So on this day, Yang Shanlu took Liu Hongli, dressed as an ordinary family, rode in a carriage and took a few'servants', and set off. As for the other guards, they were Follow far behind.
Mengjin County is not very far from Luoyang Mansion. After they arrived, Yang Shanlu had recalled the materials he had read before... Mengjin County, covering an area of 100 miles, has a population of 60,000 to 70,000. The livelihood of the people is basically agriculture. .
Therefore, such a small county town is really very ordinary, and it is no different from the four to five hundred counties in the five provinces of the Central Plains, but it is because of this that it can more intuitively reflect the effect of the reform.
After they arrived, the group of them began to enter the city. According to the rules of each county in Daming, the gates of the city were guarded by soldiers (usually soldiers sent by the inspection department), but when they entered the city, these two The soldiers only checked their guides, but didn't ask them what they were charged for entering the city.
According to Yang Shanlu's knowledge, if it was in the past, like this, the guards would charge an entrance fee ranging from 2 to 5 cents depending on the number of people, but what about now? Actually canceled this bad policy
Even according to Yang Shanlu's observation, this is not because they are so many and powerful, so the two soldiers did not charge, and even some people who went to the city to sell vegetables and firewood did not charge, which shows that they are treated equally.
Does not receive the city fee when entering the city? And this is the performance of the official governance becoming clear and bright. The entrance fee was originally a kind of officialdom, but now
And after the abolition of the entrance fee, will this promote the development of people's livelihood and economic activity? After all, this is also very obvious, just like later generations. If you go out to do business once, but the tolls and highway tolls that you need to pay on the expressway will offset all the profits of your business this time, then you will continue to do so in the future. Motivation to do business? The same is true now.
So with this change, Yang Shanlu nodded secretly when he saw it.
Then after entering the city, Yang Shanlu also found that many people were still surrounded by the notice board at the gate of the city, watching the government's latest announcement.
(This is also an invention of Yang Shanlu. In the past, government notices were all posted at the county government's office, so if ordinary people want to read it, they have to go to the county government's office, which is very inconvenient.
But now, Yang Shanlu moved this notice board to the gate of the city, so that as long as the people entering the city want to see what the government has the latest notice, they can see it when they enter the city, which is very convenient).
And despite the fact that most of the ordinary people are illiterate, but they can still know the content of the announcement, and this is because some of the teenagers (students in the university hall) are explaining to the ordinary people.
Then these teenagers are basically from the private sector. As they are now, most of these teenagers came to the city with their fathers. (The university hall is like a government office. Now it has one day off every week, and today happens to be a holiday. day).
And thanks to Yang Shanlu’s original mastery, now every prefecture has a college hall, and even some counties with a larger population have a college hall. So, after such conversion, even a small county like Mengjin County can be There are more than one to two hundred literate students, which is quite a change.
Of course, if it were in the past, this kind of thirteen-and-four-year-old half-child would at best be a labor force, but what about now? Can you actually apply what you have learned? Can you understand the official notice? The common people no longer need to beg those talented talents or recruit people to explain to them as before? And this is the embodiment of educational achievements! It's the performance of opening up Minzhi!
So after seeing this scene, Yang Shanlu's face showed a smile again...
Then the group continued to enter the city. Today is not the day of the temple fair, but it is a new "day off", that is, the government, which was originally open throughout the year, will be closed on this day of the week, and the university hall is also closed. So gradually, there is a tendency to go to the market.
Then Yang Shanlu found that there were still a lot of pedestrians coming and going on the street, and the dressing of these people was generally not bad.
You must know that before Yang Shanlu governed the five provinces, when he entered the city, he seemed to see the beggar gang gathering. Now, although it is impossible for everyone to wear new clothes, at least, it can be called a piece of clothing. .
And Yang Shanlu also found that, including the shops on both sides of the street, there has been a significant increase. Obviously, supply and marketing are booming. Even Yang Shanlu discovered a new thing in a newly opened store—that is, it has already landed. Dried salted fish from the mainland.
Henan is a standard inland province, and it is thousands of miles away from the nearest coast, so if you want to eat this kind of seafood in previous years, it is completely impossible. Don't even dream about it! But now
Even Yang Shanlu was very interested and observed in the past, and then he discovered that there are still very many people who buy this kind of dried salted fish. The reason is very simple. The first kind of dried salted fish. Affordable.
Because it was originally something thrown away by the beach, but it couldn't be sold and finally stinks. Wouldn't it be the same thing as thrown away? And now it is tantamount to waste utilization.
In addition, the salted dried sea fish can withstand long-distance transportation and the weight is relatively light. Therefore, after being transported to Henan, the cost is only more than ten cents per catty, so now even if it is sold for 20 cents per catty, buy There are also very many people.
Because there is a price comparison problem, it is like the local river fish, grass carp, silver carp, etc., which are produced locally in Henan, which usually cost 15 to 20 cents per catty, but this is still fresh fish.
