Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 298
Fengyang, the central capital, is becoming more and more affluent and lively now, and there are faint signs of catching up with Jiangnan.

In order to give back to his hometown, Emperor Taizu Gao once moved the world’s rich households to Fengyang. Now, since Ma Shiying implemented commercial tax collection and business incentive policies in Fengyang area, the business and trade economy of the entire Fengyang area has not only failed because of As a result of taxation and depression, the scale is getting bigger and bigger.

In addition, the road from Beijing to Nanjing has been built to Fengyang Mansion, and the economic exchanges from Nanjing to Fengyang have become more active, and Fengyang has officially become the outer center of the Jiangnan economic circle.

When Zhu returned from the school to the north, he took a special four-wheeled carriage for the emperor. On the avenue paved with gravel and gravel as the main materials, many four-wheeled carriages carrying large goods could be seen coming and going.

There was even a convoy dedicated to carrying passengers. Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, did not seem to be stupid, and the post stations under him had already begun to build stations.

Every time you arrive at a post station, you can see a big wooden sign with the words "Dingyuan Station" written on it, and there is a small wooden house next to the wooden sign.

In front of the wooden house is a platform with railings, and only one person can pass through the railing, and outside the railing is an extended four-wheeled carriage that just came.

The four-wheeled carriage is covered with iron sheets, although it is not good-looking, it can still keep out the rain. On the outside of the iron sheet are inscriptions such as "Royal Industry Company", "Made in Daming", "Hongda Carriage", "Dingyuan Civilian Public Carriage", etc., and They are all block letters, and there is a trademark under each inscription, especially the largest of the "Royal Industries Company".

At this time, no one could manufacture such a large carriage that could carry more than ten people. Therefore, the Royal Industries Company was the only one, and there was no other brand.

But what surprised Zhu Youxiao even more was that a small advertisement for psoriasis had appeared on the so-called civilian public carriage.

From the back of the car, Zhu Youxiao saw explicit advertising slogans such as "Dingyuan Xiangmanlou Red Brand Lulu Skin White Tits Big Tits, One Silver Dollar Can Spend a Night of Spring Festival".

And in front of the car body is a bit more advanced, already has the ability of a modern news editor, and wrote "Yang Yuanwai seven times a night last night, his concubine screamed again and again, and he took medicine!"

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and remained silent. No wonder some officials impeached Ma Shiying. Since Fengyang collected commercial taxes, Fengyang’s ethics collapsed. Now it seems that there is some truth. Ma Shiying didn’t care about other things in order to make money. There were actually third-rate advertisements blatantly pasted on the public carriage.

However, this also showed Zhu Youxiao the development of the tertiary industry in Fengyang area from another aspect, especially the red-light district has doubled several times in the entire Fengyang area, and even several counties that were originally barren because of this With the development of such industries, it suddenly became a tax-heavy county, and even the commercial tax revenue of some counties has exceeded that of other provinces' upper-level governments.

According to Dongchang News, the commercial development in Fengyang area and the construction of Liangjing Avenue have prompted many people from other places to come to Fengyang to participate in economic construction. Yunnan, Guizhou and other places traveled thousands of miles to Fengyang Mansion to work, in order to earn more money so that they could return home in rich clothes.

And these people who came from afar were either because they were far away from their wives or children, or because of the flashy world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, not many people had the habit of saving money, and many of them were refugees. In addition, the entertainment methods in this era were single , and in order to vent under the pressure of life, most of their monthly wages are spent on these kiln sisters.

Even the local newspapers and periodicals in Fengyang have done a survey. Most of the romantic places in the entire Zhongdu area are purely carnal transactions, that is, most of them meet the needs of the lower class people. Although there are also more elegant places such as the Qinhuai River, it is obvious. The increase is not as good as these simple kilns with one bed and one room.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao is happy to hear about this. On the one hand, it has indeed brought him a lot of financial revenue. Not only Fengyang, but also the Ministry of Households, the entire treasury is fuller than last year.

On the other hand, let the hormones of these people be released through the most primitive reproductive desire of human beings, and they will not resist the exploitation of the court because of social conflicts and survival pressure.

I don't know when the proletarian ideology will appear. Zhu Youxiao didn't think so much, but his only concern now is whether there will be a lot of negative things during the transition from an agricultural society to a capitalist society in Ming Dynasty. With the mushrooming of places like mushrooms after the rain, will there be a large number of forced sex for prostitution, will the crime of buying and selling women and children be exacerbated, and will these women who rely on their bodies for survival and material treatment have life and property protection?

Not every woman like this will become a star-chasing famous prostitute. After all, just like the later generations, only a few of them really become big stars, and it is unknown how many people are squeezed and bullied behind them.

"Bring me the paperwork handed over by Ma Shiying, governor of Fengyang." Zhu Youxiao decided that it was necessary to remind Ma Shiying, governor of Fengyang, that he should not focus on making money, and minimize the evils caused by the primitive accumulation of capital while activating capital.

There are two armed postmen standing next to the wooden house next to Dingyuan Station. There is only a small window in the house. There is a person in the small window, wearing a plain hair and a round-neck white coat. Out of the window, more than a dozen people queuing up to buy tickets yelled: "The tickets to Shangsi are gone, but there are tickets to Fengyang. You can go to Fengyang first and then transfer. Fengyangfu is a big station, so there must be one. Twenty Wen, plus a guide, buy it or not!"

On the blackboard hanging outside the wooden house, there are ten characters from Dingyuan to Shouzhou, 25 characters from Dingyuan to Fengyang, and [-] characters from Dingyuan to Shangsi. There are also the first train and the last train on it. time, and even update the status of remaining tickets at any time.

But now most of the common people in Daming are illiterate, and few people can read, so many of them have to ask someone in the small window of the wooden house.

Maybe there are too many people asking questions at the book office, maybe because many people don't understand this new thing, so they are a little angry, and these people can only swallow their anger for the convenience of traveling.

"Tell Ma Shiying that I am very much in favor of cooperating with the Royal Industries Company to manufacture this kind of enlarged carriage for public services. He is also allowed to change the post station into a station, and change the roads from official to civilian. The attitude and quality of the officials in the book office must be strengthened. Since they have received money from the common people, they must serve well. They are all like uncles. How will they make money in the future? Isn’t this forcing many common people to walk out even if they have money? ?”

After Zhu Youxiao ordered a few words, he ordered to move on, but when he turned the corner, Zhu Youxiao's carriage stopped.

Zhu Youxiao opened the curtain to take a look, but there was a long red and white wooden board in the middle, and a line of words was written on the long wooden board, "Except for public carriages, pedestrians need to pay one penny, and the value of goods is one thousand and ten, and the value is less than ten taels." It's free, and the elderly and children under two feet are exempt, and you need to bring your own change."

(End of this chapter)