When Yang Fan came back from the banquet, Xiao Niangpi and the others had already finished lunch and were drinking tea and chatting in the garden at home.
The Yang family's garden is on the east side of the yard. It has many promenades and waterside pavilions. It has beautiful scenery and is especially suitable for summer escape.
Although it has entered autumn now, autumn is the best time of the year in the Imperial City, known as the Golden Nine and Silver Ten. The climate at this time is comfortable and it is the most comfortable time.
The ladies had their lunch at Wangyue Tower. Wangyue Tower is surrounded by water on three sides and is three stories high.
They had a roast duck meal on the third floor. They used duck tickets from Bianyifang and asked the roast duck restaurant to deliver it.
At this time, after dinner, I was sitting in the corridor downstairs, drinking tea and chatting.
I heard that the master was back and brought back a cart full of fine Sichuan brocade. They all ran over immediately.
The master has a good habit of bringing back something to his wives and concubines when he comes back from shopping. Sometimes they are snacks and fruits, and sometimes they are interesting gadgets.
"Master, where did this Shu brocade come from? It's so beautiful."
"Wow, what a delicate Sichuan brocade. It's perfect for making horse-faced skirts."
"Hey, the color and pattern of each horse are different. They are all fine products. Where did you get them, sir?"
Yang Fan smiled and said that it was a gift from Qin Liangyu to his wife.
When Lin Yueru and Mei Xiang heard this, they both looked at the little girl's skin eagerly. These Shu brocades were so exquisite that they couldn't put them down.
"Huh, let's pick three horses each, and send three to Chen Xi. Put the rest in the warehouse." The young lady said seriously with a stern face.
According to the rules, she has the final say in matters at home. Yang Fan doesn't care.
The master is only responsible for bringing good things back, but how to distribute them is within her scope of authority.
Yang Fan had no interest in these things. He said to Xiao Niangpi: "Mr. Zhang's granddaughter is getting married on the first day of the lunar month next month. Please prepare a generous gift and send it to Gong Zhang."
Since the Yang family and the Zhang family are on good terms, they naturally belong to the natal family, so gifts should also be sent to the Zhang family.
"Okay, what standard does the master follow?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"Well, just follow the standard of the best in the family. By the way, Mr. Zhang likes mechanical things, so I would like to give him a kerosene-burning Stirling electric fan and a gasoline-burning hot oil heater. It would be nice to give the couple a pair of century-old ones as well.
A gold-case pocket watch. They are all marching and fighting, and time is more important. You can decide on other gifts."
Xiao Niangpi nodded. The Zhang family is a big landowner in southern Shanxi and a powerful place. It is necessary to make good friends. Moreover, Zhang Wudian likes technology, and he and his master are close friends. They have been friends for many years. They have rough standards in their hearts.
"Sir, we have four communities open for sale tomorrow. Would you like to go and take a look?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"I won't go. It's crowded, so it's better to rest at home."
Yang Fan previously extended the road of Imperial City North Street to both ends, with one end reaching the West City Wall, which is where the Chegongzhuang subway is today in the Imperial Capital. The other side was built to the base of the East City Wall, which is where the East Shishitiao Bridge is today in the Imperial Capital.
This newly built road adopts the standards of later generations. The lane is 2.3 meters wide and has ten lanes in both directions.
The inner two lanes are rail bus lanes with steam engine single carriages. The middle six lanes are used for carriages and horseback riding. The outer two lanes are reserved bicycle lanes. Bicycles are not yet on the market, so you can walk anywhere.
In addition to these lanes, an additional sidewalk is added. It is three meters wide and is prepared for pedestrians.
The entire road is made of cement hardened pavement, and asphalt pavement was later laid on top.
Because the Dagang Oilfield and the petroleum refinery have been put into operation, after the crude oil is cracked, a large amount of asphalt will be produced, which was bought by Yang Fan to pave the road.
One advantage of asphalt is that the ground is relatively soft, horses' hooves are not easily damaged, and the carriage does not bump when walking on it. Yang Fan's new four-wheel light carriage has begun to be sold. Therefore, whether the road is good or not is very important. Only good roads can reflect this.
Performance of a shock-absorbed wagon.
The carriage wheels of this era were all made of wood. For durability, they liked to coat the wooden wheels with iron. These iron-clad wheels seriously damaged the cement road. Therefore, it is better to lay a layer of asphalt.
Coupled with the setting of street lights and the setting of green belts at intervals, this road has become a clean, beautiful and high-end road with complete drainage facilities. No matter how much it rains, there will be no water accumulation. Yang Fan specially used a two-meter-diameter pavement.
Drainage cement pipes.
When the imperial capitals of later generations built drainage facilities in the early days, they learned from Da Mao. Da Mao's territories were all in cold areas with little rain, so they had no concept of sewers, only sewer pipes. North China is located in the temperate zone, and the monsoons bring a lot of precipitation every summer.
Therefore, if it rains too much in the Imperial City, it will easily accumulate water.
