14. Public transportation

Tong smiled: "It's not a big deal. I don't know where Lord Qin married this lady, she has no knowledge, she trained her two daughters to look like wooden people, she can't move, and she can't speak, Mrs. Qin also praised them for having nothing in the sky and in the ground, and the Su family girl and child can't see it, and after saying two words to her, she was annoyed and stepped on other people's daughters behind her back. Second Mrs. Su was also annoyed by her, and told us to ignore her. ”

Zhang Baodao: "I see. Lord Qin is really pitiful, I heard that he was very sad at home, he slept in the study for a whole month for the matter of taking concubines, and he didn't even have any spare money at hand, everyone went out to socialize, and took turns to be the east, only he ate for nothing, and was secretly teased, and now his wife is still embarrassing him in front of everyone, I am afraid that tomorrow this joke will spread all over the city. ”

"Isn't it? She still has the face to say that her daughter is virtuous and virtuous, and she is a good mother who teaches her well. Tong remembered something, so he asked: "I heard someone say during the banquet, did you talk about our family Shuning, what's going on?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that Lord Fu Yin said that I did a good job in managing paperwork, because I said that I was inspired by my daughter's way of tidying up the study, and the adults praised me for having a good daughter, and even Duan Ning was called to inquire about his studies, and Lord Fu Yin praised him."

"I see, no wonder we heard that Lord Fu Yin praised the two children. It's ridiculous that Mrs. Qin was unhappy when she heard it, and she specially called Lord Qin over, asking him to praise his son and daughter in front of Lord Yin. ”

Zhang Bao's eyes widened: "It turns out that Lord Qin left the table halfway because of this?" I saw that his face was pale when he returned to his seat, and I thought he was unhappy. It's really pitiful that he married such a wife. He changed his affectionate look and looked directly at Tong: "How lucky is I to have such a virtuous lady." Tong took a sip of him, sat in front of the dressing table with a red face, and removed the hairpin ring jewelry that went out to meet guests.

Seeing that his wife ignored him, Zhang Bao sat down to drink tea by himself, and said, "Alas, speaking of the banquet outside us, I also heard something new. Then he stopped.

Tong couldn't hear the following, so he urged him: "What's new?" Say it! ”

He suddenly changed the subject: "I don't know what to eat tonight?" It would be nice if there was a small yellow croaker, the small yellow croaker stewed radish with pork belly on the table today is really fragrant, but unfortunately I can't eat more, so I let Su Dabeard pick it up. "Zuo Ling Su Chun Ah has always been famous for his beard, known as "Su Big Beard".

Tong Shi smiled angrily: "If you want to eat, to put it bluntly, what kind of good thing is also worthy of you?" It's late tonight, I'll call someone to buy meat and fish early tomorrow morning, okay? Come on, don't get out of your mind. ”

Zhang Bao suddenly smiled: "It's still a good wife who knows my mind." I heard that there were too many carriages on the street, blocking the road, and they couldn't pass, so the eldest lady of his family was angry, raised her whip and beat the carriage driver who was blocking the road a few times, so frightened that people quickly got out of the way, and his carriage passed. Who knew that among the people affected by her whip, there was the brother-in-law of Prince Xian's son, who was originally going to be angry, but when he saw the beauty of Miss Su, his soul was lost, and he chased him to the gate of Qiushuizhuang, and he also pulled the gatekeeper to inquire about the origin of the girl, and was beaten away as a disciple. Later, the housekeeper of Prince Xian's mansion came to ask and found out his identity. He took the opportunity to go to the racecourse to pester the eldest lady, annoyed the people, and was beaten again. ”

Tong laughed all the way to listen, but was a little surprised: "This girl is so bold, the people of Prince Xian's Mansion dare to fight?" Zhang Bao explained to her: "Su Dabeard's wife is a prince and nobleman of Horqin, and she is still close to the queen mother's family, and his girls are famous." Prince Xian's Mansion is not more confident than in the past, not to mention such a trivial matter, they are not easy to make a big fuss. ”

Tong Shi nodded and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, there are indeed a lot of carriages on the street, and when we went out today, we were also blocked in the city." ”

Zhang Bao sighed: "I also know, but you can't stop letting people use the carriage, right?" There are many horses and few cattle outside the Guan, and even the farmer's farming is done with horse-drawn ploughs, and everyone drives a horse-drawn carriage to the city to do goods and play during the New Year's holidays. When the grain was harvested in the autumn, there were so many carriages on the street that no one could leave. Wait for the weather to get colder, just be afraid. ”

"Isn't there a good way to take care of all these carriages? Not to mention that there are too many cars to block the road, how inconvenient it is, even people who don't take a carriage are also troublesome when they are bumped by a car while walking on the road. ”

"Why don't I know this? Lord Fu Yin has been annoyed about this for several days. A few of us are talking about it. ”

Shuning had been listening outside the door for a while, and she knew the solution to this matter from online novels, so she called "Amma, Eniang", and got the permission of her parents before entering the door.

