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The fleet moved on.

Qin Liangyu asked the old man, "What's your surname, old man?"

The old man reported his family name: "Miangui, his surname is famous, and his name is Confucianism. The old man is originally a village school teacher, and his family has dozens of acres of land. These days are getting more and more sad. He can only go to the south to seek refuge with Zhao Tianwang."

"It turned out to be Mr. Wen," Qin Liangyu asked, "but Zhang Xianzhong's taxes are too heavy?"

Wen Yiru sighed: "Not only are the taxes and duties too heavy, but they also change the order day and night. When the eight thieves (Zhang Xianzhong) first arrived, they said that they would abolish exorbitant taxes and not rob the landlords of their land. I thought he was some enlightened master."

"In just two months, my family's upper field was confiscated, saying it was used to recruit refugees for reclamation. That's all. After all, the family still has some Susukida left, and they can barely survive on their past savings."

"A while ago, I suddenly sent troops to Sichuan again. This side is close to Sichuan, and the eight thieves were nearby to collect food, and they wantonly recruited civilian husbands. My family's food has been looted. If you don't escape, the young and strong in the family will also be dragged to become civilian husbands." , when the time comes, the family will be ruined and the family will be destroyed!"

Qin Liangyu said contemptuously: "The thief's nature will not change!"

Wen Yiru took a look at Xu Nianzu, and tried his best to say something nice: "Zhao Tianwang is different. He spit and nails, and there is no such thing as changing overnight. My family lives not far from the river, and the smoke from the kitchen on the other side rises three times a day, and I eat it every day." Three meals. On the north bank of the Yangtze River, you can only eat one meal a day!"

People's eyes are discerning, and they can judge the quality of life on both sides of the strait just from the smoke that rises every day.

"Three meals a day."

Qin Liangyu couldn't help but look to the south. She was in Shijie lightly toying with thin Fu, and the common people could only eat two meals a day.

The family was sent to Yuezhou Fucheng to disembark. They had some money hidden in them, and they were able to rent a house to live temporarily.As for how to live, you have to find a job quickly. There are many similar people who fled south in Hunan.

Every time Zhao Han expands his territory to the north, the major cities have immigration quotas.Everything is voluntary. If you go to the north, you can divide the fields. If there are too many applicants, you will draw lots to decide.

Rural immigration depends on the situation. Only states and counties with particularly tight land will semi-force persuasion to immigrate.

Stopping in some big cities along the way, Qin Liangyu was deeply moved.

She has traveled many times and knows what the city of Daming looks like.

The city under Zhao Han's rule is not only prosperous and prosperous, but also the streets are very clean.Beggars and the like were all cleaned up, either forced to emigrate, or sent to mines.If you have a disability, you will enter a nursing home and do some work within your ability.

Coming to Nanjing is even more shocking.

Many wealthy people in the north moved their families to live in Nanjing, and a large number of houses have been newly built in the outer city of Nanjing.

Especially the area around Xuanwu Lake, due to the prohibition of farming.The government simply sold homesteads to the rich, and they were only allowed to build houses and not use them for other purposes.

Now around Xuanwu Lake, there are more and more folk houses, and even primitive streets have been formed.

As a new building material, cement has also become popular in Nanjing.

The urban buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties also had to build walls.Mortar is used for more refined ones, and muddy water is used for perfunctory ones. Now cement has become a substitute, because the cost is cheaper than mortar.

In a word, the population of Nanjing is growing rapidly!

"Pan Niang candy, sell Pan Niang candy. The good candy created by Mrs. Pan, buy it home and eat it during the Chinese New Year!"

When Qin Liangyu got off the boat and came to the pier area, he heard a peddler approaching him with a load.

Shops and street stalls are fixed and taxed.This is not the first initiative of Zhao Han, it is the case of Daming.

The peddler who carries the load and hawks must keep running. If he stops for too long, he is easy to be reported by the stall owner.

"Is this Panniang Tang?" a scholar stopped her.

The peddler smiled and said, "It's panniang candy. It's delicious. Can you buy some for the New Year?"

The scholar said happily: "Everyone says that Panniang candy is delicious, but I don't know where it is sold. You can weigh it for me quickly. By the way, who did you learn how to make sugar?"

