Sun Yuanhua was good at making artillery, which shows that he had a fairly in-depth understanding of machinery, smelting and other industries. It was with this understanding that he knew better how difficult it was to make a look for tens of thousands or even tens of millions of silver coins. This technical ability is terrifying. Tens of thousands of identical wooden bowls were made before, but now this silver coin is incredible.

"If I can learn the ability of the 'revolutionary army', I will definitely prosper." Sun Yuanhua walked out of the bank carrying more than 150 silver dollars, both a little lost and depressed, but also secretly encouraged, "This 'revolutionary army' cannot be regarded as an ordinary thief, it is already a great enemy of stealing a country. But what they can do, I can't do it without reason, and I must not be arrogant. ”

Sun Yuanhua's heart is heavy, but he has a backbone. He passed by a teahouse on the side of the street, and casually walked in and sat down. The teahouse guy came up to serve tea, and specially said that the storytelling of this teahouse is wonderful, and the guest officer can stay and listen.

"Oh......, what bibliography do you have in your teahouse?" Sun Yuanhua's heart was dull, and he was looking for a place to dissipate. The art of storytelling has had its prototype since the Song Dynasty, and it was a period of great development in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. However, the well-known bibliography of later generations has not yet been seen.

"We are "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties". This book is good, it is about the reign of Yang Guang, the faint monarch of the Sui Dynasty, who brutalized the loyal and good, and preyed on the people, causing the people to be miserable, and the anti-Sui rebels rose up. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, finally settled on the throne of the world and created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. "The teahouse guy said Dale, "Today is 'Qin Shubao splits Yuanjue, Cheng bites the gold and three axes to set the tile gang', which is good!" ”

What ...... is it that it is a bibliography about such rebellion? Sun Yuanhua listened to a lot of operas and music, but he didn't expect literary and artistic propaganda at all. But he was not a fool, and suddenly felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and a layer of fine sweat broke out on his forehead. The strong servant beside him hurriedly asked, "Master, but what's uncomfortable?" ”

"Awesome, this trick is awesome." Sun Yuanhua thought to himself: "Where is it uncomfortable? I haven't been comfortable since I entered the city. This anti-thief's demagogic ability has simply broken through the sky. This must be the 'revolutionary army' deliberately inviting people to buy people's hearts, talking about the Sui and Tang dynasties, isn't it the reflection of this dynasty? There are indeed many bad policies in this dynasty, which make people speechless. In the long run, the people's hearts will be shaken. ”

This storyteller is really the idea of the head of the Propaganda Section of the 'Revolutionary Army', Mu Sinian, and the book is provided by the Minister of Education, Yin Hu. is not only talking about "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", but also "The Complete Biography of Yue", "Water Margin", "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" and the like. is not to resist the faint king, to fight against foreigners, or to eradicate adultery and eliminate evil, and to help the world and save people.

Such happy stories should coincide with this era, and become a channel for the bottom of the society to relieve the hatred and anger in their hearts, and the common people just love to hear it. In addition, in response to the many policies of the 'revolutionary army' to clean up society, this is more acceptable than the Ming officials' dogmatic talk of 'heaven and earth'.

Sun Yuanhua didn't leave, he really ordered a pot of tea, a few dishes of side dishes, sat down and listened slowly. The storyteller in the teahouse told a really good story, and the story was wonderful. A time-tested joke that makes people's blood boil when they say it. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin are both well-known characters to the common people, and as the climax of the plot rises, the people who applaud it one after another.

The teahouse guy is right, today's book is really good. After a book was finished, everyone in the teahouse was still unsatisfied. Sun Yuanhua also followed the storyteller's subdued tone and threw himself into it, and when he waited for 'Let's listen to the next decomposition', he couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, ......, the state affairs are difficult, the national affairs are difficult." ”

Sun Yuanhua was about to settle the bill and leave, when he heard everyone in the teahouse start chatting, talking about the changes in Tianjin City. He stopped again, wanting to listen carefully and understand the public opinion of Tianjin. Someone said: "Recently, there have been a lot of recruitment, and roads are being built inside and outside the city. Those displaced people from other places have jobs, and the market is more stable than in the past. ”

"It is also said that the 'revolutionary army' engages in work-for-relief, and as long as those who come to Tianjin, they will have a bite to eat. Talking about building a 'beautiful Tianjin', several houses have been demolished at the intersection of our house recently, just to build a stone road with a gutter. Now it is about twenty or thirty zhang, the ground is really flat, and it is comfortable to walk. ”

"Isn't the house demolished making a fuss?"