When she greeted her parents, she said, "Just now my daughter heard Ama talk about this difficult matter outside the door, and her daughter had an idea, but she didn't know how to do it. ”

Zhang Bao knew that his youngest daughter was smart, and he was overjoyed when he heard this: "Come and listen, if you make it, Ama will make another contribution." ”

Shuning told him in detail about the method of the bus and carriage: "First set up a carriage parking place outside the city, and all carriages outside the city are not allowed to enter the city; After those people enter the city, it is inconvenient to walk, so they arrange some big carriages at the city gate, or lengthen the back seat of the carriage, which can accommodate many people, these carriages run regularly in the city every day according to a fixed route, and will stay at a fixed place for a while, where people want to go, they only need to take the corresponding carriage, and get off at the place. As for the carriages of the people in the city, they asked each family to report to the yamen, and all the vehicles were registered and numbered, and only the cars with numbers were allowed to drive in the city. What does Amma think this can do? ”

Zhang Bao thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "It's not impossible to go, but it's just that doing this, I'm afraid it will cost a lot, and the carriage outside the city always has to be guarded by someone, what route the carriage in the city takes, how many times there is one, how to let people know which car is going where, these many trivial matters have to be assigned clearly, it is too troublesome." ”

"Actually, it's not troublesome. In the carriage parking place outside the city, if you want to find someone to guard and feed the horses, you might as well collect one or two coppers for each car every few hours, and those who have a carriage can still afford this idea, and someone takes care of the horses, they can rest assured, and they don't have to worry about horse manure everywhere in the city. The route of the carriage was decided after discussion in the yamen according to the place where many people went, and there should be a shift at least every half an hour, and if there were many people, one shift would be completed every hour. Make a few more routes, make a pamphlet of which routes go and where, and let the coachman shout a few more times so that people will know. Moreover, these carriages can also charge a small fee, a copper coin is enough, and it can help to make up for some expenses. As for the detailed arrangement, the daughter is small and ignorant, and there are many smart people in the yamen, and they will always think of a perfect method. ”

Zhang Bao nodded all the way to listen, and at the end of the hearing, he already smiled: "No matter how many smart people there are in the yamen, no one can compare to my daughter, look at this brain, how does it grow?" Can you think of such a method? He reached out to touch his daughter's head, but Shuning hurriedly dodged: "Amma, don't mess up my hair, you touched my head last time, and you almost made me a crazy woman." She hid behind her mother and grimaced at her father. Tong scolded with a smile: "What the hell is this? Crazy and crazy. ”

"Haha, okay, good, I don't touch it, such a smart daughter, if she becomes a crazy woman, it will be terrible." The more Zhang Bao thought about it, the more he felt that his daughter's method was feasible, not only to solve the problem of crowded carriages, but also to open up new sources of finance, and Lord Fu Yin would definitely accept it, as for the amount of charge, the boss would naturally decide. He had the opportunity to make meritorious service, he was happy, hugged his daughter, laughed, and the second sister-in-law shouted outside the door that the meal was open, and the three of them got up and went to the dining room.

While eating, Shuning remembered the troubles that had always made her not understand, and while Zhang Bao was happy, she opened her mouth and asked, "Amma, is there really no one in the yamen who thinks about the public carriage?" Lord Fu Yin didn't expect it? ”

Zhang Bao replied with a smile: "Yes, no one thought that you are the smartest." ”

"Ama ......"

"Huh?"

"Is Lord Fu Yin an old man?"

"Hahaha, do you think the person who can't think of a good way is an old man? Is Amma also an old man? Let me tell you, Lord Fu Yin is only in his forties, in the prime of life, and he is still early to become an old man. ”

Isn't it Old Man Fei? Shuning asked again, "What is the name of Lord Yin of that house?" ”

"Why is this kid curious about Lord Fu Yin today? Tell you, the adult's name is Yuheng, and he is also from our Manchurian nobles, what else do you want to ask? ”

Yu Heng?! If she remembers correctly, this benevolent brother was the predecessor of Old Man Fei in "Boiled Qing Dynasty", and later transferred to be the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, but he is still a capable member. If it were him, it's no wonder he couldn't think of a way to get a bus. To be on the safe side, she decided to ask more carefully.

"Amma, the errand you did before was the matter of Jingqi Huitun, and this Yuheng person was in charge, right? Did he also propose it to the emperor? ”

Without waiting for Zhang Bao to answer, Duan Ning first raised his hand and rushed to say: "I know this, Mr. only talked about it last month." ”

Zhang Bao and Yan responded: "You say come and listen, if there is a leak, Ama will make it up for you." ”

Shuning also listened to him carefully.

"In the eighteenth year of Kangxi, the rebellion of the three feudatories was quelled, the Manchu Dynasty Daqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Chen Liangben wrote, feeling that it was not easy to prepare for military rations in the battle to quell the chaos, and proposed to open up Xintian outside the Guan, and return to Tunguan with the children of the Beijing Banner, one can increase the grain fields, and the other is to practice riding and archery during the agricultural slack, so that the children of the Eight Banners will not lose the former majesty of their ancestors because of idleness. The emperor ordered Yin Yuheng to lead the matter in general, and the household department sent someone to assist in handling it, and the Zongren Mansion and the leaders of the banners were responsible for selecting the children of Huitun, and it took less than two months before and after to start handling the matters of returning to Tun. ”