Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 608 Entering Beijing
The roads in Nanjing City have already been repaired, and the renovation of the shantytowns has also been completed.Although, in order to preserve the ancient buildings, there were no drastic reforms like those in Changzhou and Qiongzhou, but the current Nanjing City looks a different kind of beauty.

The houses that have been in disrepair have been repaired, and the greenery that can be seen everywhere adds a touch of poetry to the city.

The plane trees bought from TB are planted on both sides of the road. I believe that after a few years, they will grow into towering trees, bringing a unique landscape to the city.

And a large number of cherry blossom trees collected from various places have also been planted on several main roads. The flowering period is over now, but they will bloom more brilliantly next spring.

The green design of the entire city shocked these Japanese envoys.After Japan sent itself to the Tang Dynasty, it introduced Chinese cherry blossoms, and even faintly became Japan's national flower.

The untainted nature of cherry blossoms is highly respected by Japanese samurai.In China, the earliest record of cultivating cherry blossoms can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, rich people in the Tang Dynasty had generally planted cherry blossoms. It is said that it was at this time that Japan introduced cherry blossoms to Japan.

These envoys looked at the withered cherry trees and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

According to the accompanying officials, it was all written by the female princess.Could it be that this female princess who prefers cherry blossoms is very similar to their spirit?Do you think that the gorgeous and short life of cherry blossoms is actually the embodiment of beauty?If this is the case, then everyone can have a good exchange.

A group of people looked around, and the temporary capital of the Ming Dynasty did not see the decadence of the last years of the dynasty at all, but was full of vitality everywhere.They saw many people being recruited, holding tools issued by the government, lined up, and walked out of the city in an orderly manner.

According to the accompanying officials, Nv Guogong took over the post of Governor of Yingtian Mansion, and her next main job is to open up the roads in Nanjing and the following counties and counties, and build all the cement roads.

After asking about the size of the project, these people's jaws dropped again.

Just going crazy!
When the whole project is completed, it is estimated that it will be more than a thousand miles, and it will cost countless manpower and financial resources just to dig the soil.And this part of the money is not subsidized by the court, it is all paid from the local government.

Is Master Zuo really the same as those Daming people said, a god?
What a pity!

Why don't such gods go to Japan?Did God Amaterasu abandon them?

The more I visit, the more hopeless I feel. Nanjing's infrastructure doesn't look as good as Changzhou's, but the people here are also ruddy and energetic.

Instead of the numbness of desperation in their faces, there is only optimism.Moreover, they are all well-dressed. Although they are not silk and satin, the fabrics on their bodies are imported from Japan as far as they know.

This kind of crisp fabric is what many aristocratic daughters yearn for.It won't wrinkle, and the color is gorgeous. When used to make kimonos, not only does it not look cheap, but it is more classy than silk.

All kinds of calico are not only colorfast, but also have many patterns. This kind of fabric is what many Japanese women want.

And here, it seems to be the norm.Women in every family, even little girls, have clothes made of this fabric, and the shoes they wear are even more exquisite.

It's hard to imagine, this is the dress of the lower class, and Daming's wealth has already made them unimaginable.

Seeing the astonished expressions of these Japanese people, the accompanying officials felt Zuofu's kindness for the first time.

Such surprised and envious eyes look so comfortable!

The fabrics in Huimin Supermarket are extremely cheap and have a wide variety.The colors and patterns are dazzling.Don't say that the common people like it, even the less wealthy officials and family members will buy this kind of fabric to make clothes.

And since Zuo Fu took office and opened Huimin Supermarket, these people who have been working on the construction site gradually began to use their work points to buy things in Huimin Supermarket.After all, although these work points can also be settled in silver, it is probably more cost-effective to buy things.

Because you can enjoy very low discounts when buying things in supermarkets with work points, the purchasing power of work points is stronger than silver.

And what does Huimin Supermarket have?Rice tea with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, food, clothing, clothing, as long as you can imagine, Huimin Supermarket has it.

So in the past six months, these mud-legged people have also put on new clothes, and Zuofu is very lenient, not only forcing the mud-legged people to send their children to school, forcing the mud-legged people to read after work, but also forcing the mud-legged people to Take a shower frequently, cut your nails, and if you smell bad, you will be caught and put in a cage.

