There are many reasons for the prosperity of a city, and it is not that a prosperous city can be created by moving people here.

Beijing's prosperity stems from its political status, the surrounding area, and the blood transfusion of the Grand Canal.

As a result of their political status, a large number of bureaucrats and aristocrats live in Beijing, who hold huge wealth, and with them, the city will have consumption and drive the economy.

However, it is not enough to have the demand for consumption, but also need materials and personnel to meet it, and people around the city need to grow vegetables, breed chickens and ducks, and also need a large amount of rice grain, which is transported from the canal and constantly transfused blood to Beijing, in order to maintain Beijing's prosperity.

After the Qing army occupied Beijing, Beijing's political status did not change much, Li Zicheng destroyed the magnates of the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchus drove out the upstarts of Dashun, but the magnates in the city did not disappear.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty took Beijing as its master, and tens of thousands of Eight Banners in the city, as well as the princes, became the upstart in Beijing, and Beijing still had great consumer demand.

It's just that after the Qing army entered the customs, the north was ruined, the canal was cut off, and there was only a demand for consumption, but there was no material supply, but it could not maintain a prosperous Beijing city.

Of course, there was a shortage of materials, and the original residents of the city were forced to leave Beijing and become banner slaves or tenants.

Therefore, in the first few years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the population of Beijing decreased sharply and the city was depressed, but with the scale of the Eight Banners' estates in Beizhili, and the Qing army occupied Lianghuai, grain was transported to Beijing, so that Beijing gradually came out of the depression stage and began to recover slowly.

At this time, the city gradually regained its vitality, and the number of restaurants, tea shops, and shops in the city gradually increased, and there were several green buildings and brothels in the city.

Although it can't be compared with Beijing in the Ming Dynasty now, after all, more than 100,000 banner people live here, and Beijing is not as good as Nanjing, but it can compete with Wang Jing of the Western Wei Dynasty, or even slightly better.

Lord Hou is famous for his penchant for prostitution, which is something that Beicheng knows, and the spies of the Qing court who spy on Han officials have become accustomed to this.

It's a good thing that people have shortcomings, if he doesn't love money and doesn't lust, then the Qing court has to think about why this kid took refuge in the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Hou Fangyu was wearing a colorful horse coat, a full hat inlaid with a piece of green jade on his head, and a paper fan in his hand, walking on the street.

As he walked, he fanned the folding fan, trying to walk in a more elegant posture, but he himself felt that he was dressed in a suit, which was quite obscene.

The colorful horse coat, vulgar, and the green jade inlaid on the hat are even more disgusting, which makes the aesthetics of the whole China regress thousands of years, and it is completely inferior to the romance of the Taoist scarf, but it is helpless, this is Beijing, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is this aesthetic.

At this time he was walking down the street, and there were many goods in the shops on both sides, and many people dressed like him walked on both sides of the street, buying all kinds of things.

Hou Fangyu just glanced at it casually, the types of goods are much less than those in Jiangnan, but the things necessary for life are also bought, but the price is relatively much more expensive.

Hou Fangyu frowned slightly, it seems that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has recovered quite well for more than a year, and this must be reported.

At this time, he walked through the street and went straight to a street and alley in the West Market, where there are many green buildings along the street, which is a mixed place.

In order to hide people's eyes, Hou Fangyu has patronized the green buildings on this street, and he has not favored one over the other.

At this time, he came to a two-story green building, and the plaque read "Yihong Courtyard", which was a stronghold of Xuanyiwei in Beijing.

The news that the teahouse restaurant can collect is just some gossip in the market, and if you want to collect more valuable news, you still have to rely on the Qinglou and the brothel, which is the guidance of King Wei to Xuanyiwei.

Because it was still early, there were very few people on the street in front of Yihong Courtyard, and the girls did not come out, and there was only one old turtle boy at the door.

Although it shows that prostitutes in the Qing and Wei dynasties are not illegal, and Qinglou is still a large taxpayer, prostitution is not a glorious thing after all, and the general government also prohibits officials from prostituting prostitutes.

