Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1722 The No. [-] Town in the World

Fang Xuanling was very emotional.

That son, who was ignorant and stupid since he was a child, not only has outstanding intelligence and ability when he grows up, but also has such lofty ambitions as he is now, which really comforts him.

What made him even more gratified was that such a big event happened behind the scenes in Chang'an without saying a word. It can be seen that his character has gradually become more stable with the growth of age, and he is no longer as aggressive and aggressive as before. This is a mature person. Performance is one of the keys to success in officialdom.

Introverted and restrained, before Fang Xuanling was worried that Fang Jun would retaliate against the Jiangnan gentry because of Le Yanwei's framing, but now that he has such a calm mind, he should not go too far. All right……

Pei Xingjian, who is meticulous and prudent, is in charge of this project. Fang Xuanling has nothing to worry about. Hearing Li Jing's words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "That bastard is not boastful. His Majesty beats him every day, and he is restless from time to time. If he praises these things and makes him cock his tail, he will make some big and lawless mistakes."

Li Jing didn't think so, and said, "Are you showing off in front of someone?"

Fang Xuanling really wanted to say no politely, but then he remembered that Li Jing and those two wonderful sons who had already become the laughing stock of Chang'an after he entered the palace were waiting for the body to be collected and arranged for his funeral. Li Jing was embarrassed, so he had to laugh, and changed the subject: "The sea breeze is too strong here, and the humidity is heavy. We two old bones can't bear it. We should hurry back to Huating Town, wash up and rest."

Even if Fang Xuanling turned around without any trace, what kind of person is Li Jing?

It's easy to hear the taboo in the words, and then think of the evil son of his family who prepared for his funeral, as if a big stone was blocked in his chest, he said depressedly: "When you get here, you are the landlord, and you can do whatever you want."

Fang Xuanling laughed and didn't say much.

Pei Xingjian ordered Wang Xuance to stay here to supervise the construction site, while he personally accompanied the two big men off the island and returned to Huating Town by boat.

The warship sailed away from Snake Mountain Island. Looking back, the small island in the vast sea is like a drop in the ocean. But when this ancient and golden lighthouse rises in the future, it will shine forever and be immortal for thousands of years!
The Huating town dock was parked, and the soldiers on the ship stood on one side of the ship, and stared at Fang Xuanling and Li Jing standing at attention.A group of people disembarked, and the warship hoisted its sails and went upstream, returning to the military port.

Li Jing has commanded thousands of troops for many years, nodded his head and praised: "Just looking at this strict military discipline and neat military appearance, you can know that it must be one of the best in the world."

In the era of cold weapons, tactics, strategy, and equipment are all conditions that affect the outcome of a war, but all of them are not as important as military discipline and morale.

People are the main force of war in this era.

After 400 years, thousands of miles across the ocean, a city can be destroyed with a single shell. No matter how many people face the destructive super weapon, they will only end in ashes...

Officials from Ziyou Township Office were waiting here on the wharf, seeing that Wang Xuance had been replaced by Pei Xingjian, they all went forward to salute Fang Xuanling and Li Jing again in a polite manner.

Fang Xuanling smiled gently, comforted each one, and said something light-hearted, without any pretension to domineering, not like a super powerful official who had been in charge of the center of the empire for more than ten years, but more like an old man in the countryside, kind, gentle, and approachable .

Li Jing is unsmiling, with a serious face, and he hardly speaks when he is behind Fang Xuanling, but who doesn't know this "Military God" of the Tang Dynasty?
The officials were in awe...

Pei Xingjian said: "Mr. Fang and Mr. Wei, the place to stay has already been arranged. It is where Erlang lived before. Because Erlang sent someone to tell him not to make a big fuss, it would be too wasteful. Therefore, the humble job is only replaced with new bedding, and the rest has not been changed. Do more replacements, and I hope you two will forgive me."

Li Jing looked at Fang Xuanling with a half-smile, "You are the prime minister of the court, the head of all officials, and you were powerful and powerful in Guanzhong. But the management is monolithic, even if you, Zaifu, come here, you have to listen to others...

Fang Xuanling didn't care about this at all, and said with a smile: "It's so good, but it's still early in the morning, you might as well accompany us two old guys for a walk around, when you were in Guanzhong, you just listened to various rumors and watched All kinds of reports, I have long been curious about Huating Town, which holds the lifeline of Jiangnan's commerce."

Pei Xingjian said: "You should obey orders in a humble position."

