Chapter 421 A society governed by the rule of law
After Liu Renyu came out of the industrial manufacturing plant, in order to avoid the disturbance of etiquette, he simply continued to wear a face armor and followed the accompanying guards to the mixed commercial and residential area.
Because when Liujiabao was built, Liu Renyu ordered that priority should be given to the construction of industrial areas, administrative districts, and military camps, so relatively speaking, the largest mixed commercial and residential area was the latest to start construction, and at the time of construction, priority was given to the construction of villa areas where people with higher status such as Liu Renyu and engineers lived in Jingbianbao, and the progress of the construction of residential areas was very slow.
Now Zhao Datie is on the construction site, building houses in residential areas with the workers.
When Liu Renyu went to the place where Zhao Datie was, he took a look at the houses on both sides of the street, the greenery and the problems of urban planning.
I saw that on both sides of the street of Liujiapu, there are three-storey reinforced concrete frame houses, the appearance of these houses are the combination of Chinese and Western architecture that Liu Renyu learned after seeing it in later generations, these buildings not only have the artistic beauty of the West, but also integrate the unique culture of the East, and look very eye-catching.
These three-storey houses are equipped with large glass windows and wooden shutters outside the windows, which can be used for decoration and anti-theft.
If there is no accident, Liu Renyu will lease them to foreign merchants or local merchants as shops, and when there are severely disabled soldiers who are missing arms and legs and cannot take care of themselves after the war, they will be assigned to these soldiers, and let these soldiers rent these stores in order to bring them a source of livelihood.
Now most of these stores are closed, and only the local people's shops are still open, because for people in this era, going home for reunion during the Chinese New Year is the most important thing of the year, and they have to go back anyway, and they will come back to open stores after the New Year.
Outside of these shops, there is a sidewalk about six meters wide, and the sidewalk is planted with lawns and various species such as apple trees, date trees, and other trees.
In this day and age, there is no exhaust pollution, so even the fruit of the trees that grow on the street can be eaten with confidence.
Next to the green belt, there is also a street lamp pole, which is equipped with oil lamps, which can be lit at night to light up the street and bring nightlife to the people here.
Beyond this sidewalk is a wide road about 18 meters wide, which is paved with cement and has a very good pavement.
The road is separated by a dotted line marked with yellow paint in the middle and is divided into two traffic avenues on the left and right. In close proximity to the sidewalks, each carriageway is divided into rectangular parking lanes by solid lines drawn with white paint. Each parking lane is about 10 meters long and 3 meters wide, which is enough to park the carriages produced in Liujiapu.
Outside the parking lane, the two lanes between the solid white line and the yellow dotted line are separated by white dotted lines, making them two lanes, each three meters wide and wide enough for horse-drawn carriages.
When Liu Renyu was looking at the road, there happened to be a carriage passing by the road, and he saw that the carriage was driving according to the rules he had set to drive on the left, so he nodded with satisfaction.
And when the carriage came to the crossroads, he saw a servant there holding up a red lantern, so he hurriedly stopped the horses and waited at the white stop line.
After a short time, a carriage came from another street, and when it passed, the officer raised the green lantern, and then the coachman of the carriage waved his whip and drove the horses on.
"Well, the building is beautiful, the streets are well arranged, the traffic is orderly, and it looks comfortable." Liu Renyu, who came from later generations, looked at the scene in front of him and sighed for no reason.
At this time, there are many people on the street who are moving outside, these are the citizens of Liujiabao, they are obviously different from the people of the Ming Dynasty in other places, they are full of energy, ruddy complexion, well-dressed, with a happy smile on their faces, greeting each other, shouting and asking for warmth.
Compared to the homeless people in other places, who are poorly clothed, hungry and in danger of dying at any time, the people here are simply not too happy.
Liu Renyu was walking on the street, and suddenly saw two middle-aged men who seemed to know each other, chatting, curious, so he stopped and wanted to hear what they would say?
"Did you hear that? Our Liu Dashuai's factory is going to recruit people, and we also have to recruit female workers, and the monthly money is the same as that of men, which is ten taels of silver a month. Passerby A saw Passerby B and casually talked about it.
"I've heard, I've heard, our handsome man acts differently from others everywhere, have we seen fewer strange things over the years? Women can make money, isn't that a good thing? Passerby B sniffed and replied with a smile.
