Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

He stretched out his hand and patted a soft spot on Ye'er's body, and the two of them came out of the room while playing like this.

Afterwards, the two of them got into the carriage that had been waiting at the door for a long time.

The driver of the carriage pulled the reins like a clay idol, and the round hub immediately left two lines of clear marks on the snow...

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"You ah you ah..."

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Today is New Year's Eve.

It is also the last day that public officials in Lujiang under the Lujiang Law need to work this year.

As early as a few days ago, people from all walks of life stopped their work and began to welcome the arrival of the new year wholeheartedly.

The civil servants in Lujiang must fight until the last moment of this year because they need to serve the people.

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Of course, all hard work pays off.

After finishing this last shift, all public officials will have a [-]-day continuous holiday.

They will not start working until the end of the Shangyuan Festival.

This is also the group with the longest rest time among all the Lujiang people.

They can spend a relatively less busy time with their families.

……

But all of this has nothing to do with Zhang Yan.

After working hard for a year, he left early for the first time and left his post early.

Of course, after dealing with all the work that needs to be done by him.

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Walking with Ye'er on the main road of Lujiang River, as far as the eye can see, there is a quiet and peaceful scene.

At the end of 189 AD, after more than two months of hard work, more than ten glass factories were officially completed, and the first wave of glass production began under Zhang Yan's order.

In fact, as early as hundreds of years ago, when the Silk Road was just opened, similar technology was introduced from the Western Regions to the Han Dynasty.

It's just that the creation similar to glass is not crystal clear, but colored glaze with some impurities and bright colors.

In the construction industry, this material is also called glazed tiles, and it was even used extensively in the construction of the Dabaoen Temple pagoda after the year before last.

Therefore, the production of glass is not without a foundation for today's Dahan craftsmen.

After numerous adjustments in the production environment, temperature, time and materials, the first complete square glass sheet was produced by the Lujiang No. [-] Glass Manufacturing Factory.

Moreover, after technical communication between several factories, the mature glass production process spread throughout Lujiang within three days.

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Maybe it's because the technology and environment are still limited. Those glassware that Zhang Yan once expected, such as measuring cylinders and beakers, have not yet appeared on the land of Lujiang.

But at the very least, glass plates that are three feet square and about half a centimeter thick can now be mass-produced.

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Since the raw material of this kind of thing is extremely cheap clean river sand, the price of the glass plate is also ridiculously low.

After government subsidies, the price of each three-inch square glass plate can be compared to a bucket of grain.

For the people of the entire Lujiang River, it can almost be said that it is a level that every family can afford.

And the entire Lujiang government did not stand aside.

After a lot of publicity, the superiority of the novel material "glass" has been recognized by the vast majority of people.

Regardless of how much or how little money they have left at home, these ordinary people are willing to try some of the government's propaganda—such as replacing papered window lattices with glass.

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Those who test the waters have one, and there will be a second.

Gradually, more and more people tried it, and more and more people experienced the superiority of this special material.

Clean, light-transmitting, and even windproof and warm.

In addition to being somewhat fragile, the various advantages of the new type of glass windows were quickly discovered by the common people and spread among the crowd spontaneously.

According to the statistics of the Civil Affairs Bureau, on the night before the New Year's Eve, all the inhabited houses in Lujiang were finally replaced with this new type of windows.

Walking on the road, Zhang Yan could even see a lot of old people carrying glass on camel carts, slowly transporting them to their own direction——

Probably someone's child was naughty and threw stones and smashed the neighbor's window.

However, these people did not show a bad attitude because of this.

All those who were walking on the road, after seeing Zhang Yan's car, stopped consciously and bowed their heads slightly in greeting.

"Look, that's the eunuch's car..."

"Thanks to the prefect, we in Lujiang can..."

"I really don't know where the old prefect got these strange things..."

……

Quietly put down the curtains of the carriage, while the curtains blocked Zhang Yan's sight, they also blocked the sight of the people outside who wanted to peek inside curiously.

Although this wave of operations has been quite successful in terms of results, combined with the new carbon stove, the vast majority of Lujiang people should be able to live a warm New Year this winter...

But Zhang Yan had no intention of showing off.

He may indeed be very happy, but more because of the happiness brought about by the gradual improvement of the living standards of the people in Lujiang.

As for making the people worship...

Hehe, forget it.

Zhang Yan scratched his head in embarrassment, but saw Ye'er sitting opposite him with a smile and looking at him.

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"Master, are you happy?"

"This is what you said to me at the beginning, I hope the people of the world can live better."

"For more than two years, you have indeed been practicing on this path..."

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"Hehe, see what you said."

He pinched Ye'er's nose, now that no outsiders were watching, Zhang Yan also smiled naturally.

"Of course you're happy?"

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"Look at this street. When I first arrived in Lujiang, what did it look like here, Ye'er, do you still remember?"

"Look at the white walls and black tiles now, look at the tidy streets and the expressions on people's faces."

"I really hope to see these guys smiling so happily during the Chinese New Year next year..."

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Dumplings, firecrackers, New Year pictures instead of peach charms, and even New Year couplets that have begun to take shape.

In addition to the bright glass window lattices reflecting light, white walls and black tiles, Zhang Yan also brought many different things to Lujiang.

According to the custom in previous years, at most, they hung some lanterns or something at the door of each house... But this year, on the streets, these interesting new gadgets were pasted in front of the door of every house.

According to the words of the prefect, this is a good start for the new year, and it is also to make Lujiang more year-like.

Although some prefects suspected that their subordinates would break their legs if they said a word, fortunately, the materials for these things are paper, and the price of paper was extremely low by Zhang Yan a year ago through price wars.

The vast majority of the people are still happy to spend a little money to have fun with their own prefect.

Even these things, in disguise, have supported a large number of down-and-out scholars who have no talent and are unwilling to engage in ordinary jobs.

Write two symmetrical auspicious words, and write some calligraphy, draw two dolls or something...

elegant!

Charming!

You can even make money!

This is perfect for them!

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Driving on the main road, Zhang Yan even saw a few scholars setting up stalls to write blessings for others.

This is probably a scholar from a poor family who wants to earn some spare money and wait until next year to formally find a job in Lujiang...

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Shaking his head, the carriage slowly drove across the main road and entered a somewhat noisy alley.

Near this alley, the popularity visible to the naked eye is much higher than the main road.

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"Hey, is that you?"

"Why are you here too?"

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Looking up in surprise at a man and a woman not far in front of him, Zhang Yan took Ye'er by the hand and led her out of the carriage with an expression of disbelief.

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That man, he is very familiar with.

That woman is not unfamiliar to him.

It's just that these two people appear here now, which makes him somewhat incomprehensible.