The appearance of Bohai Bay is like a jaw of a pliers. The Liaodong Peninsula is to the north and the Jiaodong Peninsula is to the south. There are a series of small islands between the two peninsulas. At this time, a high lighthouse has been erected on the island, and the last ray of sunlight completely disappeared below the skyline. A bright star has risen on the island.

"That's... the lighthouse of the Song State?" Hao Ren asked his entourage. Hao Ren himself was from a navy army and not only knew about the lighthouse of the Song State, but also saw it on the Yangtze River.

"Wanhu, that should be the lighthouse of the Song Kingdom." The entourage was well-informed and answered immediately.

Hao Ren wanted to say something, but couldn't say it, and finally could only shake his head. When the Song army only fought until Rizhao, the Song army was in all directions in the Bohai Sea. Now the Song State has 30 to 40% of the Bohai Sea coast, and the Song army expanded their existence in the Bohai Sea without any concealment. In this situation, there were still some people in the court who were shouting to go to war with the Song State. The reason for the war was even more strange, "The Yellow River is a natural danger, and the Yuan Dynasty can be deployed on the Yellow River. If the Song army dared to come, they would sink them on the river."

Have these people really not considered the possibility of Song State attacking Zhigu Village and then entering Dadu from Zhigu Village?

Along the way, Hao Ren noticed that the entire coastal area was filled with lighthouses, and basically two or three lighthouses could be seen at the same time. Originally, ships on the vast sea were just small existences. Now, ships on the sea can be seen densely. Perhaps this is the "way" mentioned in the Song Dynasty newspaper, an invisible road formed by ships following guidance on the vast sea.

It was already May, and it started raining when it arrived at Rizhao. Under the dark sky, the lighthouse attracted even more attention. Originally, the lighthouse could only be seen after dark, but now it can be seen during the day. The ships sailed day and night, first to Qingyuan Mansion, then changed the boat and headed west along the canal, and headed straight for Hangzhou.

The plum rain season in the south of the Yangtze River is still continuing, which makes Hao Ren and his family feel indescribable familiarity. Since the Yellow River returned to the north, it rained for half a month last autumn. After the sky cleared half a month later, Hao Ren even felt that the sun in the sky seemed a little strange.

There are buildings on both sides of the canal, and many slogans can be seen, "The people of xx wish His Majesty Zhao Jiaren to ascend the throne." Hao Ren was a little confused. This was not in line with etiquette. He immediately invited the officials of the Ministry of Rites to pick them up and asked about this matter.

An official from the Ministry of Rites smiled and said, "The official family has ordered that from the beginning of his own, there will be no secrets in the Song Dynasty."

"Wuying..." This surprised Hao Ren very much. Just as Zhao Jiaren heard that Zhao Jiaren did not adopt the year name, but replaced it with the 'Xxx year of the Song Dynasty'. This year was the 319th year of the Song Dynasty. It was also the year when the Song Dynasty was destroyed in another time and space.

"Isn't it too unscrupulous to have no year name?" Hao Ren said with some loss.

After hearing Hao Ren's words, the officials of the Ministry of Rites shook their heads slightly, "Although they are not used to it, there are many benefits. Calculated by the year when the Song Dynasty was established, there is at least a constant number. We don't know what year number the officials want to use. But we can calculate it for how many years the Song Dynasty was established. Just like doing a budget report, this year is 319, next year is 320, and the year after that is 321. It saves a lot of things."

"...Are you a Jinshi or a cadre?" Hao Ren asked.

Although the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not know why Hao Ren asked this, he became defensively and seriously answered: "I am from a cadre in the department of the system!"

"So that's it." Hao Ren replied incredibly. He heard the descendants of Shi Miyuan's family scolding that many officials in the Song Dynasty were not from Jinshi, and people from the Ministry of Rites could not remember the year names. So Hao Ren was actually very suspicious and thought that those who only used the years of founding the country to record time were all from Jinshi. It seems quite possible now.

In the misty rain of the plum rain season, the ship carrying the Dayuan delegation arrived in Lin'an. The dock came to greet the staff from the Song Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, but the staff from the Yuan Dynasty's embassy came even later. Looking at the embassy staff who rushed over, Hao Ren was very surprised by the calm and unhurried staff from the Song Dynasty's Ministry of Rites.

After the Shi family and the Yu family fled to the Yuan Dynasty, they brought a lot of new news. In fact, many of the news were not known only to the Shi family or the Yu family. However, these two families belonged to a relatively high-level family in the Song Dynasty, and they could describe the whole picture of the Song Dynasty. Although in the eyes of these two families, the Song Dynasty was an evil country that fell into the hands of the evil plotter Zhao Jiaren, at least they could tell the place of the evil. For example, the wired telegram that could convey the news hundreds of miles in a day.

