can memorize it. I heard that this year I will revise the cotangent table. Retired, but there are other things to do."

"Actually, this is not a skill. All the young children who have just graduated from the Artillery Military Academy can memorize it, but it is not enough to let them go up to shoot cannons. Shi Shuai said, this is called specialization in art, and it is called the combination of practice and knowledge. Anyway, that’s what our brigade representative told us.”

Gander glanced at the one-armed coachman again, and the horror in his heart was beyond words. He thought that although the knowledge he had mastered was not as good as those in the university, he never thought that such a coachman with a broken arm would memorize all the tables. I am absolutely inferior to myself.

(End of this chapter)