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Chapter 386 The Good Days of Lantian People
Wang Laoguai was very excited. He never expected to be personally instructed by the county lord and entrusted with a heavy responsibility. The county lord did not forget his old brothers who had broken legs for Lantian County. Thinking of this, Wang Laoguai felt warm in his heart of.

Li Chaosheng continued to drink the mutton soup with his people, Wang Laoguai was very understanding, and after chatting with Li Chaosheng for a few more words, he withdrew without disturbing Li Chaosheng's meal.

Li Chaosheng ate very quickly, a big bowl of mutton soup, two scallion pancakes, and a few slices of sauced mutton would fill his stomach, and the rest of the people were all soldiers and ate very quickly. When Li Chaosheng finished eating, he stood up, It was discovered that not far away, the pair of maidservants disguised as men had also finished their meal and got up to leave. Master Liu's gang had almost eaten and were also ready to leave.

It's just that among Mr. Liu's group of people, the guy with inverted triangle eyes kept looking in the direction of the two little ladies, obviously having evil intentions.

Seeing this, Li Chaosheng said to the two guards following him: "Follow them, Lantian County will not allow them to behave wildly, and by the way, inform the Lantian County Public Security Management Department to clean up the out-of-town population, and don't let them run amok in the city. Forget it, Chaogu, I will leave this job to you and finish it together."

"Yes."

Li Chaotun responded, followed by two guards and disappeared among the crowd.

Li Chaosheng brought millet, and Li Chaotun and his party strolled on the street. Looking at this Lantian No. [-] Pedestrian Street is also an attempt by Li Chaosheng in business. Governing the country includes not only politics, but also the military. The economy is also very important, and even In some respects it takes a greater proportion than the other two.

Enriching the country and strengthening the people is something every generation of emperors is trying to do, but there are not many successes. A large part of the reason is that the ancient times emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and there are two reasons for emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

The first and most important point is that the output of ancient land was not enough, and a large number of agricultural people were needed to cultivate it to ensure enough food. It is likely to cause disaster.

The second is that businessmen have a job in their hearts and minds, and many of them have no concept of family and country. Some people even sell the interests of the country for money. This is very unfriendly to the ruling class and a threat to the rule of the country, so it must be restrained.

Because of this, most of the ancient emperors emphasized agriculture and suppressed business.

But Li Chaosheng didn’t think so. The population of the first great Ming was enough. According to the records of Ming Dynasty, in the first year of the apocalypse, Daming had a population of 170 million.

You must know that there are many black households in this era, such as family members, tenant farmers, etc., who are not registered. You must know that the tax collection method in the Ming Dynasty is calculated on a per capita basis. If they do not register, these people do not have to pay taxes. , so there is a large hidden population among the people, it is said to be about [-] million, but the actual double may be more.

Therefore, Daming's farming population is already large enough, and there is no need to deliberately increase it.

The output of the second crop has increased. Corn, potato, sweet potato, these high-yield crops are born, which can liberate many people from the land. In the past, a family of five worked hard to cultivate ten acres of land a year to get enough food and clothing. Now the three people Cultivate five acres of land and plant corn to get enough food and clothing. The remaining two labors must have somewhere to spend.

Therefore, business is a very good way to stimulate the gross domestic product, improve national power, and enrich the people.

Large-scale commercial groups need to recruit workers, which makes use of the redundant labor force, and some active minds do some small business by themselves, which not only enriches the daily necessities of the people, but also makes money, so that the entire Lantian territory This is a good model for goods to circulate.

What Li Chaosheng needed was a prosperous and well-off Lantian County, not a Lantian County that only had a strong military, but the rest was a mess and destitute.

"This kind of business model should be replicated in other big cities in the Lantian area as much as possible. The business community can greatly improve the local core competitiveness, drive the local economic recovery, and bring a better life to the common people."

When Li Chaosheng came down, he could see a lot of problems. After saying this, Gu Zi said from the side: "Guo Bao and his administrative department have already held a special meeting with the commercial department, and they didn't expect the county lord to propose it This commercial street will be so prosperous that the annual commercial tax revenue of this street will almost catch up with the tax revenue of half of Lantian City. They are also planning to replicate it in other cities. Currently, they are planning to develop Shangluo, Hanzhong, Ankang, Baoji, and Weinan. , the urban commercial streets of the six major state capitals should be completed next year at the earliest, and our Lantian will be really rich by then."

