Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 29, visiting the capital

The next day, after a good night's sleep, Liu Jin came back to life full of blood and blue, and pulled Zhao Erhu up early in the morning, ready to take a good tour of the largest, most prosperous city in this era.

After more than 100 years of development in the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing city at this time was already very prosperous, with a population of more than 100 million. In terms of the contemporary earth, it is definitely the most well-deserved city on the earth.

"The population is increasing day by day, and the goods are full!"

At this time, the population of Beijing was so large that even the traditional urban area could no longer accommodate the growing population, so it could only continue to expand outwards, gradually forming a huge "outer city".

'Outer City' is an area where foreign merchants and people gather in the capital. There are a lot of commercial stores and sheds lined up, and the commerce is very developed, with a large population, and it is also very lively.

Liu Jin took Zhao Erhu into the Grand View Garden like Grandma Liu, looked around the streets very curiously, and went to stalls and shops from time to time to have a look and ask questions, as if he had never seen the world before. Looks like a bumpkin from the country.

Especially Zhao Erhu, his eyes are almost blurred, he doesn't understand a lot of things, and he asks every one he sees, so that Liu Jin feels a little annoyed, he feels like a child, there are a hundred thousand reasons, one Ask until you can't answer.

"Capitalism has already sprouted, but unfortunately, the powerful monster of capital has not been bred in the end, and it is still repeating everything in the past."

For a whole morning, Liu Jin carefully observed the entire bustling city, walked through the squares, visited many shops, and saw the prosperity of this ancient city.

The business in the entire capital is very prosperous. It is said that there are more than one hundred lines of handicrafts alone, and the functions of each market are also very detailed.

Chongnanfang in Langdong is specialized in rice, flour, grain, firewood, firewood, and charcoal; Langxi Zhengxifang is specialized in mules and horses; Langdong Zhengdongfang is specialized in chicken, duck, goose, fish, etc. A place for the poultry business, and so on.

The division of labor is very detailed. Different squares and cities specialize in different businesses. Even the places where craftsmen gather also have detailed divisions. The gathering of carpenters forms a carpentry alley, and blacksmiths also form an alley dedicated to blacksmithing. Even the rope maker has his own alley, and each of these alleys can be regarded as a professional community.

All this is enough to show that capital has begun to sprout.

"Brother Jin, the girls in this city are so beautiful, they all look like fairies."

Liu Jin was thinking about some tall things, but Zhao Erhu's eyes were staring at the people on the street. When he saw a beautiful girl, he couldn't help but said to Liu Jin.

"Do you know what a fairy looks like?"

Liu Jin gave Zhao Erhu a hard knock. It seemed that it was time for this boy to marry his mother-in-law.

"I don't know~"

Zhao Erhu touched the spot on his head where Liu Jin had hit him, and replied weakly.

"That's it. Don't look like a bumpkin. Be more honest with your eyes. Don't aim randomly. Be careful that your eyes will be gouged out."

Liu Jin glared at Zhao Erhu, and warned him fiercely, this is the capital city, and throwing a brick casually can knock out several fourth-rank officials, if you get into trouble here, it will be real I don't know how he died.

"Yes~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhao Erhu lowered his head and drooped his ears, with an honest look.

"Let's go, go eat, I'm hungry too, let's spend some extravagance today and go to a restaurant to have a good meal."

After looking at Zhao Erhu, Liu Jin looked at a restaurant not far away - Wangyue Tower, ready to taste the delicacies of this era.

When Zhao Erhu behind him heard this, he immediately regained his energy. When it comes to eating, he is always full of motivation.

It happened to be lunch time at this time, and the business of the Wangyue Tower was quite good. When Liu Jin passed by, there were no seats on the first floor, so he also went to the second floor, and there were only a few tables left on the second floor.

"Young man, what do you want?"

Like the children on TV, the children in Wangyuelou also came over to pour tea for Liu Jin.

"What's your specialty?"

Liu Jin took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said.

"Our eight-treasure phoenix bird, bergamot golden roll, mushroom duck feet, colorful beef tenderloin, carp Longmen, Ruyi lamb chops, spring bamboo shoots, and buckle three silk are all pretty good."

Xiao'er proficiently reported some special dishes in the store, and the names sounded very tall.

"Then let's have one."

Liu Jin nodded and said, since this time it was a luxury, Liu Jin didn't plan to save money, so he ordered all of them.

"Okay~"

"My lord, what would you like to drink? Our store has the best old Nurhong, Zhuyeqing, Fenjiu from Shanxi, and wine from the Western Regions."

As soon as the waiter in the shop heard that Liu Jin wanted it, he immediately became happy, and hurriedly started selling the drinks in his shop.

"Then let's have some daughter red."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said, I watched too much about daughter red wine on TV before, and now I have the opportunity, so I naturally want to taste it.

"Okay, young master, wait a moment, I will come right away."

The waiter happily went to prepare food and drinks for Liu Jin.

Soon, in about ten minutes, all the dishes and wine ordered by Liu Jin were served, and Liu Jin also began to slowly taste the delicacies of this era.

"The taste is not bad, but it is still far inferior to the later generations. The advantage is that the ingredients are natural, and there are few seasonings. The original taste is not bad."

"This wine is really good, very mellow and fragrant, but the content is relatively low, so it shouldn't be distilled wine, but I remember reading a historical time travel novel, saying that this distilled wine had already been introduced from abroad during the Yuan Dynasty. Could it be that it hasn’t become popular yet?”

"Maybe in the future, we can start a distilled liquor business and make a lot of money."

After a careful taste, Liu Jin also has a good understanding of wine and food, and at the same time locked a new way to make money.

While Liu Jin was tasting delicious food and wine, two groups of people also went up to the second floor. One group was a group of young people dressed as scholars, each of them looked high-spirited and aloof.

As for the other group of people, it seems a little special. The leader is a middle-aged man with extraordinary appearance and majestic bearing. He is followed by a boy about eleven or twelve years old. rebellion.

Behind the two of them was a white-faced, beardless middle-aged man who looked like a butler, carefully serving the two masters in front, and at the same time, there were four or five well-dressed men behind, who should be bodyguards or something.

The two groups came up one after another, each found a table and sat down, talking and laughing with each other.

　The pace is a bit slow, mainly because it is the first time to write a history book, many of them do not understand, and they need to check the information, etc., so the writing is relatively slow,

　　
　
(End of this chapter)