On the first day of June, more than thirty people from the Hong family class arrived in Fengyang, the central capital.
At this time, the heat in the Jianghuai area was unbearable, and it was also damp and stuffy, like a steamer.
Zhang Hu and others were all shirtless, wearing only shorts. The scientific name of this thing is kun (kun), which can be divided into two types: inner and outer.
The triangular-shaped one is called the calf-nosed skirt and is worn internally. The one with four corners reaching the knees is called the knee-length skirt and is worn externally.
The Zhu family brothers also stepped on clogs and put on shorts, but they all still wore sleeveless coats, not exposing their two little grandmothers, in order to maintain the last trace of royal dignity.
Zhu Zhen was the most comfortable one. He was barefoot and wearing a bamboo hat. He was swaying on the back of the Great Sage Pingtian. He could still feel the breeze, which made him feel less uncomfortable and allowed him to look around leisurely.
"This Fengyang County is indeed very different from Linhuai." He couldn't help but sigh.
His first impression of Fengyang was that there were many bridges and wide roads. Horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts, donkey carts and handcarts were flowing continuously on the straight and wide official roads, as if Zhongdu City had become a big city where merchants gathered.
There are similar cottages on both sides of the avenue, densely populated, connected by streets, and green farmland as far as the eye can see. Luxurious garden villas can be seen dotted along the way from time to time. Although most of them are under construction, you can already imagine that in the future, the first two will face each other, and the crowns will be like these.
The imperial capital of Yun is in great shape.
"The changes in the capital here are really rapid." In the first year of Hongwu, several brothers went back to their hometown with their father and eldest brother to pay homage to their ancestors, so they felt even more deeply.
"Old Five and Old Six, can you two imagine this? In the first year of Hongwu, everything in front of you, including the Zhongdu City you are about to see, was still just desolate!" Zhu said proudly:
"At that time, it was really devastated, with ten houses and nine empty houses. It can be said that 'there are no chickens and dogs, only crows, and no people, only flowers.' Look at the prosperity of this blink of an eye, all relying on the father... the current emperor!"
"Yes, at that time, there were only more than 3,000 households and 10,000 people in the entire Haozhou." Zhu Di's face turned red with excitement, and his eyes were filled with admiration for his father.
"Even later, Haozhou was expanded to include 18 counties in Jiuzhou, but the population was still only about 100,000. In just a few years, the population exceeded one million! Fengyang has cultivated 400,000 hectares of farmland, and this year's tax revenue will definitely exceed
Two hundred thousand dan, and that’s even if the aborigines are exempt from taxes!”
Zhu Zhen already knew that the Ming Dynasty divided the levels of prefectures based on the amount of taxes and grains. Those with more than 200,000 shi were called Shangfu, those with more than 100,000 shi were called Zhongfu, and those with less than 100,000 shi were called lower houses. Fengyang's tax and grain exceeded 200,000 shi.
Only with one hundred thousand shi can one officially join the ranks of the first-tier cities of the Ming Dynasty.
The brothers kept boasting, and Shen Liu Niang, who was hiding in the carriage, finally couldn't stand it any more and stuck her head out and said sarcastically:
"No matter how good Fengyang is, it is the property of the emperor. What does it have to do with you guys?"
"You know nothing!" The brothers glared at this frustrated bitch.
"What you know about Fengyang is just hearsay. But I am here in Fengyang, and I have watched Zhongdu City come into being from scratch. Who knows, you think?" Shen Liuniang is young after all. After this period of recuperation, she has become more mature.
Recovered, recovered
The nature of sharp teeth and sharp mouth.
"Just now the four Hong brothers also said that there are less than 10,000 aboriginal people in Zhongdu. Today's one million people are either forced immigrants or expropriated civilians. The blood and tears of these people are the real Fengyang
, rather than the superficial prosperity where more than 10,000 people live a good life!"
"Hahaha, this girl is right." Shi Chenglu, the goatee who came to pick them up, was also attracted by the topics of these young people. He twisted his beard and said to Shen Liuniang:
"Although the imperial court allocated the labor costs for the construction of the Central Capital and the Imperial Mausoleum, most of the civilian laborers raised funds from various places. However, all the projects were on the site of Fengyang Mansion, and the labor and repair costs borne by Fengyang Mansion far exceeded what the imperial court exempted.
I don’t know how many times the taxes are, and of course, in the end, they all fall on the people.”
"What should the common people do if they can't come up with it? They can only have their bones and marrow ripped out and their sons and daughters sold. The people of Fengyang, except the aborigines, have long been overwhelmed and have reached the point of intolerance."
"Furthermore, the best land in Fengyang, all the good places, have long been carved up by the nobles and powerful people. The remaining ordinary mature fields have been occupied by aboriginal households. The hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were forcibly relocated have
To survive, the only way to survive is to start destroying forest land on riverbanks and hillsides, which the locals despise, to cultivate food."
"In addition to the wood used to build the Central Capital, the imperial mausoleums, and the gardens of the nobles, as well as the millions of craftsmen and craftsmen who built houses for heating and cooking. In just a few years, hundreds of miles around have been turned into barren mountains.
." He pointed to the bare low hills in the distance and said:
"I think Fengyang will soon be like Guanzhong back then. The land is exhausted, the vitality is depleted, and natural disasters are prevalent. Zhu Hongwu wants to move the capital here, hehe..."
The reason why he didn't say anything further was because he noticed that the Zhu brothers looked unkind, and the square-faced man seemed to want to beat him.
Shi Chenglu secretly cried out that he had made a mistake. He originally thought that these brothers would naturally hate Zhu Yuanzhang because of his father's conviction. Unexpectedly, they were still huge fans of Zhu Chongba.
It seems that we can only change them subtly and slowly make them turn against Zhu Chong. At the very least, they have to change their fans...
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Next, Goatee picked out what the brothers wanted to hear. At least the square-faced man was easy to coax, and he was beaming with joy in a short time.
While he was talking, Zhongdu City appeared. The majestic and tall blue city wall spread from the official road directly in front to the east and west, and both ends could not be seen at a glance.
The brothers couldn't help but get excited again, and couldn't wait to go into Zhongdu City and take a closer look.
Their destination was the Wuli Temple outside the city.
The explanation given by Shi Chenglu is also very reasonable. "Zhongdu City is now a big construction site, with noises and smoke flying everywhere. It is not as comfortable as living outside the city."
He also told his brothers that their performance would also be outside the city.
It doesn't matter to the brothers. Anyway, as long as you have enough money, you can even go to the graveyard to dance.
When I arrived at Wuli Temple, I saw that there was no temple here, but a huge manor. I don’t know if the original temple had been demolished, or it was just like there was no wife in the wife cake, and it was just called this.
But whatever, just live comfortably.
Moreover, as soon as the Hong family had settled down, Goat Beard brought a cart of rice, flour, grains and oil, a cart of meat, eggs and vegetables, and dozens of large watermelons for them to cool off in the well. The supplies were supplied very diligently.
This made everyone a little embarrassed and asked when the show would start?
But Goatee said there was no rush, the owner wanted to promote it for a few days first, and then many people would come to see it.
Since the master has said so, everyone in the Hong family class can live in peace and practice well, as they must be worthy of this preferential treatment!
