When they arrived at Fanjiazhuang, the new guard commander Zheng Kaicheng received Sun Chuanting and his party at the city gate and took him into the city.
After entering Fanjiazhuang City, Sun Chuanting was even more surprised.
From the outside, Fanjiazhuang looks like a county town. After entering the city, I found that it is much more prosperous and tidy than the county town. The first impression is that it is clean and tidy. The city is so clean that it does not look like a city in the Ming Dynasty. It has straight streets and spacious buildings on both sides.
There are no garbage or feces on the street. On both sides of the road are neat two-story villas. The walls of the villas are painted white and the roofs are covered with dark tiles. It is very spectacular at first glance.
A closer look revealed that the city was rich and prosperous. Most of the people on the street wore cotton round-necks. It was rare to see patches on the clothes. They were thrown away after they were worn out. Many citizens even wore silk.
He was straight forward and blended in with the crowd without being out of the ordinary. He seemed extremely normal.
Sun Chuanting could see a few fat people every few steps he took, and found that the proportion of fat people in Fanjiazhuang was much higher than that in other cities.
Every few dozen steps on both sides of the road, there are one or two teahouses and restaurants, which are filled with wealthy citizens. Some teahouses have theater stages, and various operas are sung on the stage, and the citizens below watch with gusto.
, cheering loudly from time to time. A boy came down with an iron basin to collect the reward. The citizens watching the theater threw copper coins into the iron basin one after another, and soon it was covered with a thick layer.
There are many snack bars on both sides of the road, selling candied haws, roasted chestnuts, and Zhuangyuan sugar cream. They are everywhere. Some greedy women and children hold up copper coins and exchange them for candies in the store.
Sun Chuanting passed by a brothel and saw two pretty pinkheads standing at the door of the brothel, looking at him lovingly. Sun Chuanting was not familiar with the brothel, but he also knew the appearance of those pinkheads.
She is definitely prettier than the pink heads in the average brothel in the capital. The pink heads standing at the door are all this beautiful, and you can imagine the other pink heads in the brothel. In other words, the pimp has made a lot of money in Fanjiazhuang, so he bought
The most beautiful fans have come to run a business here.
The wealth of Fanjiazhuang is evident.
Sun Chuanting asked Zheng Kaicheng: "Commander, how come the people of Fanjiazhuang are so rich?"
Zheng Kaicheng smiled and said: "In Governor Zuo's industry, the workers only have to pay 20 to 20 yuan a month and have three meals a day with meat. Add in the more than 10,000 soldiers who have to pay 3 to 2 months a month, and a lot of people are grabbing the money and looking for places to spend it. The entire Fanjiazhuang City
There is extremely strong demand for all kinds of things. If you do any small business in Fanjiazhuang, you can earn more than two taels of silver a month. As long as you are a little more diligent, you can live a well-off life."
Sun Chuanting took a breath and nodded.
Public security in the city is very good, and from time to time you can see auxiliary soldiers armed with swords patrolling in groups of ten. The thieves and thieves that are common elsewhere in the Ming Dynasty are not seen anywhere in Fanjiazhuang.
After walking for a while, Sun Chuanting noticed the details in the streets and alleys, and was even more surprised.
Signs are erected in many places in the city, and the name of each road is written on the wall, as if the people of Fanjiazhuang can understand it.
There is an information board on every street, and dozens of people are standing in front of each information board browsing there. Sun Chuanting went to look at it curiously, and found that there was a notice about Fanjiazhuang and a national copy of the national newspaper copied from the information board.
Big deal. Those notices and copied articles are written in the most understandable language, and the wording is accurate and easy to understand at a glance. It is not like the notices in other places that exaggerate the words in order to write parallel prose without regard for reality.
Sun Chuanting walked a few steps forward and saw several children carrying school bags and holding the candies they just bought, jumping back on the street. They seemed to have just come out of school. Walk a few steps further.
, Sun Chuanting saw another group of children carrying book bags. Sun Chuanting was surprised and asked Zheng Kaicheng:
"Do all the children in Fanjiazhuang City have money to go to school?"
Zheng Kaicheng smiled and said: "Sir, all the children in Fanjiazhuang City who have reached the age go to the school opened by Governor Zuo, and there is no tuition fee." After a pause, Zheng Kaicheng continued: "In recent years, Governor Zuo has promoted literacy, and the people in the city have
Most of them learned to read on their own, and now at least 30% of them are literate."
Three adults are literate! Aren't the people in Fanjiazhuang all well-educated people? This should not be underestimated. Sun Chuanting was surprised again and stared at Fanjiazhuang, which was filled with novelty everywhere.
Seeing strange things all the way, Sun Chuanting finally reached the official hall of Fanjiazhuang. After entering the second hall, Sun Chuanting found the prince's eunuch, Li Zhi, the left governor, waiting there.
When Sun Chuanting saw Li Zhi, he took a breath, cupped his hands and said, "The Fanjiazhuang of Taibao really gave Sun a lot of experience."
Li Zhi smiled, looked at Li Xing who was sitting beside him, and said, "What did the governor see?"
Nowadays, Li Xing is a guerrilla in Fanjiazhuang, and this official office is nominally owned by Li Xing. However, Li Zhi often does some reception work and dominates the official office for a long time.
Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and said: "Sun saw the prosperity of the town and the prosperity of the people. The so-called paradise of kings is nothing more than this!"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "The governor has given me the reward!"
However, Sun Chuanting did not let Li Zhi go and said, "The student wants to ask the Taibao for advice on the key skills of protecting the environment and the people. I hope the Taibao will not hesitate to teach me."
Li Zhi was stunned, but he didn't expect Sun Chuanting to confront him and ask him to tell the secret. Sun Chuanting was an arrogant person, but he called himself his student in front of Li Zhi, which showed that he admired Li Zhi extremely.
After thinking for a while, Li Zhi changed his mind and said: "To make farmers rich, the only way is to open up new fields and build water conservancy projects. My dragon tail water tanker is for sale, fifty liang a piece. Does the governor want to buy it?"
Sun Chuanting thought for a while and said: "Fifty taels per unit are worth the money. It's just that Fanjiazhuang is too far away from Shaanxi, so it's really inconvenient to transport it there because I'm afraid it might get damaged on the road."
"If you don't want to buy a water tanker, what will you come to Fanjiazhuang to buy?"
Sun Chuanting thought for a while and said: "I came to Fanjiazhuang this time to discuss with the Taibao about buying some cannons! The Taibao's cannons are light and can kill dozens of bandits with one shot.
It’s sharp.”
Li Zhi nodded and said: "I can also sell you some cannons, but these cannons can only be cast once a month, so I can't sell many. I can sell you twenty at most."
Sun Chuanting said: "How much money is it for one door? Taibao can give it cheaper. The Qin army is hard and they really can't get much money."
"Six hundred taels per door, any less and you'll lose money."
Sun Chuanting thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll buy twenty of them, which is twelve thousand taels." After a pause, Sun Chuanting said again: "But I can't raise any money this month, and I won't have one until September.
This sum of money can be paid to the Taibao."
Li Zhi knew that the Qin army was poor, so he smiled and said: "I will make cannons first. In fact, I still have some cannons in stock. When the governor's money comes, I will just deliver them to the governor directly."
Sun Chuanting nodded and said: "That's very good. Thank you Taibao."
