Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 701
When the summer harvest was approaching, according to Zhu Youjian's instructions, government-run schools such as Guozijian, Military Weapons Supervision, Jiangzuojian Children's School implemented the summer vacation system for the first time, and the vacation lasted for two months.

The meaning of the word summer vacation is self-evident, no matter whether people can understand and accept it or not, as long as they follow it.

It turns out that many mandatory executive orders are initially beyond public awareness, but after an initial adjustment period, no one will challenge such enforcement measures.

But even though it was a long vacation, as the prince of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong couldn't let himself go like other supervisors.

The masters of the East Palace finally seized the opportunity. They went to the palace together to meet Zhu Youjian, and insisted on giving academic guidance to the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, so that the Crown Prince would not waste his studies during the long vacation.

After careful consideration, Zhu Youjian finally reached a compromise with these masters: the prince listens to lectures for two hours every morning, free activities in the afternoon, and rests for two days every five days.

The main purpose of the masters of the East Palace is actually to gain a sense of presence in front of the emperor and the prince, as long as they can see the prince often, as for whether they can establish a personal relationship with the prince during this period, so that they can exert influence on the prince in the future, then It all depends on personal ability.

This year's Master Donggong can be said to be the most aggrieved group of people in history.

As the group of people that the prince should be close to, after the prince was ordered to go out of the palace to enter school, they could not even see the prince's face, so that Gong Tingxiang, who was teaching the prince on the first day, almost shed tears when he saw the long-lost prince down.

It's not easy.

The emperor is disobedient, how can this be corrected.

It was time to rest and take a bath that day, and Zhu Cilang, who had nothing to do, thought of Erya whom he hadn't seen for a long time, so after asking his father for instructions, he took Zhao Xin and Cheng Jian out of the palace in casual clothes and went to Beicheng.

Regarding the relationship between Zhu Cihong and Erya, Zhu Youjian adopted a happy attitude.

Ever since Chongzhen saw Erya for the first time in eight years, he had a very good impression of that little girl with a pair of beautiful eyes.

A girl with a gentle and kind temperament will not be annoying wherever she goes, which is the main reason why Zhu Cihong likes Erya.

Zhou Hou also heard about this, and after arranging staff to inquire about the situation of Erya's family, she didn't say anything too much, but told Zhu Cihong to pay more attention to safety and must return to the palace before dark.

Since Emperor Taizong, all the empresses married by the Ming emperors were from small families, which is also an important reason why the Ming Dynasty never had the monopoly of foreign relatives.

The three masters and servants of Zhu Cihong rode an ordinary four-wheeled carriage, followed the clean road paved with bluestone slabs, and arrived at the place where the artisans of the North City lived after about half an hour.

Now four-wheeled carriages have become popular in the capital because of the birth of steel bearing balls.

With the sharp increase in the output and quality of stainless steel, the world's first water conservancy lathe using steel drill bits and cutting tools was born after the hard work of Song Yingxing, Li Huanxiu and others. appeared in this world.

Although the craftsmanship was not as exquisite as later generations, the invention of steel bearings solved the disadvantages of the carriage ball materials, increased the service life of the balls made of ferreous wood by several times, and increased the output by dozens of times.

This industrial heavy tool, which should have been invented by the British, came to the world more than 100 years ahead of schedule, and it also greatly promoted the popularity of carriages. While greatly improving the transportation capacity of Ming Dynasty, it also allowed the court to add more A highly profitable industry.

With the rapid increase of bearing production, in order to meet the huge demand for horse-drawn carriages in the market, the scale of the Vehicle Division responsible for the manufacture of carriages in the bureau has been repeatedly expanded.

Up to now, the number of people has increased from more than [-] to more than [-] people. The daily production of four passenger carriages and twelve cargo carriages, and the orders for both kinds of carriages have been scheduled for a year later.

Now on the spacious streets of the capital, four-wheeled carriages can be seen everywhere. Although the colors, decorations and regulations of the carriages are different, everyone knows that the owners of the carriages are all rich or expensive.

The vehicle department only produces bare cars, regardless of decoration. After the car owners buy them back, they can dress up their cars as they like according to their personal preferences.

In this era, there is no regulation against changing the color of vehicles at will. Otherwise, just based on this, the fine alone can make Shuntian Mansion a small fortune.

Zhu Cihong's carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley where Erya's house lived, and Xin Zhao, who had been ordered, opened the car door and ran out. After a while, he hurried back: the door of Erya's house was locked, so I asked the neighbors , Early in the morning, Erya took her younger brother to the nursing home in Beicheng to help her mother who worked in the nursing home.

"Master, shall we go back to the palace or go elsewhere?"

Xin Zhao asked, standing under the car.

At the end of summer and early autumn, the sun was as hot as the sun. Xin Zhao’s brow was covered with sweat during the trip, and there were no children playing at the entrance of the alley. He also hurried past the shadow of the courtyard wall. He was only a little surprised when he saw this carriage and stopped paying attention.

If you say that people in the capital have seen the world, this is an example.

If this kind of four-wheeled carriage is common in Jingshiman Street, if it is placed in any prefecture or county, it will be surrounded by passers-by.

"Come on, let's go to the market, buy some food and things, and then go to the nursing home!"

After pondering for a while, Zhu Cihong ordered.

It has been more than ten days since I saw Erya, the habit of meeting Erya on holidays and holidays in the Imperial College has long been formed, and there is nothing wrong with today, why not go to the Nursing Home for condolences, by the way Meet your sweetheart.

Erya's family has long known about Zhu Cihong's existence. Although they don't know his true identity, they also understand that Zhu Cihong comes from a wealthy family. If their daughter can have this blessing, no matter whether she will be a wife or a concubine in the future, it is all cultivation in her previous life. Come, the honest Erya parents don't care about it, and don't dare to care about it.

After making up his mind, the four-wheeled carriage turned around and drove away, heading straight for the market in Beicheng.

At about six o'clock in the morning, the market in Beicheng was already full of various stalls, selling everything from food to clothing.

Due to the different sales targets, the commodities on the market are almost all materials closely related to basic necessities of life, and there are few expensive items.

The school lieutenant who was driving the car parked the car in the shade under a big willow tree, and Zhu Cihong, who got out of the car, took Zhao Xin and Cheng Jian and started to stroll around with great interest.

Since it was the first time to be in this kind of mass market, Zhu Cihong was very interested in this kind of place full of life.

Hearing the yelling and yelling of the vendors, looking at many things that he had never seen before, seeing the people who came to buy and the vendors haggling loudly for a copper coin, Zhu Cihong was full of novelty and exploration. .

"Brother, your bag is leaking!"

Just as Zhu Cihong was looking left and right, a slightly immature child's voice suddenly sounded from one side.

Zhu Cilang quickly looked for the sound, and a few steps away, a farmer-looking man in bunts was reaching out and groping for the bottom of the bag on his shoulders, while the other adult arm was quickly withdrawing from the bag.

Needless to say, this is a thief trying to steal this man's money.

(End of this chapter)