Villager of Daming

Chapter 694 One-stop shopping is precious
The ministers went home before dark and started to be busy and spend money tomorrow.

The tone has been set. All the imperial court's fiscal revenue this year must be spent, don't keep it.

Of course, there must be a budget for salary. Before the summer grain and autumn grain come, the amount of salary should not be messed up.

Officials are not worried that the treasury will run out of money and they will not be able to pay their salaries. There is plenty of money in the palace.

As long as you work hard, you may be able to get the whole year's salary reward during the Chinese New Year this year, which is not wheat or rice, but money.

The normal salary is given to grain, and then the grain is sold by the family, but bonuses, that is, extra rewards, are all given in money.

The physical rewards are things, all of which are good. I heard that there will be ham this year, which can be eaten directly. Xiaqiu Village has been preparing for it for several years.

The ministers left, but the people in Zhu Yuanzhang's palace did not leave. The palace after the disinfecting was left to dry for one night.

The next morning, everyone in the palace had breakfast before going home.

Zhu Wentian took his friends to the box lunch restaurant, together with the four brothers Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and Zhu Xi.

Zhu Wentian always felt that Zhu Ji was not in a hurry to learn how to govern the place. At this moment, Zhu Ji was still the King of Wu. Later, the ministers objected. Zhu Yuanzhang was the King of Wu before.

Later, the king of Zhou went to Kaifeng in Henan to build a mansion. Where in Henan is he still needed to govern?Enjoyed happiness in the past?
In the future, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Peiping, Shaanxi and Shanxi will be connected into one.

Moreover, Zhu Ji no longer needs to keep filial piety to Concubine Sun. Concubine Sun's fourth daughter is alive and well, but the second one is indeed gone.

The conditions were not good at that time, but the conditions are fine now. If you want to die, there must be a reason, such as catching a cold, not eating well, or hereditary or congenital...

Either it's tetanus and they don't know how to disinfect and drain.

Let's put it this way, Zhu Wentian is not afraid of someone suffering from tuberculosis now.

It is difficult for people to die in the imperial city. The death rate of people outside is still normal. The number of people dying in Ningguo Mansion, Taiping Mansion, and Yingtian Mansion should be small.

Because the pressure in life has become less and there is meat to eat, Huimin Pharmacy has more prescriptions and a richer variety of medicinal materials, and alcohol is available to help with disinfection.

Zhu Ji didn't know what Hanhan was thinking about. He was very excited and wanted to learn the skills so that the people in his fief could live a good life.

At present, he is the king of Wu, and his fiefdom is Haozhou, that is, Fengyang.

There were many important ministers there who followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the uprising, so the ministers opposed Zhu Ji becoming the king of Wu.

Once he passes, what will others do?In an instant, he was inferior to others.

Zhu Di was equally happy, but he was very sensible and did not show it. After all, the third brother's Taiyuan Mansion did not develop this year.

Everyone walked around together, and the people no longer paid much attention when they saw it.

When people from Xiaqiu Village enter the lunch box restaurant, four princes must enter the house.

Zhu Fang first took his three younger brothers to handle the accounts. At the same time, he was busy with the company's affairs like a review book. While doing it, he explained why it should be handled in this way.

Zhu Wentian continued to conduct experiments with his friends, and also took classes on biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

The other people are responsible for taking care of things and letting others relax.

Li Chang walked around from store to store, flipping through the bills, and listening to the words of the customers who were also wandering around and not sure whether they would buy anything.

At eleven o'clock, Zhu Wentian and his friends cooked some dishes, and the four brothers ran from the opposite side to the second floor of the lunch box restaurant.

This street is the most prosperous. People who have time are willing to go between the second and first floors, and can go from the library to Fuhua Building.

Ordinary people will not go to Fook Wah Building because it is too expensive and they cannot afford it. They will go down the stairs next to the lunch box restaurant or go to the back.

After all, paper can't cover up the fire. Someone in the court will inevitably reveal the secret. The entire street is a business jointly opened by Xiaqiu Village and the prince, princess and your majesty.

Xiaqiu Village is responsible for the management and makes money to subsidize the library. People are willing to come and visit, thinking that they will get good luck.They don't envy, envy or hate, they only criticize those who obtained wealth through improper means and are unkind.

"It's lively and full of people. Go check out the north side of the library in the afternoon."

Zhu Rui, who was participating for the first time, was always excited. He looked at the people walking below from the upstairs and wanted to go to the convenience store to have a look.

Without permission on weekdays, he could only go to Xiaqiu Village in Chaoyangmen, and today was the first day of flying.

"Chief, why are there so many people on this street? Could it be possible that we really have the luck of the royal family?"

Zhu Di has many ideas, but Yao Guangxiao has not come out yet.

"His Royal Highness, King Yan, has nothing to do with the royal luck. There are many people, so they may not necessarily buy things. They like to watch.

In addition to fresh food, the entire street provides products in all aspects of life. It is called one-stop shopping. Just come here and you will have everything.

The reason why we do not arrange fresh food is because we are afraid that livestock and poultry may have diseases and be passed on to people.

But King Yan’s fiefdom can be there in winter, and it can be frozen when the weather is cold.

If we want to provide fresh food here, the cost is too high, so we need a lot of ice and disinfection methods.

The smell of fresh produce is unpleasant and affects the entire street.If aquatic products are added, it will be even more difficult to handle. "

The chief told the four princes about the convenience of one-stop shopping. The most attractive thing is that there are many and complete things. People may not necessarily buy them, but they like to look at them.

In the city of Nanjing, or in the markets of various counties and cities, livestock, poultry, fish and shrimp have fixed locations and are handled uniformly.

"The canal will be dredged this winter, and a large amount of ice from the North Parallel Province will be transported here through the canal. What else can be done except to cool down in the ice basin in summer?"

Zhu Di nodded to show that he understood why there were so many people. He thought about ice again. Ice is precious in summer.

A lot of ice was delivered last winter, but it has been used up now. Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler.

"Fourth brother, make ice cream. We had it when we were with Lin, and here it's all shaved ice.

Huimin Pharmacy can use it. If someone has a fever, it can be used to cool down.

Others... It seems that Xiaqiu Village needs ice to process special medicines and build things. "

Zhu Xi told his brother that ice was not of much use. According to his understanding, its application range was small.

"What His Highness the King of Qin said is true. In fact, the most objective thing about transporting ice from the north to the south is the economic benefit, which can be sold for money.

Of course, using it in the Imperial City can make people feel physically comfortable in the hot Xiaqiu Village and improve work efficiency.

This winter we will reserve more ice and send large ships to transport it by sea. If it is shipped to the Municipal Shipping Department for use by the barbarians next year, it is easy to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit. "

The director did not mention the role of ice in Xiaqiu Village. In some places in the laboratory, ice is used to maintain temperature all year round.

He only talked about making money. As long as the cost of transporting ice from the North was less than the cost of making ice locally with saltpeter, it would be profitable.

Zhu Fan frowned: "We can't transport ice there, it's too far away. Let's ask them to store ice in the winter and keep it for our own use in the summer. The Dingliao Governor said it's very cold in winter. Is ice good?"

The chief nodded: "Okay, you can wait for the cold weather to get the ice. In the twelfth lunar month this year, we will send more ships to the sea to wait.

The river over there is pulled by steam engines, boats and sledges, and the ice is transported along the ice surface to the ship at the entrance to the sea.

Now we have to build an ice cellar next to Xuanwu Lake. The fleet can only make two trips, and then the ice there will slowly melt. "

(End of this chapter)