But this kind of dried salted fish is originally dried sea fish, with its internal organs removed, so almost a catty of dried fish can be equivalent to two to three catties of fresh fish, and this kind of dried salted fish itself has a salty taste. , You don’t need to buy salt again after you eat it, so if you count it like this, it’s absolutely cheap and good quality!
(As for other things, such as effectively increasing the supply of high-quality protein, eating more sea fish will make people smarter and easier to open up people's wisdom, they are still additional benefits).
So Yang Shanlu discovered that this dried fish is really popular.
"The shopkeeper, give me a pound."
"The shopkeeper also gave me a pound, and I also want this long round fish. After I bought it home last time, my mother-in-law said it was delicious!"
At this time, many of the people who went to the city to sell vegetables had already sold the goods in their hands, with the ding-dong copper plates in their hands, they immediately came to buy this dried fish.
Even Yang Shanlu heard it fresh. He looked at the round-bodied fish. It turned out to be the pomfret of later generations. Pomfret originally tasted very delicious, but in this era, there is absolutely no artificial breeding or industrial pollution. Yes, so after these inland people have eaten it, they definitely want to forget it...
"Hehe, it seems that your New Deal effect is really good!" After seeing this scene, Liu Hongli just said with a smile. As a talented woman, she can understand better than ordinary people. There is a deep level behind this. Meaning.
After listening to the praise of his beloved wife, Yang Shanlu was still very proud, and in front of his beloved wife, Yang Shanlu no longer humbled himself. He just smiled and nodded, feeling very comfortable... Yes, wait until you see that because of your own governance, the people's wisdom can be unlocked and the people's livelihood can be developed, what can be more pleasant than this
Then after walking around like this, at noon, the group felt a little hungry, and they were ready to solve the problem of Wugu Temple.
At this time, Yang Shanlu discovered that with the improvement of people's livelihood, even the catering industry on the street has become very developed, and even a small county has many folk snacks with Henan characteristics.
So in the interest of great interest, Yang Shanlu and others also tasted something... like some wontons with chicken shreds, sugar horn rice dumplings, shan pill shrimp rice kernels and so on.
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Then I have to say that the people’s livelihood is really improving now, and the materials are abundant. It is like a small roadside store where Yang Shanlu and others eat. A shop assistant sees that they are not like the locals in Henan, so he starts to sell hard in the store. All kinds of snacks come, and even the guys in this shop have compiled these special snacks into a small song and hummed...
I ate a big sesame seed cake, two meat buns, sugar-corner rice dumplings, wontons and shredded chicken, and a bowl of hot soup.
The soup is stuffed with glutinous rice peanut kernels, yam pill dried shrimp kernels, lotus root chicken diced, mustard mixed with * skin, feiluo noodles are made into a paste, not thick, not thin and more vigorous, you don’t know how strong it is to drink. How beautiful to suck, how beautiful...
(If you have friends in Henan, do you feel very cordial?)
Then, seeing this guy selling so hard, Yang Shanlu and the others wouldn’t be able to drink a few more bowls, and even ended up rewarding a silver jack! Including Yang Shanlu when he tasted such folk delicacies and experienced different flavors, Yang Shanlu was still very moved...
This change is really big! If it was in the past, after years of famine, the government was incapable of providing disaster relief, and the final result would be the people's lack of livelihood! All industries are dying! Want to eat so many snacks at that time? Go dreaming!
Think about it, the people who are poor can't even eat enough to eat, and even flee in large numbers. Who else has the leisure to taste this kind of snack? But now? The people’s livelihood is stable, the people’s livelihood is improved, the people live and work in peace, and they have some spare money in their pockets. Only this can promote the prosperity and development of all walks of life... So such a change...
Even after eating this meal, Yang Shanlu felt more spiritually satisfied... The so-called glimpse to see the whole leopard, through this small county, you can see that his three major reforms are still being carried out. It was very effective! And through his reforms, has the people's livelihood been initially improved, and all industries are prospering
Even Yang Shanlu has more reason to expect that this is only an internal reform, which belongs to internal affairs, but the three major reforms that Yang Shanlu promotes are not randomly selected, they are all deliberate!
Even Yang Shanlu has more reason to look forward to. Since the reforms are so effective, can the steam engine that he has been expecting to trigger the first industrial wave be born as soon as possible? And if the steam engine is born, it will change the social order and help the entire country...
Because in Yang Shanlu's more majestic nautical plan, the steam engine is a great weapon in the battle for hegemony at sea! It can even bring all-round improvements to the entire society!
Even because of the immense effect of the steam engine, Yang Shanlu remembered a sentence inexplicably, which was once said by an old witch in later generations, a very shameless sentence-to measure the material power of China, and to tie the hearts of the country.
But now? If the steam engine can be invented, and then the sea can be contended for hegemony and the world can be contended for hegemony, will that be able to become such a sentence-gather global material resources to help China take off
So Yang Shanlu was willing to work hard for this, and the so-called hard work paid off. It didn't take long for Yang Shanlu to hear the good news. (End of this chapter)