In her words, it was to prevent the plague.Paying attention to personal hygiene is something every citizen should do, and it is not negotiable.

For this reason, she also distributed a batch of cleaning supplies and opened several bathhouses, even women's bathhouses.For this reason, it also caused quite a storm of public opinion.

But public opinion is useless to Zuo Fu. No one can stop what she wants to do. If she agrees, she will do it later. If you don't obey her rules, she can beat you to death with a whip.

Since she became governor, many unlucky ghosts have been imprisoned in cages, and that high-end-looking cage is actually used to imprison military dogs.

Putting people into dog cages, such a thing, only Zuo Fu could do it.She seldom uses physical punishment, but she is more ruthless than anyone else in terms of mental humiliation.

After coming down several times, no one dared to defecate, spit, or litter anywhere anymore.It is a terrible thing for people with dignity like them to be kept in a cage for viewing, and it is better to kill them.

The rules that were difficult for them to understand before gave birth to a sense of pride at this moment.The bumpkin-like expressions of the Japanese people pleased them very well.With a sense of pride that they didn't realize, the accompanying officials all shuddered, and said in a very pretentious tone: "The envoys don't need to be too surprised, our Ming Dynasty still has a long way to go. Our emperor's goal is to make all Ming people eat white rice and wear such beautiful clothes.

And our little Zuo lord hopes to pave the entire Ming Dynasty with such concrete roads and build countless toilets for people to use.Of course, there is also running water and solar street lights, which will be available in all states and counties of Daming in the future.

Right now we are doing too little, only a few cities have concrete roads and solar lights.Ah, you don't know what a solar lamp is, do you?We can apply to the higher authorities to let you visit Nanjing after nightfall. Look, that's it. These are solar lights.

These solar lamps were invented by our Master Xiao Zuo and her master, using sunlight to generate electricity..."

A group of poor Japanese were completely in a mess.

I can understand each of these words, but I can't understand them together.

Solar power?What the hell is this?

An envoy asked very modestly: "Your Excellency, is this also a kind of Zuo Xue?"

The accompanying officials were stunned for a moment, and then they understood. He shook his head and said with a serious face: "This is not the knowledge of Zuo Fu alone. It is called science. Although Zuo Fu is the leader in this field, this is not Zuo Xue. This is called science, born out of our Mohism, and it is a very ancient knowledge."

The messenger nodded, but he didn't care about it in his heart.

Even though it was born out of Mohism, it was Zuo Fu who studied it and applied it to people's livelihood, so this knowledge should still be called Zuo Xue.

After walking around, I went directly to the post house.

Looking at the beautifully repaired Korean post house next door, which occupies a large area, a group of Japanese people turned red-eyed.

This Korean has a very high status in Ming Dynasty!

Other envoys can only live together together, but North Koreans can have their own separate embassy...

A group of people clenched their fists and vowed in unanimous agreement: They must make Mr. Zuo feel happy, even if they are told to kneel down, they will kneel down, and they must kneel so that Mr. Zuo is comfortable and happy, without causing pressure.

As long as this is the case, sooner or later, Dongying will also have its own separate embassy, ​​and it must be built better than the North Korean post, more elegant and luxurious.

Entering the guild hall, seeing the envoys from other countries, a group of Japanese held their heads high, looking very proud.

whispering sound!
Annan, a traitor, actually dared to send envoys here. Aren't he afraid that the Ming people would tear them apart?Looking at it this way, Shangguo is really Shangguo, very magnanimous!

And those red-haired ghosts, huh!
They actually have the nerve to sit on an equal footing with them. They have a long history of emigrating to China from Japan, even the capital city was built after the cities of the Tang and Song Dynasties. They belong to the Confucian civilization circle and are civilized people.

And what are these Xiyi red-haired ghosts?A group of native miscellaneous fish, Ju Ye put on the clothes of Ming Dynasty, trying to be equal to them Dongying people!

snort!
A group of people snorted coldly, directly passed the Xiyi people, and headed towards their own courtyard.

Think about it and hate again.

Only blame Toyotomi Hideyoshi, that shit-headed savage!If not, how could they have turned against Daming?If they didn't fight against Daming, they wouldn't live with these inferior people now, they would have their own embassy, ​​damn it!No matter what this time, let Shangguo be happy!