Therefore, Yang Fan simply dug deep this time and used cement pipes with a diameter of two meters as sewers. In this way, no matter how hard it rains, there will be no accumulation of water. If it is connected to the ditch in Beicheng, the entire Beicheng will not be affected.
There will be water accumulation.
Rainwater will be drained into the moat through these thick cement pipes.
When this road was first built, people in the capital came to see it. Especially when the night curfew was two hours late. Many people ran to enjoy the cool air under the street lights. There were also people who came to play cards. Where people gathered, they pushed carts.
The snack seller is also here.
Even because the ground here is hardened by cement and the ground is clean, many small vendors have spontaneously formed an open-air fruit, vegetable and grocery market here. There are also carts with briquette stoves burning and making snacks to buy food. Because
The curfew doesn't start until midnight. They can stay open until late.
Some people have raised concerns before, mainly about the street sweeping team that cleans the road. They proposed to drive away these people because they left a lot of garbage after closing the stalls. The work of the street sweeping team was increased.
However, after careful consideration, Xiao Niangpi still acquiesced to these people selling things on the cement roads and sidewalks near undeveloped wasteland. Increasing popularity will also be good for sales in these communities.
The opening of Huangcheng North Street to traffic has greatly facilitated the traffic conditions in East and West City and North City. Traffic in the city has suddenly improved. Many people deliberately use North Street to go from Dongcheng to Xicheng, or from West City to Dongcheng.
Take a walk.
Now, the two inner-city counties of Daxing and Wanping are completely connected.
The first batch of residential areas opened by Yang Fan are on the east side of Di'anmen Outer Street, about one kilometer long from east to west and 500 meters wide from north to south. It is roughly equivalent to the east side of Di'anmen North Street, directly to Nanluogu Lane.
of that piece of land.
It was sold out as soon as it opened. Now the second batch of developed communities is about to open.
These four residential areas are all 500-meter square plots. They extend from Nanluogu Lane to the base of the East City Wall, which is just over two kilometers.
This batch of communities has been developed. The next wave is to develop the three-kilometer section from Xinghe Supermarket to the West City Wall.
Because the rout and looting in the south city and the chaos in the north city a few days ago gave many people a sense of crisis. They discovered that the capital was not as safe as they thought before.
This time many wealthy businessmen and officials suffered disaster. Many thugs rushed in at night and looted a lot of property. Some servants tried to resist, but many were beaten and killed.
At that time, many property owners who bought houses from the community suddenly discovered that Huangcheng North Street was very quiet and no one came here to make trouble. The streets here were filled with security guards holding iron rods.
Most of these security guards are veterans and disabled veterans who retired from the Xinghe Regiment. They hold iron-clad horse clubs and flails and ride Mongolian war horses to patrol the streets around the community.
There are also walking security guards on the ground blocking the entrance of the alley with wooden blocks and checking people who enter the community and surrounding streets. That's why there has never been an attack here.
They quickly fled here with their families. After all, they also have a house here. As long as they live in the community, they are completely safe. There is everything around the community, and there is no need to go out to buy. They can even have servants go to various shops waiting at the door.
Just notify the clerk at the store or restaurant and they will deliver it to your home.
Even many officials and wealthy businessmen regretted not buying a house here. But at this time, it was too late to buy a second-hand house. At this time, no one was willing to sell their house. They could not even rent it.
They had no choice but to bribe the security guards to enter here for a while. But they were rejected. The security guards made it very clear that no one is allowed to enter the community without the owner's certificate and access pass.
They were surprised to find that these security guards refused to accept bribes. This was a rare thing in Ming Dynasty. Later, someone told them that these security guards had retirement pay, but only if they worked until retirement age. If they were fired for accepting bribes,
I lost my iron job.
So, never bribe these people, they will get angry and think that you want to destroy their iron rice bowl.
As a result, they had no choice but to go to the supporting commercial facilities in the community to find hotel accommodation that was open to the public. The commercial streets near Di'anmen were all newly built six-story buildings, with shops on the lower three floors. Hotels were built on the upper three floors, providing
Accommodation. After all, there are many businessmen coming to the capital.
Because there are so many people, these hotels are full and room prices have skyrocketed.
Many people would rather increase the price to book a room. However, there are still many people who have not been able to book a room. The family had to hide in a carriage on the streets nearby for two days. After all, it is very safe here.
After this incident, they suddenly understood the importance of buying a house in the community. If they are reluctant to spend money to buy a safe and solid residence, once they are robbed by thugs, the losses may be huge.
So this time, they are all eagerly waiting for the new community to open.
Real estate must be subject to market trends. Currently, the price of second-hand houses in the old community has doubled. The opening price of the new community is directly set at more than 250% of the average opening price of the old community.
But it is said that there are still many people who have requested deposits.
Yang Fan was aware of these situations and had anticipated them when he invested money in infrastructure.
Now that the roads have been repaired and commercial facilities and living facilities have been put in place. Schools, hospitals, theaters, supermarkets, wet markets, etc. have all been arranged, housing prices will inevitably rise.
Because these investments will eventually be reflected in housing prices.
