"This dish is really good. I lived in vain before. What kind of dishes did I eat?"
After having enough wine and food, Emperor Hongzhi felt his round belly and felt satisfied.
It's quite nice to go out and play here. You can eat and play. It's much more comfortable than staying in the palace.
"If Your Majesty likes it, I will instruct the people in the imperial kitchen to prepare it later and arrange it from time to time."
Beside Emperor Hongzhi, the young eunuch said quickly.
Xiao Jing was too old to travel with Emperor Hongzhi, so Emperor Hongzhi also let him take care of himself in the palace and brought a few younger eunuchs out.
Now that life is better, no one wants to be a eunuch. There are only one eunuch in the palace. Although they are said to be young eunuchs, they are actually already thirty or forty years old. They all entered the palace in the past.
Became a eunuch.
As for the issue of no eunuchs in the palace in the future, I'm afraid we will have to find ways to change some rules by then.
"Forget it, forget it~"
"It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality."
"As an emperor, I have to break my legs just to eat a bite of food. It's not necessary, it's not necessary."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and shook his head with a smile. He was a good emperor. He was very diligent and thrifty.
"Your Majesty, things are actually different now. In the past, transporting things from Jiangnan to the capital cost a lot of money and exhausted many horses."
"But now that the train has opened, it only takes a day from Jiangnan to Beijing. There are already many merchants in the Beijing and Tianjin areas selling these things from Jiangnan."
"It won't cost a few extra bucks to add some food. It just allows the imperial kitchen to purchase more ingredients from Jiangnan in the future."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
It is good to be diligent and frugal, but Emperor Hongzhi was too frugal. He had a lot of money and no money. He had plenty of money and could not use it all. There was no need to save like this.
A lot of money is saved, but earned.
"That's it. Then I'll ask the imperial dining room to add it in. Also, the conch clicker, salt and pepper shrimp, etc. are also very good."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he thought about it and agreed.
Now that I have a lot of money, I can't use it all. It seems that there is really no need to save this few money. Besides, the transportation is convenient now, and it is really convenient to transport things, so I won't say
Just like in the Tang Dynasty, when a concubine riding in the world of mortals laughed, no one knew it was a lychee.
Even now, it is extremely convenient to transport lychees from Lingnan to the capital. You can take the sea route to Songhu and then transfer directly to the train from Songhu. You can also transport the lychees by land to Ganzhou first, and then transfer to the train from Ganzhou to the capital.
, are very convenient and fast, and the key is that the cost is not too high.
"yes!"
The little eunuch next to him quickly wrote it down and asked the accompanying cook to learn from the chef of Wangjiang Tower. After returning to Beijing, he would make food for Emperor Hongzhi.
"Tsk tsk!"
“The night view of Songhu is so beautiful!”
After eating and drinking, Emperor Hongzhi came to the window and overlooked both sides of the Huangpu River. There were many high-rise buildings on both sides of the river, and the docks were brightly lit. Even at night, the place was still busy, looking at the neatly planned streets.
The streets are dotted with vertical and horizontal lines.
In residential areas everywhere, every household is brightly lit, and cheap kerosene lamps illuminate thousands of households, making everyone more reluctant to use electric lights.
Here in the commercial district, the light is as bright as day, looking straight like a giant dragon on the dark ground.
The roads are overcrowded, and people don't have to go to work at night. People also habitually go out to stroll around, take a look, buy or not, it doesn't matter. When they look, they will always take out the money in their pockets.
After all, the shops on both sides are dazzling with a variety of products and goods, and various marketing methods are endless, which can always make you spend money in your pocket.
"This Songhu is really a miracle, the miracle of my Ming Dynasty!"
"I heard that in the past, this was a small county town with a population of only tens of thousands and fields everywhere. In the blink of an eye, this place has become a big city in the south of my Ming Dynasty."
“The scale is almost as big as that of Tianjin.”
Looking at the prosperous and lively Songhu in front of him, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh.
Although I have seen reports about Songhu in newspapers more than once before, it is only when I actually visit Songhu that I can feel the prosperity of Songhu firsthand.
Look at the docks on both sides of the Huangpu River. Even at night, they are so busy, with cars coming and going, and there seems to be no intention of stopping.
The ships moored in the docks and ports, with flags flying, come from all over the world, carrying goods and raw materials from all over the world. They also bring products such as cloth, steel, cement, bicycles, cars, clocks and other products produced here in Songhu.