Li Chaosheng nodded, and stopped before looking at a small store. The sign on the store was Yuhua Niang Yinzi.

Seeing this Li Chaosheng became interested. I didn’t expect that there would be places like milk tea shops in this commercial street. Yinzi, which can be interpreted as drinks, has existed since ancient times. The most developed one was the Song Dynasty. The great painter Zhang Zeduan’s "Qingming There are many roadside stalls on the "Shanghe Tu" with the words: Yinzi, or Xiangyinzi, etc., which shows the development of drinks in Song Dynasty.

The drinks in the Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into three types: soup, syrup, and thirsty water.

Soup is brewed, boiled, and drunk with various plants, such as osmanthus, plum, lychee, and orange, which can be boiled and sold as drinks.

As for the pulp, it is also called pulp water, which is similar to wine making. The general method is to cook the rice, pour it into a tank, soak it in clean water for five or six days, let it ferment, pour out the pulp water, and then add it Honey, sweet-scented osmanthus, or various fruit juices, sweet and sour are delicious.

As for thirsty water, it is similar to the current concentrated fruit juice. Don't think that concentrated fruit juice was invented in modern times. In fact, it existed in the Song Dynasty.

The production method is also very simple, mash the fruit, such as bayberry, squeeze the juice, filter out the pomace, put it in a pot and boil it slowly, evaporate all the water, and pack the final paste-like juice in a jar , When drinking, take out a little and rinse with boiling water.

The main reason for this kind of production is that there was no refrigerator in the past, and good fruits could not be stored for a long time. When they were made into fruit concentrates, they were stored for a long time, and a unique flavor was gradually formed.

These are just rough divisions. If you divide them in more detail, there are good drinking products such as boiled water and cold water. According to records, there can be thousands of these drinks in the Song Dynasty, which shows that the economy of the Song Dynasty was developed at that time.

It's a pity that the developed economy and the garbage military power have led to the final tragedy, and many absurd jokes and humiliating histories have been born.

But we can’t give up eating because of choking. The development of the Song Dynasty is deformed. You can’t completely deny the positive significance brought by commerce because of this. You must know that it is the middle of the seventeenth century, and Britain will start the industrial revolution in more than 100 years. We can't stand still and fall behind others.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng wants to lay the commercial foundation for Lantian in advance. Britain will have an industrial revolution 100 years later, and he will start the industrial revolution now.

The development of civilization is like a snowball. One step behind will be countless years behind, and one step ahead will be countless years ahead, especially the size of Da Ming, who is now rising. When Da Ming invents, he will be the king of the world!

Li Chaosheng has the ambition to become the king of the world, and it is extremely strong.

Sometimes the general economic development can be seen from one side of a thing. People in Lantian have time to study and drink. It can be seen that the economy here has developed to a certain extent.

"What do you have here?"

Li Chaosheng came to the door of the store at this time, and saw that the shopkeeper was a woman. The woman was wearing a decent dress at this time, and when she saw a scholar-like person standing at the door, she said with a smile: "Young master, what do you want to drink?" Look at this wall."

Li Chaosheng looked at the wall, he had drunk quite a lot.

Sweet bean soup, bean water, dark plum water, ginger honey water, lychee paste water, kumquat drink, perilla drink, plum blossom wine, etc. are all on the wall.

"Yo, you really have a lot of tricks."

Li Chaosheng glanced at it and said, the woman smiled after hearing this: "These are all the prescriptions of the Song Dynasty recorded in ancient books, I tried to fit our Lantian people's tastes, and I added them, and I made adjustments for those that didn't suit my taste. "

Li Chaosheng listened and said: "That's right, you know how to improve, the little girl is amazing."

After hearing this, the little girl gave Li Chaosheng a strange look. This man doesn't look very old, and he speaks so old-fashioned.

Li Chaosheng looked at the drink on the wall and said: "Give me a kumquat drink, what do you want, come and order, I will treat you today."

After hearing this, several people from Guzi also came in. Some wanted ebony water, some wanted sweet bean soup, and some wanted bean water.

After ordering, the little girl said to Li Chaosheng: "Sir, are you using it in the store, or taking it away?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said, "Is there anything special about it?"

