On the cement road leading north from the capital to Huairou County, dozens of four-wheeled carriages were slowly driving towards Huairou County. In one of the four-wheeled carriages, the Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Houzhao was looking at the scenery outside the window with some boredom.
To be honest, he didn't want to be the magistrate of Huairou County.
As a prince, even if he goes to work as an intern at a lower level, he must at least start from a state capital. It is unreasonable to start as a county magistrate.
What's more, Zhu Houzhao was not interested in governing the country at all. From the beginning to the end, what he was most interested in was to seize the wolf and live in Xu, march and fight, followed by doing research, studying machinery and electromagnetism, and then women. Ever since he tasted
After the fishy smell, this thing is out of control.
This time when he went to Huairou County to be the county magistrate, he was accompanied by more than a dozen beauties. In addition to his precious experimental equipment, research tools, etc., it took dozens of large trucks to load them.
Dozens of carriages were driving on the cement road, and the team was huge, but everyone was dressed in disguise. Even Zhu Houzhao's guards were wearing ordinary people's clothes, and their weapons and the like were hidden.
If the identity is not revealed, naturally no one will know that this is the convoy of the Ming Prince, and they will just think it is the convoy of an ordinary businessman.
"This must be Old Liu's bad idea, otherwise my father would not be willing to let me leave the capital, and my mother would definitely not allow it. Isn't it good to live a good life in the capital? I have to go to Huairou County.
What county magistrate?"
"It's called exercise and adapting to the environment. My father must not have thought of such a frivolous thing. It must have been Lao Liu."
Zhu Houzhao was almost 100% sure that it was definitely Liu Jin's idea.
Although Huairou County is actually a county under Shuntian Prefecture in the capital, and it is very convenient to travel to and from the capital, it is still a bit far away from the capital after all.
"Okay, I'm a little bored staying in the capital, so it would be nice to go out and have some fun."
"I heard that there are many mountains and forests in Huairou County, and you can still hunt by then."
Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao became happy again. He liked hunting very much and felt that hunting was similar to marching and fighting.
"Your Highness, what is there to see in these mountains and fields?"
Beside Zhu Houzhao, a beauty hugged Zhu Houzhao's arm and shook her coquettishly.
“There is certainly a lot to see in the mountains and fields.”
"I am going to Huairou County this time to be the county magistrate. As an official, I am naturally going to benefit a place. Whether the people in a place are living well or not can be known just by looking at the fields."
"Look at this field. The fields on both sides of the road are all good fields. However, such good fields are not growing wheat. Instead, they are growing corn, sweet potatoes, and vegetables. What does this mean?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at the beauties around him. The activities to select the princess were still in full swing in various places, but Zhu Houzhao had already been blessed with dozens of beauties. The one next to him was Li Meiren from North Korea.
"I don't really understand, but in North Korea, all the fields that can be cultivated will be used to grow food. Only some poor land will be used to grow vegetables, corn, sweet potatoes, etc."
Li Meiren thought for a while and shook her head slightly.
"Yes, land is precious, and food is even more precious. In the past, there was not much food in the Ming Dynasty, the price was high, and the people could not eat enough, so all the fields that could be seen were growing food."
"But the situation is different now. There are many grain-producing places in Ming Dynasty. The grain produced in Liaodong alone is enough to supply the needs of Beijing and Tianjin. The price of grain is very cheap."
"On the contrary, labor costs have increased significantly. At the same time, there are many factories in the Beijing-Tianjin area and the living standards are high. The demand for vegetables, fruits, and meat is very high."
"Therefore, around the Beijing-Tianjin area, there are fewer and fewer people growing food. Instead, there is a rise in growing vegetables, fruits, breeding, etc. Corn and sweet potatoes are used to feed pigs, and vegetables are supplied to the capital."
Zhu Houzhao pointed to the vegetables, corn and the like in the fields and said.
"Although Huairou County is located in the northwest of the capital and has always been the poorest place in Shuntian Prefecture, it seems that Huairou County is developing quite well now."
"Your Highness is really amazing!"
“It’s really impressive to know so many things just by looking at the fields here.”
Li Meiren next to her praised her with a vague understanding.
"Haha, of course."
"There are many great things about this prince, and it's not like you don't know that."
As soon as Zhu Houzhao put on this tall hat, his tail immediately turned up.
"Your Highness~"
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Li Meiren's face immediately turned red, her eyes filled with spring, and she shouted sweetly.
"Haha~"
Zhu Houzhao became even happier immediately, and then looked at Li Meiren.
This Li beauty can be offered as a tribute girl to the Ming Dynasty. She is naturally one in ten thousand. She is extremely beautiful. The key is that she can serve others and has undergone special training and study.
