The wide road faces the sky. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is an asphalt road, which is called a provincial or even a national highway by another name. In recent years, in the Qing Dynasty, especially in the coastal provinces, many places began to build these roads, and in just a few years, a road network has begun to take shape. These highways naturally greatly facilitate the driving of cars produced in Datang on this land, and also communicate the economy between regions, and a large number of commercial goods can be trafficked through the road, which is much more convenient.

However, at this time, the number of cars in the Qing Kingdom was still small, and even if there were, they were basically transport trucks belonging to the transportation companies of Tang capital or Qing merchants, or they were the cars of the rich. In some areas, there are some passenger vehicles, but the number is relatively small and the number of trains is not much.

More often than not, the ox carts and wagons of ordinary people, who also used the new roads. Although it has been repeatedly decreed that animal-powered vehicles are not allowed to go on the road, many ordinary people still do so. They don't travel too far either, just as if they were going from one township to another. Animal-powered vehicles do not obey traffic rules on the road, driving in fixed lanes, and the manure of cattle and horses is scattered on the road, causing all kinds of trouble.

The local government's road authorities also had a headache with this, forcing the cattle carts to drive only in the outermost lane, and driving on the right, and on the other hand, they had to hire cleaners to constantly clean the debris on the road. Fortunately, these roads are not particularly busy, so they will not be too affected. After all, after the completion of these roads, ordinary people are also beneficiaries. Although the speed of their animal-powered carts on the road did not increase significantly in particular. However, many bazaars and villages began to form on both sides of the road, and traffic shaped settlements here.

Several fast horses galloped down the road, and the riders gave their mounts new horseshoes in order to adapt to the harder surface. The knight at the head was dressed in a large fresh army uniform, and judging from the epaulettes, he was a captain, not very old. Looks like you're in your twenties.

The young captain shouted: "Damn Qingzhou Mansion, the dog officials are not the sons of men, they actually deceived the saint and the imperial court, falsely reported the household registration of the state capital, and forged the number of foreign people, how can this be reasonable!" The Metropolitan Procuratorate of Qingzhou Prefecture. actually colluded with the Qingzhou Mansion Ya, ventilated the news, and when my uncle found out about the saint, he arrested them and beheaded them! ”

Another officer in his thirties, who was a little older, said: "It's still Lord Hu who has a good understanding of the conspiracy of this group of traitors, otherwise the lives of our brothers would have been left in Qingzhou Mansion." ”

Speaking of this, the young officer surnamed Hu was even more furious: "Even our soldiers dare to kill, this Qingzhou Mansion is really bold, if it weren't for the strict military orders." I should have gone back to the camp and brought a bunch of men and horses to chop these dog thieves into meat sauce! ”

A little earlier, Hu Erjia, who was very bright and glamorous in military uniform, came to Qingzhou Mansion with the people from the military region. Hu Erjia is only twenty-three years old, and he is already a captain, which is also related to his identity, Hu Erjia is a man with a blue flag, and his family was stationed in Wuhan earlier, which also escaped the Beijing Incident that year. Hundreds of thousands of Manchus were exiled to South Guwei Island. After the Jiaqing New Deal, although the status of the Manchurians plummeted. However, in the open and secretly, Jiaqing still reuses those remaining Manchus, especially in the army, Manchus are basically officers, regardless of merit or not, promotion is always faster. Hu Erjia is like this, his own uncle Hu Ertai was originally just a little Eight Banners Niu Lu Zhen. After the incident in the capital, it was like riding a rocket, and now he has been promoted to the commander of the Lu Provincial Military Region of the North China Military Region.

However, it was said that Jiaqing was bent on strengthening the combat strength of the Qing army and constantly increasing the number of soldiers and equipment of the Qing army. Among them, conscription was a major event for the Qing army. In recent years, it has been very difficult to recruit soldiers in various places, and this year, seeing that Shandong's military recruitment was not satisfied and there were many shortages, Hu Ertai was very anxious, so he sent his own nephew to the local government to urge. Hu Erjia also didn't dare to slack off, his spring breeze relied on his uncle, if his uncle fell because of the conscription, then he would not have a good life.

Hu Erjia's first stop went to the Qingzhou Mansion where the original conscription was quite profitable, Qingzhou's elite soldiers were recognized by all dynasties, and there was a continuous supply of soldiers here in the past.

Hu Erjia came to Qingzhou Mansion with his subordinates, and his subordinate Zhang Shun looked at the bustling crowd on the street and said, "Look at this Qingzhou Mansion, it doesn't have to be worse than Jinan Mansion to be prosperous." ”

The shops on the street are lined up, many of them have signboards, on which are written "Datang high-quality products", "good quality and cheap Tang goods" and so on, Hu Erjia and others are already very familiar with this situation, even in Jinan Mansion, the same situation. The goods in the shops are not very local, basically imported from the Tang Dynasty, of course, some are made in Shanghai and other places, and they are also justifiably Tang goods. The more deceptive people are some Qing merchants, some of the goods directly vacated in the local workshop, OEM Tang goods are sold, and the price can be higher.

Nowadays, people in the city of Qingguo have to use Datang soap to clean their faces in the morning, and they are more particular about what kind of facial cleanser they use, and they use Datang toothbrush toothpaste for brushing their teeth, and there are very few people who use a wicker or bristle toothbrush, because it makes people feel that it is not high-grade, and the brush is not clean. In addition to a small amount of homespun cloth in the cloth village, most of them are fabrics produced in Datang, the weaving is very dense and strong, and there are many varieties, there are light and thin ones worn in summer, and there are thick ones worn in winter, the quality is first-class, and the homespun cloth is basically incomparable. Even leather goods and cotton jackets have Tang goods, and the price may be slightly expensive, but the things are all good things, and people with a little money like to buy Tang goods.

The arrival of the Tang Dynasty and the influence of the Jiaqing New Deal made many cities in the Qing Dynasty, which were originally not big or small, such as Qingzhou Mansion, gradually prosper commercially, which is why Hu Erjia and others saw that this city was not much less lively than the provincial capital Jinan Mansion.

Zhang Shun said: "Look at the densely populated Qingzhou Mansion, why don't you put a spot on the street and stop some young people from joining the army?" ”

Hu Erjia rolled his eyes and said: "You are called arresting Ding, if you make a fuss, the face of the court and the military region is not good-looking, although this soldier has only been for three years, but it is always a chore, ordinary people do not know how to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, they all want to escape, how can they be happy?" However, most of the people in this city are cunning, and there are many people in the market, and most of them are unwilling to join the army, I think that if they go to the countryside, the people will be poorer, and the military salary will be much more attractive, and these people are more honest and down-to-earth, obedient and honest, and more reliable than the people in the city. ”

(To be continued.) )