back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 715

After New Year's Day, Chang'an City was very lively amidst the snow.After a year of hard work, I finally got a good harvest. Even if I am not a farming family, I am infected by the joy of this auspicious snow heralding a good year.

With the sound of firecrackers, fireworks rise into the sky every night.Goulan tiles, various dramas are staged.In restaurants and teahouses, all living beings are celebrating.

Chang'an is prosperous, with a ten-mile long street, fiery trees and silver flowers, Xingqiao iron locks, BMW fragrant cars, and a flower market like daytime.Lu Chengqi also made an appearance and had fun with the people.

After the New Year's Eve, the center of the imperial court began to operate, and the almost crazy excitement gradually calmed down.But the prosperity of Chang'an has been engraved into the bone marrow, hidden in the market, how can it dissipate due to the passing of solar terms?On weekdays, every five watch hours, there will be watchmen outside the door, knocking on iron plates, and going door to door to wake up the people of Chang'an.After getting up early, the people of Chang'an will go to the breakfast shop to buy some porridge, or fill their lungs with fried lungs.Even the noodle soup (washing water) is sold at this breakfast shop.

Stalls for sencha soup and decoction also appeared.Then there are slaughter stalls that slaughter animals on the street and sell them wholesale.Fruit and flour are still bundled into bags at this time.They are bought as ingredients and become a delicacy on the lunch and dinner tables.The last midnight snacks are also made of these raw materials.

If you have time, you can also go to the "Perfume Line" early in the morning and take a bath there.Of course, more people will choose to go to teahouses or restaurants, order a pot of tea and a pot of wine, and start talking about the world and current affairs.This is also a change that took place after Lu Chengqi came to power.Previously, if you dared to talk about government affairs indiscriminately, you would definitely be dragged to the Yamen, no matter right or wrong, you will be hit with ten boards first.

Of course, very few people choose to go to the restaurant in the morning. Usually, the number of drinkers in the restaurant gradually increases around noon.Among the drinkers, there are also those who buy wine and go back to drink for themselves, but most of them call a few friends and go to the restaurant for a drink.After all, if you only drink alcohol and eat some small dishes, the cost is not very high.Some merchants, even some brokers, dentists, and even hired workers can afford it.This is also the reason why restaurants and teahouses in Chang'an City are so popular. They don't cost much, but they can enjoy the most "top" service.

In the fan building with flying bridge railings, interlinking light and dark, bead curtains and embroidered foreheads, some regular customers slowly came in, and the shopkeepers greeted them warmly. means to attract customers.After calling the food and wine, they began to chat.

"Have you heard, this year's court meeting, the Holy Majesty got angry on the spot."

"Hey, this story is known all over the city, how can I not know?"

"What's the matter?"

"That small country of Jiaozhi neglected the Holy Majesty, bluntly saying that our success was not good enough, and was so angry that the court was full of civil and military criticism, and almost toppled the Golden Luan Hall. The Holy Majesty asked the imperial guards to drive the Jiaozhi envoys out of the palace, and even the posthouse was not allowed. Let them live..."

"Isn't that a little too much?"

"Where is it too much? Don't you know how arrogant the cochin envoy is? Did he really bully me and have no one in Dashun? He also threatened to hit Chang'an. The Holy One is full of blood, how could he bear it? He was not taken down, he was chopped off directly. It's all a blessing. This country of villains really knows nothing about the sky and the earth!"

"Is there such a thing?"

"Hey, you are so busy that you are dizzy, haven't you heard of this?"

"Haha, who said it wasn't? You know that firecrackers and fireworks are the best sellers during the Chinese New Year. I watch the shop every day, all night long, and dare not close the door. It's been more than [-] days in a row, and I even read newspapers." No, are you busy?"

"That's right, you should be fined a cup, and you'll be making money."

After the three of them clinked glasses, a middle-aged businessman said with a smile: "The envoy of the Jiaozhi Kingdom made a fool of himself, and the envoy of the Tianzhu Kingdom is not much better..."

"What's going on here?"

"Hey, he actually asked the Holy Majesty at the court meeting, why is there no one defecating in Chang'an City?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"These barbarians, do we really think that our dignified country was originally their small country, with huts everywhere?"

There is reason for what they said.Public toilets are commonly built in Chang'an City, and the government attaches great importance to the proper disposal of urban garbage and excrement.Every new year in Jingzhao Mansion, the government sends people to dredge the ditches from house to house, and ships transport the silt on the road to the countryside.Every day someone cleans up the rubbish on the street, and the residents pay a certain amount of money.Some farmers, after the autumn harvest, can't relax, so they naturally go to the city to work.This dredging of the ditches can add fertilizer to the fields, and they don't need to pay money, just put in a little effort, and they are willing to do it.People in Jingzhao Mansion can exchange some money for a comfortable environment, so why not do it?
Besides, there are Ye Xianglang in every city, and this public toilet also needs to pour Ye Xianglang. How can it be like other countries, where there is a strange smell everywhere, making you want to vomit?

After they told some anecdotes from the court meeting, one of them said worriedly: "The new policy of the Holy Lord, let my tenants go to seven or eight, and the hundred acres of land in the family are about to be abandoned. The land price is low now. Do you think it should be sold?" good?"

The other two were silent, picked up their wine glasses, took a sip absently, and then tentatively said, "How much is the land worth today?"

"Well, it's getting lower and lower. Now it's thirty guan an acre. This is still a fertile field. If it's a thin field, it's ten guan less... Sell it, it's too bad, and you can't even keep the original; if you don't sell it, the court will ask again. Taxation. There is no food in this land, and you still have to pay [-]% of the tax, saying it is a 'vacant land tax', isn't that terrible!"

"Hiss...how could this be?"

"Well, although the Jingzhao Mansion is good, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is free. Those tenants, who have no land and no land, are short-term renters. How could they stay here with you? The Qi family and their mouths all went down. Jiangnan has gone. They also asked someone to bring a message, saying that Jiangnan is really a paradise, isn't this deceptive?"

"Shhh, keep quiet! You don't want to die. Although the Holy Majesty is not limited to talking about government affairs, but you slander the New Deal like this, there are ears in every wall. If it spreads to the Supervisory Department and then to the Holy Majesty's ears, how can it be good?"

"Oh, I'm not worried!"

"Let me tell you, your property is not far from Chang'an, why don't you open a workshop yourself?"

"That's right, it's become common practice to do business now, and you can make a lot of money even in any industry. I have a distant relative who opened a kiln and fired porcelain in Quanzhou, and he could earn 50 yuan a year. If I buy it again It’s a big deal to sell a sail. It’s a pity that I’m waiting in Chang’an, even if I burn porcelain, I won’t make much money.”

"Hey, a few days ago, didn't the imperial court publish how to grow cotton in the "Dashun Minbao". The cotton does not need many people to take care of it, as long as there are more people when it is harvested. And if you go to the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, you can get it for free. Once you get the seeds, officials from the Ministry of Industry will come and teach you how to plant them..."

"What is this cotton?"

"To keep out the cold, it is rumored that this year's palace also wears clothes made of cotton. Think about it, these winters have been so cold. If cotton is planted and made into cotton clothes, how good would it be? Not only can it be Plant cotton, and set up a workshop to make clothes..."

The man was moved by the words, and after pondering for a while, he said slowly: "In this case, after drinking and eating, let's go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to have a look..."

(End of this chapter)