I am Da Song

Chapter 622
Fan Sizhong's house is in Xinwu Town, Zhaoyi County, Tokyo City.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the capital was too large, so it had to be split into two counties, Chang'an and Wannian.

Tokyo in the Song Dynasty now has a population of more than 400 million and was forced to be divided into ten counties with 67 towns under its jurisdiction.

Of course, these ten counties also have different names because of their different functions. Some places are called districts, such as Shaotian New District. They are mainly between the inner city and the outer city. This is the core area of ​​Tokyo and a university of higher education. It is also a central city for high-end industry and commerce.

Some places are called Wei, such as Shenwuwei, which is mainly in the inner city.Famous for being the station of the Shenwu Army, it has a relatively strong historical legacy.At the beginning, the inner city was the last bastion of the Battle of Tokyo, and all planning made way for military deployment, so it left a very strong military color.Therefore, the inner city is generally called XX Wei.

Zhaoyi County is on the east side of the city wall of the outer city, which is the urban area expanded by Tokyo City.

According to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, the vendors and houses gathered outside the city wall are called the city.The grass markets and towns outside the cities have their own Baojia.

Zhaoyi County obviously belongs to the strengthened development version of the city, integrating the concepts of city and city.

People in the imperial capital like to go on outings, stepping on the man-made Longevity Mountain, Meishan Mountain and other places around them to overlook. The city with a huge area on the plane looks extremely spectacular, with tall buildings and shops.

Zhao Huan and Su Dai were driving on the Dongcheng road, and he was looking at the city's scenery through the window.

Today is December 28th when Fan Sizhong's son was crowned, and there are two days left before the new year, so the city of Tokyo is extremely lively.

Countless people are rushing to and fro shopping in the shops, and every household is a couple with a few children who go out to buy new year's goods together, and countless people can be seen everywhere returning with a full load.

As a result, the road was severely blocked.

Numerous ox carts, donkey carts, and horse carts are loaded with sumptuous New Year’s goods, and the long street is full of traffic for several miles.

The soap officials of Kaifeng Prefecture led dozens of recruiters with red silk on their cuffs, and commanded the march at the intersection with order flags in their hands.

The supervisory censor led the subordinate staff to stand on the high watchtower and scan the places to see if there were dudes who hurt people with their horses.

With such congested traffic, once someone gallops through the city, it will definitely lead to a stampede.

Zhao Huan looked back from the glass car window. The wealth of the people in the Song Dynasty was obviously already extremely rich.

It is conservatively estimated that there are millions of cattle and horses in this city. If you add the caravans and horses of the army, there are millions of cattle and horses flowing in this city every day.

Su Dai sighed and said, "It feels like Tokyo is congested year after year. This year, I've been late three or four times to go to Taiyuan because of the traffic jam."

Zhao Huan smiled and said: "The Kaifeng government has obviously not yet adapted to the situation where there are so many people's carriages and horses. When they make policy adjustments, the situation will improve a lot."

Then Zhao Huan said with a smile: "At this time, it is even more necessary for your Taiyuan Academy to carry out technological innovation as soon as possible, and set up rattle steam trains in the city. It doesn't need to be very fast, even if it can only travel five or six miles in a quarter of an hour, it can be greatly reduced. Congestion."

Zhao Huan has been waiting for a steampunk style for too long.

He was looking forward to the scene of rattling steam sightseeing cars and horse-drawn carriages running side by side at the same time in Da Song.

A steam train can carry at least dozens or even hundreds of passengers on the intercity rail, and one train is released every quarter of an hour, and it can carry more than [-] passengers a day, which will greatly improve the congestion in the city.

Su Dai said happily: "Then I must build a track train from the imperial palace to the Taiyuan Academy, so that when I get up in the morning, I can go directly to the Taiyuan Academy by taking the train, and I will no longer be crowded with ox carts and horse-drawn carts."

"Xiu, Xiu!" Zhao Huan said with a smile, "Professors of the Taixue Academy often go to the palace to serve as advisors to various ministries, and officials in the palace also often go to the Taixue to listen to lectures. Such a train is indeed needed."

In fact, people like convenience.

With such a convenient vehicle, especially for those officials who can directly affect the national policy of the court, so that they can truly feel the convenience brought by the train, they will invest more generously to improve the train technology.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Huan turned the topic to today's protagonist and asked, "Where does Fan Sizhong work now?"

Su Dai said: "He is now a wandering cloud wild crane, very comfortable."

"Idle clouds and wild cranes?" Zhao Huan asked in surprise, "He didn't become an official?"

Zhao Huan remembered that his father had raised some criminal and prison affairs all the way a long time ago. This is the highest chief official of one of the three local divisions, and in the absolute sense, he is a great official of the frontier.In charge of judicial prisons for millions of people.

With such a high starting point, in theory, Fan Sizhong would have smooth sailing if he became an official, and there would be constant promotions by noble people, step by step.

The descendants of Duke Fan Wenzheng, this is a family of officials and eunuchs.In Zhao Huan's impression, it was the most reasonable choice for him to become an official.

Even if you don't become an official, you should open a few workshops or run a few shops.

Song Dynasty has a tradition of doing business, and his wife Luwena is a Sogdian. She is one of the three most commercially gifted ethnic groups in the world today, along with the Song people and the Arabs.

These two paths are relatively normal choices in Zhao Huan's stereotype.

But he didn't get involved in any of these two things, which was beyond Zhao Huan's expectation.

Su Dai smiled and said: "Brother Fan has the romantic and free-spirited style of an ancient hero, with a suave and uninhibited nature, so he didn't become an official or do business."

Zhao Huan thought about it, Fan Sizhong really had such a style.

When I met him twice in Tokyo, he was always wandering the streets, and he was a bit of the leisurely, free, enthusiastic and good-for-nothing characteristics of the citizens of Song Dynasty.

Zhao Huan only thought that he was young at the time, but he didn't expect that he would still be like this after he got married.Then he asked, "Didn't his father scold him?"

Su Dai said: "Of course not. Although the elder brother of the Fan family did not become an official, he has made a lot of achievements in literature and has his own career. His father always said that he has his own talent and income. Why should he be reprimanded?"

so good.

Zhao Huan praised with joy from the bottom of his heart.

It is really a civilized and open atmosphere, all industries are flourishing, and the people have their own income.It is not limited to those few industries that are rigid and traditional.

No matter which aspect you have achieved, it is enough for you to start a family and start a business.

The common people can develop according to their own interests, instead of having to enter the officialdom to survive.

Zhao Huan asked with a smile: "I didn't expect that Fan Sizhong is still a master of literature. No wonder you said he has the romantic and free and easy style of an ancient hero."

(End of this chapter)