"Women all get together to work, what is this called, and if it is a woman's family, it earns more money than our old men, where is our waist still straight!" Passerby A sighed.
"Hey, have you forgotten, we used to divorce our wives and write a letter of divorce, even if it's over, now you try, this court will be in charge, and now the status of our Liujiabao women is quite high, you can admit it, let them earn money, so that they can make a living to supplement the family." Passerby B seemed to have seen through everything, and smiled gracefully.
"Alas, that's what I said, what do we want to do so much, follow the handsome man to eat and drink, how much more leisurely life is, and the women of their own family are idle at home, it is better to let them go out to earn some money and spend." Passerby A listened to Passerby B's words and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"That's right, my family went to night school, and came back every day to tell me about the rights of women who can hold up half the sky, and she said that she should go out to earn money by herself, and she must also have her own economic foundation, so as not to rely on others and send people under the fence.
She said that if I don't agree with her to go to the factory as a worker, she will divorce me and let me be a loner, what do you say I can do, I am dozens of years old, and my grandson can hug me when he sees it, this situation is not a joke, so we can only agree. When passer-by B said this, there were rare tears in his eyes.
The way of the world has changed so much that it is almost impossible for traditional men to adapt to it.
"That's not what happened! That's what my family told me, and the tone was quite tough. You said that this should be put on hold in the past, and we couldn't beat her, but now I don't dare to touch her, because there is a women's rights protection association on the government's side.
If we touch her, the people of the association will send officials to arrest us in prison, you say, where do we dare to discipline our own family now? Passerby A listened to what passerby B said, and he was also full of emotion and grief and indignation.
"What are you, there is an old patriarch over there, I didn't hear the words of the government, when I first came, I set up a private court, ready to soak an old lady in a pig cage, but what do you say, the procuratorate directly took a group of officials to take the old patriarch, and sank into the Lu River.
There are a few people here who don't have long eyes and want to resist, but they are all cut into several sections, which is really miserable. Passerby B seems to have been opened into conversation. I couldn't hold back for a while, so I kept pouring out what I had seen and heard.
"That's true, the lieutenant governor here said that the place in charge of our Liu Dashuai is called a society under the rule of law, and all issues are adjudicated by the law, and we are not allowed to set up private courts and harm others. We didn't care much about it at first, but later many people defended the law and were quite miserable, and we realized that Liu Dashuai's decree could not be disobeyed. Passerby A also felt the same way.
"Hey, let's put it mildly, as long as you abide by the law and abide by the rules here in Liu Dashuai, you can live as comfortable as you can in this little life. Hey, don't talk about it, the family has good wine and meat to prepare, I bought a few cucumbers and went back to make cold dishes, so I'll go first. After passer-by B said this, he carried his shopping bag and walked leisurely.
"Okay, I also bought a bottle of Xinghua Village, go back and drink it with my father, such a good wine, before the change, where did I dare to think, now I want to drink it, I will buy it, we have money." Passerby Jia said happily.
"Yes, we are really rich now, if only Liu Dashuai would always be our marshal, otherwise another official would not have to scrape our land." Passerby B said without worry.
"That's not what's wrong, if there is a day, let's go to the petition and say that we will let the handsome stay here to protect us." Passerby A clenched his fists and said solemnly.
"Okay, that's all there is to it, let's go!" When passer-by B said this, he bowed slightly and bowed.
"You walk slowly." Passerby A hurriedly bowed, which was counted as a return gift.
Then the two men went their separate ways.
"Well, that's the kind of society I want to build, and that's what it should be." Liu Renyu listened to the dialogue between these two passers-by, and his heart was very happy, because he heard positive news from the dialogue between these two passers-by, Liujiapu is a society governed by the rule of law, and everything here is controlled by law rather than customs, which is very good, it is what he is willing and wants to see.
And these two passers-by also really supported him, because this was what he heard on the street, it was not a pre-made scene, and such a conversation made him more confident in his rebellion.
In this way, with a good mood, he found Zhao Datie Zhao's father, and he expressed his admiration and appreciation for Zhao's father's behavior of not resting for the New Year and putting his home on the construction site.
Daddy Zhao is a cheerful person, and he doesn't particularly care about this, he says that as long as he has something to do, he just doesn't want to be idle.
Liu Renyu encouraged Father Zhao a few more words, and then drifted away.