He first sent away a group of officials from the town office, and they stayed here for a long time, fearing that the entire Huating town would be paralyzed, and then only a few government officials were left behind, which led Fang Xuanling and Li Jing to stay here slowly. Walked around the town.

The entire wharf is full of pedestrians, merchants, officials, yamen servants, porters... People are in a hurry, and they will never stay in one place for too long. It seems that if you delay for a moment, you will lose a lot of wealth. , You must hurry up and walk ahead of everyone.

This kind of rhythm is completely different from the leisurely and slow Chang'an. The contrast is extremely impressive, and I am not used to it...

Fang Xuanling sighed, looked at the hurried passers-by and piled up goods, shook his head and said: "Even though this place is prosperous, it is too worldly, chasing fame and wealth and forgetting the fundamentals of life, not knowing the true meaning of cleanliness and tastelessness, Too philistine."

He is indifferent to fame and fortune, so he naturally doesn't have a good impression of the merchants on the dock who are scrambling to make money.

In his opinion, business must be done, but business cannot be the only thing in life. In life, making money is just to survive, but if you want to live better, obviously you can't just know how to make money.

Pei Xingjian did not try to flatter Fang Xuanling because of his backup and status, but said: "The words of Fang Xuanling, a humble official, do not agree with them. The so-called granary is full of etiquette, obviously the master also thinks that the primary goal is to let people Only when you have enough to eat can you think about reading, and only when you read can you be sensible. The pace of life in Huating Town is more than twice as fast as that of Guanzhong, and the speed of wealth accumulation is more than twice as fast. Merchants need to speed up, otherwise the goods in short supply The porter has to hurry up because the next job is waiting for you. If you slow down, it will be someone else’s. In the newly built village behind the town office, the people are transporting it from the Western Regions day and night. Wool is spun into thread and woven into cloth, because the profit earned in this process is several times that of farming... However, the value they create is not just the pockets of their own families, but also massive taxes. "

He pointed to a protruding roof not far away, which was obviously a tall building, and said: "There is the school in Huating Town, all people with local household registration, children aged six to 12 must go to the school, eat and eat Exemption. Children who do not have local household registration need to pay a certain fee to enroll in school, but whose school-age children do not go to school but work outside, regardless of the reason, they can be expelled from Huating Town!"

Both Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were a little dumbfounded.

The school in Fangjia Farm is also compulsory to enroll for free, but there is no such compulsory means for foreigners.

Li Jing couldn't help frowning: "Isn't this a little too much? Since you came to Huating Town to work, you must be poor people who have suffered from famine or accidents. Life is already difficult, but you come to ask for such coercive means. Although the intention is good, it is a bit unreasonable."

However, Pei Xingjian shook his head and said, "What Duke Wei said is absurd. I dare to ask you in a humble position. Looking around the world, is there any place that values ​​education as much as Huating Town?"

Li Jing said calmly: "It's unique."

Children are expelled if they don't go to school. You put too much emphasis on education. How can there be any comparison in the world?
Pei Xingjian asked again: "Does Duke Wei know how many people have flooded into Huating Town from this year to last month, and have taken the initiative to send their school-age children to school?"

Li Jing frowned and said, "How did this old man know that?"

"The specific number of people is 11! The number of school-age children has reached more than 7000, and the original school in the town has already been overwhelmed..." As he spoke, Pei Xingjian pointed to the mountain on the other side of the Wusong River: "It was originally used for lectures. The buildings built for the martial arts hall, now in Guanzhong where the martial arts hall is relocated, will soon become the school in the town, and it will be expanded, with a total cost of more than 30 yuan, enough to accommodate [-] children at the same time."

During this day, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing had been surprised countless times, but when they heard the two numbers of 30 and [-], they still couldn't hide their surprise.

30, what kind of concept is this?

Even if it is a medium-sized state capital, it may not be able to collect 30 yuan in taxes a year, but now, Huating Town is using it to build a school.

What is the concept of 3 people?
Since Zhenguan, the society has been stable, the population has been prosperous, and the population has multiplied extremely fast. The two counties of Chang'an and Wannian under the jurisdiction of Chang'an have a population of hundreds of thousands, but this is the only example in the world.Generally speaking, in a prosperous place like Jiangnan, the population of an upper county is only around [-]. If it is a lower county in a remote area, it may only have a few thousand people...

And the school in Huating Town can accommodate [-] children...

The total population must be 30 to [-], no doubt the number one town in the world!
(End of this chapter)