Fang Dazhi County was wrapped in a light fur, wearing lint boots, wearing ear protection, and a cloak and full equipment, walking among the silver jade wraps and fine Qiong flowers, but he didn't feel cold, and he was a little poetic.

This is Xi'anmen Street, before passing the Xi'an Gate into the west of the Imperial City, including the Taiye Pond and the ten inner libraries, the inner school field and so on are laid out in the West Imperial City.

Behind Fang Zhi County, there was a long procession, and at a rough glance, there were thousands of them, all of whom were requisitioned from the county. After waiting for a while, the eunuchs in the palace will look at it, and then they will go into the imperial city to clear the snow.

Next to him, Zhang Guiha reported angrily: "The small ones have been slightly counted, and one official stares at two or three elders in the first place, and each old man in the first place stares at the servants in the village, and it will probably not be wrong." ”

In the process of waiting for the release into the imperial city, another very similar team appeared on the opposite side of Xi'anmen Street, and the first leader was also a magistrate. At a glance, it was clear that it was an errand requisitioned from Daxing County in the eastern half of the capital.

Fang Yingwu showed a standard smile, walked to the middle of the street, and greeted Daxingzhi County on the other side: "Lord You is also here?" How about not seeing you for a long time? ”

This Lord You didn't have much energy, and snorted coldly, don't look over, Quan Dang didn't see Fang Yingwu. Fang Yingwu didn't care, and walked back to the team with a smile, but it caused a lot of noise from the Wanping County servant, and he was very upset about his own blue sky.

Zhang Gui shook his head while seizing the opportunity to pat the horse and said: "Compared with the eldest master, You Xianzun's demeanor over there is simply a hundred and eight thousand miles behind."

Fang Yingwu smiled dumbly, "Don't sell your life if you get cheap." Be considerate of Lord Yu's feelings. ”

It is said that the business in the capital is prosperous and the shops are dense, and the two attached counties are also different from other places. In addition to the various taxes stipulated by the imperial court, the county treasury also has a lot of living money in the accounts. Most of them come from these businesses.

The traditional commercial gathering area is mostly in Daxing County in the east, because it is close to the canal, and the most convenient city gate to enter the city from the direction of the canal is Chongwen Gate in Daxing County. According to incomplete statistics, the number of shops in Daxing County is twice that of Wanping County, accounting for two-thirds of the capital.

However, since Fang Yingwu took charge of Wanping County, Wanping County has bucked the trend in the past two or three years, gradually flattening the gap with Daxing County. At present, the number of shops in Wanping County is basically the same as that in Daxing County, and there are even signs of surpassing.

The reasons are, first, that Fang Zhi County has the ability to ask for a special policy of "low tax rate" from the imperial court. Of course, the low tax rate is more attractive to businesses, at least it shows a mercantile attitude.

The second is that most of the dignitaries and nobles live in Xicheng, and Fangzhi County relies on this advantage to build a large-scale bazaar to attract merchants, attracting merchants from the east to take more than six miles to enter the city from Xuanwu Gate;

The third is that the official reputation of Fangzhi County is upright, and he can withstand the indiscriminate apportionment of many yamen of the imperial court, and it is more secure to open a shop in Wanping County.

The overall plate is so big, Wanping eats too much here, and Daxing County eats less. In the past year, the income of the county's small treasury has plummeted, and Youzhi County, which is called Daxing County, is extremely dissatisfied.

In particular, Youzhi County originally planned to spend these two years to renovate the four streets inside and outside Chaoyangmen and Chongwenmen, as a project to show their political achievements.

As a result, the county treasury has less cash. In the end, he could only start repairing half of the road, and he was so angry that Lord You complained to the court about a certain county next door, but there was no response.

What made You Zhixian angry the most was. Fang Yingwu heard about his project planning, and actually poached the craftsman according to the gourd drawing. Began to renovate the streets and alleys around the West University and Yongfang in the imperial city.

This is a high-end square area where courtiers and dignitaries live intensively, and Fang Yingwu is very clever in building roads here. The muddy dirt road was replaced with a clean and tidy stone road, which won a lot of reputation

With all these antecedents, Lord You saw Fang Yingwu, and it was strange to be able to give a good face, and Fang Yingwu was "generous" and didn't care!

After a while, several inner supervisors came out of the Xi'an Gate, one of them walked towards Fang Yingwu, and gestured and ordered: "With the first line of Xi'an Gate Outer Street, Xi'an Gate, and Taiye Pond Yuhe Bridge as the boundary, the north side inside and outside the imperial city belongs to you Wanping to clean, and the south side belongs to Daxing to clean." Remember, you and other officials and people are not allowed to take a step beyond the palace walls! ”

Before Fang Yingwu could answer, Zhang Gui, the head of the general team, quickly leaned into Fang Yingwu's ear and whispered: "This arrangement is to trap us!" A few years ago, I came here to clear the snow, and I remember that in the West Imperial City, the warehouses, school yards, economic bureau factories, and most of the temples were in the north half, and the south side was very empty.

According to the north-south demarcation, the work of our Wanping County servants is much more than that of Daxing County, so the small ones think that such a demarcation is not just! ”

Fang Yingwu looked at Zhang Gui, then at the internal supervisor who was explaining the task in front of him, sighed slightly, and took the task: "This official knows." ”

Seeing that Fang Yingwu had no objection, the inner supervisor turned around and left. Zhang Gui's unwilling counterpart said: "It's definitely a troublemaker over there in Daxing County!" ”

Fang Yingwu waved his hand: "Do more, do more, after all, you are serving the royal family, you don't have to worry about it!" ”

After saying this, Fang Yingwu suddenly felt that his realm was very high, and if he competed with this kind of small trick that was not on the table, he would lose if he was serious. Anyway, you don't have to do it yourself, it's someone else who works hard, just watch it yourself

There is no gossip, but it is said that the servant entered the Xi'an Gate under the supervision of a cadre of internal supervisors and pro-soldiers, and then a large group of internal prisoners waited inside, responsible for guiding and leading the way, in addition to a group of officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth to prevent changes.

Fang Yingwu handed over the on-site dispatch chores to Zhang Gui, the head of the county government, and then became the county magistrate. But it is said that most of the places in the imperial city are not good to see, and the buildings are all eunuch yamen, which are far worse than the spectacular palace city, and compared with the people outside, the roads are nothing more neat.

Fang Yingwu strolled to the west, and unconsciously walked to the edge of the Taiye Pool, which is the famous West Garden in history, the premier royal scenic spot. It's just that there is no leopard room of Emperor Zhengde now, and there is no Yuxi Palace of Jiajing Tianzi.

Fang Dazhi County worked tirelessly to lead the team here, and most of his mind was to come in and see the West Garden and Taiye Pool. Standing at the head of the Yuhe River in the center of the two seas, it is close to the palace wall, looking at the water surface, the mist is boundless, and there is no other semicolon in the capital for such a large water surface; Looking at the shore again, rows of jade tree branches stretch to the end of the distant field of vision, deep and vast.

As a cultural person, how can you touch the scene without poetry? Fang Yingwu was also idle, and recited a few poems randomly, but the scenery of the northern country was frozen for thousands of miles, and the snow drifted for thousands of miles.

However, just after a handful of elegance, Fang Yingwu heard a woman sneering in his ears, "Pretentious, I don't know what to say!" (To be continued......)

PS: Guess who this woman is?