May 1 is the legal holiday of Daming, International Labor Day.

In order to avoid being hanged by the ghosts of Europe, His Majesty Zhu Fugui has repeatedly called on working people all over the world to unite to fight for rights and interests and achieve 996 blessed working hours.

Compared with the slogan of "8 hours of labor, 8 hours of leisure, and 8 hours of rest" put forward by Robert Owen and others, Daming's 996 work system is undoubtedly more realistic and more operable.

Moreover, as one of the world's great powers, Zhu Fugui's call is obviously much more influential than Robert Owen's, and is regarded as a flood beast by the capitalists of European and American sweatshops.

The production model and labor treatment of the Ming Dynasty will threaten the low human rights advantage of the United States, and the industrial products produced by the Ming Dynasty will also destroy the industrial soil of the United States (Forest) at unbelievably low prices and high quality.

This is also the fundamental reason why the government of the northern United States is resolutely anti-Ming.

Of course, according to the tradition of the empire, on the first day of May, all the citizens of the Ming Dynasty, including the officials, sergeants, sailors, and workers who accompanied the driver in Tianjin, all spontaneously worked overtime for one day, stepped up the construction of the new concession of Tianjin Minglijian, widened the port, and strived to let the emperor of heaven directly anchor in Tianjin next time.

Compared with the construction site of the Ming Lijian Concession, 300 miles away in Beijing, it is a gloomy cloud.

In the past, the streets were full of traffic and the smell of dung balls was crowded with people, but now there are few people and sparse cars, and even the smell of dung balls has faded a lot, and the atmosphere of the nineteenth-century megacity has been eclipsed.

Many commercial houses have closed, and all the rice, flour, grain and oil have been hung out with sold-out signboards, and they will not accept customers.

Eight major alleys, such as Dasenli, Lotus Room, Sisheng Temple, Huazhi Hutong, Zhao Ahouzi Hutong, Jinyuchi Street, Huanghualou of Puhuangyu, as well as Dongsanli, Shenlu Street outside Chaoyang Gate, etc., the secret prostitutes are in twos and threes, smoking the big back door at the entrance of the alley, while playing horse hanging, they can't receive guests at all.

The worst thing is the property market in Baijing City.

On the banners of the major dental shops, the prices of houses everywhere, three prices a day, and the price has dived.

As long as the passers-by often glance at the banner, and they are wearing silk or bright materials (which are indeed good), the tooth people will rush up and sell the house at hand, and the spittle stars are about to drown people!

All this, in the final analysis, is because under the rumors that the Ming Dynasty entered Beijing and the chickens and dogs were not left, many Beijing masters fled to the countryside with their families, which made Beijing teachers expensive for a while.

If it is a powerful real master, he goes to the countryside and lives in a big Zhuangzi, and the servants are waiting in front of the saddle and behind the horse, and the life is not bad, and the right to go to the green to recuperate.

However, some so-called masters have long been ruined, but they still have their identities.

For example, an old lady with a yellow flag probably has a distant relative in the palace who served an overnight pot to Lord Xianfeng, so she also regarded herself as an old character.

This time he fled to his arms, and his belly was empty of hunger.

As soon as she wandered around the village, a woman poked her head out, took a look and shouted: "The master, there is a stinky person from Baijing who wants to eat in the village, take care of the chickens, ducks and dogs, and blast her out!" ”

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Of course, there are also many who are calmer, or reluctant to industrialize, and still stand still for the time being.

They had already bought enough cars and horses, packed their belongings, and kept their eyes fixed on the Forbidden City.

To be exact, it is to keep an eye on the movements of Xingzhen Bodhisattva.

If the Bodhisattvas don't move, they don't move.

If Xingzhen moves, then they will immediately be the queen mother, the emperor's pioneer, and run ahead of them to explore the way.

In short, whether you go or stay, this Beijing city is still a lot sluggish.

Feng Sanzi's originally thriving small business was also affected.

Since he got an apricot doll by chance, Feng Sanzi went out of the stall in the morning to sell breakfast, and stood at the mouth of the alley in the evening to recruit apricot disciples for Xingzhen Bodhisattva.

Three hundred wen at a time, it can make more money than selling it early.

Originally, Feng Sanzi planned to rest early, and pointed to Xingzhen Bodhisattva to live.

It's a pity that later there were more and more auspicious clouds from the sky, more and more frequent, not to mention one in Beijing, at least it also achieved a certain degree of popularity.

The Xingzhen Niangniang in Feng Sanzi's hand is old, and it is still a little faded, and the business is getting worse and worse.

Even if the year is not good, Feng Sanzi can only go to the stall early in the morning to sell breakfast.

After waiting for the old man to ring, there were finally two regular customers, Feng Sanzi knew them, they were students of the Tongwen Pavilion, and they seemed to be old apricot disciples.

"Yo, two masters, where to eat breakfast, what to eat?"

Feng Sanzi greeted warmly, "Hot bag thief, come two?" ”

The flag man found a bench and sat down, and the flag man A took out a few copper plates and said, "Give you two fried livers, a drawer of thieves, and two bowls of porridge!" ”

"Porridge?"

Feng Sanzi was stunned, "Oh, it's porridge?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's porridge!"

Banner Man A nodded again and again, and then whispered to Banner Man B, "His uncle, you learned Manchu last night and learned late at night, and you didn't turn a corner for a while!" ”

Qiren Yi shook his head and said: "Brother Tai is worried about state affairs, the little brother is not talented, these days he is also practicing Manchu day and night, and he can't sleep at night!" ”

As he spoke, Feng Sanzi had already served the gruel, and the banner man Yi said smoothly: "Boss, bring a spoon for the master!" ”

"Spoons?" Feng Sanzi scratched his head, not knowing why.

"Oh, it's a spoon, bring me a spoon!"

Qiren Yi shook his head and said, "The spoon is the pronunciation of the authentic old Manchu, you don't understand it, go get it!" ”

Feng Sanzi went to get the soup spoon, and the banner man gave a thumbs up and praised: "It is worthy of being the master of our Chaotianmen, this old Manchu is authentic!" ”

Qiren Yi lowered his voice and said: "There are a few helpers from Jiangning and Fengyang who fled from the foolish brother's mansion, and now they have all been hired as gentlemen, the old man is authentic, do you want to study together, brother?" ”

"Learn, of course you have to learn!"

Qiren Jia hurriedly jumped up, "I'm sorry for the ancestors if you don't learn from the old Manchu, when the tyrant comes in, we will definitely use the authentic old Manchu to angrily reprimand the rich dog thief!" But ......"

Qiren A lowered his voice and said: "But I heard that the rich dog thief is from Zhejiang, will it not be enough for our old Manwen of Fengyang and Jiangning?" Do you want to learn his one-handed mother Xipi Lao Manchu again? ”

"Big brother Takami!"

Banner man B gave a thumbs up, "But now this army is in chaos, Zhejiang people are not easy to find, if there is news, the foolish brother will tell the old brother!" ”

Banner Man A arched his hand and said, "Okay! It's up to you, brother Xian, to do this! ”

Banner man B hurriedly said: "It's easy to say, the foolish brother is stupid, he can't learn the old Manchu literature well, when the time comes, he will angrily reprimand the Mingren, the foolish brother has to follow the old brother, please keep it up!" ”

(End of chapter)