The peddler weighed the candy and said, "My neighbor's second aunt is a nanny in the governor's mansion. This method of making sugar was brought out by that nanny. Mrs. Pan's unique craft is not easy for outsiders to learn."

Qin Liangyu passed by the peddler and asked doubtfully, "Who is Mrs. Pan?"

Xu Nianzu explained: "The wife of Governor Zhao."

Chapter 358 [Low rent housing and the Great Court]

In the city of Nanjing, every household is decorated with lanterns and festoons.

The custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets with red paper has already existed, and rich families also put on new lanterns, and the stalls on both sides of the street are full of New Year's goods.

Since Qin Liangyu was going to visit Nanjing, Xu Nianzu let her see enough.Put the salute in the reception residence, and take it to the street for a walk without eating, and go to the restaurant directly when you are hungry.

Ma Wannian is already in his 20s, and the farthest place he has been to is Chungju City.

After he came to Nanjing, he couldn't close his eyes or close his mouth.Everywhere is shocking and novel, as if entering another world.

Walking near the Confucian Temple, Qin Liangyu was suddenly surprised: "Hey, isn't this the Duke of Wei's mansion? Why did you tear down all the walls?"

Xu Nianzu explained: "Most of the officials in Nanjing have no houses to live in, and they are temporarily placed in some noble gardens. Wei Guogong's mansion is quite large, and half of it is set aside for the construction of official buildings. After the completion of the construction, officials can move in for free. If you are transferred to another place or take up an official position, you will have to take the house back."

"What about the other half?" Qin Liangyu asked.

Xu Nianzu said: "There is no difference between the good and the bad in the Great Harmony. Although domestic slaves are free, many of them do not have a house to live in. They will inevitably be bullied and dare not resist when they are insulted and beaten. The other half of the house, If it is repaired and rented out to the poor, and the house is rented continuously for 30 years, the house will automatically be regarded as the property of the tenant.”

Qin Liangyu has nothing to say, because the predecessor of Wei Guogong's mansion is Zhu Yuanzhang's Wu Wangfu!

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his Wu Wang Mansion was converted into a low-rent house for the poor, he would feel relieved.

"Can I go in and have a look?" Qin Liangyu asked.

"Madam Qin please." Xu Nianzu smiled.

Xu Nianzu introduced as he walked: "After the wall is demolished, the area around the wall will be transformed into a shop facing the street and sold to merchants."

Qin Liangyu nodded and walked through the construction site, walked inside and said with a smile, "Many trees and gardens are still preserved."

Xu Nianzu said: "The governor has an order, unless it hinders the construction of houses, the gardens can be preserved, and all the houses cannot be bare."

"Hey, these good houses are also demolished?" Qin Liangyu was puzzled.

Xu Nianzu explained: "Most of the original houses were one-story houses, which could not accommodate many people. If they were demolished and converted into four-story brick houses, they could accommodate a lot of people and save land as much as possible. Even the pavements facing the street were built with three-story buildings. , it can be used as a pavement, and it can also be used for living.”

For houses with four floors or below, as long as the soil is not loose, there is no need to dig too deep for the foundation.

More than four floors are not acceptable, the foundation must be laid firmly, and the construction of the walls must be more particular.

The sewer pipes have not been installed for the time being, and toilets and chamber pots are used for defecating and urinating.Every morning someone comes to collect the dung, which can be sold for money when transported to the countryside.

There is no special kitchen, so the earthen stove can only be repaired in the small courtyard in front of the building.

The number of earthen stoves is definitely not enough, and you have to queue up when cooking, which is very similar to the Tongzilou in the early days of New China.

Let developers slowly improve these daily facilities, and they will automatically develop and improve if there is demand.

You heard it right, it is the developer!

As early as the Ming Dynasty, there were merchants who specialized in construction. Even the moat embankment in Beijing began to be contracted to private merchants in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

There was once a big case, the Beijing moat embankment repair project, was subcontracted out layer by layer.At the end of the subcontracting, the profit was already extremely low, and the merchants could only cut corners, causing a large river embankment to collapse, so the emperor chopped off a bunch of heads.