The brothels of the Qing Dynasty were much worse than the Qinglou in the south of the Yangtze River. In Jiangnan, the famous prostitutes live in a house alone, raising more than ten people, and the guests do not get started directly, they have to talk about poetry and life first, in Beijing it is a building, each room lives a sister, and the guests have no culture, most of them go to sleep.

Hou Fangyu actually didn't like it very much, such a place was not elegant at all······

"Oh, why is Hou Gongzi here today." Gui Gong stepped forward and nodded.

Compared with Lord Hou, Hou Fangyu prefers to hear people call him Hou Gongzi, he looked at the sky, the lantern had just been hung upstairs, and he did come a little early today, which made people feel that he was more anxious.

"Is Miss Wan'er there?" Hou Fangyu smiled.

"Up there! The little one takes the boy up! Turtle Gong smiled.

Hou Fangyu waved his hand, "No need, I'll go up by myself." ”

After speaking, Hou Fangyu went up to the second floor, and Gui Gong walked outside the building, glanced at both ends of the street, and did not enter the building, and began to solicit guests on the street.

On the second floor of Yihong Courtyard, Hou Fangyu sat in a room lit with red candles and draped in many red veils, and in front of him sat a beautiful woman with the smell of wind and dust.

Then the girl poured him a glass of wine and asked, "Childe came here today, but there is something important?" ”

Hou Fangyu nodded and said solemnly: "Two things, the first is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's Ministry of Industry Workshop has made a self-generated fire gun, as well as a light copper cannon. ”

"The Tartar moves so fast! It seems that we are still late. The girl was a little surprised, she was silent for a moment, and said, "This matter, the slave will report it." ”

Hou Fangyu nodded and continued: "The second thing is that I have prepared the list of Deputy Envoys Fang, as well as the materials. ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Li Wan, groaned, and said, "However, I don't approve of Xuan Yiwei's assassination of Tang Ruowang, which will only remind the Manchus to pay more attention to firearms!" ”

Li Wan frowned and said, "Why did Childe say that?" ”

Hou Fangyu spoke: "Now although Dol Roll has let Hong Chengchou preside over the casting of firearms and the training of people and horses, but for the understanding of firearms, the attitude of many people in the Tartars is still very dismissive, and only a few Hanchen are very concerned about this matter. The Beijing Imperial Court, after all, was the Manchu Imperial Court, and they occupied most of the main positions, especially the household department, the official department, and the military department, which were all controlled by them. Now the head of the household is still in the book, Bahana, for Hong Chengchou spent a huge amount of money, but did not make anything, so he has a lot of opinions, and the money is not simply allocated. If John Tang was assassinated, it might not only not prevent the Manchus from casting firearms, but would instead increase Dorgon's attention to firearms, which would be more than worth the loss. ”

Hou Fangyu said: "I think that instead of assassinating Tang Ruowang, it is better to kill Hong Chengchou." This old thing, in the henchman, he helped the Manchus to restore the north, has begun to bear fruit, compared with a year ago, how much Beijing has changed, I think Xuan Yiwei also discovered. ”

Li Wan nodded, "The slave is only responsible for delivering the news for the son, and he can't make any decisions, but the slave will pass on the words of the son." ”

Hou Fangyu bowed slightly, and began to pick up the wine glass to drink, and it could be seen that his mood was rather depressed.

As a meticulous work to break into the Qing court, he acted fearfully, and he couldn't sleep well, for fear that he would say something in his sleep at night and cause himself to be killed, only in the stronghold of Xuanyiwei, he could relax a little, and every time he got drunk and slept until dawn before going back.

Seeing this, Li Wan poured him another full cup and said with a smile: "Childe, the king defeated the Tartars again in Guanzhong, and the slaves want to be so many people, and in a few years, the king should fight to Beijing, and then the sons and slaves will be liberated." ”

Hou Fangyu heard her talk about the victory in Guanzhong, suddenly remembered something, hurriedly put down the wine glass and said: "By the way, I still have one more thing to react to, Jilharang and Hauge were defeated, and Dol rolled seems to have an intention, use the topic to play, and solve the two ~~~"

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