Ships worldwide.
In the industrial area in the distance, the tall chimneys are still smoking even at night. The factory area is brightly lit, and they are working overtime to produce goods.
"Your Majesty, Songhu is currently the largest city in the south."
"The most important reason why it can develop rapidly is because of its unique geographical advantages."
"In terms of maritime transportation, it is located in the middle of our Ming Dynasty coastline. To the north, you can go to the Beijing-Tianjin area, North Korea and the Japanese state. To the south, you can go to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Nanyang. Shipping is extremely convenient and developed."
"At the same time, it has the convenience of river transportation. It is the outlet of the Yangtze River. Connecting the Yangtze River can connect various places in southern Zhili, Jiangxi, and Huguang. It can be said that it brings together the destiny of the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. It is difficult not to develop it.
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"Of course, the most important thing is that Your Majesty is an eternal sage. Under your leadership, the Ming Dynasty has prospered and prospered. There is only Songhu. Now there are many cities that are rising like Songhu."
"Hanyang in Huguang, Nanchang in Jiangxi, Guangzhou in Guangdong, Xi'an in Shaanxi, Ryukyu City in Ryukyu, Crescent City in Nanyang, Penglai City in Huanghuangzhou, Xijigang in Nanyun Province, etc. These cities are all developing very fast.
The scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the taxes collected are getting higher and higher.”
"All of this is due to your majesty's great talents and strategies and your ability to govern the country, which is why our Ming Dynasty is prosperous today!"
Liu Jin also flattered Emperor Hongzhi by the way.
"Haha, that's right. It's rare to come out this time. If we have the chance, we will go and take a look at all these places."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
The flattery also depends on who is doing it.
The ordinary ministers and Emperor Hongzhi naturally heard too much and had no feelings at all.
This Liu Jin flattery is different, it sounds very fulfilling.
After getting off Wangjiang Tower, Liu Yuan and Emperor Hongzhi also strolled around the busy commercial street in Songhu very casually.
The life of the people here is obviously easier and more comfortable than that of the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but it does not mean that the people here are richer than the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area.
It's because Songhu is far away from the capital and the center of power, so the constraints are much smaller.
Take the night market as an example. There is a curfew in Beijing. If you still appear on the street at that time, the city patrol can arrest you directly if they see it.
In addition, there are regulations for the construction of houses in the capital. They cannot exceed the height of the palace. There are relatively few rules in the new areas outside the old capital, but there are still many regulations at night.
of.
It's different here in Songhu.
It's a brand new city far away from the capital, so it naturally lacks some old habits and the like. It's as comfortable as you want. For example, there's no curfew at night, so it doesn't matter if you play all night long.
The urban planning of Songhu is very reasonable. The roads are horizontal and vertical, and the planning is neat. It is convenient for life and work, unlike some traditional old cities with city walls and the like.
When it comes to ordinary people, you can clearly feel that people here in Songhu have more fun, and they don't need to check the time from time to time. Every now and then, it's time, and you have to go back early to avoid being arrested.
“There’s no curfew at night in Songhu, right?”
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the lively street in front of him and could see pedestrians leisurely and leisurely. Some people were holding coconuts in their hands and strolling leisurely while drinking coconut juice. Others were eating snacks and chatting in groups.
"There is no curfew. Except for the capital, there are very few curfews in other places now."
Liu Jin quickly replied.
"That's good, that's good too."
"The people have more fun and live more comfortably. The fewer the regulations, the fewer the restrictions, and the people will be more comfortable."
"The capital city will gradually lift the curfew in the future."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone eating and drinking happily, and smiled and nodded. He was actually thinking about whether the curfew in the capital would be lifted in the future, so that everyone could play as they pleased.
As for the curfew, what can be controlled can be controlled, but what cannot be controlled is still a piece of paper and is still uncontrollable. Instead of doing this, it is better to let it all go so that the people no longer need to be restrained too much.
"Your Majesty is wise and I believe that the curfew is unnecessary."
Liu Jin also followed suit.
Curfews have no meaning at all. They are just worried about bad people doing evil things at night. With better living conditions, there will naturally be fewer illegal crimes.
As the saying goes, wealth breeds conscience, while poverty breeds treachery. The principle is the same. When people live a good life, have enough food and clothing and know honor and disgrace, who will do those illegal and criminal things?
Too many constraints will make life uncomfortable.