Zhao Han suddenly wanted to build dormitories for officials and the poor, mainly because of the high unemployment rate in Nanjing.

Those homeless who couldn't find a job used to either work as gangsters or beg along the streets for a living.Can't we just throw it all away for mining?Nor can they immigrate to the north all at once.

Every time immigration is carried out, the ratio is set, the number of rural immigrants and the number of urban immigrants, and the urban immigrants can learn to farm.

If the proportion of urban immigrants is too high, they will definitely be caught blind when opening up wasteland and farming.

So merchants were allowed to set up construction companies, and they were contracted to develop shops and houses, which could recruit many unemployed vagrants as handymen, and relieve the housing shortage of officials and the poor.

Builders made money, and building materials manufacturers also made money, and even stimulated the production of cement.

The government seems to be losing money, but it can earn some back by selling land for shops, and it can earn some back by collecting taxes and rents.

As long as developers don't let the developers empty-handed, and don't play real estate as a capital game, real estate is also an industry that benefits the country and the people.

After summarizing experience in Nanjing, this model will be extended to other big cities.

When Qin Liangyu came to a row of completed buildings, he didn't feel that those buildings were too obtrusive and obtrusive.

The walls are made of bricks, and the walls are plastered.The balconies, railings, and windows are all traditional structures, and the roof is also made of tiles. It is a very typical Ming Dynasty residential style, but it has four floors.

Reinforced concrete is cast on each floor. Although the existing cement is not of high quality, it is still possible to build a four-story building.

It's just that the steel bars are a bit expensive, and they are all untempered Suzhou steel.

"What's that one on the roof?" Qin Liangyu pointed at the lightning rod.

Xu Nianzu said with a smile: "Lightning needles, the governor said that they can lead lightning into the ground to prevent houses from being hit by lightning. Every tower in Nanjing City has been installed."

The more Qin Liangyu listened, the more confused he became, so he could only ask other questions: "Are houses being built elsewhere?"

"Baoguo Gongfu has also been demolished and rebuilt. For the time being, there are only these two places," Xu Nianzu replied, "The governor said that these big houses in the inner city occupy too much land, and it would be a waste for anyone to use them. It is better to build buildings. Try to let the homeowners have their own houses. Although there are many people who cannot live in them, there are only a few who can live in them.”

"If it is rented to the poor, how will the house be distributed?" Qin Liangyu asked again.

Xu Nianzu smiled and said: "The county government has household registration. The household registration book near the low-rent housing is selected to select those who have no house for a large family, especially those who live in the employer's house and do not rent a house. Draw lots according to the number of houses. , must be presided over by clean government officials, all county government officials are present, to avoid people cheating and taking advantage of loopholes. Houses rented to the poor cannot be sublet, sold, or vacant. Then you can deal with it as you like.”

"It's thoughtful." Qin Liangyu nodded in approval.

Leave the construction site and walk for a while.

Qin Liangyu saw a yamen with several large characters engraved on the plaque: Jinling Grand Court.

"What kind of Yamen is this?" Qin Liangyu asked.

Xu Nianzu explained: "It's like the procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, the chief officials of the prefectures and counties will not hear the case. If there are any cases, they will be handed over to the court for trial. There are two chief officials in the court. One is the chief judge and the other is the criminal judge. , the grades are equal, and they do not belong to each other. The criminal officer is responsible for criminal and prison affairs, and the chief justice is the judge of the case."

"The trial of criminal cases is under the jurisdiction of the Grand Court, so why should the magistrate and county magistrate do it?" Qin Liangyu was puzzled.

Xu Nianzu said: "The responsibility of managing civil affairs is to make people's lives better."

Strolling until evening, Qin Liangyu saw too many novel things.

After dinner, Qin Liangyu called his grandson to his room and asked, "What do you think of Nanjing?"

Ma Wannian said excitedly: "It's very good, it's hundreds of times better than Zhongzhou City. It's rich and prosperous, and the population in the city is probably much larger than that of the entire Shijie. The streets are very clean, and there is a kind of official difference." Call the police, and Shi Jie can also be set up."

