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Zhu Youzhen didn't understand, and asked suspiciously: "Hot... Balloon? ”

Li Xingzhengse said: "Shengshang, hot air balloons use the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction. The flames under the hot air balloon continue to burn hot gas, and the heat is light, and when it fills the entire balloon, the balloon is lifted up, thus driving the balloon into the air. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to Li Xing's words, seemed to understand, but didn't seem to understand, just looked at the hot air balloon and muttered.

Wang Chengen pointed at the hot air balloon and asked, "Tianjin Governor, is the 'Sanyuan Street Lion Building Opening Welcome' the advertisement you said?" ”

Li Xing replied: "Exactly." As long as the merchant has excellent products to promote, they can advertise on the hot air balloon. Today's advertisement is the opening of the Lion Building, a restaurant with more than a dozen rooms in length and width, and four floors up and down, which is a big restaurant in Fanjiazhuang. As soon as the advertisement on this hot air balloon was released, the entire Fanjiazhuang knew that his house was open. ”

"We charge for this advertisement, and we can make a lot of money every year."

"Holy Lord, this thing is also quite useful in battle, it can observe the enemy's situation, and it can also suppress the enemy without thermal weapons in the air."

Zhu Youzhen listened to Li Xing's words, nodded, and did not speak.

Wang Chengen sighed: "This is a new thing, but there is no one in the capital." Turning to the Son of Heaven, Wang Chengen said: "Shengshang, when I meet the king of Tianjin, it is better to let the slave and maid ask him for a hot air balloon, so that the new army in Beijing can also use this new equipment." ”

Zhu Youzhen was noncommittal, shook the horse rope, and marched onto the avenue of Fanjiazhuang.

Fanjiazhuang's first impression of Zhu Youzhen was that it was clean and tidy, and the cars and horses were noisy.

The street that was so clean that there was not a single piece of waste paper and no horse manure made Zhu Youzhen very surprised. Compared with Fanjiazhuang, the capital is much dirtier. The capital is known as the best place, but in fact, the streets and alleys are full of piles of garbage that no one cares for. Due to financial constraints, all the drains and sewers were blocked, and there was no money to hire someone to clean them. Not to mention the cow and horse dung on the streets, when it rains, there are silt pools everywhere, and pedestrians basically walk in the dung.

In Fanjiazhuang, however, the situation is completely different: the sewers on both sides of the road are distinct. Zhu Youzhen looked at the sewer that was dug deep and wide, and was covered with stone slabs, and estimated that even if it rained heavily, there would be no large sections of water in Fanjiazhuang.

There is a garbage can every dozen feet, and pedestrians throw garbage into the garbage can, and no one litters and pollutes the street. There will be no dirty scene of garbage and feces floating all over the city when it rains.

A few years ago, there was a plague in Shanxi, Zhili and Beijing, but Tianjin was not affected. Zhu Youzhen didn't understand why before, but now when he went to Fanjiazhuang, he understood -- under such sanitary conditions in Tianjin, the plague would not be spread on a large scale at all.

The roads are full of traffic, and the flow of people is very dense.

The pedestrians were dressed very decently. Quite a few people wore satin clothes. Some of the women walked alone or with children through the streets, with golden hairpins on their heads, and looked very decent. Zhu Youzhen was not surprised by the rich decoration of these people, after all, the peasants in Tianjin have a monthly income of four taels, and the citizens in the city must also have four taels of money, so they can naturally afford to wear silk clothes and buy gold and silver ornaments.

The road connecting the west gate is one of the main streets of Fanjiazhuang, and the shops on both sides of the street are large stores with luxurious furnishings. The people of Fanjiazhuang are wealthy and have stronger consumption power. Compared with the old shops in the capital, the income of the shops in Fanjiazhuang is much better, and the paint and decoration are all brand new. Well-made wooden signboards hang above the shops, making the whole street look even more bustling.

One thing that caught Zhu Youzhen's attention was that there were a lot of children on the street. Zhu Youzhen just looked at it casually and saw four or five groups of children chasing and playing on the road nearby. Some children buy candy around the vendor who sells rock candy gourds, and some children ride scooters on the road to slide and play, which makes the whole city very lively.

Zhu Youzhen asked Li Xing: "Why are there so many children in Fanjiazhuang?" ”

Li Xing replied: "Holy Lord, the people of Fanjiazhuang are rich, and the king of the county has always encouraged childbirth, so the people have a lot of children. Every family has four or five children, and some more. Now, according to the city's population statistics, minors under the age of 14 account for two-sevenths of the population in Fanjiazhuang, which is very impressive. ”

Hearing Li Xing's words, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua glanced at each other in surprise. It was the first time they had heard of so many children in one city. Speaking of which, in another ten or twenty years, won't the number of adult males under the rule of King Tianjin double? How strong is the King of Tianjin?

Zhu Youzhen was obviously also shocked by this number and took a breath.

When he arrived in Tianjin, Zhu Youzhen felt that he was not in Daming, and it was really different everywhere.

No longer asking Li Xing, Zhu Youzhen took a few steps forward. He was suddenly attracted by the decoration of the shops on both sides of the street, and asked curiously: "Why are there such big holes in the doors and windows of those shops, and they don't paste paper?" Aren't you afraid of being robbed? ”

Li Xing looked at the doors and windows on the left and right, and knew that the Son of Heaven regarded the glass window as a hollow window.

Wang Chengen knew that the Son of Heaven had made the same mistake as himself, and his face sank. He was afraid that Li Xing would laugh at the Son of Heaven, so he frowned and looked at Li Xing, a little intimidating Li Xing.

Li Xing arched his hand and said: "Holy Mingjian, that's not a hollow window, that's a glass window." The glass window is transparent, so it looks like a hollowed-out window. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this, and then looked carefully at those windows, only to find that the windows did reflect sunlight, and there was no doubt that it was indeed glass.

Unexpectedly, glass, which was regarded as a luxury item in other places, was regarded as an ordinary decorative material by Tianjin people, and the Son of Heaven couldn't help but take another breath and shook his head.

After walking more than 100 steps forward, Zhu Youzhen pointed to the horsewhip again, pointed to a water tower on the far side of the road and asked, "Li Xing, what is that tall jar-like thing?" ”

Li Xing replied respectfully: "Holy Mingjian, that's the tap water tower. ”

"We use water trucks to lift water from the well to the water tower, and the water from the water tower flows down the official road to the building, so that families can get clean water without leaving their homes."

Li Xing looked left and right and found a faucet used by a cleaner in a small alley next to him. He led the Son of Heaven to the alley and turned on the faucet.

The well water that flowed out of the tumult suddenly made Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua's eyes glare. Zhu Youzhen looked at the tap water, but he couldn't react.

After a long time, the Son of Heaven took a deep breath.

"The methods of the King of Tianjin are really the magic of creation."