If the cable telegram is really so evil as the historians said, it can explain why the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty could come so easily to welcome him. Because when Hao Ren and his party arrived in Hangzhou, they were known to Hangzhou on the day when Hao Ren and his party arrived at Qingyuan Prefecture. In the past, when Hao Ren and his party arrived in Hangzhou, they had to send someone to Hangzhou to inform the embassy. This time, Hao Ren and his team were in a hurry to see Zhao Jiaren and Zhao's official house, so they went directly to Hangzhou.

Hao Ren has been to Hangzhou, and this time he came again, he clearly felt different. After seeing the magnificence of Dadu, the Hangzhou in Hao Ren's impression was just a Jiangnan city with many houses and narrow streets. This city is very old and ancient, full of all kinds of flavors accumulated over the years.

Hangzhou in front of him made Hao Ren feel suddenly enlightened. The wide road, flat and solid road surface, especially the fountains on both sides of the road that were written by the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty, impressed Hao Ren even more. There was a fresh atmosphere in the air with rain washed away, and the scent of corruption caused by the accumulation of water seemed to have disappeared from Hangzhou.

The low houses disappeared, and three-story buildings were everywhere. Four hundred percent of these small buildings were houses provided by the state's "Shopping and Housekeeping". Today's official Zhao Jiaren did "cotton business" when he was an official, and many of the chores of the Song Dynasty ended with "business". When the store and housekeeping business sounded, it was a national chore.

"Shopping and Housekeeping" is also called "Loans and Housekeeping". It is one of the state administrative agencies, responsible for managing and repairing state-owned properties and collecting rent from those who rent public housing. Its emerged was largely because the crowds of people flocked to the city at that time, which led to the booming housing rental market. The rising rent made more and more people unable to afford to rent houses and sleep on the streets. Therefore, in order to stabilize society, the Northern Song government introduced the "low-rent housing" policy and started building storekeeping.

The Northern Song Dynasty building store service provided two-story small buildings, while Zhao Jiaren provided three-story small buildings. According to the information collected by the Dayuan Embassy, ​​after the land in Hangzhou was nationalized, all land belonged to the state. The state first carried out land planning and divided the land into more than a dozen categories, including industrial land, commercial land, residential land, hospital and school land, government office land, etc.

Industrial land is naturally provided to various handicrafts and manufacturing industries. Commercial land is provided to roadside shops and commercial centers. Residential land is used to build houses, and housing is divided into commercial housing and low-rent housing. During the Northern Song Dynasty, a low-rent housing in Bianliang was 170 yuan a month, while the low-rent housing in Hangzhou was 200 yuan a month.

Therefore, you can see ships pulling various bricks and building materials everywhere, as well as ox carts and donkey carts running from water to land transportation. Even on rainy days, there is no sign of a stagnation. With so many economic activities, Hangzhou seems full of vitality, which is very different from the leisurely and slow rhythm before.

"Wanhu, you have worked hard all the way." Uribuhuachi, the Minister of the Yuan Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, welcomed Hao Ren at the door of the embassy.

Hao Renwanhu replied with a simple gift, and then focused on the new embassy of Dayuan. This embassy is also a three-story building. The red bricks are built, and it feels quite festive just looking at the outer wall. There is also a pavilion in the embassy's large courtyard. Under the pavilion is a beautiful three-story fountain, and the spring water flows out from the top layer.

On three floors, each room has glass windows and fountains. Even if it is just an office, it looks like a palace. This makes Hao Renwanhu sigh at the changes in Lin'an.

After entering the small building, I felt better. The floor of the building turned out to be a solid gray material. The whole piece of land was like this material, very flat. Although Hao Ren knew that he had official business, he still couldn't help asking first: "Is this cement?"

"That's right." Uribuhua replied. Looking at the surprised expressions of Hao Ren and Hao Ren's entourage, and the careful movements of stepping on the concrete floor, he recalled his performance when he first met him. Everyone was the same, and no one expected that there would be such a thing.

After Hao Ren finished looking at the cement floor, Wulibuhuachi led Hao Ren upstairs and said, "Wanhu. This thing looks glamorous. If you walk too much, especially if you carry heavy things, it will still be broken. So we were thinking, if you give some money to repair it, we will replace it with wooden floors or stone-ground floors."

Before Hao Ren could figure out what this wooden floor or stone-ground floor meant, Wulibuhuachi took Hao Ren and the others into a small living room. Now Hao Ren understood what wooden floor was. The entire floor was paved with piece of wood boards of the same size. When you stepped on it, it felt very flat, with moderate softness and hardness, and very comfortable.

Hao Renwanhu finally managed to hold it back, and did not let the sarcasm blurt out. Wanhu couldn't help but mock it in his heart. In most of the living conditions, Kublai Kwanhu and the National Master of Baspa were probably owned by Kublai Kwanhu. Even Hao Renwanhu, most of his land was mud, and only his floor was brick and floor. Moreover, the brick and floor was uneven. There was no such feeling as if the wooden floor was completely flat.

This kind of words are too harsh. So Hao Ren Wanhu sat down on the sofa. He originally thought that he would start talking about business after sitting down, but Wanhu was still attracted by this kind of thing that combines solidity and softness.
Chapter completed!