The appearance of Bohai Bay resembles the jaw part of a pincer, with the Liaodong Peninsula to the north and the Jiaodong Peninsula to the south. There is a series of small islands in the middle of the two peninsulas. At this time, a tall lighthouse had been erected on the island, and a bright star had risen on the island before the last rays of sunlight completely disappeared under the skyline.

"That's ...... The lighthouse of the Song Kingdom? Hao Ren asked his entourage. Hao Ren himself is from the naval army, not only knows the Song State Lighthouse, but also has seen it on the Yangtze River.

"Wanhu, that should be the lighthouse of the Song Kingdom." The entourage was also well-informed, and immediately replied.

Hao Ren wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, so he could only shake his head in the end. When the Song army only hit the sunshine, the Song military ships were majestic in the Bohai Sea, and now the Song State has three or four percent of the Bohai Sea coast, and the Song army is even more unabashedly expanding their presence in the Bohai Sea. In such a situation, there were even some people in the court who were clamoring for war with the Song State. The reason for the war is even more bizarre, 'the Yellow River is a natural danger, the Great Yuan can be deployed in the Yellow River, and the Song army dares to come and sink them on the river'.

Did these people really not consider the possibility of the Song State attacking Zhigu Village, and then marching into Dadu from Zhigu Village?

Along the way, Hao Ren noticed that the entire coastal area was densely populated with lighthouses, and basically two or three lighthouses could be seen at the same time. Originally, ships on the vast sea were just small existences. Now the ships on the sea can be seen intensively. Perhaps this is what the Song newspapers call the 'route', an invisible road formed by the guidance of ships on the vast sea.

It was already May, and it was raining on the sunny side. Under the gray sky, the lighthouse is even more eye-catching. The lighthouse, which used to be visible only after dark, can now be seen during the day. The ships sailed day and night, first to Qingyuan Mansion, and then changed boats to go west along the canal, heading straight for Hangzhou.

The rainy season in Jiangnan is still going on, which makes Hao Renwanhu feel an indescribable familiarity. Since the return of the Yellow River to the north, it has rained for most of the month last autumn. After half a month, when the sky cleared, Hao Ren even felt that the sun in the sky seemed a little unfamiliar.

Where there are buildings on both sides of the canal, many of them can see the slogan, 'XX people congratulate His Majesty Zhao Jiaren on his accession to the throne'. Hao Ren was a little stunned at this time, this is not in line with etiquette. He immediately summoned the official of the Ministry of Rites who received them and inquired about the matter.

The official of the Ministry of Rites said with a smile: "The official family has ordered, since him, the Great Song Dynasty has no secrets." ”

"No secret ......" made Hao Ren very surprised. Just like Zhao Jiaren heard that Zhao Jiaren did not take the year name, but replaced it with 'Da Song XXX year'. This year is the 319th year of the Great Song Dynasty. It was also the year of the fall of the Great Song Dynasty in another time and space.

"Isn't it too undignified to have an era name?" Hao Ren said with some loss.

Listening to Hao Ren's words, the official of the Ministry of Rites shook his head slightly, "Although I am not used to it, there are many benefits." Calculated in the year of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there is at least one constant number. We don't know what era name the official wants to use. But how many years the Great Song Dynasty has been founded, we can calculate it. Just like making a budget report, this year is 319, next year is 320, and the year after next is 321. Saved a lot of things. ”

“…… Are you from a jinshi or a cadre? Hao Ren asked.

Although the official of the Ministry of Rites didn't know why Hao Ren asked this, he became a little defensive and serious, and replied quite seriously: "I am from a cadre in the department!" ”

"I see." Hao Ren replied inscrutablely. He heard the descendants of Shi Miyuan's family scold the Great Song Dynasty, many officials were not from Jinshi, and the people in the Ministry of Rites couldn't even remember the year name. Therefore, Hao Ren is actually very suspicious that the people who are happy to see only the number of years of the founding of the country to record time are all non-Jinshi backgrounds, and now it is quite possible.

In the smoke and rain of the rainy season, the ships loaded with the Dayuan delegation arrived in Lin'an. The people who came to greet them on the dock were the personnel of the Great Song Rite Department, but the embassy personnel of the Great Yuan came later. Looking at the embassy staff who came in a hurry, Hao Ren was very surprised by the calm and unhurried staff of the Great Song Rite Department.

After the Shi family and the Yu family fled to the Great Yuan, they brought a lot of new news, in fact, a lot of news is not only known to the Shi family or the Yu family, but these two families belong to relatively high-level families in the Great Song Dynasty, and they can describe the whole picture of the Great Song Dynasty. Although in the eyes of these two families, the Great Song Dynasty is an evil country that has fallen into the hands of the evil conspirator Zhao Jiaren, but fortunately, they can tell where the evil is. For example, a cable telegraph that can convey news hundreds of miles in a day.