Thinking about the beauties they brought, a group of Japanese people became more confident.

North Korea's despicable things often present beauties to the Chinese overlord, but how can their beauties be called beautiful?Can a group of big pie faces be called good-looking?
Still, their Japanese women are good-looking, gentle and understanding, and this time they brought a lot of beauties here, all of whom are ladies from noble families in Kyoto.They are not only beautiful, but also talented. They are gentler and more elegant than the Miss Wu family. If His Majesty Daming can accept it, then Dongpu will have a closer relationship with Daming in the future.

What makes them regret is that they searched all over Edo, the capital, but they couldn't find a few men to present to Duke Zhen. I heard that Duke Zhen is very tall, even taller than a man from Ming Dynasty, and they from Dongying Kingdom seem to be taller than they are. It's tall, and it's only 1.6 meters by Zuo Xue's calculation method.

And Lord Zhen Guo heard that there are more than 1.7 meters, so they searched all over, but they couldn't find anyone that tall.If a man is not burly, no woman would like it, right?So dedicating male pets is considered a failure...

But it doesn't matter, it's the same to be able to please Da Ming Zi.Lord Zhen Guo should send more gifts.There are not many others in Japan, but there is still a lot of gold. I heard that this one is just like this.

After a night of rest, someone from the court taught them etiquette the next day.John Burr, who arrived a day earlier than them, was very disturbed.

According to the rules of Ming Dynasty, he is now considered as an envoy and cannot leave the post house at will, which also means that he cannot go to see Zuo Fu in private.I heard that foreign envoys must be accompanied when they go out, and only North Korean envoys can come in and out at will.

If Zuo Fu could not be seen, would the Emperor of Ming allow the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries?Great Britain needs silk and porcelain from Ming Dynasty very much. As long as they earn enough gold coins, they can develop national defense and build more ships to plunder.

And I don't know which guy walked the wind, saying that Great Britain sent an envoy, and France also sent an envoy for this reason.Although they didn't know the route, they still bought some Spanish captains and brought their envoys to Daming.

To the West, Ming Dynasty is a mythical existence, if they can make good friends with it, it will have an unpredictable impact on the situation in the European continent.

France is already so powerful, if they make good friends with Daming again, what will happen to the British in the future?

That Louis XIV, who was only sixteen years old, had already shown amazing ambitions, so this time he had to formally do business with Daming no matter what, and he had to try to give the French some eye medicine.

The envoys from various countries in the post house were full of evil intentions, thinking about how to make friends with Daming and give eye drops to the enemy, and even started to form cliques before meeting the emperor of Ming.

In this regard, the North Korean envoy was extremely anxious.Their old enemy also brought beauties this time, and they were all ladies from aristocratic families in Kyoto, both in terms of talent and appearance.If this entered the Daming Harem, what would happen to them in North Korea?

Now the Emperor of Heaven does not accept any foreign women. They think that the Emperor is not good at beauty, so they don't pay tribute according to the tradition. Now I think it is a mistake.

No, I have to send a letter back immediately, so that the country can send the beauties over!We must not let the Dongying people specialize in front of others!
The atmosphere in the post house became weird, and the days passed in this atmosphere.Three days later, the envoys who had learned all the etiquette were notified that the Son of Heaven would receive them tomorrow.

This made a group of people excited, and after finally staying up until dawn, they arranged their clothes and followed the officials sent by Daming to the palace to have an audience.

Along the way, they were all looking around. The size of the Daming Palace surprised them, especially the Japanese.

The Da Ao and Daming Palace that they are proud of is like a miniature toy.Just walking to Fengtian Temple is enough time to walk the whole Da'ao.

And the decoration of the imperial palace is even more dazzling. They couldn't imagine how advanced the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty was, and how they built such a huge and beautiful palace hundreds of years ago?
After entering Fengtian Hall, they were even more shocked by the luxury here.Like puppets on a string, they knelt down and saluted as the eunuch called, and when they got up, they still looked at the palace with bewildered faces.

It's too big!A palace can accommodate so many people, this country is too rich!
　I'm sick, it seems that bronchitis has occurred again, and the symptoms are relieved after taking roxithromycin. If it's still the same tomorrow, I have to go to the hospital...

　　
　
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