This shy look made Zhu Houzhao immediately furious. He gently pushed the opponent's head down, and Li Meiren immediately knew what to do.
"Oh~"
Soon, Zhu Houzhao cried out comfortably, while looking at the scenery outside the window, enjoying the gentle countryside, especially the slight vibration as the carriage moved forward... (The following scenes are made up by your own imagination~)
"Stop, stop~"
The convoy continued to advance, and when it was expected to arrive at Huairou County in half an hour, at a pass, a group of people who looked like ruffians actually set up a checkpoint to stop Zhu Houzhao's convoy.
"What?"
Liu Jin rode up, looking like a butler. When the convoy was stopped, he quickly rode to the front.
Looking at the people setting up checkpoints and blocking the road in front of him, Liu Jin asked sharply.
To Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin served him carefully, he was a slave, and he was at his mercy, but this does not mean that Liu Jin was really like that.
When dealing with ordinary people, Liu Jin's face was completely different, arrogant and condescending, and his voice was cold and dignified.
"What?"
"Collect tolls, one hundred cents for a carriage and ten cents for a person."
After hearing Liu Jin's words, a strong man with a sinewy face walked out of the group. He looked at Liu Jin and others carefully, and could see that Liu Jin and others did not seem to be easy to offend, but the tolls
Still have to pay.
"If I remember correctly, this cement road was paid for by the imperial court. Roads built with the imperial government's money cannot collect tolls, not even the government. Who are you?"
Liu Jin is a qualified secretary. When Zhu Houzhao came to Huairou County for internship, he also made a lot of preparations in advance and knew many situations in Huairou County in advance.
"Government?"
"The government doesn't want your tolls, but Mr. Sun from Huairou County wants to collect tolls. Do you have any objections?"
Masandao looked at the people in front of him. They looked like they were here to do business in Huairou County. Since they were here to do business, they should know the rules and the name of Sun Zixiang, the grandson of Huairou County.
"What is it, Mr. Sun? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Liu Jin glanced around, and there were more than a dozen people here in front of him. They were all similar to the Ma San Dao in front of him. They were all gangsters and the like. Some of them were holding things in their hands. It didn't look like they were
Very easy to mess with.
"Have you never heard of our Mr. Sun and Sun Zixiang's name?"
"Then what business do you do in Huairou County?"
"In this one-third of an acre of land in Huairou County, there is nothing that our grandpa cannot do, and there is nothing that our grandson cannot do without."
"I advise you to be wise and pay the toll quickly to avoid getting into trouble."
Masandao said very arrogantly.
"Sun Zixiang, right?"
"I'll go talk to our boss."
When Liu Jin heard this, he silently remembered the name, then rode up to Zhu Houzhao's car and said, "Your Highness, there are gangsters ahead who set up checkpoints to collect tolls. It's a subordinate named Sun Zixiang. He seems to be in Huairou County.
It looks very powerful here.”
"Ruffians forcefully collect tolls?"
When Zhu Houzhao, who was enjoying the gentle countryside, heard this, he opened the car curtain and asked with a frown.
"Yes~"
"This road was built with money from the imperial court and is completely free to travel, but they are setting up checkpoints to collect tolls."
Liu Jin nodded and said.
"Sun Zixiang?"
"Hey, it looks like we have some fun."
"Give them the toll, and then send someone to check on this Sun Zixiang. As soon as you come here, you encounter something like this. It seems that this Sun Zixiang is very brave, and he dares to openly collect tolls."
Zhu Houzhao became interested immediately.
I originally thought that being a county magistrate was boring, but now it seems that I can still find something to do. Scanning the ruffians in Huairou County seems to be a good activity.
"Yes~"
Liu Jin nodded quickly, and then ordered someone to pay the toll.
After paying the toll, Ma Sandao and others did not stop the carriage, allowing the carriage to pass smoothly to Huairou County.
"When we come to our Huairou County Sun Master's territory, we should be able to coil up if it is a dragon and den if it is a tiger. Just pay the tolls honestly~"
Ma Sandao held the silver dollar in his hand, looked at the four-wheeled carriage passing in front of him, and said to the people around him with a smile, but soon his eyes were attracted by the beauty on the four-wheeled carriage.
Zhu Houzhao brought more than a dozen beauties with him. Each of these beauties was chosen from thousands of people. Sitting in a carriage was boring, so he opened the curtain to watch the excitement, which made Ma Sandao and others' eyes widen.
Yes, my mouth is watering.
"There is such a beauty~"
"There's more than one~"
Ma Sandao swallowed his saliva and stared at the beauty in the car. The other gangsters around him were also dumbfounded.