"What's the fuss? They were all shacks in the city, and those who lived in them were poor. Priority is given to recruiting them, the whole family is taken care of, and there is a new house to live in. They want to tear it down. ”

"I've seen it myself. The two-storey building is good, big and spacious. There are wells, latrines, and special 'living facilities'. Alas...... the commander of the 'revolutionary army' did everything he couldn't understand, but what he did was really likable. ”

"But this is a stone pavement and a two-story building, how much does it cost?"

"That's expensive. Take the stone pavement, for example, it is not a real slate, it is made of mirage. It is the ash of the oyster shells burned by the sea, mixed with lime and used to plaster the ground. That thing is very hard when it dries, and it's very easy to make. Listening to people on the construction site call that thing 'cement' is also a word that people don't understand. ”

"I've heard of this, and there are places along the sea where oyster shells are piled up, and it is said that they have accumulated over hundreds of years. In the past, few people thought of burning them all to ashes, because there was not enough money for firewood, but this 'revolutionary army' did just that. ”

"There have been a lot of strange things lately, and the inns in the city have been reorganized recently, you know? The chief of the police station, Ma General, was ordered by the marshal to replan the 'car and ship shops' industry and eradicate all factors of social instability. Not long ago, there was too much chaos in the city, except for the beggars behind the instructions, it was these people on the road who were making trouble. Now they're all out of luck. ”

It's a surprising thing, and there isn't much news about it.

In ancient times, it was said that 'the car and ship shop should be killed if you are not guilty', which refers to a large number of criminal activities hidden in some transportation and accommodation service industries. It's like a bandit road rage in later generations, a big brother in society. The 'tooth merchants' are commercial intermediaries supported by the government, sitting on the ground and wealthy merchants. Outsiders must sell their goods to them at a low price, otherwise they will be in trouble and even lose their lives.

The 'revolutionary army' rectified the business environment, and the 'tooth merchants' of the past still wanted to set up a privilege that almost retained. Marco Ma Gonggong actively comprehended the essence of Dashuai's social management, and directly cleaned up these social dregs. The reserved parts should also be registered and managed in a standardized manner, and social chaos should not be allowed.

A tea customer hurriedly echoed: "It's a good thing that the tooth merchants have been cleaned up, and the prices on the market have immediately fallen by 30%. Think about how much money those guys made in the past? When the vendors from other places heard that there were no traders in Tianjin and could do business freely, they all rushed over, and I felt that the prices would have to drop again next month. ”

Another tea guest laughed and said: "I heard that more than one million taels of silver were copied from the homes of several major tooth merchants in Tianjin, and there were countless other fields and real estate, gold, silver and jewelry. The police station's chief Ma was happy. ”

At the beginning, the commercial goods transported by the 'revolutionary army' from Liaodong to Tianjin had to be sold to the Zheng family in Tianjin, and the purchase had to be collected from the Zheng family. At the beginning, if Wang Kai wanted to contact other businesses in Tianjin - no, this is not in accordance with the rules!

Now that Emperor Wanli is hanging, Zheng Guozhang was completely killed by Zhou Qingfeng. The bullshit rules are all nullified, even if they know that Tianjin is controlled by thieves, but the businessmen of the entire Beizhili are now moving when they hear the wind and want to make a lot of money.

Listening to the tea guest talk about these drawbacks that have existed for many years but are difficult to get rid of, Sun Yuanhua is helpless. He could imagine that he would have to write notes at night in an envious and uncomfortable tone to record this event—the 'revolutionary army' was new, had nothing to do with the old forces, and could happily wipe out all the evils of the world. Da Ming ......, sin has gone deep into the bone marrow.

Sun Yuanhua was sighing, but he heard someone shouting in a disdainful voice: "You laymen only know how to lick the eyes of the anti-thief and say all the good things, but you don't know that this anti-thief is heinous and is going to destroy the world's ethics in this world. ”

When everyone in the teahouse heard this, they all fell silent.