If the cable telegram is really as evil as the historian said, it can explain why the officials of the Great Song Rite Department were able to come to greet them so easily. Because of when Hao Ren and the others arrived in Hangzhou, they were known by Hangzhou on the day Hao Ren and his party arrived at Qingyuan Mansion. In the past, when Hao Ren and the others arrived in Hangzhou, they had to send someone to Hangzhou to inform the embassy. This time, Hao Ren and the others were in a hurry to see Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's family, so they went directly to Hangzhou.

Hao Ren has been to Hangzhou, and this time he obviously felt the difference. After seeing the grandeur of the capital, Hao Ren's impression of Hangzhou is just a big city in the south of the Yangtze River with many houses and narrow streets. The city is old and old. It is full of flavors that have accumulated over many years.

The Hangzhou in front of him made Hao Ren feel suddenly enlightened, the wide road, the smooth and solid road surface, especially the fountains on both sides of the road that were written by the envoys of the Great Yuan, made Hao Ren even more impressed. The air was fresh from the rain, and the smell of decay caused by stagnant water seemed to have disappeared from Hangzhou.

The low-rise houses are gone, and small three-story buildings can be seen everywhere. Forty percent of these small buildings are provided by the state's 'shopkeepers'. The current official Zhao Jiaren did 'cotton work' when he was an official, and many of the errands of the Great Song Dynasty ended with 'work'. The shopkeeper is a national errand when I hear it.

It is one of the administrative organs of the state that is responsible for the management and maintenance of state-owned real estate and collects rent from people who rent public housing. A large part of the reason for its emergence is that the large number of people who poured into the city at that time led to the boom of the housing rental market, and the rising rents made more and more people unable to rent houses and sleeping on the streets. Therefore, in order to stabilize the society, the government of the Northern Song Dynasty introduced the "low-rent housing" policy and started building and store business.

The Lou store in the Northern Song Dynasty provided a two-story small building, and Zhao Jiaren provided a three-story small building. According to the information gathered by the Dayuan embassy, after the nationalization of land in Hangzhou, all land was owned by the state. The state first carried out land planning, and divided the land into more than a dozen categories, such as industrial land, commercial land, residential land, hospital and school land, government office land, and so on.

Industrial land is naturally available for a variety of handicrafts and manufacturing industries. Commercial land provides roadside shops and commercial centers. Residential land is used to build housing, and housing is divided into commercial housing and low-rent housing. During the Northern Song Dynasty, a low-rent house in Bianliang was 170 wen a month, and a low-rent house in Hangzhou was 200 wen a month.

So everywhere in Hangzhou, you can see boats pulling all kinds of bricks and building materials, as well as ox carts and donkey carts that move from water to land. Even the rainy days show no signs of stopping. With so much economic activity, Hangzhou seems to be full of energy, and it is very different from the leisurely and slow pace that it used to have.

"Wanhu, you've worked hard all the way." The Great Yuan envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Li Buhuachi, greeted Hao Ren at the door of the embassy.

Hao Ren Wanhu simply returned the salute, and then his attention was on Dayuan's new embassy. The embassy is also a three-story building. The red bricks are built, and just looking at the outer wall feels quite festive. There is also a pavilion in the large courtyard of the embassy, and below the pavilion is a beautiful three-tiered fountain, from which the spring water bubbles out from the top layer.

Three floors, glass windows in each room, fountains. Even if it's just an office, it looks like a palace. This made Hao Ren Wanhu have to sigh at the changes in Lin'an.

Entering the small building, it feels better. The floor turned out to be a solid gray material, and the whole ground was such a material, very smooth. Although Hao Ren knew that he had official business, he couldn't help but ask first: "This is cement?" ”

"Exactly." Uri replied. Looking at the surprised expressions of Hao Ren and Hao Ren's entourage, as well as the careful movements of stepping on the concrete floor, he recalled how he had behaved when he first saw him. Everyone is the same, and no one expected such a thing.

After Hao Ren finished reading the cement floor, Wu Li Buhuachi led Hao Ren upstairs and said at the same time: "Ten thousand households." This thing is just looking glamorous. If you walk too much, especially if you carry heavy things, it will still break. So we thought, if the Great Khan gives some money to repair it. We switched to wooden floors or stone floors. ”

Before Hao Ren could figure out what this wooden floor or stone floor meant, Uri took Hao Ren and them into a small living room. Now Hao Ren understands what is called wooden flooring. The entire floor is paved with wooden planks of the same size. It feels very flat under your feet, and the hardness is moderate, making it very comfortable.

Hao Ren Wanhu finally held back and didn't let the mocking words blurt out. Wan Hu couldn't help but ridicule in his heart, this living condition is probably only available to Kublai Khan Wan Hu and Basba National Teachers in most of the capital. It is Hao Renwanhu, most of his land is mud, and the ground of his house is only the bedroom and study are brick. And the brick floor is uneven. There is simply no such feeling that the plank floor is completely flat.

This kind of thing is too hurtful to say directly. So Hao Ren Wanhu sat down on the sofa, thinking that he would start talking about business after sitting down, but Wanhu was still attracted by this kind of thing that has both solidity and softness.

It took a while to get used to the sofa a little more, and Hao Ren Wanhu almost said the words "plaything is demoralized" before he spoke.