"Yes, Nanjing is really rich." Qin Liangyu said with emotion.

The patrol police also take part in the work of urban management and sanitation. If there is garbage or any mess, they have to ask nearby residents or vendors to clean it up.

Residents and vendors are naturally unwilling to sweep the floor every day, so they take the initiative to supervise those who litter.If you are caught, you can blow the whistle, and the nearby patrolmen will come, and you will be fined at least five cents.

In addition, in the corners of the ditches in the city, residents and vendors are organized to clean up regularly, and each is responsible for his own area.

In this way, the government does not need to hire too many sanitation workers.

A sanitation worker can be in charge of several streets, and the administrative expenses are not too high.

Qin Liangyu said: "Zhao Dudu is sitting in the world, Shi Jie Xuanweisi is definitely gone, and you will not be able to inherit the position of Xuanweishi. How about I ask you for an errand?"

Ma Wannian cupped his hands and said, "It's all according to grandmother's orders."

Qin Liangyu said: "You come to Dudu Zhao to join the army, put away your temper, and obey the rules in everything. When I was on the ship, I already inquired that Dudu Zhao was training cavalry. You have practiced riding and archery since you were young, or You can be a cavalry general in the Datong army."

"That's good," Ma Wannian said excitedly, "I heard that the Datong army has reached Shandong, and they will definitely fight against the slaves in the future. My grandson will be a cavalry general in the Datong army, and when the time comes, I will command tens of thousands of Xiao cavalry. To avenge the white soldiers in Liaodong! The father was shot blind in the eye, and the grandson will also escape the debt. After Huang Taiji is captured alive, he will not be killed, but he will be blinded in both eyes first!"

Qin Liangyu sighed and said: "Don't be so arrogant, the army of the governor of Zhao can sweep across several provinces, and there are many capable people and strange people. You should guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and first learn the rules of the Datong army. People who are capable and obey the rules , in order to stand out."

"Grandson, remember!"

Ma Wannian put away his smile and turned a little more serious.Suddenly he was puzzled and said: "I forgot to ask during the day today. In the huge city of Nanjing, there are no soldiers on the walls and gates. The cities we pass along the way are also, and there are no guards. It's Zhang Xianzhong, isn't he afraid of the eight thieves' secret operations across the river to seize the city?"

Qin Liangyu said with a smile: "There are soldiers at the gates of each city, otherwise who will close the gates at night. I have asked about this matter. Take Jiangling as an example, there are twenty soldiers at the gates of each city, and most of them are at the gates. Inside the city tower. These sergeants are all over 35 years old and have retired from the army. The guards and police officers in the city are either retired veterans or hired farmers and soldiers."

"This is not enough people." Ma Wannian said.

"Zhang Xianzhong dare not cross the river," Qin Liangyu shook his head. "The eight thieves have been fighting for territory, and they haven't even built a serious navy. Even if he can sneak attack and occupy Jiangling, what's the use? Jiang's team became a lone army instead. Although the Yangtze River cannot be fortified everywhere, the eight thieves will definitely be noticed if they cross the river in a big way, and they will not be able to go back. There are countless peasants and soldiers in the villages and towns. When all the counties gather together, they can cross the river with the eight thieves And the army of Datong can take the opportunity to fight to the other side and occupy Zhang Xianzhong's big city along the river!"

Ma Wannian asked suspiciously, "Can Datong peasants and soldiers stop the thieves?"

Qin Liangyu said slowly: "The peasant soldiers in Datong are the same as the white-armed soldiers. They are half-farmers and half-soldiers. The training time is longer than that of the white-armed soldiers. I heard that there are millions of farmers in Datong."

"A million peasants and soldiers?" Ma Wannian was dumbfounded.

Qin Liangyu nodded and said, "The more spies the eight thieves send out, the less he dares to cross the river and attack the city."

Chapter 359 [Spring Festival couplets]

"Over there, post over there too!"

"Oh, you posted it crookedly, move a little to the left!"

"..."

Zhao Zhenfang wandered around the courtyard, ordering servants to put up Spring Festival couplets at each door.

Pan Qimei is also busy. She has learned a lot of pastry recipes this year, and has been making new year snacks by herself these days.