It was a down-and-out scholar who spoke, lying on the table drinking, and muttering drunkenly: "As soon as this thief comes, the scholar will have no way to live." In the past, when the imperial court was there, we still had some rice and grain every month, but now the thieves have no mouth. Without the assistance of scholars such as us, and without the support of the squire, this thief would not think about it for long.

And when this thief comes, the tax collection can be several times more than in the past. Emperor Taizu set a tax of thirty and one, but this thief asked for eleven taxes. There is also a change of tricks to set up a special tax bureau to collect taxes according to revenue. Exploiting the people like this and making friends with evil traders will inevitably be banned from business travel in a short time.

The truth in this city is well known to the Ming court. Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, he immediately opened Enke, recruited the world's elites, reformed the evils and established new ones, and wanted to make a big difference. This thief will play some tricks to confuse the foolish people, how capable can he be? Now you are saying good things about the thieves one by one, and when the Great Tomorrow Army comes over in the future, I will settle accounts for you sooner or later. ”

The prestige of Daming is not over, and everyone in the teahouse is silent when they hear the words of this down-and-out scholar, and they pay the money one by one and leave as if they were fleeing. However, Sun Yuanhua heard that sparks ignited in his heart again, and felt that this drunken scholar was only afraid of some insightful ideas, and he was an object that could be fought for.

When the people in the teahouse saw that the guests were leaving, they were so anxious that they kept retaining them, and they scolded the down-and-out scholar and wanted to drive him away. The scholar said a few words contemptuously, staggered up with a wine bottle, and walked along the street corner without knowing where to go?

Sun Yuanhua came out of the teahouse and let the strong servant follow the down-and-out scholar from afar. After making sure that no one was staring, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "This brother, surnamed Sun, just heard in the teahouse that Your Excellency seems to have a big talk that has not yet been said, so I want to ask for an understanding." ”

The down-and-out scholar looked back at one or two, sneered and said, "What do I have to say? It's just a little grumbling about these anti-thieves. ”

"In addition to what I just said, what else does the 'revolutionary army' in the city do to disturb the people and do evil?" Sun Yuanhua was not ashamed to ask.

"Whether or not he has done evil, I don't know. But the official school in the city is a big hatred in my heart. ”

"What's wrong with the official school?"

"That gang of thieves didn't know what was going on, and they actually recruited a group of peddlers and pawns, and even the children of the village husband and untouchables were in the same school as me and other children of good families. The curriculum taught is also very vulgar, not learning the Four Books and Five Classics, not speaking the words of the saints, and learning some useless words and calculations. I signed a joint letter with my classmates, asking the anti-thieves to treat the scholars well, but I was beaten out by the gang of anti-thieves. ”

When the down-and-out scholar said this, his face was distorted with anger, and he scolded several times. He added: "Not only that, but the thieves even engage in co-education. It is really hateful to recruit some women to study in the school, and instead of reading books such as "Women's Training" to raise good wives and good mothers, they shout nonsense about 'equality between men and women' every day.

The thieves not only let the women study, become soldiers, be officials, and even take care of their little feet. The day before yesterday, I wrapped my girl's feet, and the girl's crying voice was louder, which caused the neighbors to call the police, and they knocked on the door.

The policemen followed a group of 'women's federations', like wolves and tigers like the former officials, and said that if I mutilated women again, I would break my feet and wrap them up. In front of the neighbors, they stripped me of my face. I only hate myself for being powerless, otherwise I would have to fight to the death of that thief. ”

The more the down-and-out scholar talked, the more angry he became, and the more angry he became, the more he cried. He emptied the bottle with one last sip and sat on the ground squirming as if he were spilling. Sun Yuanhua was also shocked when he heard him, as if his family had suffered the same tragedy, "This thief is really hateful, and he has done so many things that are contrary to human ethics." Brother Tai Mo cried, you might as well go to the capital for a while, it's better than suffering again. ”

"Beijing? Don't go, don't go! The down-and-out scholar shook his head again and again, "I don't have the support of the imperial court, and my family's expenses depend on the lady to work for the thief, and I have no one to rely on when I go to the capital." The Ming court is even more corrupt officials like wolves, evil officials like tigers, my whole family has to starve to death, it is better to stay in Tianjin to live, and a fool will go to the capital. ”

After that, the down-and-out scholar fell to the ground and died drunk. Leaving Sun Yuanhua standing on the side of the road, stunned and stunned.