The little girl said: "If you take it away to drink, you have to add five Wen for each cup."

"Oh, why is that?"

Li Chaosheng heard the news, at this time the woman took a bamboo tube and said: "Take it away to drink, you need to use this bamboo tube and this reed tube, this needs to be calculated, if it is used in the store, just use the bowl in my store, no need There is an additional charge."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at the woman's bamboo tube and said, "Can you show me?"

The little girl immediately handed the bamboo tube to Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng looked fresh. Is this an ancient disposable cup?
Looking at the workmanship, Li Chaosheng found that the inside of the bamboo tube had obviously been dug out. There was a lot of space, and a cover was made on it. There was a hole in the cover, which was just inserted into a reed tube.

This is really a fantastic idea, Li Chaosheng thought, at this time Guzi said: "This thing is made by the workshop of our Lantian Institute of Science and Technology. The Mechanical Department of our Institute of Science and Technology invented a drilling and milling machine. Those who dug steel barrels turned out not to be hard enough, so they went back to improve them, but the things they made couldn’t be wasted, so some people thought, why not drill steel and wood?”

"So these guys used this thing to make many wooden bowls and tubs, and this bamboo tube. I didn't expect it to be used by this little lady."

Gu Zi sighed from the side.

After Li Chaosheng heard this, he watched the woman make kumquat drink for him.

Looking at it, he saw that the little girl took out ice cubes from a special cabinet beside her, which shocked Li Chaosheng. Are the people in Lantian rich enough to eat ice in summer?
Seeing Li Chaosheng's doubts, Gu Zi said, "Don't be surprised, cousin. Didn't we build more than a dozen ice cellars in Lantian last year? Just sell the ice that was frozen last year, and it's not very expensive. A piece of ice costs a penny. You can buy it."

"The weather is hot now, and there are ice sellers in many places. At the top of the commercial street, there is a shop called Yibingfang. It is a big customer of our ice cellar. After he enters the ice from our ice cellar, he cuts it into cubes. Sprinkle honey, fruit juice and other desserts, and sell them for three pennies, but it’s so hot, the children clamor to eat his family’s ice every day, and their ice is the best seller in summer.”

"A few days ago, the shopkeeper of their ice shop found our ice cellar for a big deal. This winter, they want to freeze the sugar water into ice cubes, freeze [-] large pieces, and then cut them into small pieces for sale. No more honey."

After listening to Guzi's words, Li Chaosheng blinked his eyes, the sugar water was frozen into ice cubes, isn't this just ice cream?And it’s the most common old popsicle in ice cream. Don’t say that as long as life improves, the wisdom of the working people will follow. Don’t think that the working people are not smart. It’s just that the imperial court in the past restricted the wisdom of the working people to the land.

As a result, the feudal dynasty lasted for 2000 years and remained unchanged, without bringing essential improvements to the common people. Li Chao was born to change this.

Now the common people have their own commercial street, where they can eat all kinds of delicacies, drink mutton soup to sweat when it is cold, and have various drinks and even ice cream to eat when it is hot.

If you are hungry, you can go to a top restaurant like Yuxianlou for a meal. If you are too expensive, you can go to various home-cooked dishes around you. It's still okay to buy a big carp for a hundred and ten yuan and go home for the Daya Festival.

People's lives are prosperous and healthy, which is what Li Chaosheng wants to see. Whenever he sees the smiling faces of passers-by on the street, Li Chaosheng feels a sense of accomplishment.

Compared with the people of Lantian, people in Daming, including people from places other than Daming, seem to be living in a primitive society.

Outside of Lantian, bandits are still raging, and the government and army are also robbing the people. The people don't even have decent food. In some places, the grass roots and bark are gone, and they are even eating people.

Looking at Lantian, there is already enough food. Not only can every household be full, they can even take out. Now there is no one in Lantian who is not full, and the old Lantian people are not only studying how to eat well, but also studying how to eat well.

Li Chaosheng did not object to the people living a better life and eating more luxurious food. In the past, only landlords and gentry and officials could eat luxurious and rich food. That is called corruption.

But now most people in Lantian can eat something better and more luxurious. Chicken, duck and fish can be served on the tables of ordinary people. This is not corruption, but prosperity!

(End of this chapter)